for some reason (and this only started recently) quite a few people have been calling me min or min heng which is something that really irritates me, i daresay more than it should. but what do i come across but this old email from su-lin about living in york which makes me laugh aloud?

"Lots of lists think I'm Su Lye. And Choon Ping got called Mr No, sort of like Dr No but less successful."

i don't feel sympathy for cp; i feel sympathy for those who are confronted with his name for the first time. a bit like that story jamie reeves tells about applying for a job at rj and wondering how to address the departmental head with the unpronounceable name. snug, but with a staccato, was how he finally decided to say it. (her name, obviously, was sng) you can't say they haven't a decent shot at heng. and at least no one in america makes heng ah! jokes about lucky escapes.