Finally, there is something more happening in the west. We decided to go a bit earlier (before dinner) to avoid the crowd on a weekday too. Good thing we did cos it was crowded and it took a while before we managed to get a parking lot. In retrospect, it seems to make more sense to cab down or just take a train down.
It was also in good sense to go on an empty stomach because there were pasar malam booths set up serving some of my favorite delights such as the mock sharkfin, Ramly Burger (which had a long queue) and tutu kuehs! Yums! I ended up NOT buying anything because they only accept cash and I didn't bring my wallet along.
Personally, the mid-autumn festival is one of my favorite Chinese festival. I love the mooncakes, pomelo (but nobody bought any this year) lanterns and also solving riddles, also my birthday usually fall around this period. I also like gathering as a family to look at the moon.
Lights by the Lake is definitely worth going to once (can't imagine myself going twice). There is a lot of effort put in to set up the giant lanterns and that pre-Covid crowded atmosphere there is awesome. The walk to see all the lights installations is just right, not too exhausting and there is quite a bit to see.
There were also quite a bit of Charity Booths set up for the President Challenge. Surprisingly, the booths are selling quite reasonably priced products. We ended up buying some plants for the house (sadly my plants in the office and not our home cos the husband always neglect them.) Most people also set afloat the wishing lanterns which I thought was a fabulous charity idea.
First it looked really pretty in photos. Secondly, it was recyclable. Third, for the Buddhist, this holds special meaning. Am super stoked about the other NParks event and generally most events since Covid has locked me up for wayyy too long.
