Friday, September 16, 2011

Mooncakes abound!

It's shaped like the moon and it's to be eaten while admiring the moonlight. It is the Chinese moon cake. Mid-Autumn Festival arrived on Monday providing a pleasant day off.

On this full moon, tradition calls for going outside to enjoy moonlight. Apparently if you stick chopsticks in a mooncake and hold it to the moon you'll see a girl, a tree, and a rabbit...? A colleague explained all this in Chinese, so it's quite likely I missed a step.
Yet, the mooncakes are a wonderful present and always flattering to receive. I got 8 from a tutored student, 2 from a 12th grade student, 2 from another colleague, and 10 from the school. A bit too much to manage all by myself, but a wonderful sentiment nonetheless.

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