Wow, it has been a year.
I don't know about you, but for me, it's been quite the ride.
To give you an idea of how fast 2024 has gone for me, I’m still listening to my 2023 Wrapped playlist.
There was a time when I used to feel that the New Year, with its calls for resolutions and promises to leave bad habits behind, was just an arbitrary line in the sand.
Yes it is, so what’s next?
Sometimes you need to find something, somewhere, to bridge the new year, let go of negative vibes from 2024, so you can move into 2025 feeling fresh.
Cheers to 2025
Well lucky for you, Kallang Wave Mall is having its “Cheers to 2025!” event to usher in the new year.
Looking forward to brighter days ahead, the event runs from Dec. 24, 2024 to Jan. 19, 2025, and bids you to “start your year right”.
Photo from Kallang Wave Mall.
The event offers a cheerfully curated collection of activities featuring eight interactive zones to help you leave 2024 in the past, and embrace the hope and possibility of 2025.
A brighter year ahead
Called “The Brighter Day District", it offers numerous ways to help put voice to your concerns of the past year, and provides an opportunity to confront them playfully.
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The district contains five areas, and as you visit each one, you can collect a stamp for the town map stamp card.
Visitors may redeem a festive gift at the Concierge when they have collected all five stamps at the district.
Photo from Kallang Wave Mall.
The district starts with the “Beats the Odds Gym”, which offers a number of punching bags listing all the annoying things you may have encountered in the past year.
Whether it was micromanagers, meetings that could have been emails, procrastination, or emotional damage that ailed you in 2024, it offers you the chance to “give bad vibes the K.O.”
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If punching is not your thing but you still want to get “shredded”, consider taking a slip of paper, writing about your challenging moments of 2024 and furiously shredding it to pieces at the “Say No to an ‘Ew’ Year” station.
Photo from Kallang Wave Mall.
The activities involve more than just trying to push away negativity, and also encourage doling out some positivity for others.
In the “Live, Laugh, Loaf Bakery”, visitors can leave a slice of good advice on a papery piece of baked goods, and leave it on the shelf for a fellow stranger.
Be sure to grab the chance to express your gratitude for all the wonderful moments of 2024 at the “Thanks A Bunch Floral” station too.
Photo from Kallang Wave Mall.
Photo from Kallang Wave Mall.
After leaving the bad vibes behind, reflecting on and being grateful for the past year, mail a postcard to your future self with Spring Post and inspire your journey ahead!
Photo from Kallang Wave Mall.
After sending your message, check out the “Leaps and Bounds Dance Studio” with sensory gel pads for kids and adults to dance to their favourite tunes.
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Participants can take a we-fie here and once they’re ready for 2025, they can pass through the exit arch which reads “Glow on and have a wonderful Year ahead!”
So come on down yourself to explore all the other interactive zones that will help you get ready to embrace the new year, with good vibes and positivity.
Photo from Kallang Wave Mall.
Photo from Kallang Wave Mall.
Extended hours and festive rewards
In addition to the exciting range of activities, the mall will be buzzing with festive energy, offering extended operating hours on New Year’s Eve, late-night F&B options, such as:
- Al Capone’s #01-15
- CHICHA San Chen #01-52
- Good Cheer 2 #01-14
- Gourmet Pizza #01-43
- PastaMania #01-21/K10
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen #02-02
- Seoul Yummy #01-47
- Subway #01-55
- Suki-Ya #01-35
Visitors can also find exclusive promotions only available at Kallang Wave Mall!
With a minimum spend of S$50 from 24 Dec 2024 to 19 Jan 2025, shoppers can enjoy a S$20 eVoucher on CapitaStar App.
They’ll also get a chance to redeem a blind box at Rewarding Moments Gift Shop in Brighter Days District to win prizes such as vinyl plushies, cash vouchers, tickets to the Gustav Klimt Immersive Experience and more!
Photo from Kallang Wave Mall.
In addition, shoppers can collect a S$10 eCapitaVoucher on CapitaStar App with a minimum spend of S$150 from Jan. 2 to 28, 2025!
End and begin the year with a bang
And after all of that if you need a firmer, louder, more definitive way of ushering in the new year, be sure to stay on to catch the stunning 15-minute firework display right outside Kallang Wave Mall when the clock strikes 12, as part of Mediacorp's Let’s Celebrate 2025 Countdown Party!
So leave your 2024 worries behind and usher in the new year cheerfully at Kallang Wave Mall from Dec. 24 2024 to Jan. 19 2025.
Find out more about the event here.
Top image via Kallang Wave Mall
This branded article by Kallang Wave Mall has made this writer think about all the resolutions that he’ll complete for real, but next year.
