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Berkeley resident J. J. Chin frequents the edge of the UC Berkeley campus (at Bancroft Avenue and Telegraph Avenue). He is better known as the Happy Happy Happy Man because of his catch phrase. However, disarmingly, he is not a happy, happy man. An elderly Chinese man, he often stands in Sproul Plaza holding a hand-crafted sign and repeating his mantra, "Happy, happy, happy!" In an interview with the Daily Californian, Chin states that he uses the phrase "Happy Happy Happy" to attract attention. He has also been spotted in San Francisco's Chinatown, where he is presumably known as the 幸福 幸福 幸福 man.
The Happy Happy Happy man can be usually found at one of his top two locations on top of a bucket with several large signs in both English and Chinese riddled with 666, the words devil and PROOF. A native of Taiwan, his strong homeland accent colors his well-known smoothing of his catch phrase. In between each "Happy happy happy" is a short interjection denouncing everything from politics, religion, current events, natural disasters and public figures. He claims that he was granted the wisdom to be able to decode God message.
Politically, he seems to support the People's Republic of China in its suppression of Falun Gong and its opposition to the US-led war in Iraq. "Happy, happy, happy" may refer to Americans' blissful ignorance on these topics.
He has labelled George W. Bush as the devil incarnate and as "666". During the 2000 presidential election's Florida recount controversy, he denounced Ralph Nader as a "liar". He has explained several natural disasters (such as Hurricane Katrina) as a sign from God.
The community travel site TravBuddy has dedicated a "Happy Happy Happy Man"-Award to users of the site who give online feedback by posting 'smilies' to topics presented to them. This award refers to Mr J. J. Chin with the words "This award, named after the "Happy Happy Happy" man of Berkeley, California (...)" http://www.travbuddy.com/awards_display.php?type=happy