Don't let the name fool you- I'm still not Chinese. BUT I was given my Chinese name today! I went shopping with two new Chinese friends (K and H) who've been coming to Word study for the last couple of weeks. The entire time we were out was like one long Chinese tutoring session- it was exhausting, but oh so wonderful! At one
point, H asked me what my Chinese name is and she was shocked that I didn't have one yet, so they spent the rest of our time together discussing what I should be named. They chose 方诺雅 (Fāng Nuò Yǎ), which refers to Father's creation and His promise to refine me. K explained it in a much more flowery way, like the Chinese do, but that's the ultimate meaning. I absolutely love it, and may have even cried a little bit when they explained it to me. Then they taught me how to write it, which took about 10 minutes, due to foreigners' tendencies to "draw" the characters instead of writing them!
In case you haven't seen it on my Facebook, here's a video that my teammate put together of our school's English Festival where we had to perform the opening act! It has clips of our dance and pictures and clips of our students' performances. They're so adorable, so you should definitely take the time to watch it (it's only 3:34 minutes).
http://vimeo.com/33327301
Also- here's some Chinglish pictures for you all!
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1 out of 3 isn't so bad...
"Dinnirwaie-Dinnerware-Dinnirwaie" |
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On the opposite side of the aisle, you can get your...
"Press Conference"
Funny, I always thought they were called pressure cookers! |
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