Archives for June 2010

McDonald’s $3 Shrek Glass Recall

from www.nytimes.com

McDonald’s is taking the unusual step of paying customers a premium to return Shrek drinking glasses that it has recalled because of concerns that cadmium used in the paint on the glasses could come off on children’s hands.

The company will pay customers $3 for every glass they return. The company had been selling the glasses for $1.99 with a food purchase and $2.49 without food. It announced on Friday that it was recalling millions of the glasses, which are painted with characters from the movie “Shrek Forever After.”

Long-term exposure to cadmium has been associated with a variety of health problems, including kidney and bone ailments.

And with that, I say kudos to you Ronald.

Let’s Have A Tea

When I was a kid, I only see tea as a beverage that can soothe my stomach pain or indigestion (that’s what my grandmother gives me whenever my stomach aches due to indigestion or if I am having gas pain). I never really liked the taste of tea back then and I even have to put some sugar on it just to appreciate the taste. Of course now that I am older (and a bit wiser), I have learned the numerous benefits of tea. I was even introduced to different kinds of tea (green tea, jasmin tea, chai tea). One of my favorite is chai tea, this is a black tea based tea and it was blended with cardamom, cloves, coriander, sweet cumin seeds, curry leaves, lemon grass, and rampe leaves. I love to put some milk and sugar on it whenever I drink one. Did you know that the word “chai” is tea, yes, literally. A friend told me that if ever I will purchase tea abroad, I should remember to turn the package up and down before opening it as the spices may settle on the bottom while the package was shipped to me. Of course, tea is nothing without tea kettles, and with the invention of electric kettle, making tea is easy.

Another Overdue Post: EK Biki Waterworld

Mommy got an invite from the launching of Crocs Almost Barefoot Collection. The venue was in Enchanted Kingdom Biki Waterworld.

Can you tell who enjoyed the event the most? yeah.. them.. LOL but later that day, they realized they missed so much on the event. They were not able to watch the Pilipinas Got Talent acrobatic group finalist. They were not able to take advantage of the photo booth. They were not able to choose their crocs (but still they got a pair each, thanks Sheriff for the blogging money). They were not able to enjoy the food.. but then again, judging from the photos above, it was worth it.