Thursday, October 12, 2006

TOMORROW IS FRIDAY THE 13TH!
Watch your back. Hohoho!

To me, it just doesn't seem correct to get all paranoid over a day especially when there is no compelling root of it, but please, (sigh) look at how many superstitious beliefs do Chinese have. They cause more headache and bewilderment. However, no matter how I claim that how it is not grounded in scientific logic so it's nonsensical to take drastic precautious on this day, I'll still make an alternative, given the choice (Don't try to be a saint and say otherwise).

So what theories have ang moh come out with to support this fear?

1) There were 13 people present at the Last supper.
2) Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th to arrive.
3) Jesus was crucified on a Friday.
4) Some theologians hold that Adam and Eve at the forbidden fruit on a Friday, and that
5) Great Flood started on a Friday.
6) In a Norse myth about twelve gods having a feast in Valhalla, the mischievous Loki gatecrashed the party as an uninvited 13th guest and arranged for Hod, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Baldur, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Baldur was killed and the Earth was plunged into darkness and mourning as a result.

P.S Friday was named after Frigg, the Norse goddess of marriage.

Please, I wouldn't want to get married on this day.

Paraskevidekatriaphobia: the fear of Friday the 13th.


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