So for everyone who's wondering...

Here is my tattoo.



As far as translation goes, it is something like 'ambition' or 'aspiration', or 'of one mind'. I did look this up before I had the thing done - and then checked it with some Chinese girls in Ashburne when I got back from having it, just to make sure the tattooist hadn't cheated and written something rude instead.

I chose it because it comes from the symbols for 'development' (which is phonetic and no longer used),

'scholar' (person who knows all from one to ten) and 'heart'

Somehow, this summed up everything that was important to me, should be important, or that I should remember - ambition, wishes, development, study, and love. So that's what it is.

At this point there should be a picture of me showing you my tattoo - I even took one last night. But I think that there should always be a bit of mystique (not the girl band) surrounding things like this, so I am not going to publish it. Of course people who were around when I got the thing will know where I had it put, but somehow.... I like it that not everyone knows. So Greg, no telling!