Things You Need to Know about Legoland Malaysia

I believe some of you already know about the new Legoland Theme Park which is located at Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Since the name is Legoland, then all the park is using lego as the main attraction. 

Legoland Main Entrance

This park actually started operating sometimes around September last year (2012), so it is still very new. Located in the Nusa Jaya Area, it is around half hour driving from the centre of JB. Not too far actually, but the area seems just very new and open only for this purpose. On the left side of the Legoland Main Entrance, they are still constructing the Legoland Hotel and Waterpark. As the plan, it will only be open on 2014.

Since the park is still very new, I have some tips before coming to this place :

Ticket
The ticket price to enter this place is reasonable for me :
Adult : RM 140
Child and Senior : RM 110
But buying the ticket on line is a lot way cheaper rather than buying it directly at the gate. If we already knew the exact date to come, then better buy on line. It will only cost us RM 112 for adult and RM 88 for child and senior. And also do not forget to check the discount voucher. Some products may sell the discount voucher. Last time I get 35% discount voucher buy buying RM4 Mamie's product.

Umbrella, Sunglasses, and Hat
Throw away your jacket, use the very comfortable clothes and also do not forget to bring, umbrella, sunglasses and hat. This park is way too hot! Johor it self is already a hot temperature city, and then with this new open park, the trees are still not enough to block the sun go straight away to your head, there are also no building comes to surround this area. So just prepare yourself to drink lots of water.

Backup Clothes
Bring along your backup clothes. Not because you will play with water and get wet, but mostly because the weather. After enjoy playing in this park, my husband brought my son to take a bath and change his entire clothes. Me and my husband also do that thing, changed our entire clothes.

I can give 4 stars to this place because the place is very clean, the restaurant sell food with taste with reasonable price, the supporting area also complete. They built a nice Surau, Baby Care Room and Toilet.

Huge and Clean Toilet

I even can put the ***** (5 stars) to the baby care room. Not only because of the place is cold hehe :p but, inside the room we can found 2 big toilets for changing place. The play area, huge pantry with all the equipment might be needed, and then a baby cot and of course the nursery room. 

They have two person in charge inside this place. One for taking care of the tidiness of this place and the other one responsible for the door. Because some of the man, might not reading the sign that they are not allowed to enter this place. 



The park is very child friendly. Some parks may let kid to come inside the park and then got nothing to do. But Legoland is different, it is actually built for the child. The games and the ride can actually be used by child with age 3 and above. So it is worth to pay the ticket. My son got very happy with the games here. He really enjoyed the whole day, even though it is so hot that day.

Complete Pantry!!

Then the last thing is for the souvenirs shop. Usually I always be a fan of souvenir shop inside a theme park. But not for this one. They mainly only sell Lego in this place. They did sell some other thing, but not that interesting. Even the fridge magnet does not work on me :p 

So I think that's all for the Legoland trip from me. Hope every one who wants to go to this place get a better idea :) Do not forget to check to the Legoland Calender, because they will close several time in a year, and of course do not forget to check my other story about other theme park.

Zoo Negara Malaysia

It is been a while since me and my family went to some interesting places in KL. 

Ever since my class at the weekend has been started again, we suddenly only have 1 day for the in town tour around KL. And only the half day of it that we can use, because my little buddy is also having his drum lesson.

So, this Zoo Negara Malaysia visit is actually a backdated story. We was there sometimes around 2012. I think it wont be much different either, so here I am to tell about what we found in the Zoo. Let's get it on!!

The idea to visit the Zoo at the first place is because Geza is just so excited into animals. As far as I can remember, that was the time when his school is having the animals as the theme of the month. So, suddenly he is just into animals, he act liked he is a tiger, lion, elephant, birds, even a monkey. 

The nearest Zoo in town is the Zoo Negara Malaysia. Located at Ulu Kelang area, and nearby Taman Melawati. We can find the zoo only 5km away from downtown KL. 

