Euronese Blog

Wherever there's Chinese people there's bound to be some Chinglish signs. After seeing endless blogs, Leno jokes, and Flickr groups dedicated to the embarrassment of the ill-educated Chinese, the latest being chinglish.de, I went out to look for the opposite, a site dedicated to the disgraceful Western usages of Chinese.

To my delight, I found hanzismatter.com! The site, started by a Chinese American, has collected hundreds of pictures featuring misuses of the Chinese language, including some by well know corporations such as McDonalds, Nike, and MSNBC. Most of the posts, however, feature funny Chinese permanently etched on someone's skin. Can you believe people actually have tattooed "crazy diarrhea" and "stop female flow" on their bodies, check it out!

Savior of the American Health Care System

For once, listening to the news gave me hope instead of despair. While the cost of health care keeps spiraling out of control here in America, developing countries are coming to our rescue. Today's NPR morning edition featured international hospitals in third world countries that specializes in handling uninsured or under-insured Americans. Hospitals such as Thailand's Bumrungrad are offering surgeries--selective, cosmetic, or otherwise-- with better service at about 20% of the price it would cost here in the states. Bumrungrad even has a deal with Blue Cross! Sickness will never again prevent us from vacationing, in fact it'll be a reason for it.