The first thing I noticed on this special day where the 3 numbers on the date unintentionally falls perfectly as 08 08 08, was a long queue outside Singapore Pools. I was least surprise over the queue since 8 is an auspicious number to the Chinese, and its literal meaning is “get rich”. What is the easiest way to get rich?? No doubt it is gambling. Now, I wonder if any pregnant woman will undergo caesarian just so that her baby will be born on this auspicious day and most probably lead a life like a little tyrant.
Even the Beijing Olympics have chosen their grand opening ceremony today. Not only do they want the date to be 08 08 08, they even wanted the time to be 8.08pm tonight!! Now, we know the value of number 8 in the hearts of millions of Chinese…
For me, 08 08 08 is a day I realized I had not held a pen for ages. During the graduate communication class just now, I realized my handwriting suck big time!!! The purpose of today’s tutorial was a “diagnosis English test” to prove our standards, and eliminate ourselves from some daunting English workshops.
The topic we had to write was rather board, but I was glad I still practice writing proper English on my blog, so it was not as bad as I have thought. But still, grammatical errors are hard to avoid sometimes. As I was writing my essay, I cannot stop to puke at my handwriting.
However, after comparing my handwriting with my fellow classmates from other parts of Asia, I still felt content. Initially I was panicking when my time was almost up and I was still halfway through my second page, when my classmates were writing on the fourth page. Then I took a peep at their paper and realized they were writing cursively and they wrote in font size 24 with double line spacing. No wonder they could easily fill up 4 pages of blank papers. *roll eyes*
But no matter what, I still keep my fingers crossed regarding the results because the consequences of not getting through would mean a waste of a-lot-of time.
Hmmm… Let’s predict what will happen on 09 09 09 next year.
I guess there will be a truckload of couples getting married on that day, a lot of pregnant women undergoing caesarian and a darn long queue outside Singapore Pools. Personally, I hope 09 09 09 would be an eventful day for me. =)
Let’s wait and see.
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1 comment:
lol, I was having an interview tht day. It was only when Im signing off the the company's application form and filling up the date tht I notice tht day's date was 08/08/08. Feels kind of lucky when I wrote it down on the application form, hope it will help in getting me the job, haha.
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