Betting in Permatang Pauh

I would agree with Salvatore Dali in his post bookies-call-on-permatang-pauh, ‘Like it or not, you can literally bet on anything’.

Golfers will agree that they can play well only if they were betting each time they play. In Taiping where it rains almost everyday, people bet on that too!

Actually, I was about to blog on ‘coincidences’ as claimed by PM, DPM and Ms on a number of ‘happenings’ before the August 26 by-election: the swearing by ‘Malaysian Idol’, the DNA Bill, the over-zealous display by ACA on PKR’s Exco in Perak, and more can be expected just before the big day.

But to ‘empat ekor kakis’ the real coincidences’ were the recent results of ‘da ma cai’ where the first prize numbers were ‘1998’ (the year Anwar got into trouble) and the second prize numbers were ‘8008’ (well, near enough to 2008 when he is in the same trouble).

The other day, upon impulse, as I walked past a Magnum outlet, I decided to buy 2405 (our former vintage Austin 7) but instead our Sunbeam Alpine’s 5099 came out first prize.

I am not crazy over betting on the numbers as I am put off by having to buy from 3 different companies, but more on the ‘coincidences’ that happened to numbers around me time and again. Some people say, if someone has certain ESP ability, he is to use it for others and not for himself… just wondering if I do have that kind of ability!

Recently, Cheng was back and her best friend took her to a Tarot card reader. Among other things, she was told (as most people would have been told, I suppose) that she has some luck in lotteries. She bought 0712 and 1207 based on her birthday, as well as a Big Sweep ticket. Just imagine, the last four digits of the first prize were 0712!

I wish to test on the following:

Khairy was in Permatang Pauh to ‘bury’ Anwar. So his sensational visit to help him get his passport for overseas treatment was not with good intentions after all! Well, we shall see soon enough who is burying who. With Pak Lah’s promise to leave by 2010 (unless he breaks it), Khairy will be on his own, poor thing.