just last post last week, i complained about ppl misspelling my surname, writing KIAN instead of KIAH. today, yet again this girl at sistics committed this grave sin. WORSE. She was copying my name out from my 11B (ie NRIC). It was in print KIAH, and she must write out KIAN in the form for me. wat the ???!!!
it's KIAH with a silent H.
about my surname. i probably can be considered a second generation singaporean citizen. cos my grandpa brought my father here to singapore when my pa was around four to six years old. they came from hainan island in some junk boat. by right, the hainanese dialect surname for xie (thank you in chinese) is chia. but somehow, when my grandpa registered his surname with the customs then, it was spelled kiah. this was not the only error. my father's birthday which is in feb was registered as 1 oct (which coincides with the PRC national day). so these errors were carried forward and my surname remains as KIAH.
as you can also see, my grandpa had problems communicating to others. and if you find me unintelligible at times, it is hereditary.
watever the case, it's KIAH with a silent H.
it's KIAH with a silent H.
about my surname. i probably can be considered a second generation singaporean citizen. cos my grandpa brought my father here to singapore when my pa was around four to six years old. they came from hainan island in some junk boat. by right, the hainanese dialect surname for xie (thank you in chinese) is chia. but somehow, when my grandpa registered his surname with the customs then, it was spelled kiah. this was not the only error. my father's birthday which is in feb was registered as 1 oct (which coincides with the PRC national day). so these errors were carried forward and my surname remains as KIAH.
as you can also see, my grandpa had problems communicating to others. and if you find me unintelligible at times, it is hereditary.
watever the case, it's KIAH with a silent H.
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