Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Unlucky

This from an elevator at a friends house where cultures seem to collide. Why you ask? Just look:
You see the number 4 is unlucky in Chinese culture since it sounds like the word for death. So its not uncommon to find a building that goes from 2 to 3 to 3A to 5.

But this building must have enough Western exposure that people also feel 13 is unlucky also. Hence you have 12 then 12A then 12B. YIKES!

1 comment:

Anthony and Sharon said...

We have some friends in the capital who got their apartment for cheaper because it was on 3A. Luckily in the labor and delivery ward I was in room 6, not 3A...because you know what room it REALLY is.