According to Wikipedia, a “prime number (or a prime) is a natural number which has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself.”
To continue, “An infinitude of prime numbers exists, as demonstrated by Euclid in about 300 BC. The first thirty prime numbers are:
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113
… The number one is by definition not a prime number… The property of being a prime is called primality, and the word prime is also used as an adjective. Since two is the only even prime number, the term odd prime refers to all prime numbers greater than two.”
The number “3” is one of the talked about prime numbers maybe in the same league as the number “7” with 7 Deadly Sins and Akira Kurosawa’s 7 Samurais, “13” with bad luck and Friday the 13th, hmmm “5”… all I know is that “Bioman” and a basketball team have 5 members/players… and I think boy bands.
“3” may represent good and bad luck as pointed out by some movies. In the movie “Stealth” which starred Jamie Foxx, Josh Lucas and Jessica Biel (where they form a stealth fighter strike team), as a more advanced unmanned fighter was about to be added to their team, Jamie’s character quipped that such action is bad luck since “4” is no longer a prime number. Another movie, “Letters from Iwo Jima” also mentioned the number 3. One scene in the movie shows Ken Watanabe’s character (General Tadamichi Kuribayashi) approached by Kazunari Ninomiya’s character (Private First Class Saigo) and thanked him for saving his life for the second time. Ken replied that everything happens in three’s so he wonders when or how would be the third time. By the end of the movie… the general saved the private’s life for the third time thus confirming that everything happens in threes.
Ramon Tulfo, whose column I fail to miss in The Philippine Daily Inquirer, observed the occurrence of events by threes in his article last November 13.
"…Several days after the accident at the intersection of Arnaiz Avenue and Osmeña Highway in Makati City that killed Dulce Saguisag, wife of former Sen. Rene Saguisag, and injured the senator, another road mishap killed three people in Marikina.
The first and second accidents were related in that they were caused by blatant violation of traffic rules. The first was caused by the driver of the dump truck who allegedly tried to beat the red light; the second, was reportedly a result of drunk driving.
When traffic enforcers look the other way, reckless drivers have a heyday.
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Haven’t you noticed that big mishaps come in pairs or threes?
If there’s a plane crash, it’s followed by another plane mishap.
Remember when a helicopter bearing senatorial candidate Luis “Chavit” Singson crashed?
That was followed by another helicopter crash.
And then a third one.
I’ve noticed the striking coincidences since I covered the police beat in the 1970s and 1980s when I was also assigned to cover disasters.
Why is that so? I have no answer. Do you?.... "
Then on November 13, 2007, just past 8 PM, a first in Philippine history happened. A bomb was remotely detonated at the House of Representatives killing four personalities and others injured. The bombing/explosion is a “third” in less than two months in the Luzon area, first… the Glorietta bombing or gas blast followed by the Cavite dynamite explosion. The events are said to have no relation since the Glorietta blast investigation is leaning towards accidental methane gas explosion due to poor building/facility management by the Ayala’s (thanks to the geniuses at the PNP). The Cavite dynamite explosion is also an accident… though it’s a big question why on earth there’s a dynamite factory in a residential area? Such explosions are being claimed as nothing to do with terrorist. Somewhat odd or coincidental that prior to recent events, there was a report that there’d be terrorist attacks and twice have occurred where considerable amounts of dynamite were left by the roadside, one in manila and another at a bus terminal somewhere in the Visayas. Terrorists operating in the Philippines do not immediately claim responsibility over such events as what happened with the Super Ferry incident years back and maybe after a few months or years, new evidence might surface to prove otherwise.
Seeing the news update thirty minutes after the “Batasang Pambansa” bombing and upon hearing that Representative Wahab Akbar was badly hurt, I already assumed that it was a hit. My assumption was further strengthened when the police said that the bomb was remotely detonated. My position is that if it’s an attack at the Philippines Congress as a whole, it should have been detonated with a timer. My initial assessment as to who’s the culprit… the military seems to be the only one capable and since the Marines accuse the representative’s men as the ones responsible for the beheadings of their comrades. With the following operations by the PNP, they believe that they have the ones responsible. Pretty fast for an organization that is usually slow to react. Something’s not right though regarding the suspects. They say they’re Abu Sayyaf operatives and yet they have access to government installations like the House of Representatives? And is it a standard operating procedure to return to your hideout once you’ve made a hit? When you pick a hideout, do you really have to choose one with a history of police and military raids? Indeed there are a lot of questions that needs to be answered.
Be safe everybody and pray for peace!
