We still do
this, thankfully.
Delightfully,
there is no haze this year and the moon is as round and bright as can be. (The
kids all ask - What rabbit? What rabbit, Mama?! – when I point out there’s a
rabbit in the moon. Goodness, can’t they see it?)
* Bright moon in the middle
The kid’s
school give them a lantern which is a really funny thing, like a round Japanese
paper lantern with foam paper cut-outs with double-sided tape behind, which
they can stick onto the lantern to make animal faces. It’s got a small bulb
powered by a battery and after carrying it for a few minutes, Jo tosses it
aside.
“I don’t
like this light Mama, it’s ugly. It’s not nice like the light from the candles.”
I didn’t
say it, but I agree. (But I end up carrying her discard)
What is
Lantern Festival without fire and burning lanterns? (yes one did burn off this
year, reduced to a charred black pile of ash)
Day, once again the official fire starter and lantern lighter, grips a
candle and prays for good PSLE results.
For the
first time, Choon joins us too. He makes it back in time from his exhaustively
long working day. Long working hours are a Singapore thing which he now has to endure.
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