Tealive brews up Life-Long Learning at KidZania Kuala Lumpur

Last month December 2019,there was a contest on instagram. It was Instagram Boomberang Video Contest, my son took part in it and I was with him in the Boomberang. You may clicked on the link to view. Sharing is caring, now you know there's also Tealive Cafe available in KidZania.

Bubble Tea, the international beverage sensation which has enticed the palates and captured the hearts of people all across the world, Malaysians included, has officially landed on the steps of KidZania Kuala Lumpur as the award-winning indoor family centre welcomed its newest industry partner, Tealive.

Tealive, a home-grown lifestyle tea brand formed in 2017 has since established itself as a household name, achieving rapid growth in less than two years. The brand currently operates over 450 outlets across the world. Besides Malaysia, Tealive is present in China, Vietnam, Brunei, Myanmar, Australia, the Philippines, the United Kingdom and now, in KidZania Kuala Lumpur!

“We’re delighted to have Tealive, one of Malaysia’s largest beverage chains and experts in their own right, partner with us to lend industry insight and work hand-in-hand to equip children with vital skill sets for the future such as self-confidence, attention to detail, independence and communication skills,” said Shahrul Nizar Ahmad.

“In this new world driven by advanced technology and gadgets, parents today face a new challenge of keeping their child away from their gadgets. What we offer at KidZania Kuala Lumpur is an avenue for kids to take a step back from all that screen time and experience real life in a fun and engaging way through one-of-a-kind role play activities that expose kids to real world professions and career possibilities,” he added.

The Tealive Cafe at KidZania Kuala Lumpur is officially opened! Shahrul Nizar Ahmad (2nd from left) and Bryan Loo (2nd from right) doing the honours.

Some of the activities visitors can look forward to at the Tealive café establishment include learning how to brew Tealive’s signature handcrafted teas – the Original Pearl Milk Tea and Mango Juice with Pearls, learning how to work the machinery and tools, manage a store, as well as handle customer service. The ingredients involved in making the milk tea and pearls are freshly-brewed tea and tapioca starch. All drinks that are prepared in the establishment are also capped at only half-sugar level.

Bryan Loo (left) briefing Shahrul Nizar Ahmad (right) on what will be in store for kids at the Tealive café.

To formalise the partnership, Bryan Loo, Chief Executive Officer of Loob Holding Sdn Bhd, the brand owner of Tealive, was presented with the ‘Key to the City’, a symbolic honour traditionally bestowed by a city upon esteemed individuals by KidZania Kuala Lumpur’s very own mayor, Shahrul Nizar Ahmad.

Aimed at promoting experiential learning and diverting children’s attention away from gadgets, the new Tealive café establishment will expose kids to the ins and outs of being a Junior Tearista through hands-on experiences that promote the development of useful life skills.

Shahrul Nizar Ahmad, Mayor of KidZania Kuala Lumpur (2nd from right) presenting the KidZania ‘Keys to the City’ to Bryan Loo, Chief Executive Officer of Loob Holding (2nd from left) to formalise the partnership between KidZania Kuala Lumpur and Tealive.

Children at KidZania will no longer be full of awe and wonder at how their pearl milk tea is made. At Tealive, children are given a chance of a hands-on experience is much better than watching videos to pick up a new skill.

KidZania Kuala Lumpur’s Congrezz kid getting first-hand experience on being a Junior Tearista at the Tealive café

My son has got a great time in Tealive Cafe, making his very own Tealive drink. Watched the video to see, it's his first time taking part he was lucky as get to swap the time sticker with my friend's son. My friend's son was in the dentist session during the 1.30pm so he cannot make it, so he swapped the sticker with my son. My son suppose to have his Tealive session at 4.30pm. We were there before 12noon, but that time we didn't get any sticker for 12.40pm. Each session of Tealive Junior Tearista has 6 children to take part.

My children have got their own KidZania Pazzport, my eldest son Sean has been carrying the pazzport since the year 2015. Sharing is caring, busy parents with hectic lifestyle now you can plan on where to go for indoor family centre.

