que pasa

A Chinese friend who is now based in Shanghai asked me to think up an English name for his baby girl a couple of months ago. Now, I’ve heard my fair share of funny sounding English names that young Chinese people like to give themselves in a bid to sound cool or meaningful. (What they don’t’ realize is that meanings in Chinese names don’t always carry over well to English names.) So I tried to find something as phonetically close to her Chinese name as possible.

Today, I saw that my friend had changed his nickname on MSN to his daughter’s - Cynthia. He had taken my suggestion seriously afterall, even though we only knew each other for a couple of months.

It feels nice to have named a baby. I doubt I’ll ever get to meet the little girl, but for some strange reason, I feel a little attached to her knowing that she carries the name I picked. I hope she turns out to be as pretty and nice as my cousin.