the name that was 24 years late.

First, the nurse pronounces it as Jing xiong without fail, during every frequent visit to the family clinic.

Then, for the last 3 years in primary school, the name was pronounced differently as the more common chinese characters for the two words.

And while doing customer service during intern, you realize that several repetition is required on the phone before people get it and remember the name, thus shortly after, the introduction process was simplified as “Lin”; for the ease.

All it seems like, if I ever would enter a frontline job, I need an English name.

Que the entrance of “book of baby names”, 24 years after the birth of this baby.


So after some really enduring silly jokes and craps (eg, "farkson"), this particular name was selected after an exhaustive short listing of choices with elimination of many other names that was associated with bad impression in others’ personal experience. (what a long statement)

How does it feel like to adopt a new name at this age?

I do not know for now, coz I haven’t really activated the use of this name yet. To be activated if my eventual job requires it.

I can imagine, it got to be weird to hear people calling you something else, on picking up the call. Need adaptation.

However, it might be some form of new identity; the more professional me with that name, the more relaxed after I was called Jingxiang again. And possibly, less barriers in approaching strangers…? More natural in introducing myself? Less focus in getting my name right and more focus on what I'm about to communicate on?

Well, I shall get to know and experience it when the time comes. For now, I shall still be known as Jingxiang; and this new name will be under the tightly-secured-air-tight wrap.

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