Chinatown lights up!

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It’s that time of the year again! The Chinatown street light-up for the Lunar New Year happened over the weekend and chinatownboy was on hand to take in the festivities.

For those who missed it, chinatownboy describes some of the opening festivities:

Save those nearer to the Peoples’ Park Complex who could see the ceremony on the screen, the rest had to wait patiently “in the dark”. Only invited guests could get to see the main stage where the main event was held. And when the DJ led in the counting from 10, many who were sitting on the kerb (ah, on normal days one would risk being run over by sitting on the kerbside) stood up, cranking their necks to look for action. When it hit zero, the entire streets lit up with Chun floating all above us. Somewhere above the Peoples’ Park Complex, the sound of fire crackers came, followed by rain of fine red paper, the remants of the fire crackers. For some reason, a breeze was blowing bringing the snow of red dust onto us. Ah, perhaps, that was indication of good luck to be brought by the Tiger.

So, how does this Tiger year bode? There’s no better time to visit Chinatown and find out during the lead-up to the Lunar New Year. Read more here.