Happy Mooncake Festival! 中秋节快乐!

mid-autum or mooncake festival is here again! When I was still in Singapore, I would gleefully digged out my good old tortoise-shaped lantern - the traditional type made of red cellophane paper and metal wires - and carried it around the neighborhood, together with my nephews and their lanterns. The nearby playground is usually littered with families doing the same thing, playing with fire sticks, candles, etc, and catching up with each other. I'll never forget the warmth, happiness and fun we all shared on this night.

Though I can't do the same thing here, fortunately I could still get hold of mooncakes in the Asian stores here, which are plentiful coming from countries like Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam and US. I'm not much of a mooncake person, but this year I have a strong craving for them, especially the red bean ones. 

I originally wanted to get online from Oversea (Hai Wai Tian/海外天) from Malaysia. The next minute I knew, they were sold out! Ok, settle for the prawn (shrimp), since fish is out. Next on the list was the ones from 美心 (Mei Xin) from Hong Kong but they were also sold out. Next time I'll be earlier, for now, I'll settle for this one also from Hong Kong, and it happened I got the last box! Lucky!

Have a really wonderful Mooncake Festival! Do look at the moon, it should be awesome!