It’s that time of the year again where families and friends exchange Mooncake boxes with different mooncake flavors inside. Some are lotus, others are mongo –with seeds, double egg, nuts, dried fruit. This year I got invited to three Mooncake Fest dinners where dice-throwing games were also played. The game can be very simple and purely a game of luck but it’s the joy of a “community” that is the real highlight.
Plain point of the game is to get as much fours as possible. Red after all translates to good luck in Chinese.
I only got to attend two because the one held last night by the Chinese Business Club started at 6pm. With Wednesday traffic and all, I would have seen RED even before I get to the event. True enough, by 9pm the event was long over.
I also missed the Volcom event at Good Earth, Rockwell last night. Too bad, from Fran’s photo, the event looked a lot of fun, with so much creative and artistic display going on. Anyway, the dance class all made up for it somehow.
I tend to be really lucky with these dice-throwing games. But somehow, not this year! I almost won the biggest cash prize last Friday, only to have it snatched away. I got 4 fours and the remaining two die totaled 5. 3 more rounds and a guy got 4 fours with the remaining two die, which totaled to 8… lost by 3 measly points. What transpired between the time I got the 4 fours and the time the guy rolled his set? A high five from Bubba!!! Yep, what a stroke of luck …or otherwise.
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