MId-Autumn

it's so hazy outside that you can pretend that you're in genting among the clouds, minus the nice cooling weather. guess it's cos people are playing with lanterns, candles, or whatsoever on top of the haze. it's mid-autumn festival after all. but perhaps people living in my area all grew older along with me, it's a rare sight to see children carrying lanterns around now. can still remember vividly that during my primary school days, schools used to celebrate this festival and teachers will bring students out, walking around the neighbourhood carrying lanterns. not too sure if schools nowadays still do that, but it was fun. even when you're not the kids carrying the lanterns, seeing a long stretch of brightly lit lanterns was nice enough. i used to play with candles at my home's balcony with lantern/s hanging by the window or on a plant. there was once my dad bought a big lantern made of cellophane-like paper in the shape of a rooster and it was definitely a pleseant suprise. =) another of my fav lantern would be one my mum bought, which was like a ball made of paper and shaped into a tiger's head (cos i was born in the year of tiger. rah!). there were two memorable mid-autumn festivals so far for me. once was when i was having PSLE, which was ages ago, and the other one would be playing with chui and shu at the 'garden' in front of chui's old blk. ironically, i can't exactly remember what we did. guess we played with sparkles. haha. time flies and sad to say, these days, mid-autumn seems to be just another day. happy lantern/mooncake festival. haha.

中秋节快乐!