2017 Mid-Autumn Festival

By Idakhoo@Jwoyi's mummy

This year 2017 the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 4th of October an you are having your exam this whole week. Therefore we did not play with the lantern at all. 

This year I bought moon cake for Ahmah too. So later we can enjoy it with Kong Kong and Ahmah.

I bought 6 moon cakes and a packet of "ang kong ga pia" total is RM131.10. 

Jwo Yi's 4th Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 - Zhongqiujie) - Part 2

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
Okay since I find out that there won't be any lantern in Shanghai for the Mid-Autumn festival, so I try my best to make a nice lantern for you. I try to use the brochure paper to make for you but it's too thick and I cannot turn the lotus petals over and tear the paper so end up cannot use. Them I'm thinking hmmm.... I can use the origami paper to make it but it'll be too small. So I join four origami paper together to make one lantern. The end result is so so only. Still to small and cannot even put a candle in it as it'll burn the lotus lantern. Hahahahah.......

So I guess this is your only lantern for this year. Sorry baby, mummy is not good at making things. Will make it up to you when we go back to Penang for good. I'll get you a huge lantern. I promise.

mummy home made lotus lantern. (ugly)

Jwo Yi's 4th Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 - Zhongqiujie) - Part 1

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy

Your fourth Zhongqiujie is in Shanghai. Up until now I don't see any lantern. So I guess that the Zhongqiujie here is different from in Penang.

Your daddy ask me to make you a lantern. What a joke. Hahaha.........

And for this year Zhongqiujie is going to be lonely for both of us as your daddy is in Beijing working. What to do. This is life. I hope that there is something special here at Zhongqiujie for you to do. I'll try to find out. Will update this post again later as Zhongqiujie is on the 22nd Sep 2010. 

Okay after reading from this link http://www.i-chinastyle.com/ on the article Custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Shanghai I know that they don't have lantern here. So Jwo sorry no lantern this round. Only can find lantern in Guangzhou. *cry cry*

Jwo Yi's 3rd Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 - Zhongqiujie)

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
Your third Zhongqiujie is at our new house. I did buy a new gold color bird lantern for you which is battery operated but the music is too loud. Bought for you at the pasar malam. Maybe at the pasar malam is so noisy and not really hear the music so loud. When we reach home and switch it on it's so loud that you don't want the lantern. So me the cleaver one get a nice sticker of yours and stick it at the speaker and the music is now very soft. Cleaver mummy.

The rest of the lantern is from last year. The cartoon character paper lantern and the Mickey Mouse and Donald Round Paper battery operated lantern. This Mickey and Donald lantern just got lights and no music which suits you just fine. As you grow one year older now your are so scared of the candle lighted paper lantern.

Oh forgot about one more lantern. The Doremon  lantern is form your Ee Ee. Also battery operated and got music and also I stick one sticker at the speaker so that it's not too loud.

The blue Doremon Lantern hanging on the gate is from Ee Ee

The gold bird lantern that we bought form the pasar malam

You and daddy

I'm holding your Donal lantern

Your Mickey candle lantern

Jwo Yi's 2nd Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 - Zhongqiujie)

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
Your second Zhongqiujie is at our rented house. This time I got you lots and lots of lantern. But all the lantern that I buy this time is battery operated. This is because you can walk and move around now so I need to look out for your safety and not burn down the rented house. But of course I still get you the paper lantern with cartoon character like Mickey Mouse and Pooh Bear. The paper lantern I hang it on the gate for you to see only. You use the battery operated lantern to walk around the rented house porch.

I can only find two photos but one the quality is very bad so I post only one here.

Jwo Yi's first Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 - Zhongqiujie)

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy

Your first Zhongqiujie is at 10 month old. At that time we are still staying with your popo. We got you your first fish lantern. You were so happy and like to look at the lights. We play with your lantern on the side of your popo's house. We hang all the lanterns on the hanging clothes lines. I buy the paper lanterns as well to light up all for you to see. You end up feeding the mosquitoes. Hahaha.......

You and daddy with your very first fish lantern

You and me looking at your fish lantern

You and daddy looking at all the lanterns

You want to take the lanter