Wednesday, August 29, 2007

what's in a name?

Our human neighbors were fantastic. We lived in between the two assistant directors, one a man and the other a woman (we have no idea what their names are because everyone called them "assistant director"). The female assistant director we came to find out was not very liked and this poor old lady lived by herself and did not show her face much. The male assistant director was who led the construction of our house and was married to a woman who worked in the canteen. They had a son and a pitbull tied up in the back yard. He would often be building stuff out front and although his English was not great, he was always very friendly.
The most important of our neighbors were Pi Kung, her husband and their son. Pi Kung became like a mother to us while we were living there, always being sure that we had food and some times even entertaining us by taking us out on weekends and bringing us to people's home for dinner. We really had our strongest bond with her and her son Chev and we will miss them terribly.
We were introduced to Chev, a two year old, for the first time and he would not even look at us. We scared him because we looked so different, and he would hide behind his mom, sometimes crying until they left. One time, Pi Kung and Chev came to pick us up in a truck and Pi Kung said "look Chev is in the Chev." This is when she explained to us that Chev's full name was Chevorlet Colorado, named after their blue truck. I couldn't make this stuff up. Then she said that this other girl who lived near us was named High, for the Highlander her parents drove. We had thought that vegetable was weird, but these names were beyond our expectations (we later met two of Pi Kung's nephews, Toto and Yoyo, named after the dog in the wizard of Oz and the toy).
As we got to know Chevorlet Colorado and more importantly he got to know us we really fell in love with him and he provided hours of entertainment.
The more that

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hmmm, this gives me lots of ideas for the new baby!!