Nature's gift with Taste Australia Summerfruits and Cherries

Today I was really blessed to be invited to witness an exclusive cooking show before my eyes where Dato Chef Fazley Yaakob shared an exclusive presentation on how to make summer fruit pie with cherries. Other than that, I guess the highlight in today's post would be my all-time favorite fruit to indulge in (especially during summer!), which are basically the sweet goodness of summer fruits and cherries from Australia.  Taste Australia's freshest range of Cherries, Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots and Plums are now available in Malaysian shores.

Just a little fun fact, Australian growers have invested millions of dollars each year into their industry to deliver world-class quality fruit. If you're wondering what they invest in, it would usually be continuous investment in biosecurity, pest and disease, and breeding research and supply chain to monitor initiatives to ensure that the production growth is at its highest quality possible. With the launch of Australian Cherries and Summer fruits, Malaysians can now enjoy these delicious fruits to celebrate any occasion be it to gift it to loved ones or to simply just indulge in them! 

Reminiscing the times I was in Australia a few years back, I would have to say that their summer fruits left so many sweet memories in my tastebuds. Known for their nutritional properties and sweet flavor, these fruits are farmed by Australia's stringent processes to ensure that only the highest quality of fruits are exported to Malaysia. I Gotta say that while I was at the launch, these fruits are indeed remarkably at their best standards.

Peaches, nectarines, apricots, and plums are packed with nutritious vitamins such as vitamin A, E, and C, which contain antioxidants to provide energy while boosting the immune system to fight infections! A little beauty fun-fact, vitamin C is known to increase the production of collagen for beautiful healthy skin. Cherries on the other hand are filled with fiber and potassium! These fruits are all low in calories and glycemic index, making them a perfect snack for anyone who is looking for a healthy snacking diet. On top of that, did you know that these fruits are great to maintain heart health as it lowers blood pressure and provide an overall boost to your immunity?

FUN IDEAS 

Dato Fazley Yaacobs Summerfruits and Cherries pie

My little masterpiece tart decorated with Summerfruits and Cherries

Sharing a little fun idea on how you can enjoy these wonderful fruits other than in baking, you can always pair these fruits in a cheese platter! Cherries and Summerfruits are incredibly versatile and fit well in any pie, tart, or dessert you have planned for your holiday dinners! Psst, with Christmas around the corner, these fruits would definitely add an impression on the table as it fills the room with hints of sweetness and color. Overall, I would say that I enjoy every tinge of juicy sweetness in every bite!

SOCIAL MEDIA CONTEST

For contest goers, here is your chance to show off your masterpiece on social media while standing a chance to win some amazing prizes! Titled Basket of Summer Joy, the contest invites you to get creative by arranging a fruit basket featuring any one or a combination of Australian Cherries and Summer fruits! The most creative entries will win RM200 worth of cash or supermarket vouchers. The contest will run from 19th December 2021 to 26th February 2022. For more information, visit Taste Australia's social media pages.

Taste Australia's range of Cherries and Summer fruits is now available at major supermarkets, such as Jaya Grocer, Village Grocer, QRA, Lotus's, and AEON supermarkets across Malaysia! For a daily kick of delicious fruits, be sure to head on over to your nearest outlet today.

Taste Australia 

Hada Labo | NEW H.A. Supreme Booster Serum

If you want to give your skin the glow it deserves, it’s time to introduce booster serum into your daily skincare regime. The booster serum can be considered a powerful fix to resolve specific skin problems. Unlike a normal serum, a booster serum helps you to obtain results faster. This is thanks to the ingredients that are concentrated in a larger amount. The serum is lighter in texture and thus delivers active ingredients quickly into the skin. It acts as a secret weapon to treat skin issues such as dryness, dullness, fine lines, acne, and other skin issues. Aiming to help women achieve beautiful and flawless skin, Hada Labo, the Japanese-inspired skincare brand, has introduced the new level-up H.A. Supreme Booster Serum.

Hada Labo Booster Serum is infused with 4 levels of premium Hyaluronic Acid (H.A.) and concentrated ingredients to help you boost the function of your skincare products in fighting dark spots, fine lines, and blemishes. Through a study conducted by Hada Labo, it is proven that this booster serum is able to reduce acne scars and dark spots by 48%, soothe skin irritation in just 5 minutes and provide 24 hours deep hydration to the skin.

