additional 100 Years Of Good Luck

the accumulation of good luck didn't actually stop there. the 3rd egg i cracked also had 2 yolks in it. it crossed my mind - will it be possible for me to track down the farmer who owned this particular chicken and will i be able to persuade him to sell me this chicken who lays eggs with 2 yolks in them?

not sure what i will do with the chicken if the farmer agrees to sell the chicken to me. but i'm almost certain my son will be thrilled everytime we eat eggs in the morning and my cholesterol count will probably quadruple in a week's time!

a lolo (grandfather) told me that apparently these types of eggs, those with 2 yolks, are available for sale in binondo. it's one of the gifts given to couples who are getting married - a dozen eggs with two yolks. i am now imagining a farmer taking each egg in his farm against the light to see if it has two yolks in them and segregating them into a separate bin for delivery to binondo. these eggs must sell for a premium in binondo.

i am very happy with the experience. it was a very special morning breakfast for me, because i shared the experience with my 11 year old son. i think its a rare gift that i had that kind of morning with my son.

this was our morning - my son asked me to cook eggs for him, then cracked 2 eggs with 2 yolks, a first time for me and for him to see eggs like those. he will remember that day and i certainly will. and it's probably a story he will tell his children, my future granhchildren. and that's pretty cool and enough reason to be happy about.

what has this got to do with advertising and marketing? nothing. but it was a day in the life of an adman.

and did i mention, on that day i think i got an additional 100 years of good luck?

8 years of good luck!

an ancient scroll from ancient china was found 8 years ago
and it said:

"Those who pass the of "100 Years Of Good Luck" post

to 4 other people will earn 8 years of good luck.

Those who make a comment on the "100 Years Of Good Luck" post

will earn another 4 years of good luck.

That is a total of 8 years or 8% of 100 years of good luck."

100 years of good luck

The 100 Years Of Good Luck Photo # 1

The 100 Years Of Good Luck Photo #2

The 100 Years Of Good Luck Photo #3

this happened over the week-end. it was a lazy saturday morning, woke up cold as it was raining that time as it did the whole night, the previous night.

my son asked me to cook eggs for him. it's a special recipe and he said he missed the eggs i cook. so i did. as it has been part of the recipe, i needed to break the eggs into a bowl first. the first egg broke and went alright without fanfare. but the second one was different!

it shocked me that when i broke it, 2 yolks came out!

well, i don't cook much and i don't bake at all. but i have been cooking eggs for a long time and this was the first time ever that i saw an egg with two yolks in it. i called my son to look at it. he was amazed as well.

what a lucky boy he is, he saw an egg with two yolks at age 11 and here i am at my age and seeing one only for the first time in my life just now! he has something to tell his children - at age 11, he saw an egg with two yolks!

we were both happy. and i took pictures for posterity, to mark the day - august 2, 2008.

then, my 11 year old son said something, "Dad, that must mean something! I think that will bring us good luck!"

well, yeah, that was an excellent thought. hmmm, i think we just earned for ourselves 100 years of good luck! 50 years for each yolk! that's very much like finding the goose that laid the golden egg!

good morning to all!