Iman Tse Bo-ching, K418xxx, notice of Bankruptcy Order (11 April 2014), Hong Kong
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Name Category: Creation; Self-important
Sunday 30 April 2017
Friday 28 April 2017
1918 Novel Name of the Day
Kerensa Kwun Ting-yan, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong (SCMP Letters 20 April 2014)
Note: Unlike others with a Chinese "Yan", she did not choose "Yannie" based on phonetics. Well done, er, Kerensa!
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Name Category: Creation
Wednesday 26 April 2017
1917 Novel Name of the Day
Yannie Tse Yan-ue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong (SCMP Letters 20 April 2014)
see other Yannies
About Novel Names
Name Category: Creation; Phonetic-based; Substitution; somewhat common in Hong Kong
Tuesday 25 April 2017
Drinking cow piss
This branded drink from Japan is rather unfortunately named Calpis
Found in the supermarkets in Hong Kong with ingredients of water, nonfat dry milk and lactic acid. Also written about in The Guardian, but somehow the reporter never commented on the bovine urine-sounding name!
Funny Product Name
Bottles of Calpis !!
Found in the supermarkets in Hong Kong with ingredients of water, nonfat dry milk and lactic acid. Also written about in The Guardian, but somehow the reporter never commented on the bovine urine-sounding name!
Funny Product Name
Monday 24 April 2017
1916 Novel Name of the Day
Cherrie Wan, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong (SCMP Letters 19 April 2014)
About Novel Names
Name Category: Creation; Insertion
Saturday 22 April 2017
Moka Kwok Moka Kwok Moka Kwok, Tongue Twister
Moka Fang, 29, model-actress from Shanghai and wife of local celebrity Aaron Kwok Fu-shing, 51, Hong Kong
1915 Novel Name of the Day
Other mainland China novel names: Jessea Lu, Wanting Qu
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Name Category: Creation; mainland China novel name
Reference: SCMP story 19 April 2017
http://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2088801/aaron-kwok-most-eligible-bachelors-list-51-hong-kong-singer-and-actor
Aaron Kwok is off the most eligible bachelors list - at 51, Hong Kong singer and actor has wed model 22 years his junior
The last of Canto-pop’s ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ to marry, Kwok dated a string of starlets before announcing his relationship with Shanghai model Moka Fang, 29, in 2015
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 19 April, 2017, 11:54amUPDATED : Wednesday, 19 April, 2017, 6:06pm
Canto-pop star and actor Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is no longer one of Hong Kong’s most eligible bachelors – he has married Shanghai model Moka Fang.The singer wed Fang on Tuesday in a private ceremony attended by close relatives at the city’s Peninsula hotel.Kwok, 51, had announced his relationship with Fang, 29, on Weibo – China’s answer to Twitter – in December 2015.And on Tuesday he shared on his Weibo account a pre-wedding portrait of himself and Fang taken by acclaimed Hong Kong photographer and filmmaker Wing Shya.Apple Daily reported that The Peninsula was heavily guarded during the afternoon ceremony and that the couple hosted a 10-table banquet after their wedding.Kwok rose to fame in the 1990s as one of Hong Kong’s “Four Heavenly Kings” – alongside Jacky Cheung Hok-yau, Andy Lau Tak-wah and Leon Lai Ming – and is the last of the four to get married.In the past he has dated a string of starlets including Christy Chung, Athena Chu, Amanda Strang, Lynn Hung and Norika Fujiwara.
