Italian Name

My name is Chua Lam in my native language Chiu Chow, and Cai Rai in Mandarin. It was difficult for my Spanish crew to remember. So, one day they gathered and said to me, “We have decided to call you Mario!"

“We are in Spain!" I protested. “Give me a Spanish name like Jose, Leonardo or Javier instead! Why Italian?"

They answered in unison, “Because you eat like one!"