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Kai research + BuViSoCo result
I've been reading a lot of stuff about early video game consoles lately. So exciting and intersting (might post some links to my favourite articles later).
And I found out that one of the major graphic artists for the Intellivision (a cute old pre-Nintendo system that's exactly as old as I am *lol*) was called Kai Tran ^_^
I didn't know that Kai was a common Korean first name before, so that kinda made me smile.
And then, the word Kai seems to have tons of meanings all around the world.
In Hawaiian language it means ocean. Which kinda fits, seeing how Kai-sama was born in the North of Germany, close to the North Sea.
In Japanese it's a race of dogs and a city and possibly other things. There's also a kanji "kai" meaning "sea", but that's only the on reading of it (the kun reading is "umi" which should be a common word for most anime fans).
And in Finnish, it means something like "probably" or "Possibly", right?
If you believe Wikipedia, the German first name comes from an old Friesian word meaning "warrior". Now, if that's not Metal, I dunno what is *lol*
Not to forget the fact that there are dozens of characters from various games, movies and series carrying that name.
Pretty amazing, huh? O_O
In Extremo got third at the BuViSoCo, which is pretty amazing. Stefan Raab himself seemed pretty surprised about it as well. As expected, Seeed won (it's a common fact that at this event, the winner is usually the most well-known band, and not that with the best song), so next year's show will take place in Berlin.
My own Bundesland (North Rhine Westphalia) came last. And I'm bloody happy about it cuz the band was terrible, ehe XD
Instead I voted for In Extremo and also won "up to 33€ of credit" (that's what the text message said) at an internet site for sports bets. Uh... no, thanks?
And I found out that one of the major graphic artists for the Intellivision (a cute old pre-Nintendo system that's exactly as old as I am *lol*) was called Kai Tran ^_^
I didn't know that Kai was a common Korean first name before, so that kinda made me smile.
And then, the word Kai seems to have tons of meanings all around the world.
In Hawaiian language it means ocean. Which kinda fits, seeing how Kai-sama was born in the North of Germany, close to the North Sea.
In Japanese it's a race of dogs and a city and possibly other things. There's also a kanji "kai" meaning "sea", but that's only the on reading of it (the kun reading is "umi" which should be a common word for most anime fans).
And in Finnish, it means something like "probably" or "Possibly", right?
If you believe Wikipedia, the German first name comes from an old Friesian word meaning "warrior". Now, if that's not Metal, I dunno what is *lol*
Not to forget the fact that there are dozens of characters from various games, movies and series carrying that name.
Pretty amazing, huh? O_O
In Extremo got third at the BuViSoCo, which is pretty amazing. Stefan Raab himself seemed pretty surprised about it as well. As expected, Seeed won (it's a common fact that at this event, the winner is usually the most well-known band, and not that with the best song), so next year's show will take place in Berlin.
My own Bundesland (North Rhine Westphalia) came last. And I'm bloody happy about it cuz the band was terrible, ehe XD
Instead I voted for In Extremo and also won "up to 33€ of credit" (that's what the text message said) at an internet site for sports bets. Uh... no, thanks?