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Get to know me through this simple alphabet.

A - Ateneo (I definitely enjoyed my college experience!)
B - Baon (you might not believe this, but I’ve been bringing food from home since nursery. I still bring baon to work!)
C - Chai Tea Latte (my fave CBTL drink)
D - “Destiny” (a cool Zero 7 song I discovered through the TV show Roswell)
E - Elephants (I like this shot I took in Singapore)
F - Four (I love the fact that my parents bore four kids—two girls and two boys! How’s that for symmetry?)
G - Graziella (the name of my first best friend in grade school)
H - House (I dream of living in a quaint little house with a garden/backyard my kids can play in)
I - Irritable (sadly, I think I get irritated by the smallest things!)
J - Jared (one of my all-time favorite guy names—I think all boys christened with this name are gwapo!)
K - Kathryn (hands down, the best sister ever. I can’t believe it’s almost a year since her family left for Canada!)
L - Luzviminda (the name makes me LOL because it’s so Pinoy)
M - The M on my palm (as a kid, I really thought it was shaped like that because of my name. Haha!)
N - Nice (I’ve got a mean streak, but I try to be good as much as I can )
O - Oz (my nick for Australia, a gorgeous country I’ve been to thrice. I can’t wait to visit again, especially since my brother lives there!)
P - Piano (I used to play classical pieces, and I regret not being able to learn the different chords)
Q - Queen Bee (somehow, I’m glad we didn’t have one in high school)
R - Ruth (my second name)
S - Skydive (it’s on my “things to do before I die” list)
T - Travel (I can’t not do this at least once a year)
U - Ugly (what I think of my legs on bad days)
V - Volleyball player (I was part of our batch team, but I was mostly a benchwarmer. Hehe!)
W - “Walking on Sunshine” (a song that brightens my mood instantly)
X - X-Ray test (it’s strange ’cause I didn’t get the results from the last one I took)
Y - Yodel (I like singers who kind of yodel like Chris Martin and Ryan Kirkland of Between the Trees)
Z - “Zombie” (I can belt out this Cranberries tune on karaoke)

Fill in the letters and let me get to know you too!
Mimi

You know how you’ve got friends in different aspects of your life? You’ve got your classmates, your batchmates, your barkada, your org mates, your friends in the school paper, then eventually you make friends in college, and so on.

Do you ever wonder if they’d all get along with each other?

In my case, I’ve got my high school barkada, my college best buds, the Candy team, my Digital friends, and so on.

Well, I found out that even if they’re from completely different groups, they can actually be friends, too!

One of my very good friends from high school is home from Alaska. We got together for lunch last week. Roch and Steph know Mikko because we all had websites in high school (HTML skillz, yo!). I sort of introduced Mikko and Mimi through email (hahaha) so Mim could go on a Gossip Girl tour of NY while she was there for a press junket.

It was cool that my HS friend totally clicked with my friends here at work. Makes me happy that I have such awesome friends. (:

<3,
Macy

I love eating. And I love eating with the Candy Girls. It’s just so much fun to sit down with friends and have an awesome time while stuffing your face. Even better when the food is good. So when Shar, former Candy editor (and Council of Cool member, too!), opened Goodles, it was but natural for us to head over there to catch up, have a good laugh, and try her pasta creations.

Moroccan Beef—this smelled and tasted like tacos! (:

Salsa Rossa Shrimp—they say to try this with a hint of chili. Mimi and Angel overloaded theirs with chili! Haha!

Grape Carbonara—Sound weird? The grape actually went well with the sauce! I loved this one. A sweet twist to an old fave.

Spinach Pesto—You can add shrimp, mixed mushrooms, or chicken (just add P30) to make this pesto dish even yummier!

Seven Layer Lasagna—We were so full from the first four dishes but we knew we had to make room for this. It was so good! We said we weren’t that hungry, but we finished everything.

Steph and Marla dig in

Angel and Mimi with the Moroccan Beef

See how excited we are to eat

With Shar at Goodles

So when you’re in Galleria, drop by Goodles. We’re sure you’ll love everything they have to offer. What’s great about it is you can eat at the store, or take it to go (maybe your next cinema snack?). It’s super budget-friendly, too, with prices ranging from P125-P170.

Can’t wait to bring my friends there and try the rest of the menu.

