Mid Autumn Festival

Mooncake Festival falls on 3rd October, coincidentally have to attend a wedding dinner on the same day. Thus, for not missing to celebrate Mid Autumn festival, I have celebrated in advance on last Sunday - 20/09! I know it sounds a bit out of mind when our Malay friends are celebrating Hari Raya Puasa and I am celebrating Mooncake Festival (2 weeks in advance) on the same night! :P

I am not particularly like to eat mooncakes but I definately like lanterns; especially come in different colors, different sizes, different shapes and different characters! I am not trying to act cute nor act young.. but it just reminds me of my childhood which I'd choose a fish or butterfly shape lantern, light up the candle and gather with my cousins, siblings and neighbours to walk around with our lanterns on hand...

I hate battery operated lanterns! Eventhough they come with modern cartoon characters, handy and safer.. but just lack of the "authentic feel" and losing the meaning in playing lanterns (a traditionaly way). Conversely, I love paper lanterns and glass paper laterns, so unique, so beautiful!

Cheesecake

Bought all the ingredients and was thinking to "bake" a lemon cheesecake for DD to cel his bday at home. I've got all the ingredients required, bakeware (not all), recipe printed out and of course with my personal "advisor" to help me in baking the lemon cheesecake at the same time. I believe in her skill and most importantly she had baked for couple of times before, successfully. Having her helping me in everything, I naturally expect everything will turn out fine. However... I was wrong! Doing things recklessly is really not the way; especially I was so wanted to try and bake my first cake! Final say, my mission was failed! *cries out loud*

I shall practise to bake more often.. thus, I should look for mice for experiments from now onwards! hehehe ;P

Expectation

My friend once told me this "If I've promised to help you, I make sure I'll do it for you, no matter what. If I am not able to help, I'll not give you my words." I've never doubted it because he never gave me any empty promises before.

That is the bad thing in offering your help to someone when you really mean it a good deed, try your very best to help regardless of the outcome. When someone is "receiving" the good deed, then she/he will start to expect something unknowingly or inadvertently.

When our expectation is not being filled, we start to feel awful and... we knew deep inside our heart that nobody's fault and we try not to put the blame on anyone. This is the complication and complexity being human. We just like complicating things...

Should I be optimism in expectation or shouldn't I?