Remember Their Name

I always find it's pretty hard to remember people's name, even in Indonesia. There was one situation when i handle the press hosting in an event.

(an important-faced, senior journalist approached. I stood up immediately, set up a professional PR gesture, smiled widely, and greeted him so warmly because i felt that i know him pretty well)
Me: (shake his hand) "Mr. Agam... how are you? wow, it's been a long time! been busy?"
Him: "Umm... actually, I'm Kuncoro"
Me: "........"

Now, can you imagine when i have to remember Chinese names? well, more than 200 Chinese names?

But i have to do it, anyway. Because i found out that, your students will pay more attention to you, and feel closer to you, if you remember their name. Because for them, it's an appreciation if you remember them and call them by their name. Of course it's really hard to remember them all, but start to remember those who most active first.

(each of them wants to be recognized...)

Still, it's hard for me. So, i made a strategy. I asked them to write down their name in my notes, those who most active, for sure. Some of them have English name, and it makes everything easier for me. So, here's my note:

Class I-1
Cindy: long hair, sweet face, her English is not really good but she's so passionate and cheerful
Michelle: she just had her English name, really friendly
(they like to come to my room and talk with me, Martyna and Slava)

Class I-5
Chu Wen Yi: tall, pretty, friendly, she asked me if i can sell my batik blouse to her. She gave me a bracelet in our first meeting and showed me how to write my name in Chinese characters

(she said it's to protect me ^_^)

Scarlett: Sweet, active, intelligent, she sang for me in our first meeting. She asked me to come to her baptist ceremony and become a witness or something haha.
Denise: I'm impressed by this young girl. She told me that she wants to go to Canada for college, but her family isn't rich. So, she needs to find a scholarship, but she has to speak English well for that. She can't afford an English course, so she asked me to teach her English. She has that quality of knowing exactly what she wants and also how to get it. I don't know whether she'll achieve Canada or not, but she will achieve a lot of great thing with that kind of personality. She sent me a sweet letter and i will keep it. I really wish the best for her.
Cai Chen: The guy with glasses who's not really active but speaks English pretty well.
Zhang Xu: Haha,, he's the man! he's the funniest guy in the class. The whole class put attention everytime he speaks and makes jokes. He helped me a lot to get the class attention. He's also really friendly and active. Eventhough his English isn't that good, he always try to speak and seek for new words in his dictionary.
Yin Cheng Xuan: Korean student. He can't speak English or Chinese really well, but he always greet me and try to speak with me.

Class I-9
Gu Ming: (Secara fisik mengingatkan gw pada tokoh A Kiong di Laskar Pelangi >.<) kind of attention seeker who requires extra treatment. But if he got the attention he needs, he will be really kind and helpful.
Liu Chuang: One of the class cool gangster. His hand was fractured in our first meeting (not by me, for sure). He can't really speak nor understand English. But recently he was becoming really proactive and nice.
Tao Yun: He doesn't look like Chinese at all. He looks like Indonesian-Western mixed born. He speaks pretty good English and really friendly.
Guo Wei: A nice little gentleman who always help me with the computer.

Class I-10
Jeff: A cute, intelligent young man ;p he sang for me so beautifully in our second meeting ("nothing's gonna change my love for you..."). He's also really active during the class and he speaks English pretty well. Slava was right, he makes us think, "Damn, i wish i'm 7 years younger..." wkwkwkwk >:D
Belinda: A sweet girl that wants me to go to Badachu park with her
Betty: The girl with glasses, a bit shy but her English is good

Sally: She gave me a heart shaped origami with "We love you, teacher!" written on it. Aaaawww,, how sweet is that??

(I love you guys, too! :D)

And finally, this gentleman... he's also from Class I-10. He wanted to take picture with me. I can't remember his Chinese name, so he asked me to give him an English name. Wow, that's an honor to give someone a name. I have to think seriously about it. By the way, this is him:

So, i'm thinking about the name of some cool guys...
Bruce (from Bruce Willis)
Brad (from Brad Pitt)
Ashton (from Ashton Kutcher)
Johny (from Johny Depp)
Hugh (from Hugh Jackman)
Antonio (from Antonio Banderas)
Clint (from Clint Eastwood)
Stephen (from Stephen Spielberg)
Robert (from Robert Langdon- come to fiction)

So... can anyone give me an idea for this guy's name? his future is depend on us!
*untungny gak perlu bubur merah- bubur putih bwt kesempatan ini.. wkwk