With only about 3 weeks to the Chinese New Year, every commercial center are decorated with ornaments and lanterns to welcome the Year of the Pig. Festive lights and lanterns are also present along major streets.

Many shopping malls also offer kiosks of various items highly sought after during Chinese New Year, along with lion dance, acrobatic and traditional arts performance to entertain shoppers. At 1 Utama Shopping Center, Bandar Utama, a Chinese Garden with the theme Blossoming Ties is set up from 26 January. And like previous years, I took the opportunity to have myself photographed at the Chinese New Year set up. With 15 selected photographs, you may view them at http://www.jolmy.com/jgallery/20070126/1/ from page 1 to page 5.