中秋节快乐

Today is Mid-Autumn. 中秋节快乐

Last Sunday night, I had a little mooncake celebration with some of the PRC students who are currently studying at NUS. There were altogether 15 of us.

We had a great time of sharing, having fun, eating mooncakes, playing around with laterns and sparklers.



Because the group is not very big, we were able to give the PRC students a sense of feeling of family. It's really not easy to come all the way to Singapore and study on their own, when their own families are back in China. For them, they have to stay here for at least 10 years.

One of my close friends, Stephen shared these words that day:

举头望明月，
低头思故乡。

(It means when you look at the moon, you will think of your family. It's from a very famous Tang poem.)

He had been in Singapore for 8 years. Every year, during 中秋节, he will always think of his family back in Malaysia. This kind of feeling, people like me would never really understand. All my life, I had never been away from my family physically for more than 5 months.

Do learn to cherish your family. It's not perfect, but it's the only one you have.


Here are the photos!!

Photos all here!!