Today I went for another extended
family gathering for the mooncake aka Mid-Autumn Festival. This is also to
celebrate my granduncle and grandaunt’s birthdays, as their birthdays fall
around the same time as the mooncake festival (according to Lunar calendar) and
just two days apart from each other.
I have not had a real extended
family gathering for a long time. The recent wedding of my cousin where my
Australian uncle and aunt came down did not really count as everyone was busy
helping out during the wedding, so there was no chance to really sit down and
chat.
Alas, during the gathering today,
I did not get a chance to mingle much. My mum and I were a tad late so most of
the seats had been taken up, and we were given the only two seats left
available – with my granduncle’s mahjong friends instead of any of the family.
Hence, the only people around me
are all in their fifties and above! I could not even talk to anyone as I did
not know a single person. Furthermore, their topic of conversations did not
interest me and I was not that able to relate to them.
Still, it was a good gathering in
that we had great food in a nice ambience. How I wish I can have more extended
family gatherings in the future, but it is hard now as most have settled down
with their own families and half have moved overseas to raise their families.
It is so hard to get everyone together again.
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