aha. suddenly it all makes sense:
kaitlin: how old are you?
kam: [pauses.] thirty-four.
kaitlin: thirty-four? that’s bad luck in chinese, isn’t it? three is okay, but four is a terrible number.
kam: it is. forty-four is considered the worst year of your life; thirty-four is second-worst.
i am currently 44. my beautiful partner f. 34.
[quoted from jPod by douglas coupland]
lets get this year over as soon as possible – ;(