Mooncake Festival is breezing closer and closer
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Mooncake Festival is breezing closer and closer.
This year, I have a slight affinity with it, not to say that I want it. I mean, I haven't celebrated mooncake festival for many years.
I was asked to sell mooncakes as a fund raising effort for the ECA I joined. Mind you, I only joined them to help them with their website.
Only sold, like 5 so far.
There was this day, last Friday, where nim nim(names have been changed to protect the innocent) was talking about her enjoying the festival every year. "It's good to celebrate this every year. What happens if we lived a short life?" I heard her going.
She was recounting her beautiful memories of dragging her friend down at 4am to look at the long swan(pardon my translation), and how everytime she turn those lanterns into ash.
My friend, eijnah(names have be changed to protect the innocent), was triggered by her joyous exploits, added," Yah Yah. Especially when everyone starts gathering twigs, candles and everything they can find to burn."
Interesting.
I can barely remember how I celebrated mine.
There used to be staged events, held by the GRC, at the open field down my block.
Singers and jokers(is there a better term for this?) were invited to perform for the night.
There was one year I won 3 prizes from the lucky draw. Wow. You can almost see the jealous looks from the ground everytime I walked up to claim them.
I would go down with my childhood friend of years, Vincent, of whom I have lost contact with, to prowl the fields. We don't normally stay long, carrying lanterns ain't meant for destructive kids like us. We are born to kill sand worms in computers. Yeah, I was a poor kid then who would always go to his home and play Dune.
He has moved away, to somewhere. Hope we'll meet again.
Come back to the recent years, maybe it's got to do with the age, I no longer find mooncake festival that alluring anymore. But it's still good to think back to the good old days. -
I think this year it falls on 11 Sept.
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i like mooncakes
nice to eat
the history behind mooncakes is very interesting... lots of intrigue, violence and revolution
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no its the 12 sept.Originally posted by 798:I think this year it falls on 11 Sept.
i love mooncakes too, and the traditional ones at that.
been so long since i had a proper mooncake festival in singapore. this year would be a first since years. thinking of going back to my alma mater's MAF celebrations.
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what about lantrerns? although it is commonly seen as a childish thing....i mean the paper ones are for all ages right?? its beautiful to light up a few and hang them around.....so romantic ah
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i like them, but pragmatism tells me they're fire hazards....
hmmm.. maybe go get a fewOriginally posted by NeonTetra:what about lantrerns? although it is commonly seen as a childish thing....i mean the paper ones are for all ages right?? its beautiful to light up a few and hang them around.....so romantic ah