Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Phone Numbers

How do you choose your phone number? Well, here in Laos there is a premium placed on certain phone numbers... numbers that are luckier than others.

So, for example, when we went to purchase SIM cards for our cell phones, the standard cost was about 100,000 kip (pronounced like keap which would rhyme with cheap) or about $11.76. Now, there are the extra-special neato numbers for 300,000 kip (or about $35.30). And we opted for the extra-cheapo numbers at 50,000 kip (or about $5.90).

What's the difference? Well, it depends on how many times the number 6 or 9 appears. Mine has neither. The more 6's or 9's in your number, the luckier and possibly better your life will be or become as a result.

Mine has 11... which is prime and mathematically superior... or so I thought in my western, logical mind.

I also bought a cell phone that is the black-white display without any extra gadgets or special mp3 playing capabilities. Love it. Just the simple cell phone. The kind you can drop and beat and throw 11 times a day and it still works after 5 years.

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