Without a doubt SEA Games is in the air in Hanoi. Today there was a big event at the bank, yes, the arrival of thier very own Mascot. I don’t know what the fellas name is yet, but when I find Out I will tell you. Hehe…Took some pictures with the big guy. He is kinda cute after all

buf¡¤fa¡¤lo (bÅ­f’É™-l¨­’)
n., pl. buffalo or -loes or -los.

1.
a. Any of several oxlike Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the water buffalo and African buffalo.
b. The North American bison, Bison bison.
2. The buffalo fish.

tr.v., -loed, -lo¡¤ing, -loes.

1. To intimidate, as by a display of confidence or authority: ¡°The board couldn’t buffalo the federal courts as it had the Comptroller¡± (American Banker).
2. To deceive; hoodwink: ¡°Too often . . . job seekers have buffaloed lenders as to their competency and training¡± (H. Jane Lehman).
3. To confuse; bewilder.

[Italian bufalo or Portuguese or Spanish b¨²falo, from Late Latin b¨±falus, from Latin b¨±balus, antelope, buffalo, from Greek boubalos, perhaps from bous, cow.]

WORD HISTORY The buffalo is so closely associated with the Wild West that one might assume that its name comes from a Native American word, as is the case with the words moose and skunk. In fact, however, buffalo can probably be traced back by way of one or more of the Romance languages through Late and Classical Latin and ultimately to the Greek word boubalos, meaning ¡°an antelope or a buffalo.¡± The buffalo referred to by the Greek and Latin words was of course not the American one but an Old World mammal, such as the water buffalo of southern Asia. Applied to the North American mammal, buffalo is a misnomer, bison being the preferred term. As far as everyday usage is concerned, however, buffalo, first recorded for the American mammal in 1635, is older than bison, first recorded in 1774.

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• I have a dream... - 2006
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• Of Mum's Place with Loretta - 2007
• Seoul Searching :- The Traditional Parade Video - 2007
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