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Drinking Survey

2009-08-04T15:05:00.001-07:00

Another survey which I should have written about before the beer survey, is the one I just concluded. It is about the drinking habits of consumers. For 2 weeks I had to record every drink I made into a Zire21 (palm pilot).
On a side note, an office mate couldn't help laughing on why I was still lugging a palm pilot around. He said that piece of technology was already obsolete. I tried to explain that it is for a survey I was doing, but still he couldn't resist a good laugh.
Back to the survey...
As I was logging in all my data, I realized I drink too much diet coke. I drink it everyday, and almost every time. One of the questions in the survey was, 'is this a routine occasion?' Diet coke has been part of my routine. I get sleepy if I don't get the caffeine boost from diet coke.
The survey was quite long to complete --2 weeks, but I guess the compensation is worth it. I am supposed to get a total of $60. I already got the $10 for agreeing to do the survey. And I will get the rest as soon as they get the zire21. I was just at Fedex not 20mins ago returning the palm pilot.
Let see if I get the $50...

Molson M Beer

2009-08-03T13:14:00.000-07:00

I figured I have to blog about this beer. I answered a few survey questions from AskingCanadians.com and they sent me a sample 6 pack for taste test. The beer tasted as good as any free beer should but it was a bit smoother. The marketing says it is because of its 'new' technology of microbrewing. But like I said, a free beer always tastes good.
By the way, the prize for doing this taste test? Is 150 aeroplan miles. Is that fair? I don't know for sure because I just signed up for Aeroplan last year and I still have to redeem any of my points. And this is not the first time I did a survey for Asking Canadians where the prize is aeroplan miles. They say that it takes 6-8 weeks to be credited with the miles, but I still haven't received any of the miles for the surveys I have taken with them. Let see in a couple more weeks.
Back to the beer. The best thing about the beer is the labelling. I used to do packaging for cosmetic products and I found the labels simple, in a good way. Very eye catching with the red M on a silver background. It would surely stand out on a shelf of very colorful beer from all over. I guess well see when this beer hits the market.

What this blogs about?

2009-06-26T23:18:00.000-07:00

I need ideas on what this blog is about.