Bud of Joy, deliciously Organic

[ Review ]

Boon Kang and Boon Yee proudly showing off their handmade organic cupcakes.

Sometime last year, we were invited to Bud of Joy for a fun cupcake making session. Through a powerpoint, kids also learn why non-Organic farming (read pesticide) is harmful for humans.

Families and friends who enjoy organic food might be familiar with the name.

To understand the product, we need to appreciate the passion and investment which goes behind the brand. A tour of the kitchen will definitely help our kids to better understand the efforts behind each piece of cake or pastry.

To quote from Bud of Joy‘s belief :

Food must nourish the body.

Our baked goods are:
Handmade from Scratch
Made from Clean, Filtered Water
Made from Certified Organic Ingredients
Sweetened only with Organic Honey, Organic Blackstrap Molasses or Organic Raw Sugar
Designed for good taste and good health

Remember to read our ingredient labels.
What you see is what you get, nothing more, nothing less.
Isn’t it good to know what you are really eating?

Everyone (Hello Christy and Family) put on their apron and chef’s hat. They were paying close attention to the cupcake process and safety regulations.

Everything from Bud of Joy is made from natural products, our chef show us how to extract red and blue dye from natural ingredients, example beetroot and pea flower.

The colours were then added to the organic butter cream.

Kids are then encourage to draw their own cupcake design. They have to learn how to “squeeze” first πŸ™‚


Once they are confident, they can design their own Happy face (and curly hair too).
Kids help to bake and keep their own handmade cupcakes πŸ™‚

Besides our cupcake class, we got to taste some Organic pastries too.

Hungry kids waiting for our chef to serve us some savory Orange Chiffon cake.
Before this, we have only tasted organic kai-lan or tomatos, never pastries.

The orangy sweet fragrance fills up the whole kitchen, kids were eager to go for a second helping πŸ™‚

How do they like their Organic cookies?

Although kid might not yet appreciate that Organic food is healthier, they do love their cheese cookies.

Jam, pasta, cereal and many other organic products are on display.

Do pop by Bud of Joy Website and Fanpage for more healthy products.

(image credit Bud of Joy)

Eat Healthy, think Organic, Bud of Joy.

Address : 71 Circuit Road, #01-31, Singapore 370071
Hours : Tue – Sat, 11am – 6pm
Contact : 6748 7687

ESET secures our devices, and a giveaway

[ Sponsored Review ]

Before our kids can walk, they are already swiping their fingers across tablets.
This generation of children are called Digital natives.

Everyone is so dependent on our mobile devices for work, connectivity, entertainment, even companionship. We get withdrawal symptoms when our network is down !

What happens when our devices are compromised?
Hacking, virus, malware or identity theft are constant threats.

Daddy would hate to have his Facebook hacked and suddenly LINK to porn websites !
Nobody wants to find out $5000 from their bank has been spent on a notebook in Pyongyang!

We are talking about protection for our Digital devices.
The minimum protection for normal users would be antivirus and firewall, but is that enough? Kids will always circumvent our security policies to access their online Games and Youtube.

(and we wonder what else are they hiding from parents?)

When our machines are compromised, we feel so vulnerable.
– When was the last backup?
– What happens if our hardisk is corrupted and we lose 5 years of memories?
– Do we have any secrets which should, stay Secrets?

If we are talking about home networking, when one node gets infected, every machine will be affected.

This is where ESET comes into the picture for us.

We were invited to review ESET Smart Security(desktop notebooks) and ESET Mobile Security(mobile devices).

a) ESET Mobile Security

With the prevalence of mobile devices, we can be sure that some loopholes will be exploited by malicious worms and codes soon. How many of us actually install Antivirus on our Android?

These are some of the benefits of our ESET Mobile Security :
– we are often prompted to download or update our apps, ESET can detect malicious apps
– On-demand scanning is robust and will not hog system resources

More Mobile security features highlighted in image below.

Click link on how ESET performs against other security suites. More features are in this video clip.

b) ESET Smart Security

We like these features in our ESET Smart Security (desktop and notebook) :
– ESET “Anti-Theft” can relocate our stolen notebook. It can even turn on the built-in camera to snapshot the “thief”.

– “Social Media scanner”, we never know how much digital footprints we are leaving in the Internet. ESET helps us determine whether Facebook or Twitter apps are having too much access to our profile.

– Everytime we finish a YouTube clip, we will get recommendation of “similar content”. Do we know where URL will redirect us? “ESET Parental Control” keeps our kids safe by blocking harmful websites.

More Smart Security features listed in image below, or click for video highlights.

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For more products and features, do pop by ESET Website and Fanpage.
You can shop online at ESET store.

With Maximum protection, ESET keeps our devices secure and let us enjoy peace of mind. Thank you ESET for making our Online time more Fun and Safer.

Giveaway contest
ESET is sponsoring 10 hampers for SengkangBabies’ fans. Each hamper contains “ESET Smart Security” (worth $39) and “ESET Mobile Security” (worth $20).

1. Contest is on our Fanpage
2. Fans must first LIKE ESET Singapore and SengkangBabies Fanpage
3. Leave your name and email on our Fanpage (or you can message email address to us)

4. Share our Contest page on your Facebook Wall, and tag @SengkangBabies

5. Ten winners will be randomly selected on 22 Jan 11pm.

* This contest is only for Fans with a Singapore based address.

(image credit : all ESET image and posters belong to ESET)

*ps These two bundles are NA for Iphone and Ipad users, as Apple OS is stronger πŸ™‚