Mid-Autumn mess

• Clivebenss

  7 Sep 10, 09:54

  Sep 7, 2010 - ST Forum

  WITH the Mid-Autumn Festival just round the corner, many families will be celebrating the occasion by lighting lanterns.

  I live opposite the Tampines Central Park and till today, there are wax marks on its ground left behind from last year's celebrations.

  Parents take their children to the park to play with lanterns. And after using a few candles for the lanterns, they light the rest on the floor tiles or by the side of the walkway. But they do not remove the melted wax.

  The poor foreign cleaners have to scrape the wax off the floor over the next few days. It is back-breaking work.

  If people wish to burn candles, they should place them on cardboard or containers that can be thrown away after use.

  Philip Foong

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  7 Sep 10, 10:00

  cardboard???

   

  dun the writer know cardboard will burn???

• Clivebenss

  7 Sep 10, 10:16

  

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  7 Sep 10, 10:21

  Honestly, talking abt mid autumn, I'm toying of the idea to make a HUGE outing...

  hmmmmm... ... ... just thinking abt it though...

   

  maybe end up I too lazy

• Clivebenss

  7 Sep 10, 10:29

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  Honestly, talking abt mid autumn, I'm toying of the idea to make a HUGE outing...

  hmmmmm... ... ... just thinking abt it though...

   

  maybe end up I too lazy

  Actually we used to play a game with mooncakes of various sizes and good fun for the family and friends. Let the dices roll.

  

• the Bear

  7 Sep 10, 10:32

  don't kick cardboard.. it has many uses..

  just ask the people in PRC.. they even make char siew pau out of cardboard!  

• likeyou

  7 Sep 10, 10:34

  7th month, foreign workers sweep all the incese paper on the gound, 8th month, foreign workers scrap the wax on the ground. More works means they will stay long in spore.

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  7 Sep 10, 10:34

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  Actually we used to play a game with mooncakes of various sizes and good fun for the family and friends. Let the dices roll.

  

  
  how does the game goes???

• likeyou

  7 Sep 10, 10:41

  I gonna bring my kids down to the playground.

  Already bought those plastic latern.

• Clivebenss

  7 Sep 10, 10:41

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  
  how does the game goes???

  Throw six dices for the six different sizes of mooncakes (or more lke a tausah piah) called Chuang Yuan Bing.

  It follows the old exam systems in China. The lowest is 1 four, the highest is 4 fours. If six of the same you take all the cakes.

  I think it is still available in Tan Hock Seng Cake Shop 86 Telok Ayer St #01-01 Far East Square. Haven't played for years so not sure one set cost how much.

   

  The

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  7 Sep 10, 10:48

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  Throw six dices for the six different sizes of mooncakes (or more lke a tausah piah) called Chuang Yuan Bing.

  It follows the old exam systems in China. The lowest is 1 four, the highest is 4 fours. If six of the same you take all the cakes.

  I think it is still available in Tan Hock Seng Cake Shop 86 Telok Ayer St #01-01 Far East Square. Haven't played for years so not sure one set cost how much.

   

  The

  
  so in short, something like gambling with mooncakes?

  I think I go search the net for more info...

• Clivebenss

  7 Sep 10, 10:51

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  
  so in short, something like gambling with mooncakes?

  I think I go search the net for more info...

  Yup, gambling for the mooncakes and for the kids to eat up the mooncakes before someone roll on the big ones and take over...