My name

Well, I'm a Chinese boy from Penang, Malaysia. Thats not the main story for today. My full name is Ivan Cheah Joo Siang. So my Chinese name would naturally be Cheah Joo Siang as called by the so called "Chinese People". I was at a country club the other day collecting my member card, when the lady at the counter ask for my name, I naturally told her, Ivan Cheah. As its a name i call myself with.


Then she goes searching in the drawer for my member card, than she could not find the card, so she asked me again whats my full name. So i told her Ivan Cheah Joo Siang. After telling her my full name, she said this " Next time when people ask for your name time, say your CHINESE name lah." and i was like what??????


My parents gave me the name Ivan Cheah Joo Siang. So no mater what, my English or Chinese name would also be Ivan Cheah Joo Siang. right? And she was like scolding me for telling her my name. And when i got the card, at the line where it says name, it was written there Cheah Joo Siang, Ivan. Out of a sudden, i felt so insulted.

Some stupid country club have changed my name to Cheah Joo Siang, Ivan. They keep teaching us in school to be proud of our heritage, be proud of ourself. But if some stupid club decides to change my name into a "CHINESE" name, than how am i suppose to be proud of myself. It suddenly made me feel not Chinese. It was so insulting.

And to that lady at the counter, even if you are not reading this, I do hope your kids are reading, I pay for the club membership, which indirectly pays for your salary, so i hope that you will be more polite in the future, what happened to the smile at your customer concept.

After that incident, I'm planning to change my name to Cheah Joo Siang Ivan. Maybe change this blog into cheahjoosiangivan.blogspot.com. Or maybe just request the club to change my name to Ivan Cheah Joo Siang. What a stupid club...........