Me with my children at KidZania Kuala Lumpur

KidZania Kuala Lumpur is an award-winning indoor family centre that promotes learning by offering interactive role-play experiences for kids. The first of its kind in providing edutainment fun, KidZania empowers and inspires kids to pursue their life’s dreams by providing them an avenue to explore what it’s like to live and work in a real functioning city.

KidZania’s kid-sized city experience is targeted at kids aged between 4 to 14 years which allows them to choose from over 100 job related role-plays spread across 60 various city establishments. As in the real world, children perform "jobs" and are either paid for their work or pay to shop or to be entertained. KidZania is built as a replica of a real functioning child-sized city, complete with buildings, paved streets, vehicles, a functioning economy, and recognizable destinations in the form of "establishments" sponsored and branded by leading multi-national and local brands.

About Tealive
Tealive is the leading lifestyle tea brand in Malaysia with over 450 outlets. Born in Malaysia in 2017 with a passion to spread modern lifestyle tea culture to the world, Tealive continues to grow through strategic expansion and innovation of products and services. Its wide menu offering of milk tea, smoothies, chocolate and coffee has been created to satiate palates around the world. Tealive currently serves over five million consumers per month in Malaysia with presence in China, Vietnam, Brunei, Myanmar, Australia, the Philippines and the United Kingdom.

Getting your "couch kid" to be active

 Good day to everyone, welcome to my parenting blog. Today sharing with you about getting your "couch kid" to be active. I am mom of two boys, and being parent I need to understand of my kids, I know that my boys fitness personality are non-athletes.

What are the barriers of kids being active? Low interest, school demands like tuition, lack of active role models, parents' fear of letting kids play outdoors, etc.

I can't agree more due to hot and humid weather in Malaysia now, I fear of letting my kids to play outdoors. But we cannot be forever keep kids at home, so we need to see the timing to get activities such as visit lets say the playground. If we are going in the evening 6pm, put on sunscreen and mosquitoes repellent. 

 

 What motivate my kids to be active? Being active myself of course, parents are the role models to our children.

One of the recent fun activity that my son likes at the KidZania is the bubbly artwork, we went not long ago for the KidZania Kuala Lumpur 7th Anniversary. He had a good time creating the bubbly work using a straw and cups of water color for the artwork.

 Benefits of being active, especially in sports - what skills are developed?
My kids stay active when they have the time to visit the outdoor for example fun time of flying the planes. It will be a nice good sweating time while playing. Whenever they fly the planes and chasing and running after it to collect it.

Everyone has got busy lifestyle, it's important to keep our lifestyle balance. We spend quality time together whenever we can. Both my sons now studying at different school as his elder brother is now 13 years old. Both of them different time of studying and also attending tuition. I try to keep them active and spend quality time together as much as possible. It's weekends that we can get together more often.

My youngest son likes the challenge of wall climbing, he knows some day he will make it to the top. 

 Sports is more than a healthy pastime, it improves coordination, builds confidence and helps develop social skills. Games can also teach kids about cooperation and teamwork; these are the important aspects of growing up.

Last year, KidZania has got the sports programme of Football Fever.
 Football-themed Highlights at KidZania SportZ 2018:
* Futsal: Practice dribbling skills in a 2V2 match, or try to score a goal while blindfolded!
* Foosball: This intense game puts hand-eye coordination to the test. Great for all ages!
* Subbuteo: Try the new table-top football phenomenon!
* Football Video Game: This virtual challenge brings the game to life in a different way!

my sons making bracelets

Part of the activities that we can find in KidZania is the bracelets making at Jewelry shop. This is good to keep them focus, active in mind and calculation skill as involve in thinking on how to put the beads together and making a bracelet. There are so many fun activities can be found at KidZania namely Researcher, Bottling Operator, Tourism Officer, Jeweller, Car Dealer, Actor, Nurse, Judge, Police, Fire fighter, Magician, Cashier, Modelling Class, and many more.

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.