My Name

My name is Ong Kok Dee which was given by the policeman at the registration counter. Like all names there are meanings attached to them. More so where there are nicknames for example: "Ah Too" (hokkien dialect) means pig, "Ah Kau" means monkey, "Ang Moh Kiah" my grandson means caucasian boy & etc..

Actually my father came from China and spoke like a typical Chinaman who mispronounced alphabets like R, L, Z . He had wanted my second name to be Hock which means luck and the last name as Lee. And so due to the miscommunication between a Chinaman and the Malay policeman my name became Kok Dee. As it is quite a rare name my friends started to tease me with crude undertones "hey, C*** Dee" at college. However, I had my last laugh when I answered "C*** you is here!!"

This brings me to a sales executive whom I just met and her name is Vynter Hugh. What a name ! As I had never met her I called her Winter over the phone. And when I met her I was wondering whether she is a caucasian girl. As I was about to raise this she beat me to it and said that for umpteen times she had to explain that she is Chinese and her surname is Kew and that all her siblings had different spellings like Kieu, Hew . Anyway, thanks to the policeman whose spelling mistake makes good conversation topics !! Surely there are many of you out there that are also in our similar situation.