Saturday, January 2, 2010
Amy Chan - Autobiographical Writing
How did I get my English name? It started when my mother beckoned my sister and me over to the coffee table one afternoon. She told us that she decided to give us English names since we’d be attending school in the fall. She started listing names off the top of her head and writing them down onto a sheet of paper. Although there were at least 50 names to choose from, we both shook our heads to all of them. Instead, we begged our mother to allow us to be named after Disney Princesses. Alice immediately shrieked “Cinderella!”, while I chose snow white. Our mother laughed at our absurdity and told us how silly we were, for wanting to be named after cartoon characters in Disney movies. After a while of persuasion from my mother, we gave in and chose a name from the list. Randomly, I pointed to a name, and my finger happened to land on “Amy”. Over these years, I’ve been using this name. I never disliked it nor did I love it, but thought of the name as ordinary. A typical name for a typical, ordinary girl.
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AMYYY :)))
ReplyDeleteHAHA I like the sentence: "lice immediately shrieked “Cinderella!”, while I chose snow white. " I like how you sort of used a quote. Catches my attention. :) And that part was funny, too.
I think the sentence: "Over these years, I’ve been using this name," is sort of not needed or can be changed because it's sort of obvious you still use that name. :P hahhaa.
But overallll I like it! It's really funny and you guys were so cute. :D
Jenny Tang: HI honey~ I heard this story before from Alice LOL~ I think it's soo funny how you decided your name from disney characters but it's understandable cuz you were still young~ I liked how you described your mom's reaction when she heard you wanted disney character's name. I would suggest that you put some dialogue between your mom and you to make it more interesting~ Overall, it's a funny story about your name...hehe!
ReplyDeleteKathy to Amy:
ReplyDeleteHi Amy! I liked your sentence "Alice immediately shrieked “Cinderella!”, while I chose snow white."
It really caught my attention!XD If I could choose my name I would have done something like that too. :)
I would suggest you to specify where you were during this period of time. It might confuse the reader and wonder where this took place.
Overall, it was interesting to know that you had wanted to be named Snow White! ;D
Heeey. :]
ReplyDeleteI like the line "Alice immediately shrieked “Cinderella!”, while I chose snow white," because this line is funny and cute, it also catches my attention and makes me want to read on.
I think it would be better if you added more description, or dialogue inside the story to make it more interesting. Overall, learning how you got your name was very amusing.