I WAS in Bangkok last week to cover the RAN Global Tournament — for more on our coverage of that online gaming tournament, visit hackenslash.

Here’s a video of one of the contestants in the RAN Gang Zaa RAN Girls competition held on Oct. 7 at the Esplanade mall dancing during the talent portion. This video clip is courtesy of fellow journalist Carlo Suerte Felipe.

The contest was part of the festivities for the 1st RAN Global Tournament online gaming competition and the second anniversary of RAN Thailand.

For more video clips from INQUIRER.net and our partners, visit iVDO.

RYANNE CASANOVA, one of the models Philippine online game publisher IP e-Games tapped for the 2nd RAN Online Global Conference on March 23, 2007, talks about modeling and her love for the TV series “Heroes.”

Video interview conducted on March 22, 2007 by INQUIRER.net gaming and multimedia editor Joey Alarilla in Plantation Bay, Mactan, Cebu.

For more videos, visit iVDO.

HERE’S behind-the-scenes video footage of the RAN Calendar Girls photo shoot in Boracay, courtesy of RAN Online Philippine publisher IP e-Games.

For more information on how IP e-Games came up with the RAN Calendar Girls project, check out this hackenslash video interview.

And of course, you can check out our previous video interview with the RAN Calendar Girl for April, Jonah.

MEET Sarah Catindig, one of the four lovely models I interviewed in Plantation Bay, Mactan, Cebu last week during the 2nd RAN Online Global Conference.

You’ve already met RAN Calendar Girl Jonah, so now say hello to Sarah. Sarah took up Journalism in college — watch the video interview I conducted to find out why she shifted careers from writer to model.

Here’s a pic of Sarah in her RAN Online schoolgirl costume taken by Terence Ver Angsioco of IP e-Games during the RAN Online Global Conference.

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PLANTATION BAY, Mactan, Cebu, Philippines–What can I say? I love this job!

After our “barrio fiesta” welcome dinner for the representatives from different Asian countries who are attending the RAN Online global conference, I got to talk to four gorgeous models who have been tapped for the event, including RAN Calendar Girl for the month of April, Jonah.

Since it was noisy in the dining area because of the traditional Filipino dances that were being performed for the guests, I asked the four models to go with me to one of the gazebos so that I could interview them.

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