A Yakult-y Experience... :)

Oh yay, finally another day to input some delicious info about school life... :)



We(FS0803) came back during Tuesday on the revision week, as we had to go for our 2nd Field trip.



Last time was to Gardenia Bread factory [Bread], the familiar brand with us.



This time it was Yakult [Dairy/ milk products], the ever-famous cultured fermented milk drink children seem to crave for... :D



I arrived at around 1pm, and went to get my CASIO Fx-82AU authorized in exam use, and then went to withdraw cash. On the way to the block P/Q, I met with utmost surprise, Madam and Missy1 on their way strolling as well. I walked slower than them and tagged along behind. On occasions I nearly got discovered when missy1 turned her head, but it was not till Missy2's appearance that I was found out. They had a shock at both BX and me, as we seemed to have 'changed hairstyles'. Indeed i have straightened my precious hair, but BX was only clipping up her fringe I think...



I got more attention when ppl started asking me how much the straightening costs, till the bus arrived. I sat next to Shi Hui and remained silent all the way to the factory...[ps: I was reading on PoE] :)



We alighted, and then proceeded to a small room for a briefing. Wow the briefing was real short... you should know what I mean... but overall, I LIKED IT, esp. the part where a bottle of untouched YAKULT was opened and then extracting a few drops with the straw. they were dropped onto something like a glass slide, then the kind gentleman [there to explain to us on the histories, the functions of Lactobacillus casei (Shirota strain) and the Bifidobacteria origin etc.] let us view the MICROSCOPIC view of what is in the yakult.



That, was right after he made us each drink down a can of YAKULT before everything else, including the presentation.



I was like, seeing a pool of tiny rod-shaped cells squiggling their way around each other. I was totally WOWED by the image, but Madam YT and alot of the others were like freaking out totall... You could hear those exclamations amongst the class:



"YUCKS we JUST SWALLOWED THAT INTO OUR STOMACH!"



"10 BILLION BACTERIA JUST SWALLOWED!"



"EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"



"SOooooooooooooooooooo CUTE!!!!!" > this was said by yours truly







:)





The man kept emphasizing on how Yakult is different from the other brands [pls, what other cultured milk drinks can you find in Singapore? Obvious right?] in terms of the strains of bacteria used>



"We use 3 types- L.casei SHIROTA STRAIN, Bifidobacteria and S.thermophilus, while the OTHERS use only 2 types: L.bulgaricus and S.thermophilus"



"Our Shirota strain L.casei has been studied and strengthened during the years to be able to get to the intestines alive. Thanks to Mr. Minoru Shirota, our genius founder."



... and he was also harping on about how pampered Singapore was:



"We only supply straws in the packages IN SINGAPORE, and 100ml bigger bottles IN SINGAPORE[65ml for the REST of the countries], and SINGAPORE IS THE ONLY COUNTRY HAVING THE 4 flavors-peach, orange, apple and grape. See how LUCKY we are? "



True. :)



Then after that he told us how these helpful bacteria can activate the Macrophages in the body to phagocytocize the candida cells, as well as activation the NK- cells in fighting cancerous cells. WONDERFUL, as in the scientific illustrations and real micoscopic videos of the BATTLE OF THE CELLS. cute sia :)



We then started our little walk around the factory seeing the various stages of production of Yakult. Which ended us in the end of the Yakult tour.
We became wonderful advertisers of YAKULT LOLS


NOTICE THE ALTERNATE SHADE IN THE JEANS? LOLS

We bought back Yakult {i bought Yakult Ace light, coz the seller said there were 'MORE BACTERIA' in this series LOLS I felt like correcting her. :) }