FHM Philippines - January 2017

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58 W H A T ’ S U P I N 2017? Our resident shaman makes her predictions 62 F R E S H SOU N D S TO LISTEN FOR These 10 new bands will see you through the new year 68 H O W T O GET RICH Practical tips on how to save P150,000 in 12 months 72 P I N G M E D I N A’ S METHOD What makes this brilliant actor tick? 76 TA N D U AY G I R L F H AY E LOR E N ZO …gives you the prenup shoot of your dreams

PHOTOGRAPHY: MARK NICDAO

COVE R STORY

TA K E TWO Sexy, sultry Kim Domingo smashes with her second time on our cover

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10 L I G H T I T U P There’s more to fireworks than burning money 1 4 M O D E R N - D AY OGRES Social media trolls know just how to ruin your day

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1 7 SEQUEL SHOWDOWN Which movie sequels are worth your money this year?

28 N O - W I N D AT I N G SCENARIOS Do these and you’ll always be the loser

1 8 P O P C U LT U R E PI N S Tiny but with lots of attitude

3 0 YOUR LOVE LIFE 2.0 Re-strategize how you ask out girls

2 0 TH E S OU N D CON N OI S S E U R S Music as audiophiles hear it

3 2 CAN’T UNDERSTAND WOMEN? Neither can Johnoy Danao

24 PULSE BABE MARA ALBERTO Funny really is the new sexy

3 3 CELEBRITY ONE-NIGHT STAND How juicy is a nostrings-attached fling?

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84 GREENMINDED Let the Pantone color of the year style you

94 T H E N I S SAN G T- R Rides like a missile, feels like power itself

86 F L O W E R GUIDE Blooming good looks

9 8 W H AT ’ S YO U R G ROSS E ST HAB IT? A doctor explains how it’ll make you sick 1 02 B B Q PA R T Y, A N YO N E ? Learn how to man the grill like a boss

PHOTOGRAPHY: ARTU NEPOMUCENO, EVE BASWEL, IAN GUEVARRA; ILLUSTRATION: WARREN ESPEJO

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FROM THE EDITOR

Mark my word: Kim Domingo is going to be huge in 2017. This early she’s off to a roaring start. First, as Ginebra San Miguel’s calendar girl, and complementing that with this, her sophomore FHM appearance that is so impressively beautiful it’s almost the equivalent of a religious second coming. No, I am not exaggerating or hard-selling you in any way. If you have her debut issue and compare it with her work here, you’d be awed as well by how elegant and flawless Kim is, so unlike the one you’ve been accustomed to. Whereas before she was a new sensation we could all immerse ourselves in, maybe until the next one came along, now Kim is saying 'I'm in the big leagues now and I’m staying on the A-list. We strongly agree. This is not to say she wasn’t already big when we debuted her last year. Her social media numbers (where she first cultivated her fame)were already solid. But who among the current crop of young stars can claim to have tripled those numbers in less than a year of just doing one major magazine cover and a gag-show residency, plus a handful of light acting duties on TV? When we began talks with her network, GMA 7, for this cover we could already sense the premium they had put on their new talent. They were already looking ahead to a time when Kim would be this generation’s Pantasya ng Bayan in the same way that Joyce Jimenez was two decades ago. Come to think of it, both women do share a quality that captures the male fantasy with such power, apart from the obvious: there's a raw sexuality in them, but also something quite disarming. Maybe a trace of naiveté? A whiff of innocence? You just can’t quite capture it, but it's there. Joyce had it in her heyday. Kim certainly does, too. The only difference, I guess, is that Kim belongs to the new age of fame. Today, everyone can have it, and not a few are practically begging for it on their social media accounts. But Kim has it all figured out. Kim is riding it high.

What FHMers have been up to this month Allan H. (second from right) and his bandmates in The Late Isabel getting some street cred from legend Ely Buendia at a '70s Bistro gig

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F H M I N T E R N AT I O N A L N ETWOR K International Director Simon Greves International Digital Director Gary Broughton International General Manager Mark Beard International Digital Manager Graham Kirk International Content Executive Ryan Chambers International Digital & Content Executive Erin Viljoen International Technical Administrator John Goodchild International Editors (Australia) Guy Mosel, (China) Jacky Jin, (Czech Republic) Dalibor Demel, (France) Laurent Giraud, (Germany) Hans Fuchs, (Holland) Sander Kersten, (India) Kabeer Sharma, (Indonesia) Richard Sam Bera, (Latvia) Sandris Metuzals, (Malaysia) Rajesh Taluar, (Norway) Martin Thronsen, (Philippines) Allan Madrilejos, (Romania) Paul Breazu, (Russia) Slava Rovner, (Singapore) David Fuhrmann Lim, (Slovenia) Uros Majcenovic, (Spain) Rafael Benitez, (Taiwan) Saffron Lee, (Thailand) Jakaphatchara Buranabutr, (Turkey) Berk Iybar SUMMIT MEDIA President Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng Publisher Edna T. Belleza VP for Operations Hansel dela Cruz Junior Associate Publisher Aeus Kevin Reyes Deputy Group Digital Publisher Amina Rillo Web Business Operations Manager Dennison Ko Web Programmer Christopher Porto Production Director Elizabeth Rellis Production Coordinator Arnel Laigo Production Graphic Artist Louis Arenas Administrative Services Manager

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January 2017

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A GOOD YEAR I finally completed my FHM collection this 2016, but apparently you guys were saving the best for last. This issue is definitely my favorite of the year. I love Ellen! Reymand De Guzman, via Instagram ERR… SO? JUST KIDDING !

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Dreams do come true! I’m so happy to finally see my idol, role model, and girl crush Ms. Ellen Adarna make her return in FHM , right in time for Christmas! The shots are amazing especially the two cover photos, great write-up, and as usual, your layouts are looking fine! Here’s to more jawdropping covers. Kudos to the FHM team!

FHM knows how to treat their readers during the holiday season bringing back one of the sexiest cover girls this magazine has had in their more than sixteen years of existence. We finally have Ellen Adarna in her rightful spot on their front page—showing off her luminosity and voluptuousness like a real forest nymph. Franz Tantiongco, via Facebook

P.S. I have another girl crush and idol, though: Ms. Arci Muñoz. Hope you can have her on FHM . When you do, I'll be first in line at the bookstands. Janine Banday, via Facebook

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STRONG AND FREE Witnessing Ellen Adarna bask in the glory of complete freedom. Welcome back to the pages of FHM , Ellen Adarna. John Eric, via Instagram

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I bought home a copy of your December issue and after explaining to my wife that I bought it strictly because of the articles, I gave it a quick read and I just wanna point out that in the Pulse section about the new Rogue One movie, you spelled ‘Jyn Erso’ as ‘Jyn Orso.’ I plead guilty about being geeky about these things. Still, best wishes to your magazine. Hoping for more pics of hot babes, and of course more articles! Ken Isabelo Leones, via Facebook

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R EAL SMART Edited by CHISE ALCANTARA [email protected]

When there’s smoke Two things we learned while trying to shoot fireworks: First, it’s considered “disturbing the peace” when you set off fireworks if it’s not done during holidays even when you do it in the vacant lot beside your house, according to manong tanod; second, that if all else fails #vapelife will save the day. Who needs fancy pyrotechnics when you have makeshift humansmoke machines to provide the combustible atmosphere? PHOTOGRAPHY: EVE BASWEL

Verge I ’M CHAR G I N G MY F I R EWOR K A large part of firework development goes into making electronic fireworks. These are usually used for indoor purposes, especially during large celebrations such as weddings or corporate events.

R U B B I NG TH E W R ON G WAY If you ever end up working with or around fireworks, someone will probably tell you to wear cotton and/or denim at your workplace. That’s not just them pulling a newbie prank on you. Synthetic material contains static electricity, which could set off firecrackers.

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Light ‘em up HERE’S SOME TRIVIA TO SPARK YOUR BRAIN THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE FIREWORKS WORDS: K YLE EDR ALIN SPECIAL THANKS TO DR AGON FIREWORKS INC

S H E LLI N G OU T According to research from the Smithsonian, China may have come up with the ingredients for fireworks, but it was actually the Italians who had the idea of putting them in the ice cream cone-like shells that we use today.

B L U E BA L L S There was another discovery that the Italians came up with, says the Smithsonian. They figured out that adding balls of metallic components to fireworks could produce different colors aside from the usual yellow and orange.

M OVE OVE R , K ATY PE R RY The pop star isn’t the only one to have made a famous song about fireworks. German composer George Frideric Handel did it first with his “Music For The Royal Fireworks” in 1749. Unfortunately, it was a few centuries too early for Billboard Top 100.

B U T WA IT, T H E R E ’ S M OR E The firework business in the Philippines doesn’t peak only during the New Year’s festivities. Fireworks are actually in demand for the entire year: for fiestas, weddings, and even company events, according to Astronomo.

B E ST T IT L E E VE R There was a position in the English royal court with the title “Fire Master of England.” It was awarded to the best firework-maker in England by Queen Elizabeth I herself. We’re betting it was given to the Elizabethan ancestor of Michael Bay.

B OOM, PA- LEA K S Have you ever wondered how fireworks made it to Europe from China? A Jesuit missionary living in Beijing leaked methods and ingredients to the Paris Academy of Sciences around 1750. It’s one of the earliest known instances of an explosive leak.


EA R LY B I R D, I’ V E CO M E TO BA R G A I N Sales for New Year fireworks in the Philippines start as early as November–but there’s no point in getting them early. Factory-made fireworks never increase in price, following a flat rate for the entire year, according to Connie Astronomo, Marketing Officer of Dragon Fireworks Inc.

