name

ello all

it's me!

funny thing

When I went to buy my Saturday morning breakfast

(just a ham egg sandwich)

my usual sandwich lady asks for my name

I tell her

我叫艾俐

(my name is Aili)

she goes

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

很漂亮!

(that's pretty)

then tell her

我姓周

(my last name is Chou)

she goes

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

你叫周艾俐

...

那

你的英問名子

(what's your real name?!)

In my head

forehead/palm

I tell her

Oh, Alicia

(it's pronounced, Ah-lee-sha even though it looks like Ah-Lee-see-ya)

she goes

ohhhhhhhhhhhh,我要叫你

AH-LEE-SAh

那，更好！

(that's better)

比較漂亮

(it's prettier)

in my head

forehead/palm

that's not even my name

it sound's nice but it's not my name

but I say instead...

OH, 都可以

(telling her she can call me whichever)

I thank her for my sandwich

and I'm on my way home.

so that's my ditty for today.