Luckily, I did go out for a new year’s party. Well, not really a party. More of an outing, actually. But I could not believe the volume of people (yes, I use the word ‘volume’ to illustrate just the point) came to The Curve for a bit of music and fireworks show. It was jam-packed beyond the brim. The area was so dense I had to park just a little outside of Mutiara Damansara. Bulu actually had to park in the middle of Mutiara Damansara. Wait, that’s putting it lightly. He parked more to the far end, to tell the truth (enjoying a night walk with some fellow Indonesians). Point is, The Curve that night, was close to 300% capacity if not more. And closing the main street between Curve and Ikea really didn’t help the traffic flow. Then again, where else were you going to erect the stage?
I’ll tell who had fun though that night. The people selling those foam spray cans at RM2 a pop. And they sell it in a package of 5s. That’s 10 bucks every transaction. And people were gobbling it up more than they would on hot cakes. And those things run out pretty fast. The pavement was littered with empty cans. Sands on beaches had fewer amount. Yes, all in the name of celebration but all I can see all those foolishly hysterical people were doing was spraying their hard earned money onto unappreciative strangers. They might as well set their wallets on fire (which I once saw can be quite an impressive trick).This what happens when the credit crunch hasn’t reached this part of the world yet.
As for me, well, I chilled out with friends and we had a reasonably good time. But the time we ventured from The Street to Cineleisure was really like cutting through a battlefield for the said reasons. We were muscled about throughout the way but no worries. However, I do feel sorry for the kids who ended up crying because of the loud noise and, again, the amount of people that made it an almost hostile environment. Not to mention the foam spray cans. Celebrating the new year should be a family friendly activity but in KL nowadays it doesn’t. Honest to god, there are simply too much people in KL. And that’s a point I’ll make a few more times in the future.
Which now begs the question. In 12 months time, would I do it again ushering in 2010? The answer would be, well, yes. It sure as hell beat being in front of the TV. Sure it can be noisy, inconvenient and generally unpleasant but it sure isn’t boring. Unless, of course, I would not be celebrating in KL by that time (and not get left behind) then it will definitely not be boring at all.
I’ll tell who had fun though that night. The people selling those foam spray cans at RM2 a pop. And they sell it in a package of 5s. That’s 10 bucks every transaction. And people were gobbling it up more than they would on hot cakes. And those things run out pretty fast. The pavement was littered with empty cans. Sands on beaches had fewer amount. Yes, all in the name of celebration but all I can see all those foolishly hysterical people were doing was spraying their hard earned money onto unappreciative strangers. They might as well set their wallets on fire (which I once saw can be quite an impressive trick).This what happens when the credit crunch hasn’t reached this part of the world yet.
As for me, well, I chilled out with friends and we had a reasonably good time. But the time we ventured from The Street to Cineleisure was really like cutting through a battlefield for the said reasons. We were muscled about throughout the way but no worries. However, I do feel sorry for the kids who ended up crying because of the loud noise and, again, the amount of people that made it an almost hostile environment. Not to mention the foam spray cans. Celebrating the new year should be a family friendly activity but in KL nowadays it doesn’t. Honest to god, there are simply too much people in KL. And that’s a point I’ll make a few more times in the future.
Which now begs the question. In 12 months time, would I do it again ushering in 2010? The answer would be, well, yes. It sure as hell beat being in front of the TV. Sure it can be noisy, inconvenient and generally unpleasant but it sure isn’t boring. Unless, of course, I would not be celebrating in KL by that time (and not get left behind) then it will definitely not be boring at all.
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