This year, the kids experienced for themselves what is lantern and having their photos taken largely in darkness. They were not afraid and managed to stay put for a while. Thanks to Cat Lam for the rainbow color Rabbit.
As an aside, 2 interesting scenes arise during the photo taking sessions:
Typhoon Saola came in strong, but with lots of warning and preparation by the current government, Hong Kong is lucky to suffer limited damages.
Because typhoon signal #8 was hoisted in early Friday (1st Sept), I had the chance to really see for myself how things changed throughout the day. Before arrival of the eye of the storm, the weather was fairly pleasant - light breeze, cloudy, occasional light shower. The change took place in the evening. It turned windy at around 6pm for which the typhoon signal was changed to #9. Raised to #10 at around 8.30pm, when the storm changed its direction. Rain poured, wind was very forceful and bang against the window, ventilators were churning wild. Within 15minutes, the windmill in the balcony was broken and fell to the street. We let the cats go out individually for a walk in the balcony to experience the occasion. By around mid-night, things turned quiet and peaceful again.