The Hada Labo H.A. Supreme Booster Serum is offered in three variants, namely the H.A. Supreme Vita Brightening Booster Serum (Hero Product), H.A. Supreme Cera Hydrating Booster Serum, and the H.A. Supreme Cica Soothing Booster Serum to tackle different skin conditions. They are free of alcohol, fragrance, mineral oil, and colorants, which make them suitable for all skin types.

H.A. Supreme Vita Brightening Booster Serum | RM89 (30ml)

This brightening skin booster is enriched with effective Whitening Injection formula (5% Niacinamide, Vitamin B12, and Hyaluronic Acid) to provide deep hydration and brighten skin tone. It includes the following properties: -

· Helps brighten dull skin, and reduce dark spots as well as acne mark by 48% for bright glowing skin.

· Enriched with 4 types of Hyaluronic Acid that provides intense moisture to the skin

· Its lightweight texture that is fast absorbing helps deliver the concentrate deep into the skin (i.e. 1.5mm dermis layer).

H.A. Supreme Cera Hydrating Booster Serum | RM89 (30ml)

If your skin is dehydrated, this is definitely your go-to booster serum. As its name suggests, the H.A. Supreme Cera Hydrating Booster Serum helps penetrate deep into the skin to strengthen the skins protective barrier keeping skin well hydrated and pores visibly smaller.

Enriched with 4 types of Hyaluronic Acid alongside Ceramide, this booster variant by Hada Labo provides intense moisture to the skin and builds up skin protective barrier to prevent moisture loss. It provides 24 hours deep hydration to the skin. Upon application, its lightweight texture absorbs quickly and penetrates deep into skin layers.

H.A. Supreme Cica Soothing Booster Serum | RM89 (30ml)

Enriched with 20,000ppm Cica Complex and 4 types of Hyaluronic Acid, this booster serum helps soothe and calm acne-prone and irritated skin in just 5 minutes while providing ample moisture to the skin. Upon application, its lightweight texture absorbs quickly into skin, leaving the skin feeling soothed and hydrated. 

Directions of Use:

Step 1 | Apply after Hada Labo Lotion (day and night) 

Step 2 | Apply pea-sized amount of booster serum to your cheeks, forehead, nose and chin 

Step 3 | Gently tap, pat and smooth the serum out onto face until thoroughly absorbed

Rediscover and reawaken your skin's beauty potential with new Hada Labo’s H.A. Supreme Booster Serum. This booster serum by Hada Labo is available starting December 2021 at all leading pharmacies as well as on Shopee.com.my and Lazada.com.my

Rising Trend of Breastfeeding in Malaysia and the Lack of Facilities

Breastfeeding. Why is it always looked at as something sexual and abnormal for a process that is so natural especially nowwhere breastfeeding is one of the rising trends in our society? 

Most mothers today are more inclined to breastfeed their children as they understand the health benefits that breastfeeding poses to themselves and their babies. However, most often these mothers are working and have to do most things on-the-go, but they lack the proper facilities or space to be able to feed their babies or pump milk whenever it is required. 

Despite being in a modern era, mothers still must worry about societies perception and judgement on breastfeeding and pumping milk. They get side-eyed or harassed for doing it in public or not doing it appropriately to people's standards. Awareness needs to be created amongst Malaysians on breastfeeding and the importance of it, children, and the mothers themselves. 

The Health Ministry’s National Plan of Action for Nutrition Malaysia (NPANM) is to ensure 100% initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth and at least 70% of babies are being breastfeed during their first six months of life. To do so, the perception and judgement needs to be addressed to successfully achieve the 2025 goal, as many fail to realize mothers stop breastfeeding and pumping milk due to the lack of facilities and judgement by the society.

Now, with the help of technology, various equipment's have been created to ease the process of pumping and breastfeeding, allowing mothers to multitask and not worry about being judged as the equipment's are handy and portable. Malish Malaysia a clinically-proven breast pump expert in Malaysia has a range of breastfeeding and breast pump products that was created to make breastfeeding easy and breezy. 

Malish products are designed to be light weight, easy to use, silent and most importantly, portable. With the right support, Malish Malaysia aims to create a smooth experience for breastfeeding mothers and its community.

