Mid Autumn Festival || Jurong Lake Garden | Lights by the Lake | Legend of the White Snake | Bukit Batok Mid Autumn Festival

Brayden 9Y7M

Bevlynn 5Y4M

This year's mid autumn festival was celebrated with slight haze in the air. It was one of the longest haze episodes here. However, that did not stop the celebration. 

We went to Jurong Lake Garden to witness the Lights by the Lake. This year, the light lanterns depicted the infamous story of The Legend of the White Snake. It was scene by scene; from the white snake transforming into a beautiful woman, meeting the love of her life on the bridge, starting a married life at a small medicine shop, the reveal of the woman turning back into snake form and shocking her husband, she fought with the monk at the temple and got defeated. It was a sad ending. 

It was a story long forgotten - we could share this folklore story to the children through this light festival. There were also beautiful lanterns of the rabbits and the moon. 

We had dinner at Eden. After the night came, we had another round of walk and this time the lights lit up bright and colourful. It's no wonder love can fly under a full moon's light and beautifully lit lanterns. It's so romantic and magical at the same time. 

The next day, we were at the Bukit Batok Mid Autumn Festival. It was a crowded event. There were many game booths, balloon, paper fan and lantern painting. Not forgetting the tea appreciation, pamelo peeling contest, guessing game and the children's favourite - inflatable playground.  

There were the stage performances, magic show, lion dance and dragon dance. 

Bray was extra excited for the lucky draw because we had several near misses, just 1 or 2 numbers away. Ah~~ it was still a fun night!  

 

  

Children's Day || Komtar | Jurassic Research Center | Boutique Aquarium | Dino Gym | Zombie Outbreak || Popular

Brayden 9Y7M

Bevlynn 5Y4M

I volunteered for Children's Day at Bray's school. 

I was assigned to the dart game booth. I love how I called out each childrens' name and gave them points. Some children came over and over to try for higher points, competing with their friends.

Some very talented students gave their dance performances - contemporary, korean hip hop. Teachers performed too. Teachers versus students game challenge were exciting; stack the cups, toss the bottle, longest hula hoop. Guess the teachers' shoes was also fun. 

While in Penang, the children went to The Top Komtar, Jurassic Research Center, Boutique Aquarium, Dino Gym and Zombie Outbreak. They were having fun and most of all, it was not a school holiday so the space was rather empty. 

I explored around the Komtar shopping area. It's sad to see the state and quietness inside this building. It was once a vibrant location, Super Komtar, Yaohan, the small retail shops. The crowd has left for more modern shopping experience, even online shopping. I remembered how we were forced by our parents to try out as many pieces of clothings for design and sizes before purchasing that one piece. It was a mini fashion show for our parents - must had been such good entertainment for them. "Try this piece, try that piece. This one looks good together." 

It was such a big maze in the shopping area, Bro Gene and I loved to hide underneath the clothes. It's our hide-and-seek "playground".

Popular bookstore had closed one of its branch and books were on sales. I loved the caption at their message postbox "When one chapter closes, another awaits". It's definitely not the end of story, just move on to the next chapter. 

I've added more into my collection. Read/Reread several books in the past month - Dr HK Goh Investing, Road Not Taken, Think and Grow Rich, Money Smart, Eliminate Clutter and Debt, Cashflow, The Lotus and the Cross. 

The first 3 are worth reading. I've read some of these books before, years ago. The books stayed the same yet I looked at the content very differently. Time will change us and how we look at the world.