Today is August 15th on the lunar calendar. Pretty late in the year compared to the solar calendar, don't you think? Well considering tomorrow is October 1st, it's pretty late to be half way through August in the lunar year.
Today is such a depressing day. Mainly because it rained all weekend. My friend was supposed to go on a date with a Chinese girl today and I was helping him say "Happy Mid Autumn Festival" in Chinese. It's a big holiday in China. Today, Chinese families come together, buy lots of firecrackers and moon cakes. It's not what you think. It's small round in shape to represent the full moon, and there are so many varieties of moon cake. Some made with nuts. Some made with lotus paste. Others with red bean. And everyone likes a specific kind. I prefer the lotus paste one. Simple. Delicious. Best thing to eat at the end of the festivities.
I'm mostly writing this blog post because of someone in particular. That's right. What really pisses me off is that my laptop broke while I was at work. Basically, I had this manual on my laptop and I accidentally knocked it over, and my laptop died. Before that awful moment, I had been writing letters to my ex every day, just talking about my ideas and such. Just random thoughts. I had almost two weeks worth of letters to her, and now I have lost them all. It's probably safe to say she would not care about the letters. To her, this sort of nonsense is just that: nonsense. Nothing particularly special and a waste of time. I should be focusing on work. Well during that time, I couldn't exactly do work. And now this new laptop is too frustrating to work with. O well.
Last year I spent this holiday lighting sparklers with her. I also joked with her a lot because her name is the same name as the woman on the moon. According to Chinese mythology. That is why the Mid Autumn Festival is important. Everyone prays to the Moon Goddess and the rabbit on the moon. Her name is 嫦娥. Her story can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e
My ex's name is 嫦. She's so beautiful. I'd joke with her that I would be looking up and praying to her on Mid Autumn Festival. And I would be her little rabbit. Ironically, she is smaller than me, and I am not a rabbit.
Strange that it rained all day. Usually the moon is full, and I would go outside and watch it. I wonder if she is looking for the moon where she is. I'm sure it is much easier to see when you live up on the mountains.
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