Clinic staff [over the phone]: Can I have your name?
Me: Xxxxxx Xxx. Xxx is my last name, X-x-x.
Clinic staff: Chinese name?
Me: Um, Xxx is my surname…
Clinic staff: What is your full name?
Me: Xxxxxx Xxx is my full name.
Clinic staff: What is your Chinese name?
Me: It’s not in my full name.
Clinic staff: If I call you in Chinese, what is your name?
Me: Xxx Xxx, but it does not appear in my full name.
Clinic staff: No Chinese name?
Me: Yeah, no Chinese name in my full name. Xxxxxx Xxx is my full NRIC name.
Clinic staff: Ok, thank you Miss Xxx. See you later.
on Jan 27th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
It’s like something off Not Always Right.
on Jan 28th, 2010 at 12:41 am
Better than my dad one time…
Policeman over the intercom: “This guy doesn’t have a chinese name!”
on Jan 28th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Such was my intention!
on Jan 29th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Can’t they just address you as ????
on Mar 4th, 2010 at 10:11 am
So……. What is your chinese name?