1 Oct 2013 – Night before the Fire

Edited 25 Mar 2014 with pix. Thank you to the CAE/SC fire marshals who managed to extract some of the data and pix from the burnt MacBook Air. It has taken time for them and even more time for me to look at them, not to say to load them 🙁

Thu 19 Sep 2013: celebrated this mid autumn by getting the grandchildren to draw a varieties of moons for the outdoor table ChineseTake Away&MiniLotusSeedMooncakes for dinner. The lanterns from Toronto/Canada were used@SugarMts last year are still intat. This festival has a long history and have many legends associated with this the various foods. Most important that the moon is full on a cloudless night so that all the beautiful lanterns can shine!

Jeff was on call and did not get back for dinner – had to start without him. With 5 children where food&drinks had to be filled&refilled, there was no chance for the camera to be in action. Glad that they all had good appetites and enjoyed the dinner.

Not a fan of Mooncakes, but will eat a bite of the traditional PlainLotusSeedPaste to mark the celebration including a mixture of Sugar&ChocolateChips cookies by Blue Flour. The grandchildren are good to try a piece of the mini Mooncakes and JohnW liked them. They had to get to bed early as it is a school night, so the lanterns (paper lanterns without candles), have to be just for decoration tonight. Did not even get the pix uploaded on this blog, could hardly keep the eyes open after clearing&cleaning. Both laptop&camera were on the floor by the bed…

Thu 19 Sep 2013 – last pix of the house in tact during my walk in the neighbourhood to see the moon.

Fri 20 Sep 2013 0530hrs: no postings or pix as L&J’s house burnt down completely with its contents. Was loading pix on the laptop the night before the fire and now both laptop and camera are gone to the fire.

It has been over a week since the fire and the family are going thru’ some difficult times and decisions to make as to buying another house or otherwise. Thank goodness we are all safe and uninjured and the house is fully insured including contents. The coverage also covers living expenses for up to a year if they decide to rebuild. Will write more when the mind is calmer, and after getting a new laptop and camera.

Sun 29 Sep 2013: condolences to Cindy Chan and family. Fond memories of Gilbert in 1985 when we moved to Long Beach/CA then. Am glad that we took the time to meet up again in SIN a couple of years ago. Sad that he lost the battle to cancer and may he now RIP.