{"id":2407,"date":"2009-10-03T09:18:19","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T01:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianramblings.com\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2009-10-03T09:18:19","modified_gmt":"2009-10-03T01:18:19","slug":"106-threeway-convergence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/106-threeway-convergence\/","title":{"rendered":"10-3 three-way convergence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2408\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/beach-photo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/beach-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/beach-photo.jpg?fit=400%2C597&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,597\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1146583903&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Married, October 3, 2006\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Stevo&amp;#8217;s were married October 3, 2006.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Stevo&amp;#8217;s were married October 3, 2006.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/beach-photo.jpg?fit=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/beach-photo.jpg?fit=400%2C597&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2408\" title=\"Married, October 3, 2006\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/beach-photo.jpg?resize=400%2C597\" alt=\"The Stevo's were married October 3, 2006.\" width=\"400\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/beach-photo.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/beach-photo.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Stevo&#39;s were married October 3, 2006.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was three years ago today that Mrs. Stevo and I had our wedding reception. We were married the July before at the registry office: That happens in China &#8211; months (or years) between the civil ceremony and the reception. Mrs. Stevo thinks the reception is the proper occasion to commemorate. I disagree, but my thoughts on the matter aren&#8217;t important.<\/p>\n<p>October 3, 2009 means three things, a strange convergence of lives, the lunar calendar, and past events. Our wedding anniversary, <a title=\"Mid-Autumn Moon Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/travel\/china\/happy-mid-autumn-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mid-Autumn Festival<\/a>, and the anniversary of the death of Mrs. Stevo&#8217;s grandfather (she thinks he died on this date so she would always remember him).<\/p>\n<p>One day, three events. &#8216;Tis a strange world sometimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 3, 2009 means three things, a strange convergence of lives, the lunar calendar, and past events. 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