You would expect everyone to ease into the new year as it has only just started. Well, you’d be wrong. Currently, everyone is gearing up for the next festive season after Christmas. That’s right, Chinese New Year is just around the corner and pretty much everyone has been running around preparing for it!
Of course, our local malls are no exception. In fact, Suria KLCC recently revealed their Chinese New Year decorations for the year of the rabbit! However, instead of receiving praises alone, their latest centrepiece has left the masses bewildered and butting heads. The topic of the day? Is Suria KLCC’s decor a rabbit? Or a rat (Pikachu)?
Suria KLCC has set their main centrepiece up in Sunshine Plaza as usual. At a glance, it seems fairly impressive. The large rabbit structure sitting on a platform is creatively constructed out of gold coins with red lanterns adding some pizzazz to the centrepiece.
Unfortunately, it seems not everyone can agree on what it looks like. In fact, Facebook group Malaysia Shopping Mall’s innocuous post sparked quite the heated debate. “Is it a rabbit?” they asked innocently. “It’s Pikachu.” Needless to say, they soon had netizens flocking to their post to offer their own two cents.
“This (is) no rabbit,” one netizen claimed. “It’s a cutie pikachu. Pikachu lah…” Another chipped in with, “What? Yesterday I didn’t see any rabbits at KLCC.” Others wondered how it looked like Pikachu. “Does not look (like) Pikachu to me,” one stated. “Which part looks like Pikachu?” another asked. A few suggested a different viewpoint. “(It’s a) hamster with long ears,” one said. “It looks Pikachu sized,” someone pointed out.
Despite their best efforts, most netizens were once again unimpressed with the decor. “Every festival, (they) get questioned on what they’ve built.” Others however claimed this was infinitely better than last year’s pagoda resembling Qing Ming’s decorations.
Sources: Facebook, Guang Ming Daily
