Friday, September 4, 2009

Asal-usul Perkataan Mimielola

Okay, saya terikut dengan entry LV yang ni. Dear Verde, so selama ni memang betullah I sebut nama you. Heh :P

Bagaimana lahirnya cyber nick saya itu?

Back in 2001 eh, ke 2002? (Ceh, nak flashback jugak tu...:P), I was using my real name as my cyber nick. Then I thought, "Eh, tak boleh jadi ni, nak kena guna nama lain jugak." - orang lain guna nicks like Laksamana Gorgom, Hiro Malaya, Juju ,Jojo, Jiji, Jeje, Jaja etc., takkan gua nak guna nama betul, kan?

And then I thought about my cat - we call her Mimi. I wanted to use her name as my nick, but I thought it was too short, and too common - ye lah, berapa banyak Mimi yang ada kat bumi ni?

And it so happened at that time, I was listening to the Copacabana song, by Barry Manilow. I loved the song and I fell in love with the name Lola.

So I tried Mimilola (I didn't really like additional vowel in spelling). But someone had used it. Then I tried Mimielola. JACKPOT!

And that is how I got created my cyber nick.

The end.