The North Face® Credit Card (Must Have)

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The North Face fans will surely love this Credit Card. My application is now on the go. 


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	Welcome Treat Your first year Annual Fee is waived! Plus, once your card has been approved, get a FREE The North Face (TNF) ID Lace worth P200. Simply present the TNF ID Lace voucher inserted in your welcome kit to any of The North Face branches.
	Discount Deals Get a year-round 5% discount when you shop in The North Face, The Travel Club and R.O.X. stores using The North Face Credit Card. Enjoy 30% discount on fees and priority registration in TNF initiated events. (Example: TNF100, Thrill of the Trail, Great Camp Out, etc.)
	Discount Deals Get a FREE The North Face premium item for every P10,000 accumulated purchase in TNF stores within 3 consecutive months with your TNF Credit Card. To redeem, simply submit your accumulated receipts in any TNF stores. Get a FREE The Travel Club (TTC) premium item for every P10,000 accumulated purchase in TTC stores within 3 consecutive months with your TNF Credit Card. To redeem, simply submit your accumulated receipts in the following TTC stores: • TTC Trinoma • TTC Rockwell • TTC Alabang Town Center
	Birthday Treat Enjoy 20% discount on all regular priced TNF items on your birth month. Please refer to the claiming instructions on the birthday postcard that will be mailed to you.
	Installment Delights Avail of 0% interest for 3 and 6 months installment terms on ALL regular priced TNF items. Enjoy 0.99% monthly add-on interest rate on 12 or 18 months installment term on your purchases and start to pay your first monthly amortization only after 3 months. Minimum transaction amount is P3,000.
	Rewards Points Program Earn one (1) Rewards Point for every P20 spend on your card in all establishments. Redeem your Rewards Points for FREE GCs in P500 and P1,000 denominations for use in any of the The North Face branches.
Applicants must submit the required documents for processing of the application. Duly accomplished and signed application form Photocopy of an acceptable identification document with photo and signature Supporting documents For Regular Applications: PROOF OF INCOME If employed/ fixed salary earner: BIR form 2316(W-2) If self-employed: Income Tax Return BIR form 1701 or 1702 with BIR or bank stamp OPTIONAL DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS: Certificate of Employment and compensation(original copy) for employed/ fixed salary earner Audited financial statement with BIR or bank stamp for self-employed Other proof of income like lease contracts, bank certification of deposits/ placements(should indicate date account was opened) If existing cardholder of other credit card company: Latest credit card statement(should be of current status). Must have been a cardholder for at least 12 months. Photocopy of existing credit card(front and back) PROOF OF BILLING ADDRESS IF OUTSIDE METRO MANILA (Latest Statement for any of the ff.) Phone - Landline Meralco Cellular Phone Water Cable TV Credit Cards Other For Secured Credit Applications (all the following): Signed Deed of Assignment of Deposit with UnionBank Photocopy of Residence Certificate    If you're enticed enough to apply one, I suggest that you go a TNF branch near you instead since on-site application will just require you to present an exiting credit card if you have. Then Whala... just wait for your TNF card to arrived. I hope to get mine on November so I can avail the Birthday Treat promo!  Promo applies in the Philippines only. On line application  Info Source c/o UNIONBANK -Boy Zilla

LifeStraw® (Portable water filter) now you can drink water anywhere.

I got a chance to discover this gem when I attended the 10th APRUB (A Partnership in Resource Utilization for the Betterment of Children) convention of Children's Hour in Mandaluyong last June. Since our company was also one of the major sponsor/exhibitor of the event, I was able to mingle with some exhibitors (that promotes products and services for children’s welfare)   and one of them was the official distributor of LifeStraw® here in the Philippines. I got curious when I saw this picture.

 

Then I started to asked what in the world this thing does?

