p.s. I love my bread!
Thursday, 5 January 2012
What's in the name?
Think that his life is already complicated enough with 5 nationalities and various ethnic backgrounds…might as well keep his name simple and having a name that can be pronounced by anyone (from his Asian great grandparents to his Ecuadorian great grandma). That’s pretty much the reason we gave him a simple 4-letter name: ERIK (with only K, not C, not CK either).
Erik has various nicknames, some of them were given even before he was born. Ninja, was given by his Tio P, who has been referring him Ninja (or sometimes Samurai) since he was just an embryo. 大炮 (pronounced Da-Pao, means “big firecracker”), was given by Aunt D, because he farted a lot and aloud as a new-born.
My dear uncle J had helped to name him in Chinese, by going through his time of birth and the number of strokes of the characters. 安得樂 (pronounced An De-Le), An is derived from his paternal family name, and De-Le, his given name, means "receiving happiness". Pretty much what I want him to be – always happy and I pray to God everyday that he lives up his name for the rest of his life.
Erik has various nicknames, some of them were given even before he was born. Ninja, was given by his Tio P, who has been referring him Ninja (or sometimes Samurai) since he was just an embryo. 大炮 (pronounced Da-Pao, means “big firecracker”), was given by Aunt D, because he farted a lot and aloud as a new-born.
My dear uncle J had helped to name him in Chinese, by going through his time of birth and the number of strokes of the characters. 安得樂 (pronounced An De-Le), An is derived from his paternal family name, and De-Le, his given name, means "receiving happiness". Pretty much what I want him to be – always happy and I pray to God everyday that he lives up his name for the rest of his life.
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