Candy Fair 2014: I've Got a Sweet Tooth for Candy

Oh my god, for the first time in forever (a la Frozen) I actually had the chance to attend the Candy Fair last September 27, 2014 at the Metrowalk Tent in Ortigas. I've been an avid and true-blue Candy Girl since 2010. I remember seeing my forever crush Candy Cutie Sam Concepcion on the cover and I just had to grab it. It was my birthday month then (May) and somehow that was the first of my many, many issues of Candy.

I have my very awesome and convincing friends, Rohanne and Camille, to thank for because they were the ones who told me about the fair and no matter how reluctant I was at first, I still decided to go. Love these girlies to bits!

The Candy Fair felt like UPLB's Feb Fair with less booths and mooore teenage girls. There were booths with games and also a photobooth where you can be a Candy cover girl. We even got free DIY tattoos and conditioners from Creamsilk. Then the show started and one of the hosts was Joyce Pring. She was definitely so cute and bubbly. My friends and I were even shocked to see that the UPLB Street Jazz were performing that afternoon. We were slightly proud, though. Despite the few booths, it was worth attending because finally I got to fan girl (a bit.) Honestly I felt a lot older than most girls so we were just standing behind.

It was a teeny weensy bit heartbreaking that I didn't get to take a picture with my crushes but nonetheless my heart rejoiced just seeing them from afar. I was so happy to see Jerome Ponce, Alexander Diaz, Maqui Castelo, Rammy Bitong, LA Aguinaldo, Elmo Magalona, James Reid, Manolo Pedrosa and more. Oh, wait, and Sam Concepcion of course!

One of the few celebrities who were there was Clara Magalona so I had my picture taken with her. I used to follow her on Tumblr and she's quite awesome like her sister Saab, who's one of my idols. She's actually so tall and pretty in person!

I also had my photo taken with Candy Cutie Maqui Castelo since I found him wandering around the tent (too bad his fellow Cuties were not!). We even had a short conversation while he signed my doodle book and apparently he's a fellow artist! Sadly I didn't get to ask further questions but he told me he's a graphic designer seeing that my doodle book was kind of artsy.

I was also psyched to take a picture with Verniece Enciso. I really think she's so pretty and sweet and now I like her even more because she was so nice! She's holding my doodle book in our photo.

And to be honest, the highlight of my experience was getting to meet two of the Candy Team who were so kind to let the others sign on my doodle book. One of them even took a picture of me with it. Too bad I didn't get to meet them all but it made me so happy just seeing what they wrote for me!

All in all, the Candy Fair was quite okay for me. I really had fun and I swear I'm going next year! Hopefully I would meet my crushes then and take a photo with them. Haha!

(Photos c/o Camille Corpuz and Rohanne Ablang)

The Truth

The inevitable truth knocked,
Slapping reality onto her face.
"No one loves you." It said,
"You will be alone forever."

Feeling hopeless, she stared into darkness,
Succumbing to her fate, embracing it in surrender.
Her mind wondered and her thoughts wandered,
The truth had hurt her like hell.

No one, she repeated into words,
No one does and it echoed loudly in her head.
I am awful, hideous and horrible, she thought,
I am undesirable and pathetic.

She sat on a corner and wept,
Wept until she found solace,
In her sleep and dreams she often did,
Unconsciously ignorant of the truth.

Shoutout to Some Beaches

I know we can't please everyone but I try to be amiable all the time. I don't want enemies and I avoid conflicts. So, believe me when I say I just don't understand when I sense people giving me this vibe that they hate me or something, especially when I didn't do anything wrong. I mean, yeah, I'd totally get it if I was mean to you or if we just don't click as friends, but if I actually tried my best to be kind to you and you literally just acted like a beach to me,...uh, dude, that's crossing the line. I'm not a war freak or anything, but I hate it terribly when people hate me for no reason. Anywho, to you certain beaches who act like friendly, peachy, goody two-shoes to most people, ctrl + x the crap. Now I know your true colors and I honestly give up trying to win you guys over. I'll stop acting like an amiga to you because I know you may be smiling at me in front, but you're certainly stabbing me at the back. Just hope I won't turn to a major Beach because if I wanted to, I'd probably be The Beach. But you guys are lucky because I don't wanna be that. And I'm actually nicer than you think. But you're literally worse than I think. So, yeah, holla. Not.