By Lucy Hornby Tue Aug 5, 4:46 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - August 8 promises to be a lucky day for Liu Chuan who is getting married and has a ticket for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
Liu and his bride will join thousands of Chinese couples queuing at the marriage registry on Friday, an auspicious day for weddings and births because of the number 8, which symbolizes wealth in Chinese. August 8 is also China's big day, when the Olympic Games open in Beijing. Organizers added an extra eight for good measure by scheduling the opening ceremony for 8 p.m. "Chinese are partial to the number 8, and Friday is three 8s in a row - the eighth day of the eighth month, 2008. Also, we picked it because of the Olympics," said Liu, a Beijing resident. "I got a ticket for the opening ceremony that night, but it was only possible to get one, so I will go to the Bird's Nest (stadium) and my fiancee will watch it on TV at home." So many couples are planning to tie the knot on August 8 that Beijing's marriage registries set up an online service for couples to file paperwork in advance and speed up the process. An estimated 9,000 couples in Beijing alone will get their marriage certificates that day. ............... (Editing by Keith Weir) Sumber http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080805/lf_nm_life/olympics_weddings_dc;_ ylt=AvVJWeuqWGdUXgUlt77QMld34T0D Tapi di Itali kabanyo Angko 13 adolah Angko Bahagia. Bahagia 13, bukan Celaka 13... --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Syofiardi BachyulJb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Angko bisa dijadikan simbol kampanye untuk pangingek ka urang banyak. Tapi angko juo bisa mangajak masyarakat ka kakufuran bantuak angko 13. Langkah nan ditantang aktivis PKS, kalau indak salah tangkok, dulunyo. > > Salam, > Syof (38) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ =============================================================== UNTUK DIPERHATIKAN: - Wajib mematuhi Peraturan Palanta RantauNet, mohon dibaca & dipahami! Lihat di http://groups.google.com/group/RantauNet/web/peraturan-rantaunet - Tulis Nama, Umur & Lokasi anda pada setiap posting - Dilarang mengirim email attachment! Tawarkan kepada yg berminat & kirim melalui jalur pribadi - Dilarang posting email besar dari >200KB. Jika melanggar akan dimoderasi atau dibanned - Hapus footer & bagian tdk perlu dalam melakukan reply - Jangan menggunakan reply utk topik/subjek baru =============================================================== Berhenti, kirim email kosong ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daftarkan email anda yg terdaftar pada Google Account di: https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount?hl=id Untuk dpt melakukan konfigurasi keanggotaan di: http://groups.google.com/group/RantauNet/subscribe =============================================================== -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
