Sexy Halloween Costumes
10% off for be2 Blog Readers!

Halloween is getting closer and everyone at be2 is frantically looking for a good costume, since an Irish colleague informed us that Halloween was originally an Irish pagan feast and he intends to celebrate it with all of us in style coming Saturday (dresscode: fancy!).

So we organised a 10% discount for all be2 blog readers at maskworld (details below). Maybe a few be2 colleagues will get some ideas from this collection of the best sexy Halloween-costumes!

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Chinese Moon Festival

The Chinese Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, was celebrated at the be2 office last week. Our colleague Yun-Han invited us to join her for some traditional dessert: “moon cake” and “tanjuan” (rice balls with sesame or peanut filling in sweet soup). Doesn’t the moon cake look yummy?

The moon festival is one of the most important festivals in the Chinese lunar calendar. Chinese families get together to celebrate the Moon Festival, watch the full moon and eat moon cake. Couples in love also gaze at the foll moon together.

Much like Chinese Valentine’s Day, there’s a great story to go with it. There are many different versions of the story surrounding the moon goddess and how she ended up living on the moon, but they all end with the belief that you can see the moon goddess during the moon festival.

Family Love Quote

Seems like everyone is off visiting their families at the moment. Whether your family is driving you mad or you love them dearly, this family love quote will make you smile:

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”

- George Burns

Time for a romantic holiday

We can’t quite find words for our current weather that are fit to print, but suffice to say that we are not impressed. Look out of your window now. If you see anything other than fog, rain, sleet or hail, skip this article and rest assured that we are wallowing in self-pity – and jealousy.
Everyone else: we’ve been thinking right now would be a good time for a romantic holiday. As in: sunny, warm, romantic holiday. Romantic holiday on a beach. That rules out pretty much anywhere in this part of the world, so grab your boyfriend or girlfriend, get thee to thy travel agent (or, you know, travel website) and fly to one of our top five romantic holiday destinations for the dreary winter months: Read more