Ling and Ving move to America Once upon a time, a little Asian family moved into America. It was a father and his two children, his daughter Ling and son Ving. They were quite unadjusted to the American lifestyle, but eventually they settled in. One day, Ving told Ling that he didn't like his name anymore because it was weird and he got bullied for it. He wanted to change it to 'Lee' like Bruce Lee. But his sister told him that he can't do it for it'd be blasphemous to his father and his entire …

Ving and Ling Earlier this year, a chinese family moved into my small town. The family had two twins who were both seniors in my class, Ving and Ling. Ving and his sister Ling were quiet to start off with, but eventually I made good friends with Ving. After talking to him for a few weeks he revealed to me that he absolutely *abhored* his name, and that he'd do almost anything to figure out how to get it changed. I asked him what he wanted to change it to, and he said "lee, like bruce lee …

I went to a high school with a set of Chinese twins... In high school, I was in class with a set of Chinese twins named Ving and Ling. Me and Ving got along pretty well, she'd help me with my trig and I'd help her with English. One day she asked me for help on changing her name. She didn't like the name Ving because it was too stereotypical. I would probably change my name too. She wanted to change her name to Lee, like Bruce Lee. Ling heard of this plan, and told Ving that her name was passed …

One day in math... ...we got two new transfer students. They were twins named Ving and Ling who had moved in from Korea. I sat next to Ving during class and I got to know him pretty well. We liked the same books, movies, games, you name it! At the end of the quarter, we had a huge unit exam, it was about 30% of our grade. Luckily, Ving let me copy off of him on one condition, I take him to get his name changed after school. The guy absolutely despises his name, he thinks it sounds too stereotyp…