Mid Autumn 2011 - 12th Sept

Contrary to last year, the mooncake festival didn't creep on me this year. I looked in wonder and awe at all those blogger sites with their beautiful and yummy creation. I wanted to try making mooncake jelly, but alas, my laziness got to me. Perhaps next year? :)

Annndddddd, I thought I still kept last years lanterns, but after searching high and low, nope, can't find them. So, had to grab some new ones after school yesterday and Noel insisted on Angry Bird lanterns. I don't get the hype surrounding these mean looking birds (and weird grren pigs) but oh well, once in a while. So got 2 for the kids.

While the kids played in the dark (well... Del only had his for a short while as his fidgetty hands didn't hold the tanglung tight enough and it dropped and got burnt) we adults sat around and chat whilst enjoicing a small piece of mooncake each. My bad - I only got one mooncake this year. To my defence, I didn't know my next door Uncle / Aunty / cousins would join us. Besides, that's what mooncake is about right? A dear ex colleague told me this just today - why mooncake is round? The meaning is tuan yuan in chinese - meaning get together. Just a while ago the mooncake was only one piece, but now cut into pieces; taken by each one of us. Many, but one.