yesterday

while enjoying a two hour moto ride from (ba thay) i don't quiet know how to spell it.
and thoroughly enjoying my moto chat with my driver who was a friend of the family
and watching landscapes fly by
mosquitos thwart the wind
and so on
the driver asked me if i knew what my name meant
i said it meant mau vang (the color gold)

yes, that's what it means, but it also means something else.
what do you mean?
it means needle.

oh like a toothpick?

no, like a sewing needle.

how do you spell it?



exactly the same.

according to the vietnamese dictionary,

kim: đồ dùng đổ khâu vá, nhỏ, có một đầu nhọn, đầu kia để xỏ chỉ