One of the foods I missed the most from the U.S. was Life cereal. My mom and others would agree that it is one of the best! It is so healthy and crunchy and it doesn't get soggy too quickly. I love how it feels to just bite down and feel the milk soak in between the two layers in my mouth. While we were in the U.S. I made sure to get in my quota of Life cereal since in the Philippines they don't sell it. In fact, they hardly sell any cereal because most Filipinos eat rice for breakfast.
Recently we went out to lunch with some Filipino friends, and one of them happens to be the ordering manager of a local grocery store. I told him of my dream to have Life cereal sold at his store. He said Quaker is one of his suppliers so he would see if he could get some ordered. We all joked that when I saw it on the shelves we would have a "Life" party. We would play the game of "Life" eating "Life" cereal, reading "Life" magazine and watching "Life is Beautiful" while we told our testimonies about "Life" in Christ. Fun idea! 
I am going to have to have a Life party soon because today my eyes bulged out of their sockets when I saw on the shelf Life cereal! OH, I could not believe my eyes. I had to buy several boxes for fear that I would not see this day again. I also could not believe they had two of my other favorite cereals that are never sold here either. I think it was a good idea to put in a good word with the manager. I can't wait to have that "Life" party after all!
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From the Life website (www.lifecereal.com) "Last year, 39 million boxes of Life and Cinnamon Life were sold. If placed end to end, the boxes sold in one year would stretch all the way from New York to Tokyo!"
Dear Jessica, Wot fun! Can I come? I've been eating Life since my junior high days or before--over 44years! Surely we should get some sort of discount for being their Best Ever customers, especially bringing its great reknown all over the world. Ha! Bye for now--I gotta go eat some Life--and it's LUNCH time. It's always time for Life. Crunching along, Mums. P.S. The party sounds SO FUN!
If all the squares of Life I have eaten were placed end to end, they would stretch from Omaha, Nebraska to Davao, Philippines!
Small things really do become big things when not in your native country. Now, you'll excuse me while I try to figure out who the manager of the local grocery store is. :o)
Oh, and I, too, LOVE the Life Party idea.
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