G ON G H EY FAT CH OY When they say everything is made in China, they aren’t kidding. Even most of our own fireworks sold in places like Binondo are smuggled imported from China and Taiwan. So make sure you’re buying DTI (Department of Trade and Industry)approved fireworks!


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Trigger warning PROFESSIONAL TROLLS ARE LEARNING TO BAIT EVEN THE CALMEST OF USERS INTO THE FLAME WORDS: CHISE ALCANTARA

Quantity content “I have other jobs besides this. I spend three hours of my morning [doing research] and two to three [more hours] writing articles that will be posted on our website. I’m also in charge of preparing comments and responses for different scenarios that will be copy-pasted by another team in case someone bashes the article. I don’t really care about the issues,” says David.

Everybody on the Internet has experienced Internet trolling but only a few people know how much deception goes into each post. David is a social media content editor. He leads a research team whose sole purpose is to bash celebrities, political figures, and other websites. What they write will be copy-pasted by other teams that comment on pages of targeted media entities. Many of these “trolls” could care less about the issues they talk about online and are indifferent towards the propagranda they’re promoting. Apparently, it’s all just business in the new age of trolling.

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Jokes beat facts “When fighting the ‘likes’ war, humor will always be your most valuable ally. I personally put strong one-liners into my comment pool that will be relatable to the likers on our page. Ad hominem attacks usually resonate with our readers,” says David.

Overstate the obvious “Having people who agree with almost everything you post makes it a lot easier to sensationalize happenings. Also, sensationalizing things from a certain angle gives your post the advantage of being the first to write about it in that way,” says David.

Don’t get too attached “Most commenters that challenge the credibility of [our] articles and comments will most probably be correct, but that doesn’t change anything. Each [of our articles] is written to have the most impact and engagement possible. [We can’t] get worked up if [users] reveal that what [we] wrote was inaccurate because [we] already knew that was highly probable from the start,” says David.

Understand your audience “Including words that involve nationalism (Philippines, bayani, bigay-dangal), revelation (revealed, fake, exposed), and even bible verses in your titles make articles very likeable and shareable for most Filipinos. Some of our readers don’t even read the articles as shown by our view to like and share ratio, which makes selling ads a bit harder,” says David.

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P Pulse YO U R G U I D E TO EVERYTHING TRENDING Edited by PONG M. CASTILLO [email protected]

TO B E CONTINUED

Sequel showdown WE GIVE YOU A CLEAR-CUT GUIDE TO THE HITS AND MISSES IN 2017’S WAR OF THE FRANCHISE FOLLOW-UPS WORDS: ANTON D. UMALI

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Vin Diesel returns in tight tank tops to save the world from a new deadly weapon of mass destruction.

The villain is played by Chinese martial artist Donnie Yen, because we all know that the Chinese are the new superpower, right?

Cleansing your palette from all the sappy rom-coms your girl’s been dragging you to. Explosions, car chases, and gun fights: hell yes!

See it, if only to witness Samuel L. Jackson giving another one of his mouthy monologues.

BDSM aficionado Christian Grey seduces the not-soinnocent Anastasia Steele back into his life for another round of spank and wank!

Nothing much. This is pretty much the first film, only steamier, raunchier, and more softcore porn-y than the last.

Repressed housewives and spinsters who want an upgrade from their trashy romance novels.

Skip it, unless you’re into leather and all that S&M jazz.

D IARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAU L

Wimpy Greg finally gets to challenge his wimpy-ness elsewhere: on a road trip with the fam!

Chaos in the form of naughty pigs and familial drama.

Taking your own wimpy kid on a dadand-son bonding night. Do it and earn the title of “Wimpy Father of the Year.”

Cute. Wholesome. Try not to snore.

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A dollmaker with a tragic past must deal with an orphan-killing doll from hell.

Nuns and wayward children add to the already-spooky vibe.

Cuddling in terror with the missus.

More fear-inducing jumpscares from a demonic inanimate object. Yikes.

P I R AT E S OF THE CA R I B B E A N : DEAD MEN TELL NO TA L E S

Capt. Jack Sparrow is back, this time in search of the Trident of Poseidon.

Javier Bardem lends his Spanish bravado as Sparrow’s rival, Captain Salazar.

Mocking Johnny Depp’s burgeoning lack of artistic range.

With its overplayed antics, this galleon is turning out to be a sinking ship.

RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER

More zombies threaten Alice and crew in the wake of Resident Evil: Retribution (which we’re sure you didn’t even watch anymore).

It’s in 3D, ensuring you get all sorts of nauseated by this oversaturated series.

Gaming addicts who like to blow shit up.

Milla Jovovich kicking undead ass is the only saving grace of this tired franchise.

Woody and Buzz go on a journey in search of romance.

Academy Award winning actress Patricia Arquette is slated to voice a new character.

Reminiscing about all those toys you’ve forgotten from your childhood.

Has prolific Pixar director John Lasseter ever let you down?

Primates battle humans in an epic war of evolutionary proportions.

This time around, main ape Caesar gets to ride on a horse!

Going ape-shit because of the outstanding storytelling and computer graphics.

Since the first two in the reboot series were compelling enough, this trilogy bookender isn’t monkeying around.

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If we could step into Tony Stark’s world and bring only one thing back, JARVIS is easily our number-two pick after an Iron Man suit–or maybe number three after the lovely Pepper Potts. If we had a unit at The Residences at Alphaland Makati Place though, we’re definitely nabbing Ms. Potts because each apartment already comes with a state-of-the-art home automation system. Do you want your TV and stereo system to play your, ahem, bedroom mix as soon as you step in with a date?

ALL THAT’S MISSING IS SCARLETT JOHANSSON’S VOICE IN THE RESIDENCES Visit makatiplace.com.ph WORDS: ASH MAHINAY

A few taps on the system’s apps and it’ll pump the sounds. Do you want your blinds to automatically roll up for that morning view instead of having to stumble out of bed to do it? Say no more. And when you can program your air conditioning to turn on when you’re almost home on a hot day? Bliss. Our personal favorite is having the lights track you and turn on and off as you enter and leave each portion of your pad, Batcave-style. A low-key benefit of this automation is also efficiency and eco-friendliness. You’ll never leave a light on unnecessarily again! Even the plumbing and furnishing is made of efficient and environmentally friendly materials. Because, just like Tony Stark, this condo has a heart.

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“An audiophile is a music lover who spends a substantial amount of their time and money on improving musical playback. It’s as simple as that,” says Tats Paman, Sound Engineer at Soundesign Manila, and bona fide audiophile. He simplifies because he’d like to dispel any notion that audiophiles are an elite group of wealthy hobbyists who look down on your pitiful stock earphones. On the contrary, Paman sees the term as much more inclusive. “Anyone who saves up a bulk of their earnings for a pair of headphones, makes space for a streaming subscription on a meager income, spends their time thinking about how they can improve their listening, and researches information about their records is an audiophile in my book.” So how exactly does one become an audiophile? “It starts with falling in love with the act of listening to music,” says Paman. “Getting attached to a piece of music and trying to figure out how to listen to it best is the first stepping stone.” Then, when you discover that there could be more to your favorite song than what you’ve already heard, you’re going to want to do it justice with better equipment. Which brings us to the focus of audiophile culture: equipment. What kind should you start with? Where do you go to get it? “The most common mistake would be to buy blind online without auditioning a piece of gear first,” says Paman. “It’s still best to audition gear in a brick-and-mortar store.” That way, you can hear for yourself what you’re paying for, and test it against other equipment. From there, you can begin to build a setup. A budding audiophile can start with the most basic setup: a smartphone and a pair of headphones. Paman recommends the (1) GRADO SR80 for beginners, noting that they’ve been the “undisputed value-for-money headphones for years now.” Plug this in with an (2) FIIO Q1 portable headphone DAC/AMP, which bypasses your phone’s hardware to upgrade its sonic capability. If you’d like to explore a home setup but lack the space, Paman recommends a pair of powered monitors like the (3) mAudio AV42, which doesn’t require an amplifier. And as for the front end of your setup, it would depend on whether you want to go vinyl or digital: an (4) Audio Technica LP60 for the former, and a (5) FIIO X1 player for the latter. Beyond these, your path forward is infinite. “As you get deeper into the hobby, I think your sound preferences crystalize to the point

that your notion of what sounds right becomes highly personal and subjective,” says Paman. Audiophiles tend to build and upgrade based on a lot of different factors, ever in search of a combination that delivers sound just the way they like it. But to simplify further, Paman breaks the factors down into three general categories: First, Source Preferences: Your choice of playback medium. Some people will gravitate toward analog sources (turntable, reel-toreel, or tape) or digital ones (streaming, lossless formats or CD). Second, Amplification Preferences: Your choice on how to power your speakers or headphones. Some people gravitate toward solid-state power or tube/valve-based amplification. And third, Speaker or Headphone Preferences: Your choice on how to immediately hear music. Some people prefer traditional dynamic speaker drivers, some like hornloaded speakers, and others prefer the intimate quality of high-end headphones. The nuances between all these categories are learned over an extended period of auditioning and listening to equipment, discerning the differences in the quality of music they produce. Being an audiophile isn’t just a complicated hobby; it’s also quite costly. That’s why it’s almost always necessary to join a community, such as the Filipino Audiophiles Club (FAC) and Audio Pilipinas (APIL) on Facebook, to get advice and guidance from veteran audiophiles. “Aside from the banter and wealth of information you can absorb in these groups, they also organize meet-ups that let you audition gear in all price points,” says Paman. “Even as a lurker, you can back-read topics aimed at audio newbies and read up on posts that delve into the minutiae of audio.” Coupled with regular auditioning, this is the best way to learn how to be an audiophile. But ultimately, the joy of the hobby is in the music itself. The excitement and effort that go into buying and assembling an audio setup is, to most audiophiles, only half the fun, if at all. Much of the pleasure is in the music. “At the heart of being an audiophile is the fact that music should be accorded the same reverence and attention that we have for the other modern modes of entertainment,” says Paman. “All this convenience is costing us our attention span, and I’ve found that sitting down and listening intently to a setup you’ve curated and painstakingly assembled as it plays a cherished album is the perfect remedy for stress. It contributes to a richer inner life and [puts] a permanently stamped grin on my face.”

