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CONTENTS FEATURES
2 8 DAN VILLEGAS
His films hold your girl’s heart. So pay attention 6 4 ELECTIONS
101 FOR NEWBIE VOTERS
Where to go, what to do, and why your vote counts 7 0 FHM’S U LTIMATE
CAR BUYER’S GUIDE
eight pages, 19 latest models—motor heads, start your engines! 7 8 IF I WERE A GIRL...
What happens when men think like their women? 8 2 WILDEST DREAMS
Getting lost in adventure with Regina Swan
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COV E R STORY
AN D I EIGENMANN
The island girl is back in her element
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THE SUPERHERO 20
SATURATION POINT 10
BE A 1-ON-1
MASTER
Pro tips on how to take on badass hardcourt kings
When comic book blockbusters finally make us hurl YOUR LIFE ON(THE)LINE 21
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There is such a thing as over-sharing, you know
Years after the apocalypse, what then?
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WHEN HUMANITY LEVELS UP
R U G? CARPS?
PICS!
CHANGE IS COMING
How the Y generation’s lingo came to be
But some things never do
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COMIC STRIP:
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MONSTER JAM
Big trucks crushing small cars.San ka pa? LATE-NIGHT SESSION 26
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RESURRECTION
The “death” of CDs has turned back time
Magic 89.9’s Debbie Then can out-geek any Star Warsfan
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“THE OBJECT OF POWER IS POWER”
George Orwell’s nightmarish prophecy in 1984 has caught up
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AFTER THE FINAL
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MMA knocks boxing out of the ring
FI T S
BOOST 1 1 1 INUMAN NA !
Pinoys’ world-class love for alcohol 34
SENSITIVE GUY
PLAYLIST 22
JO E P S E
Remember someone today, men
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EYESHIELDS
The decision is always hard, let us help 94
LEG DAY
How to (tastefully) show off your gains at the beach 10 0
SUMMER SHIRT
Prepare for times when sandos won't cut it
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IS YOUR HEART
A TI CKI NG TIM E BOMB?
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This might save your life
Where are you next off to?
HOW TO MAKE HALO-HALO 1 06
Because we’re melting in a puddle of sweat 1 08
YOUR SPA-
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Self-love, bro. Selflove 110
ALL THE RIGHT
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We map out the body’s 12 (massage) pleasure points
TRAVELING IS THE LATEST DRUG
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FROM THE EDITOR
If candidates tell you they love the poor, then they sure as hell would want them to stay poor.
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Stay with me on this. The Comelec pegged the total number of registered voters for the 2016 National Elections at 55 million. An SWS survey made late last year showed that, of the total number of registered voters, 59 percent—or 32,450,000 voters—considered themselves poor. Candidates winning top-tier victories do so in the range of 15 million to 20 million votes, well within the power of the “poor” vote. So, if you’re a politician-for-life, it’s in your best interest to get the poor vote. It’s easier with them. All you have to do is play the part of being maka-diyos, matulungin, tapat, maaasahan (which is what the poor want, said an Institute of Philippine Culture study reported by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism as far back as 2004). As a voting bloc, less of them means less votes, so always it makes perfect keep thetovoting poor, poor. Be their savior. But they have to besense saved;toyou have keep on saving them. I’m not saying they do not want to help the poor. I would like to believe that public servants always start out with the best intentions. The point is this: In the cacophony of image-building that is the 2016 elections, where everyone loves the poor and has the answers to all their problems, we have to remain skeptics. We cannot just believe what we hear or see. They are merely rhetoric and always will be. Come election day, it is your intelligent assessment of each candidate’s personality and capability that should determine your vote. But we must not be disillusioned. In this, I’m counting on that other vote: the Youth vote. The Comelec says this voting bloc, ages 18 to 35, make up 3 7 percent of the electorate. That’s about 20 million of you. If you are what you say you are—smart, savvy, and brimming with good vibes—you’ll deliver the votes that will shape the future of our politics: one that doesn’t rely on empty rhetoric but on sound principles.
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Andi channels that happy hippie vibe in between takes of her smoldering cover shoot
Ladies men and directors Dan and JL show off their “blue steel” looks
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The King of the Rock Red Bull King of the Rock officially crowned its first Philippine champion at the National Finals on March 19, 2016 at Baluarte de Dilao within the ancient walls of Intramuros, Manila. Filipino-American and former San Francisco State University NCAA Division II player Robbie Herndon will now represent the country at
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Nothing beats the joy of embarrassing an old pal in a pride-filled game of one-on-one basketball. Almost an entirely different ball game than the usual five-on-five matches, this type of duel requires players to harness only their individual skills to trump the other. And because it’s our life’s joy to become king of the court, we sought the help of “The Prince” Vince Hizon, former PBA player and commissioner of the community-based basketball league Filsports Basketball Association. He was the floor director of the recently concluded Red Bull King of the Rock, an international one-on-one basketball tournament. We wanted The Prince to give us a few pointers on how to check the unstoppable signature moves of some of our favorite NBA and PBA cagers.
Terrence Romeo sizes up his opponent and strikes with a crossover pull-up jumper Some thought Romeo would have a hard time translating his collegiate game to the pros, but his unrivalled isolation play has left doubters in the dust. Hizon advises to “stay low, keep your weight back, and your hands up” to try and keep your balance while keeping him from shooting over you.
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Fajardo has his advanced skill set and sheer dominance on full display. “Top priority is not letting him get deep position,” says Hizon. “If he does, you have no choice but to body up and be tough. Boxing out should be your last option as he would still be able to shoot.”
DeMarcus Cousins shows off the big man handles and barrels down the lane
Manuel seems to adhere to the saying, “Simplicity is key,” using pure strength and high basketball IQ to outplay his opponents. “[Defend him] just like
How do you defend a big man who possesses the strength to bully his way to the rack while still being able to knock down perimeter shots? Hizon
how you would defend Fajardo, but requiring more muscle,” says Hizon. “Manuel creates more scoring chances in the paint, keep him out. Stay one step ahead of his offensive instincts.”
suggests youshoots “take two steps off and pray that he an outside jumper. Also try to get inside his head and have him ejected.” Cousins could have been unstoppable if he would only keep his head in the game.
LeBron James gets away with another almost-travel with the crab-dribble drive that he had already mastered “Honestly, a physical match-up is out of the question so just talk a lot of smack and try to get under his skin. Ask him if he’s going to stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Also, him shooting foul shots (74 percent) is better than an easy deuce,” says Hizon.
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Stephen Curry has released the ball before you even know it There are times in life when you have to admit that your skills are just not enough. Like Hizon says: “Call the team manager and ask to get him on your team. Can’t really stop someone who’s too quick, has incredible dribbling skills, and whose confidence is through the roof. Though he’d look much better in a Lakers uniform.”
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Kevin Durant pulls out ‘The 62’ (stutter step then pull-up) from his big bag of offensive tricks Durantula’s consummate mix of length, ball handling, and speed constitutes his extensive offensive arsenal. “Eat your Wheaties. Meet him with constant pressure from half court. Once he puts the moves on you, there’s almost no chance of stopping him,” says Hizon.
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01 It’s a scene from your worst nightmare: The world has just cleansed itself of humanity. It was bound to happen. Mother Nature has always found a way to rid itself of unwanted guests, after all. She’s always stood by the same promise that dishwashing liquids also make: she “cleans 99.9 percent of germs.” But the human species is a resilient bunch. Even if only a fraction of a percent remains, you can expect we won’t go down that easily. How exactly will humanity survive, much less thrive, in harsher environments? Let’s take a cue from Charles Darwin and analyze this apocalyptic evolution through natural selection. According to Darwin, it’s the strong that’ll be able to adapt to their environment. In an atmosphere as cruel as, say, desert heat 24/7 or almost total darkness, what changes would humanity take to adapt?
Desert everywhere
The world is like the Sahara— water is scarce, there’s sand everywhere, and the heat is making you sweat your balls off. Hirsutism, or the excessive presence of human skin, will be a favorable trait here as well, but this time for protection against the sun. “Humans will have very efficient excretory organs (kidneys, intestines, and glands) that can draw outsweat most of the moisture from whatever it is we will be excreting. Think of salt crystals for tears and sweat, dry pellets for feces, and super concentrated urine or ammonia pellets,”, says Romeo Dizon, associate professor of Biology in UP Baguio. Passing stones through pee? We’d rather live in a nuclear winter.
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Dizon says hirsutism will be the sexiest trait. “Feet will be broader to tread on snow and thicker skinned to insulate the body from the cold,” he says. “We will develop a hormone that counteracts brain freeze the same way insulin regulates blood sugar.” Your ideal partner in this world would be a sexy yeti.
Imagine living in the North or South Pole where sunlight lasts only for a couple of hours, followed by total darkness for the rest of the day. It would be an interesting change in routine, right? Now imagine living like that for the rest of your life. Dizon likens this lifestyle to that body clock mutation known as the Call Center Way, complete with call center agent-issued eyes (like headlights, to absorb as muchand daylight as possible) ears (larger, to help navigate through darkness). Coffee and cigarettes will still be essentials, we reckon.
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Ever played The Last of Us? It’s a survival horror video game set in a postapocalyptic United States where you fight, among others, cannibals infected with some kind of fungus. An-an and alipunga to the rescue! They turn savior,
Contrary to what you might think, we won’t develop gills, although our features would have to become aquatic. Dizon says we would most likely be closer to dolphins and whales in terms of appearance. “Expect fused legs that end [in] a tail and… arms that end in webbed fingers. Hair will most likely go out of fashion as it increases drag [in] water.” Dizon says. We’ll end up with streamlined skin, and probably a bit of fat for insulation. Sorry, Waterworld fans, it looks like Kevin Costner got the look of the Mariner wrong.
in by taking on thethis roleworld, of plant or fungal symbionts. “Our waste products will not be excreted but will be directed to watch over these plants [that will be growing on our skin] for their nutrition,” says Dizon. “These plants will be photosynthesizing (or degrading our wastes into simple molecules in the case of fungi) and providing… our food. All we need to do is get as much sun as possible.” Question is, will we look more like the Swamp Monster or Groot? Either way, we’re not going to look pretty.
07 Living entirely underneath the earth
With the surface world completely uninhabitable, humanity will be forced to live underground. What would we look like? To sum it up, imagine mole rats the size of a regular human–blind, naked, and crawling on all fours instead of walking upright. Dizon thinks developing wildly flared nostrils will help us better smell our fellow
06 Air is toxic
Dizon proposes two possibilities that the human body will filter out the toxicity in the air. One, we will develop wide nostrils with thick, bushy nose hair that produce boogers the size of baseballs. The other possibility would be to grow an additional organ to filter the air. “Expect highly toxic and lethal farts,” Dizon warns.
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Anyone who was born before 1990 understands that some of what falls under “nostalgia” could also simply fall under the category of common sense. Maybe I am just old, or old-fashioned, but I forever adore the experience of holding an album in my hands, perusing lyrics or album details as if they were clues to some other magic place, relishing with certitude, “Mine.” With the file-sharing boom, prescients with their nose on the money predicted the eventual death of the compact disc, the sheer abundance of convenience for nothing and art for free would demolish the music industry. And they were right. But only in the sense that it would be demolished as it existed then, as happens in every revolution, a change in the status quo creates another. Bad things happened: musicians now need to tour extensively to make crappy money. Good things also happened: more choices for everyone. But probably nobody imagined that there would be a whole segment of the market that would now long for all the other things that “died” in that post-millennial revolution of convenience and instant gratification. These people now long for the experience of holding something tangible in
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their hands, the joy of holding the object of one’s love. It turns out that not everybody loves convenience. Jann Angara of Dub Temple Records says: “The vinyl covers look so cool and you have to sit and listen to the whole thing. You get to experience the albums as a whole thing, in the order that the artists intended.” Some people want to earn their experience of a work of art. We enjoy holding something that somebody crafted with their hands. We adore the fact that we found it through some cunning, some effort and a lot of love. And they are willing to pay good money for this experience. In hindsight, we go back to a simple marketing principle: variety creates competition. In this case, the vinyl experience trumps other products because of its very
“otherness.” Its claim to the market is precisely because it isn’t free and it isn’t digital. Any true fan of music would go back to that purer, snugger vinyl experience because that is half the fun of it. Technologies will evolve, and what was unimaginable then can be speculated as probable now. Someday in the not-too-distant future, they will come up with a way to “bottle” music in an “innovative” way. It’s no longer science fiction to think that in the future, a record could exist in capsule form, to dissolve in drink, and respond to microchips in our bodies that will be turned on. But then there will always be people who will prefer the srcinal experience, that irreplaceabl e, purer sort of fun.
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Begin at the end PRE PARE TO LIVE IN TH E DYS TOPIC FUTURE WE READ IN BOOKS
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It is much easier to begin a book rather than to end it. That’s why the first sentences of books stick like Bulldog superglue to your brain, upending your consciousness, forcing you to see the world from the novel’s own eyes. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,” goes probably the most famous one—a first sentence of such finality that it could contain all you need to know about what follows. Here’s another: “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” Bland until the very last word, 1984’s opening sentence is a queasy, unsettling introduction to George
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Orwell’s post-apocalyptic world, where the state watches you from behind a glowing screen, words are foreshortened to limit critical thought, political talk is powered by outrage, the great majority of people are kept willfully ignorant, and power, well…“We are interested solely in power,” says O’Brien, the highly effective stooge of the novel’s ruling party. The srcinal, biblical meaning of “apocalypse” is revelation, the lifting of the veil to some secret knowledge. And in a way, our current bookish obsession with after-apocalypses—in The Hunger Games , for example, or the Divergent series—is the drawing back of curtains, over and over, on the techno-authoritarian Oz that seems to power the world. The end times, intone these novels ominously, are our times. 1984 is of 2016, the end days.and 2017, and so on until This month, we will elect a new leader who will take an oath, go behind the curtain, and pull the strings of the absurd, almost fictional world where we live. What would, we wonder, his or her first lines in power be?
