My mom left for her hometown in Bicol to attend the town fiesta so I had to hitch a ride with my bro and got to the office at 7 am! It’s good to be here na rin because it’s so quiet—to the point that I can only hear my keyboard buttons clacking about! A lil’ scary!—but for more than half of the day, I feel so drowsy naman.

We just turned over our July issue and I’m so proud of Terence ’cause he made the tight schedule work! (He deserves a pat on the back.) Oh! Are you all set to choose your favorite Teen Model finalist? We’re posting their pics on the site so watch out for ‘em. It was tough going through all the entries, asking the girls to come over for the go-see, and deliberating the top 8 picks, so I’m so glad it’s over! :-)

Have you guys heard of this website called Pandora (www.pandora.com)? If you’re a music lover and you’re itching to hear new songs by other artists whose sound/flavor is similar to your favorites, you can give this website a try! It’s like a cool cyber radio station that constantly remodels itself to play you the music you like—it even explains why it’s playing the song it picked for you AND asks if you liked the song or not. REALLY cool. So far I have four of my own stations and I can’t wait to make more. The only glitch I’ve seen so far is the fact that I can’t rewind the tracks (you can only fast forward to the next song!). And get this! You can share your station with your friends. Cool, huh?

I don’t know if any of you guys still remember Jo Manalastas, Candymag.com’s old webmaster, but if you do know her, do greet her a happy birthday today!!!

Till next week… MWAH!!! (That’s one big sloppy kiss for you.)
Mimi

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