Placenta Soap and A Six-Million-Pesos-A-Month Billboard

Throwing Copper - Live 1994

Lightning Crashes
Artist: Live
Album: Throwing Copper

lightning crashes, a new mother cries
her placenta falls to the floor
the angel opens her eyes
the confusion sets in
before the doctor can even close the door

lightning crashes, an old mother dies
her intentions fall to the floor
the angel closes her eyes
the confusion that was hers
belongs now, to the baby down the hall

oh now feel it comin' back again
like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
forces pullin' from the center of the earth again
I can feel it.

lightning crashes, a new mother cries
this moment she's been waiting for
the angel opens her eyes
pale blue colored iris,
presents the circle
and puts the glory out to hide, hide

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pla·cen·ta (plə-sĕn'tə) pronunciation

n., pl. -tas or -tae (-tē).

1. a. A membranous vascular organ that develops in female mammals during pregnancy, lining the uterine wall and partially enveloping the fetus, to which it is attached by the umbilical cord. Following birth, the placenta is expelled.
b. An organ with similar functions in some nonmammalian animals, such as certain sharks and reptiles.
2. Botany. The part within the ovary of a flowering plant to which the ovules are attached.

[New Latin, from Latin, flat cake, alteration of Greek plakoenta, from accusative of plakoeis, flat, from plax, plak-, flat land, surface.]

pla·cen'tal adj.

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On the package: (Front)

NEWLY IMPROVED
Featured in GMA-7's Extra Extra - Jan. 8 & Unang Hirit Aug. 8, 2003
The first & the original
BEWARE OF IMITATION!
Renew PLACENTA Classic Herbal Beauty Soap
W/ double - acting
Anti - aging & active
skin whitening properties

(Back)
Ideal for aging skin and areas susceptible to wrinkles
or loss of subtleness. Helps renew damaged skin tissues
and fades away skin blemishes. Recommended for
everyday use for healthier and younger-looking skin

Ingridients: High-grade Coconut Oil, Glycerin,
Sodium Carbonate, Sodium Palmitate
Cocodiethanolamide & Placenta Extract

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My friend Jo uses this. I just had to take a photo of it. The package didn't really mention exactly what type of placenta extract (mammalian or botanical) they used on this product.
Wala lang. :-)

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I just found out how much that really big billboard space in Café Lupe along EDSA costs. Apparently, you'd have to shell out P6 Million a month to take the whole space. From what I recall, it's normally divided into either nine or twelve billboards.