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Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice Bats and Supes having moms with the same name ends their epic fight to the death.
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So Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is in the past. It raked in some cash, got slammed by critics, and was enjoyed by the casual moviegoer. Time to move on. “Ne xt, please! ” the hardcore comic book geek might say. You’ve also probably already seen Marvel’s own versus outing, Captain America: Civil War . And this month, X-Men: Age of Apocalypse will showcase Hollywood hot properties brawling it out on the big screen. With all these caped crusaders invading our theaters, have we finally reached a superhero saturation point? The comic book movie adaptation
opinionated, and above all else, forgiving…to a fault. In other words, they’re fanboys. When you allow an industry to churn out five comic book blockbusters a year, you lose the right to hate critics (or rabid, diehard, opinionated, and above all else, unforgiving movie fans) for ripping Zack Snyder a new asshole. That person was entrusted with a mythology. As Spidey’s Uncle Ben’s homily goes: “With great power comes great responsibility.” Responsibility to elevate the genre. To add a dialogue to the canon that makes the comic’s
shouldn’t have definitive good script andaan equally formula. talented A director will suffice, just like any other novel-turned-flick venture. But unlike most film buffs, fans of comic book movie adaptations are rabid, diehard,
storyline relevant. To makeofa creative good fucking movie, regardless liberties taken. Once we’ve regressed into an audience content with mediocrity being shoved down our throats, icons like Batman, Superman, and the X-Men, fighters of injustice heralded for their phenomenal capabilities, will lose their power and relevance. Then, we will all really need some saving.
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and living in just our about phones, you’d thinkTwitter we’re sharing enough. But, apparently, you can share even more. Newcomer app Shorts allows you to publish your camera roll. Your entire camera roll. Though you ultimately pick and choose which photos to publish, this app reeks of “overshare.” It has been predicted that 2016 will be the year of FOLO. Fear Of Living Offline will replace Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO, which is that feeling you get when you happen to scroll through an eventful Instagram feed on a night you decide to just “Netflix and chill”). This new cultural trend emphasizes the “pics or it didn’t happen” dogma that the world already lives by. While FOMO elicits fear of missing out on actual experiences, FOLO is all about that incompleteness we feel whenever we don’t get to share our moments on social media. You feel your social score plummet all the way down to full hermitage and you feel like the complete opposite of Steph Curry. There’s another app called Peeple that allows users to rate and review, well, people. People! Think about it, people—if there was a “like” button there somewhere and you only get one. About to kill yourself yet?
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There’s a reason for this. No other Pinoy is hovering in the boxing horizon to be even half of a big deal as Pacquiao yet. So what else can we do but immerse ourselves in the UFC? Boxing is as artsy (and as fancy) as any sport could get with millions of dollars for prize fighters. But without a Filipino bet throwing jabs in the ring, we’ve realized that we long for more action. We want to see some blood on the face, flying mouthpieces or maybe someone hitting the canvas to sleep. Boxing’s punch-only aspect gives non-exciting boxers like Mayweather
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are in the stage of having to decode and dissect the language before actually understanding its meaning,” says Prof. Hernandez. “They’re still trying to figure out its meaning. It became popular, because the complexity of it is fascinating.”
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Ever found yourself overhearing a group of young ’uns out on their inuman sesh and thought, “WTH are they talking about?” You’re puzzled (actually, totally lost) with every mention of a term that sounds more like technical jargon to you. But the “language” perfectly fits the tech-savvy t wentysomething “kids” of this generation. So you take to Googling your questions. And you find out that there are indeed innovations in our means of communication. In fact, there are quite a few terms already circulating on social media (see illustration). Should we keep up? Will these strange linguistic mutations make it to mainstream vocabulary? Or are we just bastardizing the languages? We ask UP Diliman Department of Linguistics Associate Professor Tuting Hernandez to enlighten us on this matter. This is what we got:
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Dan Villegas, an award-winning director (and also a cinematographer), is one of those indie filmmakers blazing a trail. With his man bun and tattoos, Dan might look more like the drummer of an alternative rock band than a weaver of romantic tales. But he is a storyteller. Always be my Maybe, #WalangForever, The Breakup Playlist, English Only Please,
nag-bank loanpa ko. I finished paying it all back just last year. All worth it, though, right? Oo naman. I just thought of all those loans I made as a five-year investment. One of the PAs in Star Cinema sawMayohan and loved the cinematography. So siya yung nagrecommend sa ’kin kay Direk Cathy [Garcia-Molina], and that’s how I got
predictability and stereotypes. Crass College Guy meets Classy College Girl. They fight all the time—over several years—because of their different perspectives on sex and friendship. Until they become best friends. And one night, they have sex. It’s confusing as hell the morning after so they grow apart. But they eventually realize they’re in love with each other and make up on New Year’s Eve. The end. There’s also: Bad Boy goes out with Bad Girl. Both of them hate the world but there’s mutual attraction there. Bad Boy and Bad Girl fall in love. Then Bad Girl discovers Bad Boy only asked her out that first time because he made money out of it. Bad Girl becomes Man-hating Bad Girl. Bad Boy, who has fallen in love hard, gives Bad Girl a guitar as a peace offering. Apology obviously accepted. The end. And another one: Regular Guy is in love with Popular Girl. But Regular
Mayohan—these are just five of his over 20 film credits, and each one is told in the voice of someone who obviously doesn’t subscribe to the conventional way of th inking. (Well, mostly. Because sometimes, you do have to indulge the way of thekilig.) Case in point: For someone who lives and breathes romantic comedies, you’d think Dan has no problem figuring out women. Wrong. He’s totally clueless, like the rest of the straight male population. “There’s no formula on how to relate to women and understand them 100 percent,” Dan says. He has no idea that with this simple statement, he has dashed the romantic hopes of half the men in the world. Don’t worry. Women know you’re confused—and they forgive you.
my first break with mainstream [films]. I got the directing job forEnglish Only Please because the producer liked Mayohan, too. You bounce between being a director and a cinematographer. Which one do you enjoy doing more? I like doing both, but cinematography is my first love. Which movies made you want to become a cinematographer? Requiem for a Dream. In the Mood for Love. Spectre. Her. Norte. Grabe ang photographynung mga yun. So how did you break into the scene? The key is to find a couple of directors na ikaw ang priority. Directors, writers, photographers—you can just make your movie, write your script, shoot your photos, then submit [your work] to festivals, writing contests, or magazines so more people can see your work. But cinematographers have to wait for a text from a producer or
Guy’s Best Friend Who’s A Girl tells him he’s too dull for Popular Girl to notice him (because Best Friend Who’s A Girl is secretly in love with Regular Guy). But Regular Guy still asks out Popular Girl and she says yes. They go to a party where Regular Guy realizes he loves Best Friend Who’s A Girl, after all. Popular Girl lets him go, tells him she’d rather be alone for the right reasons. Regular Guy runs after Best Friend Who’s A Girl and they walk, arms entwined, in the moonlight. The end. It’s not that writers of rom-coms didn’t have any imagination back then. And it’s not that these stories are awful. (They’re actually beloved “classics.” Google these, kids:When Harry Met Sally, 10 Things I Hate About You, Some Kind of Wonderful.) These writers just cashed in on people’s love for stories that made them feel happy about the emotional state of the world. And then in Manila, indie rom-
Any MMK moments in your life that would be perfect for a movie plot? Lahat naman tayo may MMK moments sa buhay. Sino bang tao ang wala? But I had just one goal, anyway—to become a cinematographer. Sokinaya ko lahat ng hirap. How difficult was it, exactly? Ang hirap sabihin sa magulang na ang gusto kong gawin, sa arts, which many people think doesn’t pay well. My mom was supportive from the start, but it was hard to convince my dad that it would work. He’s not a big fan of movies. He’s a civil structure engineer; he designs oil platforms.Sobrang talino sa math; unfortunately, I didn’t inherit that. Neither did my sister, who’s a successful photojournalist. Pareho kaming bobo sa math. But despite that, you were able to make your first movie— Mayohan—as its director and producer. Yes, pero nabaon ako sa utang for five
director saying, May “ pelikula tayong gagawin.” Kung walang trabaho ang director mo, wala ka ring trabaho. Obviously, you found your director. For almost two years,nakabuntot lang ako kay Odie Flores who did indies, TVCs. Patanung-tanong ako, “Paano ba gamitin yang ilaw na yan?” And that’s how I learned. Eventually, I figured, “Sino ba yung director na ako yung first choice as director of photography? Di ba ako rin? So sabi ko, sige, ako na rin ang magiging director of photographysa sarili kong stuff. How was it having Direk Marilou (Diaz-Abaya) as one of your college professors? She’s one of my mentors. I remember the first day of class.Pagpasok namin sa class niya, unang una niyang sinabi, “Leave your ego at th e door. Walang room ang kayabangan sa klaseng ito at sa industriya na ’to. Number two: do not impress me with talent.Maraming
coms happened. A new crop of indie filmmakers began to take unconventional approaches to update the romantic comedy scene. For a younger, worldlier, more tech-savvy audience, these artists raised the bar of the Pinoy rom-com with beautifully shot cinematography, snappy dialogue, perfect soundtracks, and, best of all, characters who didn’t fit inside a box.
years. I had to fund it myself since I didn’t have a producer. So tipong lahat ng savings ko, nakuha ko na. Umutang na ’ko sa parents ko. Pati sa mga titong minsan ko pa lang yata nakikita, yung mga halos hindi ko kilala. Tapos kulang pa rin. The film went super over-budget. When I finally computed the cost properly—fuck,ang laki! Para akong nagpaaral ng college student. So
magaling diyan. Impress me with discipline and passion, commitment and professionalism.”Nag-stick sa ’kin yon. That’s also how she runs a set— everyone’s equal.
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Movie-critic wannabes usually describe indie films as intelligent and commercial films as low on IQ. What do you say to that? It’s a useless, old argument, and just a waste of time and energy. I don’t see it as indie versus mainstream. For me, it’s more important to ask whether a film is ready for consumption [by audiences], and if it fulfills its goal. Is its goal to scare you or make you laugh? Napatili ka ba sa takot ? Napaihi ka ba sa kilig? Hindi ka ba mapakali sa suspense? Ano ba yung goal ng pelikula? That’s what I look for. Magbuhat-bangko tayo . What makes Filipino filmmakers world-class? We are sensitive people.Ma-feel. Storytelling gives us catharsis. I remember sociology class in college. This Caucasian guy was wondering why, at wakes, the first thing we [Filipinos] say to the bereaved is, “Ano nangyari?” So the bereaved will have to tell the story [of their loss] over and over again. Foreigners would say, “Why ask? Why force them to relive the pain over and over again?” Pero tayo, hindi na natin naiisip. For Filipinos, it’s cathartic to let out the pain by talking about it. Why do you think it matters to some people that a director is a woman and not a man? Hindi ko alam sa kanila. Eh ano naman kung babae siya o kahit gay? Whether you’re a man or a woman, gay or straight, it shouldn’t matter. What should matter is the movie that you make. Have you ever seen any discrimination happen on set? Wala. What’s nice about the Philippine filmmaking industry is that there are more women filmmakers than there are men. When you talk to filmmakers in other countries, you realize ang lakas ng discrimination sa kanila. Dito, parang wala. We are a matriarchal society, at least when it comes to producing TV and films. Do you ever use your friends as inspiration for the characters in your films? Of course, but with permission. For example, one of the pick-up lines in Always Be My Maybewas inspired by my friend. I asked him, “When you’re trying to get laid,ano yung tawid na line mo from just getting coffee or a beer to actually getting laid?” Kasi lagi namang kailangan mo ngtransition line na tipong, “Lipat na tayo.” Yung friend ko, ang style niya, sasabihin niya, “Nagugutom ako, eh.” His date will say, “Sige, kain tayo. Ano gusto mong kainin?” “Gusto ko sisig.” “Sige, saang sisig place ang alam mo?” “Ang sisig place na alam ko, sa Victoria Court.” And that works? One hundred percent batting average raw si gago doon saline na yon. Yun nga tanong ko: How do you make it fucking work? It’s so pervy. Walang ka-finessefinesse. Sabi niya, hindi namandaw niya
ibabato kapag hindi tumatawa yung girl. Maghihintay muna siya ngsignsna malamang on the same pagesila. How do you create such realistic characters for your films? Before you make a film, you create a character map that shows the progression of the character in the film. So you know the journey of the character from the start of the film to the end. What I do is, I base it on one person I know so I can more or less predict how the character will react to situations. Yung approach namin ni Tonette [Jadaone], the experiences of our characters are really close to what our friends in real life are going through. Some people find it hard being in the same industry as their significant other. How do you and your girlfriend Tonette handle it, shooting That Thing Called Tadhanatogether, for example? With some arguments here and there. The bottom line for both of us, anyway, was to make a beautiful film. When Tonette was writing the script for Tadhana, may mga comments ako
na, “Hindi sasabihin ng lalaki yan.” Because she had a tendency to write in the female voice, whether it was Mace [Angelica Panganiban] or Anthony [JM de Guzman] speaking. So she told me to do the Tadhana journey with her; she’d be Mace and I’d be Anthony. Sinimulan namin yung dialogue sa Manila; pagdating namin ng Baguio, magkaaway na kami. It seems like you’ve found your niche in making rom-coms. Are you planning on playing with other genres? I’m a fan of love stories. Ma-cheesefest akong tao. Pero gusto kong gumawa rin ng action. Gusto kong gumawa ng Pinoy ‘80s action film, pare. Yung tipong, Isang bala ka lang. Horror, too. As in, a movie so roller-coaster scary, like Exorcist. Yung paglabas mo hindi ka makakatulog ng isang buwan. So having made over 20 films, many of them rom-coms, can you say you’re now an expert on how a woman’s mind works? Wala pa rin akong alam sa babae, man. Mystery sila. FH M
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Has science ever proven this? The effect of this weird thing is, pag mainit ang ulo ng isa, mainit ang ulo ng lahat. There was a time when my ex-girlfriend used to live with me. So that time, my mom was visiting from the US. Tapos sister ko, kasama rin namin. Pagbaba ko pa lang sa umaga, ang init na ng ulo ng lahat, wala pa kong ginagawa. Aalis talaga ko; I’d get my coffee somewhere else. Why am I always wrong and they’re always right?
