From Young Thinkers to where?...

My 2 years 8 months daughter has been attending play school at Young Thinkers in Mutiara Damansara for a few months now. We have decided to send her to a playschool as her "bibik" has gone back to Indonesia for good since the last Hari Raya Aidilfitri and that this school is located nearby my in-laws place, which makes it convenient for them to help fetch Ayleia from school daily and stay with them until both of us come back from work. Ayleia seems to enjoy her time there and looks eager to go to school daily. Despite having problem to take a bath very early in the morning, she seems to be more up beat if I mention to her that I'm sending her to school so she needs to get ready.

She has been adjusting well at the school and we were quite impressed with her vocabulary now as compared to before enrolling her into the school. I'm quite glad with her development and that she is able to socialise a bit more than before (eventhough more improvement needed in this area hehe).

Nonetheless, most good things doesn't last and now my in-laws are moving to somewhere nearby Ara Damansara which conveniently coincide with my office relocating to Oasis, Ara Damansara, I know this sentence may seem to be a bit oxymoron as "good things doesn't last" and "convenient" is written together (will explain further in the following sentences). In terms of logistic planning, it is superb as now it is more convenient for us to fetch her as compared to travel all over the Klang Valley daily. To clarify further on my statement above, "good things that didn't last" mentioned above is the school, as now we need to scout for another school that can meet our expectation and a place that Ayleia would enjoy her time while her parents are away at work and not forgetting the convenient that we will be enjoying in terms of logistics.

I have scouted a few schools and have narrowed it down to the options as follow:

1) IOP Canopy Preschool, Ara Damansara (nearby office);
2) Real Kids, Bukit Jelutong (nearby house);
3) Brainy Bunch, TTDI Jaya (nearby house).

However, I have yet to decide on any as we are still open for better options (in terms of the quality of the syllabus and logistics from our house/work place and also I would try to avoid any school that has any bad comments (yup, I googled vigorously whenever I have the time, and also asked around... better be safe than sorry).

At the moment, I am inclined towards IOP and have called to set an assessment session (3 days session). Will update more should I have made a decision.

xoxo

Hello Kitty Town JB

Being a girly girl and having a little girl of my own, we truly enjoy this place!!

However "the daddy" finds this place a bit too girlish, pinkish, sweet and he needs a dose of action packed movie to bring back the manliness in him after our visit! Lol...

Being Malaysian we were given some privileges by having a lower rate charged as the entrance fee of RM55 per adult. This charge is applicable for entry to the Hello Kitty Town only, if you would like to have access to the Little Big Club (Barney, Thomas the train & Angelina Ballerina), Malaysian rate is RM85 for each adult. We decided only to go to the Hello Kitty Town as our little girl doesn't seem to have any affiliation to any of the characters figure there. It turns out quite well as our time there is quite limited because of some family matters that we need to attend to right after.

Also, I recommend for visitors to do their lunch at Lat's Place which is a few shops a way from the attraction, not only because they offered free drinks per entrance ticket but also because we enjoyed the ambience there. The set up is truly like you have jumped into one of the pages of Lat's cartoon magazine! And oh, there were some interaction between the cartoon character and the patrons. You have to experience it to believe it.

All in all, I find that this is a place where little girls and the little girl at heart to fulfil their Hello Kitty cutesy pie fantasies but may not be very entertaining of fulfilling in any way for boys, unless they are an avid Hello Kitty fans.

These are some of the photos taken at the place and during the performance. The show is performed on timely basis, therefore make sure that you don't missed it!

Xoxo