Stories of Mooncake Festival

Mooncake festival is soon here. I would like to share some stories about the Mooncake festival that I read from the net.

Lady Chang Er - The time of this story is around 2170 B.C. The earth once had ten suns circling over it, each took its turn to illuminate to the earth. But one day all ten suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved by a strong and tyrannical archer Hou Yi. He succeeded in shooting down nine of the suns. One day, Hou Yi stole the elixir of life from a goddess. However his beautiful wife Chang Er drank the elixir of life in order to save the people from her husband's tyrannical rule. After drinking it, she found herself floating and flew to the moon. Hou Yi loved his divinely beautiful wife so much, he didn't shoot down the moon.



Chang Er

The Mooncake - During the Yuan dynasty (A.D.1280-1368) China was ruled by the Mongolian people. Leaders from the preceding Sung dynasty (A.D.960-1280) were unhappy at submitting to foreign rule, and set how to coordinate the rebellion without it being discovered. The leaders of the rebellion, knowing that the Moon Festival was drawing near, ordered the making of special cakes. Backed into each moon cake was a message with the outline of the attack. On the night of the Moon Festival, the rebels successfully attacked and overthrew the government. What followed was the establishment of the Ming dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644). Today, moon cakes are eaten to commemorate this legend.



Mooncakes

Reference source : http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/midfallstory.htm

My new design of blog

How's my design?

I love the design. Thanks to the advancement of technology, allowing me to learn things easily in a click.

It took me quite some time to edit. I used Microsoft Powerpoint, paint and Internet to design my webpage. Hopefully you loves it too.

I used this website - http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/free/free-backgrounds.html?start=96 .

You can also try it if you are free. Learn new things everyday to make your life interesting.

Learning to relax

Holiday is a time to relax. I enjoyed all the activities that I loved to do. Watching television, shopping and sleeping are everyone's favourite hobby. Why do we need some holidays?

Lots of my friends said that holidays are the time where we rest so that we are prepared for longer journey. The obstacles and challenges waiting for us in front need lots of energy and time for us to overcome. I think it is really true. Without holidays, we will not feel energized and enthusiasm to do work. Stress will accumulate if we do not take a rest.

So, to make sure my battery level is charged well, I will stop doing whatever homework that I have in these few days and enjoy my holidays to the max. Relax.. Relax.. Relax..

Pumpkin house

Pumpkin sago dessert

Pumpkin kuih

Dry Pumpkin Noodles

Have you heard of Pumpkin House? Well, this pumpkin house is not a house that make up of pumpkin but is a house that put pumpkin into good use. Do you get it? Ok, in short, it is a food restaurant.

What can you get here? A variety of food you can get here such as pumpkin noodles, pumpkin milkshake, pumpkin dessert, pumpkin pau, pumpkin kuih, pumpkin sweet soup and lots more. You will be surprised when you try some of the pumpkin noodles. It is the specialty of this restaurant.

The price for the food is quite reasonable.

I fell in love with the pumpkin noodles especially when it served as dry noodles with mushroom sauce. The pumpkin noodles also available in soup. The soup is served like another chinese cuisine, Pan Mee where the soup is cooked with ikan bilis.

If you are pumpkin lover, then you should try them. This Pumpkin House is located at Taman Desa Kencana, Ipoh, Perak.

Location : 46, Persiaran Bercham Selatan 1, Taman Desa Kencana, 31400 Ipoh. (Behind Bercham KFC & Maybank)

Cuisine : Chinese

Business Hours : Monday - Saturday ( 7.30am - 6.00pm )
Sunday ( 8.30 am - 6.00pm )

Closed on tuesday

Tel No. : 05-547 9346 / 016 -516 2346

Nature

My sister suddenly called me.

"Hey sis, come and have a look."

My curiosity grows as I look at her excited expression looking at the box in front of her. Inside my heart, kept on questioning what was it that she wanted me to look it. She must have found something that she likes to see since she looked so happy after her discovery.

I walked closer to her and her discovery surprises me. Hmm.. That is really cute. I think they must have falled off from the table and could not get out from the tall box. Such a tiny fellow as long as our little finger with pointed nose and a long tail seems cute to me. They looked at me with pity faces as if they were asking me to help them.

Wait a second. " Ermm... what was that beside them?" I asked. The colour of the skin is pink reddish blood. Oh, it is their baby. What a warming and loving scene I witness. The mammalian mice mother breastfeeding her newborn. She care so much about the baby. As we try to give them some biscuits to them, they were jumping up and down surrounding the baby, thinking that we are trying to hurt the baby. It is natural where parents will protect their children no matter what happens.

It is nature.



Aren't they cute?

Emptiness I can feel
Soundless I can hear
Colourless I can see
Your presence I can sense.

You tied me around
It is my choice
To release you or not
Sorrow off you go.

Flowers

The sweet scent of the flowers enters my nasal, activated my sense. The aroma makes me feel so fresh, giving me more oxygen and energy. They are magnets, attracting me to have a closer look. A land of red roses supplying me with energy from the universe, averting my thoughts from my problems. Without second thought, I use my hand to sense the petals, feeling the flow of energy into my body. Sadly, the red bloody flowers responded me by staring angrily at me, showing their defense weapon.