[08/11]Jumping on the Tattoo Bandwagon(from bloody)

[Vincent(카페지기)]

 

Topic1

Jumping on the Tattoo Bandwagon -- and Jumping Off

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200605/200605230003.html

What do David Beckham, Kim Min-jeong and Lee Hyo-lee have in common? They are tattooed. Kim Min-jung has a butterfly tattoo seen in her latest film, and Lee Hyo-lee has a floral print in the waist region.

A whole slew of stars have jumped on the tattoo bandwagon. In Korea, tattoos started to be a much talked-about fashion accessory among the younger generation some years ago. For guys, the most popular tattoos are arrows or other symbols and letters, while women prefer flowers on the ankle, or a butterfly somewhere on the lower back. And with the exposure of flesh that comes with the enduring fashion for miniskirts and a surge in displays of patriotism accompanying the World Cup, fashion watchers are expecting that the country is headed for a golden age of tattooing.

But even in the midst of the fad, many are already sick of their permanent decoration, mostly because their tattoo has failed to stand fashion's test of time. Kim Ha-na, a 19-year-old university student six months ago thought a colored butterfly tattoo on her shoulder would be pretty hot, but her parents felt differently, and now she is on the way to hospital to have the image removed. According to statistics from the U.S., more than 50 percent of people in their 40s or older regret their decision to get a tattoo in their salad days.

Chief of Dream Dermatology & Laser Center Lee Ho-gyun says it is possible to remove a tattoo with a laser, but getting rid of a color tattoo is much more difficult than erasing a black tattoo, so that is something people should consider at the tattoo parlor. The method currently in use for such procedures is called "Q-switch." It focuses an extremely concentrated beam of light on the spot for about one-millionth of a second, destroying the pigmentation. But it takes several visits for about two months.

In the case of the booming semi-permanent makeup ? a tattoo-like procedure that adds pigment to certain regions such as the lips and eyebrows ? one or two hits with the Q-Switch laser are enough to erase the artificial pigment, which is shallowly placed on the epidermal layer. But the experts offer a caveat if brown shades are mixed with red, because the laser causes a reaction for the chemical components to oxidize and make the coloration darker.

When removal by laser is difficult, a thin membrane can be used to erase the coloration instead. With that method, the recovery time is longer, but any tattoo can be removed irrespective of the color. Still, getting rid of a tattoo is much more difficult than getting it in the first place. Doctors urge people to think carefully before making their decision.

Questions

1. Have you ever seen someone tattooed? what did you feel? normal or abnormal?

2. Do you want to be tattooed?  if so, what kind of and where?

3. It is illegal but all of tattooers have required that it is art, do not prohibit from tattooing and permit it!! do you think it is  art in the true sense of the word?

4. If you really desire to be tattooed (or another thing) on your body but your parents never allow it, what will you do? can you give up easily ?

Topic2

Chairman Mao's Long Arm Strikes Korean Pet Shop

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200708/200708030026.html

A pet shop in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province has bowed to international pressure over a sign in its window that showed the head of a dog emblazoned on Tiananmen gate. The gate in fact bears the likeness of chairman Mao Zedong. According to China’s Global Times, the shop has now removed the offending composite picture after the Cheoin-gu district office of Yongin City, responding to complaints from Chinese netizens, dispatched staff to the shop.

The owner of the pet shop said, "I got a call from the Korean Embassy in China and the Foreign Ministry, asking me to remove the signboard. And Chinese students in Korea also called nonstop to protest saying that the signboard offends China's pride." The owner explained he had no intention of insulting China but simply thought the signboard, which also showed the Great Wall of China, would look cute.

The international protest appears to have been sparked by a picture of the signboard taken by a Chinese student in Korea and posted on a Web portal. Protests from Chinese Internet users at one stage threatened to erupt into a diplomatic incident when the Chinese Foreign Ministry summoned an official from the Korean Embassy in Beijing to protest and request corrective measures.

Questions

1. Do you think is just a funny article or not? tell us your opinion!!!

2. Do you know about 대북공정? what is it? explain to us !!

3. What do you think about chinese? have you ever met them? how were them?

4. What do you think about chinese economics and product ?

Click the address and you can see the picture!!^^

[bloody]

i will be there~ and first topic was discussed long time ago, but when i was finding topics suddenly i thought about tattoo. so i found late topic on tattoo, but i could not find it. although it was old, i thought it will be ok to be discussed ^^ ok?? ^^

[bloody]

good decision~ ^^ we will wait for your coming~ ^^ take care~ and i know it's tough to work during night~ ^^

[Sally]

long time no see~^^I'll be there~

[도르도르]

참석할게요.

[bloody]

오랜만~~ ㅎㅎ 즐거운감??

[도르도르]

그러게..^_^

[andy]

Hi ~ I`m going to attend to this meeting with my company.

[이승원(펠릭스)]

회사일과 휴가를 핑계로 농땡이 좀 지기다가 올만에 참석합니다.^^ 살짝 설레이노...ㅎㅎ

[Emma(박효경)]

반갑습니다,이번주에 처음으로 참석하는건데 지각안하고 갈게요

[Clark]

참석하겠습니다!!!

[Teddy~*]

회사일과 휴가를 핑계로 농땡이 좀 지기다가 올만에 참석합니다.^^ 살짝 부끄럽노...ㅎ

[bloody]

회사일과 휴가를 핑계댈수 없어 이번에도 참석합니다. 살짝 민망하노~ 이번주는 살짝 달릴까? ㅋㅋ

[Olivia(김현주)]

반갑습니다,이번주에 처음으로 참석하는건데 지각안하고 갈게요

[Andy(장원철)]

반갑습니다,이번주에 처음으로 참석하는건데 지각안하고 갈게요

[세실]

참석합니다. 낼 봐요^^

[amy~]

참석할께요!나중에봐요!

[오렌지나무]

휴가갔다온다고 2주가 빠졌네요. 오늘두 버벅 댈 까봐 걱정이지만 참석할께요!!

[Doo ^^]

참석할 수 있을 듯 합니다.^^