Mid autumn festival in my 2nd year of uni life...

Ii am carrying an orange lantern.  I used to play the plastic lantern, paper lantern is the second time I play since last year.

i'm the middle one with a lantern above my head

15th August of the Chinese calendar is the mid autumn festival. This festival is always related to the reunion of family, because the moon is often looks round, like a family gather round together.

In the second year of my university life, I expect I will spend this day in my room, with one of my roommate, just like what I did in last year. I can still remember during last year mid autumn festival, I was still very homesick and I wept silently in the room because I truly miss my home as I have never be left alone for this day. I was alone in my room because my roommates had gone out to celebrate. Every year, for the same day, my family will be gathered around to eat mooncake, pomelo, water chestnut and yam. I truly miss that moment now!

Yesterday, when my friend and I were walking on our way back to hostel, we saw a group of people were gathering at Desasiswa Nurani. Ok… Finally, I at least can see the atmosphere of mid autumn festival inside USMKK. At a distance from us, there were people lighting something on the road side. From far, you may think that they were burning the paper money, especially when it happened on the last month. Ha-ha….

We took a closer look, oh… they are my friends from Nurani, trying to light the candles of the lanterns. I have a lantern in my room, did not bring it along with me. So I join them to play too.

One of them came out an idea to have a lantern walk around the golf course. At first, we were scared as there is dark and no one will be hanging around at there at that moment. In the end, we walk in there. That area was not really dark because the road somehow like reflected the moonlight. In the dark, our lanterns looked nicer as it glowed brighter. The moon is totally round and the lunar halo is very big. After we came out from the golf course, we were sitting in the middle of the road and playing with the candles. They made up a ‘21’ on the road, indicating this is our 21st year of celebrating mid autumn festival. We lighted up the candles and put it off with 2 fingers and do it repeatedly. It was fun for me too. We played bubbles, candles, and lantern, eating Chacho’s under the bright, round and big moon.

this word is made by candles, nice, isn't it? haha..

This is an awesome mid autumn festival that I had in USMKK, a place far away from Penang Island (6 hours journey, I consider far), my home and my family. Thanks to all my friends who let me to join them! They accompanied me to celebrate mid autumn festival without me being alone. I truly feel better then last year except I still cannot have a reunion with my family.