Thursday 20 April 2017
1914 Novel Name of the Day
Sovinna Chan, formerly known as Chan Suk Yee, Z455xxx, notice of Bankruptcy Order (11 April 2014), Hong Kong
About Novel Names
Name Category: Creation
Tuesday 18 April 2017
1913 Novel Name of the Day
Rekkle Ng Pik-yan, Z330xxx, notice of Bankruptcy Order (11 April 2014), Hong Kong
About Novel Names
Name Category: Creation
Sunday 16 April 2017
1912 Novel Name of the Day
Dackme Yu Kit-fong, G649xxx, notice of Bankruptcy Order (11 April 2014), Hong Kong
About Novel Names
Name Category: Creation
Friday 14 April 2017
1911 Novel Name of the Day
Sunny Leung, finance manager, InspiringHK Sports Foundation (www.inspiringhk.org), Hong Kong
see other Sunny's in Hong Kong
Note: Happy "Sunny" Easter to all!!!
About Novel Namessee other Sunny's in Hong Kong
Note: Happy "Sunny" Easter to all!!!
Name Category: Rare; somewhat common in Hong Kong
Wednesday 12 April 2017
1910 Novel Name of the Day
Victorica Lau, part-time administrative
assistant, InspiringHK Sports Foundation (www.inspiringhk.org), Hong Kong
Name Category: Creation; Insertion
Tuesday 11 April 2017
Ugly Perceptions of Ugly Celebrities
For obvious reasons, controversial TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson says the most remarkable things. However, his largely exaggerated comments are based on some truths, which is why they can be funny. Here’s what he said about the following celebrities*:
Kiera Knightley is “just an ironing board with a face, and she works!”
Sarah Jessica Parker “looks a like a boiled horse!”
This site has previously commented on how people look, even on balloon heads like the largely-respected billionaire Lee Ka-shing and table tennis coach Hui Jun.
Lee Ka-shing
Further Thoughts
We often hear that some people look remarkably similar to their pets. How about people looking similar to their occupations or hobbies?
So far, we have:
1) A popular tubby TV food critic who looks like a chubby fish (see here)
2) A certified balloon artist who has a balloon face (see here)
3) A table tennis champion who has a ping pong ball head
* reference (Top Gear Season 11 Episode 4)
Kiera Knightley is “just an ironing board with a face, and she works!”
Kiera Knightley (reference to Women's bodies)
Sarah Jessica Parker “looks a like a boiled horse!”
There’s even a website called Sarah Jessica Parker Looks Like a Horse
This site has previously commented on how people look, even on balloon heads like the largely-respected billionaire Lee Ka-shing and table tennis coach Hui Jun.
Further Thoughts
We often hear that some people look remarkably similar to their pets. How about people looking similar to their occupations or hobbies?
So far, we have:
1) A popular tubby TV food critic who looks like a chubby fish (see here)
2) A certified balloon artist who has a balloon face (see here)
3) A table tennis champion who has a ping pong ball head
* reference (Top Gear Season 11 Episode 4)
Monday 10 April 2017
1909 Novel Name of the Day
Bell Wu, part-time administrative assistant,
InspiringHK Sports Foundation (www.inspiringhk.org), Hong Kong
Q: Is "Bell" less feminine than "Belle"? ... Or is this just a clanger?
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Name Category: Creation; Deletion
Saturday 8 April 2017
1908 Novel Name of the Day
Vincci Hui, parnership manager, InspiringHK
Sports Foundation (www.inspiringhk.org), Hong Kong
see 1136 Novel
Name of the Day for other Vinci's, Vincy's, Vincci's and Vinchi's !!!!
About Novel Names
Name Category: Creation; somewhat common in HK
Thursday 6 April 2017
1907 Novel Name of the Day
Garcia Lam, communications manager, InspiringHK
Sports Foundation (www.inspiringhk.org), Hong Kong
Name Category: Creation
Tuesday 4 April 2017
1906 Novel Name of the Day
Feanca Chu, learning and development
manager, InspiringHK Sports Foundation (www.inspiringhk.org), Hong Kong
Name Category: Creation
Sunday 2 April 2017
1905 Novel Name of the Day
Welton Leung, executive officer (sports), InspiringHK
Sports Foundation (www.inspiringhk.org), Hong Kong
Name Category: Creation; Substitution