Pigs unlucky this year?

No, I am not about to write about those affected by Ali Rustam’s order to have Malacca free of pigs.

I normally take astrology with a pinch of salt. My wife happened to have read Lillian Too’s prediction based on Chinese astrology and she remembers something about those born in the years of the Pig having to watch their health during this Chinese year of the Pig.

For taoists, they normally go to the temple to ‘sip tai sui’ to try and alleviate, or if possible, avoid any possible bad luck coming their way. One year is different from the next and each year, one or more animal signs might be affected.

Recently, Cheng mentioned about her fall in the bathroom in Maastricht, Holland. My wife remembered about the prediction and she went to her usual temple to check out. There was a list of those affected and who require ‘sip tai sui’. All men, born in the years of the Pig, eg. 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, are affected. Women born in the year 1983 only are affected, which refers to Cheng as well. Two weeks ago, my brother fell from the ceiling and fractured his left leg and injured two vertebrae, and he was born in 1947.

When I read the papers about Jeffrey Kitingan’s road accident, I vaguely remembered his age was mentioned as 60 and I double-checked it as correct, which meant he was born in the year of the Pig.

Coincidence? Who knows?