Category Archives: General

Had a really interesting yet random convo about surnames at lunch today. In my late night travels I’ve done some wikipediaing and found out that my surname is ranked 20th in the top 100 list of Chinese common surnames as at 2006.

Not really sure how the Teochew ‘Neo’ of Liang came about, but Chinese surnames are an interesting bunch, as basically depending on the language the spelling and/or pronounciation may be different. E.g. Liang, Leung, Neo etc are all one and the same, which is why my Chinese name doesn’t have Neo but Liang instead.

And according to Wikipedia, Liang stands for “a beam”, “a bridge”, or “an elevation”… which then means if I translate my full Chinese name I get something like: An elevation autumn swallow… Continue reading →

From the blogosphere. Been keeping very busy with work, sport, planning next adventures and more!

Check back here in 8 weeks – 12 weeks and hopefully I’ll start posting entries of my travel plans! Continue reading →

Well this weekend was part spent hanging out with Snoopy Napier ( :-p ) and the other half (i.e. Sunday) wondering why the weather is so hot, and hoping Tuesday is not like today. So anyways, on Sat Snoopy and … Continue reading →

So apparently if OzTag works out, my sport schedule will be a somewhat nutty first 2 days of the week… Monday – Indoor soccer during lunch, then in the evening OzTag Tuesday – Touch Football during lunch I think by … Continue reading →

So this weekend was spent down in Canberra visiting/hanging with Em. Headed down Friday night after work on the bus. Some things I should remember for the future… when your friend tells you to bring a ‘warm jacket’, follow their … Continue reading →

So I’ve come to the conclusion that toothpaste does matter. Not in the sense of ‘oh that’s gross he/she doesn’t use toothpaste’ as everyone I know is a user of toothpaste, but more in a sense of taste does matter. … Continue reading →

So my brother being super sick last week should have been foretelling in how I were to spend this week. Saturday is me ‘hmmm I think I might be getting sick but it could be my imagination…’. Lets skip to … Continue reading →

I <3 PostSecret

Has been sore around the toe nail since Sunday (no surprise why really). Apparently it’s also referred to as Black Toenail. Which kind of makes sense because it does turn black eventually. But this is the biggest one I’ve ever … Continue reading →

And not because I want to tax their hard work in doing so, but mainly ‘cos I’d also have done so myself (thinking the My Maps feature is a good thingo to plot interesting adventures in outside stuff)… here’s the … Continue reading →