‘As you get deeper into the hobby, I think your sound preferences crystalize to the point that your notion of what sounds right becomes highly personal and subjective’

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So here’s the deal with the model and now budding comedienne Mara Alberto: she has the looks to make you turn your head,and the personality to hook you into interesting banter. Mara, among other women we adore, pulls the funny-is-the-new-sexy card perfectly, playing the character of the bubbly Kath in the recently concluded sitcom A1 Ko Sa’yo. It was a no-brainer. “Kabado ako nung sumabak ako sa A1 kasi kasama ko sina Ms. Jaclyn Jose, Mr. Gardo Versoza, si Solenn [Heussaff]. Nakakakaba, pero kasi yung comedy ay magaan gawin. Masaya lang kami lagi sa set,” she explains. “Punchlines always work kapag unexpected, kapag fluid ang pag-deliver.”

While still a newbie in show business, Mara credits her good start to the late German “Kuya Germs” Moreno, who gave her break as co-host of Walang Tulugan with Master Showman. “Dun ako natuto at nag-umpisa. Kuya Germs shared with me pieces of advice about show business.” Mara started her modeling career in car shows, even saying that she got her wit and humor from the job. “Most car enthusiasts are guys, so natuto akong makisama. And I think when you’re comfortable being yourself with both genders, lalabas yung personality mo— may it be your serious side or your candid, funny side.” We’ve yet to see more from Mara, but she’s looking to be our next favorite girl.





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Let’s face it. Unless you belong to that rare breed of men that are blessed with good looks, a sense of humor, and a mountain of money, dating is a difficult game to play. Most of the time you’re not sure what the rules are. And just when you think you’ve finally got it figured out, the rug gets pulled from under you and the rules change. We here at FHM know your pain. So let us help by pointing out dating situations that, no matter what you do, will always end with you on the losing end. 28 FH M J

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YO U THE SITUATION: You’re at a work function and are approached by a slightly older woman who, as it turns out, is the wife of one of your bosses. You hit it off and she asks for your number. BEST-CASE SCENARIO: You start meeting her in secret. The sex is great, and you get expensive gifts to boot.

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THE SITUATION: You sign up for a new online dating app. You’ve never been successful with these things so you use someone else’s photo, and another name. BEST-CASE SCENARIO: You meet someone online who seems to be perfect for you and you start chatting. You both like the same things and share similar ideas about life. You even have cybersex. HOW IT WILL END: You finally meet, and the other person will hate you for lying to them. Or worse, the other person lied about who they are, too, and they’re actually one of these three: your colleague, a guy catfishing you, or your mother’s best friend.

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THE SITUATION: You go to a bar and meet a young-looking girl who seems to be into you. She’s shy at first, but eventually opens up to you and tells you that she’s a senior. You assume she means college senior and ask her to leave the bar with you. BEST-CASE SCENARIO: You get home. You ply her with more drinks. She tells you she’s never done this before. You tell you’re going to take it slow. HOW IT WILL END: Someone knocks on the door and it’s the girl’s father who, understandably, will beat you up. Turns out she’s a high school senior, not even 18. If you live to tell the tale, expect some jail time.

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THE SITUATION: You attend a family reunion where you haven’t seen anyone in a long time. You discover that one of your cousins has grown up to be quite a looker. You have a few drinks, and one thing leads to another. BEST-CASE SCENARIO: You both snap out of it and remember you’re related. You write it off as the effect of impaired judgment. HOW IT WILL END: She tells your other cousins what happened and you are disowned by the entire clan.

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THE SITUATION: You’re a college student. The young instructor in charge of one of your classes is hot. You flirt with her, and she seems to be flirting back. BEST-CASE SCENARIO: You’re living every guy student’s fantasy by hooking up with a prof, and you also get an inside scoop of what’s coming up in class. HOW IT WILL END: Someone finds out. You’re either expelled or suspended. Your teacher is fired, if not prosecuted. You definitely break up because you both resent each other.

THE SITUATION: You’re at the gym doing your cardio when you see a sporty gal on the weights. You offer to spot her and you get to talking. You ask her if she’d like to get coffee sometime and hang out and she says yes. Later, you find out she just broke up with her girlfriend of two years. BEST-CASE SCENARIO: You go out regularly, so much so that people start saying you’re dating. You start believing it yourself. HOW IT WILL END: Turns out she just needed a bro to talk to and hang out with. Say hello to her new girlfriend.

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Mr. Romantic, version 2017 IT’S TIME TO OVERHAUL YOUR SKILLS, LOVER BOYS WORDS: JONJON BAUTISTA

If your dating game was deplorable in 2016, that’s downright sad. Maybe you’re still playing by the old rules. We’ll be honest: we’re probably clueless, too, but it’s our job to survey the field and we think we’ve discovered a few things that might make hooking up much more fruitful for us this year. Here’s how we’re re-strategizing:


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You probably first heard it in a movie and, like Tom Cruise and Ryan Gosling, you confidently spewed it. Problem is, you don’t look anything like Tom; neither will anyone mistake you for Gosling nor his cousin twice removed. Also, the line is perfect fodder for today’s feminist—responding with something like: “I can buy my own drink, thank you very much, you Tom-Cruise-Ryan-Gosling-wannabe.” Do this for 2017: “Hi, can I buy you a detox drink?” Or whatever coffee concoction Starbucks has come up with. You can also try with a McFloat. It’ll largely depend on where you meet (the gym, overpriced coffee place, toxic fastfood provider). Point is, stop bothering women at a bar. But if you find yourself in a shit-I-think-I’ve-found-the-woman-of-my-dreams moment, just act like a normal human being and introduce yourself.


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YO U R M E M E GAM E Save these classic pieces of comedy art on your phone and whip it out when…

STOP MA K I N G H E R AS K “ BAK IT ? ” S O YOU CA N G E T TO YOU R PU N CH LI N E

C’mon, buddy. Just stop. You might as well keep on calling your neighbors on their landline to ask them if, “Tumatakbo ho ba yung metro ng Meralco ninyo?” [Editor’s note: For those who do not remember, the punchline is to say “Eh di habulin ninyo!” once the victim answers in the affirmative.] Do this for 2017: Meme it! Hear us out on this one. A pickup line should be able to attract a woman’s attention, right? Sans looks and muscles popping out your shirt sleeves, what’s the best way to get them to notice you? A sense of humor. Now, how can you get her to laugh without the use of a passé pickup line? Use memes—the current universal language of comedy slash social commentary. Here’s what you do: introduce yourself, strike a conversation, gauge her personality, and figure out what makes her laugh. Then enliven your conversation with these illustrated punchlines.

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ABOUT THOSE SELFIES If you really have to know, two is the respectable number of selfies a man should make public: one where he’s all suited up [semiwhole-body, taken on a mirror], and another taken at a scenic spot. Absolutely no gym, bedroom, toilet, car-because-traffic shots.

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Women have wised up to your sleaze, dude. That move where you make eyes on a pair of legs across the room and think that she’s thinking the same thing you are? She’s not. So stop yourself from slipping her your calling card on your way to your car. It’s a douche move; you know it, she knows it. The only difference is, you still think your douche-ness will score you one. Do this for 2017: Fuccboi-ism is a thing of the past, and the sooner you realize and admit that fact, the sooner you can be on the road to a real relationship. As they say, the first step to solve a problem is to admit that you have one. Repeat after us: women have no time or patience for your shallow fear of commitment, your arrogance, and your cluelessness. Talk to them as if they were out of your league (which they are) and, who knows? She just might give you her number.

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Bubble Gang, the show that popularized this move, has already moved on. The actor who was the catalyst for the segment, Ogie Alcasid, is no longer with the show. What we’re trying to say is that this maneuver has already reached its peak. It’ll probably still impress some, but it won’t win over everyone. Time to do a Kevin Durant and join the next best thing. Do this for 2017: Go with the favorites By that we mean the basics. Introduce yourself, converse, then ask her questions… about her. The idea is to let her talk about herself. Listen, slide in a comment or compliment here and there, and ask more questions if the conversation comes to a standstill. Rinse. Repeat.

Do this for 2017: So you’re trying out online dating and can’t get even one person to hit you up. Sad. But easy to fix. Your profile picture is king. Pull all the stops for it: go hire your photographer friend if your camera skills are shit. You want to appear inviting, warm, and trustworthy. Smile, don’t wear sunglasses, don’t wear a hat nor hold a pet, don’t show off, no looking-away or half-head shots, no gang signs. And please don’t ruin your profile by posting one good photo and adding 215 selfies. No self-respecting man should show the world that many self-portraits.



