四月 17, 2009

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Fêtenat

四月 17, 2009 in haha与lol | No comments

A friend of mine is seeing a girl named Ascension.

I was like, “Ascension ? Isn’t it the name of a Christian holiday in May ?” (耶稣升天节)
My colleague Samia also found it rare as a name, but then she told me, each day in the Christian calendar carries the name of a Saint (For example, today is April 17th, it’s the day of Saint Anicet, ok you’re not familiar with this name, me neither. Well, this Sunday will be the day of Emma, see what I mean ?). So many people, especially religious people, would name their child after the name of the Saint du jour. Sadly, for some kids, their name isn’t as Christian as their parents thought. See, the national holiday in French is Fête Nationale, and it’s marked as “Fête Nat” on the Calendar, yes, that’s how some parents in other French speaking countries name their kid if he/she is born on July 14th, Fêtenat. Original huh ? Beats “Ascension” anyway.

Come to think of it, these people won’t feel pretty special any more if they realize the number of guys who are named 国庆 in China.

Name tag

四月 17, 2009 in 今日无事 | 1 comment

I was walking back home, almost arrived, then it suddenly hit me, it’s been what, 5 months ? since we’ve moved into this apartment, the janitor of the building has finally changed the name tag on the buzzer of the entrance. Except that she only replaced the former guy’s name with Steph’s surname and kept the former girl’s surname. So now anyone who wants to be buzzed in has to find the “Wong/Leclercq” button (The former tenants of our apartment was also a mixed couple). I’m sure my friends will be quite confused.

What was she thinking ?! She supposed all Chinese are named Wong or what ? I hardly see her and have only talked to her once, maybe not even once maybe I was dreaming or something, how could she be sure that I’m Chinese too ? I could be Korean or Thai with a long surname that she can’t even pronounce nor find enough place to write on the name tag (Maybe that’s why she’s sticking to Wong..but isn’t mine even shorter ?! She did rewrote the “Wong”Wink

Or maybe that’s the problem, since she hardly sees me, and with my Asian face she took it for granted that maybe the former girl kicked out the old dude and found a new one. Poor Steph, in that case he must have received some weird looks, he’s confronted the janitor a couple of times for some missing letters issue <_<

*sigh* gotta talk to this lady…