Arrived at the Zoo, around 10.30 in the morning, but the weather is just waaay to HOT. This zoo has a huge non covered parking area. To find the parking place is not hard, and it is not too far from the zoo entrance. 

Having to pay RM 50 for adult and RM 20 for children, we find the zoo rate is a little bit expensive. Yes, well I clearly understand to maintain a zoo might be expensive, moreover this Zoo Negara is managed by an NGO (Non Governmental Organisation). 

Ok, entered the zoo, we find the map of the zoo. Never realised that this zoo will be this big. 

Just like always when we visits theme parks, the first thing we do is to check the show schedule. Fortunately, when we arrived, the show at the Amphitheatre is about to start. Not so many different with other zoo that I've ever visited, they have the flamingo, seals, and the beaver show. Not so special anyway. The special thing was we have to seat at the non covered theatre. 

Finished the show, we have the urge to find the tiger and the lion, since that's the reason why we visit this place at the first time. Poor my son, the lion and the tiger are just too lazy and only sleep in that afternoon, maybe they also feel dizzy because of the hot air. My son kept calling the tiger and the lion to awake them, but still no sounds coming out, he only wants to hear them ROAR.

-Happy face while seeing his fav animals-

I actually do not really remember all the animals that we've seen there, but we took this picture so that we can remember what's inside the zoo. 

-an Old Sign Board-

We do checked the Savana Walk. As per I remember there are giraffes, zebras and the road runner "ostrich". For me, this is the nicest part of this zoo, because it feels real, rather that other animals that they put inside the cage. From this point, we move to the elephant and camel's place. Not really interesting at all.

Feel so tired and hungry we decided to go back. But in our last step in the zoo, find this quite interesting habits of flamingos. Pay attention to the head.

So that's all for the Zoo story. Wish I could write in details, but my memory can not retrieve the exact situation at that time.

Blue Mosque Shah Alam

Known as the Blue Mosque, the official name of this mosque is Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Azis. Placed at Shah Alam, the capital city of Selangor State, this mosque is around 30 km from KLCC. 

As the name of the Mosque is Blue, so yes, the mosque comes with the blue colour. Almost all ornaments inside and outside the mosque  comes in blue.

-Blue Tiles, taken from the wall-

-Blue Kubah-

- Blue Fan and Light-

So here's the thing, when we get there, the rain is just so heavy. Since the parking lot is in the open space, then we have to bear the wetness. Also, the floor become so slippery even dangerous to step in. The mosque it self is very nice at the inside. But I think it got a poor maintenance. Some of the tiles falls down from the wall when we was there. Maybe it was because the heavy rain. 

Since we came on Sunday, there are also some bazaar at the mosque. I don't know whether it is because of the rain, or the bazaar itself always take place at the edge of the mosque. It also ruin the beauty of the mosque, but I bet it is just because of the rain.

-Bazaar-

The bazaar like the usual bazaar at the mosque, sold things such as clothes, dates, qur'an, Islamic books and some kind of things (maybe) coming from Arab. 

This mosque also surrounded by a nice park, with a big fountain right in front of the mosque. The fountain is really huge, by the time we're there they turn it off. 

We did not have a chance to look around the park, after took some photos and Solat Ashar, we go back. 

Not so many story to tell after visiting this place, but I believe, at the first time this mosque was build it is a beauty, only now time passes by the mosque getting older. But for you to know, the main function of this mosque is still there. I saw the mosque still use as the learning place, some kids are there taking their Islamic courses, the business also still there :)
Glad that I've visited this place. Hoping someday I can meet the real Blue Mosque in Istanbul :))

Celebrating Chinese New Year

Xin Nian Kuai Le !!

It is a Chinese New Year seasons greeting in Mandarin. 

Today is the CNY itself, but the feel of it already started about a month ago. The decoration not only at the mall, but also in the streets. Lanterns, Red Color, Clothes called CheongSam and Oranges are everywhere. Last night we already heard the sound of the firecracker, but not too loud. Maybe because not so many Chinese people are staying in the town for the Holiday. This CNY is treated as a big "Hari Raya" in Malaysia. This year CNY the holiday starts from Saturday - Tuesday, even the schools are closing for a week. 

