The mooncake festival or lantern festival has its roots buried in a 14th century revolution legend in which mooncakes were used to smuggle notes and lighted lanterns symbolized the revolt. Nowadays the mooncake festival is celebrated worldwide with various activities, decorations and excitement. And no Lantern Festival can be complete without devouring and enjoying some [...]

“I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they’ve gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.” – Emily Bronte, English novelist and poet
Dreams have the tremendous power to transform our lives in so many ways. Taking the [...]

This native of India, commonly known as Amaltaas, is one of the most beautiful of all tropical trees when it sheds its leaves and bursts into a mass of long, grape-bunches like yellow gold flowers. A tropical ornamental tree with a trunck consisting of hard reddish wood, growing up to 40 feet tall.
The wood is [...]