Sala sa init, sala sa lamig lagi. Even if I grew up in a household full of women, I still haven’t figured this one out. For example, waking up in the morning. Just waking up, galit na sa kin. Buti sana kung the night before,
umuwi ako ng lasing tapos winasak ko yung buong bahay. She’d have the right to be mad at me. Pero hindi. Umuwi ako nang matino. Natulog lang. Paggising ko, ibang mundo na. Lahat ng gawin ko, mali.
lalabas ako with my friends mamaya, ha. Inuman lang. Guy bonding.” Papayag siya, pero na-feel ko na ayaw niya talaga. She just won’t say it because she doesn’t want to box me in. Eh, wala naman talaga akong planong pumunta sa girly bar or wherever. Iinom lang talaga ako kasama ng barkada ko. So because I get the feeling that she doesn’t really like the idea of me going out, I’ll just decide to stay home. Tapos magagalit siya, “Bakit hindi ka tumuloy ?” “Naramdaman ko na parang
ayaw mong lumabas ako, eh. So dito na lang ako sa bahay. Magvi-video games na lang ako.” “Hindi, pumunta ka na.” “Okay lang talaga. Masaya rin ako sa video games.” H “ indi, umalis ka na. ” Wala talaga akong panalo, pare.
Like, are you hungry?
Ang lalaki, simple lang. “Oo, gutom ako.” “Saan mo gustong kumain?” “Japanese.”Diretso. One is to one. Black and white.Ang babae, huhulaan mo pa kung ano talaga ang ibig nilang sabihin. Kahit ano'ng isagot nila, kailangan mo pang isipin, “Saan ba ito galing?” Why should it sometimes matter whose fault it is?
Most of the time it shouldn’t really matter whose fault it is. At t he end of the day,
kailangan lang may magsabi ng sorry. Kasi yung iba, nangyayari na, yung goal nila is to avoid fighting. For me, that’s not normal. Tonette and I sometimes get into long debates about, for example, a movie we just watched. “Hindi ko nagustuhan.” “Bakit? Eh ako umiiyak na ’ko.” “Inantok nga ako eh.” “What!?”Minsan, tatawid pa sa ibang bagay .
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If there’s one thing that’s been successfully passed on from generation to generation, it’s this: the idea of the sensitive guy. Like their predecessors, the kids of today know that emotions, aka #feelz, have a lot to do with the idea of a “sensitive guy.” Says 26-year-old graphic designer Korina Santos, “Sensitive guys are not scared at all to discuss their emotions.” But 24-year-old photographer Rennell Salumbre wagers that sensitivity goes over and beyond personal emotions. “I think being sensitive is to go beyond yourself. Lalabas ka sa sarili mo to know what’s going on in the world. Maging sensitibo ka sa mundo; react to it with empathy and compassion.” Which brings us back to: emotions and #feelz. Seeing guys shed a tear, hearing them talk about their ideals, or listening to them wax poetic about their dreams always gets them ladies excited. But that’s not all. Salumbre’s point of going outside oneself also holds true
for women. “Chicks bago sarili. I like to keep it traditional kasi ang gara [ng idea]. Parang ang sarap magsilbi sa babae,” he says. Adds PR manager Charisse Villez, “If he doesn’t make an effort to know and understand you, or if he doesn’t know how to make the relationship work despite your differences, he is not sensitive.” Which brings us to our most pressing point: Let your woman know you are in touch with your—and more importantly, her—emotions. How? Let’s start with this playlist of 15 “sensitive guy” songs to play on date night. Put it on and report back to us the morning after.
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Down Side of Me CHVRCHES
Off Chvrches’ sophomore release Every Open Eye, “Down Side of Me,” acknowledges the fact that you’re not without fears or doubts. But see, the resolve here is attractive: your strong-willed optimism coupled with having her in your life makes you want to charge forward. The admission of fears will make any girl want to take care of you!
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For Gen-Xers the word “love” came to hold such gravitas, that they learned to avoid using it until it was absolutely necessary. Here, Chet Faker slowly sings about feeling love that’s made with gold. At one point, Faker admits defeat: “It’s gotta be love, I said it.” 04
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It’s like Jack Johnson but with a little more life and a little more groove. With its clear admiration for a cool and carefree woman, “Free” is almost a necessary inclusion. You like her style, and you’re not afraid to say it.
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With You
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It’s almost like Before Sunrise except they “didn’t have much to say.” The romanticism of missed connections, of a shared kiss, and a cigarette, plus a nifty inclusion of snail mail in this slow and quiet song makes it sincere and sexy. Bam!
In case you’re missing out on Crwn and Jess Connelly, allow us to bring you up to speed. They’re local independent musicians—Crwn’s a DJ/producer and Jess Connelly is a singer— whose collaboration in 2015 has become hella successful, it’s hard to see a gig without one or the other. On “With You,” Connelly provides a nice melodic contrast to Crwn’s rap. There is uncertainty and longing on her part, and an admirable talk of The Future on his. Steadily brill.
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Cry, Cry, JUDITH HILL
We can't decide what we like best about Lana Del Rey’s song: its high a tmosphere, its seductive yet humorous lines, or its music video that features Father John Misty and Del Rey dancing ballet. Hot tip: Play this late in the evening, when feelings, intoxication, and libido all hang tense in the air.
“Cry, Cry, Cry” is the first single off Judith Hill’s debut record and man oh man, it’s big, it’s bluesy, and it’s the bomb. Wrapped in her powerhouse vocals and sexy blues progression is a little encouragement for the broken hearted, with the accompanying promise and assurance of better days ahead.
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Sure, it might be a bit too mushy for your *cough* modern taste. But if your girl knows her music, she’ll immediately get onto Team You when she discovers you’ve got a thing for old Slowhand’s music. It’s the perfect song to drive to on a lazy Sunday morning on your way to brunch.
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04 Blindsided BON IVER
Ah, the sick sensitivity of Bon Iver is on full display on this song. Taken off the band’s 2007 classicFor Emma, “Blindsided” is slow, solitary, and reeking of so much wanting. FYI: The entire record was written in a cabin after Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon went through a year of breakups and illness.
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JASON MRAZ
Well, okay, he begins this song by insulting his girl’s voice. But then, in the next breath, he promises unconditional love, effectively saving himself from hell. Just because Jason Mraz is stoned half the time he’s singing doesn’t mean he’s not big on feelings. Besides, this
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All That You Are
B.P. VALENZUELA
The signature sparse atmospherics of B.P. Valenzuela is in full display on “All That You Are.” It’s almost an echo of the loneliness of that empty space in your bed, that spacious soundscape of the song. In it, the young Filipino musician talks about adoring all of her beloved, wanting to hear the beloved’s voice, and feel merciful love.
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Ever Since the World Began SURVIVOR Who’s Holding Donna Now?EL DEBARGE
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What Might Have BeenLOU PARDINI
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The song is reported to be a love letter from Common to his thengirlfriend, R&B singer
Lady in RedCHRIS DE BURGH
Erykah Badu. It has killer lines that will showcase your sensitivity: the need to communicate, the belief in heaven and God, your plans of a family, and so on.
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Babe STYX One on OneHALL & OATES When I Met YouAPO HIKING SOCIETY Heart of MineBOZ SCAGGS I’d Really Love to See You Tonight ENGLAND DAN AND JOHN
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Stay With Me JENSEN & THE FLIPS
Sorry JUSTIN BIEBER
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This song by local R&B/Motown band reeks of sex, sure. But the promise of letting his guard down and laying his cards flat on the table is classic sensitive, in our humble opinion.
Bieber on the list? Yeah, we can’t believe it, either. But creating a playlist ab out sensitivity, how do we ignore a song that readily apologizes and asks for redemption? “Sorry” is the second single off the Biebs’ 2015 release Purpose, a record that totally k nocked haters down (us included, BTW).
It’s normal to be scared shitless of the L word. After all, one mention of that word and most women would be planning your wedding 10 minutes later. So let Ed Sheeran say it for you. “I’m so in love, so in love, so in love, so in love.” At least he said it, not you. It’s not on you; it’s on him.
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Somehow, we feel that Andi Eigenmann is so much more than what we see of her on TV and in the big screen. Turns out, Andi thought so, too M & H Y B S E I R O S S E C C A ; N O S A S M O O B Y B S IT U S IM W S
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One look at any of Andi Eigenmann’s social media accounts and you’d know: we are dealing with someone hip. Perfectly cropped selfies, a photo with a pineapple on her head—Andi’s Instagram page scrolls down like a study on Generation Y’s apparent fixation on the unconventional. She captions her IG photos with such phrases as, “Touch the earth and feel the earth touch you.” She describes herself in different ways on social media: dirt worshipper, isda, lamok, a mermaid who flies. If Andi were born 30 years earlier, she’d have been tagged as a flower child; a hippie. She’d have walked barefoot with flowers in her long hair, flashing the peace sign at random strangers, taking impromptu road trips in a beat-up VW Combi, and sitting at the beach with her equally hippie friends watching the sun set. Oh wait. She still does that. On a whim, she recently went to Calaguas with friends not knowing it was 10 hours away from
Mainstream is certainly not her cup of tea. But curiously, almost 10 years ago, Andi made a decision that put her right smack in the middle of mainstream Philippine culture: she joined the showbiz industry. You couldn’t really blame her, being part of the multi-awarded and immensely talented Eigenmann clan. Her parents are Jaclyn Jose and the late Mark Gil. There is Tita Cherie Gil and Tito Michael de Mesa. Never mind that it was a world her family didn’t want her to enter. “They didn’t say no, but they didn’t encourage me, either. They tried to convince me to put college first and become a lawyer or something.” Yet Andi faced showbiz full on, and the glitterati of TV and film embraced her as if she were one of them. Soon after, shewas. She sharpened her performing chops as a Houseplayer (guest) in Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plusand as a Myx VJ. And then came the big one: Andi
Manila. (“But all the pagod was wiped away when we got there; the beauty of the island was breathtaking.”) Just conversing with her would show you that Andi takes pride in not being a member of conventional youth, Andi (who considers herself as “not so young anymore” at 25) peppers our conversation with inspirational tidbits that all basically point to what sounds like her life philosophy: “You only live once.”
got cast as the lead in the primetime teleserye Agua Bendita where she played twins Agua and Bendita. (Mainstream Pinoy TV. What can we say?) “That threw me on a 180-degree turn,” says Andi about the fame her part brought. “I felt like I was on every magazine cover, every billboard on Edsa. I really loved it, and I embraced it. But at the same time, it was a struggle for me. I felt like I was battling with something inside me.”
Right there was the rub. Andi, contrary to what showbiz might say, has a terrible case of stage fright. “I may come off a certain way in media, but in real life, I’m a very shy person,” she admits. “Talking with you, only with you and not the rest of the team, is way better. Because with so many people listening in, it makes me so much more awkward.” (We’re actually not all alone in the hipster café that Andi picks for our interview. Her model-esque friends are upstairs and at the table behind ours. But they are her people; no awkward moments when the squad is around.) Ironically, it took a controversy— something that changed Andi’s life forever—to give her some breathing space, so to speak. When Andi got pregnant five years ago, her career had to take a backseat. As well as,
temporarily, the eternal ray of sunshine that went wherever Andi went. “Of course it was hard,” she says, tears pooling in her eyes. “I didn’t know what the future held for me. I became very sad, confused, and lonely for a while. But eventually, I told myself, (and here, she points upward) ‘He has never let me down before.’ What kept me strong was that thought and knowing that I did what I believed was right.” Today, four-year-old Ellie—a carbon copy of Andi—has following on Instagram, thanksatohuge her famous mom’s fans. One post of Ellie’s photo gets an average of 11,300 likes. But that’s not why Andi is in awe of this little lady. “Fun-sized na, bestie mo na, sobrang talino pa, at comedian pa. What more could you ask for?” Andi gushes. Any mother would. Hindsight is awesome. As Andi recalls the moment she became a mother, we get the feeling that those nine months weren’t spent just growing a baby in her belly. She got introspective and filtered her life up until then. “I never was really sure about doing mainstream from the beginning,” she says. “And now that I know myself better, I know what I want for myself. Acting—my passion for that will never go away. Film. Art. Travel.” On that note, Part Two of Andi’s life began. First on the agenda: the 69th Cannes Film Festival. When Andi finally figured out what she wanted to do, one of the first things she did was agree to star in her first indie film, whose cast included mom Jaclyn. Ma’ Rosa is about an impoverished couple who uses their sari-sari store as cover for selling drugs. The gritty topic must have piqued the interest of Europe: Ma’ Rosa beat out over 1,000 entries and has made the cut to compete against 38 other films from all over the world. By the way, it was directed by Cannes Best Director Brilliante Mendoza. “It’s a dream come true,” says Andi, speaking for all of us. “I’ve always been into art films, so indie is really what I love. I have a burning passion for it.” She leaves for Cannes with her mom and director middle of this month to represent their indie effort in the international film community. What were you doing when you were 25? With this newfound priority list, Andi has become a risk taker. So second on her to-do list is: Conquer the stage. For someone with almost crippling stage fright, the stage is probably as frightening as an Asian horror flick. But Andi is eager to do it for the different sense of fulfillment it will give her. “Stage will show how good you are and how dedicated you are as an artist,” she says. “And I’m all about just always getting over my fear and trying to be better.”
