I just realized that Friday 13th passed without incidence here in Thailand. The Thais are a superstitious lot. Thavorn had a dream that her brother died so she called her mom and her Mom said she had to buy some lottery tickets with his age and the date she dreamed he died as numbers on the ticket. Go figure.
My Russian friends had all sorts of these superstitions as well. No whistling inside the house or condo was a really bad one that I violated all the time. No matter that bad things never happened .. it was just a matter of time.
Chinese have a morbid fear of the number 4 so you will often see floor 3 and 3A. Ditto for floor 13 and 13A. Obviously, the number 13 is good to go with the Chinese.
I don't think I have any of these wacky ideas .. at least none that I can think of, except for walking under ladders, especially here in Thailand. You never see the standard aluminum or fiberglass ladders here in Thailand. They are always wooden, made out of bamboo and help together with twine. If you saw them, you would not walk under them either :-)
Thais have a real belief in ghosts and it permeates the culture, especially television and movies. I suppose it has something to do with Buddhism as the ghosts are waiting to be reborn and joining the wheel of life once again.
Here are a couple of pics of Jaidan
Waking up a little grumps with Ellie the elephant and having his morning juice
Feeding himself some yogurt
Drying his hair
TTYL
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