Christmas in Singapore 2008 - Pictures

As promised, this are some of the pictures I took in Singapore on Orchard road. We were lucky that night as we reach there not knowing that there are going to be road parade, free open top bus ride and free popcorn & candy! Still, I am still quite disappointed with their deco for this year... Its.. Subpar? Sub-Standard?

Singapore Visitors Centre

(The place to get FREE open top bus ride!)

Parade Car on Orchard Road

(All the models on the car has seen too many summers [OLD])

Christmas Tree on Orchard Road

(Looks more like a lot of rubbish dumped together)

Christmas Tree

(This one is a lot prettier)

Orchard Road

(Chinese Proverb: Mountain people, mountain sea)

Orchard Road Arch

(Looks nice from far but not THAT nice when you are near)

Decorations on Orchard Road

Yeap, same decoration
(Seriously, It looks...)

-Because I Can-

Chirstmas in Singapore 2008

I always had this dream of spending a few days in Singapore during Christmas. I had always thought that Singapore will have a FANTASTIC and ROMANTIC christmas and that I would be able to take lots of nice pictures there. Boy, was I wrong...

The decoration in Orchard road was sub par, there was not much of a christmas feeling all around. I mean, the place is crowded and all that, but the spirit is just not there! This year the went for a SWEET christmas theme, this was portrayed by banding the lamp post with a red and white strip, effectively changing it to Candy Cane (sub par) a few candy themed christmas tree ( which looks more like a hill of rubbish) christmas house (which looks as if its out in the sun for a little too long) christmas elves/decorations (which has scratches and spots on it)

Seriously? I know the economy is bad, but my god... that doesn't mean things have to be THAT bad! The only saviour of my whole trip came in the form of free ride on the singapore Light Up Tour which is FREE for tourist! All you need to do is go to the Singapore Visitor Center and ask about it. The tour starts at 8 everynight and ends at 10. It takes you around orchard road for an open roof top view from the double-decker bus!

There is also quite a number of street performance on Orchard road, but the thing is this.... those performance are normally around on weekends. The only difference is that it's christmas theme for this one!

I took quite a few picture and will post them up as soon as i get home. For now though, if you are going to Singapore for christmas, you are better off visiting KL.

-Because I Can-

Christmas in Midvalley, Picture

Christmas in Midvalley is surprisingly forestry . Smack me in the head if you would. The decorations are a bit on the offside. There are trees, trees and more trees and also erm.. grass?

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Christmas in The Curve Damansara

Was in The Curve yesterday night picking out Christmas gift for company Christmas gift exchange or something like that. I couldn't resist taking pictures of the night scene there. But boy am I disappointed with my camera. It cant take anything that even are 3 feets away. Sigh.. The limit of a camera phone. Oh well.. I guess I will just ask for donation to get a Nikon D40. Wooot...


-Because I Can-

Bangsar Village Christmas Picture

A week or so ago I was in Bangsar Village, and this is their christmas decoration. A so called Snow Globe which is 12 feet tall and a christmas tree. Interesting to look. Utterly boring in design.Shudder...

I will post pictures taken from Midvalley Kuala Lumpur and The Curve later on. Those are some really cool stuff.
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Christmas all around Kuala Lumpur

Christmas is not truly here until you hear christmas songs everywhere, people selling stuff for cheap, girlfriend hugging their boyfriend like a panda clinging onto the bamboo and last but not least, the absurd competition of "I can build a better Christmas decoration then you in shopping complex"

The funny thing is this, some of the design are superb! Below are one of the decoration in One Utama Bandar Utama in Malaysia. The detailed stage together with all the soldier gives the whole atmosphere a seriously cute christmas. Hopefully I would be able to visit a few other shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur and capture their Christmas decoration. I will post more here When i find any. in the meantime, feast onto the picture below!


MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!