User:Matatigre36

I am from the United States. My wife is from Thailand, and we have two girls and a boy.

Pages to Contribute to or Create
LDS-related
 * Book of Mormon chronology
 * The Friend (Mormon magazine)
 * Nephite

Thailand-related
 * Barisan National Pembebasan Patani
 * Barisan Revolusi Nasional
 * Gerakan Mujahideen Islam Patani
 * Patani kingdom
 * Source referring to bunga mas
 * a rather poor and erroneous source. `'Míkka>t 02:31, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Venezuela-related
 * Pasticho

My Username
Matatigre is a Spanish word that means "tiger killer" when translated literally. However, the term is used - in Venezuela, at least - to refer to a man who takes on a variety of odd jobs in order to make a living; that is to say, that this man would even kill tigers if he had to in exchange for a little something to live off of. At least that is my understanding of what this word means (you Venezuelans may feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken).

Anyway, I took a liking to the term several years ago and have used it ever since as a username for various programs; 36, for reasons that I can't explain, is my favorite number. Hence my username is Matatigre36.

(Me he preguntado por qué se dice "matatigre" y no se dice "matador de tigres," pero así sea. Al mismo tiempo también reconozco que no estoy MUY avanzado en el español.  Me falta aprender mucho aún.)

Contributions
New Articles:
 * Biographies:
 * Gerard C. Smith
 * Jack R. Binns
 * James Reston Jr.
 * Rowan Scarborough
 * Warren Rogers


 * Hawaiʻi-related:
 * Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation
 * Pacific Basin Development Council


 * LDS-related:
 * New Era (magazine)


 * Thailand-related:
 * Bersatu (separatist organization)
 * Thai Customs Decree


 * Venezuela-related:
 * Oscar D'León


 * GA-related:
 * Learning Community
 * List of political career biographies
 * List of political memoirs
 * US Term Limits

Major cleanup/wikification or contribution:
 * 2006 Rose Bowl
 * Burmese American
 * Steven H. Levinson
 * Terrel Bell
 * Transit Windsor
 * Herschel Walker Trade

Hobbies & Interests
My hobbies and interests include reading, football, and learning foreign languages, hence the language boxes over yonder. Having served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Venezuela, I communicate in Spanish fairly well. Also, I studied Mandarin Chinese at the university for three semesters, though it has been a while so it's rather rusty. Finally, although I only know a few phrases of spoken Thai, I hope to take up a serious study of that language sometime soon (watch my Babel box).