There was a Chingay procession in town last night. It was yearly event held on Christmas day. But this time around, it was moved to an earlier date to avoid traffic chaos during the festive. Oh, I've not been to one for a few years now. So, I thought it would great to go downtown to join in the fun - with Leia around this time. Well, it was not easy to persuade hubby to take us there. "What's there to see but a few people trying to juggle a long thick pole on their heads without much skill shown?" But I did it. He finally agreed later in the evening. Great!
As anticipated, traffic came to a snarl at certain spots as the police blocked certain routes to make way for the procession. We decided to head to the final meeting point of the procession - Esplanade. We were lucky enough to find a car park lot nearby.
Boy, it felt so good to be out there and join in the fun. :) It felt like it's been ages since we last did that sort of thing. Leia was totally overwhelmed! She couldn't stop observing the antics of people around her, the street performances - lion dance, Bhangra dance, malay dance, etc, the bright colourful lights decorating the streets and the kids.
"Wah...."
A boy negotiating a balloon with the clown
Leia got a balloon too...It was past 10pm and after more than 2 hours there, we decided to go "makan" (eat for Malay) at the nearby famous hawker centre while waiting for the traffic to ease. Look at we saw hung on the wall of court building.
"Buat kerja" (Do work in Malay) slogan? Hmmm...that's a bit tricky, isn't it? Do we really need a slogan to encourage the workers to work?? Give me that job that I'm not required to work!
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