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I entered my office scratching my left palm.

“What happened?” asked my senior colleague.

“Just itching,” I replied.

“Itching on the left palm indicates you will get money,” he predicted, adding, “throw a party once you get the money.”

I wish the prediction came true. It’s already a week.

There are many who still hold on to strange beliefs.

One friend used to sit immediately if someone called him by his name from behind. A friend from Pakistan mentioned about an eccentric doctor who used to whitewash his clinic every day. Another person had the weird habit of cleaning apple with a tooth brush before eating.

Once I met a stranger and we shook hands.

He said, “Your hands are cold. That means you have a warm heart.”

I did not tell him I had just returned from an ice-cold air-conditioned room.