Mid-Autumn Festival

So today's Mid-Autumn Festival.

Candles, tea candles, lanterns, floating lanterns, and sparkles adorned the park and the night sky behind my flat.

It's a different feel from the usual loud and noisy Chinese traditional celebrations where there's plenty of instrumental music and loud voices and laughter. This is the subdued version. Very subdued, I must say.

A lot of Chinese traditions are just an excuse for gathering together and having lots of food. This one is no exceptions. I went out to town with the Girlfriend for dinner and it was quiet. Merlion City? Quiet, you gotta be kidding me. But it was. And it was nice to have a quiet dinner without having to fight tons of people just to get food.

For some reason, this celebration provoked a sense of nostalgia and a sense of a need for contemplation and reflection. The celebration itself of the Mid-Autumn Festival can either be viewed as a "Valentine's Day" of sorts or for those with a more patriotic sense of the holiday, can view it as a revolution.

This was one of the few floating lanterns that I managed to catch tonight as it floated up into the sky. The fact that the moon was in the background was a bonus.

The night air was slightly hazy with all the different small fires that were burning. A creative bunch of teenagers had lit at least 50 candles around one of the outdoor benches. Strangely, when I asked permission to take a picture, they all pretty much got out of the way of the lenses. I was trying to make it more of a candid shot but now, it looks like it was abandoned instead. Oh well.

Walking back to my flat, I thought it was quite a nice shot to take the reflection of the light in the water of the condo next to my place.

This picture actually turned out a bit better than I thought it would. You can kinda look at it as one of pictures of bridges that symbolises a journey or something philosophical. I'm not quite exactly in that mood so I'll let y'all deal with the deep thought aspect of things. Heh.

And hopefully, within the next two weeks or so, I'd have the ability to have a better camera with me. A superzoom, to be precise. But let's see what happens.

On that note, 4 more working days and I'm off for a week holiday + attendance to the sister's bar admission in good ole' Aotearoa! Absolutely can't wait!