29 years I’ve had this name and only now have I realised that the devil’s in it. This file was a photo of my (now dead) Maxtor hard drive.
I’m a little shaken, amused and depressed. My Chinese name means US dollar, which is depreciating, and my English name has ‘satan’ in it.
Tonight, I will sit down at a desk (which does NOT have a computer on it – not easy since we have 4 PC desktops, 1 G4 Mac, and 2 laptops at home), and read up for my application essay. Yes folks, gone are the days where admissions departments ask straightfoward questions like, ‘Why do…
I was reading [Le Monde](http://lemonde.fr/) and noticed this funny kitchen ad. It’s on YouTube too, so here it is: If you like it, there’s [another ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0WXENy6uHw) in the series, too 😉
After admiring the innovative and chic home accessories at the lifestyle shop on the 2nd floor of Ngee Ann City, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read about the CEO who spent US$2,200 on a wastepaper basket that didn’t do anything extraordinary. However I do have my eyes on a very intriguing timepiece, the…
[](http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/organic-mens-fitted-tshirt-dark/400528127) [](http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/organic-womens-tshirt-dark/400528128) I have a Cafepress.com shop. Sometimes I design things for fun to see how they look on T-shirts, mugs, baby clothes and other items. The only notable item I’ve had up to now was the [“Thinking Cap”](https://www.cafepress.com/vantan.69181514) which I designed in honour of my Gahmen Blogger co-founder, Ivan Chew, aka[ Rambling Librarian](http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/). It’s…
Monoceros tagged me, so here goes. 3 things that scare me: Losing my hands Marrying someone then realising I made a mistake I can handle just about anything else, with God’s help 3 people who make me laugh: (I’m going to keep this to personal friends) Ditzyspice, my old desk partner-in-crime Simran, glamour queen Kim,…
Facebook status updates have become a new way of responding indirectly to friends. I just updated my status before leaving for home. Then I logged back on at home, and saw this: Very funny, Nick 😉
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From Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, 1594:
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
and if we spell your name backwards..nat assenav
cool to have Satan and Ass in the same name
I once had an email username that was “satan”. First two letters of first name + last name. Just had it for a summer, though, so I didn’t use the account.
I have at least 3 other friends who “have Satan” in their names. Considering that “Tan” is a common surname, and “sa” appears at the end of lots of first names, I think there are many others who will read your blog entry and discover that they too are in the same boat. 😉