Chinese Tattoo's Gone Wrong

What’s the most obscure Chinese tattoo you’ve ever seen on a Westener？

Chinese characters are fashionable to have as a tattoo. But some have gone horribly wrong. If you’re thinking of getting a tattoo with Chinese characters, be sure that you understand what it says or that you take a friend along who does. Chinese tattoos on a westerner are sometimes a bit like Chinglish and don’t quite translate, others are just absolutely ridiculous.

How about this one? “My abusive husband pimps me out”

But it doesn’t work just one way. Here’s a tattoo on a Chinese guy who was told that this means “old soul with young spirit.” For all those non-native English speakers reading my blog, “Frunk” has no meaning in English. In fact it is not used in the English language at all.

And lastly “at the end of the day, this is an ugly boy”
 

大家小心一点 :-)

Unusual Chinese Food - Baby Birds

I’ve eaten a lot of strange things on my visits to China, and each time I seem to find another unusual dish. It’s not that I order it, it’s what my friends order and it’s rude to refuse or not even try it. Some things I like or learned to like and others I don’t. Surprisingly baby birds are one of the things I really like, and one of the things I was most squeamish to try at first.

These baby birds taste like BBQ, are soft and slightly crunchy. They are eaten whole, and while most people might find that strange I was in an Italian restaurant the other day and we ordered white bate – which is also eaten whole and so I thought it’s not that so much different after all.

I think our culture can often make us blind and quick to judge others without truly understanding each other, the meaning or what BBQ baby birds taste like. So next time something’s on the table that you’ve never tried before give it a go, you may discover something wonderful.