The baby's name
I think your name is really important. I feel sorry for kids who have hippy parents and are named Rainshower or Moonbeam. But growing up I’ve never really liked my name. Don’t get me wrong I still have Choi pride, but growing up I was all too aware that my named sounded so Asian. I’ve always hand to contend with people butchering my name even though it’s fairly easy to pronounce. It’s not like I have one of those long Thai names. It’s two syllables Jin (like the drink, as I always say) and Choi (rhymes with boy). But for some reason non-Asian people always butcher it. Like just the other day I was giving a presentation in front of my school and the Assistant Vice President introduced me as Chin Joy! In my mind I was like “you dumbass”. I was battling about whether I should correct him or not but I didn’t. I kind of regret it now. Growing up I always wished I had a cool name but now that I'm all grown, I’ve learned to accept it for its uniqueness and it's Asianness. Besides it’s not like I would ever consider changing it this late in life. People know me as Jin Choi and when I become famous later I want to be famous as Jin Choi. =) I have friends in College who changed their Korean first name to an American name and I’ve always thought that was weird. “Umm yeah, I’m no longer Yong Hwi, my name is John.”
Anyways, all that aside I really wanted to give my first son a cool first name. At first I wanted to go with Gabriel. But Mary and I are most likely going to go with Christian. Christian Choi. I like the way it rolls off the tongue. Not to be confused with Christian Troy on Nip Tuck. =) With a name like Christian he can go either way, bad boy or nice guy. I want to give him some options. =) And hopefully he’ll have an easier time growing up and not having dumbasses mispronouncing his name all the time.
Anyways, all that aside I really wanted to give my first son a cool first name. At first I wanted to go with Gabriel. But Mary and I are most likely going to go with Christian. Christian Choi. I like the way it rolls off the tongue. Not to be confused with Christian Troy on Nip Tuck. =) With a name like Christian he can go either way, bad boy or nice guy. I want to give him some options. =) And hopefully he’ll have an easier time growing up and not having dumbasses mispronouncing his name all the time.