There are some tradition to celebrate CNY, my friend usually cleans the house, so that they can swept away the bad luck and incoming the good luck in the future. There is also the Angpao giving tradition. Angpao is an envelope filled in with some money, given by someone who's already married to someone that's have not married yet. Other than that, there is also the  reading of the fortune of every Shio. 

Well, there is also a tradition for the Chinese people to do at the CNY eve, that is called CNY Dinner. In this dinner, food will be serve in sequence. So, we have to finish the food at the table before another kind of food come. From what I experienced last night, while waiting for the food to come, the restaurant gave us peanuts and Chinese tea. 

Here us, waiting for the food to come. Guess how many of my friends are actually celebrating the Chinese New Year..Only 2 :p the rest of it are the cheerleaders..

The first menu to come is called Yi Sang (sorry for the wrong spelling). After this food served, all the person in the table took their chopstick and together mixed the food. While mixing the food they mention their wish for this coming year.

Appearance of the food before brutally mixed by my friends

The mixing process..

Totally mixed up!! Ready to be eat..

After the first food served, then here they comes along the other food. I am not so sure what they serve, but confirmed everything is Halal at this restaurant. Maybe it is for Chinese Muslim community. 

The food that served on my very first CNY Dinner.. 

Enjoying the different culture in the different country. Last word..Happy CNY friendsss..

Malaysia Science Centre

Few weeks ago, Saturday morning we are planning to walk to the park, just as usual. Wearing our walking-to-park outfit, me, my husband and my son, of course, planning to go to the Titi Wangsa Park. That day was just sooo hot, and we already late for the morning walk. Suddenly the idea appears, we totally change our destination. Instead of going to the park, we visit the Malaysian Science Centre or in Bahasa Melayu they call it Pusat Sains Negara.

This place is located at Persiaran Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. It is nearby Royal Selangor Club Bukit Kiara. If your coming from Damansara Area, just follow the LebuhRaya Sprint and take the exit toward Persiaran Bukit Kiara, the place will be on your right.

Arrived in this place, we found out that they are having the StarTrek Exhibition. Actually we are not the fan of it, but we do want to see what's inside the exhibition. We can feel the ambience of the StarTrek start from the door. 

-Step Aboard-

-Sign Sticker-

The fee to enter the Science Centre is only RM 6 per person, but if you want to enter  the StarTrek Exhibition it is RM 20 per person. The Science Centre it self is not too big, and not too complete also if we compare to Singapore Science Centre. 

Entered the main door, we will find the big Aquarium with many kind of fishes. My son is just so happy to see the fishes flying above him. Go through inside we can find lots of scientific tools, but presented in an attractive way.  I would not mention each of the gallery, you can find in this link. Please don't be too excited by looking to the web, because from what I found the picture at the web is way too good compare to the original look. Hehe.. I think ya..most of the website is like that of course. It is worth seeing though, but maybe one time is enough for me.

This are several pictures taken from the site.. Ohya..we are allowed to take pictures inside the science centre but not at the StarTrek Exhibition area. Food and Drinks is not allowed right after entering the main door of the science centre. But don't worry they have a cafe inside the place. 

GPS Coordinate : N 3° 8′ 58″, E 101° 38′ 41″

-Wall of Inventors and Scientists-

-The Crane Man-

KL City Tour

After staying a while in KL, we decided to have a KL City Tour by our own hehe :)

We picked up the place that tourist will visits, so that we also feel as tourists. Started the tourby visiting the famous "Batu Cave" place. What do we do here? My son play with the pigeons and we took pictures as the prove that we've been to this place.

-Chasing the pigeons-

-The Famous Statue-

Batu Cave is located at the Gombak District. Only 13km north from Kuala Lumpur and only around 17km from my house, Damansara. So it was not time consuming at all to come to this place.  