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Some artists can compose poetry from heartbreak; others thrive on angst. Johnoy Danao—one-third of the folksy 3D, with Ebe Dancel and Bullet Dumas—uses the hopeless romantic Pinoy as inspiration. “Isa yan sa pinakagusto kong traits ng mga Pinoy,” says Danao. “Yung pagiging hopless romantic. Yung akala mo hindi mo na kaya, pero kaya mo pa pala. Yan ang dahilan kung bakit ganito ako magsulat.” Many of his songs certanly sound like Danao wears his heart on his sleeve (case in point: “Ikaw at Ako” off his album Dapithapon). “When you’re in love, merong spark palagi sa buhay mo,” says Danao. It’s this spark that we want you guys to feel, too. So we asked Johnoy to tell us what he knows to clue you in. Women are chameleons. Minsan hindi mo sila matimpla; hindi mo sila mabasa. Para ma-solusyonan yun, you have to meet each other halfway. They provide inspiration for everyone. It’s not necessarily romantic inspiration. From your mother, your sister, your daughter— they inspire. Sila yung nag-aaruga sa atin, nagbibigay ng gabay. Kung ano ka ngayon, malamang kalahati nun, dahil sa nanay mo. Minsan, makulit sila. Kahit inspirasyon sila, minsan susubukan din nila ang pasensya mo. Bibigyan ka rin nila ng mga problema. But despite all that, mortal sin ang hindi pagrespeto ang mga babae.

To try to figure women out, they need to be asked straight. Maraming hints na nilalabas ang mga babae na mapapatanong ka: May problema ka ba? Galit ka ba sa akin? Napakasimple nung mga tanong na yun, but they go a long way. Minsan ang sagot sa yo ay yakap; minsan may salita. By asking those questions, pwedeng maayos na, o pwede ring magkaroon ng mahabang diskusyon. Women’s emotions have a tendency to spike from zero to 100 just like that. Magiging emotional [sila] out of nowhere. Bigla silang iiyak, makapanood lang ng commercial o video ng cute na aso. Kaming mga lalaki, hindi kami ganun. Hindi kami umiiyak unless sobrang affected kami sa isang bagay. Even if they don’t say, all women are conscious of their biological clock. Although a lot of women now are proud to say that they’re independent, I think that the clock is still on their minds. I’m not sure if it’s fear of ending up alone or importante lang talaga ang oras sa kanila. In their mind, “Twenty-seven na ko. Tumatanda na ko.” There are women who don’t like mind games, either. Ngayong matanda na ko, prangka na ko. Sinasabi ko nang derecho ang gusto kong sabihin. Kapag nagustuhan mo, kunin mo na kaagad yung number. Para wala ng sayang na oras. Para malinaw. Tapos i-text mo na kinabukasan. Kung ayaw niya sa yo, ayaw niya sa yo. Kapag meron kang ka-relasyon na babae na tama para sa yo, she becomes your partner. The biggest gift that being in a relationship gives you is having someone to share things with. Kung bata pa kayo, iba ang dynamics ng relationship niyo. Marami pa kayong natututunan tungkol sa buhay, sa pag-ibig. Pero pag matanda na kayo, nag-iiba na rin ang relationship niyo. She now becomes your partner in every way. A woman who is right for you cannot be quantified. May nahanap na ako. Hindi pa kami kasal, pero alam ko na siya na. Hindi ko masagot kung bakit siguradong-sigurado na ako. Palagay ko, ganun din yung iba; hindi nila maipaliwanag. Basta kapag kasama mo siya, napaka-at ease ng pakiramdam mo. Napaka-peaceful ng utak mo. You’ll just realize one day that you’re not looking for anyone else anymore.

‘ KAPAG NAGUSTUHAN MO , KUNIN MO NA KAAGAD YUNG NUMBER. PARA WALA NG SAYANG NA ORAS. PARA MALINAW ’

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Katipunan 9:00 p.m. I knocked on the door of his apartment. Inside, I could hear him fumbling around. And then he opened it and looked at me with a dashing smile. He was handsome and charming, and I immediately wanted to kiss him. I met him the night before, at a party full of people who worked in production. He was an actor for indie movies, and I was there accompanying my friend who was a writer. I spotted him and knew who he was right away—I’ve seen his movies before. But I had never expected that he would return the gaze. He looked at me from across the room, and we smiled at each other for some time. Then, when we got near each other, he asked me, “Who do you know here?” And it wasn’t long before we were talking. We struggled with the small talk: “What do you do?”, “What are you drinking?” And then the next thing I know, he put his hand behind my head, as I was in the middle of a sentence, and kissed me, sliding his tongue inside my mouth with aggression. I kissed him back, but pushed him aside when I realized we were in public. My friends were in the same party. Sasha, my writer friend, had passed by us on her way to the bathroom, and she glared at us angrily when she saw how he leaned into me, our faces just inches away from each other. She pulled me aside, “No. Not him. You can hook up with anyone else, but not him.” He had quite the reputation of sleeping around, she said. But he was handsome: with a dimple that dotted his left cheek. And polite. Plus, it’s not like I was looking for a boyfriend, and I always wondered what it would be like to sleep with a pseudo-celebrity. He asked for my number, and though we didn’t do anything during the night of the party, the following day, I found myself in his apartment. “Mmmm. Fresh from a shower.” He said, kissing my neck. And then he picked me up and carried me to the bed. We began to kiss ravenously, hungry for each other, before he pushed me down on the bed. “I want to eat you out.” He said, commanding. And then he started. Slow and gentle, not at all like how the other men would do it. His hands wrapped around my thighs and pressed against my pelvis, as his tongue slowly slid up and down my clit, massaging it in a consistent, gentle rhythm, without the grossness of slurping or biting or sucking. He achieved it with just a rhythmic motion, making me wet and horny. He didn’t stop and kept at his pace the whole time. My body writhed under his arms, as his tongue kept at the up and down motion, his hot breath tickling my delicate skin. I could feel myself getting wetter, wanting him more and more. It was thrilling. It felt so good I cocked my head back in delight. “I’m going to come,” I told him, panting, pulling his head back, but as I said this, he pushed his head down even more, flicked his tongue against me even faster, until my hips were up in the air, pulsating with orgasmic euphoria.

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He didn’t stop till, as I shivered under his arms. “I came,” I said again, hinting that he could stop. But he just kept going, until I came a second time. Out of breath, I tried to stand up, but the feeling between my legs was unlike anything I had felt before. “You’re really good at this,” I said. And he just responded with a smile. “You’re not going to tell anyone about this right?” He asked, making sure his reputation would be intact. “No,” I said. “Good.” He said, as he knelt in front of me. He pushed my legs open, and went in between. He placed my legs above his bended knees, and slowly, he entered me, his cock easing in. I was dripping wet, and the feeling of him inside me made me moan. He moved inside me slowly at first, and then when he knew he was hitting the spot that made me moan louder, he thrusted harder, and faster, making me scream now in bed, totally under his control. I came two more times, my body completely spent, before he finally pulled out and released himself on me. We both slumped on the bed, tired. I scanned the room. He had some books on the shelf, and dirty laundry on the floor. He rubbed my bare stomach, while playing a game on his phone. “You can spend the night here,” he said nicely, as if he genuinely wanted the company. He lived alone, and seemed to have no one to talk to. “Nah, I think I have to go home,” I responded. Knowing it would be best to leave. He saw me out to my car, and kissed me goodbye. “Give me a ring next time,” he said smiling. “I can eat you out even better, when I’m not so hungover.” Then he turned around and walked away.



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THE SECOND TIME COULD BE AS EXCITING as the first time—if you could make it feel like the first time. We think that is exactly what happened here. Just 13 months ago, FHM was looking for a fresh face to introduce to you. We were looking through the Internet for possible leads, as we were already convinced as far back as 2010 that online was the new frontier for cover stars. Our gut feel was strong for Kim Domingo. Back then she was a nobody in traditional show business, but was a certified celebrity online. We can still remember quite clearly the power we imbued her maiden FHM appearance with this cover blurb: “80,000 Instagram, 800,000 Facebook, 3,000,000 YouTube—and she’s not even a celebrity…yet!” A year later, she is. Big time. “Saying yes to do the FHM cover in December 2015 was a big risk,” shares Kim. “Walang nakakakilala sa akin sa showbiz nun, so 50-50 yung chance ko to get good reception of that cover. Maaaring ma-bash ako and maging flop yung cover, o magiging

break siya for me.” Fortunately, taking that risk proved that Kim’s ability to captivate goes beyond the barriers of the Internet. “It opened up a whole new dimension for me. Hindi mo talaga malalaman kung kailan yung big break mo. Totoo talaga yung sinasabi nila na mangyayari ang dapat mangyari sa tamang panahon.” While people often say that timing’s a bitch, Kim proves that’s not always the case. Since her debut cover, Kim has been a mainstay in the country’s longest-running gag show Bubble Gang, has starred as a kontrabida in a teleserye alongside primetime actors; has been under the GMA Artist Center, and has released a single under GMA Records; has landed the role of leading lady in a comedy movie, and has been hailed this year’s Ginebra Calendar Girl. All appears like the typical Cinderella story of a showbiz hopeful, only Kim has done all these in the span of a year. Only a select few can claim the same. Also, as we write this, her Internet numbers have more than tripled from last year. We resolved that our first meeting wouldn’t be the last. We succeeded in introducing a fresh face; to have a first-time covergirl join the FHM 100 Sexiest list and break through the top 10 was a delicious surprise. We knew a comeback cover would happen sooner rather than later. “Sobrang ganda ng shoot natin!” Kim bursts with excitement after wrapping up an eight-hour photo shoot. “Ibang-iba nung first cover shoot ko. Hindi pa kasi ako ganun ka-confident nun. Ngayon mas confident na ako. Wala akong pakialam kahit maraming nanonood, basta nasa isip ko ay dapat magandang-maganda ang kalabasan ng shoot.” This is not a reintroduction of a fresh face. This is the unveiling of a major superstar.

