Happy mooncake festival

once upon a time there was a guy named hou yi and a gal named chang er. hou yi was a marksman.

during their era it was a fad to shoot suns. there were 10 suns in the sky, making it unbearably hot for everyone. all the guys wanted to act macho and so they tried to shoot suns the whole day. of course none of them succeeded.

chang er, being the typical conservative shu2 nu3, was perpetually covered from head to toe, thus making it even hotter for her. so everyday without fail she would complain to her boyfriend, hou yi, about the terribly hot weather.

"wah very hot leh cannot stand it already. how come the sky got so many suns huh, really very nonsensical leh. i mean, wheres the logic?"

"haiya stop whining already la. youre very irritating you know, keep complaining the whole day. you keep wearing those qipaos sure hot one wad. chop off the sleeves or something la."

*shock!!*

"how can!!! like that very indecent leh.. ah mah says, cannot show skin. clothes must cover everywhere, except for the face la of course."

"then what you want me to do? you whine and whine the whole day also no use what. you think if you make more noise then the suns will disappear ah?"

"you and your friends are out the whole day shooting at the suns, but how come no results one? you guys dunno how to aim ah?"

"who said we cannot aim? just that we're afraid the suns will come crashing down, scorching the earth!! you dont insult my shooting skills k, i will prove myself to you tomorrow!"

so the next day the egoistical hou yi set off to prove his girlfriend wrong. how dare she doubt his shooting skills? hes a marksman leh, dont play play.

he proved chang er wrong. he was a superb marksman indeed. he shot 9 arrows towards the sky and 9 suns disappeared. the nation cheered for him and his head grew bigger and bigger.

"i thought you said the suns will come crashing down and all of us will burn to death? now where have the suns gone to?"

"aiyah this is magic la, you girls never understand anything anyway, explain to you also no use."

chang er had been tolerating his chauvinistic behaviour for years and now she could take no more!

"HOU YI! YOU DISGUSTING MCP! IM LEAVING YOU UNTIL YOU LEARN TO TREAT ME DECENTLY!"

and with that she took her pet rabbit named jade rabbit and flew up to the moon.

actually chang er had planned this all along. she hated hou yi's attitude towards her and had wanted to run away to the moon long ago. but the sky was like an inferno! ten suns!! how to fly up? sure become chaotah one. therefore she devised this clever little plan to trick hou yi into shooting down 9 suns to make her escape easier.

till now, sexism still exists, so chang er refuses to get down from the moon. she is still up there with jade rabbit. boing boing boing. maybe if you use a telescope you could catch a glimpse of them. i did.

happy mooncake festival.