2010 KL Chinese New Year decorations
Chinese New Year falls on 14th of February and now we can see shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur is now in joyous mood as well. Last few weeks i had the chance to travel around to see them. Let’s have a look!
Lot 10:
Decorations in Lot 10 was expected to be mediocre, but at the main hall, there’s quite nice too:
pic 01: Lot 10
Pavilion KL:
Our first destination was Pavilion actually. With grand decorations last Christmas so we would be eager to drop off here first to see how they are now.
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Traffic jam as usual.
pic 04: Pavilion
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Well, the Christmas tree was replaced with the cherry blossom.
The entrance hall is decorated with lanterns hanging from the ceiling.
pic 07: Entrance
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pic 09: Lotus
Well, anyway its a fake lotus.
pic 10: Mounting screw!
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The theme of pavilion this time is oriental theme, with slogan “Illuminate with Prosperity and Splendorous Style”
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On the upper part of the trees, there are cranes.
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Birds are real too. No testicles this time 
Pavilion doesn’t look nice this time compared to what they did on Christmas. Here they just reused the red carpet and the settings used in Royal Christmas, which was also in red.
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“If take photo with Mr Funny so u will be always funny”, i think is the same person highlighted by sushi-guin last time. This time, he is just sitting there and people take photo with him. I wonder whether he is sleeping? 
Berjaya Times Square:
Next we stop at Berjaya Times Square. They have two large lanterns at the main hall. The theme here is the olden days chinatown. You can also notice that red clothes are hanged on all the barriers at each floor, which makes the atmosphere here more like celebrating Chinese New Year compared to Pavilion.
pic 15: Berjaya Times Square
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I like the signboard very much
There’s a mini china town in the second hall. Shop buildings on the side and there’s a stage in front.
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They even went as far as making electric poles, and also a pulling cart to transport people.
I was also lucky to see some performance there.
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The Mines Shopping Center
Near my place, of course i wont be missing this. The theme here is Doraemon! Theme here is “Doraemon Brings Fortune to Mines”. Everywhere here you can see lanterns and banners.
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It’s more in pink rather than red. Cherry blossoms.
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Main hall consists of stage and a large size Doraemon.
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Lanterns hanging along the canal.
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One Utama:
I never wanted to go to One Utama as it is quite inconvenient to travel there using public transport. However, from what i read in The Star, it looks fascinating so it might worth the hassle to go there.
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Lanterns hanging below the bridge. Must be nice in the night!
Theme of Chinese New Year here is…
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Maneki Neko! It’s the year of tiger but the management thinks tiger will scare away all the visitors so they use their tamer siblings, the cat. Maneki Neko, or Beckoning Cat, welcomes everyone!
Theme here is “Celebrating paw-sperity”
Special here is the cat has soft furs (unlike ceramics) and also wears New Year outfit. There’s several Maneki Nekos here, and some have moles at on their face. All of them have tails curl to the front. I wonder if they have their own names as well.
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They use fresh flowers here. They must have big budget this time to make such decorations over the whole shopping center.
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Another Maneki Neko here:
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What we are looking forward here is the at the main hall:
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Gigantic lanterns and also “big boss” Maneki Neko sits here really makes me “wow” at the moment i see them. Really nicely decorated here!
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They are preparing for lion dance scheduled at 8pm.
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Shopping Malls definitely spend big budget to celebrate Chinese New Year. Currently on top my list is One Utama, followed by the chinatown in Times Square.
I would visit Mid Valley and KLCC sometime soon to see how they fare against these two. Stay tuned for more!
Tags: 2010, 40d, canon, cats, chinese new year, decorations, eos, fortune, kl, lanterns, red, sigma 18-200
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January 25, 2010 at 1:44 am
Happy Chinese New Year in advance…
thx for the shooting update since i am now at srwk n won’t be able c the deco
anyway, did u c there is another silver man too…infront of Maybank,BB
January 27, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Happy Chinese New Year… thx for the shooting & photos.. i love it.. way to go all shopping malls. but my top list is Pavilion & Berjaya coz Pavilion like u walking in Tokyo with the cherry blossom,inside like in chinese old painting. at Berjaya like u in old Shanghai town, like in old movie. but why some deco like japanese theme not CNY. but any way i can’t wait to see KLCC & Mid Valley.. pls post it soon..
February 2, 2010 at 4:24 am
Hey these are really nice CNY pictures!!! Can I quote your pictures?!!
February 9, 2010 at 3:02 pm
cute cat! me love! ahahha
though the real one can be quite annoying…
happy new year….
February 26, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Happy chinese New Year to all..
yunshi: i didnt see the silver man leh?
ソニア: Pics coming very soon
sue: Thanks for the compliments! Sure, please let me know where you upload/post it first!
Carmen: Why you find the real one annoying? hehe