Jul 18
Considered the Britney Spears of Taiwan, Jodi Tsai is one of the most popular and successful singers in the Mandarin music market. Said to be shy from a young age, Jodi’s most successful album to date was the 2006 Dancing Diva with sales of over 2 millions in Asia.
See more of her biography.
One of Cai Yi Lin’s most popular videos on youtube:
This is the other one that is popular:
| What people say.. | They really means.. |
| Japanese martial arts are the best. | I practice a Japanese martial art. |
| This art is thousands of years old. | This style is decades old. |
| The martial arts are about building better people. | The martial arts are about sweats, bruises and money. |
| Chinese martial arts are the best. | I practice a Chinese martial art. |
| High kicks are stupid. | I can’t do high kicks. |
| Sparring is extremely important. | I am good at fighting and I like it and I can’t do much of anything else. |
| The martial arts are about building better people. | The martial arts are about beating people up if they lay a finger on you. |
| Korean martial arts are the best. | I practice a Korean martial art. |
| Breaking techniques are very important. | We do a lot of breaking techniques. |
| I don’t believe in grades | Nobody ever gave me a high grade. |
| The martial arts are about building better evolved characters. | Like me. |
| Filipino martial arts are the best. | I practice a Filipino martial art. |
| Sophisticated arts like Tai Chi and aikido are far superior. | Sparring frightens me. |
| He’s a good martial arts teacher. | He’s in my organization. |
| He’s a lousy martial arts teacher. | He used to be in my organization, but he broke a way, and I don’t get any money out of him anymore. |
| My style is the best. | I don’t know anything about any other styles. |
| Grades are not important. | There’s a grading coming and it’s important. |
| Breaking techniques are useless. | I can’t do breaking techniques. |
| I am an innovative, free thinking, modern Western martial arts teacher, doing my own non-classical thing. | I am more interested in teaching than learning; and the Orientals ignore me because they know how ignorant I am. |
| Martial arts politics are the necessary result of official recognition by respectable associations to protect the public. | I belong to a large, well established organization. |
| I hate martial arts politics. | None of the large, well established organizations recognize me or have the slightest interest in my existence. |
| In this system, we make the art fit the person. | In this system, we make the person fit the art. |
| Competitions are a waste of time. | I never won any competitions. |
| Forms or kata are the highest expression of inner essence of the martial arts. | I’ve read that somewhere — and I’ve had enough of tournaments. |
| Forms or kata are useless. | Bruce Lee said forms are useless and this relieves me of a lot of effort, so go argue with him. |
| One style is not better than another — it’s the individual that counts. | Don’t go to another school — it’s the style that we teach here that counts. |
| The techniques aren’t important. | The techniques are important. |
| Bruce Lee didn’t know what he’s talking about. | I don’t know what Bruce Lee was talking about. |
| Size and strength are not important. | Size and strength are important, especially if you’re fighting someone who’s bigger and stronger than you are. |
| Science and leverage will always win out brute force. | Unless when he’s bigger and stronger than you are. |
| The purpose of the martial arts is spiritual development and liberation from the ego. | I am so humble and wise; it’s terrific. |
Parody of my new haircut
English Signs Found In Asia
Jul 18
Posted by asianjoke in Commentary | 1 Comment
In a Tokyo hotel: Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read notice.
In a Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
In another Japanese hotel room: Please to bathe inside the tub.
Alongside a Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.
At a Bangkok dry cleaners: Drop your trousers here for best results.
Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand: Would you like to ride on your own ass?
In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist: Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists.
At a Tokyo shop: Our nylons cost more than common, but you’ll find they are best in the long run.
A Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner: Coolers and Heaters: If you want just condition of warm in your room, please control yourself.
From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo: When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage, then tootle him with vigor.
In a Bangkok temple: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.
In a Tokyo bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.
In a Hong Kong supermarket: For your convenience, we recommend courageous, efficient self-service.
On the box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong: Guaranteed to work throughout its useful life.
Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan: Stop: Drive sideways
In a Beijing department store: Mickey Mouse High Fashion Apparel
Name of small guest house in mountains of northern Pakistan: ‘Sea View Hotel’
On a menu in a Hong Kong restaurant: Spanish omelet (tomatoes, mushrooms, onion) Omelets surprise (two parsons)
On CD cover of local artists singing various western songs, name of well-known Roberta Flack song: ‘Tonight I calibrate my love for you’