KIM HAS COME FULL CIRCLE in her lifelong dream to become famous. She has blazed past Internet fame, proving that she’s more than just another pretty face in the virtual realm. Kim also discovered she had acting chops—aside from light comedy and dancing in music videos—when she played the role of antagonist Agatha in the concluded teleserye Juan Happy Love Story, alongside Dennis Trillo and Heart Evangelista. “Nakakabwisit yung character na yun,” Kim recalls. “Meron akong acting coach who guided me through, lalo na’t first time kong sumabak sa teleserye. Maninira talaga ng relasyon si Agatha, and I realized I was playing my role effectively when people began to bash me online. Sabi nga nila, pag maraming galit sa’yo bilang kontrabida, ibig sabihin nagagawa mo nang tama yung trabaho mo bilang artista.” When asked how she related to the character successfully, Kim says: “Meron kasi kaming isang thing in common ni Agatha: alam namin ang gusto namin, at gagawin namin ang lahat para makuha yun.” And the way Kim is doing now, she is getting them all and is definitely far from stopping. What she badly wants right now is for you to see beyond what you see here. “Ngayon ang image ko talaga is pa-sexy, pero sana mabigyan ako ng pagkakataon gumawa ng heavy drama. Gusto ko talaga yun. Gusto kong patunayan sa ibang tao na hindi

lang ako pa-sexy; na kaya ko rin umarte. Gusto kong makilala bilang aktres at hindi lang sexy icon. Pero actually, okay makilala bilang sexy na aktres. Bakit hindi?” Yes, Kim, why not? Besides, we wouldn’t be convinced even if she believed she wasn’t sexy at all—everything about her just screams she is (look her up on Instagram: @therealkimdomingo. Stat!) Good for her, though, that as visible as she is on the web, on TV and commercial outings, she has managed to keep her private life private. Little is known about her life outside show business because she doesn’t publish everything. And the mystery, we must admit, keeps us even more drawn to her. “I guess hindi lang din kasi ako as emotional online as I am in real life. That’s just me, hindi ko kinokondena yung mga ibang tao who consider social media an outlet,” says Kim, who we found out grew up in a modest household and is especially close to her mother; and has a soft spot for dogs (she has five). “Para sa akin lang, nakakatulong yung i-handle mo ang personal issues mo sa personal mong oras at buhay. May mga pros and cons din naman yan. For me, gusto ko maging source ng good vibes. Gusto ko matuwa ang mga makakakita sa social media feed ko.” Ironically, her decision to keep some aspects of her life out of the limelight merits her captious critics. “Whatever you choose to do, may mga tao na mag-a-attack sa’yo. Dati akala ko mahirap na i-handle ang online trolls, pero mas mahirap pala sa showbiz. Dapat pala matibay ang apog mo.”

PANTASYA NG BAYAN. A term first branded to sexy actress and former FHM cover girl Joyce Jimenez in the late ‘90s is now slowly and closely being associated with Kim. “Hindi ko siya tine-take as something negative,” she says. “May iba kasing mga tao na nakikita siyang mali. Iniisip nila na gustung-gusto ko raw na pinagpapantasyahan ako ng bayan at ng mga kalalakihan.” But to her, it’s beyond being ogled and fantasized. “Para sa akin, celebration yun ng kagandahan at kakayahan

ng babae. Ang una at original na Pantasya ay si Ms. Joyce. Biruin mo, sa dami ng sexy sa industriya na ’to—mas magaganda at talented—sa akin pa napamana ang tatak na yun. Karangalan siya.” Kim admits that the abundance of work thrown her way is overwhelming, but she seems to have a steady grasp of where she’s headed as an artist. “Yung biggest challenge ko ngayon is kung paano ako tatagal sa industriya,” she says. “I want to prove to everyone that talent still

reigns. Ang pagiging Pantasya ng Bayan ay hindi kasing simple ng pagpapakita ng katawan. Sex appeal is beyond showing skin.” She’s a newbie, but is not naïve. She is scared, but is willing to get over it by trying. Kim knows what she’s got and how to make it work for herself. “Simple lang kasi ako,” she says. “Palagay ko maraming nakaka-relate sa ganun…yung alam nilang tulad din ako ng mga kaibigan nila, kapitbahay, ganun. Totoong tao lang ako.” FH M

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Small, local businesses will thrive. Entrepreneurship is on the rise with all those smoked fish in mason jars, bottled ales, and homegrown what-have-you’s saturating weekend markets. Younger and younger people are starting their own businesses and we will not see a shortage of hip, feel-good marketing gimmicks like ‘farm-to-fork,’ ‘artisanal,’ and whatever you call anything else that doesn’t go through an assembly line. That said, the artisan economy will spill over onto sports with the emergence of an Artisanal Basketball Association (ABA), a league that goes back to basics with shorter shorts, chalk scoreboards, and handcrafted wooden hoops (from reclaimed lumber). Expect them to hold pop-up events at school gyms and barangay courts where rent is cheap. Hipster branding will continue to front many of these local businesses and it will be directly proportional to the overgrowth of graphic designers and brand ambassadors. More people will choose to buy Pinoy because the local community of entrepreneurs will have caught on with modern marketing strategies. Malls will simply be a place where people hang out for the air conditioning.

Earthquakes will occur because the Philippines is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire. Devastating typhoons will befall our highly arable lands, being in the Typhoon belt. That is not trend prediction at all, as you might suspect, because they will happen at some point, which is one more reason seers are quacks. That said, The Arctic sea was hit by really warm cyclones last year, which thinned the ice even more. Meanwhile the Getz shelf on the Antarctic region has an increasing melt rate. These changes are wreaking havoc on Earth’s weather pattern, despite conspiracy theories about military weather manipulation (HAARP). The Philippines should prepare for far stronger typhoons as melting polar ice caps increase ocean levels. Frequent typhoons will cause even worse flooding in both rural and urban areas. In a surprise twist, while waiting for the next season of Game of Thrones, there will be snow. Eco-awareness will become a welcome trend, and serve as a gateway to taking climate change more seriously. What once seemed like a pretentious cause for millennials will see some ideals

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come into fruition. More businesses will insert corporate social responsibility policies into their organizations, with benefits ranging from savings to branding. Fortunately, all this eco-policing will result in the reduction of plastic waste. It will be a good idea to become a bike salesman.

FAS H I ON Things are looking more fashionable on the tech front with the influx of wearables. Smartphones have long been an accessory but watches are the real indicators of social status. The richest, of course, will don Hermes-banded Apple watches and Tory Burch Fitbits. Athleisure will be a popular portmanteau and fashion statement. Fitbits will look really good on anyone who likes to dress as if they were always on their way to the gym. Society will collectively find its chill in comfortable athletic wear in which sneakers are boss and yoga pants are not only worn by moms. Kanye himself has a line of athleisure products. Do not be surprised if Lululemon stores open at the hippest malls.

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LIFESTYLE In line with unhampered consumerism, more and more people will post flatlays on Instagram, and if there’s an industry that will thrive from the aerial view, it’s the food industry. Cookbooks on print will have to work twice as hard, however. They will need to be noticed in a world where people learn to cook by watching random recipe videos on Facebook. Ignore the fact that those videos make you crave food at midnight more than they encourage learning. Tasty!

E N T E R TA I N M E N T Aldub will break up and everyone will know it because all of their endorsements will reflect the narrative. Maine Mendoza will star in a movie without Alden. The duo’s schtick is getting old and only something as big as a split will help them peak showbiz Everest again. Don’t worry, AlDub Nation, reunions are always interesting—unless the knockup-tie-the-knot happens and drives you all insane.

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Taylor Swift comes out with a new single, to the annoyance of everyone. Then she will crawl her way up the charts and before we know it, our Spotify playlist. Her long-time dissension with self-proclaimed modern Jesus, Kanye West, will transmogrify into something that benefits them both—a creative collaboration of epic proportions. Kanye will insist that this is the biggest thing to happen to music. Tabloids will announce Kim’s jealousy, and everything will once again be about the Kardashians. Local TV networks will start offering streaming services for their content, and fans will rejoice with unlimited access to old favorites in the archive. “TGIS and chill?” will be the new booty call. Netflix may be king of streaming services, but there’s really nothing like a Palibhasa Lalake marathon.

SPORTS Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Barangay Ginebra Kings will bring national attention back to the PBA. It’s been a while since the Kings were on top, and the 20152016 season was a big one for Jawo’s old gang. A new dynasty in the making? If you’re a diehard Ginebra fan, that is a matter of blind faith. Manny Pacquiao will not be in his best shape but he will continue to milk himself down to the last drop as he takes on the ring “one last time.” The senator experienced the particular sadness that

Special: The marriage of technology and traffic Everyone will invest in their own dashcam and MMDA, in cooperation with Facebook, will set up online viewing rooms for road disputes. These arguments will ultimately be settled by a randomly selected online jury. Finally, we will be able to put our outrage and judgments in the right place. A newcomer in the ride-sharing service will give Uber and Grab some competition, because this one actually alleviates traffic instead of putting more cars on the road. Operators took advantage of Uber’s service by buying newer cars and hiring drivers in order to keep their business going. The essence of ride-sharing was obviously lost on these entrepreneurs. Millennials are now ready to welcome a new player. More companies will opt for telecommuting to comply with a statemandated program that aims to ease traffic. We will see more mobile employees working out of the office, placing their busy selves inside coffee shops hunched over a laptop, looking important.

comes with retirement and expressed that he is lonely without boxing. As much as we want to tell him that it is, in fact, just really lonely at the top, we will still take the time to watch his fights, even though it may not be as crimeand traffic-free as they were back in the day. Weightlifting will be the new boxing, but mostly it’ll be because of the talents of Hidilyn Diaz and Nestor Colonia. Many will take it upon themselves to learn the sport, mostly via Facebook so they don’t get nationally burned with their lack of weightlifting knowledge.

