The hype of mid autumn festival started on friday.....
Where Hiroshi gets to celebrate the festival
with his teachers and friends.....
and everyone was encouraged to bring a lantern.....
During this time of the year,
Ipoh; Malaysia never stray far from my thoughts .
nah... It's definitely not the Ipoh hor fun cravings....
(Come to think about it,
I dun mind having a bowl right away!!)
It the super traditional lanterns they sell....
It's a pretty sight,
along the streets,
old colonial shop houses,
selling colourful traditional lanterns
in all shapes, sizes and designs,
hung up high,
instantly bringing happiness and joy
to the old dull shop houses....
Hiroshi with his 1st lantern from Ipoh!
-Year 2006
(look how happy he is with it....)
So on Thursday, I set out determine to buy a traditional lantern,
not any battery operated mambo jumbo!
I finally found it in NTUC....
they were only had 2 miserable design.....
so it is either the ugly prancing deer
or the charming lion....
Hiroshi gets to choose.....
in my heart i was praying and keeping my fingers crossed
for him to choose the charming lion....
and HE DID!!
See, good appreciation of beauty runs in the family.....
wahahahahahaha....
Hiroshi gets to bring his new "pet" lion lantern to school....
He was escalated....
I bet he had a blast in school.....
when I pick him up from the school bus after school.....
I was greeted by "techno REMIX".
for sure it wasn't the UNCLE bus driver....
It was the COMBINATION of ALL the different melodies
from different battery operated lantern.....
(Uncle school bus very tok gong,
can drive with all those noise in the background....
Think for me to drive I will go GILA!!)
In my mind I was thinking......
"alamak, all his classmates take battery operated lanterns,
he sure reject his "pet" lion one!"
BUT, I was so WRONG about it....
Hiroshi held onto his lantern tightly....
STILL shouting with excitement,
"see mummy, see lion!!"
He even refuse to part with it when we got home.
*contented smile*
I hope my grandchildren will still get to see traditional lanterns
in 30 years down the road...
will you help me make my dreams come true
by supporting traditional?
I am supporting traditional....
and I hope you will too....
