07-07-07
Today is elementary, my dear Watson. Today is 07-07-07 or July 7, 2007. (Just don't look at the crappy date on the upper right hand. Multiply's date template is nuts, it doesn't follow Philippine time and I don't know how to reset it.)
Seven (7) is everybody's lucky number, er except me. (Mine is 8 and 2, in that particular order.) Having one 7 is already lucky. But having three 7's is three times lucky. So everybody would try their luck or wait for the luck manna to drop from heaven.
The token neighborhood soothsayer in Carbon and the pedicab drivers in our village would say that today's 07-07-07 date is the luckiest day. I'm sure everybody would be betting today on numbers with 7 or more 7's on it or any other number divisible by 7, or get married, or do something wild, memorable, crappy, insane, glorius, heroic, absurd, or anything else or a mixture of two or three of it. Since I will not do any of these, apart from my usual Saturday routine, I am therefore blogging this. I can show this to my grandkids as a proof, in memory of this day in the future.
I just had to write about today, since I won't be here on this Earth when the next 07-07-07 happens again; and that would be July 7, 3007. I don't know anyone in the planet who knows anyone who is still alive today who was born on the previous 07-07-07 or July 7, 1907. I'm reminded that July 7, 1977 is technically not a 07-07-07 since it is written digitally as 07-07-77. So I feel extremely fortunate to have been born before the turn of this century to actually experience the triple digit dates on the Gregorian calendar.
Today's triple digit date is special for me having been born on a February 2, so I had the great chance of having a birthday on 02-02-02. Again, I won't be here on Earth when the next 02-02-02 happens. So every year after that, uhm, well, I actually started the habit in 2001, I'd check who's celebrating whose birthday on 01-01-01, and so on, and what great world event is happening or have happened on this date.
So for today, Live Earth is happening, the New Seven Wonders will be announced, and thousands of couples getting married, among many things. So what momentous event was done on last year's 06-06-06? Hmmm lemme think.. tap-tap-tap... hmmm.. oh yeah, I remember! They had the world premiere of Omen.
So for next year's 08-08-08 which is supposed to be the number set for prosperity, I should already be thinking of really making a serious contribution to world history for that day.
On 08-08-08, I should already be able to fly. Like really fly.
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ps,
The rain behaved in Wimbledon. The semis are played, the French Bartoli defeated the Belgian Henin and would meet Venus Williams in tomorrow's Finals (or maybe Monday, since the Men's semis will be played later tonight). This is great tennis for France. The lady made history. I don't remember any French, man or woman to have reached a Finals match in Wimbledon. Not even the babe Mary Pierce. She only reached the QF there in '96 and '05. Though she plays for France, she was born in French Canada. Oh no wait! Amelie Mauresmo won Wimbledon last year, demmit. But then though she was born in France and still plays for France, she now lives in Switzerland. What the heak, even Bartoli who was born in France, now lives in Switzerland. I might try to invite these ladies to live in Minglanilla. There are two houses in our block that's up for rent.
A-Rod is now playing Gasquet, with the Gasquet leading 5-4 in the fifth set. It's already 2:44a and they might reach a tie-break for the match. Boy I'm glad it's Saturday, 07-07-07. I can sleep my arse off til noon.
pps,
We turned off the aircon because it's Baguio c-c-cold. I wish the temperature is always like this every night. brrrrrrr...
