forget Milli Vanilli, meet MANILA VANILLA!!!

blame it on the rain...

I enjoy checking out new consumer products;
I believe that it's the best indication of a country's state of development.
In Manila, everything is "tingi" or in sachets or single packs.
Alam niyo na kung bakit.....

Whenever I travel abroad, the first place I visit
would be the supermarkets, even in countries like Germany or Japan,
where you're liable to buy some strange new bottled fruit sauce,
or so you think,
only to find out later that it's fruit-scented shampoo.

That's also why I explore convenience stores on an almost daily basis.
you can always find the Gokongwei's new products on the shelves of Mini Stop,
and everything else (severely overpriced) at any 7-11.
Ditto with duty-free stores,
and my favorite has to be Pure Gold in Clark.
One is always bound to encounter some exotic new stuff:
Heinz Purple Ketchup, Dark Chocolate Pepperidge Farm Cookies, Diet Coke with Lime,
and just this past Saturday: Vanilla flavored Crest Toothpaste!

I love VANILLA.
it's plain white appearance belies its exotic origins.
Absolut Vanill, Vanilla Coke, the resurgent Magnolia Vanilla Ice Cream. YUM!
and now, Vanilla Toothpaste.

Vanilla is the hot new flavor indeed!


Girl, you know it's true!