Meet Florence, Hammond, & CoCo

School started yesterday (more on that later). In the meantime, I would like to introduce you to a few of our middle school students. As my Chinese students explained it to me, they all have Chinese first names which nobody -including mom and dad- uses. Additionally they're all given English names as well. Like so many things in HK, name choices are the result of British and American influence, Chinese sensibilities, and tradition.

Felix
Hammond
Tiffany
Harry
Francis
Desmond
Queenie
Vaughn
Hazel
Ivan
Peony
Quick
Gideon
Julius
Ernest
Yolanda
Theophilus
Leon
Benedict
Wesley
Eugene
Minnie
Oswald
Calvin
Rocky

I also have several 3 Jasons, 2 Jeremys, 2 Hannahs, a Justin, a Natalie, and a Tommy.

-Jack