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However, with a hungry horde of friends and cousins... it's near impossible to get a good shot of any of the food before it's attacked! Never mind that, there's a big lunch treat for my father-in-law at the Shangri-La hotel. I'm sure the food there will be more neatly arranged !

In reality, it's a big, big mess for I guess I had to neatly get a small pile and arrange it nicely just for this pix. I've not stopped eating since like 10am...

No photos worthy of this blog yet -- too busy feasting and munching down goodies...

Long shutter speeds and sparklers create interesting patterns!

Mooncakes, lanterns and fire!

The Mid-Autumn Festival (Traditional Chinese: 中秋節, Simplified Chinese: 中秋节; pinyin: Zhōngqiūji�; Korean: Ch'usǒk or Chuseok 추석/秋夕; Vietnamese Tết Trung Thu; Taiwanese Tiong Chhiu;also known as the Moon Festival, Mooncake Festival, or the August Moon Festival. In Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Malaysia, it may be referred to as the Lantern Festival, similar in name to a different festival which falls on the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year) is a popular Asian celebration of abundance and togetherness, dating back over 3,000 years to China's Zhou Dynasty.



The Festival falls on the 15th day of the lunar month 8 of the lunar calendar (usually around mid- or late-September in the Gregorian Calendar), a date that parallels the Autumn Equinox of the solar calendar. At this time, the moon is at its fullest and brightest, marking an ideal time to celebrate the abundance of the summer's harvest. The traditional food of this festival is the moon cake, of which there are many different varieties.