In this place actually there are not so much to do if you are not willing to take the stairs. But if you're that eager to go up, than you can get the Dark Cave Tour. From what I heard, in this tour you will find the bats, muds, and of course experiencing the cave itself. Since we are not prepare for the muddy session and bring along together my son won't be good for us also, so we decided not to go up and take the tour.

Next stop is the Sultan Abdul Samad Building. It is located right in front of the Dataran Merdeka at Jalan Raja Kuala Lumpur. We find this place when we pass through every time we wants to go back from KLCC. The buildings in this area is very nice, old style but looks like been taken care a lot by the government. I don't have a good picture to share it with you, because it is difficult to take picture that time while there are so many car parks in that area. I found the Wikipedia link for this place..Sultan Abdul Samad Building. 

The next stop should be the Ampang Lookout Point, from here we can see KLCC and KL Tower and whole KL itself. But seems like something happened there, that place closed for some reason. Lately I read that the place was shutted down because of illegal operations. They do not submit the proper documentation, and might caused incidents. So, we went down and go back home.

So this is how we made ourself not to feel bored all along the weekend, by act like we are not the residence. :) 

Islamic Art Museum

There is a place that I always recommend my relatives to take a visit in KL, the place called Islamic Art Museum. Located in Jalan Lembah Perdana, Kuala Lumpur, Islamic Art Museum, is also within a walking distance from National Mosque, Planetarium, KL Bird Park and Al Hijrah TV Station.

I checked the website before we went to this place. The website was very informative, we can see clearly what we are going to find in the place. This is also one thing that I love about this country, the government site, the private site very well prepared. The website itself represent the place, even though sometimes it looks way too good compared to the original place, but it attracts people to visit.

Ok, come back to museum. When we reached this place, the place is very quite and looks like nobody is here to visit. I start to worried, is this place that one of kind that only good in website. Haha, but it's ok since we've already here. 

The entrance fee is just cheap, 

• Adult : RM 12
• Students : RM 6
• Senior Citizens : RM 6
• Child : under 6 is free

In this place almost all the wall, even the elevator wall was designed with the Islamic Art Museum Logo. Which is nice :) So, we went up using elevator. Stop at the 1st floor, and wow!! I'm amazed with the first thing I saw that time. This 1st section contains of the famous Mosque from around the world in the mini size. It was a beauty!

I don't took all the Mosque photo, because it's hard to take it since all of it covered with the glass box. Also, I forgot to take note the mosque's name.. Hahaha..

= a beauty =

very detail

After that, I found the Qur'an manuscript section. Of course the museum also have the Qur'an Miniature :) Very cute..

how to read?

Then the next section is more about the Islamic Cultural History, also jewellery, textile, ceramic, coin, and metalwork from Islamic area in several Islamic Country. I also remember that, this museum somehow manage to have one of the original the Ka'Bah door cover. Very huge one..

Not only the showroom, this museum also got the restaurant and the museum shop. Haha..next pit stop is the museum shop. Spend almost an hour in this shop, for me, wherever museum I went to, I need to buy the signature of the place. And this museum shop is awesome, things that they sell here was using the good materials, like the book, the bookmarks, cup, calligraphy, even the t-shirt design also good. My husband bought the Kiblah compass and a T-Shirt, my son bought T-shirt and I like usual, bought the bookmark and pin.
We do not try the restaurant that time, so I can not give the food review.

In front of the museum - complete team

Enjoying Parks in KL - Taman Tasik Perdana

Visited Taman Tasik Perdana today, our family uncounted visits :) Taman Tasik Perdana named with "Tasik" because in this park we can find a huge Lake, in some terms people usually called this place as Perdana Botanical Garden. Located along Jalan Perdana or Venning Road. It is located near the National Monument of Malaysia. The closest LRT station is Pasar Seni (Central Market) and KL Central. 

