Nov 30 2009
Happy it’s here…
Two days ago I had a sort of revelation.
And it had something to do with this thing for Whisper I’ve been doing all week on my show. It runs on the last hour of my show and it’s called Happy Index, where I give away a $50 hamper if someone can tell me what makes them happy and I also talk about this thing Whisper’s started called the ‘happy it’s here’ initiative (basically Whisper talked to like 500 chicks aged 18-24 and found out that 95% of them have a negative perception of periods. To be honest with you – I’d probably be one of those chicks just cos I hardly care about it. It’s just become this thing that happens once a month which requires me to walk into like Guardian or Watson and buy tampons. By the way wtf is up with the tampon supply in Singapore?!! Me and Riks both tried to find and they’re like out of stock everywhere in SG!)
Anyway Whisper is trying to get girlies to “re-embrace the joys of womanhood”! They made a microsite – www.happyitshere.com.sg – which is aimed at getting pledges from women to be “happy its here!” through FB badges and online etc, and gives you info about your period. Sounded kinda weird and try-hard to me at first but I soon changed my mind. Mainly, because everything is supported by research and actually teaches you something about your body and therefore helps you understand it better, which I think is what makes you feel more positive about your period.
