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La Fleur X Uniqorn Cafe - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hi guys...

How y'all doin'?

I'm trying to be productive and keep myself from overthinking and over worrying (with my city being in a semi lock down condition, business people like us basically are having zero income while still having to pay tonnes of bill. We also didn't expect this to happen because normally March is the start of high season in business locally so we were preparing for it, meaning be spent a LOT in preparation and now we have to pay the bills in a very different condition than expected. Ofc i have emergency funds, and the fact that we never had to use it in the past meaning i have enough to keep up afloat until things get better, but never having to use it before also means i find it even harder that we have to dig deep and watch our fund disappearing..) so i've been busying myself all day long.

I still cannot concentrate enough to do work-related posts, not even like light hearted reviews of tutorial (i am being active in this aspect on my Instagram though because i've made a commitment to myself to upload at least once a day there) so i am sticking to easy, escapee type of posts : travels.

This time i am walking backwards even further in time because i actually am about to share with you about this uber kawaii cafe in Kuala Lumpur that i went to in late 2018 hehe.

La Fleur X Uniqorn Cafe

I really had a great time there, but before i blogged about it the owners of the cafe went into a full blown online war with a Malaysia acquaintance of mine, it was really bad - and i was quite shocked because when we were there i think we were also attended by the owners but their service was very good and they were very very friendly, that's why the online war was double as shocking for me. As it got pretty big and usually *LOL* thematic cafes like this don't usually last that long anyway, i was not even sure if they are still open :)). But i checked and apparently they are still in business (again, probably temporarily closed due to Covid 19, but they are not out of business so i think you can still visit it in the future) and these pics i have of this place is just too cute to waste!

La Fleur X Uniqorn Cafe01, E1, 02, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Sunway Geo Avenue,
47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
+60 11-1179 6750

Yes, there is a teepee where you can take pics at the outdoor area, but the outdoor area is actually inside the building as the cafe is located inside a huge shopping mall called Geo Avenue. The mall is actually mainly consisted of cafes and eateries (also a supermarket) and it is located pretty far from central KL (it is located at Sunway, which is not even KL anymore i think - do correct me if i'm wrong, i'm really bad at Geography although i graduated cum laude in Tourism *LOL*) so if you are staying in central KL and want to visit this cafe, i would actually suggest you to bring a few clothes so you can change - you should visit a few of these cafes in the mall at one go. That's what i would do if i knew where exactly the cafe is located and how the situation of the place is beforehand

Another plus side of this cafe is that they actually provide unicorn onesies and slippers for FREE. Most thematic cafes would charge you rent and yes, the onesies are in dire need of being washed - but so is the condition of the ones you have to pay for (unless it's in Japan or South Korea i guess *LOL*), trust me i went to enough thematic cafes to witness it. So personally i think it's a huge plus that they provide the costumes for free!

The cafe itself is pretty big, it's totally spacious and cozy.

Ofc, the interior's all pink. Very soft pink though, so the atmosphere is still the luxe type of kawaii (compared to the unicorn cafe in Bangkok, it's like night and day *LOL*)

You order at the cashier, there is no minimum charge. You can order whatever you want and stay as long as you want, take as many pictures as you want - at least that's our experience there. The menu's very very affordable too

There are plenty of tables all the way to the back and sides, unfortunately the area in the back was packed so we couldn't take picture there but there are quite a lot of Instagrammable spots in this care. There are also a lot of unicorn plushies you can take pictures with and move around, but like the costumes, they are in dire need to be deep cleaned *LOL*.

I think we went during day time on a week day so even though there are some groups and couple there, it was far from crowded and we can take pictures quite easily

Some spots at the back, really looks like a baby girl's nursery yes haha

The decor of the cafe is actually quite minimalistic although still very cute. They go for clean, super soft, super pastel colors and i really approve of it haha

Another cool spot (although by now i think there are way too many cafes who installed the same thing haha) for you to take pictures at is this ball pit area at the front of the cafe.

The plastic balls are baby pink, white and clear - that makes it stand apart than most cafes' ball pits that usually have super bright, neon colored balls!

I was genuinely that happy to be there ^^

Also, in other cafes in Malaysia the staffs usually stare and ogle when we take pictures, it made us very self-conscious and stressed *LOL*, in fact we went to another cafe just before this one and they did exactly that. Some of the staffs also managed to find out IG, which is scary *LOL*. But not here, most people who come here comes for one purpose : take pictures, i guess the owners and staffs are used to any antics of people taking pics, and every other guests were taking pictures too so i felt pretty comfortable and welcomed camwhoring and posing

The details in this cafe is totally lovely

There is even a shrine for all things pastel and kawaii *LOL*.

