A Park Brightly Lit

As told by Feldman....

We reached the park 10 minutes short of 8:30pm. The first two lanterns we lit were using 2 AAA batteries each. Upon pressing the button, the lantern was lit and “It’s a small world” chime jingles. Why those chime? Hmm, at least it was better than Leanne’s other helicopter with Hello Kitty sitting in it. That chime was of gunshots followed by sirens, the ones you get in that loud car alarm which changes tune every 5 seconds. To tell you the truth, playing with those did not give me those ambience we usually get with the times we played with using candles. I have those traditional lanterns but I was lacking candles. I dropped by Giant near my workplace to pick some up but apparently it was sold out!

Anyways I was there with Diana, Leanne, Gloria, Sylvia & Pang Wee (Gloria’s boyfriend). Luckily for us, JT & Hannah came the moment we reached the park. It was like prince charming dressed in white saving the day! You know what I mean? He was literally dressed in white ok. Right, Hannah? :) Anyways he came with plenty candles and lanterns, great enough to light up 3 trees beautifully. The trees were wonderful that night! Nanthini came after a while followed by Lloyd & Li Shun. We were then joined by Shung Lee, Vivien and her 3 other friends, a total of 16 people. Oh ya, Edmund was running around with Toby, my dog which looks like a bear now that his fur is all cut unevenly by my maid. Not a bad turnout ya? :)

Some of us are chatting around the shack while some others were taking turns to play the swings and Toby was scrambling around peeing and pooing (Ew!!) Oops, sidetracked… anyways it was a lovely turnout and was nice having everyone’s company there. We had two mooncakes sponsored by my mum and Lloyd brought a mooncake and a biscuit shaped like a pig, I’m sure most Chinese have seen it before. Hannah also brought a mooncake but we didn’t manage to eat that much.

Another side story that I have to mention…. I have noticed something that caught my eye. One sad thing is there is only one toddler there celebrating with us. Where are all the other children? On the way up the park from my house, I passed by 2 houses celebrating mooncake festivals with their extended families. It may be such coincidence that they are celebrating in their house compound instead of playing outside, but there is not a single person other than us celebrating in the park. And mind you, the park was in an enclosed guarded community. I remember passing by every year seeing kids playing with their lanterns and brightening the park with colorful candles, but the atmosphere was different today. Is it by coincidence that noone was around to play at the park that day, or is people starting to be afraid to let their kids out nowadays?

Anyways, thank you all who have made it that day, it was a special occasion worth celebrating. It was also Leanne’s very first mooncake festival she celebrated and she was very happy that day. (Except maybe freaking out a little when someone wanted a hug but she shook her head real vigorous and firm!) :) Thank you all uncles & aunties! (No, you don't have to deny that you're old. Hehe!)....