Today during our after dinner chit chat, i mentioned about how to "suan" (is actually hanyu pinyin, can't blame mi for bad chinese cos i'm nt taking "higher" chinese wat!) your own chinese names. I wasn't able to give a definite results to my frens cos i din had the book for reference, but i'm gonna post it here so everyone or anyone who happens to "surfed" to my blog could try this out.

This is how it is done: calculate the number of strokes your chinese surname and your two (or one) chinese name(s). And remember to add 1 to the calculations of your surname!. Add up the strokes of your surname and your name, the total will depends whether your name is an auspicious name. *Remember to add 1 to the strokes of your surname only!

The auspicious number are: 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 37, 39, 45, 47, 48, 52, 63, 65, 67, 68, 73 and 81. Please note that some numbers are less favourable for females although it is an auspicious number, like: 21, 23, 29, 33 or 39.

For more services please contact ahtan@auspiciousname pte (not) ltd. Remember customer *must* be able to count their own names before consultation, if not extra charges will be applied cos i would have to refer to the dictionary (cos my chinese not very bing pong piang)