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Hi! Did you sense that Christmas is in the air? Today is 24 December 2009, the Eve of Christmas. What does Christmas mean to you?

For some, it is the best time to enjoy the numerous bargains. For Christians, they might like to shop for decorations, a Christmas tree, and outfits to be worn to Christmas parties or family dinners. To all kind-hearted people, it’s a time for them to think of buying gifts for their loved ones or needy people.

Millions of Malaysians are making special trips to malls during this special season. I think we all want to enjoy the spirit of Christmas, which is, in general, the spirit of giving. We love the nice feeling of being generous and buying some gifts for others.

The decorations in the malls and the discounts make shopping even more tempting. Even if you don’t celebrate the festival, you will find yourself touring the malls to enjoy the marvelous decorations and fun activities.

Hopefully, we will all buy some gifts for our loved ones as an appreciation for our loving relationship. It doesn’t necessarily has to cost a bomb as long as you feel that the recipient will appreciate your present.

The first mall we visited was Mid Valley Megamall.

The North Court.

The Centre Court.

At the Centre Court, there is a ‘Come and Meet Santa’ charity program, started on 11 December to 25 December 2009. The project is sponsored by Foto-Shangri-La and Mid Valley Megamall.

If you pay RM10, you and your whole family will get to be photographed with Santa on a beautifully decorated stage. The clothes are provided. The photo, a present and a balloon will be given to you.

Your RM10 will be donated to the Stepping Stones Home in Taman Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur. The photo session on 24th and 25th December are 12:30pm-1:30pm, 4:30pm-5:30pm and 6pm-7pm.

You and your family will be dressed and photographed like this.

The photo will be given to you.

Come and join the program! Lines and lines of people were having fun joining this charity program. Hope you’ll be one of them.

Then we went to the center of KL City. The first mall we visited was Berjaya Times Square. The photos below are its Christmas decorations.

I befriended a Saudi Arabian, Ahmad, and his sister, Marsha, who were visiting here too. Marsha is studying in University Malaya, a Master in Physics. Ahmad is a Bachelor in Economics.

Below is an Iranian man, Ali, who attracted people’s attention because he was wearing a cute Christmas hat.

You can have fun being a snowman too!

Hope that we all will remember the spirit of Christmas, which is the spirit of giving, regardless of race and religion. Then the world will become a peaceful place for all to enjoy.

Next, we went to Plaza Low Yat. Here’s the entrance.

Plaza Low Yat and the street.

Plaza Low Yat is Malaysia’s largest IT lifestyle mall. Below are Choy Hui and Christine promoting HTC mobile phones and accessories.

Opposite Plaza Low Yat is BB (Bukit Bintaing) Park. It is very well decorated too. Below is Edward at his Beer Garden stall.

My son and two employees, Grace and Glory, from Outback Steakhouse, BB Park. The branches are also available in Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. Perhaps you can enjoy your dinner here during this Christmas season.

Then we went to Bintang Walk street. Below is a statue performer. Would you like to take a photo with him?

Mr. Chan and his family has enjoyed the oppurtunity.

Sungei Wang is one of the oldest and famous shopping malls in KL City.

The stage was icily decorated. You almost can feel the cool breeze with swans swimming around.

An Iranian, Alaeddin, and his daughter, Kiana, was also enjoying the cooling scenery. He is a computer science student from UTM (Technology University of Malaysia).

Then we went to the most (in my opinion) beautifully, expensively and thoughtfully decorated mall, the Pavilion.

Side view

In front of the entrance, there was a fountain that constantly changed colours.

People were having fun taking photos in front of the row of snowy Christmas trees.

The reindeers and the sleigh were lighted up with twinkling lights for people to enjoy and take photographs with.

Mr. Basid and his family from Malacca also posed in front of the reindeers. I asked him whether they have visited the Midvalley Megamall. They hadn’t.

Then I told them to do so because it was so fun to join the ‘Come and Meet Santa’ charity program. For RM10, the whole family will be dressed up for the photograph session. What an opportunity to be photographed together and also doing a kind thing for the Stepping Stones Home.

Below is Selvi and her family from Penang. I asked them when they were going home. They said the next day (24th December 2009). I tried to persuade her to stay until 27 because there will be an open house event jointly organized by many churches in the Klang valley from 2pm to 6pm to promote the spirit of 1Malaysia. If you come too, you can enjoy all the exciting events with the spirit of peace and joy.

There was event that attracted a big audience: A musical band. We stood there to enjoy the music for a while.

Suddenly, an 8-year-old girl came in and danced to the music. Her name is Terene.

Her mother said Terene dared to dance in front of a big crowd because they are a friend to the guitarist, Nor Muhammad. What a joy she has brought to everybody during this Christmas season.

View the video below. I’m sure you’ll enjoy the music and her dancing (2 mins).

The crowd shouted and clapped for her, especially Norma (left) and Wani.

Berjaya Times Square, Sungei Wang Plaza, Plaza Low Yat and the Pavilion are located in this part of KL City called the Golden Triangle.

The Golden Triangle is Kuala Lumpur’s commercial, shopping and entertainment hub and is actually a collection of areas that encompasses a number of major streets.

