Mid-Autumn Festival

I remembered celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival was one of the best moments during my childhood, especially when I was staying in a shophouse where I used to hang out with my neighbours. During this season, parents will buy mooncakes for the family and lanterns for the kids.

 

On the day of the festival, we will have early dinner and when the night came, the family will gather at the living or dining room to cut the mooncake and enjoyed the moonlight with a warm cup of Chinese tea. As the adults were enjoying their mooncakes and tea, the kids lit up their lanterns with candles and started to walk around the neighbourhood.

 

Some kids will show off a few of their handheld lanterns and others were limited to one lantern per child. Kids will gather around when a lantern candle burns out and start helping each other to light it up again. It was such an amazing activity to participate in during that time. That would be one of the few nights that the kids were allowed to sleep later than their usual bedtime. 😊

 

In the modern world now, we do not really see kids walking with their lanterns around the neighborhood. Most of the kids are either at home or skipped the practice. This year, being the COVID year, the streets became a dead town when it comes to night. You could not find a soul outside your house even during this festival.

 

I did not buy mooncakes this year but decided to make my own. I made the Ondeh-Ondeh and the dark chocolate snow skin. It was delicious and it was quickly snapped out by the kids. Since there was no one out on the streets, I lit up my kid’s lantern and let them have a fair share of lantern walk just outside our gate. Though they were the only kids with lanterns, they enjoyed walking just outside our gate and the strolling down the single lane passing my neighour’s house. 

This is indeed a quiet Mid-Autumn Festival and I do hope that we can celebrate this festival with more crowds next year.

What A Rare Visit

I was totally taken by surprise when I found this little cute Ladybird Beetle on my pillar wall. Initially I thought it was a stain but when I looked closer, it was such a beautiful sight to see this little cutie. It wasn’t moving but stayed put on the wall allowing me to take some pictures of it.

This is such a rare sight indeed and I am so stoked that this cute little Ladybird Beetle paid us a visit. 😊My kids were super excited and took a closer look at how beautiful it was. 😊 Honestly, we don’t spot Ladybird Beetles anywhere in Singapore, not even the gardens but am super stoked that they came pay us a visit. 😊Let’s hope to see more of these species around more often. 😊

Punggol Settlement

September has arrived and the kids began their one-week school break. We as parents ran out of ideas how to spend time with them especially during this Covid restriction period. There are limited things we can do as we are not allowed to travel. We are stuck!

 

The kids became restless as they were bored. Finally, we decided to bring them to cycle at Punggol Settlement. When we arrived in the morning, we were happy that it was not crowded, and many cyclists were masked off as the government allowed masked off when you are exercising. The kids, however, were worried so they put on their masks as they rode on their bikes. 

As it was breezy to cycle as it was not crowded, we managed to ride further this time. It took us about 2 hours to cycle and back with some resting time in between. The kids were happy, and they enjoyed themselves very much. Well, I am happy that we can do some outdoor activities with the kids despite the covid situation.

After burning some calories, we headed to have our hearty brunch at Wild Seeds located at Seletar Aerospace. We were happy to be seated almost immediately as it was not fully filled when we arrived. We noticed the crowd starting to flow in after we placed our orders. Thank GOD!

We love their pasta and sandwiches there and the kids enjoyed their kids meal as usual. It was quite a good brunch with the kids, especially after 2 hours of cycling.