Favorite names

Ahhh... the start of a new semester.... brand new boxes of chalk, new notebooks, fresh smiling faces staring blankly back at you....

and a whole new list of crazy names to learn!

I guess this problem must be the same in classrooms all over the world. I suppose there are some strange names scattered among the Jacobs, Abigails, Mackenzies and Avas in America.... but here in China the strange-to-normal name ratio seems way out of proportion! 

Here is a list of my favorite strange names from this semester:

Human

Any

Monkey

Icy

Vanilla

Coldplay

Fantasy

Paradise

Little V

Biscuit

Alanta

Money

Palin

Shin.ko

Ref

Cherry

Cola

Echo

Apple

Ailsa

Flank

That's all that I can think of off the top of my head.... sheesh! Maybe next semester I should offer a course titled "How to give yourself a good English name 101"

:)

Chana

Comments

[alisa]

That is CRAZY! Wow. I don't know how you can possibly keep them straight--and say them with a straight face. :)
Hope all's well with you guys. I had a strange random dream with you in it last night.
Miss ya, friend. if you get a minute, would you e-mail me your address somehow? (again, I know I'm so bad with keeping track of that stuff)

[John Soble]

Josh and Chana it's been so long since I have seen you. Know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.I always think about my first trip to SA with the two of you. Since we have not communicated other than the following year at GE. I have been on three more trips, two back to SA and one to Peru. This year I am doing an independent tip to southern TX. You two have been an inspiration to me in my walk. My desire is that my wife and I will work together in full time ministry and it looks like that will be coming true in 5 years when I can retire from my current job. I would love to Have your e-mail. John Soble

[taobao in english]

To be or not to be, it is a question.