我的真命天名 ♥ The Name

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I used to wonder why I didn't have a Christian name. This made me kept thinking a suitable Christian name for myself from years to years. I had had lot of weirdo names. I was Fanny when I was 9 (I didn't really like this name NOW), Casey when I was 11, Esther when I was 12, and finally Hazel when I was 16.
我小时候常想：如果有一个听起来很像洋名的中文名就好了：比如柔恩 (Joan)，比如雪丽（Sally），比如美丽（Mary）。这样子就不用费尽心思，洋名改了好几百个都没有一个中意的。九岁时我是 Fanny，十一岁改叫 Casey，十二岁变成 Esther，然后十六岁用 Hazel，一用好几年，没有再改过。

Some suggested me to name myself as Susan since it sounds similar to my Chinese name. But I don't really like it as this name is SO SO SO COMMON that it appears in different English textbooks, workbooks, story books, test papers, stupid jokes, advertisements and dramas.
曾经有朋友叫我 Susan。这是众多名字里面，和我本名晓姗听起来最相似的洋名。我差点被动摇，改名叫 Susan，后来作罢。第一我并不太喜欢这个名字；第二这个名字太普通。在街上随便叫一声 Susan，至少会有三个人回头。

My youngest brother had a Christian-like Chinese name that sound like Johnson. However, he never like this name and now he had grown up to a 17-years-old, he named himself as Joch, the combination of his English name (JOng CHen). I said, wow then, should I so-called as Sish (SIaw SHan)?

Absolutely Sish is a stupid name, does not sound good or taste good either, so don't worry cause I will NEVER EVER let people call me like that.
我的弟弟叫忠诚，听起来跟 Johnson 很像。我以为他迟早会介绍自己是 Johnson Lim，可是他长到16岁，开 Facebook 户口，用的名字是 Joch，Jong Chen 的缩写。我很欣赏他的创意，不过如果要依样葫芦的话，我的名字就是 Sish，不三不四，听起来好像逗小孩尿尿的声音。

Okay. I do tell you a long long story about the history of my Christian name, just because I had found one that REALLY suit my Chinese name as what I dreamed when I was young:
讲了一堆我换洋名的历史，其实是因为，经过多年来的寻寻觅觅，我终于找到了和我本名90%相似的洋名：

Don't get it? Let's have a close-up then:
什么？搞不懂？来，靠近一点：

Wondering what is it? Let's have a guess.

先卖个关子，猜猜那是什么：



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Answer: Body shampoo for Oni, Sin Ling's dog.

谜底：信伶家爱狗洗澡用的肥皂水

Okay then, just a joke to share. Don't call me SELSUN as u will get disappointed, realizing that I'm not going to reply a word. By the way, it is the name of a shampoo brand, not mine.












p/s: Accidentally snap it. So natural. Love it a lot.

For those who prefer to read in Mandarin, please HIGHLIGHT the text =)

想看中文翻译的，请把整篇 Highlight 起来 =)

♥ siawshan