‘...walked off the beaten path with my bare feet and my soul has never shone brighter.’
Speaking of overcoming fear, we present to you one fantastic offshoot of this magazine reformatting effort. “I did hear that FHM was reformatting,” Andi says. After some tense weeks of waiting for her decision, she finally gave the nod. She was appearing on our cover! “I feel like I’m at the point in my career where I can show what I can do without so many restrictions.” And what can you do when there are no limitations, we ask. “Well, it’s always worth it to take risks,” Andi says, refusing to take our bait. “Appearing inFHM is one of the risks I want to take. Anyway, you’ve changed your format so I know it won’t be so scary. Look at this as a kind of pre-celebration of my 10th year in showbiz.” Apart from “FHM Cover Girl” and “Representative to Cannes,” another of the new (-ish) titles that Andi has taken on is blogger/influencer. Begun to ward away boredom when she was pregnant, Andi’s blog—entitled Mermaid Wanders—has evolved into a kind of environmental advocacy. It’s there that Andi chronicles her many travels. This year alone, she’s already been to Bohol, Calaguas, La Union, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, and Boracay. And she’s set to leave, after—ahem—France, for Zambales, Baguio, and Sagada. She doesn’t just travel, however. “That’s what sets me apart from oth er travel bloggers,” she says. “I lean towards the more naturist side; I’m all about being eco-friendly and supporting advocacies that help protect our planet.” This blog is included in Andi’s effort to streamline her work. Yung “ klase ng art na gusto kong gawin, yung art na minamahal ko, eto na siya. I married
them into one thing.Hindi ko naman pala kailangang mamili ng isa lang. Now, nagagawa ko na silang lahat .” It does sound like this is one tough lady, yes? “A lot of people would always refer to me as a strong person. But what they don’t know is that I’m not the only one. Every single person who lasts in the showbiz industry is strong in their own way.” She has n o qualms about traveling alone or going down the “koboy” path on her trips precisely because her industry has taught her to take life by the balls. Andi has learned the magic of going her own way. As she writes in one of her Instagram posts: “Walked off the beaten path with my bare feet and my soul has never shone brighter.” Definitely more, and much deeper, than the Andi you know.
‘I’m all about just always getting over my fear and trying to be better.’
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It may seem like it, but putting all those characters into office on May 9 is not a joke. And because you belong to the 37 percent of the general voting population who are considered the youth vote (18-35-year-olds, many of you first timers, no doubt), we’ll make the exercise meaningful to you by explaining what exactly we should expect from every person we elect in office, what happens on voting day, and—let’s focus on the real deal here, the presidency—how you can back your one big vote with a true sense of purpose. We can’t tell you who to vote—that would be against our journalistic principles. But we can advise that to
arrive at that one vote, think about something that concerns you the most and see how these wannabe presidents intend to solve your problem. We help you on this part. If you’re convinced, then your choice will have been easier. But truth is, it won’t be. Our elections are based on personality, not on agenda— and personality is the last thing you c an judge objectively. Hence the battle for image in their ads. You just have to choose as best you can. Our next advice is to make them damn accountable for it. How? It’s been shown that social media feeds can force people to take action. You know what to do…
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THE JOB We break down the duties of the officials you’ll be voting for this coming election
The Presidentdelegate certain powers to people that will comprise his cabinet. He/she will also be in-charge of allocating the budget which makes it VE RY important that you get an idea of what the candidates plan to do with YOUR MONEY. Experience tells us, feelings shouldn't dictate matters of the wallet.
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“Magandang balita
“…We will reform the 19-yearold tax system, making it fairer, more responsive to changes in the economy…”
sa milyun-milyong empleyadong sumusuweldo ng P30,000 pababa: pag presidente na [ako], wala na kayong tax.”
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More tax exemptions, particularly for employees earning P20,000 and less.
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Reduce taxes. “I am the only “Government has candidate with a track spent P600 billion record (of one) who since 2011 and had actually done reducing taxes would something to lower only take away P30 taxes.” He authored billion [from the a law that exempts budget for programs.” minimum wage earners from paying income tax.
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My concern is...
“My father always complains that he just isn’t earning enough. He makes about P20,000 a month but he says taxes take a big chunk out of it. We need him to bring home more of his salary.”
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My concern is…
I want fast internet connection. Period.
internet is just like a highway. It is a c onduit for information. It should be fast.” She shares your pain.
I live in Fairview—Farview is more like it—and I go to one of the universities in Intramuros. My first class is at 7 a.m. so you can just imagine how early I need to wake up to get ready. Don’t even get me started about going home. I’m not asking for much—I just want to get to my school faster (and not have to wake up so early)”
ROXAS:You BINAY:Free
Wi-Fi in the whole country! The internet will be a “basic service,” no longer a “value-added service.” He will also put up an Information Technology department whose only job is to make sure everyone in the Philippines has highspeed internet. DUTERTE:“I’d
talk to the telecommunications people and ask, ‘Ano bang problema niyo?’”
should pay attention to what telcom firms promise in their ads. If they say, “…minimum of, that means so many hours of the period must be at that rate.” SANTIAGO:“Allocate
budget for the development of shared internet infrastructure…Encourage entry of more nationwide telecommunications providers.”
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“I-expand natin ang MRT, LRT, at i-rehabilitate po natin ang ating mga railways sa tren.”
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Decongest roads by buying 30 to 50 more train carriages, and maybe building a new train line that runs along the Pasig river.
“…Terminate all of these various [bus] franchises along major thoroughfares…[in Manila].”
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My concern is… People in government seem like a bunch of thieves—all of them. Is it really possible to clean their act? BINAY:“Patronage
and nepotism breed incompetence and corruption. Transparency is key to trustworthy governance.” DUTERTE:Eliminate
the pork barrel, the Disbursement Acceleration Program, and basically any SOP that grants anyone, including himself, lump sums. To stop cops and soldiers from getting grease money, he will double their salary. POE: “We
should encourage private sector initiatives to build anticorruption integrity circles in government and in private companies.” ROXAS: “We,
in ‘Daang Matuwid’ are running on the platform of continuity.” He plans to continue PNoy’s anti-corruption drive. SANTIAGO:“…To
fight corruption, you cannot rely on politeness and kindness…You cannot say, ‘Please stop your corruption.’”
My concern is… I’m a member of the first batch of graduating Senior High School. I want to go to one of the prestigious universities but we can’t afford it. I have the brains for it but my parents don’t have the money. Can a lower middle class family like us ever afford it? BINAY: Gary
Teves (UNA treasurer) says Binay, “… emphasizes inclusive growth…with emphasis on health and education.” DUTERTE:He
will “set aside budget to subsidize the education of…200 to 300 maritime scholars in Davao City.”
I’m a fan of war and strategy games and I know that if we ever go to war with China– or with any country for that matter—we would never win. No one wants to lose, so what’s the government strategy?” BINAY
POE
What the Philippines needs is an enlightened foreign policy. He will focus on “peaceful and friendly international relations.”
“We will protect our right through peaceful means, and according to international law...We will beef up our Coast Guard and armed forces so that we need not be intimidated by other countries.”
DUTERTE
A non-confrontational approach to talking with nations we disagree with, such as China, would be more effective than a direct, formal dialogue.
ROXAS
“We will continue to pursue our claims at the United Nations.” SANTIAGO
“If elected, I will negotiate with China together with other Asian countries.”
POE: Fortify scholarship
programs along with the “study now, pay later” program. Poe’s government would also help college kids land internships. ROXAS: Will
shoulder the tuition and daily allowance of high school kids who graduate with honors—both in urban and rural schools. SANTIAGO:She will beef up the budget for, among others, the education sector.
BINAY
BPO is still the way to go. Binay says the BPO industry could eventually give jobs to 1.3 million Pinoys. He will also boost the agricultural, tourism, and the manufacturing and export sectors to generate more jobs.
SANTIAGO
Put up national industries to employ more Filipinos. She also plans to open up more jobs especially in the science and technology, and infrastructure industries.
My concern is...
I just finished college. Call Centers are great, but I was hoping there would be other jobs out there for me.
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Build more roads and add more trains not only in Metro Manila but also in other major centers all over the Philippines. Also, she will increase infrastructure spending to 7 percent of G DP.
SA N T I A G O
Build “an entirely new railway system from Manila to Sorsogon,” and put up “a modern, integrated urban transit system in Metro Manila with lines reaching urban communities in Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, and Laguna.”
DUTERTE
He will create “business islands instead of a factory” all throughout the Philippines, just like how Singapore does it. This way, Pinoys won’t have to go abroad for work.
POE
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Push agriculture and manufacturing to become the next big job generators of his government.
She “…listed some of the key components of her platform, centering on the principle and belief that no Filipino and no region should be left behind.”
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First things first: It’s perfectly okay to not know anything about cars when you’re buying your first car. You have the money—the guy who keeps talking about horsepower and torque and shit doesn’t. You’re the man. “Most guys’lalo na kung hindi car guy, itsura ang basehan ng pagbili,”says Pio Rodriguez, owner of Urban Elite Autoworks, a shop specializing in car customization in Libis, Quezon City. No one is going to fault you for wanting to buy a certain car because it comes in a color similar to Ferrari red. But that doesn’t mean you have to be stupid. If you’re really buying, you have to be smart with your purchase. “Cars are generally in the top five most expensive expenses people will make in their life,” explains Botchi Santos, consumer editor of Top Gear Philippines. Do your research before you visit any showroom. “Car dealerships and their agents will always try to oversell you and have a tendency to give you a mountain of useless information that’s often taken out of context,” says Santos. By doing due diligence, you won't let tie-wearing sales guy talk you into a bad deal. Next, always take them on a test drive. “You’ll have a first-hand feel of the engine power, how it responds,
and how fun the car is to drive. If a dealership doesn’t allow you to test drive, go to another that will let you,” says Paulo Subido, associate editor of Top Gear Philippines. Then, look at your finances. It’s amazing how easy it is to take out a car loan these days—if your credit is good, it’ll take less than an hour. Dealerships offer low downpayment that can go as low as P8,000, all-in packages (including free insurance on the first year, free chattel mortgage, etc.) and doodads on top of that. But there is always the fine print you have to read. As you shop for cars, shop around for banks as well. “The smaller, newer banks usually offer better deals at lower overall interest rates versus bigger, more established banks,” explains Santos. Finally, never settle. “When choosing a c ar, you should go for one that tugs at your heart, the one you know you're going to be happy with,” says Subido. Because you’re buying, we’re showcasing the best cars out there that’s yours for the taking. Check them all out— and drive home in your first car. Astig!
SUZUKI CIAZ Available Engines:1.4L
i-VTEC Gasoline Transmission:MT and AT
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Price:Starts at P738,000 The Lowdown:A new kid
on the subcompact block, this sedan looks small on the outside but boasts a bigger boot space compared with its competitors. It has nice plush seats, a decent infotainment system and, if you’re getting the top-of-the-line variant, rear parking sensors and fog lamps.
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The subcompact is the easiest class to buy into as brand new units will set you back roughly P450,000 and up. Of course, specs vary across different brands but if you’re a newbie driver, this category fits the bill. Because of its size, “they’re great for squeezing around in the city,” says Subido. You won’t have a hard time parking and snaking through our traffi-filled roads. Subcompacts are also fitted with small engines so it doesn’t guzzle as much gas.
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Available Engines:1.3L i-VTEC
1.5L Gasoline
Gasoline
Transmission:MT and AT
Transmission:MT and AT
Price:Starts at P698,000
Price:Starts at P609,000
The Lowdown:What makes the
The Lowdown:Little car, big soul.
Fiesta Hatchback a good buy is all the safety tech its equipped with like, hill hold and assist, electronic stability program. For its price, you’re essentially getting a hi-tech ride.
Has the overperforming Honda Jazz engine inside. It’s also nicely fitted with safety features, like airbags and ABS brakes.
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CHEVROLET TRAX Available Engines:1.4L turbo-
injected Gasoline Transmission:AT
When visiting a showroom,
Price:Starts at P988,888
take a bro with you
The Lowdown:Has a turbo-
Before you fret and think that you discern things on your own, having one of your buddies with you can help you remain objective. “Otherwise, that cute sales agent might just convince you into buying something you don’t need,” says Santos. Think of it this way, it’s a business and beautiful women are hired to sell cars. You might get distracted and your bro is there to put your focus back on the car.
injected 6-speed transmission for a spirited drive highway or uphill. Five people can fit comfortably, plus seats fold for taking in cargo. A true utilitarian.
MAZDA CX-5 Available Engines:2.0L or 2.5L Skyactiv Gasoline Transmission:AT
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Crossover vehicles are quite popular in our roads and
that’s because it ticks the “You have a little bit more right boxes. “A crossover is a mobility when the roads are vehicle that rides like a sedan bad and a little more ground with some of the usability clearance when you encounter of a sports utility vehicle,” flash floods during your explains Jason Dela Cruz, ride,” says Santos. Most new test drive editor for Top Gear models out now look sporty, Philippines . too, so if you’re the active sort, While you get space and you’ll have an affinity with this comfort, rides in this category segment. Also, there’s a wide range of sizes to pick from so would require a bit more from your budget. Prices start all you’ll need to figure out north of P775,000 depending is your need for space and on size. Choosing a vehicle budget.
