Moon Cake Festival

Today we are celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival which is also known as MoonCake Festival or Chinese Lantern Festival. This holiday is celebrated by Chinese and Vietnamese families. The festival is usually held every 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar so that would be around September or October therefore, this year it is today, September 12. However, in Hongkong, they officially celebrate it the day after the Festival which would be tomorrow.

Here in the Philippines, the festival is very popular among Filipino Chinese families. One way of celebrating this festive holiday is to have a family and friends gathering, play the famous Dice game and eat mooncake afterwards.  But don't ask me for the details of the dice game since it has been more than 10 years since I last played the game, but I guarantee you it's pretty fun and exciting. :) But anyway, what I truly enjoy during the holiday are the Mooncakes!

Mooncake is a Chinese pastry wherein it has a thick yummy filling of lotus seed paste, then in the middle part inside it contains a yolk of a salted duck eggs which symbolizes full moon.

A few weeks ago my sister went to Hongkong for a short vacation and I am happy and pleased that she bought home some ♥Mooncakes♥

♥ Gold Leaf Moon Cake ♥
Mini White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with Whole Egg Yolk and Gold Foil

Mooncake L-O-V-E ♥♥♥

How bout you, do you like Mooncake? Do you celebrate it too?

Happy Mooncake Festival, Sweeties!

Sweet Day to you All!
♥Pink Chinadoll♥

Hello Kitty Birthday

Last Saturday, I was invited to attend Samantha Sage's first birthday and her theme was Hello Kitty! The party was held at Century Resort Hotel. The venue was really nice specially for a pink lover like me..everything was P-I-N-K! I'm not a huge fan of Hello Kitty but I love her anyway because she loves pink. lol. Everybody seemed to enjoy the party even the grown ups and it was all because of the very talented host, I think her name was Jen Belen, she was really good - she sang very well, danced very well, facilitated all the games and she even did all those balloon twisting stuff...it's like a one man show. Oh and I forgot to mention that she did all those while wearing a huge Hello Kitty head, pink apron and white furry boots. The whole costume looks very uncomfortable but she was able to perform very well and I must say all of us were impressed!  Too bad I was not able to finish the whole show because I had to leave early since I have to meet up with my sister friends since one of them is already leaving the country but that's another story but I promise, I'll blog about it soon. 

Good thing I was able to take a picture together with my officemate/friend and fellow blogger - Aidisan and her two adorable kids - CJ and Acey. 

 How bout you guys, do you enjoy attending kiddie parties? 



Sweet Day to you All!
♥Pink Chinadoll♥

The Perfect Chocolates for Heart's Day

Valentine's Day is fast approaching and a lot of people out there are already thinking of how they will spend their Happy Heart's Day with their special someone or perhaps family (who said that valentines is only for couples?). As for me, I prefer celebrating it before or after Valentines for one main reason....I don't like crowded places. When dining out, I prefer quiet and cozy place where I could relax, enjoy the food and have a good time with my man. Going out on Vday is a little bit stressful for me...I know I'm such a bore...boo hoo! But I do enjoy one thing though...Flowers and Chocolates of course, it just brings out the "kilig and super mega huge smile" in me. For the past three years that Sweets and I have been together, I always feel nervous and excited every Valentine's day whenever I hear the doorbell ring, I get pretty excited and nervous at the same time..he never fails to send me flowers or chocolates. It's an old tradition but hey, it always works...no matter how "dry and boring" the person can be.


For those who are busy and have no time to go to shops to buy chocolates, why not try to shop online and have it delivered. I found a shop that offers the same service - Chocolates by Benoit. They offer freshly made, Belgian chocolates made by a Belgian chocolatier - Benoit Nicolay. And they deliver anywhere in the Philippines. Easy right?

How bout you guys, what are your plans this coming Valentines day?

Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own home.
Give love to your children, to a wife or husband, to a next-door neighbor.--Mother Teresa




Sweet Day to you All!

♥Pink Chinadoll♥

Happy Halloween

Two more days and  it's time to bring out your costumes, candies and share scary stories because its Halloween! By this time, people are already busy preparing and decorating their home while the kiddos are already  looking and shopping for their costume. Here at the office, we've decided that we're going for the "Plants Vs. Zombies" theme...sorry I couldn't post any pictures yet because the place is still a bit messy.  The awarding for the best group theme will be later at 1 pm, too bad I won't be able to participate and witness the awarding since I'm about to go home after an hour and my next shift will be at 9 pm. The department also prepared candies for the little kids since some of our colleagues's kiddos will be coming here later for Trick or Treat.

Since this is the perfect time for wearing costumes, I'll be sharing some old pictures when I was all dressed up as Snow White.

We even had a very short presentation. I remember having a video of the whole skit but I can't seem to find it. 

I miss being with these guys...one of the best people I've worked with. 

And in case you're wondering, that red round thing...it's not a tomato, it was supposed to be an apple...huge huge apple! =)

How bout you, who do you want to be this coming Halloween? 

 

Sweet Day to you All!
♥Pink Chinadoll♥