14022014 Double Love: Yuanxiao Festival & Valentine's Day

Today is the last day, the fifteenth day of Chinese New Year, also known as Yuanxiao Festival (元宵节) which is akin to the western Valentine's Day (for the Hokkiens, it is also called Chap Goh Mei). Today is 14 February and it is also Valentine's Day. It is therefore a double Valentine's Day. :)

Happy Valentine's Day and Yuanxiao Festival!

Singapore Botanic Gardens celebrated the double love with Cupid's Night Out. My mother and Juliane first went over at 5+pm to watch the love song performances. Below are photos taken by Juliane.

Love in the air balloons and Horses to celebrate the lunar new year

Band Stand where the performances took place

One of the swings provided

More swings! :)

At 9+pm, Juliane and I went to the gardens again to catch some of the performances. We also managed to deprived a couple of one of the many swings that have been placed around the band stand for this special double love occasion. It was quite fun to sit in the swing as well as depriving a couple of the swing lol. Yes, I know I am "evil" haha. Juliane was also going round to pick up some of the fallen frangipani flowers which all happened to fall close to the other swings lol. Guess with our presence, the 6 couples around us were very well-behaved, no public display of affection at all haha. :P It was a cool and breezy night and so it made our enjoyment of the evening even greater. :P A friend on Facebook suggested Juliane might as well point out the relationship between frangipani flowers and pontianak to the couples while she was picking up the flowers lol. That's evil haha :P

The CNY decor at Green Pavilion

The lights on the trees

Lots of people having picnic and enjoying the night, the performances and breeze at the Band Stand

The full moon just behind the clouds

Frangipani, clouds and moon

The Heritage Museum

We strolled home close to 11pm and cooked tangyuan to celebrate Yuanxiao Festival. :) The full moon on Yuanxiao Festival (15th day of CNY) and eating tangyuan also symbolises family togetherness

It is one of the most memorable Yuanxiao Festival and Valentine's Day (combined) ever! :)