How did a Chinese guy end up with a Tamil name? I recently met a Chinese man in Toronto and got to know that his name was Kandasamy. I asked him, "How did you get a name like that being Chinese?" He said, “Many, many years ago when I first arrived in Canada, I was standing in line at the Political Asylums Immigration Counter, and the man in front of me was a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee.” The lady at the counter looked at him and asked, “What is your name?" The Sri Lankan refugee replied "Kandasamy.” Then she looked at me and asked, "What's your name?" I said, "Sem Ting.”