Friday, September 11, 2009

My Name...(meaning?)

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A Ra.Origin of my name is Korea. My name is really easy name to spell and pronounce. Many Koreans have hard and difficult name which is hard to spell and pronounce.However my name is different from other Korean names. My name has only 2 syllaballs in it and has only 3 letters. A R A. Very short and simple, isn't it??

When I was born, my family were discussing about my name. My mom wanted to name me Seo Ryung. How weird it is? Also hard to say. Among all the names our family discussed, my dad called out a name. 'A Ra'. He didn't want my name to have Chinese characters. Neither did I. And in Korean meaning, it means "I know". I really hated my name when I was in elementary school. My friends used to tease my name calling me 'What do you know?' Another name they called me was 'Ahh...It's so fun Oh, Cho A Ra'. 'Cho A Ra means I like it. In those years, I wanted to change my name in to another name. However, when I came to Maylaysia and went to school, I started to like my name. Teachers called my name easily than other Koreans or other foreigners.

I love my name now and will always called A Ra. It will also remain in many people's memory.

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1 comment:

  1. I liked the part where you explained what your name means, and how to changed from hating it to liking it. You justified this change well and were expressive at this point. I was confused to see what you were going to be called - did you keep the reader in suspense or forget to add the name? Look back over for accuracy.

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