Lifestyle Asia

ON BEING CHIC&DRIVEN

It all started in college.

My mom bought one of the fastest cars in the '90s. I didn't know what the fuss was all about, but Upsilon boys hanging out in the UP Diliman AS parking lot would flock to it and ask if they could drive it. Initially, I thought they were interested in me, but it was the car's V6 engine they were drooling over.

This car introduced me to the world of speed. I enjoyed driving to school and thought I might be a race car driver in the making. I felt fast snaking my way through a spacious EDSA and thought I had talent until I

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