How Ironic
Whilst in Hong Kong this summer Alison revealed to me that my nickname Jeemma sounds incredibly similar to the Cantonese word for sesame .... so that got me all excited woohoo I actually have a Chinese name!!!!
When you think about it though 'sesame' is a slightly strange name to have .... in fact just as strange as all those 'english names' of Chinese people I met that are weird and wonderful; like Oreo or Yo-yo .... *sigh* I have succumbed to that which I used to laugh at ....
whilst I'm on the subject of strange names .... probably the weirdest name I came across in Hong Kong belonged to one of the kids that I taught ... this little boy had named himself 'Doggy', really he had!!! To make it even worse he was quite mischevious so I was always having to shout out stuff like 'Doggy, come and sit down' and 'come here Doggy', then when he did what he was told 'Good boy Doggy'. It was so bizarre .... and very difficult to keep a straight face at times.
As for now, I'm currently working for my Dad's office. It's quite possibly the dullest job ever - sorting out files to be destroyed from their archives... but no one else is going to employ me when I'm only here til the end of the week. The amazing weather down here though has meant I've been able to spend my evenings on the beach, which is awesome cos the beaches are one of the best things about Cornwall
When you think about it though 'sesame' is a slightly strange name to have .... in fact just as strange as all those 'english names' of Chinese people I met that are weird and wonderful; like Oreo or Yo-yo .... *sigh* I have succumbed to that which I used to laugh at ....
whilst I'm on the subject of strange names .... probably the weirdest name I came across in Hong Kong belonged to one of the kids that I taught ... this little boy had named himself 'Doggy', really he had!!! To make it even worse he was quite mischevious so I was always having to shout out stuff like 'Doggy, come and sit down' and 'come here Doggy', then when he did what he was told 'Good boy Doggy'. It was so bizarre .... and very difficult to keep a straight face at times.
As for now, I'm currently working for my Dad's office. It's quite possibly the dullest job ever - sorting out files to be destroyed from their archives... but no one else is going to employ me when I'm only here til the end of the week. The amazing weather down here though has meant I've been able to spend my evenings on the beach, which is awesome cos the beaches are one of the best things about Cornwall
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