What's in a name?

So even though I'm pretty sure that no one is reading my blog, I'm going to continue to post inane thoughts.

Why you may ask is the title of my blog "Fin like on a fish". Well, my first name is "Fin". On the phone, it sounds like "Cin" (short for Cindy) or "Sin" (as if anyone would actually name their kid "Sin"). So in order to negate any confusion as to what my name really is, I have to say "Fin like on a fish" which always gives me the same response "Ohhh, now I get it."

You may find it interesting (or not) that I actually got my name by default. My full first name is Filynn (which in the Chinese pronunciation means smart flower). The story that my mom tells me is that when she was pregnant with my older sister (born 1 year & 5 days before me), she went to a psychic (because apparently you do that in Taiwan) and asked for an appropriate name for my sister based on when she was due to be born. The psychic gave her 2 names and so she gave one name to my sister. Well, lo and behold, I come along and my mom went back to the same psychic who gave her the same 2 names. Of course, she had already used one of the names so the other name was the only option left to me. And that's how I got my name by default.

I guess at least I can say I have an interesting story of how I got my name.