11-12-13

On this special date, we were having contemporary world history exam for third semester, second last paper. Mr. Gopal said, it is a special kind of date which will not come again.  I did feel that, it’s going to be rare chance to recur in this generation.

Following is a story what Kuensel reporter Pema Dema had to say on her report;

"A very special date, the last of its kind this century, was marked with births and betrothals

Occasion: After Pema Choden realised she had conceived and visited hospital, she was told that her baby was due on December 11 this year.

Her husband and she were overwhelmed, knowing they were having a baby and that too on a day that would bear a unique number, 11/12/13.

“We were saying the day might be very special,” the excited father, Ugyen Penjor, working as lab technician in Sherubling higher secondary school in Trongsa, said.

11-12-13, which fell on Wednesday, was apparently the last day in the century that would ever see three consecutive numbers again.

So it was indeed “special” for the couple, when Pema Choden gave birth to a baby boy on the predicted date.

Sharing the day were eight other parents in the capital.  Of the total, four were boys, while the rest were girls.

Of them was proud father Lobzang who found the date “interesting” for his first child.

“She’ll have a great birth date,” he said.

In other dzongkhags, records with Mongar hospital show there were three babies born on the day, while Trashigang saw two.

Beyond hospitals, people seemed to have taken note of the unique date, indicated by several remarks on it on social networking sites.  A few young people also reportedly adopted the date to “officially” become couples.

Elsewhere in the world, international media also reported a dramatic increase in the rise of people tying knots on the day, considering it unique and lucky.

For instance, a bridal retail chain in the United States estimated 3,000 couples getting married on this date, as compared with about 370 last year.

Another media also highlighted a couple in South Carolina getting married on 9/10/11, and coincidentally having their first child on 11/12/13."