My kind of shrine

These type of unicorn dolls are my favorite doll type, a year later hunny bought me a smaller one also in Malaysia (at Bukit Bendera's souvenir shop *LOL*, it was not expensive. I sleep with it every night now, it helps me feel loved and protected. I totally want another one soon)

My bangs were cut too short before this trip, and in real time my bangs are as long as my chin and i really itch to cut it (even though i might never go back to front bangs as i am very comfortable with side bangs now)

Seriously, i totally approve of whoever decorate the place

As i mentioned earlier, our sole purpose of visiting this cafe is to take photos, but we also wanted to order something cute (again, for the 'Gram). We just had a meal plus a dessert in another cafe so we're actually very full so we only ordered hot drinks (i went for coffee ofc. I think i remember it being decent) and one cake to split. There were some uber kawaii cakes available but we decided to go for the kawaii-est of them all :

A unicorn shaped one!

Honestly, my least fave type of cakes are the fruit flavored/filling ones and this one is exactly that *LOL*. It's sweet and sour, totally not my slice of cake - and neither Angel's i guess. We only managed a few bites between us and left about half untouched, and it's such a small cake too! I'm not saying it tastes bad, i just really don't like fruit filled cakes >.<, you know i hardly ever eat a full slice of cakes that i like in one go! They have other menus too, we were just not interested because we were full so i really cannot be a judge for the taste of their food. Their hot drinks are pretty good too, for the price and the fact that they let you stay as long as you want and take as many pics as you can, it's more than totally worth it for me.

Would i return? I actually would, i wouldn't eat beforehand (please note that most of these Instagrammable cafes in KL seems to open pretty late in the afternoon, so you might want to have a light breakfast first) and i would spend half a day in the area to visit a few cafes in the area.

Ofc we had to wear the onesies

No one to take our pics so selfie it is

Never mind us, just a pair of grown women losing our minds.

I would still be this kawaii when i'm a grandma. Mark my words.

It was such an afternoon well spent and for me, it was worth all the hassle going there (the pretty expensive Grab because we basically went out of town, then we got lost because i thought the cafe was located in Sunway Pyramid, IT'S NOT WTH. So we had to take another Grab to go to the right place so if you plan to visit please note that you need to go to Sunway GEO Avenue okay!!!), it's a little thing but it makes me happy - and that's what's important in life, right?

People wanna gossip behind my back about me, my style, my weight, my aesthetic, my life? I no longer give them the power to bother me. I severed a friendship once not so long ago when i found out that she did exactly that, and whoever wants to follow her foot steps would just be trashed from my life like her, in short - i don't give a damn. Especially now that i know how easy life crumbles and how important most things that we thought were really are. Imma just live my life even freer now because all i care about is being happy and contend.

I will blog about the other Unicorn Cafe in Bangkok sometime in the future too, if you enjoyed this one then i'm sure you would enjoy that one too!

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Penang 2019 : TeddyVille Museum

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Hey guys!

*Blowing cobwebs off my blog*,

Hehe. Yeah, i almost let a whole month pass by without posting anything and frankly, i almost let it happen but then a part of me was like NO. NO #Pink, you can't do this. You can't just give up. You need to post something, you need to be productive! DO SOMETHING! So i did. Scrambling on the easiest thing to write, a travel post (but i hate the photo transferring part the most for this type of posts because i always use SO.. MANY pics. And this particular trip i relied on my friend Bella's camera so i have to send the pics from my phone to the computer, one by one... Painfully).

I know most of my readers are currently in the same position as me, hurdled up at home. Self quarantining. Did any of you ever imagine we'd experience this in our life time? I sure don't. I thought world pandemics are a thing of a long long past, generations before us. In this modern time, what disease could cripple a whole nation, let alone a WHOLE FRIGGIN WORLD? Well. Covid 19 that is. We are a part of history though, and while we're still in the middle of it... It feels so strange, so unreal. But it is real. It is our reality, our new normal.Where touching is scary and being apart can save someone's life. We will get through this though. We will be OKAY. We can do this together.

