What is "URZ"?

A lot of people have asked me why we name our boutique, URZ. URZ has two meanings. First, because the pronunciation of URZ sounds like "yours" in English, we want our boutique to become "yours" boutique. We hope people can treat the shop as their own shop, and feel that they will be able to find the most unique and the funniest gifts fro their beloved one. Second, the pronunciation of URZ also sounds like "遊子" (yo-zi) in Chinese which means the person who is residing far away from home. Tim and I have been away from our hometown, Taiwan, for many years. We are the typical type of "yo-zi", and we know there are a lot of people like us who choose to live far from home, but once a while want to get connected with the things from our hometown. Therefore, the major productions we sale at URZ are designed by designers in Taiwan, and even made in Taiwan. Most importantly, since I have been in Victoria for more than ten years, I want to share my wonderful experience of living in Victoria with "yo-zi" from all of the world who come into URZ.


有很多人問過我,為什麼我們要把這家店取名叫做URZ.其實這個名字有兩個意思.第一,他的英文發音跟"Yours"差不多.意思就是"你的".我們希望客人可以把這間店也當成是自己的店,可以在裡面找到最適合自己和心愛的親友,最特殊也最有意義的東西. 第二ㄋㄟ,基本上我家Tim當初覺得URZ就是"遊子"的意思.我跟TIM本身就是遠離家鄉的遊子,因為總總原因飄盪在異鄉.我們覺得在這邊也有很多人跟我們一樣,選擇居住在異鄉,但三不五時會想要接觸原本的文化跟事物.再加上,我們想要推廣台灣人的創意跟高品質的設計.所以這間店基本上賣的都是台灣人原創設計,有些東西還是在台灣製作的.希望在推廣之餘,還可以解大家的思鄉之苦.此外,我在這裡也待了超過十年了,希望藉著這個店我可以把我住在維多利亞的經驗跟全世界到此一遊的遊子們分享.希望大家有問題,盡量問我不要客氣喔!!