.....I went to my first-ever midnight sale at Gaisano City last October 15, 2005 and I stopped by the Bench store to buy a "jar" of Bench FIX Gel. I was looking for the Extra Shine, but there was none, so the Saleslady pointed to the Water Creme.....and I was reminded by an incident that happened almost 6 years ago.....

.....I was in Manila with my classmates for our educational field trip and we stayed at the Atrium Suites in Pasay. I was fixing my hair by the dresser mirror and I was using the tube of Bench Water Creme.....as I poured a significant amount of the creme on my right palm, a lady classmate barged inside the room looking for another classmate.....

 .....she took one look at me (wearing only a towel because I was straight out of the shower) and one look at my palm.....and shrieked!!!.....

.....you know what she thought I just did??......visualize this: you barge into a room and saw a guy wearing only a towel.....and he has an ample amount of white, viscous liquid on his palm.....

.....it took a lot of explaining before she was finally convinced that the liquid on my palm was the Bench Water Creme.....and I never used that product again.....ever!!