Ariel and 海龙王 at the Chinese Gardens

The is our first visit to the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations even that has become an annual affair hosted by the Chinese Gardens. Each year, there'd be specially designed lanterns being put up all over the otherwise quite mundane park, to attract locals and tourists alike to bask in the festive mood while enjoying the spectacular sights and sounds.

This year, the organisers ran a theme of magical oceans. The Chinese Garden was transformed into a mythical aquatic home of enchanted sea creatures. There were penguins, sharks, sea lions, mermaids, octopus, dolphins, polar bears (?) and lots and lots of very colorful fishes. There was even 海龙王 and his hosts of guards welcoming us at his 12 metre tall Crystal Palace, near the park entrance.

The lantern display event started on 5th of Sep and would run till the 30th. We chose to go yesterday cos we learnt that there would be fireworks on Saturdays. Alas, our batteries (and patience) ran out way before the time hit 10pm, which was when the pyrotechnics show would commence. Nevertheless, Jae appeared to be quite fascinated with the vibrant lanterns, the animated displays and the upbeat music. Out of sheer coincidence, we even bumped into 3 families from the BayB Forum~! Thought that to be quite amazing considering the very huge crowd that was there last night.

After spending just over 2 hours at the Chinese Garden, we dragged our sweaty, tired bodies and a sleepy and quite cranky baby back to home sweet home...