Quotes
When asked about the difference between young people today and young people before, she replied: "The young people before called me Ethel, today they call me Ma'am." "I always mean what I say when I say it. That may change later." ==Trivia==
Trivia
She is the widely acknowledged "Dean of Philippine Lifestyle Editors." The original caricature for her Pacesetters column included a cigarette in a long stemmed holder. When she stopped smoking in 1995, she asked that the cigarette be removed from the caricature. The Life and Leisure and Sunday Leisure sections of Timbol generated the most advertising revenue for the Manila Bulletin. ==References==