16 January, 2005
facts of liners.... then & now...
Now, not only I can stay fresh throughout the day wearing the liners, but I can also learn new things from them! the new box of liners that I’ve purchased actually have list of interesting facts on each of its stickers... what an odd place to list down the facts but they are interesting! They even have all different facts for each of the liners! So now, I’ll pay more attention to the stickers which means I might spend longer time in the toilet... hehe hey! I need to study my liners' stickers!
Err for those who don't quite understand what I am rambling about especially for the guys... I’m actually writing about the girl things... the things that your gfs, moms, sisters or any women around you wear most of the time... maybe particularly on 'that' time of the months... yup, they come in form of regular, slim, with wing etc. etc.... yup, u know.. there are plastic or paper stickers at the back of those things.... yup... aha... that's the things! Still don't really get it? Go figure!!!
hmm sometimes it's fun to get the guys to buy these kind of things for you hehe... abah & ad have no problem whenever my mom & I 'kirim' the things from them... they are very sporting blokes... & despite of all the different types, they always manage to get the right ones for us... they do understand our needs well :) but of course you need to do a bit of explaining & comparison before that... hehe... hey, why am I keep referring to the 'things'! Heh am actually writing about pads & panty liners la...
I remembered back then if you bought the pads from any small grocery stores, they will take extra time to wrap the box (at that time Sanita was one of the famous brand...) with an old newspaper... I really don't understand why they have to do that... as if it's very embarrassing to be seen carrying a plastic bag with a box of pad in it... hey! It’s women's need! We need to buy them at least once a month, so what to be ashamed of? It’s not that if people see you with the box they will shout at you... "Hey! Girl... are you having period!!!"
at one time, when I was still a little girl... my mom ask me to go to a grocery store & buy a box of Sanita for her... it was easier to choose back then as there were not many options to choose from, there was only one type of Sanita in a yellow box... no wing, regular or whatsoever... I paid for the thing and the amoi wrapped the box for me... suddenly a man came to the counter for a box of cigarette... surprisingly, the amoi ducked under the table hiding herself along with the box of pad she was wrapping... the man and I looked at each other & stunned at the amoi's action... he then decided to let the amoi go from her embarrassment by going to the back of the shop pretending to look for other stuffs which I’m sure he didn't really need... then only the amoi came out from under the table and quickly finish wrapping my purchase...
just imagine if people still have the same perception when buying pads... there will always be long queues at the supermarket & grocery stores whenever someone buy pads... huhu, yea la, the cashier need to wrap the packaging with old newspaper 1st, what?
& these are the facts that I’ve discovered for today, from 2 liners...
* A fingernail or toenail takes about 6 months to grow from base to tip
* A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds
* In ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows & eyelashes
* The Neanderthal Man's brain was bigger than modern man's
* 40 people are sent to hospital for dog bites every minute
* The flea cam jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field
* You're more likely to be a target for mosquitos if you consume bananas
* If the world was tilted one degree more either way, the planet would not be habitable because the area around the equator would be too hot and the poles would be too cold
* Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, laser printers and windshield wipers were all invented by women.... yeay! go girl!