Some say its just an ordinary day. Some say its just the same number that got repeated to form a date. For me, it is not ordinary nor it is just a date. Today is a special day. A once-in-a-lifetime (at least in my lifetime) phenomenon. And I am not the only one who thinks so. Lots of people scheduled today for a special occasion. A lot of couples are getting married today, like the boxer Donaire, even if its a Friday (according to the elders its considered a bad day to get married). There are lots of concerts today, christenings, and other special occasions. Of course for those who were born today, its a double extra special day, like my friends Dorothy Nepumoceno and Novie Graille Constantino. What about those who are being born today? Imagine filling out those "Birthday:" forms with "11/11/11"? Lucky people indeed.
What makes this day special, you may ask of me, with this semi-obsessive interest on this day? Its because of the number 1 repeated several times, not just 6 mind you, because at 11:11:11:11 and so on, this morning, it was repeated countlessly in a nick of time. And it will not be repeated as I consider it just this morning because tonight it would be 23:11:11:11 military time and its never the same. However, one can wait for the same time in another time zone. Its the only time a single digit is repeated several times until November 11, 2111. I'm savoring the moment as I couldn't wait for another 100 years.
A part of my interest stems from mathematical wonders. In this case the digit repetition of the number 1. The repeated number 1 multiplied by itself (until the 9th repetition) will return a palindrome:
11x11=121
111x111=12321
1111x1111=1234321
11111x11111=123454321
111111x111111=12345654321
1111111x1111111=1234567654321
11111111x11111111=123456787654321
111111111x111111111=12345678987654321
Isn't that a wonder?
The date itself, aside from it being a same number palindrome is palindromic in any double digit time format. It remains the same whether its dd/mm/yy, mm/dd/yy , yy/dd/mm, etc.
Businesses also took the chance for launching promotions today. I read from a friend in facebook that Cebu Pacific has a promo offering plane tickets to local destinations for Php 11. (were you able to book a flight, Vivian?) Or a chicken restaurant is offering 11 meals at Php 11. What a treat!
La Pena in her article in GMA News (11/10/11, 5:42 pm) said that it is a practice for people to wish at midday at 11:11. Nobody knows when this practice started (its the first time I knew about it) but tonight at Banchetto Megatent, according to La Pena,
"over a thousand people will release wish lanterns at exactly 11:11 in the evening. Wishes will be written on paper attached to mini hot air balloons, and as you let go of your lantern, you make a wish. Organizers have received an overwhelming response, and all the lanterns have already been reserved. Still, anyone can go to the activity to see the sky lit up with wishes."
I guess if we couldn't go there and release a wish, what's keeping us from wishing by ourselves in front of our computer screens?
Here's wishing that from today, 11/11/11, onwards, you and I will be blessed with more blessings than we could handle and we will be grateful for it!
Happy 11/11/11!!!!
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