it's that time of year again. where there are lanterns everywhere and the family gathers together over a meal, with mooncakes and chinese tea. this is really one of my favourite festivities cause everyone gets together and well, there's good food and fun.
this weekend has been spent with both my families. a ton of good food and laughter all around is a good summary for tonight and yesterday night. i love my family. i love them for every little thing they do and for all the joy and encouragement they give me.
i'm already an adult. but i'm honestly surprised to find that at this age, i still run around with the kids trying to blow out their candles and burst into random giggling fits because my uncle keeps attacking me with rubber bands and extinguishing the lanterns i've painstakingly lighted. traditions like mid autumn family dinners and lighting lanterns should never be forgotten because they are our foundations. without all these, we would have no history to speak of.
yet it's sad that as the years go by, the number of lanterns i see in the parks decreases and the sound of laughter of children playing with their musical lanterns and burning their paper ones become almost extinct. it's like our tradition is slowly being forgotten. perhaps it's just me, but i've always been a rather traditional person. some things to me, are forever and will never change regardless of my age or the era i'm in. this is one of those things.
i miss being a little kid during mid autumn's. (though technically i still act like one from time to time) but the little things we did as children, running wild and free (literally), screaming at your cousins to stop trying to attack you and put out the fire they started from dried leaves that might possibly burn something down. it was good times, it was great memories.
my family means the world to me. and i know that without them, i wouldn't be where i am now. seeing them all this weekend has done wonders for me. all my worries and anxious feelings about promos vanished in the short hours spent with them.
tomorrow is my last paper.
my last chance to make it right and i'm honestly freaking out because i've always had a panic attack in this paper and when that happens i always end up doing badly for it. it'll be over tomorrow but my feelings are so mixed that i can't decide if i'm happy that it's over or worried about the outcome. i've done what i could and all that's left now is to STAY CALM and believe in myself. I CAN DO THIS and i will do this.
regardless of which, i'm grateful to my family for the relief and laughter they've brought me this weekend. and for putting a smile on my constantly stressed out face (according to my beloved aunt). hopefully all of you out there managed to spend time with the people you love this mid autumn's and eat all the mooncake you've been craving. now it's time for me to head back to math and grab my last chance tomorrow. #icandothis
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