Goodles is at the 4th Level, Robinsons Galleria, Ortigas Avenue corner EDSA.

Because it’s Thanksgiving weekend!

1) Waking up and going to work with an amazing set of people. I’m truly honored we can influence and empower you girls through our magazine each month!

2) Listening to songs that make the heart soar. I’m liking Glee’s tender renditions of “True Colors” and “Imagine” right now. I’m very thankful for Ryan Murphy for creating this addictive show. (You can still become a GLEEk by watching it on ETC and Jack TV.)

3) Having the chance to bond with different sets of people over the long weekend. My schedule’s packed to the brim. Friday night: Throw a special party for Mia. Saturday: Hang out and watch the Sweeney Todd play with my choir buddies. Sunday: Go Christmas shopping with the family. (I hope I get to buy them what they want and finish shopping by this week!) Monday: Have my first ever Thanksgiving dinner with travel pals.

4) Finding out that most American TV shows are taking a holiday hiatus. This gives me time to catch up on my show backlog and catch more Zzzs!

5) Belonging to a family. Some of my family members are crazy, some of them are cool, but all of them have shaped me into the person I am today.

What about you? What are you thankful for?

Mimi

As I turn a year older each year, I realize that it doesn’t take much to make me happy.  When I was 16, I demanded a party every year so I could invite all of my friends. Hahaha! This year, I didn’t even plan anything!

Five Things I Love About Birthdays

1. It’s a reason to celebrate. It doesn’t even have to be a big production. On my birthday, I had pizza for lunch with the Candy Girls. We tried out Shakey’s Angus Steakhouse pizza. Too bad they missed out on the crunchy potato strips. ):
   
   After work, I headed to the mall to have dinner with my family. We had a filling meal at Recipes. My favorite: General’s Chicken! + White Chocolate Macadamia Cake from Secret Recipe, right next door.
2. It’s full of surprises. Of course you already expect some form of surprise—a greeting from a long, lost friend, cake from the restaurant you’re celebrating in, a postcard in the mailbox. But for some reason, there are still some things that you don’t expect.Marla and I are The Novembers (along with Koko, our publisher, and Jen, our former beauty editor), meaning we share November as our birth month. So, the Candy Girls gave us matching gifts (pretty Teneues Magneto Planners for 2010)!
   
   
3. The sweet notes that come with the presents—or sweet notes, period. I love reading letters. I have a big box at home full of notecards, palanca letters, greeting cards, and more. So when I get gifts, I like reading the notes that come with them. (: I got two special ones that made me tear up. One from our former EIC Ines and another from our former web designer Beam. You girls are too sweet!
   
4. The thoughtfulness of people. In this day of Facebook, I doubt if people would actually still forget about your special day. I did a screen cap of my profile page just to show you how many notifications I got that day, hahaha.
   
   My phone is usually silent for most of the day, but I was surprised to get calls! Haha, and by the end of the day, two friends I hadn’t heard from for a very long time greeted me. That made me very happy. (:
5. The stars just simply align for you. I don’t know about you, but I find that if you start your day (maybe this works not just for birthdays) with the thought “this is my special day,” everything just might go your way. (:
   
   Margaux was back in the office from her US trip so she handed out our pasalubong on my birthday. Tada! New Chocolate Chip lip balm for me. (:

   My brother told me that he had a gift for me but he didn’t say what it was. At dinner, he gave me this pink Coca Cola tumbler. I was so happy! I had been wanting it all week and would whine every time the commercial was on. (If you want one, too, read this!)

   I’ve been looking for a comfy pair of flats for some time now. When Steph told me about these studded flats, I got excited! After dinner with my family, we passed by Bayo to check the shoes out (my aunt was going to buy them for me!) but unfortunately, the store was already closed. But because my uncle told the sales lady that it was my birthday, they let us in, anyway!

What do you love about birthdays?

Feeling happy and loved,
Macy

PS
You’re all invited to my birthday party this Saturday. I’ve invited Katy Perry and mae to perform. HAHAHA! (: I’m kidding about the birthday party part. But seriously, you shouldn’t miss this concert! Not only do you get to see Katy Perry and mae (plus Journey and Jed Madela) perform, you also get to help the victims of the typhoons. Go get your tickets now!