Countdown to Mid Autumn Festival

Mid Autumn Festival... One of my favourite festivals. Though many perceive I like it because of the mooncake, the fun playing with the lanterns, the wonderful story behind it etc... But NO. I like it because I enjoy the serenity of the night, lit up by a lantern. Signifying hope in the darkest hours, peace in the unfriendly darkness. It also signifies the reunion of families, reconcilation, and the joy of just being together. Everything comes a full circle... whatever u do, there will be a point of time where u'd go back to the start... this signifies a fresh start, just like the moon, always growing from a crescent to a full moon, and disappearing and reappearing... for millenia, it has continued in this manner. everything in this world, it seems, is a cycle.

I'm not sure why, but there's always this warm feeling when MAF comes... unlike Chinese New Year, where everything is exciting n hyped up, but i just don't feel the same... think i really enjoy the serenity and silence of the night... ...

My feeling now is exactly like the following song (I edited the lyrics):

Night time sharpens
heightens each sensation...
Darkness wakes
and stirs imagination
Silently the senses
abandon their defences
Dreams in the wildest
one beholdest
For i compose
the music of the night...

Slowly, gently
night unfurls its splendour.
Grasp it, sense it -
tremulous and tender
Hearing is believing
music is deceiving
Hard as lightning
soft as candlelight
Dare you trust
the music of the night...

Close your eyes
and feel the peace that seeps through you
And tranquil
is what you will experience.
In the dark
it is easy to pretend
That calmness
amid the fluttering heart

Softly, deftly
music shall caress you...
Hear it, feel it
secretly possess you...

Open up your mind
let your fantasies unwind
in this darkness which
you know you cannot fight -
the darkness of
the music of the night...

Close your eyes
start a journey through a
strange new world!
Leave all thoughts
of the world
you knew before!