I saw my sister typing out her name as 'Liew Hui Yan' on this MEP thing yesterday. I told her that it is her O levels and better print it as 'Liew Huiyan' as shown on the birth cert. She didn't know until yesterday her name was like that on birth cert. Haha... started complaning bout how it was not 'Liew Hui Yan'. Then my mother happened to hear our conversation and enlightened us.
18 years ago... my parents were filling out this form for my birth cert.... my father wrote my name as 'Liew Huimin'. Mother ask how come its written like than... shouldn't it be split into 3 parts like other chinese names? Father said... why must follow? So my name is written as 'Liew Huimin' cos my mother failed to win the argument. My birthcert has an error. On it... it is stated that my mother is Cantonese... as my father didn't really know whether she was Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Hokkien. When my mother told him that she was actually Teochew and he had submitted wrong information... he asked her... U know how to speak Teochew? Sometimes... my father's logic is very weird. .. so weird that one is made speechless.
At least... I am glad that my name is not printed as Hwee Min as some other 'Huimins' name is. I really HATE to be called Hwee min. Sounds absolute horrible. Hated this English teacher as always called me that. Last time... she some more asked me whether my 'min' is same as 'Ah Meng' the orang utan and ambassador of Singapore Zoo.
18 years ago... my parents were filling out this form for my birth cert.... my father wrote my name as 'Liew Huimin'. Mother ask how come its written like than... shouldn't it be split into 3 parts like other chinese names? Father said... why must follow? So my name is written as 'Liew Huimin' cos my mother failed to win the argument. My birthcert has an error. On it... it is stated that my mother is Cantonese... as my father didn't really know whether she was Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Hokkien. When my mother told him that she was actually Teochew and he had submitted wrong information... he asked her... U know how to speak Teochew? Sometimes... my father's logic is very weird. .. so weird that one is made speechless.
At least... I am glad that my name is not printed as Hwee Min as some other 'Huimins' name is. I really HATE to be called Hwee min. Sounds absolute horrible. Hated this English teacher as always called me that. Last time... she some more asked me whether my 'min' is same as 'Ah Meng' the orang utan and ambassador of Singapore Zoo.
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