17 September 2021
Dear Sushila
We celebrate our mid-Autumn Festival on 21 September, on the 15th day of the 8the month in the Chinese calender. Traditionally it is celebrated after the Autumn harvest where farmers and the nation gather to pray and thank God for a good harvest. So it's like a Thanksgiving observance. When I was young, my mother would cook up a big feast for the family gathering and I got to eat chicken! (a novelty during my time). In this new era, we celebrate with mooncakes and lanterns. To the Millennials, it's the Lantern Festival, and to the Generation Alpha, like my grandchildren, lanterns are not those conventional paper types, with a candle or a small bulb to lit it up, but robots or police cars operated by batteries!
Sometimes I wonder what the world would be like in 20 year's time when they reach young adulthood, with such rapid technological advances. I don't think I can keep up, so it's good that I will be long gone by then.
For now, I'm enjoying what little I know from my smart phone. I can google search, order groceries online and I have downloaded all my favorite old songs into my phone for my listening pleasure during my morning walks! It transports me to the care-free days of youth where dreams were a-plenty (and still are!). Haha! We have to live with hope, right?
Sending you bouquets of love and good wishes this Mid-Autumn Festival!
Sylvia
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