Here’s my Chinese name (you can click for a bigger version):

In Cantonese it is pronounced Go Lohk Toe, and the tones are important to the meaning:
Go (high tone) - this means “tall”; I have the same family name as daddy.
Lohk (low tone) - this means “joy” or “happiness”.
Toe (high tone) - this means “unending” or “overflowing”.
Taken together, my two given names carry the impression of a river flowing with joy.
In Putonghua (Mandarin) it is pronounced Gao Lè Tao with the same meaning, and tones
Gao (high tone),
Lè (low tone, pronounced like the French “le”),
Tao (high tone).
April 30th, 2006
There are some new photos up.
April 29th, 2006
I’ve just raced through the 1kg mark! I’m a big boy now. See my growth chart for the rising trend.
Since yesterday I’ve been getting a bit less help breathing. I get 4 hours on the CPAP machine and then 4 hours with just a nasal cannula. The CPAP is good because I don’t get so worn out just breathing, but on the other hand it’s bad because I sometimes swallow quite a lot of air but haven’t yet got the hang of burping.
April 28th, 2006
I’m one month old!! You can see my latest photos and growth chart. I weigh 875g (1.9 pounds) now.
I had a bath today. I told the nurse that I neither needed nor wanted a bath, but she didn’t seem to understand. But I reckon I got through to her eventually, and she put me back in my incubator so I could have a nice little sleep.
April 23rd, 2006
You can see some photos from my 23rd day over on the photos page.
April 15th, 2006
My weight is 735g (1.6 pounds) today. Actually I was 730g on Monday, so I grew a lot (65g) over last weekend, but not so much in the last few days.
April 14th, 2006