Happy mid-autumn festival everyone! Hope you did something appropriately Chinese and had plenty of mooncake. Remember, westerners, if you get the bit of the cake with the salted egg yolk in it, it’s a GOOD THING.

It’s at times like these that I miss being with my family. I’m constantly forgetting about mid-autumn festival, and various other festivals, and I don’treally have many Chinese friends around here with whom I might share a Chinese meal on these occaisions. Chinese New Year is something that I always get to celebrate, though, what with the massive celebration that goes on in Chinatown here; It’s one time I truly feel part of a community. read more