Last night's outing was pretty fun, wasn't it? 
The
full moon was really yuan2 and liang4. And nope... no one recited
poems! 
Bear's right... the lanterns are sooo funny!! You have dinosaurs
moving their heads left and right, then there's this pre-recorded
sound, 'Aaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwww!!!'.
A lot of the 'lanterns' are sooo corny! It's
more for the little kiddos! I
thought there would be those traditional large lanterns from China,
like they had for a few years, but the only things from China were
the artisans, who were there selling their craft like dough
figurines, rainbow calligraphy, and malt candies made on-the-spot
to resemble creatures like dragons, butterflies, etc.
We made a stop at the pagoda, which was closed because every floor
had a colourfully-lit dragon encircling the entire corridor. We
carried paper lanterns around and Bear kept talking about burning
several sparklers at the same time to burn down the place!
Overall, it was a pretty good experience. Anyways, none of us had
gone to the Chinese Garden for such an event before in previous
years, so now, at least we've done it once in our lifetime!
Will put up the photos soon. 
