It’s not until the time when I went to the United States for my master’s degree that I found “Edward” to be, well, accommodating. My official name in Mandarin is “??????”, or “Shih-Chiang” as shown on my passport. The truth is, the English version sounds nothing like the Mandarin one. If you copy and paste them for the Google Translator to pronounce, you’d get what I mean. Every time I had to pronounce it when introducing myself, I felt so awkward hearing the sound coming out of my mouth. And through no fault of my English-speaking friends, they most likely had difficulty remembering this name. “Edward”, therefore, came in handy and made everyone’s life easier. Since then, I’ve been comfortable being Edward.
Ospreys in Prince Edward Island (PEI)
I finally am getting around to writing about the Ospreys we observed on a nesting platform near our hotel. I was able to add…