it's the mid-autumn festival

IT'S THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL

it is tradition to drink tea and eat mooncakes, while appreciating the larger-&-rounder-&-brighter-than-usual moon.
it is also the time of the year when kids play with lanterns; the traditional candle lanterns, cartooned candle lanterns and those battery operated ones.

drink tea..unchecked.
eat mooncakes..checked.
appreciating the moon..unchecked.
playing with lanterns..unchecked.

the news reported the moon tonight would be at its brightest at 2107h. unfortunately, as much as i tried, i couldnt capture a good or clear shot of it. not really my not-so-good camera's fault. the moon wasn't even big or bright.

i remember having a lot of fun playing with lanterns. not too long ago, at that; the last was two years back.

i was looking forward to snap shots of the traditional lanterns too. none of my cousins played with those. they only had those cartoon ones..battery-operated. and no, no one in my vicinity were playing with those traditional ones. my estate was exceptionately quiet tonight.

how damn sad.

so, i had to browse naz's blog to see the pictures he manged to take.
check it out: www.plain-sunset.blogspot.com
i love the first and last pictures.

there was no hype, excitement, atmosphere or mood in this year's mid-autumn festival.
how damn sad.