Mid-Autumn Festival 2007

Not written much lately -- not really been in the mood. Too much going on to focus on anything other than work it feels like.

Anyway...

Today is a public holiday to celebrate the mid-autumn festival; or moon festival; or lantern festival etc.

From Discover Hong Kong:

During the Mid-Autumn Festival people eat sweet tasting cakes called moon cakes made of ground lotus and sesame seed paste, egg yolk and other ingredients. Moon cakes symbolise the gathering of friends and family and are an indispensable part of the Mid-Autumn festivities. Moon cakes are also associated with the overthrow of the Mongol invaders in the 14th century. The story goes that Chinese revolutionaries planned to revolt against the government on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. This message was passed around hidden in moon cakes amongst the people who subsequently rose up and overthrew the oppressive tyrant.

Like last year, we spent last night on the beach swirling luminous sticks around etc and going to bed just as everyone else 20 years younger than us was hitting the sand.



Pictures of the boys this year don't look that much different to last. I have no idea where the year's gone to ... blink and another month goes by. But have remarked on that before on this blog.

Unlike last year, I forgot to have any mooncakes. Dare say I'll be able to pick them up cheap tomorrow in the post mooncake festival sales!

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