For further information on Malish Malaysia please visit www.malishbaby.com.my

Mohd Taufik Mohd Samsuddin presents UGreat International Sdn Bhd

Despite the pandemic and the struggle everyone has been facing in the past 2 years, there is a blessing hidden in making mankind more creative and taking advantage of the latest technology in continuing to survive. Previously before the pandemic strike, those involved in the business world did business buying and selling physically or offline but when the world was hit by the Covic-19 epidemic, the business pattern shifted to e-commerce and it turned out that the change altered unexpected sustenance by shifting the pattern to adapt to the situation.

The founder of health and beauty products, Mohd Taufik Mohd Samsuddin, was among those affected when the business he had just founded in January 2020, struggled with the 'threat' of Covid-19 and the government's instruction to hold a Movement Control Order (PKP) had a major impact on new businesses and basically created limitations on evolving the bussiness strategy. 

When everyone is instructed to 'lock up' at home, a lot of business owners tried to break the chain of the epidemic, including Mohd Taufik and his own staff. However, the CEO of UGreat International Sdn and his team continued to work hard to ensure the viability of the business sustains to at least survive. Equiped with 12 years of experience in sales and marketing, he is determined to share his knowledge and experience with new entrepreneurs.

"This is because we believe that in any situation, health care is very important, especially during this pandemic season. The body needs to have a strong immune system to protect itself from any disease," Mohd Taufik highlighted. UGreat International manufactures food supplement products namely UGCare, UGCafe health drinks and spray products that acts as a dry skin freshener, also known as UG-PROACTIVE.

‘In the beginning everything went well and smoothly but the world was shocked by the Covid-19 outbreak which also hit Malaysia. To some extent affected my plans to grow the company. From a physical business, the company is turning to an online business. Starting with an authorized distributor for UGCare and did not expect to get an encouraging response from consumers, ” he mentioned in addition.

Presently, Taufik strives to ensure that UGreat International is expanding its business to Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore as well as African countries such as Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria and several other countries.

"When the world is hit by the Covid-19 epidemic, people are very concerned about health care because the germs that are not visible to the naked eye are so dangerous that they can be fatal. UGCare products that are suitable for use by all ages and groups are now enhanced with the additional formulation of BlueGreen Algae (AFA) with the latest version, UGCare Plus," he shared.

Early this year, accompanied by another product, UGProactive, the company has successfully penetrated the market of almost 20 countries with almost 30,000 agents and users in total. The power of online marketing was also a strong strategy for Taufik to take advantage of when the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

‘Thank God, the endemic phase allows the company to be more focused on producing more new products and conducting events online. "We are also in the final phase to launch UGCafe health drink products at the end of 2021," he said.

After almost two years of hard work, UGreat International was recently recognized as the ‘‘ Outstanding Lifestyle Beauty & Health Company of the Year Malaysia SME Category ’at the‘ Made for The World Excellence Awards 2021 ’ceremony.

“We are very grateful for the recognition given by NiagaTimes.Com and I dedicate this award to all those who are directly or indirectly involved in the development of UGreat International."With this success, the company is planning to produce more products suitable for the whole family and wants to ensure '1 Home, 1 UGreat Product!' By targeting 1 million consumers over the next 5 years," he said.

UGreat International Products

Under UGreat International Sdn Bhd, there are 3 products that they have to offer, featuring UGCare Plus, UG Proactive and UG Cafe. With these products, it offers health boosting ingredients that is suitable for the whole family. That being said, the idea is to be in line with 1 home, 1 UGreat product. 

UG-CARE PLUS

Starting off with an introduction on UGCare Plus, its an upgraded formulation from their previous product which is UGCare. The upgraded formulation consist of a combination of existing ingredients and an additional ingredient in UGCare Plus, this product is among the best externally and internally and is suitable for all ages. Containing Artichoke Leaves, Dokumi Leaf, Ceramide Rice and BlueGreen Algae, these ingredients are benefitial in terms of nutrition, to boost the immune system and respiratory tract, skin layers, and more.  

