What's with the wordings?

A name. A string of alphabets made up by people whom you didn't recognize at the time of your birth to identify you with. The thing that sorta sparked me off is that, there are a few names that would immediately jump to the country which they are in.


Take Lee (or Li), you would jump to China. You are right, mostly because it is one of the top surnames in China. But when you take Tan (i don't know the equivalent in Mandarin), it would most definitely come from Penang, or close by, i think. the problem starts when you have a country that has been colonized and occupied by so many different countries you'd be startled by them.




Take for instance, Philippines. Their more common names are mainly spanish in origin, with Reyes, Torres, and Ramos (yes, they all sound so so familiar, it's because these guys have been representing Spain at one point of their career). You would think, wow.


And Raul is a name for a hunky long haired bare chested Spanish dude.
Pierre is some uber-romantic French guy who loves his croissants.
And probably Joe has worked with the Navy Seals and eats raw fish.
And oh oh, Maldini would sound like God. In some ways:)


So i jumped on this new site, World Names Profiler, and tried to see where my surname would originate from. They haven't indexed the world fully yet (which means their title is so undeserved), but take a look at this.




I thought my surname was Dutch or Portugese in origin, see see, i might as well be a Canadian. Hrmm. Oh well. nvm that. Unto cars then.


I love cars which i can't afford. But no matter, cause they're pretty to look at anyway, like the Maserati Gran Turismo (yes, i can go on forever, but it really really really is pretty!). Anyways, at the recent French car show, there were a tonne of new concept cars that you would love to see:) like i did, with one particularly catching design.


No it's not the new lambo estoque (4-door lambo is just weird), but it is the last name you'd ever heard me mention, the Citroen GT Concept. Love it!!!!! Ok, so i've watched way too many cartoons and probably re-watched the new season of Knight Rider a bit too many times, but seriously, this is lovely:) [Via Jalopnik]




Hahaha. And oh, there's this theory floating around, men who can't do math actually love math a lot. Yup. Math is like women, you love them a whole lot, but you will never understand them, or know what they want. Me and math, we broke up a few days ago, but we'll make nice soon:)


And oh, for those who are still studying with me (yes, i know who you are) this is a little encouragement for you for your exams:)



Cheers!