Sign Board - Taman Tasik Perdana

Within this Lake Garden area, we can find :


1. Wet Land
2. Deer Park
3. Herbs Garden
4. Lake
5. Waterfall
6. Children Playground
7. Ornament Garden
8. Conservatory




I think there're other than I mentioned above, but I forgot the name hehe :)

1st visit as a tourist

The park also provided trams to go around this area. Forgot is it RM 1 or more to ride on this tram, but it is still worth it to explore the beauty of this area. This is a very huge area, so without transport, don't think that we can reach all the place. 











Speaking of the tram, here you go..My boys from the backside, and that's the tram :p

Actually within this Perdana Botanical Garden, there are also several other parks to visit. 

Orchid Garden

KL Bird Park, claimed as the biggest covered bird park. Never been in here, but I read the entrance fee for adult is RM42 and RM32 for children. The cost may be different if using My Kad.

KL Orchid Garden. By the time I went there, we can come in for free. The management put the big FREE sticker to cover the fee board. When we came inside, not so many orchid can be found, maybe it's still in the growing phase. 

Butterfly Park. Also never been there before, but read about the entrance fee, is around RM20 something for adult. 

Other than these parks and gardens above, we also can find Police Museum, Islamic Art Museum, Tun Abdul Razak Memorial Place, Planetarium, and others.
This is a very recommended place not only for local to spend their weekend, but also for tourists. I think the Hop On Hop Off Bus, also got a stop in this area. Only please, use your comfortable outfit to explore this area, because even though the trees covered this place, but using the comfortable one, might made you enjoy the exploration. 

Note : It is not easy to find a proper cafe or restaurant around here, bring the snacks along with you might be helpful for the hunger :)  ENJOY!!

Enjoying Parks in KL - Taman Bukit Kiara

It's been a while since we moved here. Sometimes we feel like we are local people, easily get bored with routines and having difficulties to spend the weekend. That's why, now me and my husband decided to spend either our Saturday or Sunday by exploring parks and gardens in KL.

So far, we already checked in to several parks, like Taman Tasik Perdana or known as KL Botanical Garden and Taman TTDI or Taman Bukit Kiara and the other one is Rimba Bukit Kiara. 

This very first time I would like to write about the Taman Bukit Kiara and Rimba Bukit Kiara. Actually this place is really close to my son's school. It is in a walking distance like 300 meter and we never even realise there is one until my friend told me. Placed in TTDI area, nearby the TTDI Mosque, for the exact place here is the link. 

There is also a funny story behind finding this place. So, Taman Bukit Kiara and Rimba Bukit Kiara actually is in one location, only got different entrance. We park our car, and come inside this area. 

At first we thought we found the Taman Bukit Kiara (never know that Rimba Bukit Kiara is even exist, until we experienced this). We become suspicious whether the place is correct or not, since it is totally different with what my friend told me. This Bukit Kiara place should have a lake, a little river, and some animals in there. But when we arrived, the place is just like a "Rimba" or Jungle..

Instead of those things mentioned above, we find a hilly path with the abyss on our right side, and on the left side, there is a tracking way for the bikers. Hahaha.. In the middle of the way, we found someone an asked him which way to go to the park, because after lots of intersection we still could not find it. Very exhausted..I feel like wanna sit in the car, go back home and sleep, but don't want to walk anymore :'(  But, then we heard a "crichy" sound..water flow sound.. and we found this :

waterflow - Rimba Bukit Kiara

I am so amazed when we find this waterflow, I asked my son to come nearby and fell the water. He's also excited about it. Long story short, we got back to our car. Then...when we are on our way back home, we found another entrance. Lots of cars, and also people..Hahaha..we found the correct one..the Taman Bukit Kiara, not the Rimba one..

Taman Bukit Kiara

Since at that time we're way too tired for another walk, we stop to see the place and back home. But then my son found this place, and refused to go home :

cold and natural river

This below picture was taken from our next visit, and still happy to go there :) Oh ya, what make this place nice is the river of course, we can play water and sand, and the monkeys..Hehe..For a note, please don't show that you have food to the monkey, they will bring all their relatives to meet you :p 

bridge - with a do not cross sign