千里共婵娟

独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。

Mid autumn festival always reminds me of this poem. To be more exact, this line. For the fourth year in a row, i'll be celebrating mid autumn festival away from home, without my parents and my brother.Ii actually am wondering when will be the next time we get to celebrate MAF together as a whole family again. Even with such a small family, it seems impossible in the coming years. I really miss the times where dad would set up a table and chairs on the porch (at my old house), brew up a pot of 龙井or铁观音or普尔茶, while mom would prepare 瓜子and mooncakes. Then the four of us would just sit around at the porch sipping tea, gazing at the moon, chatting and just enjoying the atmosphere and each other's company. I miss playing candles and lanterns with my brother, even the aftermath where we had to scrape of the wax while my mother supervises. I have never really thought much about those nights but now that we don't get to enjoy them anymore, i realise that i really miss our simple way of celebrating MAF.

I guess there won't be much of any mood for a MAF celebration here tonight, given the fact that there is a bio paper tomorrow. Even without the bio paper, i don't foresee anyone appreciating this festival tonight. Guess i'll make do with gazing momentarily at the moon, with a mug of chinese tea and a mooncake with my roommates.

One consolation though, wherever we may be, we're all still under the same bright moon!

Anyway, went on a (supposed) shopping spree yesterday. I realised that i'm not cut out for shopping sprees (or retail therapy or whatever you call that). Gave myself the liberty to spend the whole afternoon away but in the end, i end up spending one and a half hours in kinokuniya, buying two books. Spent another half an hour in royal sporting house and bought a basketball (it's a birthday present for someone but i am really tempted to keep it for myself!) Got bored, had lunch and went back to the boarding school to read my story book. Yea, end of supposed shopping trip without much shopping and certainly not much fun. Truthfully, i rather coop myself up in a cosy little bed and read my afternoons away!

2 more days and prelims are over. Don't feel extremely happy. Anyway, had a sudden realisation that my four years in Singapore would be coming to an end soon. I remember how four years ago i was complaining that four years was a long time and that it would take forever to pass.

Four years is going to be over soon.

In these four years, many things have changed, some for the better, some for the worse (this sounds familiar@@ i must have said it a hundred times before..) I realise that 我不像以前那么的执著了。顺其自然吧。=）

And four years passed by just like that.