TECH NOLOGY Something’s brewing at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino. It’s a new iPhone. The death of the headphone jack annoyed everybody, but Apple is committed to being a frontrunner when it comes to close personal

relations with technology. Natural human movements are being accommodated by gadgets now, and interfaces have become more intuitive. Perhaps the Home button will meet its doom this year. Smart homes will become mainstream in other countries. For our digs, we will be buying transition gadgets like “smart speakers” and smart plugs to fill our houses before completely going digital. Breaking and entering may then require a computer school degree. Amazon’s Echo and Google Home’s speakers are just some of the new gizmos that allow smart technology to be omnipresent in a room. We will slowly get used to this.

POLITICS Donald Trump will begin his presidency in the United States. As a way to foster international relations, he will buy Miss Universe back. Luckily for our own president who loves the ladies, the 2017 event will be held in the Philippines where Steve Harvey will co-host with the country’s top non-journalist, Mocha Uson. The duo must especially be careful in matters of factchecking and winner announcement when Mercury is in retrograde, so as not to repeat the mortifying events of last year’s Miss U. The Philippines will be part of a Cold Shoulder War as the president continues to alienate former allies while sending deported OFWs to Russia’s space school as Fil-cosmonauts in training. This is part of Duterte’s grand top-secret strategy to solve poverty, drugs, and corruption: just send everyone to space. FH M

C I S MU R O t C E L E S Some totally new acts. Others, old new acts. All fresh listens

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Last year was a boom year for Pinoy music. New albums in various genres were released in rapid succession. Indie acts got signed to major labels (they’re still alive!). You could say that we’re probably in the thick of another musical boom like what happened a decade ago, when Sugarfree, Sponge Cola, Up Dharma Down, Mobstarr, Kamikazee, and Urbandub ruled the airwaves. But you won’t hear much of those bands in 2017. In fact, some of them no longer exist. In the age of Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify and many other popular platforms for music, there is a trove of new acts, the sheer number of which we have not seen in the local music scene in quite a while. We had a tough time singling out who we thought were doing something special. These new bands have eschewed the heavier guitars of the past two decades in favor of more light-fare groove and chill. But there are still old souls on our selection, proving that when reinvention works, it’s like being a young band again. Here are the local acts you should be listening to this year:

The first ‘reinvented artist.’ Get Pinoy music legend Ely Buendia, team him up with veteran rocker Jay Ortega (‘90s band Gnash), and you get...a soul band? You read it right: the two frontmen have jumped on the soul train and are chugging full speed ahead. No noise-rock guitars, no pop ditties, no macho posturing. Apartel is all about sex-a-delia via the old school—so old school, in fact, that they released their debut album on vinyl (and the record does sound great if you spin it on a classic hi-fi system). KILLER SONG: “Is It Hip?” “Guijo St. (Makes You Wonder)” ALBUM: Inner Play, released on vinyl November 2016

This unassuming band does not hide its pop inclinations. Its love for VST & Company and APO is tempered by the ‘90s incarnations of the Eraserheads and Rivermaya, and it shows in their songs. In an era of electronic bleeps, beats, and auto-tuning, Monolog comes across as a fresh approach to a throwback form. KILLER SONG: “Ayala Ave” ALBUM: Album, released September 2016

Remixing is not only limited to music. As we have seen on this list so far, it applies to musical membership as well. Get the guys from Freestyle, SinoSikat, Radioactive Sago Project, and Pupil, distill their collective musical taste to its purest, then let it rip like a deadly zombie virus on an unsuspecting populace. That is Brass Pas Pas Pas Pas, a jazz-swing-blues project that is both irreverent and respectful in its raw approach to a classic musical form. KILLER SONG: “Chili Garlic Buttered Shrimp” ALBUM: Greatest “Hits,” released 2016

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Save Me Hollywood’s Julz Savard has crafted a new persona: SIXX, trading her 2000s-era rock princess vibe for a more sultry, electro-pop vibe. She released two singles last year—“This Time Around” and the smoking-hot “Constellations”—and has worked with producer-artist Rez Toledo (a.k.a. Someday Dream) for her music. If there’s one thing SIXX and her team know how to channel (or exploit), it’s sensuality in electronic music, which this increasingly safe music scene needs more of. KILLER SONG: “Constellations”

Most of its personnel are indie rock veterans, but the revelation in this group is former NU107 DJ Evee Simon, whose delicately matter-of-fact vocal stylings are a refreshing break from all the Armi Millare wannabes populating today’s music scene. But throw in Simon’s vocals with ‘90s-era fuzz rock and you have an exquisite mix of old-school rock...from a fresh millennial perspective, whatever that means (but definitely something good). KILLER SONG: “Revelations I”

Asch Catabona’s electronic jazz, funk, and chillout project has been making the rounds of bars and clubs, and it is very easy to drown in the music. Smooth, but not unexciting; sensual without being vulgar; moody, but not self-indulgent. Catabona’s electronica work is all over the Internet, but the live full-band iteration is another experience altogether. KILLER SONG: “Half A World Away”

A project consisting of Taken By Cars’ Siopao Chua and Bryan Kong, Gaijin’s Shinji Tanaka, and indie pop dreamboat Ahmad Tanji of We Are Imaginary, Olympia Maru gives a beautiful mix of post-punk and garage rock in the British indie-pop vein, but with a collective maturity befitting this specific set of artists. KILLER SONG: “Noon” ALBUM: Sky Falling (EP), released 2016

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The Queen of Pinoy soul is doing it solo. Her late-2016 single, “Ikaw Ba” (actually a collaboration with guitar whiz Noli Aurillo) is a difficult piece to listen to...and that makes the single all the more exciting. Away from the confines of her outfit SinoSikat?, Agarrado prepares to conquer 2017 with her full-length album, which will be released sometime during the summer. KILLER SONG: “Ikaw Ba” ALBUM: To be released summer of 2017

Get Kamikazee, merge them with At The Drive Inn, and add one cup of unpredictability. Johnny Riot and his cohorts are out to declare that the 20th century form called “rock music” is ever dangerous... and far from dead. Formed in 2014, The Riot Act released its EP, Mono-Radyo, last September and has been setting fire (figuratively) to every gig they’re at. Their live sets are electrifyingly intense, and Riot’s wails constantly threaten to rupture your gut. This band is not for the faint of heart. KILLER SONG: “Todo” ALBUM: Mono-Radyo (EP), released September 2016

ADRIAN ARCEGA is the editor-in-chief of RadioRepublic.ph, where you can check out the best, the coolest, and the newest in Pinoy music. He is also a video producer, director, visual effects artist, and musician. When no one is looking, he travels the multiverse in a blue police box. FH M

The first of the ‘reinvented artists’ to watch this year: Mon Legaspi and Francis Aquino of Wolfgang meet the hardrock riffage of former Blue Jean Junkies axeman Armand Quimpo, topped by theater actor Jeyvi Castillo’s smooth (and baritone) vocals. Kontra released its debut album Ibang Planeta last November 2016. A power band, if you have ever seen one, but one with enough flair and flexibility to break new ground. KILLER SONG: “Planeta” ALBUM: Ibang Planeta, released November 2016

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If financial peace of mind is one of your new year’s resolutions, we’ve got good news and bad news: savings-wise, your first P150,000 is going to be the hardest—you’ll be starting from scratch, so expect it to be an uphill climb. On the flip side, the best time to build your bank account is while you’re young, a time of (relatively) fewer responsibilities and (hopefully) better health. So if you’re going to take the plunge, the time is now.

Drop the fol l owi n g fi ne thi ngs i n l ife: weekl y b eer s w i t h the b oys , dai l y fra p s , c abl e T V, Ub er, e t c. When you’ve set your sights on a tall order like this, the fact is, something’s got to give. “You certainly have to change the way you spend money,” says Henry Ong, a registered financial planner. “The change need not be abrupt. You can start by reducing slowly.” No one’s asking you to live like a hermit, but it won’t kill you to curb beers with the boys from every week to once a month. “A change in lifestyle is a change in cost. Magkasama yun,” agrees Rienzie Biolena, chief financial planner of Wealth Arki. Your goal is to save P12,500 a month to come up with P150,000 this year. These are the things that cost you approximately the same amount every month:

16 bottles of Pale Pilsen with the boys (four bottles a week):

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12 mugs of your favorite dark mocha drink (thrice weekly):

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Your cable subscription (everything’s online, anyway):

P1,100

Eating out (lunch, maybe, or dinner):

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Your Uber or Grab rides (a daily ride to and from work):

P4,800

The interest on your credit card bill (if you don’t pay your bill in full, which you probably don’t):

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VI S UALI Z E YOU R G OAL “Maintain a mindset where you know all your goals. If you plot them on a timeline, mas ma-i-inspire ka,” says Biolena, who says your goals should subscribe to the SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound). Why are you saving P150,000 in the first place? Write that goal down somewhere you can see every day to motivate you to give up your dark mocha drink. Try one of these goals, which are all within the P150,000 range: X A six-day trip to Osaka, Japan for two in 2018 (#PromoFlights #Homestay) X Down payment on a Toyota Innova X Your pre-school kid’s tuition for two years X A brand-new Canon DSLR camera

There are a lot of ways to find other sources of income with the help of the Internet: You can sell stuff you don’t need online (www.OLX.ph even lets you put up an ad for free); run a small business from home (www.tackthis.com.ph helps you build a storefront online, complete with payment assistance. It’ll be way cheaper than a concrete store); and do freelance work whenever you can (www.getcraft.com is a content marketplace that matches agencies and brands to different kinds of artists).

