Saturday, October 29, 2005
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Friday, October 21, 2005
Whole-Hearted Devotion
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51022/high/bmepb152472.jpg
誠心誠意 is an old Chinese idiom that meant "in all sincerity", "with one's whole heart", or "whole-hearted devotion".
Ironically, neither the tattooist nor the client has devoted enough effort to make sure the tattoo was done correctly.
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Thursday, October 20, 2005
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Jujutsu
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A50910/high/bmegl129515.jpg
One of the basic principles many martial arts share is not to flaunt. Unfortunately many students have completely disregarded this important teaching, rather brand themselves with superficial gibberish.
Does getting 柔術 (Jujutsu or Jujitsu) tattooed on your body really enhance your martial art skill and help you to find your inner peace? Perhaps getting the correct characters tattooed would help.
Regardless, you are now the laughing stock at your dojo (道場).
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Sunday, October 16, 2005
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
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.
識 (recognize, understand, knowledge) in both are missing a dot at top right corner.
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Sunday, October 9, 2005
Saturday, October 8, 2005
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
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 電 (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.