Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Year!

I'm wishing all my taffetadarlings a healthy, prosperous and fashionable New Year!  Happy 2012!

2011 Christmas Decorations (Part 2)

Continued from Part 1

The year 2011 is coming to an end soon. It may have already ended by the time you read this post. Seeing that the festive Christmas season is no longer around, I have to quickly wrap up my two-parter 2011 Christmas Decorations posts.

After visiting 1Utama, Sunway Pyramid and The Curve in Part 1, let us now go to some shopping malls in KL. First off, Pavilion KL.



I was not really impressed with the Christmas decorations at Pavilion as they were almost similar to the year before. Luckily, there were the United Buddy Bears to make it a whole lot more interesting!



I was drawn more to the bears than to the Christmas decorations! Haha!



These United Buddy Bears outside the Pavilion, were colourful and simply interesting! Read more about them HERE.



This is how the Christmas decorations inside Pavilion mall looks like.



It comes complete with a giant cake, a carousel and some reindeers.



Welcome to Christmas Wonderland at Pavilion KL!



I did not take pictures of the reindeers as they were recycled from previous years.



I like the carousel. If there's no one around, I might just try sitting on it!



Do you like the Christmas decorations here?



Not far from Pavilion is another mall called Berjaya Time Square. I did not intend to go there actually but somehow, I did.



That's Santa Claus and his reindeer. But look at the reindeer! Haha!



He sure did not look too happy! Perhaps he's grumbling about work! LOL!



There were other cute characters like this one.



And this.



And of course, there's a Snowman! What's Christmas without one?



I also caught sight of the Gingerbread Man!



Did you notice the plane on top of the Christmas tree?



I am not sure I like the Christmas decorations at Berjaya Times Square. However, all those cute characters sure saved it from being boring!



I am really quite disappointed with the Christmas decorations at Bangsar Shopping Centre this time.



Angry Bird?



What animal is this? Squirrel?



The decorations were really bad compared to last year and the year before.



I hope they will do a better job next Christmas!



If you like mazes, then you would probably like the Christmas decorations at MidValley Megamall.



The theme this time is "An A-maze-ing Christmas" which explains the mazes!



It was really quite nice although I prefer the mazes to be more complicated so that I could lose myself in it! Haha!!



There were simply too many people around for me to take decent pictures so I just tried my best.



Two lions are guarding the entrance gate to the maze but I managed to capture only one since people were blocking the other.



So what do you think of the Christmas decorations at MidValley Megamall?



OK, here's another picture - I know, too many already! LOL!



I found a beautiful Christmas tree outside Menara Hap Seng at the corner junction of Jalan P Ramlee and Jalan Sultan Ismail in KL. Have you seen this Christmas tree before?

Here, the Christmas tree can be seen with one of the Petronas Twin Towers in the background.



The same Christmas tree with KL Tower in the distance.



So that wraps up my post on Christmas Decorations 2011! By the way, 2012 is here already! HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! May your year be filled with abundance of wealth, good health, joy and happiness!

Monday, December 26, 2011

2011 Christmas Decorations (Part 1)

Merry Christmas everyone! I know I am a little late here but better late than never haha!

Even though Christmas Day is over, I am still feeling the Christmassy mood - in fact, it's still Christmas to me all this week till the end of the year!

I have been going around shopping malls lately to take photos of Christmas decorations. Personally, I found the decors this year not as interesting as last year. You may want to read my post on last year's Christmas decorations at shopping malls around PJ and KL HERE.

This is the Christmas decoration at 1Utama.



It's a Winter Waterland theme this year complete with fishes, clams and seaweed.



Are these actually girls dressed in clams? I thought they look a bit weird.



I don't know about you, but I don't see the connection between underwater theme and Christmas. Where are the Christmas trees?



Although they have been quite creative to come out with such beautiful designs using simple materials, I am afraid the decors are just beautiful and nothing else. Nothing that gives me the Christmassy feeling, if you know what I mean.



Clam girls are hung from the ceiling all over the place, not just at The Oval section. I don't really fancy them.



I do think last year's decoration was much, much better. See last year's photos HERE.



As usual, I was not particularly impressed with the Christmas decorations at Sunway Pyramid.



But I think this year is still slightly better than last year.



Perhaps there's a snowman and a couple of reindeers this year. Haha!



I actually like the Snowman!



The backdrop fits quite nicely with this Snowman. Or is it the other way round?



Oh, there is a bird flying up on the trees too! Or at least, appears to be flying.



But I thought the stage was a little bland.



So is this a reindeer?



This reindeer looks cute!



I walked out of Sunway Pyramid towards Sunway Resort Hotel and saw these beautiful decorations above my head along the road. I think they put up the same old decorations here every year.



More Christmas decorations lighted up the night opposite Sunway Resort.



I thought the reflection on the water made it look quite beautiful!



In front of the hotel were two elephants guarding the entrance. Not bad!



Beautiful snowflakes hanging from the ceiling along this walkway near the hotel.



The Christmas decorations at The Curve this year was quite good.



I think the Christmas trees made all the difference! They make me feel so Christmassy!



Even though there's a nice castle with pink rooftops, and there are hanging snowflakes, I still felt something's missing.



Perhaps too few Christmas trees? I am not sure.



I like the view of the Christmas trees and the castle from here. Nice.



Coming up in Part 2 - Christmas decorations in KL, namely at Pavilion, Bangsar Shopping Centre, Berjaya Times Square and MidValley Megamall.