"Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May" is a poem by Robert Herrick. This poem portrays our existence on earth, and that people age as life goes on, and everything becomes boundless. Herrick here urges people to take advantage of youth and energy while they may! The poem is in the genre of carpe diem, to seize the day.

Monday, December 22, 2008

518


A lot of times when I check out what time it is, it reads 5:18! (ansam518 refers to Ansam May 18 = My birthday)... I told my friend that and she said mostly when she look at her mobile... it reads 11:11...

Isn't that interesting? Do I make sense? Do you get that? Check the time to find out it reads a certain time/number often?

20 comments:

eshda3wa said...

9:11

oo my fiend is paranoid min 43

laish madre

Anonymous said...

for some reason it's always 10:37 when I look at it :)

Anonymous said...

I get 2.22, 3.33 etc .. it's freaky

Ansam said...

We knew someone who always got 6:18... he lived in apartment 618 when he was in college and when we got invited to his wedding... it was in his wife's house, which is in block 6, house 18!

Anonymous said...

i get 1.23, 2.34, 3.45, and other consecutive numbers frequently. I usually see it as an opportunity to close my eyes and make a wish whenever i am driving around and it occurs.

Zeecu said...

my theory is the following:

11:11 is always noticed there on the clock because it is easy to remember. You'd recognize it in an instant if you see it on a clock/watch somewhere (given the similarity in the digits, and the hype surrounding the 'mysterious' 11:11 time).

11:25 (an example) is not so intreresting (without similar digits or all ones), and thus you might've seen it an equal number of times as 11:11 but failed to recognize it or even care about it since there's no hype surrounding a lame number like 11:25.

Did it make sense? I sure hope so.

What I'm saying is that technically and logically, with the help of good coincidences, the number of times you have seen the number 11:25 is close or equal to the number of times you've noticed 11:11, it's just that 11:25 is boring whereas 11:11 has a movie and a blogpost on ansam518 about it :p

To prove this, I'll try an experiment for a week. What I'll do is write the time down on a piece of paper every time I read it and will post any interesting finds I get.

Yes, I suck the fun out of things lol :(

Zeecu said...

oh and 518 is undeniably recognized by you since it's your birthday and part of your blog's name. eshda3wa notices 9:11 (maybe because of september 11th?)

22:22, 3:33, are the same because they're easy to notice as well.

Ok I should get back to work and leave this lol

Ansam said...

Zeecu-
Get back to work :-P
heehee

I am sometimes asked what time it is, and when I check.... it is still 5:18! So your theory kinda weak :-P

Anon-
Does Isaak know? :-P

Anonymous said...

mmm interesting I have never noticed that!

Ansam said...

Amu-
Start paying attention :-P

Anonymous said...

isaac usually takes over the steering wheel whenever i am making my wish...usually it's a quick and simple wish, you know? peace on earth, good will to mankind, obama winning, that sort of thing

Grey said...

i have a chronic problem... and i am not lieng ... every time my car comes to a halt at the traffic light the car in front of me will have numbers like 111, 333, 888, 999... my wife tells me ignore it .. but i get really scare when i see 666 ... i start to panic ... thinking it must be a sign of danger. ...

Ansam said...

Anonymous-
LOL... but then again! Isnt he Isaac with a K :-P

Grey-
LOL

3anooda said...

http://3anooda.blogspot.com/2008/09/1111.html

Anonymous said...

I always get 9:11

Freak!

Ansam said...

3anooda-
Interesting :-)

Musaed said...
yeah.... like Eshda3wa

Yara said...

Me and my husband always get 11:11, when i was pregnant we used to say that i might give birth on 11/11.. Anyway i did give birth on 12/12 and 9/9 (But it was a planned operation so we choose the date :P)

Ansam said...

Yara-
Interesting :-)

Anonymous said...

I always see 23:04 (my birthday)..

I think its cuz these dates are familiar so we pay attention?

Ansam said...

Enigma-
What I meant inna they dongt just grab my attention... its like someone would ask me what time it is and it would still be 5:18... or even if I wanna check the time, you know! And YAY! you are a Taurus like moi ;-)

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