Everybody loves Yakult. Andami kong memories sa inuming ito mula nung bata pa ako. Halos lahat ata ng kalaro no nun, paborito yan. Natatandaan ko, palagi kong hinihintay nun si Ate Yakult (yun ang tawag ko sa kanya), sya yung naglalako ng yakult hila-hila ang cart o kaya naman, naka-bike minsan. Nakakalungkot nga, di ko na sya nakikita.Nasan na kaya sya? Napagtripan ko lang tong kuhanan habang nasa isang convenience store ako sa amin sa may Marikina Heights. Medyo na-amaze kasi ako dahikl may greeting pa sa bote eh. Di ba kakaiba? Nakakatuwa dahil habang kinukuhanan ko ang isang bote na binili ko, may batang biglang nag-pose na lang sa labas. Hehe. Cool yung shot, sa wari ko. Comments are welcome. Malamang marami sa inyo, nahumaling din sa Yakult nung araw (o kahit magpahanggang ngayon). Isa na itong maituturing na pop culture reference. Okay ka ba tyan??! --a tribute to the most popular beverage of our time from Wikipedia: Yakult (????, Yakuruto?) is a Japanese probiotic yogurt-like product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacteria Lactobacillus casei Shirota. Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. (??????????, Kabushiki-gaisha Yakuruto Honsha?) (TYO: 2267) It was created by Minoru Shirota who graduated from the Medical School of Kyoto University in 1930. In 1935, he started manufacturing and selling Yakult. Official claims state that the name is derived from jahurto, an older form of jogurto, the Esperanto word for "yogurt".Since then, Yakult has also introduced a line of beverages for the Japanese market that contain Bifidobacterium breve bacteria, and has also used its lactobacilli research to develop cosmetics. More recently, the Yakult Honsha played a major role in developing the chemotherapy drug irinotecan (Camptosar, CPT-11). Yakult also owns one of Japan's major baseball franchises, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. Today, Yakult is sold in 28 countries, although its bacteria cultures are provided from a mother strain from Japan regardless of production location.[citation needed] Yakult is marketed in different sizes. In Australia, Europe and Indonesia, Yakult comes in 65mL bottles. In the USA and the Philippines, 80 ml bottles are available. Whereas in Taiwan and China, it comes in 100 ml bottles. In South Korea, where it is also produced, it is called yakult (hangul: ????) and is marketed by the Korea Yakult company.

When we got back from vacation the refridgerator was empty - expected. Today we went grocery shopping. While we generally go to King Soopers (a.k.a. Stupids), we've been thinking about giving Safeway a try. We've been there a few times before and found a great selection (to include organic foods) and high quality produce and meats. It turns out that Safeway also has these cool cars/carts for kids to ride. Strapped to the front of the cart is a classic kids car that's been altered for safety, and to not intrude too much on grocery space. The carts also have a little cup holder for a beverage for mom or dad (or a baby bottle/sippy, I suppose).