25th September marks the mid-autumn festival for 2007. This year I celebrated the event with a few of my friends at Siao Tan's current place of residence at Bayu Puteri, Tropicana. Compared to previous years, it was a pretty low key affair this time round ... everyone after work and tired.
Whilst some when for a quick dip in the pool (whether voluntary or forced :D) others busied themselves with lighting the 6 lanterns ... yeah, 6 only. We weren't the only ones by the pool though as many other families and groups were also celebrating the mid autumn festival at different corners of the area. Some were having barbeques whilst others only had children around for them to light their lanterns. The wind blew strongly and threatened to blow off our lanterns in the beginning before we swtiched plans and used a piece of string to suspend them. Third time is really the charm when hanging the lanterns as the string caught fire ... we definitely did not graduate from "tiu tanglung tai hok"
This is our shrine to appease the gods/deities of the night. Our god is very one kind one ... need alcohol (left and centre), cordial (right) and cigarettes ... very unhealthy. It is a recipe either for lung cancer, kidney failure or diabetes (hahaha!)
Effects of setting up the altar is sudden cold gusts of wind and necessity to group close together.
Catherine Wong trying to show off her silap mata tak jadi. Still no one knows what she was trying to do ... maybe burn the gazebo down.
Tutup kedai before moving up to Siao Tan's apartment for soup! Even this took nearly an hour 'cause Cat had a great idea of testing everybody's breath power with a candle. Long story short, every one all full of air only.
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