Mooncake [ festival ]

I grew up living in a kampung area first ( jelutong, Penang ) before moving to the city when I am in primary one. During those kampung days, Mooncake festival is kind of like one of the happiest day for me where all kids ( only kids ) in the neighbourhood would gather together with a lantern each then circle the whole kampung singing a special song ( can't recall which song but it's in hokkien ). We would also dare each other to go in the the dark ally alone and scare ourself with ghost stories. Haih..."KIDS".

But since I moved to live in Bayan Lepas ( Penang), Mooncake festival soon becomes very quiet/lame/boring. The fact that i don't like to eat mooncakes at all further decrease the meaning of mooncake festival in me. It was never a day to be remembered and i thought it'll never will until this year's festival.

It was such an eye opener when i went to Teluk Cempedak ( Pahang ) with my friends that day. Thousands of Chinese people of all ages were there building their own landmark/designs/structure at the beach and the whole places was fully lighted with candles and beautiful lanterns. The full moon was also very bright making it the brightest night during the year!


Just to make sure I stop writing,
Here are the pictures we've taken on that day :

Almost every family/group construct their very
unique sand structure ( whatever you call it )

Simple and nice : From our very own UMP students, i think.

If you look closely, you might be able to see trains around the circle.
( The hole in the centre is pretty deep )

First time in my life witnessing a flying lantern flew to the sky.

The overall view of the beach.
( It took us a long long time to move from here to the other end )