Mitzi, Charo, Ajie, Abbie, Tin Tin and Ivy are my friends from Canossa School. Some of them have been my friends way back in grade school. We have called ourselves lots of names: from Charms to Pink Illusion, to Exordium (*woohoo!* our all-girl rock band back in high school!), and finally, Forces of Nature.

We have definitely gone a long way from our teenybopper days... Ajie and Ivy are both happily married now (Ivy's in Canada with her hubby, Ajie & her hubby are blessed with kids now), Tin Tin is currently in China and Mitzi is in the US.

To see more pictures of our barkada check out Mitzi's website at mitzitomas.onlyhere.net and Abbie's online photo gallery at pbase.com

To read about our all-girl rock band (Exordium) and the detailed "evolution" of our group, view the write-up I made for our high school website at canossa1995.onlyhere.net

Back in the days when we called ourselves CHARMS/PINK ILLUSION: (1) L to R: Charo, Ivy, Hazel, Mitzi and me; (2) Charo, Mikki, Inah , Hazel, Ivy and me;(3) Me, Charo, Mikki, Ivy and Inah (Grade School Graduation -1991)
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EXORDIUM the Band at Royale Tagaytay Country Club: (1) L to R: Mikki, me (vocals), Mitzi (lead guitar), Ajie (drums) and Charo (bass guitar); (2) Charo, Ajie, Mikki, Mitzi and me
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FORCES OF NATURE: (1) At Club Spoon, Alabang Town Center: Tin Tin, me, Charo, Mitzi and Ajie; (2) At National Sports Grill, Greenbelt, Makati: Me, Charo, Mitzi, Abbie and Tin Tin; (3) At Octoberfest 2001: Ivy, Charo, Tin Tin, Abbie and me; (4) At Congo Grill, Makati: Me, Ivy, Abbie, Mitzi, Charo and Ajie.
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AJIE'S BRIDAL SHOWER (May 2002): Together with Ajie, Ivy, Abbie, Mitzi and Charo. * Note the bananas and the Kink Cake*
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Celebrating New Year 2003 at Tequila Joe's Alabang Town Center (when Tin Tin came back from China): Abbie, Mitzi, Tin and me.
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