For starters, I didn’t know a website would offer their service to analyse a made-up word like Vuyogo for its numerological meaning, whatever that is. But I came across one, and what they have to offer is a valuable description of the personality behind Vuyogo. Scarily, that’s got to be me. Now read for yourselves in how far it applies. I consider highlighting passages that I personally find very apt. Continue reading
Welcome to Vuyogo!
I write about traveling and whatever else I find is worth sharing of my life’s journey. Although my native tongue is German, English is my second home, linguistically speaking, and it is the one which all of my friends share. Hence the choice of English as a medium here. I may write something in German though, but I’m certainly not planning on translating or re-writing everything in a second language.
I chose the title Vuyogo, which is inspired by the !Xhosa word vuyo for ‘joy’ or ‘rejoice’. (For a numerological reading click here) My friend Vuyi gave it to me as a nickname when we first met at the Lake of Stars Festival in Malawi in 2014. And I’m happy to use it as my nickname 😉 (for instance here), in addition to other nicknames, such as Drik – which is an all-too obvious pun on my real name, Dirk.