2016.05.30 AD - Change your circumstances.
<º)))>< Translation of Ohno Satoshi's 'Arashi Discovery'.
<º)))>< Translations by ear (aided by Japanese transcripts).
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Good morning. This is Arashi's Ohno Satoshi.
Here's today's thought of the day; come on!
"Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances." [1]
[BGM 'I seek']
Certainly. This is a quote by Hong-Kong-born, internationally-acclaimed actor Jackie Chan-san.
I, Ohno Satoshi, used to dislike the number of times I had to change outfits, but have grown to enjoy it. I've put my decorative plant right in the middle of my living room. It only goes to show that humans can change the way they live by themselves.
But well, you can enjoy things just by changing the way you think about them. Yeah. And well, the number of outfit changes has steadily... But well, it's calmed down a lot more than I'd thought it would when we first started filming. (laughs)
But well... But well, I think it'll go to quite a number. So I'm still looking forward to it.
Well, so this time it's Jackie Chan-san, huh. I've watched quite a few of Jackie Chan-san's movies. Mm. The one I like best out of them is a movie called 'Wheels on Meals'. Yuen Biao-san, Sammo Hung-san... It was a movie that starred those special three. Man, it was funny!
They were great at skateboarding! They were operating a food truck kinda thing, and then they'd use skateboards to take all the orders as well as serve all the food; it was a movie that left a real huge impression.
Nostalgic, right? I could watch 'Wheels on Meals' forever! Their action sequences still look so effortless. I thought that was incredible when I watched it.
Jackie Chan-san, now, how does he do it? Like whether he's using a chair or a table for an action sequence, he can really squeeze into any gap. He jumps with it and like BAM, just fits neatly into the gap. Like, a gap that would be ordinarily difficult to fit into, where you slowly shimmy in and be like, 'ah, I can just about fit'. He'd just take a running leap, and then slot in. Not only that, he wouldn't bump into anything.
There's movies where he just neatly slots in like that. I've forgotten which, but there are. Like, when I first saw that, I probably rewound it about 50 times. 'How can Jackie-san fit??' Man, it's incredible.
Of course, I love Bruce Lee, but Jackie-san too, he's totally different. He's different from Bruce Lee, he's got that humour, I guess.
Y'know, Bruce Lee's 'Enter the Dragon' also had Jackie Chan-san in it. Speaking of that scene, it was where Bruce Lee had grabbed Jackie Chan by the hair and snapped his neck. So at that time it was Jackie Chan who was grabbed by the hair.
And he's still active even now. Just how far can he go? I'd like to hear what the man can't do. I think it's truly marvellous. There's still a lot of of his movies I haven't watched, so I should watch them! Right.
That's all; this was Ohno Satoshi!
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[1] Both websites and books attribute this to Jackie Chan, but nowhere does it state when or where he ever said it.
Grab the audio for this entry here; courtesy of the lovely
nepheliads ♥
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<º)))>< Translations by ear (aided by Japanese transcripts).
<º)))>< Check my FAQ if you have questions.
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Good morning. This is Arashi's Ohno Satoshi.
Here's today's thought of the day; come on!
"Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances." [1]
[BGM 'I seek']
Certainly. This is a quote by Hong-Kong-born, internationally-acclaimed actor Jackie Chan-san.
I, Ohno Satoshi, used to dislike the number of times I had to change outfits, but have grown to enjoy it. I've put my decorative plant right in the middle of my living room. It only goes to show that humans can change the way they live by themselves.
But well, you can enjoy things just by changing the way you think about them. Yeah. And well, the number of outfit changes has steadily... But well, it's calmed down a lot more than I'd thought it would when we first started filming. (laughs)
But well... But well, I think it'll go to quite a number. So I'm still looking forward to it.
Well, so this time it's Jackie Chan-san, huh. I've watched quite a few of Jackie Chan-san's movies. Mm. The one I like best out of them is a movie called 'Wheels on Meals'. Yuen Biao-san, Sammo Hung-san... It was a movie that starred those special three. Man, it was funny!
They were great at skateboarding! They were operating a food truck kinda thing, and then they'd use skateboards to take all the orders as well as serve all the food; it was a movie that left a real huge impression.
Nostalgic, right? I could watch 'Wheels on Meals' forever! Their action sequences still look so effortless. I thought that was incredible when I watched it.
Jackie Chan-san, now, how does he do it? Like whether he's using a chair or a table for an action sequence, he can really squeeze into any gap. He jumps with it and like BAM, just fits neatly into the gap. Like, a gap that would be ordinarily difficult to fit into, where you slowly shimmy in and be like, 'ah, I can just about fit'. He'd just take a running leap, and then slot in. Not only that, he wouldn't bump into anything.
There's movies where he just neatly slots in like that. I've forgotten which, but there are. Like, when I first saw that, I probably rewound it about 50 times. 'How can Jackie-san fit??' Man, it's incredible.
Of course, I love Bruce Lee, but Jackie-san too, he's totally different. He's different from Bruce Lee, he's got that humour, I guess.
Y'know, Bruce Lee's 'Enter the Dragon' also had Jackie Chan-san in it. Speaking of that scene, it was where Bruce Lee had grabbed Jackie Chan by the hair and snapped his neck. So at that time it was Jackie Chan who was grabbed by the hair.
And he's still active even now. Just how far can he go? I'd like to hear what the man can't do. I think it's truly marvellous. There's still a lot of of his movies I haven't watched, so I should watch them! Right.
That's all; this was Ohno Satoshi!
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[1] Both websites and books attribute this to Jackie Chan, but nowhere does it state when or where he ever said it.
Grab the audio for this entry here; courtesy of the lovely
nepheliads ♥
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