NISSAN JUKE Available Engines:
1.6L-DOHC Gasoline Transmission:AT Price:P980,000
Price:Starts at P1,345,000 The Lowdown:A bit pricey
but the CX-5 dares to show its value. Mazda’s acclaimed Skyactiv technology means there’s a real brain operating its engines. It’s sporty and classy, inside and out. Doesn’t lack in dashboard tech as well.
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in this category has plenty of upsides.
The Lowdown:Sure, it has four
eyes but Nissan declares a solid future in this car. It’s exterior is funky with the fluid lines in its body, boomerang shaped headlamps, and V-shaped front grille. Driving wise it’s no joke either. It’s got just enough power as you step on the gas pedal—even with people or cargo in tow.
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The size of a man’s sedan suggests his financial status. Big-time executives usually own full-sized sedans. Middle management workers own something slightly smaller, and compact sedans are usually what 2 0 first-time car buyers go for. Technology, size, and ride differ depending on what kind of sedan you choose. “It’s just really a matter of choice, depending on what you’re looking for in terms of size and features, and what you can afford,” says Dela Cruz. Prices for this variety of vehicle starts at around P800,000 and above, depending on size.
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Be wary of low down payments When you see ads for car down payments these days, some can set you back less than what you’ll pay for a top-of-the line smartphone. But make sure to double check the terms and conditions and calculate how much you’ll end up paying in total. According to Subido, schemes like these mean that you’ll be paying longer andthe canloan end up costing you more in interest than if you paid a higher down payment. In the end, what looks affordable might actually tally up to a higher cost.
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If a ever youchoice get bittobytake the apart. customization bug, sedans are good “The more popular the model you choose, the more body kits and go-fast parts are available in the market,” Rodriguez says. Of course, it’s best to do this after your new car warranty expires so you don’t void it.
Skyactiv Gasoline Transmission:AT Price:Starts at P1,785,000 The Lowdown:For its price, it’s
a steal. For one, you’re getting a ride that looks sporty with the comforts of an executive sedan. It’s fun to drive as the combo if its 2.5L Skyactiv engine and 6-Speed tranny is rather responsive. Yes, you’ll easily zoom past slow poke drivers along the highway, within the right speed limits, of course.
HONDA CIVIC Available Engines:1.8L or 1.5L turbocharged Gasoline Transmission:AT Price:TBA The Lowdown:It’s yet to be launched in our shores but anticipation
is brewing for this sedan. Its latest incarnation has a sleek exterior that looks badass. While its engine remains punchy as Hondas are known for, the brand’s Earth Dreams Technology should keep the gas consumption to a minimum.
TOYOTA CAMRY Available Engines:2.4L or 3.5L V6 Gasoline Transmission:AT Price:Starts at P1,526,000 The Lowdown:Yes, it’s an executive sedan but the Camry is
something you wouldn’t mind driving. The interiors are luxurious with leather seats and enough wiggle, leg, and breathing room for five passengers. Once you drive it, you’ll forget you’re driving a big car as it steers light and easily maneuverable. If your paycheck can afford this ride, no one’s stopping you.
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MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT Available Engines:2.4L Turbocharged Diesel Transmission:MT and AT Price:Starts at P1,500,000
UTILITY When you have a big family or a business where you haul stuff around on a regular basis, utility rides are your best choice. Whether it’s an SUV or a truck, both offer you generous space. But you also have to adjust your driving habits. “The bigger your car, the more aware you need to be especially if you’re
moving from driving a smaller car,” says Dela Cruz. Then, there’s a choice between a 4x2 or a 4x4. You should only get a 4x4 if you regularly traverse mountains or severely rough tracks. “Otherwise, it’s additional weight to haul around, which means more fuel will be consumed by your car,” advises Santos.
The Lowdown:There’s a
significant increase in its price tag, but the popular SUV is fully loaded with a lot of new features. It now looks sleeker. Under the hood is a 2.4-liter turbocharged diesel engine that’s mated with an 8-speed automatic tranny or 6-speed manual (available for one variant only). While it delivers torque on demand, it remains fuel efficient. For the 4x4 variants, all you need is to turn a dial for the wheels to engage.
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Establish rapport with your agent You have a trusted barber and a doctor who has it comes your car sales agent, ityour hasback. to beWhen the same. Oncetoyou’ve found your ideal car and financing deal but don’t find the representative you’re dealing with to be helpful, don’t hesitate to visit another showroom. “That agent might not help you in the future when you have some issues with your car,” says Santos. After all, it is a big investment so you better make sure you have your bases covered.
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HYUNDAI SANTA FE
ISUZU MU-X Available Engines:2.5L and 3.0L
Available Engines:2.5L Diesel
Diesel Transmission:MT and AT available in
Transmission:MT and AT available in
4x2 and 4x4
4x2 and 4x4
Price:Starts at P1,188,000
Price:Starts at P941,000
The Lowdown:A brawny exterior
The Lowdown:A good option if you’re
coupled with a nifty infotainment system and interiors. Are we still talking about an Isuzu? Amazingly, yes. Isuzus are proven workhorses, so taking care of this vehicle for years will not be a problem.
looking for a spacious vehicle but don’t really drive out in the rough. While it’s an SUV, it looks a lot like its smaller cousins in the Hyundai showroom—sleek with sporty undertones. It actually feels like driving a sedan.
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Pickup trucks are the perfect vehicle if your work or business needs you to haul stuff all the time. You can easily sit five people in them and have all that flat bed space that can carry a whole host of heavy things. They are also typically higher than most vehicles—making it a good option of you live in flood prone areas. But don’t make the mistake of buying one just because driving a truck maangas. “If you do a lot of city driving, and need makes you look more to constantly do a lot of short drives, a pick-up will be noticeably more tiring to drive,” warns Santos. After all, trucks often don’t steer as light and are sizeable—making parking it pretty much a tedious process. If you’re the outdoorsy type though or have a business that has you hauling stuff all the time, then you should definitely invest in a pickup. Aside from being versatile, “most of them are diesel so running them is cheaper due to lower diesel fuel costs,” says Santos.
Available Engines:2.2L Duratorq TDCi Diesel or 3.2L Turbocharged Diesel Transmission:MT and AT available in 4x2 and 4x4 Price:Starts at P889,000 The Lowdown:The Ford Ranger is
a powerful truck. Whether it’s driving up the mountains or hauling cargo, it’s more than capable to do that. But Ford takes this up a notch by adding tech features like collision warning sensors, lane keeping alert, hill climb assist, and hill descent control, all of which help make the drive easier even with all its power.
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Prepare for the long game You may have saved up enough for the downpayment and know where you’ll get the monthly payouts, but t hat’s not where car costs end. There will be required servicing for your vehicle while it’s under warranty—which means you’ll have to take it to the casa. That usually costs more than your average talyer. “Ask your sales agent to talk to a service adviser so you can have an idea of the average costs of maintenance servicing for your chosen car,” suggests Santos. Insurance is usually free as part of your financing deal, but it does need to be renewed after a certain time period. “Comprehensive insurance premiums are roughly 5 percent of the car’s total market value,” explains Santos. So make sure you save up for that. While you’re at it, get one with acts of God coverage. It might cost a bit more but should there be a flash flood, typhoon, or earthquake that damagers your ride, you’ll have a backup for the ensuing repairs. 76 FH M
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CHEVROLET COLORADO Available Engines:2.5L or 2.8L
DOHC Duramax Diesel Transmission:MT and AT available in 4x2 and 4x4 Price:Starts at P1,148,000
NISSAN NAVARA Available Engines:2.5 L Diesel Transmission:MT and AT available
in 4x2 and 4x4 Price:Starts at P941,000
The Lowdown:This truck is a serious
The Lowdown:Nissan’s pickup is a
choice for those who do a lot of offroading or live in flood-prone areas. Driving its Tracker variants, you can easily wade through 880 mm of water. They say it’s one of the more poweful pickups available locally, so hauling and pulling stuff is a cinch.
package that mixes utility and driving pleasure. Its all-black interior gives it a manly look while its exterior is just plain brawny. It certainly looks tough but driving this truck is fun as it steers light. Its zero gravity seats keep passengers comfy no matter how rough the road you’re traversing.
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HYUNDAI VELOSTER Available Engines:1.6L
Gasoline Transmission:AT Price: Starts at 1,548,000
The Lowdown:Launched last month at the Manila International Auto Show, the Hyundai Veloster is a sports car that’s slightly cheaper than both the Toyota 86 and the Mazda MX-5. Under its hood is a 1.6-liter gas engine mated with a seven-speed, dual clutch automatic tranny and that’s more than capable in satisfying your need for speed. Its exterior is a head turner, too with fluid lines in its body and nice rims. If you’re looking for a speedy ride that won’t burn your pockets, the Veloster is worth checking out.
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R8? A Yes. You can actually take a bank loan to purchase one. According to a bank executive who requested anonymity, banks finance loans for different kinds of cars—from your run of the mill subcompact even to luxury ones. But before you salivate on that possibility, it’s not that easy. Your credit standing, current net worth and assets, plus source of income will all be assessed. The reason is obvious: the car costs P18,000,000. A credit card limit of P80,000 just won’t cut it.
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Available Engines: 5.2-liter 540-hp V-10
Transmission:AT Price: Starts at P18,000,000
SUBARU LEVORG
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI
Available Engines:1.6L Boxer
Available Engines:2.0 TSI
Gasoline
Gasoline
Transmission:AT
Transmission:AT Price: Starts at 2,290,000
Price: Starts at 1,718,000 The Lowdown:Don’t
let its
looks fool you. Sure, the Levorg does look like something that can haul your family but it’s a Subaru, and it’s car that can go fast and can handle corners with ease. It’s equipped with Subaru Intelligent Drive that balances fuel efficiency and power. Because it looks like a wagon, your woman will like it. End of argument.
The Lowdown:German, baby.
The GTI may look a crossGolf between cute andlike sporty but this hatch has some serious oomph. You can go from zero to 100 kilometers per hour in 6.7 seconds. This fact is utterly useless in our road conditions but it's comforting to know you have power under the hood when your mind snaps.
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if I WERE A G RL... Men say women are creatures of myster y and complication. Well, are they really?
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“It might come off unfulfilling to me, especially that I’m used to the corporate life.” – Michael, insurance specialist THE REAL DEAL:
Being a single income family in our country is no walk in the park (unless you own a park). Kay Bunagan of Better Steps Psychology explains that culture has long dictated that men are providers who bring home the day’s hunt, while the mother nurtures the young. While that’s ultimately okay, there will sometimes be pressure to keep working even
though you just want to spend time with your kids. There’s also the mind-numbing pressure attributed to staying at home and wanting a break from Elmo videos on YouTube. She says, “Quitting our jobs for anything is still a huge blow even if the reasons are worth it. We like earning money and being able to pay for bills and buy things. In this economy, being skilled and qualified is a thing to treasure.”
“It takes so much of my time. Food posts and all that are nice to look at, really, but I end up not talking to my date. Naubos oras ko mamili ng filter para lang Instagrammable yung photo!” –Theo, TV content designer
THE REAL DEAL:
Sure, not all girls are onto some Kardashian-level oversharing, but they are pretty crazy about updating their social media accounts. But in all honesty, isn’t everyone? The modern, preferred way to document lives is via online albums. Sometimes the magic of the moment is lost when we’re snapping away, and we do agree that this is something to work on, but we’ll be damned if we have to add this to the already lengthy list of “what girls should stop doing”!
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IF I WERE A GIRL,
I will be of my emotions…evenexpressive if that calls for a lot of crying. THE REAL DEAL:
OR MAYBE I WON’T BECAUSE…
BECAUSE…
“It’s like high school all over again! We need freedom!” –Ross, call center agent
THE REAL DEAL:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that living with your in-laws is straight up catastrophic. You and your wife are a whole other family with a whole other world of issues to address. Besides, household dynamics can get weird. First it’s just your wife pointing out how uncomfortable she is that her mother-in-law is folding her underwear. Before you know it, things have escalated into a power struggle over raising your own children. Marriage is constantly choosing your partner over other people. If you and your wife are choosing each other over parents on a daily basis, feelings will get hurt more often than they should, and you may be making your allies the enemies.
“It’s tiring. I had an ex-girlfriend who I had to beg not to break up with me. I was sobbing in front of her, but damn, was it tiring! Medyo dyahe na nga, nakakapagod pa.” –Paul, computer engineer
Females are biologically predisposed to shed more tears. When pregnant, a hormone produced when crying actually helps a woman increase milk production. “Also, keeping all that emotion [unexpressed] is medically proven to increase stress and even leads to cardiovascular diseases,” explains Bunagan.
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“If only my wife knew how much I just long for calm after a long day at work, she would just sit with me on the sala once I get home. She’d even want to give me a massage in lieu of her, “Nakadaan ka sagrocery?”” –Ysis, restaurateur
THE REAL DEAL:
Kay gave us some information that could explain this whole “nagging wife/girlfriend” deal that seems to plague some relationships. It’s what’s in the brain space: the difference in what interests affects individual priorities. This un-synchronization can grind on both man and woman when someone communicates and the other is not entirely listening. So the reality is, anyone can be a nag!
