2nr: Tell me that you might be into fantasy.
MR: Not exactly fantasy, I'm more into role-playing games. There's more of a storyline. There are so many side-things you can do. You can have a different ending all the time. With Final Fantasy, I beat it first then I played it over again. I do that with all my games, I look for secrets and alternate endings. I spend too much time on the game. That's why I had to stop.
2nr: Sounds sexy. To quit an obsession like that, a person would normally have to replace it with something else.
MR: My time is now taken up with all this stuff: the modeling, the appearances at the clubs. It's not as busy as most other models but it's busier than what I'm used to.
2nr: You poke around in people's mouths. Some may call it dentistry. Why that?
MR: It's a change of scenery. Growing up, there were two careers I wanted to do. It was either nursing or dentistry. I didn't want to be a nurse like every other Filipino and so many people in my family are surgeons or doctors...or nurses. There's only one other person in my family that's in dentistry and he is in the Philippines. He a big oral surgeon over there. I wanted to try something different. I've been doing this for three years now.
2nr: Where did you grow up?
MR: Daly City. I was born in the Philippines and came here when I was 2 years old. I went back for school.
2nr: I hear a certain maturity in your voice. There's got to be a wildside!
MR: Give me three shots of Hennessy and I'll tell you. Well...maybe more.
2nr: I'm sure we can send someone to the liquor store right now!
MR: Just kidding. I can't drink before the shoot.
2nr: Riiight.
MR: Ok. I've shot a couple times for BabeBlvd.com drunk as hell...and I came out good! I remember looking at the pictures thinking, "I did what??"
2nr: You seem like a real person. Are you "real?"
MR: Real? I have bolt-ons. These (grabbing them like she were checking cantaloupe at the market) are bolt-ons.
2nr: (Damn) Those are a really good set. I was just remarking to myself about how nice real ones look and I just was tricked into thinking that those were real. Damn your doctor. I'm going to need to see the rest of you.
2nr: So you're a Capricorn. What are you like?
MR: We're gregarious and capricious...we talk a lot.
2nr: Actually capricious is something along the lines of changes in mood or behavior. It could mean that you are crazy.
MR: Hmm. I'm a chatty person...and it's gotten me in trouble so many times.
2nr: What's your type of guy?
MR: I like guys that are dorks. They need to have a good sense of humor. Carry themselves well. All the guys I hang out with are (noticing my Macbook) Mac people.
2nr: Are you hitting on me?
MR: (continues on) I like spontaneity. I'd love surprises. One time, back in the Philippines-where the guys are hopeless romantics-I woke up and my whole room was filled with flowers...petals on the floor.
2nr: And you thought, "Who the fuck is going to clean this up?"
MR: I tell people I don't like surprises because I want them to surprise me. Reverse psychology.
2nr: That never works. Why can't you girls just say what you want? What's not a simple, "Surprise me!"
2nr: How did you get into this industry?
MR: I'm competitive. I hear all these guys I'm with talking about all these import chicks and I'd be like, "Whatever!" They'd be like, "I don't see you on the cover of these magazines!" I always wanted to do it but I needed a little nudge. That was my nudge.