Three major roads – Jalan Imbi, Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Raja Chulan provide the boundaries that form the Golden Triangle in KL. The Golden Triangle is where many towering skyscrapers, shopping malls and world-class hotels are located.

Below is the Golden Triangle. You can drag around it to explore the area.

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The last place we visited was China Town in Petaling Street. China Town is always full of life.

A multi-ethnic youth group were sitting in front of a hotel and caroling leisurely.

Some shops that sell Christmas items are decorated ‘Christmasly’ too.

My son and I were happy and satisfied with our tour. We have bought some presents for our loved ones and friends.

Hopefully, for everybody, shopping during Christmas will be about the joys of giving than anything else.

It’s not only about giving monetary presents but also giving your time and love for your loved ones, or perhaps some needy people too.

So, tour around the Federal Territories malls during this Christmas season and make new friends with people from different races. You can feel that you can easily enjoy friendship with everybody when Christmas is in the air.

If you want to know more about the shopping malls that I mentioned, you can visit their websites below.

Mid Valley
Berjaya Times Square
Plaza Low Yat
Sungei Wang
Pavilion

Image from RSC site.

The Royal Selangor Club (RSC) has been a Kuala Lumpur landmark since 1884. It is the nation’s most renowned and respected sports and social institution.

It celebrated its 125th Anniversary and also the 25th Anniversary of the Sultan of Selangor’s royal patronage with pomp and ceremony on Dec 20.

Today, 20 December 2009, in front of the Royal Selangor Clubhouse, which is the Dataran Merdeka (or Independence Square), its 125th Anniversary was greatly celebrated.

The Independence Square is a very prominent symbolic landmark. It was here that Malaya (now Malaysia) was officially granted Independence on 31 August 1957. It is probably the most photographed place in the city. The square hosts the annual Independence Day and the New Year’s Day celebrations.

At 3 pm, the Royal Malaysian Police Band (PDRM), which is acknowledged as one of the best bands in the world, was getting ready for their performance as the first event.

Eva, one of the Chinese tourists from Shanghai I befriended, was excited to hear about the event too.

At 3:30pm, the long waited performance started.

Please view the video below for a part of their amazing music (1 min). I’m sure you wouldn’t want to miss it! Mind you, it’s truly one of the world’s best.

After that, another band, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall Brass Band, performed too.

The Malaysian Royal Police Band (PDRM) and the Kuala Lumpur City Hall were indeed two important elements at the celebration as a recognition of their strong link and lasting relationship with the club since 1884.

For the whole afternoon, varied and colourful activities were held. But in this post, I would like to share with you the most entertaining moments.

Now, the Royal Malaysian Mounted Police rode their horses onto the field. They displayed their skills of controlling the horses.

One of the tough skills they displayed was crossing each other’s ways in a line, shown in the video below. If the riders were not 100% skillful, the horses would collide with one another. They also rode in circles.
Suddenly…! One horse was not used to the new environment so it dropped the master and ran away!

It was because the horse was in tension. I was so worried that it would run into the crowd and hurt them. I think you would feel the same too.

Luckily, according to the MC, the horse would not do so. Instead, it will go and find its master. Amazing. Please view the video below if you want to have a glimpse of the horse running amok.

Next, the mounting police jumped over some obstacles riding their horses. They also jumped over a ring of fire.

It was followed by tent pegging (using a spear to spear, pick up a wooden fire tent peg nailed to the ground.) individually and in a group. Really exciting! Loud applauses were heard. Won’t you clap for them too?

Video below (30 seconds).

Then, these four gorgeous bikers did some marvelous bike ramp jumps.

First, they jumped over the ramp and landed on the field. Then they jumped through a ring. Fantastic! Video below (22 seconds).

Then, something unexpected and funny happened. A clown, riding on a mini motorbike, tried to jump through the ring but failed… What happened next?

A little boy (about 2 years old) who sat next to me shouted in tension. Then I told him the clown actually purposely did it, according to the MC.

Please watch this fun moment! (24 seconds).

Now, the most exciting event was going to happen. 16 people lied down on the field.

Two clowns came over. One lied down as the 17th person on the field.

Another one hid under the ramp to show (pretend?) that the event frightened him.

I asked the people beside me whether they would volunteer to lie down there, as the MC challenged. They said they would not. Would you dare to?

Now everybody was in tension. We all waited for some time. Finally the moment came…….

Then another exciting moment arrived. Seven Kancil cars lined up for the bikers to jump over. Were they successful? Guess what was the action of the 2-year-old boy next to me?

Please watch the video below (40 seconds) of the jump over the 17 people and also the jump over the 7 cars.

Finally, many vintage cars paraded for everyone to see. They were driven by the club’s sport section members with children of Sunbeams Home as their honored passengers. Here is a slideshow of them (31 seconds). Those who love vintage cars will surely be delighted.

Of course, there were other activities carried out by the Royal Selangor Club member’s too, like line dancing, female rugby, and children soccer.

 

The Klang Valley denizens and visitors were really happy and satisfied attending this 125th Anniversary bash of RSC. I am. I think you are too!

If you want to know more about RSC, please visit their website, http://rscweb.my.