If your a loner you probably knew that yesterday was singles day or Guanggun Jie（光棍节), or as my colleague translated it, "nothing but the stick day", I thought this was much better than "singles day"
I found this article on China Daily which gives a little insight into where the festival comes from, heres the crux:
"Singles' Day is, of course, not an official celebration in China. Neither the government nor any non-governmental organization has named it such. No one can say, either, exactly where and when it was first celebrated. But it's apparent that November 11 was chosen because the date, when written down in Arabic numerals, looks like four single people standing together.
There are stories that it originated on Chinese campuses at the end of last century, when college students celebrated being single with a little self-mockery. But now some Chinese have given it a classical Roman origin, saying the day honours a respectable monk during the rule of Claudius, the Roman emperor from AD 41 to 54.
According to the legend, Claudius forbade weddings so that more young people could be sent to his wars, but the unnamed monk defied his order and held weddings for lovers. He was thrown into prison and finally tortured to death on November 11."
Well, there you have it, I personally prefer the original Chinese origin. So in the spirit of mockery, heres probably the most lucky photo Ive ever taken. Guess that calf will be celebrating singles day after that incident.
