Wildflour Croissant-Donuts - My Favorite Snack!

My sister and I wanted to try the Wildflour croissant-donuts that my officemate was raving about so we went to Podium last weekend. And it was totally worth the trip!

They looked so yummy! I tried the vanilla with cream filling and the dulce de leche with coffee-flavored cream. Taking a bite on the croissant-donut, you hear a soft crackle. It's crisp, airy, chewy and with flaky layers. The cream filling is just right, not too sweet. I wanted to have more, but I felt that my waistline increased by more than an inch after my 2nd croissant-donut! LOL!

I will definitely keep on coming back for more. I will try the chocolate and strawberry next time. My sister said that they're both good also.

Wildflour's croissant-donuts come in 4 flavors - Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry & Dulce de leche. Each croissant-donut costs P120.

My Underarm Treatment Experience

I've been having problems with excessive sweating of my underarms since I was a teenager, and it has been a source of embarrassment for me especially during the warm parts of the day when my shirt sleeves would show the hint of sweat and at the same time my underarms would start to smell. I've tried everything - from "tawas" to "calamansi" to even different over-the-counter deodorants and antiperspirants. Nothing seemed to work. Worse, because of all those stuff that I've tried to apply on my underarms, they got dark. I asked my dermatologist, Dr. Margaret Corcoran, about this and she said that the reason that I have sweaty underarms is because my nerves that cause sweating are more active probably because of my family's genes (and I was able to confirm it; my dad also has that problem also). She also said that my underarm odor is caused by bacteria that proliferate because of the ideal environment in my underarms - moist and warm temperature. So she recommended Tea tree soap for my underarms, Ultimate lightening deodorant in the morning and Alchlor 20% at night.

The next day after I started applying the medications, I was surprised to note that my underarm sweating significantly decreased. I couldn't really believe that when I went out for lunch with my officemates, I didn't feel the underside of my sleeves to be soaking wet. What a big difference!

I went to my dermatologist after 2 weeks and told her of the good news. It was really a big relief for me that I don't have to hide and get embarrassed anymore because of my underarm sweating and odor. Since the sweating and odor have been controlled, the dark color of my underarms is now the next problem to be address. She then suggested that I undergo nanotechnology peel for my dark underarms. I had 2 sessions of the peel and I'm happy with the results. This is a photo of my underarm before I applied the medicines and had the nanotechnology peels:

After 2 months of using the medications and 2 nanotechnology peels, this is a photo of my underarm:

There's still some more lightening that needs to be done, but I'm really happy with the results of my treatments so far. 

My derma is now suggesting mesotherapy for further lightening my underarms. I'm now seriously considering that. 

JCo Donuts - It's All a Hype!

It's been a long time since I wanted to try JCo Donuts because of the raves from my friends. Plus there were a lot of positive reviews online on it. So I braved the long line in SM Mall of Asia; took me 45 minutes to get my donuts! Wow! I haven't been that patient waiting to get a taste of something... Oh well...

I ordered a box of 24 donuts, I just let the server give me the stuff that were bestsellers since I didn't have any idea which ones to order.

My first bite of the Al Capone was ok. It was not too sweet and texture is just fine. I was probably expecting more because of the raves of everyone that I talked to. In reality, I still liked the donuts that I had in Vietnam sold in a small donut shop in Saigon. That's actually the best donut that I've had - soft, chewy with a lot more cream filling, but unfortunately we don't have it here...

I think JCo Donuts created a niche in the donut/food industry because of the catchy names of their donuts plus their product marketing was very good. But I won't go back there to get more donuts. I think the long lines and the time that I would waste to get their overhyped but ordinary-tasting donuts is not really worth it.