Honestly, i didn't update my blog mostly because i was busy in real life and also maintaining my IG because most jobs are for my IG now, but i definitely didn't plan to not post at all on my blog. I thought i would have a few like usual, and then this happened. Apocalypse *LOL*. I went through stages that lots of you must have too, the denial, the anger, the desperation. I cried, i prayed, i had sleepless night thinking what will happen to us. To my family, my business (because obviously this pandemic hits hard on the economy as well. As a family of business people and most of our businesses are service and hospitality, it hit us super hard), and especially how it will impact my son's future. I couldn't do anything but mope, other than that i played on my Ipad endlessly, watched silly Youtube videos (because i couldn't even concentrate enough to actually watch something with a plot) to distract myself. A week felt like a year, especially the first few days of quarantine.

But i am much better now, i have been in the past few days. I busied myself with my hobby, picked up my makeup brushes and put on makeup, even host a challenge (it's called #MindysRainbowChallenge on IG, if you're interested to check it out or even join). I take product pictures, i talk to my family, my friends (via WA and Line chat ofc). Time is still tough, my city has never been so quiet and empty before, not for this long but we know we're doing this for ourselves and the world. I've come to terms that we're gonna have to use our emergency funds and it's okay, business is still very slow but the second week has already shows some improvement compared to last week. It will get better again, the most important thing is we are safe and healthy because as they said, money can be earned again but we only have one life. Our family only have one life and we have to protect it.

I feel like myself again now, and if you're going through what i went through, i hope you are okay too now. I truly do.

Anyway, back to the post. This trip to Penang was exactly 1 year ago *LOL*, definitely never crossed my mind that a year later i would be locked at home, protecting myself from a virus. I am also supposed to travel again this month, thankfully i didn't make any payment yet or i would be busy trying to get a refund etc like so many others *sigh*, it still hurts to think that i should've been somewhere else, having fun, soaking in new experience and taking photos. Oh well, the places would still be there once the pandemic's over and i promise i would work extra hard, earn more money and travel to my heart's content once we're free again.

One of the main places that i wanted to visit in this trip is definitely TeddyVille Museum. Honestly i didn't even know that there is a TeddyVille Museum in Penang until i saw it in my Malaysian friends (I think it was Sydney's and Eros', the guys from Althea Korea of you think their names ring a bell!) IG Stories. Ofct he place is definitely closed at the moment, considering Malaysia is on a nation-wide lockdown, but we all need some dream for the future and maybe some of you might want to add this place to your list to go to in the future.

I actually went to TeddyBear Museum before in Jeju Island called Teddy Bear Safari and i loved it so when i realize there's another one closer to where i live, i decided that i want to visit it.

TeddyVille Museum
56, Jalan Low Yat, Puncak Ria, 11100 Batu Ferringhi,
Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

One thing that i didn't know before visiting this place that it's actually pretty far from the city centre. While most of tourists attractions in Penang are located nearby each other, this one is not. It's located inside a luxe resort called Double Tree Resort (i was really confused when our Uber driver drop us off at the resort *LOL*) so be ready to pay a little bit more for transportation.

We pre-bought the entrance tickets via Traveloka (just for convenience we booked most of our entrance tickets online) but you don't have to, you can just buy at the site because the museum was actually very empty *LOL*. According to their website, the ticket price is RM 36, i dunno if that's for locals but we paid IDR 115.000/person via Traveloka. I won't bother trying to convert and do the math because honestly, right now all currencies are going crazy so let's do that when things are returned to normal.

The museum is a LOT smaller than the one in Jeju Island so if you've been to that one already and expecting something similar.. don't *LOL* coz you're gonnabe disappointed. It's ofc one of those modern selfie, interactive museums where you can take photos at so it's strictly for camwhores (OMG i haven't heard or write this word in so long) and who are into cute stuffs coz everything is Teddy bears ofc so if you strongly dislike or don't care about Teddy Bears... Why would you even want to come here for...

Plenty of these life sized Teddy Bears for you to take pictures with, they represent so many different characters it's hilarious to observe. Oh yeah, the theme of this museum is obviously all about Penang/Malaysia

I honestly cannot remember (but surely there should be) if there's any written information on the background of each diorama and exhibition

We went there on a weekday but actually it was a school holiday week or something (that's why some of the cafes and touristy places we went to were crazy full, especially Bukit Bendera - it was pretty stressful trying to get in the tram to get up) but the place was pretty much deserted. We didn't run into a single person while we were there so it was like we had the whole place to ourselves. That's awesome because we didn't have to queue and wait to take pics in each spot, but at the beginning there was an attendant who followed us around and it was a bit uncomfortable *LOL*. Anyway, video taping was not allowed although picture taking is, it's a bit weird for me but well.. That's the rules!

