After much deliberation I've adopted 柯一安 as my Chinese name.
Last name 柯 (ke), first name 一安 (yi an). 我姓柯，叫一安。一二三的一，西安的安。
I'm not sure of the meaning of 柯 (ke), other than it's used as a Chinese surname. (And a handy shorthand for Costanzo.)
I picked 一安 after discarding a couple of more complicated options - 伊恩 (which is the default when you run "Ian" through Google Translate), and 毅验 (yi yan - the first character means "firm, resolute, decisive"). 一安 is a short form of 一生平安 (yi sheng ping an), which means "a life at peace". This is a pretty cool name! However mainly I picked it because it would be easy to remember.
My blog name: My previous blog was http://sendageektoaustralia.blogspot.com. This was in support of my campaign for the "Best job in the world", which sadly I wasn't selected for :-( However I decided to recycle the theme of "Send a geek to ..." for my China blog.
Next step - profit!!!
PS I'll also be blogging on the Hutong School blogger site. In the event that I can't tunnel through the Great Firewall of China to update my Blogspot blog, I'll be blogging here: http://hutong-school.com/blog/iancostanzo.
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