MALAYSIAN KIDS DISCUSS MONEY, WORK AND FAMILY LIFE IN FIRST KIDZANIA BI-ANNUAL KIDZ SURVEY

Results Show Kids are Financially-aware, Career-conscious and Family-oriented
* Almost 8 out of 10 kids save money for the future or to buy something special
* They love learning how to do different jobs; 82% reported that they could see a future career for themselves in their favourite role-play experience
* Over a third said they value family time over material goods

The KidZania Bi-Annual KidZ Survey, commissioned by KidZania Cities in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in partnership with Agility Research, saw over 500 kids interviewed across both Cities in 2017. Participants ranged from 7-15 years old, who talked about financial literacy, career aspirations, and preferences.


“KidZania Kuala Lumpur revolves around children - we want to know what they are thinking, what they find relevant and interesting. Through this survey and other initiatives such as the KidZania CongreZZ, we give them a voice and a role in making the experience better for all children,” said Shahrul Nizar Ahmad, Mayor of KidZania Kuala Lumpur.


The results revealed that modern kids are well-versed in basic money management, aspirational in their career choices and appreciative of their families. Key findings include:

Malaysian Kids Know How to Save… and Spend
Most children receive a regular allowance and more than three quarters save money for the future or to buy something special, with almost a third saving up to buy a new mobile phone, tablet or laptop.

Over a third of the survey respondents said their experience at KidZania taught them about savings and expenditure, and 70% choose to deposit their earnings at the KidZania central bank, instilling an appreciation for the value of money and teaching money management skills.



Family Bonding and Relationships

While kids value family time over material goods, almost 50% reported having less than 2 hours of family time each day. With strong family relationships being a critical factor for growing children, KidZania Kuala Lumpur aims to include more parent-child activities and role-playing establishments to encourage more quality family time.


Hopes & Dreams for the Future
Kids cited personal interest and their parents as role models being the two main factors that influence their future career choice. The majority indicated they desired to be a teacher or doctor, careers which are familiar through regular exposure; however, they also expressed that their favourite experience at KidZania involves learning how to do different jobs, broadening their horizons for the future. Over 80% reported that they could see a career for themselves in their favourite role-play experience which, in KidZania Kuala Lumpur, are fire fighter and pilot.


Almost half the respondents also expressed their top learning experience included skills such as teamwork (46%) and independence (47%), reaffirming KidZania’s ‘Learn Life Today’ philosophy and the importance of role-playing as a means to develop strengths and discover new interests.


For more information about activities and events at KidZania Kuala Lumpur, visit www.kidzania.com.my or www.facebook.com/KidZaniaKualaLumpur, or
call the KidZania Careline 1300 88 KIDZ (5439) from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm, Monday to Sunday.

Kids Tour Guide of Johan Speaking Academy

It's beautiful Sunday, early morning I woke up to prepare myself as I am ready for the Kids Tour Guide at Farm In The City. On Saturday I supposed to go tuition but my mom told tuition teacher that I will be attending the Kids Tour Guide program at Johan Speaking Academy located at TTDI. So I have done the test at tuition center on Friday. It's the day where we get to know the task for next day. It's a fun workshop as I get to know new friends and met old friends too.

 Yes, I am ready with my friends as Kids Tour Guide. You can see we are in blue shirt of Johan Speaking Academy except me because I am BIG. There's pink color shirts for the girls, while blue  color shirts for the boys.

 On Sunday, its the day that we need to be Kids Tour Guide. So the tour guide of Farm In The City give us a tour at the farm. We need to take note of type of turtle that we need to talk about and recognize the species of animals. The tortoise and turtle farm, the place where we get to see giant tortoise.

 The last time we went to Farm In The City was in year 2014. I am happy and glad to be back and there are so many animals to see there. As a Kid Tour Guide, my team has another 3 members. We have to speak of two or one animal each person. I talked about Ostrich and Goat to tourist. As for my friends, they talked about the types of turtles.

yeah , as you know I joined the Kids Tasty Speech and now is the Kids Tour Guide. What's next? Stay tune on my blog to find out. When you think of besides tuition and daily going to school. What else can kids do? Why not check out Johan Speaking Academy, there have many kids program to choose from.

my friends are Kids Tour Guide having their speech on favourite animal.

