20130309, Minutes, Taichung

[Joey Huang]

Wow!!!What a wonderful day!!
It's not an easy topic about tattoo, because it's not accepted in our culture now.
At first I was afraid that the reaction will be cold, who have ideal about tattoo???
But thank god, I learn a lot today.
And I do believe that the more preparation we've done , the more gain we will have.

[Jasmine0316]

Dear Taichung Happiers:

Still, we are grateful for Joey’s magical power. Tattoo, this topic makes us feel incomparable freshness while Joey claims his nervousness about Happiers’ reaction. The most pleasant fact for us to witness his appreciable passion is that he has signed up to host again on 4/20. Let’s give it a round of applause, please.

To our surprise, the topic, tattoo isn’t just exciting, it’s also funny. When foreigners prepare to have a tattoo of a Chinese character, for example, 牛, they are unable to make sure which angle of it should be stuck up. A member prefers to have a tattoo of scorpion, his star sign, on his back instead of his tummy, in case a scorpion on his tummy will become a lobster when he gets older. Joey gave us homework: if we were asked to have a tattoo of “I Love Happy English Club”, on which region would you have it?

Some members suggest a tattoo sticker can substitute for a real one, in case we regret it in the future. It encourages the reflection on the issues involve in regret. “Mr. Nobody”, a movie I have seen recently, cites “Pigeon’s Superstition”-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGcEy_W48Kc , and argues that “Every path is the right path-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7wbxwBqIjQ . American journalist Kathryn Schulz also advises that “Regret doesn’t remind us that we did badly, it reminds us of something that we could do better”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka8L1YMR88U

PS: From "Mr. Nobody": Like most living creatures, the pigeon quickly associates the pressing of the lever and the reward. But when a timer releases a seed automatically every 20 seconds, the pigeon wonders: “What did I do to deserve this”? If it was flapping its wings at the time; it will continue to flap, convinced that its actions were a decisive influence on what happens. We call this “Pigeon’s Superstition”.





Best Wishes,
Jasmine