mid autumn

this past weekend we celebrated mid autumn. those of you who are not familiar with this festival of chinese origin could imagine it as a tie between thanksgiving and christmas - houses and streets are decorated with chinese lanterns, families come together and go to parks at night to watch the full moon, children get to stay up late and stuff their little faces with round pastries filled with lotuspaste and eggyolk resembling the moon and thus being called 'mooncakes'.

i did what every other five-year-old would do: stay up late, light lanterns, eat. i like!