“Always remember the long-term benefits: The savings you will make in the end will enable you to grow it by investing it for passive income,” says Ong. More specifically, Biolena suggests matching each one of your money milestones with a financial instrument. Your 13th month pay, for instance, isn’t for Christmas gifts or impressing a girl—it’s for investment. You may use it to open a time deposit account— which earns you a pitiful interest rate of one percent or so annually. Or you could get into the riskier stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. While you’re at it, why don’t you get another job…as an entrepreneur? Start off by reading How I Made My First Million by financial guru Chinkee Tan. Now assess your skills. Can you be an online entrepreneur? Or how about renting a booth at one of the weekend markets all over Manila? If you can earn at least P12,500 in profit from this weekend gig, you can use your regular income any way you want.

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Conside r yo u r income ye a r l y, not ann ua l l y. “The technique is, look at your cash flow on an annual level, not a per-month basis,” advises Biolena. That way, you won’t be so cavalier with your 13th month pay—some companies offer up to a 16th month bonus, if you’re lucky—and can resist the urge to splurge. “If you only look at your income and expense monthly, then the tendency is you think of those bonuses as extra money. But that extra months’ pay is what we can use as a budget for your goals.” What did you do with last December’s bonuses? Hopefully you put some amount in the bank; and hopefully it’s still there now, earning interest slowly but surely.

“Make a budget of your daily expenses for the month. Make that your guide,” suggests Ong. You don’t necessarily have to live and die by that plan—think of it more as a tool that shines a light on where you’re hemorraging money. There’s no reality check quite like a pile of the receipts that have been burning a hole in your wallet. “By end of the month, compare what you [have] spent with what you budgeted, and analyze where you made the most variance, and try to correct that in the following month,” says Ong.

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Think before you commit to an undertaking of this scale: Biolena says that until you have the necessities any self-respecting grown-up already should—like an insurance policy, or a six-month rainy-day fund—you may be biting off more than you can chew. Say you’re earning P35,000 monthly. Fifteen percent of that— P5,250—goes to tax. About P2,500 goes to employee benefits, which leaves you with P13,625 every two weeks. On top of paying for bills and necessities such as food and transportation, can you afford to save P150,000 by the end of the year? Better to consider everything now and adjusting your financial goal before hating yourself for not reaching your original goal later on.

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First, pay your credit card bills in full and on time. BPI, for example, charges 6 percent of your past due amount every due date. If you pay just the minimum amount due every month, that’s like throwing away P1,000 monthly (an amount that increases as your unpaid balance increases). Second, enough with the 5-6 loan sharks; you lose at least 20 percent to interest rates there. If you absolutely have to take out a loan, consider the interest rates, how long you have to pay, and if your cash flow will still be solid if you have to add paying back your loan.

Once you’re finally finished paying off your first car or your credit card debt, you’ll know it: All of a sudden it’s like this pile of money just landed on your lap! But freeing up some income isn’t carte blanche to go on a spending spree for a new pair of Yeezys. It’s not spare change; it’s put to better use to “help with saving goals na hindi mo pa kayang pondohan,” says Biolena. “It’s all about priorities. You have to structure your money in such a way that prioritizes your goal.” Think of it this way: You’ve survived without that extra cash until now, so you can to go without a little longer. To help you control your spending, simplify your life and purge whatever material possessions you don’t need. Do a Marie Kondo (your girl will know how). Once you’re used to having less, you won’t feel much urge to add to your junk at home when you can afford to.

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It takes some time to figure Ping Medina out. It’s probably a game genius actors like to play, the willful inaccessibility. Sure, the Internet calls him the “Indie film prince” because of his career in film and TV. But aside from that, and the fact that he sometimes ends his text messages with the flying kiss emoji, Medina largely remains an enigma. “If I weren’t an actor, I’d probably be drinking less and would have less issues,” he jokes. Good, he has a sense of humor. “I’m never happy with what I have now. If I get a good review on my last film, I say, ‘Okay, great.’ And then I move on and look for something better, bigger; something that will make me get up excited in the morning.” That something would most probably be writing. “I like a lot of things, but writing will always be my first love,” Medina says. “Acting [on the other hand] is my bread and butter. I don’t think I can [ever] quit doing those two. Maybe when I hit my 40s, I can try directing. But that’s a long way off.” For now, Medina can stay in front of the camera, and audiences are grateful for that. After all, he has as his unofficial acting coach the ubiquitous and equally good character actor Pen Medina. “My dad taught me that acting is truth. You can’t act sadness; you have to feel it. Hindi mo puwedeng sabihing sad ka na dahil naka-kunot yung kilay mo at may puppy dog eyes ka,” Medina says, inadvertently dashing the hopes of many wannabe actors. “People will know if you’re being truthful or not.” With just a bit of prodding, Medina shows how honest he can be and talks about an unexpected detail in his life: that he is single and has been for the past six years. It’s his shyness and being a hopeless romantic, he explains, that make it difficult. “When I was 15 or 16, my dad brought me to a taping of Tabing Ilog because I had this huge crush on Jodi [Sta. Maria, a member of the main cast],” says Medina. “I was a painfully quiet and shy kid when I met her on the set. When she had to leave the room to do a scene, she left her sweater behind. So I took a whiff of it. Smelled like flowers in early morning dew. Creeper mode.” Of course, there was also the matter of the elephant in the room: the controversy involving himself and Baron Geisler. “I don’t want to talk about that incident,” Medina warns. Sure thing. But because this is journalism, digging deeper into Medina’s character is required.


You obviously treasure your privacy. How do you stay private as an actor in a fishbowl, especially with what happened two months ago? I stay away from controversy. When our film Transit was chosen to be the 2013 Philippine entry to the Oscars, Erik Matti criticized the decision. I was asked by TV shows for interviews but I declined. I don’t [deal with that] unless I really have to. As for the case with Baron Geisler, someone had to put that guy in his place. Being that vulnerable to other people because of your work must be difficult. It depends. There’s strength in being vulnerable. But if you’re too vulnerable, you become weak. When is the right time to become vulnerable and when should you go beast mode? When should you defend yourself? So where do you draw the line? Depends on your state that day. Being an actor is a complicated job. There are days when you have to act confident but you’re not feeling 100 percent that day. It’s an artform, sabi nga ni Drake, “Zero to 100.” Usually, bipolar people are the best actors. They can go from sad to happy just like that; change gears at will. A perk of your job, though, is being able to watch films ahead of everyone else. How was it being a first-time MMFF judge last December? Of course, masaya yung part na yun. I also had fun working with the rest of the selection committee. Krip Yuson was there, Nick Tiongson, Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, who was very hands-on and active during the selection process. It was also the first time in a long time that anyone could [send entries] as long as they had the finished product. Dati, script lang ang pinagpipilian ng judges. This time, [participants] had to submit a complete film. Which makes sense kasi you can’t tell how good a film can be just from the script. Did you set out to make a statement by picking mostly indie films for the film fest? The ones that made it were simply the best


eight films that the panel chose. I don’t agree with all the choices, but it’s a democracy. We watched 27 films and half of them were shit. Most of the commercial films, though, maganda naman kasi [the people that made them] already knew the basics of filmmaking. As for me, I had to keep in mind that the MMFF audience is made up of families with kids. They don’t want to watch a depressing poverty-porn movie on Christmas day. So I looked for films that had entertainment value with substance. Do you think the Pinoy audience is ready for no Vice Ganda and Vic Sotto movies on Christmas Day every year? The MMFF audience won’t change overnight for sure. It’s going to take a long time [for them to change]. There’s been a clamor for alternative cinema, anyway, since the indie movement—the first Cinemalaya—started in 2004. Twelve years nang nakikita ng tao na puwede pala na may alternative cinema. Speaking of alternative cinema, do you feel any pressure to stand out, having Pen Medina for a father and your brothers being actors as well? I don’t really try to think about being different from my family of actors. I just do my thing. Before I became an actor, I really wanted to be a scriptwriter. I self-studied screenwriting. I’ve been writing since I was in high school, but a lot of it were just essays for homework. I always knew I was good at it since I was in high school. Were you the typical artist in school, always with the theater group? Not really. I didn’t like school very much. In high school in San Beda, I was lazy, sleeping in class all the time, always late. But I was the type of student who could get by without doing much. I was the only one not from the honors class who got in Ateneo, for example. And that was a big deal in my high school. After the results come out, in morning assembly, they would call up to the stage the students who got acceptance letters to [universities]. When it came to me, “Crispin Medina…Crispin Medina…Crispin Medina?” “Sir, baka tulog pa .” Wala ako. I wasn’t a morning person. Still not a morning person.

