So why is this dude so angry looking, and what the hell is he holding? Let me take you through that day and in the end we will have answers.
Last Sunday, I went to the mooncake festival in Cabramatta! It's in the West, and it actually took quite a while to get there. We had to first bus to the city, then take a train from Central Station to Cabramatta.
The ride took about 50 minutes, but it was cool looking out the window and seeing the suburbs of nearby towns. There were definitely some ghetto-ass places, but it only presented itself as charming to me as it reminded me a bit of home. :) Who doesn't like graffiti everywhere? Gives you something to read.
Finally we arrived! Right outside the station was where the festival was, so I got to take a couple nicely-distanced shots of it. I couldn't believe they had rides! xD I didn't know what to expect at all.
Except, of course, the huge number of Asians. :)
I woke up late and hadn't had lunch, so we bought some street food. I had noodles and chicken satay! The more questionable the food origins, the more delicious, I say.
Lanterns... lanterns everywhere....
I'd also forgotten how much I enjoyed personal space. But it's okay because soon after, we came across a shop that was selling random things and we saw this AWESOME balloon sword. Talk about epic. In other words, we bought it and I used it to cut my way through the crowd for the rest of the day. :) And to poke people. "By mistake." Look, the handle even has a handle. Goddamn.
Gorgeous giant lantern. :D Next to a shoe shop, I remember... :3
Festivals wouldn't be complete without rip-off booths, now would they? I did see really cute prizes in the arms of undeserving people in the crowd all day, but oh well. Can't bring it home anyway.
And then we wander some more... and suddenly we hear strong bass sounds... :O... JUSTICE CREW IS UP! We ran to the main stage and got there just in time. :D They performed several songs, and I was lucky enough to catch some on video. I almost felt bad for having such a good view.
The video upload isn't working... : ( Might end up posting it on facebook. But here's a link to their video, Boom Boom. They performed this song also. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCFAC-pBgOk
Then we went off to get coffee and mooncakes because it was suuuuch a hot day. Still not really loving the coffee here in Australia because of the strange milky taste. I'll try hot coffee with plain cold milk soon! While we were sitting here, there was this adorable kid next to us (not the girl in this pic) who kept dropping parts of his toy on the ground. It was a mini pool table with plastic balls, and his fumbling around was just SO CUTE. His dad was not amused though and scolded him a lot. He pulled the most adorable :"( face ever. He looked right in my eyes, into the depths of my soul, and was pleading for help from his monster-of-a-dad... but I couldn't do anything. .__. Oh, Asian parents. <3
Then we saw a lion dancing/martial arts team stroll down the main walkway banging drums and dancing as lions. They were good. :D
Back at the main stage, they ULTRA cute little Asian girls dancing! <3 I love seeing their totally dazed out faces on stage. Kids can be so fearless.
And then our crazy selves thought it would be a good idea to get on this "Hurricane", a ride that basically spun you around like crazy. Walked off dizzy and a bit nauseous... for the rest of the night. -___- I'm getting too old for this.
Back to the mini stage. They had the native people of New Zealand perform their dances, and it was quite fascinating! They even spiced it up by getting people from the audience to come up. The very first person they picked was this (quite) elderly Asian man named Jimmy who was like "Naw man, naw..." but they dragged him up anyway. Then your typical "PICK THIS GUY!" guy, then a guy conveniently in a suit, and then a little kid. They did their thing, and then.... flames!
Then after, they had this Latin dance group come up and play percussion and dancers swing their hips. It was really inspirational! I keep saying I want to try Latin dancing but I still haven't done it. :/ I'll start... next year.
Then it was finally 8 o'clock, which means... FIREWORKS! It was really a gorgeous show. Fireworks just make me feel so happy and at peace with life. :) But nothing beats the fireworks I saw at Disneyland that one year. LOL sorry, random comment.
ARRGGHHH the video for the fireworks isn't uploading. ;___; Facebook.
After the fireworks, everyone rushed around to make their way home. We got on the train again and 50 minutes later arrived in the city again. Central station had a really gorgeous wall of art. This picture doesn't give it justice.
After not being able to decide where to eat (aka finding all the good places closed) we settled down at Mammas, a gourmet pizza restaurant. I checked in on foursqaure (as usual) and unlocked a special giving us free garlic bread with a purchase of pasta. We'd ordered pizza, but I showed the waitress the deal anyway and without even a glance, she was like "Oh, the free garlic bread, right? Alright, coming up!" :D I'd like to say I charmed my way into that one.
Lamb shank pizza with green onions, bell peppers, mozzarella,and thin slices of potato. 8Q__ It was soooo good! I found the potato slices strangely alluring because they made the pizza taste like chips. And by chips, I mean crisps.
So why was this guy so angry? He's just an unamused kind of guy. What was he holding? He was wielding the ancient weapon of bought-it-on-the-street.
Mooncake to take home! :) Happy autumn! <3
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