BTS CNY

Berjaya Times Square, Chinese New Year.

So, with Anita and the boys off to Ipoh, I ventured out, camera in hand to sample more decorations around Bukit Bintang as well as having a look at Nexus 6 at Low Yat.

The grand entranceThis must have cost the management a bomb!ProsperityMy God! There were tons of people there. Not like what it was last year when the place was subdued even around Chinese New Year. Apparently plenty of the vendors from Bukit Bintang Plaza - which was recently closed - had moved across. Plenty of people about and luckily I parked at Pavilion and just walked across. Otherwise finding parking spot here might be painful. Monorail would have been a better bet.

Anyhow, I wasn't able to do much shopping and most of the restaurant there were full. I just walked around having a look. Nothing I fancied. I noticed that most of the customers there were Malays, and this being a Sunday, I guess they went out to shop. Maybe most of the Chinese family had done their shopping or had already drove out of town.

I didn't have time to go to the amusement park though. The last time I went to the park was with my boys. Maybe I'd bring them after the CNY crowd quieten down.

Xi Yang Yang Fishing Village

The Chinese New Year decorations at The Curve this year was an interesting one. The central foyer was again turned into a bazaar, and typical of yesteryears, they also had a small stage for performances. This time around the central area was completely transformed. Into a fishing village!

The concept was an old Chinese fishing village which you typically see in Kuala Selangor or other, complete with pools, boats and wooden platform. Rather neat, and I could see that management put in plenty of effort to make this happen.

This way for ticketsNice soothing live traditional musicA real sampanWhen we were they, there was a music performance going on. The pool contained live koi fish - not something you'd expect to find in sea water villages! But cool none the less.

As usual, there were bazaars around the foyer - some on the platform themselves.

A spot of coffee? Not Starbucks obviously!

We topped off the night out with dinner. Irfan decided to stay in, so it was only Anita, Idlan and me who went out that night.

Xmas at Pavilion

Believe it or not, Malaysia has 4 of the top 15 biggest shopping mall in the World. And they were all around KL. Pavilion is not one of them, but it is the one I frequent most. Not sure it is a fact Malaysian should be proud about though ….

Anyhow, I plan to blog about Xmas decorations here, so bear with me.

The decorations for Pavilion is up. But again it was a bit of a let down compared to the number they pulled a few years back - the one with the fake snow by the main entrance. That was just enthralling. Maybe the economic downturn had hit them and they decided to scale down.

The obligatory Santa was there, sat under a huge Xmas tree. The main attractions was however was his helper - the elves mainly. Cute animatronic, a ferris wheel, and that was about it.

Can we trust this?

They have to start getting more original, not necessarily grand. So, I would be keen to see if Sunway Pyramid and 1Utama can top this one out …..

Across to Fahrenheit

I moved on after doing an initial sweep at taking photos at Pavilion foyer. I crossed the road from the fountain at the Bukit Bintang entrance which naturally took me to Fahrenheit. I thought I might as well have a quick peek.

Nothing fancy, but some cute decor. Animal theme and not just the horses. Neat. And less crowded than Pavilion.

Return to Pavilion

After seeing one of my friend's entry about the decorations at Pavilion, I was suckered in to return. The new additions were hordes of horses - as the coming CNY would be the Year of the Horses.

They had 688 of them at Pavilion. Exactly 688? I didn't actually counted them all.

Visiting Pavilion on a public holiday - today being Maulidur Rasul - was never going to be fun. I got there before noon, straight after my morning ward round, did some quick snaps walked towards Fahrenheit 88 - then drove to Syria Suria KLCC before returning home to get some errands done.

I didn't hang around for too long. By the time I left, the queue coming I to the car park was horrendous. Guess people wanted to get their shopping done before the coming CNY.

As you could see, the hordes were small but many. Two main colours, white and red. The Bukit Bintang entrance by the famous water fountain had the usual trimmings of lantern and sakura. All to good effect.

It soon got crowded that I was getting in the way of those about to have their photos taken. Time to escape...

More photos from this visit can be seen in this slideshow.