Meeting Giselle Sanchez and Mr. Tongkat Ali

It was my first time to attend a bloggers event as guest - and an uninvited one at that. Not because I wanted free dinner (defensive!) but I was asked by my co-worker, the legit guest, to accompany her.

We had no idea what the event is about except that Giselle Sanchez, umm , err THE Giselle Sanchez will be there. Turns out the event was organized by Enduranz, the food supplement for "endurance" endorsed by Giselle and husband Emil Buencamino (no, he did not change his bachelor name to Sanchez), now popularly know as Mr. Tonkat Ali. Not because he converted to Islam but because he and Giselle swears by it "powers".

I was not really aroused when I figured that this was an Enduranz event. I already have a very good idea of what Enduranz is - a cheap, local version of Viagra. But surprisingly, the evening turned out to be an eye opener. I found out that night that there is a site called Manila Tonight - a bastos site oddly represented by a "mommy blogger". I was also introduced to anthroposophy, cherubs and spirits guides courtesy of Giselle and another blogger who is into organic farming and is working for an NGO.

The biggest surprise that night is that Enduranz seems surprised that they are selling like hotcakes because consumers think that they are a cheaper Viagra alternative when in fact they are a male fertility-boosting supplement with Giselle, Emil and their new baby boy as proof!

Maybe I was just too dense to get the message of their TV commercial or was just not interested as I have absolutely no need for performance-enhancing products! Nor am I looking forward to having (and making) babies in the near and not-so-near future

But this is good news to those who have been trying to have kids without positive results. I also, learned during the discussion that usually, the first ones to get tested for "defects" were the women, when more often, it is the sperm count (should be about 60 million) and sperm virility that is the culprit. And that testing the sperm is a whole lot cheaper and faster than tests performed on women.

Some factors which may contribute to declining sperm viability are stress, heat disease, diabetes, aging or all of the above plus some.

According to Enduranz, it's active ingredient - tongkat ali, helps bring back the norrnal testosterone level of men who have lost some of their spunk (and gunk) due to stress, old age, and other bad lifestyle choices.

Of course higher testosterone level is also good news for those who are trying to maintain or bring back their lost glory. Which explains why Enduranz successfully marketed it as a sexual stimulant.

Now where did I put my loot bag...