KUALA LUMPUR

This is the last post for me in 2013. Instead of joining any countdown party, here I am at home posting this.

When I was at the Pavilion shopping mall 3 years ago, I remembered it just opened its doors. Now it was decked with Christmas decor everywhere and Christmas carols imbued the air. 

The entire place was so packed with shoppers and the atmosphere was extraordinarily vibrant. The snow flakes really took my breath away.

That night, I bought a few shirts at Lot 10 but didn't manage to go to Sungei Wang.

Shine bright like the snowflakes at Pavilion!

Nice white cottage house

Shoppers were everywhere!

I have always love snow flakes!

Beautiful blossoms artwork made of buttons!

The Line App mascots and characters were all over.

Parkson's

Phoenix vase

View from Westin

What was mundane looking in the day became extraordinary with the lights at night.

Christmas decor at Lot 10

ONE UTAMA

I had not been to One Utama for a few years now and visited the place recently before Christmas.

The main intention was to check out the Secret Garden at the rooftop but before that, here are photos of the 4th largest shopping mall in the world, decked out in Christmas decor before it gives way to Chinese New Year decor.

It's the weather balloon theme

Parkson's decor

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG

The story continues where it left off a year ago in the "An Unexpected Journey". Directed by Peter Jackson, the ending to the trilogy should be shown by end of 2014 to complete J.R.R. Tolkien's novel on the adventures of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins as a prelude to "The Lord of the Rings" novels.

Starring Ian McKellen as the white wizard Gandalf, Martin Freeman as Bilbo, Richard Armitage as the dwarf King Thorin, Orlando Bloom as the Woodland elf Prince Legolas, Evangeline Lilly as the female Woodland elf warrior Tauriel, Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman, Aidan Turner as the dwarf Kili and so on, this is one movie not to be missed if you caught the first installment and crave some a continuation of adventures through the enchanted forests.

There is also the English-speaking dragon Smaug which seemed kind of strange and out of place to me. Well, the story is long so I won't attempt to write about it. One thing to note though was Tauriel's character and the budding romance between her and the elf Kili were never in the books and were created in this story to introduce a female character to the male dominated story.

Bilbo

Thorin

Bard and Legolas

Tauriel

King of wood elves Thranduil

Kili

Smaug the fire breathing dragon