Happy Tong Zhi

I would like to wish all my friends, blog readers and families member, Happy Tong Zhi.

Like all previous year, I never made any tong yuan dough but will get some ready made dough either from market or from my all time supplier, my mum.

This year I make it even more simple by buying those ready made tong yuan packet from Carrefour. 10 pcs per packet, I bought 2 packets. One with peanut filling and the other with black sesame (my favorite). I don't like tong yuan that are without filling however plain tong yuan dip with crush peanut is acceptable for me.

Mum used to tell me that we must eat the tong yuan according to our age. Wow.... then I got to buy 7 packets to be shared by hubby and myself, another packet for Audrey and Shannen. Huh.... can't imagine if my stomach was full of 30++ tong yuan inside, worst case the size of tong yuan is as big as those fish ball.... :P

"Zhong Qiu" 2009

Zhong Qiu's eve :
This was the 2nd time we were being invited to "Yue Kuang" party organized by My Montessori to celebrate Mid Autumn Festival. Audrey was counting down to the day since last Monday. She was so excited and finally able to play lantern with her friends all the night last Friday. They prepared quite a lot of food for those attendee and party started at 7pm. This year they even organized "guessing lantern" games. You know what, for the first time I participated and won 2 choc bar for my gals. Ha ha....

Last but no least, all the parents were entertained with a song performed by a group of kids aged 4 and 5. I forgotten the song title but something related to Zhong Qiu. The lyric was something like ..... yue liang yuan, yue liang yuan, yue liang chao zai wo de jia.....

Zhong Qiu Day :

We went back to MIL house for celebration this year as my parents were attending a wedding dinner that night. Despite my mother side with more kids running around, we only have my 2 gals and BIL's daughter at my MIL side. So less hassle from them and we were more relax sitting outside for food and chit chatting. Half way we noticed one important thing missing for the night, a sky luminous with a round moon.

~The End~

How about your celebration?

Lantern Festival

The rain started right before we move table and chairs outside for a small gathering of lantern festival. I thought we won't be having any celebration as this year, my brothers in law not free due to relative (wife side) house warming and my sister in law was in Brisbane. However, my mother in law still go ahead by preparing some fruits, tea, moon cakes and yam even though only 6 of us, including 2 toddlers. But weather forecast don't really allow us to sit under the moon and enjoy foods together. Finally we decided to celebrate inside the house. See, that's how we lightened up the living hall with colorful lantern and eat our moon cakes. Not bad ler....