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I’d have sex with m y guy whenever he asks! OR MAYBE I WON’T BECAUSE…
“Forced sex is the worst. It’s uncomfortable and bitin. Also, I don’t want to have to fake it!” –Jolo, video editor
drive to appear more erratic compared to men, who have a steadier production of hormones in their bodies. Sometimes Netflix and Chill is just that: Netflix and chill. The thing is, all humans have the reasons and right to say “not tonight.”
THE REAL DEAL:
According to Bunagan, the answer lies in the hormones. Women’s menstrual cycles dictate libido, and not all women are blessed with a regular, monthly cycle. This causes women’s sex
if I WERE A
BO Y Here, we ask real girls what you should nip in your habits. Take note…
If I were a boy, my dad would’ve gotten me roller blades, a skateboard, and a bike. I would have been
more sporty with all the parental encouragement. –Mari, 30
“Apparently, it does hurt. A lot. If I’d opt for the “painless” method, which is the laser treatment, then there’ll go my savings fund.” –Jared, lawyer
THE REAL DEAL:
It’s tough to be a woman in a society obsessed with smooth armpits because guess what: all armpits have hair! When women have hair in places other than their scalp, it’s just asking for ridicule; meanwhile men are considered super sexy when rugged and covered with facial hair. Bunagan explains that this practice has been driven by how media presents hygiene for women. “It is heightened, more so with the aesthetics side of it all, so everyone aims for the silky, white pits!”
IF I WERE A GIRL,
I would feel bad having to share a bathroom with other
Iout would tag Ialong b oys’ because would wantnights to keep a “healthy” relationship with my guy’s peers.
boys. Peesmells everywhere and awful abound!”
–Erika, 27
THE REAL DEAL:
OR MAYBE I WON’T BECAUSE… “I’ve been with women who insisted they tag along my all-boys barkada’s night out. It’s irritating, not to mention extra work for me to keep them entertained. No, I would never do this if I were a girl.” – John, BPO employee
Girls would really rather hang out with girlfriends, or by themselves. Guys can be crass and we’ve hung out with them enough to know that they sometimes talk about farts and other bodily functions. If your girl always insists on this, Bunagan advises: “Assess her reasons. Maybe something bothers her that she feels the need to keep an eye on you.” We say you don’t ignore your phone on nights out, buddy. Update her! FH M
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If I were a boy, I’d celebrate not having to wear a bra. Men
don’t understand how literally and figuratively liberating that would be! –Michelle, 23
Iwome wouldn’t n.No catcall one
should have to feel uncomfortable and disrespected as our value is not found in how we dress. –Claire, 26
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Makeup and hairstyling
Vanessa Estor Styling
Joanna Santiago
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M ost of our are literally atbeaches the ends of the earth, each one offering different degrees of desolation and freedom. While remote, these secret coasts are yours for the taking. But the normal weekend warrior would only gloss over these hidden gems when planning a trip; with the limited amount of vacation time we all get, it’s safer to head for a tried and true location. However, if you do choose to stray off the well-Instagrammed path, you may end up in a getaway like this, in Zambales. Regina Swan, our model from Brazil, grew up next to a surf beach in Recife like this one—but she never really got into the ocean vibe. So instead of asking her to join us for a day of surf, we asked her what she thought of our slice of nature compared to the views back home. She said it was beautiful. The way she said it, we’d say it was totally worth the trip. —Ash Mahinay
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THE HEAT IS THE PERFECT EXCUSE to go shirtless–and by that we mean tees on the daily. But even so, there will be instances that will require you to be a bit more dressy. Stock some proper shirts in your rotation for such an occasion. And for some color inspiration, take the lead from Game Plan host Graham Caygill’s Technicolor digs.
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THE PATTERN OF THE SEASON A lot of prints and patterns are good to roll with in the summer— but the one that looks spot-on is the “nautical” or Breton stripe. Maybe because it has legit style history (the 1800s
French Navy introduced these as their uniform), maybe because it’s bold without being loud, or maybe because it goes well with pretty much anything (except more Breton stripes).
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There was a moment in time, Ne-Yo’s heyday in fact, when Pinoy men collectively lost their minds and started wearing fedoras everywhere. To the mall, to church, to work—but never to a girl’s bedroom because we found out (belatedly) that they all thought it was a disgusting look. But, we have to admit, it does look less douchey than wearing a snapback to the beach, so you get a pass there. Just make sure you don’t roll up with your entire squad rocking them!
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Is your heart a ticking time bomb? FIND OUT BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE Words
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HEART TROUBLE
He wakes up at 5 a.m. after only four hours of sleep. He slogs through Edsa traffic for two hours and ends up at his office sweaty, irritable, hungry (“Dammit, I forgot to eat breakfast. Again!”), and with painful shoulders. He hunkers down to work at his highstress job. (“I would actually feel like crying some days,” Robbie says. “Of course, I keep it all in.”) He takes full advantage of his lunch break to head to the nearby mall and indulge in h is
How well you live your life is the most important thing when it comes to matters of the heart. According to statistics, guys are harder hit between the two sexes when it comes to coronary heart disease. More males than females are succumbing to heart attacks and strokes. The teleserye stereotype of the rich old magnate in velvet robes clutching his chest as his heart has an episode does not ring true anymore, either. Dr.
favorite comfort food: burgers. To ward off extra stress, he brings back a bag of munchies to snack on throughout the rest of the day. By then, Robbie’s raring to head home, but not before eating another burger with everything on it for an early dinner, because, you know, he’s a growing boy. After another twohour commute, Robbie arrives home. He plunks down to watch his favorite series while eating his second dinner. Sometimes he falls asleep on the couch with his hand still in a bag of chips and Salonpas strips on his sore shoulders. The next day, Robbie discovers he has hypertension (and high blood sugar, by the way) during his annual company checkup, where they stop his treadmill test midway when his blood pressure shoots up. “They were as surprised as I was when they saw that my blood pressure was already 140/100. They had to do the test again after I took my lunch, just to make sure.” There were no symptoms to warn Robbie of his condition, except for persisten t pain on his shoulders. That day, Robbie foregoes his precommute-home burger. And while eating his only dinner for the day at home, he checks out gym membership fees on the internet. Now we ask you: Are you Robbie?
Arby Baybay, who heads the Internal Medicine section at the Asian Hospital in Muntinlupa, reveals that his heart patients are getting younger. “Just last year I had five patients in a row; all had heart attacks. Their ages range from 38 to 42. My youngest heart attack patient is at the ripe old age of 25.”
UNDER PRESSURE It’s a lifestyle disease, explains Dr. Baybay. “A lot of people don’t realize that their lifestyle choices even at a young age affect their heart health. These heart problems do not happen overnight. There is a cumulative effect. You don’t get a heart attack simply because you indulged in something high-cholesterol a month before.” He explains how heart attacks happen. “It starts from the rich, fatty food you eat leads to cholesterol buildup. youthat eat so much processed food fromIf an early age, you develop plaque that accumulates on the inner wall of your artery. Plaque has chemicals that clog the arteries with deposits such as calcium and cholesterol. In high-stress situations that require more oxygen flow in the body, such as strenuous physical activity, the oxygen-rich blood has a hard time circulating. That’s
Start sweating Since obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are contributors to heart problems, Ryan Tomilloso, a fitness specialist at the Crimson Hotel in Alabang advises sweating it out. “It’s a combination of high caloric intake and a sedentary lifestyle. They should be more active, not only to look good but for health purposes, to burn those calories, hindi puro intake lang. ” “Lessen your intake of
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where the symptoms, such as chest pain, start.” The doc lists down the risk factors that contribute to heart problems. “First is smoking. It increases blood pressure and the tendency for blood to clot. Then it is also what you eat. Because of the fast pace of life, people are eating more processed food. T hese are high in trans-fat, cholesterol,
calories, especially at night and start a cardio workout. Resistance training can come afterwards when you lose that water weight and you start getting hooked because you have been seeing results.” Many might say that this is easier said than done, but
is to have a fitness goal and to stick to it.” Another obstacle is that fear of feeling sore after a workout. “This is where a fitness trainer comes in, because we can plan a workout and help avoid injuries.” He likewise advises making simple changes such
Tomilloso is all“It about taking thatsays firstitstep. can take as little as 30 minutes to an hour, four times a week. Find something that you like doing, or something that you find easy to do, like brisk walking, biking, or swimming. What is important
as taking stairs—anything to get youthe moving. “You will see that if you have a healthy body, you will feel less stressed and able to focus more on work,” Tomilloso says.
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Eat right Cheshire Que, a registered nutritionist in the US and in the Philippines, says that diet is the biggest factor in maintaining a healthy heart. This is her advice:
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sugar, and salt. The consumption of more processed food and lack of exercise lead to obesity, which is another risk factor.” Having a parent or sibling who has had a hear t attack or stroke is also an early indicator, he says. Stress comes into play when it leads you to make the wrong decisions. “In itself, stress is ambivalent. Whether physical, mental or emotional, you can learn to manage it. What it does, though, is lead you to smoke, drink, or eat the wrong kind of food as a form of release or relief.” Lack of sleep, as in the case of BPO workers, is a form of physical stress, Dr. Baybay adds. “Then, what do these employees do? They stay up at the end of their graveyard shift, smoking and drinking. They do not exercise either, and they stay stationary at their work stations.”
First on your to-do list should be to go and get a workup, especially i f you feel you are at risk. “They ca n get tested even at the age of 28,” says Dr. Baybay. “For cancers, the screening can come later on, but we can al ready start taking a look at the heart, particularly if the person has a family history of heart disease.” There are several ways to monitor heart health. A basic cardio test would be an ECG or electrocardiogram (where electrodes record the impulses that make your heart beat). Your doc might also order a blood test to check cholesterol and sugar levels, depending on what they feel they need to look into bas ed on your c onsultation and risk factors involved. “If you think that you are [at] high risk, don’t wait. Get a check-up and live a healthy lifestyle. Don’t wait for the symptoms,” Dr. Baybay advises. “When you do get
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diagnosed, listen to your doctor, turn your lifestyle around and take your medication as needed.”
As always, prevention is better than cure. While modern medicine is advanced enough to offer heart attack patients a second shot at life, it is still easier, simpler, and cheaper to end those bad habits ea rly on before they end you.
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Go easy on sodium, processed foods and saturated fats. Consume more unsaturated fats from fatty fishes, nuts, seeds and vegetable oil. Get fiber from fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Fruits and veggies have lots of antioxidants and phytonutrients, which, trust us, you need. Eat yogurt for the probiotics that boost the immune system. Bring fruits for snacks in the office. When get home at night oryou before leaving for work, blend fruit and vegetable smoothies using a small blender that makes just one serving. Hydrate with water, not with alcohol, to prevent fatigue. (If you really have to—yeah, right—limit your alcohol intake to only about half a glass.) Avoid refined sugars and unhealthy fats because they will make you feel sluggish, affect your mood, and you will become more stressed out. Eat something two hours upon waking up. If you don’t have time for a big breakfast, grab a banana and a glass of low-fat milk or an apple and a tuna sandwich. Go for unsweetened tea and brewed coffee instead of high caloric sugary beverages.
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The best damn halo-halo you’ll ever taste …IS FROM PAMPANGA, AND THE RECIPE IS ALMOST AS OLD AS YOUR GRANDPA. HER E, WE TEACH YOU HOW TO COPY IT MAKE YOUR OWN
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The halo-halo is a simple complicated dessert. How is that? It’s essentially ice, milk, and sugar. Take these three out and you have nothing. It’s afterwards that’s a free-forall—meaning, in keeping with the concept of it being “halohalo’’ you can pretty much throw in anything you want. But a true halo-halo will always have the classic ingredients (see inset). The thing about halo-halo, as with many Pinoy culinary delights, is that every creator of the concoction says theirs is the best. But is it really? Taste is subjective, and we leave it up to you to decide, although we have good reason to believe Teresita’s may be a gold standard. Teresita’s opened in San Fernando, Pampanga in 2002, owned and run by the Razon family of Pampanga. Nine years later, they decided to open Teresita’s first Metro Manila outlet. Doestheir the Razon sound familiar you?food That’s because family name has been feeding youtogood since you were little. As the story goes, there were13 Razon siblings—three of them grew up with a unique mastery of the kitchen. These three Razon women opened a restaurant but also shared their recipes with their relatives. Soon, their relatives started their own food joints, all of whom offered the three Razons’ signature treats: halo-halo and pancit palabok. A niece-in-law named Teresita, saw first-hand how her aunts worked the kitchen, and even assisted them as they cooked. Aling Teresita eventually inherited the heirloom recipes and culinary secrets. That’s how Teresita’s came to be. So, what’s so special about this halo-halo recipe? It’s all in the ingredients…
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A regular Teresita's Halo-halo
That’s the right way to stack up halo-halo ingredients inside a glass. But we know that little chef inside of you wants to do something different. Experiment at your own risk. However, we can vouch for these upgrades:
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“The real secret [of our halo-halo],” says Ryan Razon, the eldest son of Aling Teresita, “is its simplicity.” Instead of using ten ingredients, which is the common practice, Teresita’s halo-halo only uses four, with the banana as the foundation. They don’t just slice and dice the fruit, though—they mash, grind, mix it with sugar, and cook it for better flavor. Yourtito knows this as minatamis na saging.
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Slice the cream puffs (how many depends on your appetite). Take out the filling. Toss into your halo-halo. Mix.
