User blog comment:AYET/Why the (nick) name???/@comment-4830337-20120416142204/@comment-4754162-20120416161754

I always thought Jade was your (somewhat) Christian name while Ming was one within your full name, but looks like I was wrong altogether! Being a fellow Chinese (though Malaysian Chinese), I have the "3 words" standard for my real name registered in my birth cert. And sometime during my schooling years I decided to add in an optional Christian name (despite I am not a Christian) just to make it easier for people to call me. Then from there onwards, I am better known as my self-added Christian name or Christian name + family surname (hence is where the AY initials came from)