Do you have husay and malasakit to serve others?

Another Manic Monday to face today. As I was doing a laundry list of my things to do this week, an email from a colleague came in. He is one of our volunteers for an initiative that the NGO I am connected with is promoting.

This volunteer is actually an accomplished lawyer who shares his knowledge on labor law and other related topics for the monthly publication of our organization. He sounded apologetic in the email he sent, saying that he won’t be able to send a contribution this month because he needs to supervise the repairs on his retirement home in Visayas after it was damaged by a recent typhoon.

Every time I talk to this man, two words always come to mind: excellence and compassion (husay at malasakit). In many occasions, he has proven how brilliant his mind is and at the same time he has a heart to help people in need.

Incidentally, I saw this new TV commercial from Unilab showing their husay at malasakit thrust and hopes to influence as much as they can to the nation. This is a nice tribute to the people who have use their talent and skills in nation-building without waiting for anything in return.

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We have proven many times how resilient Filipinos are especially during various calamities that, if anything, have only strengthened our solidarity as a nation. Some event risked their lives to save others.

Unilab, being the biggest pharmaceutical company in the Philippines, believes in the power of husay at malasakit and has geared their company’s belief in this With all the many innovations they have created, the health and safety of the Filipino people are always at the core. 

If anything, Unilab believes in the spirit of genuine concern to make the lives of other people better. The company has been a trusted name from one generation to another across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. I can attest to this since I grew up using Unilab products from cough syrup to paracetamol to personal hygiene products and food supplements.

If only husay and malasakit are like vitamins that one can intake every day, our world could have been a better place to live in.

Anti-Sakit, Anti-Liit syrup for kids: Let's drink to that!

It's always a music to my ears when people say that my son Charles is growing up just like me. Specially if it comes from people who basically know me since I was a kid.

But honestly, I do have some fears on my child following my footsteps. You see, I grow up to be prone to different illnesses. I had measles, chicken fox, polio and asthma. The last one is what my little Charles has been experiencing in the last four years. That's why we have a standby nebulizer at home.

The other thing I don't want him to inherit from me is my height. I want him to grew way way taller than my 5'3 length . Well, I can be 5'6 if I want to but I can't really move that fast with those elevator shoes.

During my younger years, my mom put her faith of improving my height on a margarine which she mixes in my rice every meal or as a sandwich spread inside a monay. Obviously, it was not enough and thus I just have to be contended with 160 centimeters.

Thank God for wonder vitamins these days, my son has better chances of avoiding sickness and being under height. Well, one product known today in the Philippines as the Anti-sakit, Anti-liit syrup is Ceelin Plus which uses the unique ZincPlusTM technology that combines Vitamin C and Zinc in a liquid format. Such combination results in a dual immunity boosting action and a stronger immune system.
  

 
Another nice thing about Ceelin Plus from Unilab is its fruity flavor, Apple to be exact, which means no more chase scene at home every time my toddler needs to take his dose of vitamins. My son absolutely loves its taste.

Less stress at home means quality time between parents and kids. Let's drink to that!

Vitamin for kids that pops

 

Chase scenes... chairs and tables knocked down... someone begging for mercy.

A nice sequence for a sure hit action thriller in the silver screen. But you don't have to pay for movie tickets and a tub of pop corn to see these things unfold. Just got to our house and might catch me and my wife doing the villain roles to our son Charles who will do everything he can to stop us from giving him his vitamins.

There are days that we wish that are better alternatives in giving gives their daily dose. There are moments we would research online and join parenting forums on how to handle picky kids like our little Charlie. There are times we get wonderful suggestions and clever ideas.

One of those times just happened to be today. I received a parcel from Unilab this morning and it contains something my son might be interested--- a new vitamin like no other.

The name is Vitapops, the first and only pop rocks vitamin C in the country.  Here's what this innovative vitamins for kids in a nutshell:

1. First and only pop rocks Vitamin C in the country.
2. Parents can give both a  fun and healthy dose of vitamins to their kids.
3. It comes in Sodium Ascorbate form of Vitamin C so it is tummy-friendly and can be taken on an empty stomach.
4. It contains only 1/5 of the sugar content of normal vitamins preventing tooth decays
5. It comes in single dose sachets which make it convenient for moms to give to kids. It can even be given as part of their everyday "baon."

The only downside is that the vitamin is good for kids 7 years old and above thus, Charles have to wait a little over three more years before he can get popin' with it.  Good thing I have some nieces and nephews old enough to try it. The verdict? They love it and were asking for more. 

Vitapops is now available in drugstores nationwide. Now your kids don't have any more reason to be an action star wannabe when it comes to taking vitamins.