Light A Candle, Spread A Smile

This year's Mooncake Festival, i learnt not about the origin of mooncakes nor about the rabbit figure on the moon. Instead, i came to realise that paper lantern makers these days are cheapskates.

Seriously, what happened to the awesome yet cheap paper lanterns i used to play with back when i was a child? Not only are the paper lanterns expensive, the quality is as bad as my guitar playing - which i should add, is pretty bad. The wires to hang the lanterns are so friggin flimsy they snap easily; candle holder is too big to provide a secure grip causing the candles to tilt and eventually burn the lantern; some lanterns cannot even open properly!

I'm better off lighting colourful candles by the sidewalk while the boys opt for a more macho activity: grab any trash that is flammable, throw them into a pile, burn it, create a bon-fire.

At one point during the night, Jeremy, little Kimberly's friend, came up to me:

Jeremy: Auntie, can i have a candle?
Lea: Sure. Come and pick your colour.
Kimberly: She is che che lah. Not auntie.

How cute of her to defend my youth! Sigh, looks like my che che days are dying. Oh well, i shall be the hippest auntie in town then.