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#76 Mok

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 10:41 PM

First order and you give me 3!?!?

You're killin' me.


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Meh.

First one.

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Second one.

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& Third one.

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I must say you have an interesting surname.


My dad will be so pleased to know that you think we have an interesting name - Yim (Yan) isn't very common at all. :cry^:

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 10:45 PM

:frantic:

Meh.
My dad will be so pleased to know that you think we have an interesting name - Yim (Yan) isn't very common at all. :cry^:

Thank you thank you thank you!!! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

Well... with 6 sisters and how many brothers again? He certainly needs to be strict and stern! And ah... with that many kids, he's obviously trying his darnest to make Yim (Yan) less common. :P

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 10:47 PM

Well... with 6 sisters and how many brothers again? He certainly needs to be strict and stern! And ah... with that many kids, he's obviously trying his darnest to make Yim (Yan) less common. :P


:blink: I think you forget that only TWO of his offspring will carry on the Yim surname. We girls will always be Yim but our kids won't be. :D
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Posted 06 August 2006 - 10:52 PM

:blink: I think you forget that only TWO of his offspring will carry on the Yim surname. We girls will always be Yim but our kids won't be. :D

Ah... but you also forget that he WAS trying.

BTW, managed to measure the length of your sword yet?

Edited by Liang Jieming, 06 August 2006 - 10:55 PM.


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Posted 06 August 2006 - 11:09 PM

Ah... but you also forget that he WAS trying.

BTW, managed to measure the length of your sword yet?


LOL...no comments on that.

Yep, it's approx. 39'' or 93 cm.
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#81 Liang Jieming

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 11:12 PM

Yep, it's approx. 39'' or 93 cm.

'K got it.

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 11:15 PM

Oh yeah. How didja create a seal? Do you have the script for it? 'Cos my dad's and sisters' look way better than mine (but then, my raw material was c**p to begin with) :lol:

Here's my name: 嚴佳敏. Could you make one that looks like theirs? Meep. :frantic:
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Posted 06 August 2006 - 11:22 PM

QED

I personally prefer the ones rendered from an actual stone chop, more gritty looking and real but then again, you do need to start with a decent copy... :P


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ps. you want to pin this thread and maybe change the title a bit so that I can open shop and start making chop/stamp/seals for people? :P WangEnlai's ignoring me.

Edited by WangEnlai, 06 August 2006 - 11:25 PM.


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Posted 06 August 2006 - 11:25 PM

QED

I personally prefer the ones rendered from an actual stone chop, more gritty looking and real but then again, you do need to start with a decent copy... :P
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ps. you want to pin this thread and maybe change the title a bit so that I can open shop and start making chop/stamp/seals for people? :P


Well it's still FOC at the moment so I can't really pin this to the Market Place. We shall see, though. Don't wanna swamp you with orders!! :lol:

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 11:29 PM

Centaur, quit posting. It's lunch time.

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 11:29 PM

... the milk of human kindness.... LJM, you are indeed a generous soul.

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 11:30 PM

bleh. I do what I do because I do... hmm... that sure sounded cooler in my head before I typed it down.

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 11:32 PM

Enlai's back and you want to be warmer? in this Singapore heat?

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 11:33 PM

bleh. I do what I do because I do... hmm... that sure sounded cooler in my head before I typed it down.


You do what you do because you gotta do what you gotta do. That sound like it? Or try my version: you do what you do because you're sweet!! :clapping: :P
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Posted 06 August 2006 - 11:46 PM

This thread is going crazy with excitement :jump:

Mind another customer, Liang Jieming? You're doing awesome work! :D
My name is 曾嘉玲
Wish I had a rare character in my name...

Just out of curiosity, where do you refer to for the seal script versions of the characters? :P

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