By Alex Villafania, hackenslash Reporter
INQUIRER.net

YOU may know her from the shampoo commercial and the February 2007 cover of FHM Philippines.

Gaby dela Merced is one of the few Filipinas in the professional racing league Asian Formula 3. And it was by her admission that long before she started racing, she was a video game sim addict, both in the arcades and on consoles.

“My brothers were racing game addicts, like Gran Turismo so it was then that I got really hooked into it. I caught on with the games so I tried out the real thing,” Dela Merced said.

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By Joey Alarilla, hackenslash Editor
INQUIRER.net

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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