it's about time i wind up my manila posts--i've spent more time talking about my trip than i actually spent on the trip itself. so here's one last thing.
it's a typical filipino custom to bring home a small gift (pasalubong) from the homeland, usually a food specialty or small handicraft, or lately, a bootlegged dvd or mp3 cd. however, everyone seems to be on a diet, and the customs officers have been particularly diligent these days. i wanted to bring back something a little practical, and i happen to love perusing the aisles of local drugstores, so this is what i brought back: close-up brand limited edition chocolate and lychee-flavoured toothpastes. i can report that the lychee flavoured one is fabyoolussssss, the chocolate one, not so much.
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practical pasalubong: chocolate and lychee toothpaste.
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16 comments:
9/22/2005 12:55:00 AM
MWAHahaha! Great idea!
9/22/2005 03:12:00 AM
OMG! Lychee Toothpaste!! I wonder if it is for sale anywhere online?? I love lychees more than any other food.
Chocolate toothpaste, on the other hand, just seems so wrong.
9/22/2005 01:26:00 PM
that's cool! i wonder if i will eat more toothpaste or just find myself brushing more than twice a day :P
9/22/2005 01:34:00 PM
OMG. I can't decide if this idea is brilliant or bizarre (probably both)! The mouthfeel afterwards would go against my brain's urge for minty freshness!
9/22/2005 03:38:00 PM
omg, omg, omg... i brought some home, too!!! i got the orange flavor also. boy, we were on the same wavelength. remember the boy bawang you sent me that i looooooved so much? i brought 4 freaking pounds with me.
9/22/2005 04:34:00 PM
hi zarah! any crazy toothpaste flavours in your neck of the woods?
alright, you heard the diva.
hi holly! check close-up planet (it's on the box of toothpaste, i swear), it might tell you where you can buy some online.
hi galinusa! the lychee one could easily be a cocktail or dessert. have you seen colgate's vanilla toothpaste? it's like brushing your teeth with cake frosting, ick.
hi gloop! both of them have a slight minty aftertaste, i guess the toothpaste people figured that people would expect that. the lychee one is definitely brilliant.
hi purplegirl--FOUR pounds??? you'll definitely need the toothpaste after all that garlic. i saw the tangerine one, but didn't get it. how is it?
9/22/2005 06:13:00 PM
OMG! I am crazy about the hot cinnamon but lychee!! What a strange flavor. Having fruit on your teeth and chocolate for that matter AFTER you have brushed seems illegal.
9/22/2005 08:52:00 PM
Hi Santos,
How interesting. The only thing they can manage here is some "citrus" flavored Crest toothpaste that tastes like Saint Joseph's asprins. Remember those?
9/22/2005 09:02:00 PM
hi gia-gina! eh, the fruit flavour's not overpowering. i don't have a problem with the lychee. chocolate's odd, though. like the colgate vanilla--it's like brushing with frosting.
hi reid! i totally remember st. joseph's--the flavour is stuck in my head, ewww.
9/23/2005 01:03:00 PM
I liked Choco Loco. :D I felt like I was brushing with a bar of Andes. Haha!
9/23/2005 01:13:00 PM
I prefer the Tangerine flavor! You can even smell the fruity scent right when you apply it on you toothbrush...really cool!
9/23/2005 01:38:00 PM
I just can't imagine - of course, I've only tasted a lychee once and can't really remember how it tasted, but chocolate? I love the idea of bringing that sort of thing back as gift though!
9/23/2005 11:02:00 PM
hi toni! i think the thing i don't like about the choco-loco is that i feel the need to eat it :)
hi anon--mmm, i'll have to get the tangerine one next time, too.
hi cathy! funky, yet practical :) i also brought back different flavoured mentos but that's for another post :)
9/27/2005 02:09:00 AM
Hey..Santos,
I think that's too cool..!! i'll take the lychee ones.. coz' i would prolly like you .. wanna eat the chocolate.. hehehhe!!
9/27/2005 11:49:00 PM
hey big bok--i'll trade you a lychee for a banana kitkat!
7/02/2006 12:47:00 PM
I'm an American living in the UAE. I thought it was actually a cool idea to bring out this new flavor. Even though you taste the chocolate flavor, it still leaves your mouth minty.
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