Surf Dishwashing Liquid

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To: <adianalan.theconsumerista@blogspot.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:46:42 PM GMT+0000
Subject: Surf Dishwashing Liquid

I noticed that I&#39;ve been using a lot of Surf products recently, so I decided to write a review of one of their latest products. I started using their &#34;1-Banlaw&#34; fabric softener about 2 months ago. I&#39;ve also started using their liquid detergent a month ago when they started selling it in sachets. I&#39;ve always wanted to try it since it came out, but it was only initially available in large jugs and I don&#39;t do my laundry regularly to justify buying that much.

Anyway, let&#39;s get back to the subject of this review. I normally use Joy Antibac, though I tried using their new Vitamin E enriched dishwashing liquid. It supposedly makes your hands soft (reminds me of Perla), but I didn&#39;t notice any difference. So, about three weeks ago, I paid my friendly neighborhood sari-sari store to buy my Joy Antibac. I think my pocket had holes or something because the money that I had wasn&#39;t enough to buy a sachet. But, I had to wash the dishes. Luckily, they had a 5 peso

Big Better Burgers: The New King of Burgers?

I'm a burger addict. I can eat burgers everyday 'til I die. There was this one time in college, (say it like the band geek from American Pie) I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner at Burger King everyday for one whole semester! I can eat two Big Classic Triples from Wendy's and not feel overly stuffed. I've probably eaten at all the burger joints here in the Philippines. My point is: I am qualified to make a judgment.

My uncle's friend was the one who told us about Big Better Burgers. We were eating at Brothers Burgers in High Street after a basketball game in Serendra, so I was really hungry. My uncle treated me with the second biggest burger, but I was still hungry, so I bought another one (the biggest) with my own money. We were talking about how expensive it was at Brothers now, they have burgers that are around 300 pesos! Plus, the quality of Brothers and Hotshots isn't as good as it was before. They've become so mainstream now, they don't even ask you how you want your burgers done anymore. They cater now to the mass market rather than to the connoiseurs. Well, the whole point of running a business is to profit from it, so I don't blame them. Of course, I also have to mention Wham Burgers, but the only burger I eat there is their blue cheese burger. They have the best blue cheese burger because they use real blue cheese instead of a blue cheese sauce like all the others. You can feel the chunks of blue cheese melt in your mouth when you bite into the burger!

Anyway, back to Big Better Burgers. The burger is really juicy, so expect a messy meal, but that's a good thing. The patty is big, so the beefy taste won't get lost in all the condiments. The bun is a bit intrusive for me. It's big, but soft, so it doesn't drown out all the other tastes, but I think it was multi grain or whole wheat. Plus, it had too much bread crumbs, so your mouth dries when you bite into the burger. I guess I don't like the rough feeling of the crumbs in my mouth. I tried two burgers, a plain regular burger and a specialty burger with three cheeses.

The verdict: 91 pesos for a 1/3 pound burger? You can't go wrong with that! The burgers are up to par with the big three (Brothers, Wham, and Hotshots) but at half the price. I won't say that they have the best burgers, but they can hold their own. Let's just cross our fingers and pray that they don't raise their prices as they get more popular.

Big Better Burgers is located at the 2nd floor of Victoria Place in Panay, QC. The delivery number is 3321827.

2009 Honda City

Wow. The all-new Honda City is the first econocar that I've lusted for. Even as a teenager, I had no interest in such pedestrian cars. My first two cars were Mitsubishi Galants (one a hand me down from my uncle and the other a gift from my Dad). Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking down on small cars. It's just that once you've felt the suppleness of the appointments of a big car, and the rush of power from a big engine, it's hard to be content with anything less. It is because of those reasons that I've never cared for any car smaller than the Galant/Accord/Corona class (large-size cars in the Philippines).

The first thing you'll notice with the 2009 City is its strikingly good looks. The third generation (Philippine Domestic Market, fifth gen worldwide) Honda City has been massively revamped, completely exchanging its awkward and disproportionate body for a macho, upscale feel. It seems like Honda engineers got a clue from the Philippine sales of the previous model. Filipino car buyers always consider the looks first before anything else. This is why the Honda City was outsold by the Toyota Vios by a shocking 3:5 ratio even if the City outperformed the Vios in almost every category.

The 2009 Honda City, I am confident to say, is inarguably the best looking car in its class to be ever sold in the Philippines. I have inspected the car from all perspectives, and I could not find a bad angle. This is more than I could say for the newly redesigned Jazz and Accord; the former looks unproportional from the side, with its stubby hood and oversized windshield and front quarterglass, while the latter's headlights jut out when viewed from a three quarters view from the rear, which I find very disconcerting. Speaking of the redesigned Accord, it seems like the City took visual cues from its big brother. You cannot help but be reminded of the Accord when you see the City's grill.

The only thing that has me sitting on the fence is the Honda City's styling from the B-pillar rearwards. Although beautifully done, Honda engineers blatantly copied the current generation BMW's design. Is to woo to Chris Bangle, who recently left BMW or is this an homage to him and his highly controversial "Banglebutt"? Whatever their intentions were, the designers should have strived for originality instead.

Ques-O

I was on the MRT a few days ago and I saw an ad for Ques-O. Despite the cheesiness (pun intended) of the TV ad, I was happy that they had one. It's about time that they make themselves known to the public and arise from their 'best kept secret' status. The Filipino people need to be educated about pasteurized process cheese food.

Real cheese tastes nothing like the crap that they sell in the Philippines. Kraft Eden, Magnolia Daily Quezo, Magnolia Cheezee and their ilk don't hold a candle to Ques-O. Among all the local processed cheese foods, Ques-O is the only cheese that I can eat by itself. Ques-O tastes like real cheddar cheese. All the others taste too sweet, and come to think of it, they don't even taste like cheese at all. They shouldn't even be called cheese. It's a disgrace to the Emmentals, Goudas, and Fetas of the world.

Filipino consumers are happy to eat the crap that these manufacturers sell to them because that's all they know. Everybody needs to wake up! To the manufacturers: cheap cheese does not have to taste cheap. To the consumers: give Ques-O a chance, and I guarantee it will be a life-changing experience. It's like unplugging yourself from The Matrix and experiencing the real world for the first time.

By the way: Ques-O is made by New Zealand Creamery.

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