2012 Chinese New Year mall launch in SM North EDSA

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The best part in having SM North EDSA being the largest mall in the Philippines and second in the whole world, it is also a great venue for events and annual celebrations, 2 weeks ago they just launched the mall’s Chinese New Year, like the annual Christmas mall launching, the event is high on energy and everyone watch the show and participate in the celebration, it is also important to SM North EDSA and other SM Supermalls to celebrate and welcome the year of the water dragon, because the main owners of this malls are Filipino-Chinese, and the annual Chinese New Year is already a part of our country's celebration many years ago. Let me greet you and my blog readers a happy new year or Kung Hei Fat Choy!

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I went there to witness the big unveiling of the mall to the public, me and my blogger friends watch the lion dance, dragon dance and exhibition, wushu demo, Chinese symphony group, Chris Tiu as the host and story teller of the event, he shared to us the story on how Chinese New Year started, the back drop showed us some animation clips about the origin of Chinese New Year and then before us, the Chinese Emperor stood up and welcome us, the Chinese Emperor is no other than Richard Yap aka Papa Chen of My Binondo Girl.

It was my first time to watch a whole lion dance exhibition, I didn’t know that they are required to do some stunts like jumping on those benches and roll in mid air, I enjoyed also the dragon dance, at first I thought that it was the boring part because the dragon is being carried on sticks and elevated on the air, carried by lots of people, it follow a dragon ball infront as it serve as the fireball guide, then during the dance and running around the hall, I saw that they do the hardest stunt like jump over in the long body of the dragon, it was the awesome attraction for me.

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pinoy blogger wearing red for the Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year celebration in SM North EDSA will be great if there are fireworks, but then the production team of the event manages to simulate a virtual fireworks and fire crackers, we heard cracking sounds and then smoke machines doing its job in creating a smokey celebration, add it with lots of confetti falling every where.

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check below my photo coverage of the launch

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The water dragon statue stand in the middle of the Atrium level of City Block, SM North EDSA

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Chinese Symphony group poses for a group photo op before the start of the show, at first I didn't even know that they are a choral group

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Saw the Lion and Dragon dance group marching inside the mall

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Chris Tiu started the show as the host of the event

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Short words from the mall admin

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2012 and the water dragon symbol

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We call him Emperor Chen

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Emperor Chen and the animal signs of Chinese calendar

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Chinese symphony started to sing....one of the song that they performed is very familiar to me, I can't help my self but to sing with them.

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A way of saying thank you and congratulations

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more songs and now their choral master showed up in the front

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Chris Tiu narrates a story about a town in China, about the people and the attack of an evil monster, but then the people uses dragon and lion dance and fireworks to scare the monster away.

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Wushu demo just started, a group of kids march in kicking heavily

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another wushu demo

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that girl is flying during the wushu demo

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this guy jumps so high

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wushu exhibitionist showed us some weapons and some moves

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Emperor Chen watches the wushu demo and signals them to start and to stop

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cute animation on the big screen

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Chris Tiu teaches us on how to greet Happy New Year in a Chinese way

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the bald guy that guided the lion dance

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lion dance troupe entered

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i like this white lion, it jumps, blink its eye and my mind was tricked and think of it as a real lion

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white lion inspects the benches

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the bald guy guides the white lion and jumps into the air and landed on the other side of the bench

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Chinese big drums

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boom boom boom....brighter than the moon...

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dragon dance entered the stage after the lion dance

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SM Supermalls bossings phoot op with the lion and dragon

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Emperor Chen gave thanks for our participation and support for their tele serye MY BINONDO GIRL

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Richard Yap as Emperor Chen and Chris Tiu on stage.... all girls...old and young screamed

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Emperor Chen infront of the water dragon statue

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kung hei fat choy!

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simulated fireworks and confetti drop

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photo op time!

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Chinese Symphony group performed again on stage

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fellow bloggers greet us a happy new year

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head of the lion

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drums and the mask of that bald guy