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College was better, though? No, I got honorably dismissed. Kicked out, in short. Ang ginawa ko lang kasi, tumambay, look at pretty girls passing by. Sinagad ko rin yung free cuts ko in class, pero hindi naman ako bumagsak sa classes ko, except for one. I just didn’t meet the required grade point average to stay in Ateneo. But really, I got kicked out because I was kind of infatuated with this girl. She didn’t know me, but I was in love with her. I spent my final exams learning to draw her. She was a senior, a commercial model, about to graduate, and I knew I was never going to see her again. So I taught myself to do portraits and drew one of her. When I was done, I had it framed to give to her. Yun pala , seniors finished their exams a week earlier than us lowerclassmen. So she was gone. I still have her portrait at home. Must be easier to get the girls now, being an actor. Define easy. I’m easy to get, not them. I’ve been single for almost six years now. I tried Tinder but then I deleted it. I liked it because it’s less expensive, and needs less time and effort. You just cut to the chase. I got to meet a lot of interesting people there— professionals, doctors, lawyers, but also

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crazy, psychotic girls. They had problems; I tried to help, but there’s just so much you can do. All in all, sulit naman ang Tinder for me. How do kids who come from a family of actors start out in the business? For me, the whole acting thing just happened by accident. I was out of college, painting, acting in students’ short films, writing. And then my mom [ sent me this email for an audition. I went to the audition and I got the part. It turned out to be for Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros. That was my break into the industry. I landed TV roles and more film roles after that. One of those film roles, as Moises in Transit , brought you to shoot in Israel. How was that like? It was fun. I worked during the day and then went out at night to explore. It was super safe since we were in Tel Aviv. The atmosphere was very similar to Manila, except that Israel has a more first-world vibe. Instead of neighborhood sari-sari stores, they have mom and pop stores where they sell clothes, food, etc. There was no traffic at all. And there was just one mall, the size of Ali Mall. Isrealites are very warm, emotional, family-oriented people, like


Filipinos. But the main difference is, if you cross them, or do something wrong, they’re very confrontational. Tayo, we avoid conflict. Sila , they tell you what they think. What can we expect from you in 2017? More projects. I’m working on one now— entitled Roygbiv, a cross between Y Tu Mama Tambien and Trainspotting—with my good friend Alan [Chanliongco]. I’m writing; he’s directing. It explores how relationships are magically formed in Manila’s underground party scene. The story is about the ignition, combustion, and wildfire spread of Manila’s drug underworld; a precursor to President Duterte’s drug war. Hopefully, we can get funding this year to be able to send it to the Berlin International Film Festival in 2018. We want to show [the international film community] that people here also know how to have a good time; that Manila isn’t just about people eating their own shit. Will it just be all work for you this year, then? Plano ko magpapayat at mag-Muay Thai even with a fractured hand. Dating? If it happens, then go. How does that saying go? “It’s not about finding the one; it’s about being the one.” Go Internet! FH M


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t some point during our shoot with the very prolific Fhaye Lorenzo–see her two calendars this month–a couple arrived for a pre-nup shoot. Sure, the couple was cute and in love but you could tell their crew was way more interested in our subject. It got us wondering though. If you manage to put a ring on someone like Fhaye, would you do one of those sexy pre-nup shoots? We definitely would, but probably just convince her to do it solo at the last moment .—Ash Mahinay

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Our initial plan for review was a live blog of the experience. But writing while driving is bad and wrong, so here is our delayed stream-of-thought review of the 2017 Nissan GT-R, the first of its lineage to be officially sold in our country. We eagerly approach the “Katsura Orange” car and discover—after some inappropriate fondling–that the flush door handles open front to back instead of up. This confuses several people. This is probably aerodynamics. The interior is marketed as a far cry from the cheap digs of the original 2007 (!) model. It does feel appropriately plush and modern but we forget all about it when the 570hp VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 growls to life. If we learned anything from the late Paul Walker, it’s that cool car guys can name engines and not mistake a pizza variant for one. The titanium exhaust is quiet and unobnoxious as we poke along through traffic. Approaching a hump possessing near 90-degree edges caused our bums to clench tightly but we are pleased to report that the GT-R cleared every incline and badly constructed speedbump we encountered without a scratch. Idling at a stop, we notice a slight… burning smell? Oh my God! We should never have attempted to drive a supercar in traffic—it’s about to self-immolate for sure because cars like these were “never meant to be driven this way!” Internet haters are about to be vindicated with pictures of

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Godzilla on fire in Manila. But we actually just left the aircon on “fresh air” mode. Putting it to recirculate solves things and at no point did the GT-R threaten to grenade itself. Ha! Suck on that. The second star of the car, after its supercar-level engine, is the transmission. There’s no way to miss it because it makes a distinct constant whirring drone. Welcome to life with a sequential transmission! Sequentials don’t allow direct selection of gears. Instead you must row through them one at a time, which is where also having a dual-clutch is handy. If it’s your first time to encounter one (most likely), it sounds like the gearbox is actually outside the car and you forgot to close the windows completely. At low speeds, the gears occasionally gachunk into place like comical toy cogs. The trade-off? zero to 100 in 2.7 seconds. And basically invisible gearshifts when you’re running hard, which is when it really matters anyway. When opening up the GT-R on blessedly empty roads, the many layers and problems of your life peel away until all that is left is the rapidly approaching lights on the horizon and a stupid smile on your face. This is where we stopped processing the car and just appreciated it as a masterpiece of Japanese engineering. And then the car spoke to us. Literally! The infotainment system suddenly chimed in with “In 200 meters, speed camera.”

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Drop your gross habits A DOCTOR GIVES YOU THE LOW-DOWN ON HOW DISGUSTING— GERM-WISE—SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE HABITS ACTUALLY ARE

The blowjob after sex while she has her period

WORDS STEF DELA CRUZ, MD, WITH REPORTS FROM CECILE JUSI BALTASAR ILLUSTRATION BORG SINABAN


While some people do cringe at the idea of having sex while a woman has her period, it’s not gross. It even comes with benefits—girls are hornier mid-menses and orgasms may help with her cramps. However, demanding a blowjob right after isn’t the same thing. Before your girl gives head, here’s a heads-up: A sausage dripping in ketchup does not make a great appetizer. Unlike the blood in your arteries, menstrual blood has been exposed to microbes for a long time. Blood is rich in nutrients. After all, carrying nutrients is part of its skillset, which is why microbes think blood is like a big buffet. The result: A bloody broth full of germs. Do you really want your girl to lick that off you? S E R I O U S LY : Although it does look like blood, menstrual blood isn’t made up of just blood. It’s a mixture of old tissue (not the bathroom kind), vaginal and cervical secretions, and bacteria from the vaginal lining. Tell your girl that before she goes south. facebook.com/FHM.ph stwitter.com/fhmphil sfhmphilofficial

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The “Side B” Okay, cards on the table: Turning your underwear inside out and endearingly nicknaming it “Side B” is not a great way to conserve water. Consider your underwear a microbe incubator. The longer you wear it and the damper it gets, the more likely germs are going to start building happy colonies down there. Turning it inside out isn’t going to help much because—and you already know this—your underwear is made of porous fabric. The next time you want to use Side B of your undies, remember this: There’s always a little bit of poop in that wonderful germ

cocktail that you don’t want to put in the laundry just yet. S E R I O U S LY : The bacteria E. Coli can cause severe infection, and one way it’s transmitted is through person-to-person contact. Say someone infected with E. Coli does a bum scratch through his, er, contaminated porous underwear, and then proceeds to make coffee—with the same coffeemaker from which you pour your own cup. You stand the chance of getting infected, as well.

The sputum swallow You cough. You taste the phlegm in your mouth. You swallow. Doesn’t quite taste like candy but you seem to like it, yes? You might want to spit the next time you cough up something from your lungs. If you have undiagnosed tuberculosis (every Filipino is exposed to this infection), then there may be tubercle bacilli—a fancy term for tuberculosis germs—in your phlegm. These germs are tough. They can escape the acid in your stomach, setting up camp in your gut in what is called gastrointestinal tuberculosis. In this case, it definitely is better to spit than to swallow. S E R I O U S LY : Although not as common as tuberculosis involving the lungs, gastrointestinal TB is deadlier. It is often diagnosed late as it mimics other abdominal diseases, according to a 2012 study by Dr. Saurabh Mukewar and colleagues published in Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology.

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Boost The fearless fart Here’s one habit that’s harmless: farting shamelessly does you no harm, save for the assault on your nose. Wondering why farts stink? Hydrogen sulfide is the culprit behind that familiar whiff of rotten egg. It’s a compound which may even save lives one day, reported Mark Wood and his colleagues in a 2014 study published in the Nitric Oxide journal. Wood and his team worked on AP39, a compound meant to bring hydrogen sulfide into cells. Take note, however, that using AP39 does not achieve the same effect as getting high on your farts.

The postbuttscratch banquet

Stef dela Cruz, MD is a health columnist. She is the only doctor-recipient of the 2013 Health Media Award from the Department of Health. Her blog, www.stefdelacruz.com, is a 2015 Philippine Blogging Awards Hall-of-Famer. Connect with her on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook: @stefdelacruzmd. 100 FH M JANUARY 2017

When your bum itches, you feel more gratified if you get your finger deep in there, scratching away like there’s no tomorrow. Then, you enjoy a burger without bothering to wash your hands. Handwashing shmandwashing, right? Stop right there. Your poop— just like your girl’s menstrual blood—is fertilizer for microbial growth. The longer it stays in your butt crack, the more likely it attracts harmful species that can make you sick.


Gentlemen, please. Wash your hands after scratching your butt. Repeat after me: poop is not peanut butter. S E R I O U S LY : Doctors can make themselves hoarse telling people to wash their hands. Listen to them. Even the spread of the common cold—not just poop—can be avoided with frequent handwashing. Wiping your hands on the front of your jeans won’t cut it. Scrub your hands with soap and water. www.fhm.com.ph

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2017? Yung biggest challenge ko ngayon is kung paano ako tatagal sa industriya. Swerte ako na nakapasok ako dito kasi pangarap ko lang siya, so kailangan kong ingatan at galingan para hindi ko masayang yung pagkakataon. Kelangan ko pagbutihin kasi sinasabi ng ibang tao, pag nagpa-sexy ka raw, habang-buhay ka ng ganun. Kumbaga dead end siya. Kasi “pinakita mo na lahat.” Kaya rin gusto kong maging magaling na aktres, kasi hindi habang-buhay kaya ng katawan ko magpasexy. Gusto ko patunayan na maraming talented dyan, nagkataon lang na sexy rin. Ha ha! Gusto ko i-break yung misconception na yung sex appeal ay nasa paghuhubad lang. FHM

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