changing my name

i've been thinking about adding a name to my IC for the past few years. this year will mark the 10th year since i started using Karyn as my way of identifying myself, and i'm thinking it's about time i do something about it.

i used to like my chinese name, up till primary 5 when they switched to using the dialect name for official purposes instead of the hanyu pinyin name, and for years i had to suffer the indignity of being made fun of. my dad apparently had not realized how it would affect me. as a result, the moment i could, i had everyone call me by my new name. all throughout university and after, hardly anyone called me by my "real" name, except in classes where the teachers flatly refused to take down the names we preferred to be addressed by.

i have no intention of changing the name my parents gave me. it is, after all, given to me after consideration. i intend to just add a name so that "Karyn Ang" is a name i can start to use officially in all documents instead of just an "unofficial" name which is still disallowed in a lot of documentation.

now i just need to think about when the best time is actually do it so as to minimize the impact.