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Hey Candy girls!

I got to catch the premiere of Speed Racer at Imax the other night, and I was totally blown away with the eye-popping colors and effects of this campy, anime-ish movie! Here are three great reasons why you should go, go, go rush out to watch it:

1) Two words: eye candy! I loved how the heavens were all vanilla skies (pink/purple/orange tinted) and how the colorful costumes added to the characters’ spunkiness. One particularly cute moment was when Speed’s little brother Spritle was wearing Paul Frank PJs, while the family chimp Chim Chim was wearing PJs with lil’ boy faces on them.

2) While watching the flick, it felt as though I was in the passenger seat of Speed’s Mach 5. And, can I just say, it was so awesome how they made the race scenes! It seemed as if the racers were stuck inside a big pinball machine, getting thrown around and hitting each other like bump cars. When the racers crashed, a bubble-like enclosure would engulf them. (I wish they’d invent this in real life to lessen harrowing car accidents.)

3) The boys. Hey, of course you knew I would say that. Haha! I couldn’t decide who I liked more: Speed (read more about Emile Hirsch on our May Gossip Girl page), Taejo (played by Korean pop star/actor Rain who was adorable in Full House), or Racer X (Matthew Fox’s voice was just to. Die. For.). I was even crushing on the young Speed (he looked so cute pretending to race in the classroom, no wonder Trixie fell for him instantly!) and older brother Rex (played by Friday Night Light’s Scott Porter).

All in all, the Wachowski Brothers’ latest offering is fit for anyone who’s in need of a speed/sound/sight rush, but if you aren’t careful—like if you lack sleep from the night before, which I kind of did—you might end up getting a trippy, color-laden headache.

Let me know what you think after you see this movie, okay?

XOXO!
Mimi

Have you ever experienced hiking and sleeping inside tents in the great outdoors?

Last weekend, my mountaineering club organized a camping activity for kids at the La Mesa Eco Park. We didn’t go hiking, but the kids were able to experience a lot of cool stuff (like boating, zipline, and rapelling) and learn important things about camping and surviving in the wild (like first aid!).

Since I was going to be with kids and nature, I borrowed Mimi’s Fisheye Darla and decided to try my hand at lomography! Here are some of my shots.

This is the lake at La Mesa Eco Park. You can even go fishing here!

Here I am with my group leader Angie (double exposed with some flowers). We nearly went crazy trying to take care of the kids!

This is Kenzie, one of the kids in our group. He’s sooo makulit but fun to be with!

This is Gabby, showing off her painted flower tattoo. She’s a really sweet girl—she won “Friendliest Camper” because she loved talking to everyone!

Poor Kyle was so tired, he fell asleep during one of the sessions!

In the evening, we had a bonfire where the kids roasted hotdogs and marshmallows. Yum!

All in all, it was a really fun event! The kids were great and my pictures came out pretty well, doncha think? (Mim, thanks again for lending me Darla!)

Speaking of kids, Margaux, Jennie, and I dropped by the My Talent Summer Workshop in Eastwood yesterday to give some tips on modeling. Here’s a snappie of us with all the aspiring models! Can you spot the Candy cuties?

That’s all, folks. Hope you’re all having a great summer so far!

Angel

Today marks my first year working for Candy. Wuhoo! Time flies so fast. I still remember my first day in Summit. I was excited and scared at the same time because I didn’t know what to expect. Here’s a list of my firsts when I started working for Candy.

First Event:
It was the 2007 MTV VJ Hunt Presscon in Capones. It was just my second day at work and I was given a chance to go to an event. It was so exciting. I got to take videos during the press con and I even got to have my picture taken with some of the finalists.

First Photo Shoot:
It was a whole day shoot for the 2007 Teen Model Search.

First Celebrity Encounter:
AJ Perez for the CoC Mini Mag. I even got to give him a bear hug.

First Candy Cuties shoot:
I got kilig over the cute guys we shot for the 2007 Candy Cuties.

First Cover Shoot:
I think it was for the Teen Model Search issue. But it was with Dino when I had my first celeb cover shoot.

First issue my name was on the magazine:
July 2007. I still get kilig whenever I see my name on the Mag hehe

First article:
Jan-Feb 2008 Locker Room

It’s been great so far and I wish to celebrate more years with Candy in the future. Thanks for making me part of the family, Candy girls!

Roch <3

Dear Candy Girls and Guys,

What do Sam Concepcion, Dino Imperial, AJ Perez, Yael Yuzon, Einar Ingebrigtsen, Kenny Waymack, Francis Ramos, and Mickey Perz have in common? They’re all Certified Candy Cuties, that’s what!

Yep, it’s that time of the year again. The search for 2008’s CANDY CUTIES officially starts now…and it starts with YOU! If you know anyone—your brother, cousin, boyfriend, guy bud, classmate, crush, neighbor, sister’s blockmate’s nephew, etc.—who has Candy Cutie potential, do let us, and the rest of the Candy world, know.

Send in their name, age (he should be 13-25), school/occupation, and two clear photos (we have to see his face, so no baseball caps, shades, and dim lighting, please) to certifiedcandycuties@gmail.com. Please include their contact numbers, home address, and email addy as well. Feel free to give us as many cuties as you want, and you might just see them on the pages of Candy. Wouldn’t it be great to flip open our September 2008 issue and see one (or two, or three) of the guys in your life smiling back at you?

For celebrity cuties, just post their names on the Candy Cuties thread in Teentalk, which we’ll be putting up real soon. Oh, and tell us who you want to see on the cover too.

Deadline is on June 6, Friday, ‘k? We’ll be waiting! Thanks!

PS: Don’t worry, all nominations will be kept confidential—we promise. (Meaning, we won’t tell your crush that you find him cute enough to send us his photo!)

Love,
The Candy Team

I hit the Havaianas event last Friday with 17 editors Cindy, Tata, and Mia F. Man, it was crazy! Every year the event gets bigger—I remember the first one I went to was simply held inside the mall near CMG. This year they tripled the number of workstations, and held it at the Rockwell tent. It was packed with people and there were more waiting in line outside. I had to wait for my pair for hours! Good thing they were giving out iced tea and popcorn.

After choosing my colors, I took forever deciding what pins to put on my pair.

Finally settled on placing my name, Swarovskis, and headphones. The headphones are my favorite!