three-some nines

this morning my friend wrote on his facebook status that today's date is 09/09/09. at that particular moment i glanced at the clock and it was about 2 minutes more before 09:09:09am on this wednesday morning.

wow, isn't that cool? 09/09/09 09:09:09.

i heard that lots of couples in singapore registered for marriage on this very day. for the chinese, number 9 signifies longevity, so it's such an auspicious date to hold the holy matrimony.

plus, it will look good in the invitation card and easy to remember the anniversary too.

but that's as far as it gets. if you and your spouse are like cats and dogs, or like UMNO and PAS, barring machine-guns and C4 after every arguments, bunch of nines isn't gonna help anything at all. for all you know, you'll be dialing 999 instead in no time.

still, people like eventful numbers like this.

it's too bad my father isn't chinese. because if he was, i could just ask him to wait till the next auspicious date 09/09/99 for me to get married since I have already missed this one. that's another 90 years! plenty of time to stall him.

but apparently he's not. i bet he doesn't even realized today's date, unless there is a planned opposition party rally in the city or something. that's why the last time i met him, he said if i join my brother who's going to get married in june next year and make it a double wedding, he could upgrade the celebration hall package.

huh? i mean, excuse me. like i could just go to the shopping mall and buy a wife at will.

well, i could. there are plenty of organizations that provide brides from outerspace, but will i? this is so like that movie i watched about a rich dad left his son a fortune before he died, but only if the son finds himself a wife in a month time, or else he could be left with nothing.

me? i don't even get any incentive like that. plus, what should i say to her? 'let's get married so we could upgrade the caterers and perhaps add in 2 more dishes?'.

yeah that's romantic.

so for me, with zero plan to get married on this day, or even in june next year, today isn't gonna be anything different. sky stays blue, roses stay red and teoh beng hock death still remains a mystery. in fact, today so far is as uneventful as it can be, nobody paraded with any severed animal head or anything, and my attempt to work today has been F9. failed.

99 everyone.




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