Friday, December 16, 2005

On Vacation

Dear Readers,

Starting on Dec. 17th, I will be traveling through Oregon and California for three weeks.

Thanks to the great folks at Gmail for hooking me up with Gmail Mobile, so if anyone has any tips about interesting places to visit, please feel free to email me.

In the meantime, please entertain yourselves with this Japanese etiquette guide about how to properly order and consume sushi.

Happy Holidays


-tian

Thursday, December 15, 2005

"Ding Dong"



When I saw this photo, the first two questions popped into my mind are:

1. Is the witch dead?

2. Are the fries done?

The four-character phrase (circled in red) on this young man's left forearm is the literal translation that means "the sound of ding-dong".

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Arbor Snowboard - "Push"

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Sunday, December 11, 2005

Bewitch Hero Energy

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Thursday, December 8, 2005

Manzo's Tattoo

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Monday, December 5, 2005

"Friendless"

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"Hair Splitting"


http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51202/high/bmepb174881.jpg

The circled character is the name of district in Anhui, old captial of Yin.

In one of my previous postings, the owner with the same character tattoo claimed it meant "carpe diem", which is completely wrong.

Or the character should have been (fine hair; measure of length; 1/1000).


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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

"Shi"

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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Saturday, November 26, 2005

"Death Wish"

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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

"Fraud Blessing"


http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51121/high/bmepb168208.jpg

I am not sure if this person wanted (fraud) or (blessing) on his arm.

is the simplified version of .

The lower partial in (simplified ) should be , not .


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"Gratitude"


http://kingpinstudio.com/albums/Chris/kanji.jpg

I hope this tattooist has posted a mirrored photo rather than a mirrored tattoo.

means "gratitude" and "kindness".


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Raven's Lazy Eye

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Friday, November 18, 2005

"Think"

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"Sisters"

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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

"Peter"

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Sunday, November 13, 2005

"Katherine"

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Saturday, November 12, 2005

Shawn Marion - The Matrix

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Saturday, November 5, 2005

Asian Font Gibberish



According to reader “Quaz”:

“It is a picture of a tattoo taken by some racist, who apparently just downloaded an ‘Asian’ font from the Internet, wrote ‘SAY NO TO NIGGERS’ with that font and let somebody to tattoo it in his back. Of course, since languages don't work that way - which apparently is too much to comprehend for our little white supremacist here - the message is completely incomprehensible, as it actually is just finish with a strange font.”

The tattoo is complete gibberish.

Update: The tattoo shown here is suppose to be Finnish of “SANO EI LAKUPEKOILLE”, which is the English equivalent for “say no to niggers”. The owner of the tattoo used an “Asian” font to mimic the alphabets. What the fool did not realize is that the Chinese do not use alphabets. Way to show your racial superiority by using another culture's language.

Racists are idiots.

Einstein Wants to Know




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Friday, November 4, 2005

Ultimate Mandarin Chinese

book / ultimate mandarine chinese

Textbook is one of the basic tools for someone to learn a foreign language. When there are typos in a beginning-intermediate level Chinese textbook, usually students would assume they are “correct” and move on.

I wonder how the editors of “Ultimate Mandarin Chinese” would feel after reading this post, especially when the slogan on its cover says “The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Program Available”.

How about recheck your book with a dictionary?

= person
= enter

Wednesday, November 2, 2005

"Forever Cherish"

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Saturday, October 29, 2005

"Bitter"


http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51012/high/bmepb147728.jpg

means "bitter", "hardship", or "suffering".

The three exact emotions this guy is going through right now.


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GQ magazine Nov. 2005 Issue

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Etch a Mac

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Saturday, October 22, 2005

The Seven Sins

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Friday, October 21, 2005

Whole-Hearted Devotion

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Jujutsu

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The Four Seasons






(thanks to Terry for the photos)

Just because you have purchased the latest books on Feng Shui 風水 and watched way too much home make-over shows, it does not mean you have to jump onto the bandwagon. At least please consult someone first.

Twisted “Four Seasons” , that is definitely bad Feng Shui.


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