Exercise

Broke long Dry spell - I exercised yesterday!

I went for a 40 min walk at the East Coast Beach. After a while I got bored. I began reading signs posted around the beach, checking out albino-looking trees missing their bark, analysing the general conditions of the pavement, and spotted a minor local celebrity taking her baby out for stroll, all this while maintaining my pace of course.

The walk was slow going. Maybe I’m not pushing myself hard enough… I decided to walk faster, then, maybe I’ll perspire… nope… not by a lot. I overtook the grannies and ah Sohs, and a friend told me I should aim higher.

Today, which is 7-7-7 is a popular wedding day all over the world. According to Yahoo news, this number is significant as it represents a covenant with God. Yes, it is a popular wedding date in Singapore as well, the Parents attended a wedding dinner tonight, and a friend's niece is getting married on this lucky day too.

6-6-6, of course must be taboo for christians, but in Hokkien it sounds like luck-luck-luck. Can't recall if any Hokkien non-christian friends got married last year.

We figured next year's 8-8-8 might have been considered really auspicious. But, unfortunately it falls within the hungry ghost lunar seventh month. So the Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia might be wary about holding weddings on this date, but maybe not the Chinese in Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong and rest of world because they may not be care as much about the ghost festivities.

The Really Hot Date will be 9-9-9. Because 9 signifies (marriage) longevity in Cantonese, and it falls within the 8th lunar month. So double whammy lucky. I foresee we might need to do wedding dinner hopping that night two years from now.
People who missed out on the above three dates will have to settle for 10-10-10, or 11-11-11, or 12-12-12.