Farm In The City, is a good place to see many types of animal. There's pet village, exhibition hall, bird aviary and many more. Raccoon feeding is one of my favourite as I get to share the feeding with my little brother. There's machine of food for animal and we need to insert money in the machine to get the token. RM2 is equal two token for a pack of animal food.

Happy to be Kid Tour Guide of the day, thank you Johan Speaking Academy and my parents for the support.

Group photo with Kids Tour Guide and Johan Speaking Academy

Indoor Playland@The Starling Mall

 June School Holidays is about to end, tomorrow is another Public Holiday. I still have tuition Math in the morning from 9am to 10.30am. Then we plan to go for a haircut yeah with my little brother and my dad together.

Yesterday I spend family time with my mom and little brother in the Starling Mall playland. It is located at the uptown Damansara.

 Check out the video where we have a good time to slide on the mini slide. My mom first time to be on the slide in the indoor playland. She never play any slide in the indoor playland in Selangor.

 It's purple sand art fun time for us, making so many shapes and also getting the creating shapes that we can make together.

Before we enter the playland, we saw the cute animal ride infront of the entrance. My little bro and me sat on one each of us. I sat on the Chicken and I didn't see there's black metal behind the paddle. My leg got injured badly and I scream of pain asking my mom to give me plasters. I then asked for another plaster because I want to double plastered the area.

 Despite the pain, I played slowly in the playland and enjoy myself. Below is the photo of the injury taken when we reached home as I want to change plaster.

I was saying ouch so loud next to the counter, and nobody come to assist me. :(

Just be aware when you are going on the ride on the animal. The black metal didn't have a cover on it at all. 

Spongebob themed Christmas @Sunway Lagoon

view from the mall

 This school holidays fun time for the family and friends. My friend told me that he went to Sunway Lagoon before the school holidays. I am happy that mom and me have a day time together to Sunway Lagoon.

surf beach at Sunway Lagoon

 I like the SpongeBob theme Christmas at Sunway lagoon, so fun and so enjoy ourselves. This is so fun as it's my first time to go the SpongeBob Christmas Lagoon.

All wet and ready to go next place for play water.

 You can find the post of Sunway Lagoon Underwater Christmas Lagoon Up to Shore. It so fun, you will be looking forward for :

• Meet & Greet Session with : SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Santa Claus
• Art & Crafts Activities at Santa's workshop
• Bubble Jellyfish Field
• A magnificiant 16 feet Christmas Coral Tree
• Lagoon Express train ride
• Exciting dance performances & a parade

 I am going to tell my friends that I have lots of fun here. You can too come here with family and friends, with Internet access you can shop online for the tickets.

 Yeah, good time with mom and me. Wish my little brother here with me as he will likes to play together with me.

Why not check out their Facebook to know how to celebrate this holiday and win yourself a 3 Days/ 2 Nights family getaway worth RM3700.

 Do check out their Facebook of Sunway Lagoon Malaysia for updates https://www.facebook.com/SunwayLagoonMalaysia

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Saturday school field trip to Melaka

It is exciting as I have been waiting for this, I told my mom that I wanted to go as I have interest to go with classmates. Total 8 boys my class and 5 girls that are going together, earlier we were told just 2 buses but in the end it is total up to 4 buses. There are 3 teachers on each bus, and a tour guide to guide us.

I am glad my parents allow me to go, mom paid RM100 for the field trip and filled the form. The journey start at 7am but we need to be early to reach, 6.20 is the best time to reach school, I reached at 6.30 because I need shower before I go. I was given RM60 to spend at this field trip, I bought some snacks and shopping for my mom and little brother too. We sat at the last rolled of the bus, it is nice as I didn't feel like want to vomit. I shopping within the budget, the cap I bought is RM29.90 and the Lego toy for my little brother cost almost RM6. A fan for my mom is RM9.90 if not mistake.

We are in a hurry as I cannot take proper photos of the places we went. There's a schedule for us for the day, I mean this filled trip is full fun packed!

Just some photos I shared here, if you like to view more, do click on the link to view. I sat on 2nd bus with my friend and we are the first bus to arrived the school 7.10am. My mom told me that her friend left the school with her son at 7.40pm her son was on the 3rd bus.

Children Grow and Learn with ChiChi & ChaCha Star Search

Only 50 shortlisted participants competed in the Challenge Round on Saturday where only the Top 10 moved on to the Grand Finals where they were judged based on 3P’s; Performance, Potential and Personality.

