Insight into Lao culture and superstition #2....cont'd

Some of you may remember a little tidbit back on March 21 about an embassy employee who called on a Monday to say she wouldn't be in for 3 days because at some ceremony a holy man of some sort said if they didn't stay home for 3 days they'd have bad luck.....

Well do I have some news!!!!

It seems that the holy man (or whoever he was) was on to something. Turns out, staying indoors for 3 days can bring good luck. Said employee has just announced that she is pregnant, and due in late November/early December. She credits the good luck brought on by following the holy man's directions rather than the fact that 3 days inside with your husband and not much to do would often times produce a baby.

Anyway, she's ecstatic. I've suggested Phil as a name, but it seems that name doesn't fit in with Hmong culture.