The benefits of UGCare Plus: 

• Helps to give freshness to the layers of the skin. Prevents the skin from sagging and dryness.
• Blocks the production of melanoma cells, helps to whiten the skin
• Controls skin pain, constipation and high blood pressure
• Smooth the circulatory system and heart.
• Lowers cholesterol levels, strengthens memory and improves body immunity
• Controls chronic skin diseases, urinary problems and anti-inflammatory



UG-PROACTIVE

Introducing another product by UGreat International, the UG-PROACTIVE.  The UG-PROACTIVE newest spray product acts as a refresher for dry skin caused by exposure to high-risk outdoor environments. Apart from the best ingredients available, UG-PROACTIVE also fuctions as a product to repair your skin problems. Formulated and designed to be appropriate for people of all ages, it contains super ingredients such as Apple Stemcell (Malus Domestica Fruit Cell Culture Extract), Edible Bird Nest (Swiftlet Nest Extract), Castor Beans (Hydrogenated Castor Oil) and Palm Leaf (Glycerine).

The Benefits of UG-PROACTIVE:

•  UG-PROACTIVE bottle can withstand up to 800 sprays.
• Offers skin freshness for up to 72 hours per use - Absorbs directly on skin after spraying on skin
• An appealing fragrance can persuade customers to continue using UG-PROACTIVE.
• Tightens the skin and reduces irritation.
• Reduces acne and skin inflammation.
• Can be used as a skin moisturizer and to treat dry, dull, and rough skin.

For those interested in becoming part of the large UGreat International family and generating a side income or making a full-time career, you can contact a company representative at +601120923582 or visit the ugreatinternational.com website. To find out the latest developments of the company and the programs organized by UGreat International, you can follow us on social media by referring to the ‘UGreat International’ name search on Facebook, Instagram and Telegram Channel. 

Kidzania KL bringing more Experiences to Families with A&W and Subway

Being a kid at heart, how can we not love Kidzania, where everything just comes alive (without being too alive and dangerous, if you know what I'm saying.) Hehe. Anyway, with the year going towards an end, I'm pretty sure most families are looking for recreational activities to do with the kids, especially with the pandemic taking a toll on everyone. With Kidzania's recently opening their doors on 20th October 2021, it's pretty hard to resist the temptation of bringing the kids out to simply have fun! With that being said, let me share with you more reasons to be excited about it. 

Last year, Sim Leisure Group acquired the license to operate the KidZania franchise in Malaysia and has since significantly improved the attractions facilities by adding more interesting activities for the kids. Under the new ownership, one of the major improvements was to fully digitalize the facility's ticketing system for greater efficiency and control. With the latest addition of taking their service up a level, I would say that I'm excited to experience the whole new digitalized flow.

To celebrate and enhance the experience of this improvement, Kidzania has forged a partnership with Inter Mark Resources Sdn Bhd which will feature the inclusion of three industry partners to further enhance visitors' experience, featuring A&W, Subway, and Jamaica Blue Coffee. Being present to witness the collaboration, I would say that I'm excited to even bring my kids here to experience the classic enjoyment of a&w and Subway as the experiences that they will be able to explore in Kidzania. 

While I was there, they only had A&W active and running for the kids (and maybe adults) to enjoy, whereas Subway will be open for vacant (for the kids) in December 2021. With these two new outlets being a new addition to Kidzania, kids and parents can definitely look forward to their next upcoming visit to Kidzania featuring a work and play environment to enjoy. Not to forget, the Adults would be able to enjoy the classic root beer while they're there where parents can confidently pay for A&W in cash.

With the addition of A&W and Subway, children will be able to gain hands-on experience in operating and managing a fast-food outlet. Meanwhile, not to forget the parents, they can enjoy their favorite cuppa and refreshments at the Jamaica Blue Coffee outlet located at the Parents’ Lounge, where they can sit back and relax while their children frolic, play, and learn through the numerous activities and engagements at KidZania. 

True to its ‘Learn Life Today’ philosophy, the “new” KidZania aims to continue advocating hands-on interactive experiences and opportunities for children to learn new skills while celebrating and harnessing their potential by combining inspiration, fun, and learning through realistic role-play. So, what are you waiting for? Start planning with your family and book that long-awaited break at KidZania Kuala Lumpur! To make bookings or to find out more about KidZania KL, visit www.kidzania.com.my today!