50 participants from as young as 6 to 18 years old competed for the chance to be the next ChiChi & ChaCha star at Main Place, USJ 21 on 15 and 16 November 2014. Aimed at providing children the opportunity to grow and learn social and leadership skills whilst showcasing their talents, the event was organised by proPassion Communications, a student PR consultancy of Taylor’s University.


proPassion Communications is led by Thaera Yousef, advisor and lecturer of Taylor’s University, coached by industry mentors, Group MAD and supported by Big Fish Media who owns the intellectual property of ChiChi & ChaCha, the first children’s edutainment series combining live action and 3D animated characters that recently premiered on Astro Ceria (Channel 611) and Astro Maya HD (Channel 135) on 11 October 2014.

Executive Producer of Big Fish Media, Jojo Struys shared, “Featuring a dynamic group of high energy TV hosts, ChiChi & ChaCha utilises various mediums such as song, dance, music, as well as 3D animation to create a positive environment that educates as well as entertains. The “Be The Next ChiChi & ChaCha Star” talent search complements our efforts and vision to ensure a fun-filled environment for children all around Malaysia to grow and learn.”


“To raise awareness of ChiChi & ChaCha, we were very happy to be able to collaborate and support proPassion by presenting them an opportunity to work on a real-time campaign,” added Struys.

Thaera Yousef said that the teaching approach for this project is experiential learning, where students learn through action, discovery and exploration.

“Being able to learn outside the classroom and have a hands-on experience is a powerful tool to develop students’ skills and gain knowledge of the industry,” added Thaera.


Prior to the event, hundreds of entrants submitted their 15-second-long video showcasing their dancing, beatboxing, singing and body-bending abilities among others via proPassions’s Instagram and through onsite prequalifying video shoots in multiple talent studios.


Only 50 shortlisted participants competed in the Challenge Round on Saturday to secure one of only ten spots in the Grand Finals where they were judged based on 3P’s; Performance, Potential and Personality.


At the end of the two-day event, beatboxer Leong Sawyer, 6, and singer-dancer Crystalbelle Wong Shiang Yi, 11, emerged as champions, earning them each a spot in the 2015 ChiChi & ChaCha roadshow where they will stand a chance to train, choreograph and perform with the show’s award-winning hosts, Sweet, Afiq, Farisha, Leen and Harris. The two winners also walked away with RM 1,000 in cash each.


Wong said, “I tried my best in the competition and I’m happy that many of my family and friends came out to support me today.”

The judging panel for the Grand Finals was made up of prominent locals like Genervie Kam, previously a judge on Astro Ria’s Akademi Fantasia, ChiChi & ChaCha TV host Harris, producer of the ChiChi & ChaCha show Ryan Gerard Felix, professional musician Stan Calvin and Cleona Lee, the general manager and stage director of Mizz Nina Production. Audiences also took part in the event by voting for their favourite contestant to receive “The Popularity Award”, which went to Leong for his entertaining beatboxing skills.


Sharing on his win, Leong, who has only been beatboxing for nine months said, “I’m happy that I won and I’m excited to go on tour.”


Struys added, “All the kids did such an amazing job and I’m just so shocked to see how young and how brave they are. They were so incredible.”

During the talent search, audiences were entertained by ChiChi & ChaCha mascots and learnt the ChiChi & ChaCha dance steps directly from the TV show’s hosts, Sweet and Harris, who have won top prizes in nationwide talent competitions like Idola Kecil and Ceria Popstar. Children also won exclusive ChiChi & ChaCha merchandises through a colouring contest that took place.

Even the kids having fun.. 

For the fifth year running, Group MAD collaborated with proPassion Communications as an industry mentor in providing students with practical advice on numerous events.

“At Group MAD, we strive to help clients improve performance by building great brands and inspiring leaders. Through the mentoring with proPassion, it is also a way of us playing a part in shaping these young leaders into the professionals that they will become in the future; by helping them to learn the ropes of the industry through hands-on experience,” said Crystal Koh, Group MAD Branding and Communications Senior Manager.

“We hope that it was a learning experience for them as much as it was for us as we are constantly inspired by their passion and willingness to learn,” added Koh.

The non-ticketed event was supported by BROS, Big Hug Burger, Faber-Castell Malaysia, Foodpanda, Kiz Sport & Gym, MacGician Distribution, Molly Fantasy, Planet Popcorn and Yites Studio.