tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61339658747393313002011-07-07T16:24:46.240-07:00Hermione Janghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02437785674045717372noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133965874739331300.post-65244815379745902032010-04-06T20:10:00.000-07:002010-04-06T20:18:00.075-07:00I have two names: Zhang Man and Hermione.<br />Zhang Man is my Chinese name, here in China, we put family name in front, so Zhang is my family name, it's a very common Chinese name here, pronounced like "John"; but i've been using Jang as my family name, because it's easier for my foreign friends to pronounce, but anyway, now I am "officially" changing my family name back to "Zhang". Man is my given name from my grandfather, it means "graceful", and pronouced like "Mon".<br />If you know Mandarin you would know that my given name sounds same with the Chinese word "slow", in my childhood so many kids joked that I must be slow because my name is slow. I really don't like it. So when I was in high school I saw the name "Hermione" in a book, she's the godess of speed, at that moment, I said to myself, this is my name! And later the name "Hermione" got more popular because of the Harry Potter series.<br />You are welcomed to call me by either of my names, if Hermione is too hard to pronounce try Zhang Man next time!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6133965874739331300-6524481537974590203?l=hermionejang.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hermione Janghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02437785674045717372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133965874739331300.post-77736706032650395772009-04-05T05:19:00.001-07:002010-04-06T08:15:16.580-07:00<p><br /> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6133965874739331300-7773670603265039577?l=hermionejang.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hermione Janghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02437785674045717372noreply@blogger.com0