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If you find it really difficult to eat your halo-halo using that tiny spoon with a long handle, do this: dump that halo-halo into a blender and give it three or four good swirls. We tried it with Teresita’s, and it changed our life. www.fhm.com.ph
Again: Minatamis. Theirs don’t come from a jar—they prepare the macapuno themselves. LANGKA
at the very least, don’t use anything you’ve kept too long in the refrigerator (a week is too long). With langka, the more dizzying it smells, the better. LECHE FLAN
The secret to a great leche flan is to be generous with the ingredients. Don’t scrimp on the eggs and the milk; you want a full taste that will envelop your mouth. Preparing each ingredient before cooking the leche flan means that “di magaagaw-agaw yung explains Razon. Thisflavor,” way, he adds, you’ll have a halo-halo with a distinct banana/leche flan/ langka/macapuno taste. Not just ice, milk, and other sweet somethings.
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PINOY PRIDE MASSAGE
Hurt level:Like at most
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massage places, the therapists at Le Spa make sure that you’re comfortable with the pressure theyspots. are applying on your sore Payoff: It makes use of combinations of massage techniques from different cultures such as Swedish, Shiatsu, Thai, and reflexology massages. (It’s actually a clever metaphor for Philippine culture.) The almond extract massage oil mixtures relieve muscle tension and energize the body. How long it takes:One to two hours. Cost: P2,000 to P3,500 at Le Spa Sofitel Philippine Plaza Ma nila (depending on your consultation). Restrictions: It depends on your health restrictions, which you will divulge to the staff by filling up a guest registration form.
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Hurt level: Like any other massage, it really depends on how strong you
can handle it. Don’t let the “high pressure” bit scare you. This experience is relatively mild compared to being hosed down by riot police. Payoff: “This utilizes cascading water from the falls as it strikes all parts of the body,” says Jennet Sanchez, Marketing Manager. “It relieves muscle aches and pain, reduces fatigue, and improves condition of the nervous system.” How long it takes:Approximately two to three minutes. Cost: P550 at Ace Water Spa (includes use of all the spa’s amenities). Restrictions: If you can handle the pressure then you're good to go.
different hot pools with varying scents, like rose, lavender, and mint, and temperatures ranging from 36 degrees to 40 degrees Celsius so you can pick the one that you’re comfortable with. Payoff: The process prevents stiffness, which is beneficial to people with arthritis, releases toxins in the body while stimulating blood flow, strengthens the immune system, enhances kidney function, and eliminates insomnia. How long it takes:
Approximately two to three minutes per hot pool plunge. Cost: P550 at Ace Water
Spa (includes use of all the spa’s amenities). Restrictions: Pregnant women, persons with heart ailments and high blood pressure, and kids below 12 years old are not allowed to use the hot herbal pools.
HAND/FOOT MOISTURIZING REFLEX Hurt level:Don’t worry if you
have ticklish feet, exfoliating with epsom salt is relatively bearable compared to other methods. Payoff: The whole set-up will make your feet feel and even look good. To illustrate: there are flowers floating on the soapy, milky substance. As one of the most neglected parts of a guy’s body, your feet will feel really pampered. How long it takes:30 minutes to an hour and a half. Cost: P900 to P2000 at Le Spa Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila
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FAMILIARIZE YOUR GIRL WITH ALL THE PLEASURABLE MASSAGE TRIGGER POINTS Ever had a day where everything just hurts, and the only thing that will make you feel better is a massage? Problem is, your girl might be all thumbs when it comes to pleasuring you that way. Let Dr. Elvira Bayona, licensed spa therapist at Le Spa,toSofitel Manila She come your rescue. says we need to massage “trigger points to relieve tension from specific muscles groups.” Hear that, girlfriend?
Jaws (Masseter Muscle)
Nape (Suboccipital Muscles)
Do you have Bruxism (involuntary grinding of teeth)? Temporomandibular joint syndrome? Massaging the muscles near the rear of your jaw could help relax the tension.
A post-dinner massage by your girl near the nape can easily release stress from long hours of inappropriate slouching.
Area bet ween shoulder blade s (Erector Spinae Muscle Group) Forearm (Common Extensor Tendon)
Your desk job can wreak havoc on your wrist, elbow, and forearm. Ask your girl to massage that dirty area opposite your elbow; it can help ease the discomfort.
Throat (Scalene Throat Muscle Group)
Lightly massaging the opposite sides of your throat slightly above and to the side of the middle of your neck will help get the get rid of that annoying stiff neck.
Hips (Gluteus Medius & Minimus Muscles)
Chest (Pectoralis Major Muscle)
Massaging this area, for someone with Sciatica, can ease back pain as well as pain on the hips (and
Sore pecs. Your woman will want to fix this right away, we bet. A light massage to the points on your upper chest will help mend those stressed-out tissues.
This muscle group is a real problem area for a lot of people because of bad posture. Good thing working on these points will do wonders for your entire upper back. (Not to mention the entire night, too.) Lower back (Thoacolmubar Corner near spine, Lower back, Gluteus Maximus)
These five points all focus on the lower back area. Stimulating all of them one after the other will increase the positive benefits of the massage, etc.
awaken other parts, if you get our drift). Calves (Peroneus Muscles)
Thighs (Vastus Lateralis Muscle)
Shins (Tibialis Anterior Musc le)
Everyone hates having those muscles sore because they’re extra sensitive. Even a light massage in the area could hurt so ask your girl to be gentle with those thunder thighs.
Shin splints are the worst thing to get when jogging. Go od thing massaging the opposite side of those tender quads can help soothe the pain.
Feet (Plantar Fasciitis)
“How about a foot massage?” is probably one of the sexiest questions your partner can ask you. But when you're all alone, at least this guide can show you what you should do down there.
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Foot and calf muscles are almost never given the attention they deserve, overshadowed by the socalled easier parts of the body to massage (thighs and feet). A girl who willingly gives these babies some lovely rubbing is a keeper, we tell you.
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“A clamp or squeeze on the shoulder going to the upper arm (triceps) can bring a relaxing effect on the muscle,” says Bayona. A fool-proof excuse to ask her if she wants to feel these guns we’ve been working on (without looking like a complete douche)? Count us in!
“When you focus [your massage] on the scapula or shoulder-blade area, it can boost the immune system,” says Bayona. “When someone has a cough or sticky phlegm, we use tapotement (rapid and repeated striking of an area) because it helps decongest the lungs.”
“I believe reflexology is the best [kind of] massage treatment because it targets the internal organs,” says Bayona. “In other techniques, we only massage the superficial muscles, which only helps to untangle the knots, relaxes the muscles, soothes the pain.”
“[Massaging] techniques should be done with proper rhythm,” says Bayona. “Match your breathing pattern whenever you squeeze and release muscles.”
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Don’t forget to warm up
“Put [a] warm towel on the shoulders as [you] massage them to relax the muscles.”
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S A Ñ E R A IS U O L : S N IO T A R T S U L L I ; A R A T N A C L A E S I H C : S D R O W
Remember your cool-kid, high school days when you used to hide your “secret drink” inside your jugs? Eww. We know you’re more mature now, we’re letting you in on a secret: when we have to sit through one of our boss’s long soliloquies, we like to have this Contigo water bottle with us. It’s got Thermalock vacuum insulation, uses Autospout and Autoseal technology. Our “secret drink” won’t spill and sure as hell will stay icy cold.
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syrups. We’re sweetloving kids that way. Good for when you’re feeling fancy 4
We're not really wine drinkers, but we're getting there. Proof: they're now easily found in supermarket racks. Sure they're not connoisseurlevel, but with booze we learn quite easily Pick: To feel as legit as possible, we recommend affordable yet fancytasting foreign wines with hints of flavors from exotic fruits and flowers like a Chapouttier White from France and maybe a Merlot ‘Don Sebastian’ from California, which are available at the Shangrila Hotel’s Sage Bar along with other imported drinks. 5
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Do we know how to drink? Yes, we damn do. We can tell that to the rest of the liquor-swilling world with our heads held high. In fact, we don’t just drink ‘em, we make ‘em. They have their brandies and whiskies, we have are basi, tuba,
and lambanog . Theyour have their beer, we have beer. We would brag that we probably have more refined tastes than the s rest of the world—and rd that’s not usapang lasing. o But what W characteristics matter C L A E S I H C
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most when it comes to the Pinoy taste in booze? Here are some criteria that we run our alcohol by: It should go perfectly with pulutan 1
From some sizzling sisig with egg to some salted mani, we aren’t really that pickyaswith just longour asappetizers, you give us something to nibble on. But—the booze we wash it down with should not spoil the smack-fest. Pick: Dry beer. Has an ample amount of tama but aren’t as bitter so it
doesn’t numb the taste of the food. We tried a Japanese brand for a change, an Asahi Super Dry Beer, and we say it has a very mild honey taste that goes well with most of our choice pulutan.
of mixologist (and the Philippines’ first Bacardi Legacy Cocktail Competition champion) Richie Cruz's signature rhum cocktail El Tindero, which used Muscovado sugar and coco. Fruity. Make it fruity.
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Whileat Italians mightPinoy scoff our sweet style pasta, our love for sweet things like Jollibee spaghetti will never falter. Sweet stuff just makes us fun and happy and energetic. Pick: We're thinking
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The Pinoy Twist?
Foreigners come over with their fancy dishes, we taste them, and voila! Frankfurter adobo for dinner tonight. You can’t deny it: Filipinos love playing with complicated tastes and making them work according to our palate. Some people say, “don’t fix what ain’t broke,” we say, “you still gotta get your fix even when you’re broke.” Pick: Pinoys will always hold a special place in his heart well-loved brands but the beer connoisseur continues to push the envelopes of his beer-taste because it’s his passion, his craft. The guys from Pedro beer theirbeer beertobyget calling itpride a great into drinking craft scene because it has the familiar taste local brands.
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You are here. And sometimes that’s okay, especially when you’re chugging beer on your friend’s roof deck on a payday Friday, the city’s color and noise at your feet. Or on those rare times when the bus you’re riding cruises through a traffic-free Edsa just before dawn. But you are here and most of the time you don’t want to be. Not when there are bills and queues and the MRT and your boss; not when another taxi driver rejects you and speeds off; not when every new headline about rape jokes makes your head pound in shame for your people. So you pack your bags and leave—for five days, two weeks, a month—long enough to forget, short enough to still remember. Seat sales and Airbnb are your best friends. Never mind that you need to dip into your savings. Never mind that you need to subsist on instantpancit canton and crackers before you leave. You are confident that the dent this trip will make on your budge t will be worth it. It better be. Now the plane is touching down in an unfamiliar city with a definitive thud. You have finally found yourself in another corner of the world where there are districts to explore, exotic cuisine to sink your teeth into, subway systems to figure out, rowdy backpackers to grab a drink with, intimidatingly hot women to pretend not to ogle, and an entire culture to soak up. Armed with a taste for adventure, you set out to discover what this new place has to offer—and maybe discover some missing part of yourself, too. (Naks. ) You take a lot of photos and rake in the likes, acquiring comments such as, “Sarap naman!” Of course you can’t help but feel a bit smug. You are here while all of them are back home. Sarap nga naman. You will weave in and out of main roads and back alleys,
and you will be reminded that getting lost is inevitable. It’s part of the experience, the way flight delays and language barriers are. You will get lost, and things will be lost in translation. But soon enough you will point yourself in the right direction—or at least muster the humility to ask for directions—the way you always managed to do back home.Diskarte lang. You are here, the map will tell you, a tiny red dot in a maze of streets. Just when the vacation is starting to feel like real life, it will be time to go. Just like that. So you head back. Maybe a few pounds heavier. Maybe a few notches wiser. And when the city’s chaos and sweltering heat welcome you, you will know that you are home. You are here. Again. And for some time, that will be okay. You are reenergized enough for all of it: BillsqueuestheMRT yourbosshead linestaxidrivers. This is home, and you are here, and for some time, you will want to be. Until you don’t. FHM
THE #WANDERLUST CYCLE
How do you travel with a girl like Marla Miniano? You wander. Rinse. Repeat
Marla Miniano is an author, poet, motivational speaker, Summit Books’ editor in chief, and part-time labandera. This is why she can af ford to travel.
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WHY SWEATING IS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR YOU FHM PRESENTS THE BIONIC WORKOUT GUIDE DIET LIKE A MAN
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ER EK RDAMSAY
SIMPLY UNSTOPPABLE Derek Ramsay is rough, tough, and willing to push his limits.
“Always push yourself. What you expected was your limit, you can always surpass.”
erek Ramsay is currently shooting his electionthemed movie, My Candidate, which explains the longer ‘do, a departure from his trademark buzz cut. He is waiting for the day when he can have it all cut off again, he confides laughingly. “My hair was one of my insecurities growing up because it was so thick and it was also such a hassle when I was playing sports.” These photos show him executing workout moves that would have left a lesser mortal in the throes of agony, but he breezed through them effortlessly, owing to the fact that he takes 30 minutes a day to do an intense routine. The buff
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Was there a point when you were
bod is something he works on religiously, and his being active has opened many doors for the actor. He has been in showbiz for 10 years and has been playing sports even longer than that. Here, he shares his thoughts about how an active mind and body have helped him to achieve his life goals and how they allow him to set the bar higher each and every time.
With Ultimate Frisbee, not as much as I used to. I am slowly trying to step away from the sport, but they asked me to join the team one more time for the World Cup in UK this June, so I am preparing for that now. I am also interested in obstacle course racing, because of a new show TV5 is launching called Tough x Rough, and we are looking for Pinoy athletes from other neighboring countries to compete
insecure about your body? I was very healthy when I was born. I was a chubby baby. I had 10 bottles of milk lined up outside my crib that I could just grab. That was why my parents got me into sports. In high school I was the smallest and the lightest but you could tell that I was athletic. I didn’t fill out until I got to around my third year. I didn’t consciously start out to bulk up, it just happened.
in the world championship this year. What I am really starting to like is golf. Golf? That’s a bit of a departure from
your extreme sports. For me, it is the most intense. It’s the hardest sport. It’s not physical as it is mental, you can’t blame anybody but yourself for decisions that you make. You can’t afford to be distracted, one swing can cost you so much. Sometimes I don’t enjoy it, but then I go back out there. I can shoot under par but I can also shoot 10 over! It is You were able to represent our also my bonding activity with my dad. I love country for Ultimate Frisbee, are you spending time with him and beating him. still active with that or are there any Golf is a sport I really want to get into and other sports you are into now? maybe become a pro. We’ll see.
