Great, I've totally lost touch with the on-going festivals in Singapore!
I've ony realised 2 mins ago from my housemate that the mooncake festival is already over back home! I think she must have thought what an idiot i was....then again, i was never good with calendar dates, esp those dealing with the traditional chinese festivals...(dates with hot guys are a totally different thing...i like!)
Anyway, point being...I totally missed the Lantern Festival! *gosh* Then again, that's not my main point....
My point is...our traditional chinese festivals are slowly loosing their meaning and significance! Not just the mooncake festival, but even chinese new yr as well....hey, come on...CNY used to be a special time for family reunions and some festive mood....NOW....i mean, there's still all the reunions and stuff, but i think the real meaning has totally been forgotten...the meaning now; reunions and visiting is to collect ang baos = more money, going to ppl's house = gamble more and collect even more ang baos, and if u're not the gambling sort, then = more booze! So there u go...
Same goes for the mooncake festival...i still recall when i was a kid, i simply loved this festival, i always looked forward to carry those paper lanterns, walking round the estate (ok, i dunno what kick i got out of it, but i thought it was cool!) Oh and of coz, i used to hang out at the nearby playground with the neighbourhood boys and play with candles...and we used to make mini explosives...and of coz, eating mooncakes...i only liked the green snow skined ones, minus the yolk!
Right now, despite not being in sg at the moment, i've seen the trend over the recent years that the mooncakes festival just seems like another normal day...u hardy see kids carrying lanterns, and if they did, it was all those ugly fugly battery operate ones...come on man...what fun is there out of those stuff...and besides, its more expensive as well! How abt just getting together with family and eating mooncakes??? Where's the Love ya all? Ok, I really have no idea what i'm ranting about...but i just feel that this mordernisation of the chinese traditions and festivals is kinda getting a lil' scary....i mean, in another 10 yrs, maybe less, what would mooncake festival and even CNY be like? I really wonder...will it still be the same...i kinda doubt....