Tonight was the Mid-Autumn Festival. Maggie, Claire, Serina, my roomate
Raymond, Mitsuyo and I all planned to go to Victoria Park and Victoria
Peak today. I also invited a lot of people to go with us. At 5:30
Michael, Yoshi, Raymond, Takuya, Chihiro, Nobuko, Waniko, Masayuki, Kaori,
Makiko, Serina, Power, Masa's friend Karen, and I met at University KCR
station. We went to Causeway Bay where we met up with Jacob and Maggie.
We ate at a cheap restaurant, as many of us had spent a lot of money
by travelling during this brief vacation. There were quite a lot of
people in Victoria Park. There were many lanterns decorated all over the
place. There were also quite a lot of recreational activities.
Victoria Park
Jacob really wants to drink the whole thing!
After we were finished looking around, some people went home because they
were too tired and sleepy to walk to the highest part of Victoria Peak.
Kaori, Noburin, Masa, and Ayumi went back. Yoshi also had to go back
because he had problems with his contact lenses. As for Karen, she left
while we were at the restaurant long ago. Claire joined us at
Causeway Bay and Mitsuyo joined us when we arrived at Admiralty.
So now it was Maggie, Claire, Serina, Raymond, Makiko, Mitsuyo,
Michael, Jacob, Takuya and I. We took the Peak Tram up. It was quite
windy, making it very difficult to light up the lanterns. However, we
managed to do it somehow and all of us had a lantern to hold.
The walk was about 20 minutes uphill. One by one, our lanterns went out.
Somehow, Maggie's lasted all the way up there. However, lighting was no
problem because the moon was a full bright moon and there was a lot of
people walking around. We reached the top and looked around. It was a
magnificent feeling. We sat on some benches and enjoyed mooncake and some
snacks which we bought at Park N' Shop. It really was quite cold and
luckily I brought with me some extra clothing for those who did not wear
enough cloths. We ate the 4 mooncakes that Maggie brought with her. When
we left it was nearly midnight. The walk down was a tiring one. Instead
of taking the tram, we took a bus back to the lands below.
