Cricket is not a bad nickname! How did you get it? Are you musically inclined?
I was so happy to read that even though you think the cricket was scary, you let it go free. I am always so sad to see animals being imprisoned, tortured, or killed, especially if it is for no good reason. Since your family doesn't eat meat, I imagine that you would feel the same. The bat at your school, you wrote about a few weeks ago, made me really sad.
So Sorry for the late reply. Well it is not a bad nickname in English but in Khmer it is a bit of an insult. I don't like it when animals are being killed, I sometimes feel bad for hitting a mosquito. It was indeed really sad to see them torture the bat like that. Have a nice day.