Mooncakes are Chinese pastries traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The festival is for lunar worship and moon watching; moon cakes are regarded as an indispensable delicacy on this occasion. Mooncakes are offered between friends or on family gatherings while celebrating the festival, one of the three most important Chinese festivals.

Typical mooncakes are round or rectangular pastries. A thick filling usually made from lotus seed paste is surrounded by a relatively thin crust and may contain salted egg yolk. Mooncakes are rich, heavy, dense and taste delicious

Here a shopper choosing which types of moon cakes to buy.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese people, Koreans, and Vietnamese people. Here in Singapore, most places sells the moon cake in various flavors & packaging.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is usually around late September or early October. Most people here will follow the tradition culture and observe
- Eating moon cakes outside under the moon (…yummy)
- Putting pomelo ( a kind of fruit) rinds on one’s head (…hummmm)
- Carrying brightly lit lanterns (…should be fun for the young kids)

It was a fantastic weekend with great entertainments like concerts by Beyonce, Backstreet Boys, Travis, Chaka Khan, HK famous singers (Jacky, Ah Mei), etc…

This is of Backstreet Boys concert after the Sunday final race…

Can’t wait fro next years event which promises to be even better

2009 Singapore GP winner Lewis Hamilton. Excellent drive from start to finish by Lewis to win the race.

To get a really good viewing you need to go up there and get squashed..

More race pics by me can be seen at –> www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=580113

F1 practice session pics from Today. This pic is of Lewis.

This is a model of the Marina Promanade that is currently under construction. Stay tune for tom to see the progress so far…

Today is the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration for all Muslims here in Singapore and throughout the world. Most shopping centres like this one in West Mall decorates and have store discounts & promotions for the shoppers. Tomorrow (Monday) is a national holiday in celebration of Hari Raya.

“Hari Raya” literally means “Day of Celebration” — it is also occasionally used to refer to Eid ul-Adha in the form of “Hari Raya Aidiladha”. The main greeting used by Muslims in Malaysia and Singapore is “Selamat Hari Raya” which means “Happy Eid” in Malay. …from Wikipedia.

During the Muslim month of Ramadan leading up to Hari Raya, it is mandatory for Muslims to fast from dawn to dusk. Usually on the eve of the celebrations, family members, especially mothers and housewives, will be busy preparing food, cakes, sweets, biscuits and various delicacies to be served on the day of Hari Raya. Delicacies such as ketupat or rice cake and a meat cuisine called rendang are among the most famous cuisines that are served during this day. Other family members will help in other chores such as decorating and cleaning up the house.