To continue, “An infinitude of prime numbers exists, as demonstrated by Euclid in about 300 BC. The first thirty prime numbers are:
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113
… The number one is by definition not a prime number… The property of being a prime is called primality, and the word prime is also used as an adjective. Since two is the only even prime number, the term odd prime refers to all prime numbers greater than two.”
The number “3” is one of the talked about prime numbers maybe in the same league as the number “7” with 7 Deadly Sins and Akira Kurosawa’s 7 Samurais, “13” with bad luck and Friday the 13th, hmmm “5”… all I know is that “Bioman” and a basketball team have 5 members/players… and I think boy bands.
“3” may represent good and bad luck as pointed out by some movies. In the movie “Stealth” which starred Jamie Foxx, Josh Lucas and Jessica Biel (where they form a stealth fighter strike team), as a more advanced unmanned fighter was about to be added to their team, Jamie’s character quipped that such action is bad luck since “4” is no longer a prime number. Another movie, “Letters from Iwo Jima” also mentioned the number 3. One scene in the movie shows Ken Watanabe’s character (General Tadamichi Kuribayashi) approached by Kazunari Ninomiya’s character (Private First Class Saigo) and thanked him for saving his life for the second time. Ken replied that everything happens in three’s so he wonders when or how would be the third time. By the end of the movie… the general saved the private’s life for the third time thus confirming that everything happens in threes.
Ramon Tulfo, whose column I fail to miss in The Philippine Daily Inquirer, observed the occurrence of events by threes in his article last November 13.
"…Several days after the accident at the intersection of Arnaiz Avenue and Osmeña Highway in Makati City that killed Dulce Saguisag, wife of former Sen. Rene Saguisag, and injured the senator, another road mishap killed three people in Marikina.
The first and second accidents were related in that they were caused by blatant violation of traffic rules. The first was caused by the driver of the dump truck who allegedly tried to beat the red light; the second, was reportedly a result of drunk driving.
When traffic enforcers look the other way, reckless drivers have a heyday.
* * *
Haven’t you noticed that big mishaps come in pairs or threes?
If there’s a plane crash, it’s followed by another plane mishap.
Remember when a helicopter bearing senatorial candidate Luis “Chavit” Singson crashed?
That was followed by another helicopter crash.
And then a third one.
I’ve noticed the striking coincidences since I covered the police beat in the 1970s and 1980s when I was also assigned to cover disasters.
Why is that so? I have no answer. Do you?.... "
Then on November 13, 2007, just past 8 PM, a first in Philippine history happened. A bomb was remotely detonated at the House of Representatives killing four personalities and others injured. The bombing/explosion is a “third” in less than two months in the Luzon area, first… the Glorietta bombing or gas blast followed by the Cavite dynamite explosion. The events are said to have no relation since the Glorietta blast investigation is leaning towards accidental methane gas explosion due to poor building/facility management by the Ayala’s (thanks to the geniuses at the PNP). The Cavite dynamite explosion is also an accident… though it’s a big question why on earth there’s a dynamite factory in a residential area? Such explosions are being claimed as nothing to do with terrorist. Somewhat odd or coincidental that prior to recent events, there was a report that there’d be terrorist attacks and twice have occurred where considerable amounts of dynamite were left by the roadside, one in manila and another at a bus terminal somewhere in the Visayas. Terrorists operating in the Philippines do not immediately claim responsibility over such events as what happened with the Super Ferry incident years back and maybe after a few months or years, new evidence might surface to prove otherwise.
Seeing the news update thirty minutes after the “Batasang Pambansa” bombing and upon hearing that Representative Wahab Akbar was badly hurt, I already assumed that it was a hit. My assumption was further strengthened when the police said that the bomb was remotely detonated. My position is that if it’s an attack at the Philippines Congress as a whole, it should have been detonated with a timer. My initial assessment as to who’s the culprit… the military seems to be the only one capable and since the Marines accuse the representative’s men as the ones responsible for the beheadings of their comrades. With the following operations by the PNP, they believe that they have the ones responsible. Pretty fast for an organization that is usually slow to react. Something’s not right though regarding the suspects. They say they’re Abu Sayyaf operatives and yet they have access to government installations like the House of Representatives? And is it a standard operating procedure to return to your hideout once you’ve made a hit? When you pick a hideout, do you really have to choose one with a history of police and military raids? Indeed there are a lot of questions that needs to be answered.
Back to the numbers thing, some number and conspiracy theorist as published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer have suggested patterns in the dates of bombings. If New York have 9/11, Bali with 10/12… Manila’s recent bombing is 11/13. As the article suggest, there might be something lurking about to happen that will likely take place on December 14… that’s 12/14.
Be safe everybody and pray for peace!
