As you may remember, I launched ID Band from an internet cafe in Laos sometime end of Nov08. It is a neat little product; worn on the wrist with the name of the wearer on the front of the band and ICE (In case of Emergency) details on the back :ICE contact, telephone number, ID#, blood type, allergies, long-term illnesses, medication etc...... There are other ID bracelets on the market ; Runners ID, Road ID, Kids ID, Medi Band, amongst others, but there really is no other product as good as the ID Band. I am not just saying it cos I came up with it, it's true!
When Tim used to go for his long runs in KL at midnight, I used to get really worried and upset cos he went out with absolutely no ID on him. I had images of him lying on a hospital somewhere all alone................ I searched everywhere for an ID bracelet that he would use, but there was nothing on the market. The only possible thing I found was the Road ID which is quite a cool looking bracelet from the US (@ about 29USD I think), but it is made of velcro & metal, is heavy and gets smelly & disgusting with sweat after just a couple of weeks!
Well, after I left Michelin, the kids and I started travelling alot and I saw another need for an ID product. Instead of stuffing pieces of paper into the kids pockets with my tel number (in case they got lost) I could just put it all on a band! So, killing 2 birds with one stone, I came up with the ID Band! I started doing research, sourcing for materials and machines from all over the world...... And after 6months of hardwork (with alot of travelling and interruptions in between), I decided to launch ID Band.
Things were kindda slow when I started end of last yr. Well, I was away in the US and Canada most of December & January, so that was understandable. We get back what we put in afterall! When I did finally decide to start working on ID Band in full force, (I had to, since I had no more money and couldn't afford to do anything else!!!) it was amazing what great results I got with just a little focus and attention! A couple of press releases, some phone calls and help from some wonderful friends and we had coverage in
- Straits Times Mind Your Body 29 Jan
- Singapore American Paper Feb issue
- Silver Kris Magazine Feb issue
-interviews on News 93.8FM Radio 2 Feb
- Palico (Site for Japanese residing in Singapore)
etc.... and it is still coming (I hope)....................
I even have a Friends of ID Band facebook group
The orders are flooding in and I am really not set-up to handle hundreds of orders at a time! I am going to have to re-think the ordering process or I will spend all my days and nights doing this and nothing else!
Tim with his favourite lil Emma!
Tim doing a science experiment for Mat's school project; Mentos and Coke bottle explosion............. In the YouTube videos, the coke fountain went 2m high, ours bearly bubbled! Kids were so disappointed. sigh.
Tri-buddie Yen got me to sign-up for the OCBC cycle. It was only 40km so I thought, why not........... I have only been on the bike twice since the Osim Corporate Tri but I honestly thought it was going to be chicken-feet; Closed roads, no buses or lorries, early morning, riding with friends, no slopes...... Well, it was all of those things, but my wimp of a body decided to show me a thing or two. 1/3rd the way through the nice friendly ride, I developed the worst possible back pain; everytime I went over a hump, speed strip or pot-hole, I got a shooting pain up by back and down my leg. SCIATICA!!!! The rest of the ride was agonising; I tried to ride standing but since I am not very good on a bike, this wasn't really possible. Daniel & Yen Yen tried waiting for me but I was so slow that they gave up and went off. Yes, I spent the 1hr 35mins pretty much riding on my own. People on mountain bikes passed me, people on bikes with bloody baskets and bells passed me........... very sad. But, guess what, I finished it.
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