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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Sunday, October 16, 2005

"Colorful Rat"

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Upside Down "Beauty"

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"Robert"

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"Where To?"

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Big Mistake



This young man got two Chinese characters tattooed on his bicep and was told they meant "courage". I have posted about the exact same tattoo earlier, when I first saw it in 2003.

The phrase means “big mistake" or "shortcoming".


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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Dragon and Characters



An U. S. Navy recruiter from Florida has emailed me these photos of tattoos on a new recruit. Since the characters were randomly chosen, therefore I am not going to spend too much trying to decipher what this piece of “skin garbage” really means. But, I am going to point out the incorrectly written characters.

I feel like a medical examiner staring at a badly charred corpse and comparing dental records.



The top character means “black”. It was poorly written but still somewhat recognizable. The second character (tiger) was never finished. It is missing the lower partial . (dragon) is poorly written, but was somewhat recognizable.



(way, path) is also poorly written.



The two character phrase means “martial arts”, but the positioning order has been reversed.


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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

"Knowledge" Lacking


http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51003/high/bmegl144560.jpg

I don't remember if it is "good news travel in pairs" or "bad news travel in pairs", but these two have the exact same mistake in their tattoos.

(recognize, understand, knowledge) in both are missing a dot at top right corner.



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Sunday, October 9, 2005

French Tattoo Flash Mistakes

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Saturday, October 8, 2005

"Body Cavity"

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Cannabis Love

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Thursday, October 6, 2005

Excrement

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"Forever Family Reputation"

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005

"Mountain Bike"

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Sunday, October 2, 2005

Firefly's "Electricity Caution" Sign


http://barneygumble742.tripod.com/firefly_xp.htm

Reader Norman emailed me this screen capture. The second character (electricity) of this caution sign in the show Firefly is mirrored. It is also interesting to point out that in the future, spaceships will run on Microsoft Windows and don't lose those device driver disks.

Update: I saw the movie Serenity last night. Although there were some Chinese inconsistencies throughout the movie, overall it was very good. I have to say it was definitely one of the few good Sci-Fi movies that I have enjoyed in long time.