sticky mooncakes

I was day dreaming when cafu nudged me through the messenger.

cafu : bi, william's gf had gone back for the holidays. he's asking us to join him for dinner
me : oh ... let william decide what to eat OK? we'll have to cancel our ramadhan bazaar plan
cafu : he has a buy 1 free 1 coupon in The Windmill. We'll be leaving at 6 pm.

me : OK :)

We ordered 2 sets of dinner and was given another 2 sets for free. Needless to say, the boys had to finish up the extra food. I guess that is how they gain weight. Hehe

Then, we went hunting for mooncakes. We were fascinated with the snow skin durian and tiramisu paste mooncake. I had never tasted a durian mooncake for the past 25 years. Let's give it a try.

Cafu's tiramisu mooncake was just so sticky. I don't know why it was green inside.

it was as sticky as the elephant glue. stuck to the knife like a dead moth!!

Princess's durian mooncake was no way better. It was stickier than cafu's mooncake. We slit it open and the center core was stuffed with durian paste. I wonder where did they get the durian paste from? The durian season was 3 months ago. Oops.... The skin was too thick and it did not blend well with the durian paste. Might as well purchase a durian fruit instead. grr....

trying their best to get a whiff of that durianic bomb!!

Notorious's snow skin lotus mooncake was the best. It was the most presentable mooncake for the night.

The three of us had a cup of hot green tea each while feeding our lil tummies with mooncakes.

It was a quiet night. we were watching the chinese beauty pageant on astro when it rained cats and dogs. that idiotic box turned black instantaneously. there was no reception from the TV station. The bikini girls had all disappeared. I sensed the disappointment of the lustful boys.

We had no choice but to play mahjong while waiting for the rain to stop.



The Mid Autumn Festival Story




Once upon a time, the earth had ten suns. They burned the crops and people suffered of the infertile. Houyi sympathized the humans, so he decided to shoot down the sun but leave one to benefit the humans. After he shot down the suns, he became a hero. He had a beautiful wife name Chang'e and they lived happily together. Houyi had a lot of apprentices; they followed him to learn hunting. One day, on Houyi’s way back home the immortals emperor gave Houyi a pill which granted eternal life as a reward for shooting down the suns. He warned Houyi, “Make no haste to swallow the pill.” But Houyi loved Chang’e very much and did not want to leave her, so he gave the pill to Chang’e and let her store the pill in a safe place. Chang’e put the pill in her jewelry box. But one of Houyi’s apprentices Peng discovered this secret. He decided to steal the pill. One day Houyi and other apprentices went to the mountain. Peng pretended he was sick so that he can stay at home. Everyone went to the mountain except Chang’e, who stayed at home. He intruded in Chang’e’s room and forced her to give him the pill. Chang’e knew she cannot fight Peng so she took flight and flew far far away. She did not want to leave her husband, so she stopped at the moon which is closest to Earth. After Houyi knew what happened, he was very angry and heartbroken. He looked up into the night and called Chang’e’s name. He discovered that inside the moon there was a lady’s shadow that look like Chang’e, so he ran and ran and tried to reach the moon. He failed due to the strong wind.

So, i guess we celebrate the mooncake festival to remember lonely Chang'e who stays on the moon. wait!! there used to be ten suns?? that is just so fantabulous!