Mizu-randa

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#999933" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="041006e0ddwnfv.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mizu-randa</B></FONT><B>   -  </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miranda"><U><B>Miranda</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mizuranda"><U><B>|  </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mizuranda"><U><B>  HOME </B></U></A><B>    |    </B><A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome"><U><B> WELCOME</B></U></A></FONT><B> </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CV"><U>CV</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cats"><U>Cats</U></A>   |   <B>Mizu-randa</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" background="042bec00esnpes.gif"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0fc8c830.gif" border=0 width="140" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>back to page</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miranda"><U><B>Miranda</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Mizu-randa</div> <bR> <div> This is the name I adopted when I became an origami teacher.</div> <div> Not just because it sounds Japanese but it links to myself as well.</div> <bR> <div> Mizu is the Japanese word for water and I was named Miranda after a mermaid in a movie. My family name means brook, so 'water' again.</div> <bR> <div> Mizu is also the Japanese word for miss and as I'm female ...</div> <bR> <div> Oranda is the Japanese word for the Netherlands and I'm Dutch.</div> <bR> <div> Put everything together and I had no choice really, I had to adopt this name.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>