So i actually wore pink purposefully but in retrospect i really should've worn something more kawaii, at least switch the skirt to a floaty, tutu styled one *sigh*

Color wise, the cream colored faux leather skirt works but style wise, it looks too formal. I'm good at preparing clothes for trips, but sometimes i'm fixated on trying to pack lightly that i missed one or two opportunities. Yep, i am actually a pretty sore loser IRL, but i'm not a competitive person so i probably won't even join any competition in the first place unless i am forced to

Mamak Teddy *LOL*, told ya it's very culturally appropriate

The only dragon boating that i would participate in...

I meannnn... Who would be lounging on the beach wearing a blazer and a pleather skirt...

There are also lots of tiny dioramas depicting Penangites and their culture, super cute okay.

Because Penang is a foodie's paradise too. FYI, hunny is a foodie and he refused to come with us to the museum. Instead he went on his own adventure to sample various famous Penang foods, he queued for hours for that famous kway teow that i personally find so so (heh don't kill me, i prefer Singapore kway teow. I am half Singaporean you know, my taste bud is just that way)

Hahahahah reminds me of me and my Influencer friends so much

Ohhh this must be Kek Lok Si

Okay this one i don't know represents which Hindu temple, if anyone knows please let me know if the comment section below

Okay back to me camwhoring endlessly :

Okay there. Obviously there is written information of each exhibition, i was just not paying attention *LOL*

Doesn't get any more Peranakan than this

Is it just me but i'm always super scared whenever i have to climb up something like this. Maybe because i am heavy AF i'm always worried the thing would topple over or i might break something.

Yeh, nu. I am one of those South East Asian that doesn't eat durian. I actually don't mind the taste (i used to like them when i was little) but i really don't like the smell and the after taste!

Chendul. That's hilarious, i always find Malay words so funny - just as i imagine they think the same of Indonesian. We call it cendol!

Why is the abang looked so angry?

Ohhh i been to Malaysia so many times the past few years, i refuse to believe i won't be visiting this year. I actually have a ticket for latter in the year, and i affirm that Corona Virus will be nothing but a bad memory by then!

The closest thing i would take pic of coz the real deal would scare the sh*t out of me

Me every Xin Jia

Whoopsie...

I cannot think of anything else but "Pak Cik and Mak Cik" for this pic WTF

Oh, in real time i really need a hair cut. I kept on postponing it just before the whole outbreak and now i decided i won't cut it until the whole thing is over, it's like a little vow i have with myself

The last room looks like a nursery, maybe it is a playing area for kids, i can't remember.. It's been a year, i barely remember what i did last week!

Mmuach

One of my fave pics taken here hehe. Btw i am amazed at how different i did my eyebrow just a year ago...

Please tell me i am not the only one who has weird urges to yank and steal one whenever i see set ups like this...

Ofc, there's an overpriced souvenir shop at the end of the museum.

Rare pic of Bella and i since we're each other's photographers most of our time there haha

If you're an old reader, you'd know that i bought something at the souvenir shop anyway *LOL*. Over priced or not, i gotta get my memento. I bought a cute teddy bear earrings. Dunno where they are now, but i feel content just knowing i have them WTH (EDIT : found them while i was rummaging through my stuffs, i will wear them the first time we get to dress up and go out again!)

OOps, you caught a bunny instead!

And that's it! I would recommend this place for females who are into taking pictures and love teddy bears, also if you have a daughter it could be fun too. I personally think it's not a waste of time (or money, the entrance ticket is not cheap but it's not awfully expensive either) but it does cater to specific type of visitors only. I would also prefer to come early (or latter) so we can spend sometime at the beach below as well, since we already come all the way to Batu Ferringhi, there are also a few other destination to visit in this area so if i ever come in this area again, i would be ready to spend a whole day there and wear more appropriate get up (floaty, beachy style is more matching i think).

Double Tree resort is gorgeous so might as well snap some OOTDs here teehee.

I hope this post entertain you who are also in quarantine like me, i dunno how much longer we have to stay home, i really hope it won't be too long. I know things will not go back to normal probably for a few months, but i do hope that things get better and we can cautiously go out again, have a normal life again (with plenty of restriction, but at least we can continue our lives) much sooner, If you enjoy this post, please let me know so i would be a little more motivated to actually blog about my travels, i have plenty still that i can cover (Thailand, especially)...