According to Wikipedia,
In physical geography, a dale is an open valley. The name occurs particularly frequently in the Lowlands of Scotland and in the North of England, where the term “fell” commonly refers to the mountains or hills that flank the dale.
The word dale comes from Old English dael, and is related to Old Norse dalr (and modern Icelandic dalur), which may perhaps have influenced its survival in northern England.[1] Dale is equivalent to the word valley, which entered the English language after the Norman Conquest. Semantic equivalency to German Tal, Dutch dal, Norwegian (na) dal and Polish (na) dole suggest common Indo-European affinity. Norwegian towns frequently use this term: dalekvam, dale.
So last night, I met with new friends and they asked me, why Dale. Why the name Dale? Is it inspired by the cartoon, Chip N’ Dale? I told them partly. Because Dale is so kiut… *ahem. It was also said that Dale wasn’t a very popular name in Malaysia. Not in US though. That’s because of the legendary stock car driver, Dale Earnhardt. Speaking about stock cars, let me side track abit. It just really reminds me of an oldies. “Tell Laura I Love Her”. It was a good song whereby the lover die in a stock car race. 
However, my decision to stick with the name Dale was because of a book I read. It was a good book that influenced me after all, Dale Carnegie was the author. That was one of my favourite book of all time. “How to Win Friends and Influence People” One of the best sellers of all time, after the Bible of course. :p
Last but not least, my friends like Wingz, Huei and LinPeh start to call me “Ah Dale/Ah Del/Ah Diu/Diu” So innocent lar me…. now I really Ma Foo Lat
Anyway, here is it. My English name.
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