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Hey, girls!

This is the first in a series of blog entries on the behind-the-scenes of the Council of Cool 8 minimag. The first order of business, of course, is to introduce our little baby.

After settling the editorial positions in a COC meeting with Ate Marla, the first real step was to have our brainstorming. So last April 26, we headed out to Seattle’s Best in Bonifacio High Street – where we had a major Oops! moment when my camera fell and we all screamed! Everyone turned to look at us! Eek!

Pausing from brainstorming to take some snaps!

After deciding on our theme and the articles and spreads we would have, we got to the real work. We did all the shoots in one week—the cover shoot on May 20, the fashion & beauty and staff shoot on May 22, the hotspots “field trip” on May 24, and the celebrities shoot on May 27 (my birthday!). Whew!
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You girls know how much I love to eat, so this post will be dedicated to one of my favorite restaurants: Bubba Gump!

This resto was inspired by the movie Forrest Gump. If you have seen Forrest Gump, I’m sure you noticed how young and thin Tom Hanks was. Hehe! Kidding aside, Forrest Gump was about the travelogue of Forrest himself. His character is truly amusing and interesting. Google it, buy a DVD or download the film because you’ll surely enjoy watching the journey of Forrest. Anyway, you may me wondering how “Bubba” is related to Forrest. Well, let’s just say they were close because he named his company after his dear friend, which inspired an actual shrimp company; thus the birth of Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

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Darn it, Rubie beat me to the UAAP Cheerdance blog! Haha. (I love my school and I love our Pep Squad! Wheee! :D)

Well, since my brain is still incapacitated—it shut down on Monday after I handed in the well-crammed (I’d like to think there’s such a thing) first draft of my thesis and it hasn’t recovered yet. Let me just share with you the songs that I currently love. I’d bet at least one of these songs are part of your September playlist, too!

1. “Crush” by David Archuleta
   Lines I love:
   ‘Cause the possibilityThat you would ever feel the same way about me
   It’s just too much, just too much
2. “Thunder” by Boys Like Girls
   Lines I love:
   Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer
   Do you know you’re unlike any other?
   You’ll always be my thunder, and I said
   Your eyes are the brightest of all the colors
   You’ll always be my thunder
   So bring on the rain
   And bring on the thunder
3. “That’s What You Get” by Paramore
   Lines I love:
   Pain, make your way to me, to me
   And I’ll always be just so inviting
   If I ever start to think straight,
   This heart will start a riot in me
   Let’s start, start, hey!
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Nope, this isn’t about gossip. Haha. Now that we’ve left August behind, allow me to look back and enumerate the things that made me happy last month—and they all begin with S!

1. A Site
   Thanks to Ate Marla’s mention of it on the Candy blog, I found PostSecret, a really cool project where people send their secrets on anonymous postcards, and Frank Warren posts 20 secrets every Sunday. It’s a poignant experience reading through the site every week. It’s sad and empowering at the same time.My favorite PostSecret so far reads, “When I learn to love myself, I promise I’ll love you next.”
2. A Secret
   Nope, not one from the PostSecret site. Haha. But halfway through August, someone told me something that completely – and pleasantly – surprised me! Wish I could write about it here for all of cyberspace to read, but it’s a secret! My lips are sealed! :p
3. A Sunset
   Last August 18, a friend took me to Manila Bay to watch the sunset. It was the first time I’ve watched it, and it was just as beautiful as they say it is. Too bad I don’t have pictures.
4. A Scent
   It’s always nice to find a new fragrance that you can’t get enough of. An aunt gave me a cologne and lotion duo for my birthday, but they’ve sat in my room for ages until I decided to try the body splash. I instantly fell in love.
   

   My new cologne (that I keep spraying on, even at home, haha!)—Bath and Body Works’ Moonlight Path

5. A Show
   Last August 24, I watched my best guy friend Daryl star as Prince Brian in a musical staging of Rapunzel! The show was wonderful and funny. Daryl did an awesome job and I’m so proud of him! (By the way, George, the other actor who plays the Prince, is a Candy Cutie! Haha, small world, huh?)You can still catch Rapunzel on September 7 and 21 at the Insular Life Theater in Alabang! Check out the site here!

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Before you start to think I’m going crazy, let me introduce Terry Maddox (not his real name, by the way!) But, not to worry, I did my research, I found out his name is Jaymar Cabebe, currently residing in California. He’s obviously Filipino. (What is this obsession with talented, undiscovered YouTube Filipino people??)

I bet all of you are like “What in the world is she talking about?” Well, like I said, Terry Maddox is what I am talking about! I spotted him on YouTube (Thank you Cyrus for showing the video to me) and I swear, his videos made me laugh so hard I could no longer breathe. Or maybe that’s just me cos’ I’m mababaw? But, I promise, this will give you a good laugh! Here are some of his videos promoting the website touchblue.net, see for yourself:

The Bombs

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