Red, Maroon, Crimson, Carmine (and Pink) Everywhere

It's nearing the Chinese New Year! I went to the mall yesterday and saw that ALL the stores were displaying red stuff on their foremost part of the store. Clothes, shoes and accessories were flaming red. And since this year is the Tiger Year, everything is tiger-ish, from mini statues of tiger, tiger dolls, tigers on t-shirts, Pooh's Tigger positioned on the center with the others circling him... And my father constantly grinning and saying that "Hey, this is my year."

Chinese New Year this year is on the 14th of February. Yes, it coincides with the Valentine's Day. Therefore the lighter shade of red, pink, also dominates stores, especially for the teenage and chocolate stores.

Yesterday was the final day of midnight sale in Mall Kelapa Gading. It was crowded, but I was there and saw mommies choosing and buying red clothes for everybody in the family and girls buying fancily packaged chocolates for their boyfriend (this is an assumption).

For me? I spent my time in the bookstore, bought a cartridge for my printer, correction fluid and pencil. What a merry Valentine's.