Saturday, October 3, 2009
Ahhh, it's nice to recall the days when we didn't have these machines called the computers to accompany us, and we would always run around the neighbourhood when we were free.
It especially warms my heart to remember that I would always run downstairs on the night of every Lantern Festival, to the open-air top deck of the multi-storey carpark beside my block. There, we would play with either battery operated lanterns (I remember my favourite lantern was a plane) or the traditional candle lit paper lanterns. Lantern festival was also the only day where we could play with fire/candles openly in front of our parents and I would definitely bring a pack of coloured candles to that carpark to have a little celebration. =)
My house overlooks the carpark but as I look at it today, it is empty. Gone are the days where kids would hang out in that space, running around, playing catching. Gone are the days where our parents would chit chat with neighbours while the kids entertain themselves in their childish demeanour.... Kids would rather stay at home and play with their computers....
My grandma's chinese birthday is on Mid-autumn festival, but she left us 4 years ago. Time really flies by and I'm sure grandma is very very happy now. But till this day, every mid-autumn festival, I would definitely recall the times we spent together (however short it was). We're all very fine grandma. =)
On to a happier topic, my mum decided not to buy any mooncakes this year, as she predicted that no one would eat it and on the day itself (mid-autumn festival), there would suddenly be a huge amount of mooncakes in our house. She was right about the second part. A few days ago, her boss just gave her a pack of four mooncakes from Peach Garden (restaurant in orchid country club and many places). Within the last few days, my brother and my mum again received another two individual mooncakes. And suddenly today, we received two boxes of 4 mooncakes each from our neighbours. One box from Goodwood Park Hotel (OMG, D24 durian snowskin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yummy!!!) and another box from Peony Jade.
I fell in love with one of the individual mooncakes as it was DURIAN flavoured!!!! (Much much better and nicer than the ones I bought last year from the NPCC booth, haha) Heavenly!! Now I got 4 more durian mooncakes to enjoy! Woohoo! But looks like we're gonna be force-fed (am not really a mooncake fan till i ate the durian one) the rest of the mooncakes for the weeks to come.... =)
- Mid-Autumn Festival 2009
by snoopy_lim @ 9:43 PM