Things I Wonder #6 Friday the 13th

So I was wondering earlier today, since there is no bad luck associated with triskaidekaphobia (fear of thirteen) in Singapore, what is? Well, I know a few things about numbers and Chinese superstition:

• 3 and 8 are especially lucky numbers because when you put them together and say something uninteligible to the American-trained ear, it means working hard more money or something like that. *waves hand as if shooing the notion away*
• 9 signifies longevity, which was particularly interesting to me because many Chinese emporers would have dragons sewn onto their clothes with the 9th dragon hidden inside (how charming).
• 4 is spooky! Four sounds like the Chinese word for 'death,' and so I wonder (though I haven't asked anyone yet) if April fourth is a really bad day.