Kidzania, Kuala Lumpur

Don't know where to bring your kids this school holiday? Why don't you try Kidzania, just beside IKEA in Damansara.. They have 2 sessions - 10am till 3pm, and 4pm till 9pm... but don't be there at 10am.. be there at 9am!!!!! because they start opening it at 9.30am.. so just enough time for you to get the ticket, and then go for breakfast, and after that, the joy begins..

I was actually thinking to go to work today, although it's actually public holiday.. while I was just lazying on my bed, my sister knocked my door and asked for a favor.. She promised her kids that she will take them today, but seems like she can't keep it.. As I don't really have any plan, I volunteered to take them there...

So at 8.30am we're out from the house, and reached Kidzania around 9.15am.. the timing was just nice, but we were so hungry, so we have no choice but to eat inside the building.. so as any other theme park, it's not cheap .. so next time, I must make sure we eat nasik lemak special with chicken, which going to cost us less than RM10 before entering the Kidzania.. hahahahaa

Ok, ticket for the theme park :

RM 55 for 4 to 17 yrs old
RM 35 for Adult accompanying the kids
Free for toddlers.. forgot the price for 2 to 4 yrs.. but I think you can get from Kidzania website for more info :  http://www.kidzania.com.my/

Make sure your kids wear proper covered shoes .. no slippers.. it's not too bad if your kids wear slippers, but there are some activities that requires them to wear proper covered shoes like climbing the wall..

Lots of activities there for the kids.. the famous one, of course the Fire Dept..

The firemen on duty.. 

Another spot is the Secret Agent and the Pilot.. annnnddddd we went during a school holiday, and to make it worst, it was also a public holiday.. hmmmmm you can imagine how many people were there.. it was packed.. we need to queue almost 1 hour for the pilot and the fire Bridget.. however, my nephews and niece were not really into queuing for longer than 30 mins, they decided to try other stuff:

They said this one was superb!!!

The queue to the Secret Agent training was not long, so they queued for about 20 mins for this.. still bearable and of course after a few warning not to change lines again.. hahahahaa ... they ended up loving this activity so much!! worth the waiting... tips: your kids must be minimum 120cm tall..

CSI, Policemen and Firemen on duty

CIMB Money Mover (aka security guard on duty)

In Jail with sad faces.. hahahaha

School of X, Notebook Factory and Fashion Show

Air Asia, Ambulance and the view inside Kidzania

They also have Lounge for parents (or nanny.. that's me) with Internet

Final show saying Good bye...

What I learned from this trip:

1. Enter the kidzania, and straight to the pilot or the firemen spot.. hahahaha ..
2. Wear shoes, not slippers
3. Bring water .. or go to the SeaMaster's factory to get one..
4. Eat heavy first thing in the morning, so that you save some bucks .. the food inside the premise make you feel like you're in Genting Highland.
5. Go early in the morning, easy to find a parking spot .. going out at 4pm, err not so easy, but the good thing is, you're already going home.. imagine if you just arrive at 4pm???
6. Tapau finger food / snacks for the kids.. they were hungry but don't want to stop to eat, so I have to tapau and feed them while they were queuing..
7. If you can, go during weekdays .. as you'll get the whole day pass and you can try all the activities you want.. :D

hmmm.. that's it I think.. 

EAT: Satayyy.. Satayyyy..

Have you heard about satay???? A delicious food by Malaysian and you can find any where in Malaysia.. but of course, finding the best one is quite hard .. you must know from the locals on the best satay place.. the normal Sate Kajang, is not so nice anymore.. it used to be one of the famous satay brand in Malaysia but probably people get bored and start to change to other supplier .. 

So .. yesterday night, we arrange a gathering for Couchsurfers to eat Satay .. my dearest sister (not by blood), Derya wanted to eat satay before she fly back to Germany to her hometown (going to miss you dearie!!!) .. so Adida suggest that we go to Satay Ismail Dato' Keramat (the place name) .. it turn out to be one of the yummmyyyyyyy satay I had .. it's juicy, just the way I like satay to be ..

Look at that!!!!! ... looks tempting, isn't it?

Satay was like a BBQ stick .. but what made it different from other westerner BBQ style? the ingredients... we use local ingredients like turmeric, belacan (shrimp paste), coriander seeds, cumin, lemongrass, and more (google it for the complete ingredients) ...

Great crowd .. so much fun ...

Derya & Cyrill

How to get there:-

Take a LRT train to Damai ... exit the station, turn Left ... you'll see ESSO (gas station) .. go to the corner @ Esso, and you'll see smokes from the stall.. 

just straight to the stall or we call it GERAI .. to enjoy the juicy Satay like we just had. .. :D

Ms Surayya and Ms Dida