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2007 Dec 26 [ Wed ]
Vietnamese tissues not so terrible
When I took a trip to Vietnam I was very snooty about the "Tanpe" pocket tissues available, which seemed to be knockoffs of Tempos: [http://www.panix.com/~dannyw/weblog/Asia/Vietnam/Miscellaneous/tissues01.html]
Well, I'm pretty sure the Tempo tissues I've been buying in England have been made by Mr Tempo himself, not stealthily smuggled in from Taiwan (well, not absolutely sure). Yet they have the same major problem as the Tanpe brand: the blue and yellow inks, or pigments, or whatever you'd call them, are applied to the *inside* of the packaging and inevitably rub off while the packet is in your pocket.
Sheesh. I can't remember this problem when I bought Tempo tissues in Germany. Maybe Mr Tempo has been trying to manufacture them in England and that's not a good idea.
2006 Mar 16 [ Thu ]Terrible tissues in Vietnam
Ever since I lived in Germany I've looked out for "Tempo" facial tissues – ie the things you carry in your pocket to wipe your nose with. In the USA they're hard to find: Kleenex has the market sewn up. But to me Kleenex tissues are flimsy, and so is the packaging. A Tempo pack survives my pocket, and the tissues survive my nose. Try them.
So when I went to Vietnam I was happy to find "Tanpe" tissues, apparently manufactured by "Giay thom cao cap thanh van". As well as having a similar name, the packaging is quite similar.
When I opened up the pack I found that the paper quality is inferior. Although somewhat stouter than Kleenex, it is not soft: to me it seems similar to paper towels – ie the absorbent paper you use to wipe up spills.
Much worse: they apparently print the blue logo and text on the *inside* of the package. Presumably they do this so it won't rub off in shipping. However, it rubs off *on the inside*. That's right, the tissue you might want to wipe your eyes with has fragments of blue ink over it.
Incidentally, the pack in front of me says "Menthol" but I could never smell menthol on them. They had a faint smell of something, but it was more like fish sauce.
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