Keywords: new name, adam

Notice to all, from now onwards, please call me Adam, Adam Zhang or Zhang Chaoyi.

After a steamboat session with Daphne and Justin last night this morning, which started at 00:20 at Geylang. We finally got my English name fixed.

Adam

I have been using 'GriGri' as my ID or display name online for quite some time. GriGri is in fact a climbing device produced by a French company Petzl. However people always mispronounce it as 'GiGi' or 'GirGir', which sounds very much like a girl's name.

Later I 'created' another name for myself, 'Schermon'. It has the similar pronouncation of the Chinese term '摄魔' (She4 Mo2) which means something related to photography but I don't know how to traslate its exact meaning. the 'Sch' in 'Schermon' gave it some 'German factor'. I even have a Visa Card with the name 'Schermon Zhang'!

However, 'Schermon' didn't manage to win any votes from my friends. Daphne just don't like it, and Justin said it sounds like '什么' (Shen2 Me4), which means 'What' in Chinese, and people will end up calling '什么张' ('What Zhang')...

So after what we started a whole new round of selection.

I don't want a common English name like Jason, Daniel or Mike. That would increase the possibility of my name being called but actually someone else is wanted. It also causes confusion to others, Like when we are talking about Justin, people will ask 'Which Justin', because there are so many out there. (No offence)

After passing enough names through our minds, we stopped at Adam. First of all, it's not a wierd name. Secondly, not many people are called Adam, none of my friends at least. It is a simple word that I don't think anyone will mispronounce or misspell, and also it starts with letter A. Means that I won't be always at the end of the name lists like before, when my surname starts with Z.

So here's my new name, Adam.

Please also take note that my MSN has hence changed. Refer to my MSN display name for the new address.