The Hikezillas rating

Hiking/camping usage (5 ★ = perfect)

Frequency of use: 3★

Level of use:2.5★

Life saver:  4★

Fun Stuff:   4★

LifeStraw

It is a portable water purification tool that cleanses surface water and makes it safe for human consumption. It is just 25 cm long and 29 mm in diameter and can be hung around the neck. LifeStraw requires no electrical power or spare parts. It can filters up to 700 liters of water and effectively removes most of the micro organisms responsible for causing waterborne diseases.

Filtration Process

How does LifeStraw function? 

Contains PuroTech Disinfecting Resin (PDR) - a patented, extraordinarily effective material that kills bacteria on contact. Textile pre-filters are used in the LifeStraw to remove particles up to 15 microns. Active carbon withholds particles such as parasites.

The first thing that crossed my mind was, we should acquire this thing since we often do mountain climbing and drinking  water is always our concern specially Mai. This thing will lessen my load of at least 4 liters of water every climb, what a relief. 

Imagine, we could just get water from a near by source from our camp site or even collected water from a basin then zip it using this straw with our eyes open. How cool is that?

We usually obtain water for cooking, drinking and others.We get it form rivers, water flowing down from higher ground, swamps and wells. 100% contaminated, Lol

Bear Grylls should include this in his survival kit (Knife, Flint, *Pee bottle + LifeStraw).

I remembered some of my co-mountaineers in "SMC" filtered their water using clothes. Video to be uploaded soon.

June created a makeshift downspout to guide the water to the bottle.

Capones Island Zambales 2009

June, patiently filling-up our bottle of water supply

Unfortunately, this product is not available in your favorite outdoor shop not even in sulit.ph and ebay.ph the last time I checked and this usually sell in bulk, at least 40 to 50 pieces, approximately 1,600 Php per unit. What a bummer! But, but if you're really interested with this thingy I can do something about it, just inform me. Since I have a direct contact with its official distributor here. 

Fueling my body, the water looks safe? Mt. Pinatubo, Zambales

 
This is one remarkable invention, would be the best if it's only made more available and affordable.


-Boy Zilla

  

Odor remover: Stainless steel soap

Ok, so here’s one thing you might want to bring sa mga outdoor activities ninyo, particularly if it involves eating, my favorite activity. Syempre sometimes you feel like eating using your hands tapos nasa banana leap pa yung food. We usually do that sa beach, sa mga climbs or even sa bahay lang, specially if sea-food and mga ihaw-ihaw ang nasa menu. Hmm, I can imagine the smokey smell, sarap! Now after that comes the lingering smell of food and mga seasonings na sinaw sawan mo; soy sauce, fish sauce, bagoong etc. which naghalo halo na sa kamay mo. You tried washing it off using soap and isopropyl alcohol, tapos nilagyan mo pa ng cologne. Still, some stubborn smell remains.

Then it’s time to use this special soap, the “stainless steel soap. Some says it’s just a placebo effect. But it works for me without using my imagination, so I guess it really works. You might want to try it for yourself.  

Here is some explanation I found about this “phenomenon”

Source:  http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howthingswork/f/blstainlessodor.htm

“This is speculation on my part - if you know more about the chemistry behind this phenomenon, please feel free to write me. It makes sense to me that the sulfur from the onion/garlic/fish would be attracted to and bind with one or more of the metals in stainless steel. Formation of such compounds is what makes stainless steel stainless, after all. Onions and garlic contain amino acid sulfoxides, which form sulfenic acids, which then form a volatile gas (propanethiol S-oxide), which forms sulfuric acid upon exposure to water. These compounds are responsible for burning your eyes while cutting onions and also for their characteristic scent. If the sulfur compounds bind to the steel, then the odor is removed from your fingers.”

 Just other Sunday feast in Bulacan, May 2011

You may purchase one at “Saizen” a Japanese stuff store, it’s everywhere. You only need to buy once for it doesn’t dissolve like soap. Now that is SULIT.

Nothing to lose but that lingering smell. Try it.

-Boy Zilla