How does this mental toughness from
all your sports help you with your day job? It helps that when you are on the set, you know how to focus. If you lose your focus even for just a moment, people will see that on the big screen. It also teaches you that you can’t just think about yourself. You learn to gauge how everybody else is
performing and you make certain adjustments. With English Only, Please, even though the role was simple, I had to put nuances into the character so that people will not look at him and see Derek. I made it look like I was just relaxed but it was actually very hard. I had to focus on being that character.
same thing, I want to be respectful to my partner, and smelling fresh on the set is one less thing to worry about. My priority in life is not looking good, but I have to take that into consideration, especially for the shows where I have to be a pretty boy. It’s about having an active, healthy lifestyle and pushing my limits.
What are the other tough parts of your job?
Does it come naturally for you to always aim high?
It can get very stressful. With all the things that have been happening lately, you get a clue about how hard people have to work in the industry. You have to take notice of that and realize that it is inhumane to be working for more than 24 hours. Whether you are an artista, a director, lighting crew, or in catering—we are all human beings. A little more focus and preparation will go a long way in working shorter hours.
I say, “always push yourself.” What you expected was your limit, you can always surpass. This will help you continue to get better and better. When I started showbiz, sinasagad ko na and I thought hanggang dito na lang. Then I won Best Actor award forEnglish, Only Please at the Metro Manila Film Festival. This motivated me to do even more. When I work out, I push my body to the limit, tapos babagsak ang katawan ko. Instead of giving up, I try again about two days later, and I realize that I can do much more. As long as hindi ko naman papatayin ang sarilli ko. Ha ha ha! I keep making my goals higher. I will live that way until the day I die.
How were you able to last for 10 years in
this crazy industry? The most important is always wanting to learn. I look forward to learning from all the people I work with. It’s about being a sponge and soaking up more knowledge about the craft. If I didn’t feel that I was bettering myself, I would step down. What is the toughest part of being Derek Ramsay?
My biggest challenge is being myself. I have to constantly remind myself not to get sucked into this world and in effect getting sucked into things you don’t want to allow to happen. Sometimes I piss people off because I am very vocal about certain things. But, as long as I feel that what I say is delivered in a respectful manner I don’t think there is anything wrong. The intrigues are part of the industry and, again, with that I am not going to make decisions based on how people expect me to react. If they judge me then let them judge me. In the beginning, people didn’t understand that about me, butnow they respect me for it. With the physical and emotional toll it takes on
people like you, what motivates you to keep going?
On days when I am tired or sick, I just remind myself that I have signed a contract and people expect me to deliver on my responsibilities. My dad always told me, ‘your name is the most important thing that you have,’ and I carry his name too. Ha ha ha! The way I am wired is that if I commit to something, I follow through. In this business too, you can’t just coast along. There is always someone new coming in. You have to constantly better yourself para hindi magsawa ang tao sa iyo . What can you say about staying active even
though you are busy?
I can honestly say that as I get older, it becomes harder for me to get up in the morning. I move twice as slow and roll around in bed for another five minutes. With age comes wisdom and experience, though, and you get to find new ways to have an advantage over your opponent. How important is it for you to look and feel fresh
on the field and on the job, then? I am glad that there’s Belo Men Clinical Strength Anti-Perspirant Deodorant. The best way to describe it is when you are playing against international teams. You can see and smell the difference. Ha ha ha! Using the product gives me one less thing to worry about, because I don’t want to worry about body odor. When I am working, especially with an intimate scene, it’s the
WHAT’S IN DEREK’S GYM BAG? • Water • Speed Rope • Compression Gear • Towel DEO MADE FOR • Game Face INTENSE WORKOUTS
WIN AGAINST #WORKOUTFAIL Fix your form when sweating it out to avoid injury, and to max your #gainz! Operation balik-macho has you heading to the gym so you can unleash your abs at the beach. That’s a fitness goal, and a good thing. But before you go beast mode, take a step back and consider your form—especially on exercises that you consider “elementary.” Fix your form doing these five common exercises and you’ll be saying hello to a better body in no time.
Plank #WorkoutFail: Doing the plan k with your hips too low, therefore losing the tension in your core. A study published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sport & Exercise says that when done correctly, the plank is the best exercise for your core as it activates your mid-section, glutes, and back muscles while working on their strength and stability. Do it Right: Go into the plank position with resting your weight on your forearms and your toes. There should be a straight line from your shoulders to your heels. Contract your core and squeeze your glutes together and hold this position for 30 seconds to a minute—the ideal time range for this exercise.
Push-ups #WorkoutFail:Do any of these, and you squander this workout: “Dropped neck, elbows flared out, and hips dropped too low,” says Nico D’Haenen, a Cagayan De Oro-based strength and conditioning coach. “Push-ups really should be like moving planks, there should be a straight line from your shoulders to your heels for each rep you do,” adds D’Haenen. Do it Right:Assume the push-up position resting your weight on your hands and toes. There should be a straight line from your shoulders to your heels. Lower yourself by bending both elbows until your chest is close to the floor. Pause and go back to the starting position. Keep your elbows close to your body when you lower yourself and contract your core with each rep.
Box Jumps #WorkoutFail: This exercise is great for developing leg power but pay attention to your landing. Also, because it’s easy to misconstrue as a cardio exercise, you might do this in high volume, which spells trouble for your knees. “Going high volume, where you jump up and down, doubles the stress on your muscles and joints,” warns D’Haenen. Do it Right: Stand in front of a knee-high box or bench. Slightly bend your knees, swing your arms back and in one motion jump and swing your arms to drive yourself up. Land softly on top of the box on the upper-half of your feet with your knee at the same angle of your take off. A good landing doesn’t make a loud sound. Slowly step down and do it again. That’s a rep.
Deadlifts #WorkoutFail: Lifting a barbell stacked with heavy plates can look mighty impressive. But focusing too much on the weight and instead of the right form puts stress on your back. “Regardless of the kind of deadlift, it’s a hip exercise, not a lower back one. You should feel your hips and hamstrings working the hardest, in that order,” says Chappy Callanta, C.S.C.S., head coach of the 360 Fitness Club Chain. Do it Right: Stand facing a barbell in front of your shins. Bend your knees, push your hips back and hold the bar with an overhand grip with your hands wider than shoulder-width apart. Keep your chest out, your back flat as you squeeze your glutes together and push from your heels to straighten your legs to stand up and pull the bar up to your hips. Contract your core and keep your back straight at all times.
Pull-ups #WorkoutFail: Don’t swing wildly to push yourself up the bar. That just puts extra stress on your shoulders, man. Also, contract your core to stabilize your body with each rep.
Do it Right: Hang from a pull-up bar with an overhand grip with your hands slightly wider than shoulderwidth apart. Cross your legs behind you and contract your core. Pull yourself up until your chest is close to the bar.
3 GYM RULES YOU SHOULD ALWAYS FOLLOW
Never forget these whenever you work out Rule#1: Always wipe-down the equipment with your towel People will understand that sweating is a normal human physiological reaction. But when you leave equipment drenched in sweat, the poor person who’s going to use it after you won’t appreciate it. Wipe off your spot before you proceed. Rule#2: Return the weights once done You can lift really heavy, right? So there shouldn’t be a problem returning dumbbells and plates where you got them once you are finished with your set, right? It’s common courtesy, yo! Rule#3: Lessen the gym selfies Hey, we get that you want to show off your gains. But when you hog equipment and the mirrors just to get the perfect selfie… you’re not the only one using the gym, you know.
YES,
MAN FOOD CAN BE HEALTHY
With a few recipe tweaks, you can turn sinful eats into more nutritious meals. Start with these two favorites
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ertain dishes, after a single bite, have the power to get you grinning from ear to ear. This is man-food at its best (cold beer on the side, always an excellent option). Consider the regular culprits: pizzas, burgers, chicken wings, ribs, chips, and steaks—textbook comfort food. Sure, they make you happy but they’re also most likely the culprits behind your ever-e xpanding gut.
“These foods are normally higher in fat, sugar, and preservatives,” says pharmacist and chef Laica Herrera. The good news is: you don’t have to shun man-food altogether. By cooking your own comfort meals using some recipe tweaks, you can make them nutritious while still getting your fix. Check out the hacks below and give yourself a healthier option for a couple of your favorites.
Fortify Your Burger Who can resist a big juicy burger? Is there a way for it to be less indulgent? “Burgers should have a well balanced mixture of ground beef, fat, and herbs and spices,” says Hererra. Follow these tweaks to make yours a healthy one.
GET THE RIGHT RATIO “The best way to ensure that burgers are on the healthier side is to buy your own meat and have it ground at the store,” advises Hererra. Making your own patty entails having the right ratio of beef to fat. “A 80:20 beef-to-fat ration is good so that the burger will still have enough juice on it.”
PILE ON THE VEGGIES Not only do you add crunch to every bite, but using fresh vegetables increases your fiber intake, which is good for digestive health.
CHOOSE CONDIMENTS WISELY “Most of the time, it’s really the sauces or condiments that make a meal fatter,” says Hererra. Do away with usual sugary condiments and use healthier ones like mustard, which contains Allyl Isothiocyanate (AITC), a healthy phytochemical. A study published in the journal Carcinogenesis found that AITC helps inhibit the development and progression of bladder cancer
COOK IT RIGHT Grill the meat instead of frying it. The fat from your patty will drip off, instead of having it swimming in its own fat when it’s fried with oil.
LEVEL-UP YOUR BREAD Use whole-wheat buns instead. They’re higher in fiber, which increases satiety—making you crave less unhealthy food after you’re done devouring your burger.
Wing it Better Three things make chicken wings unhealthy: “The actual chicken meat, marination, and the cooking method,” says Hererra. Make wings night healthier with these hacks
CHOOSE YOUR CHICKEN
Use free-range. Even though your wings are covered with skin (where most of the fat is,) at least you won’t be ingesting any other chemicals.
USE THE RIGHT MARINADE “Substitute butter and sugar for healthier alternatives,” says Hererra. Use honey, Dijon mustard, and spices—all of which add a punch to your recipe while slashing calories.
CHANGE THE WAY YOU COOK Deep frying adds to the fat you’ll ingest. “Baking or grilling are still the better cooking methods to make healthier and succulent wings,” says Hererra. You can also use an air fryer for truly fat-free cooking.
BREAKING BAD Food so good, eating it regularly can kill you TA BA N G TA L A N GKA
Who can resist that gooey orange goodness? It’s good with rice, pasta, or even by itself. But what you’re eating is straight-up cholesterol. Consume in moderation.
C H IC H A RO N G BULA KLA K
It’s crispy, salty, and goes well with beer. But it’s high in uric acid, and full of unhealthy oils that can block your arteries.
I SAW
Grilled chicken and pork intestines are the bomb! But they can also be sources of bad bacteria, which can affect your gut. It’s also high in uric acid, which may lead to gout.
THE POWER OF PAWIS WHILE SWEAT IS COMMONLY VIEWED AS OFF PUTTING, PERSPIRATION IS HEA LTHY AND DOES YOUR BODY A LOT OF GOOD, TOO
When you’re sweating buckets in the middle of a rather hot day and there are obvious signs of jabar
WIN AGAINST SWEAT
on your shirt, it’s a rather unpleasant feeling. But every time you sweat, your body actually benefits from this. Here are five healthy gains that occur whenever your skin starts dripping.
Take regular showers
SWEAT BENEFIT #1: YOUR BODY STAYS COOL
“Sweating is the body’s defense mechanism from overheating,” says Gia Sison, M.D., D.P.C.O.M., an occupational medicine specialist and chief medical officer of Global Telehealth, Inc., the team behind www.konsulta.md. You cool off once the sweat evaporates. When your body fails to regulate its temperature, conditions such as heatstroke can occur, which can damage your brain, heart, kidneys, and muscles. SWEAT BENEFIT #2: YOU GET TO NATURALLY DETOX
When you sweat it out regularly, you rid your body of toxins. “[Sweating releases] toxins and chemicals from your system. It alsoimmune assists system in de-bloating us,” saysand Dr. Sison. This helps your function better prevents diseases caused by toxic overload. SWEAT BENEFIT #3: IT KEEPS YOUR FACE LOOKING POGI
Unless you’re an athlete, it’s dyahe to have your face covered in sweat. But while it’s not a pleasant sight, just remember that sweat helps the skin on your face, too. Sweating opens up your pores, which releases any toxins clogging them up. This, in turn, prevents acne. Just make sure you wash your face with a good facial wash twice a day as your skin can actually react with sweat if you don’t practice good hygiene. SWEAT BENEFIT #4: YOU’RE MORE RESISTANT TO INFECTION
A lot of diseases are transmitted via skin-to-skin contact. Sweat can actually help, as it contains peptides that are effective against viruses, fungi, and bacteria. A 2013 study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences also found that dermcidin, an anti-microbial protein secreted by human eccrine sweat glands, is highly effective in warding off dangerous health bugs and germs. SWEAT BENEFIT #5: IT KEEPS THE GOOD VIBES ROLLIN’
Okay, this may be an indirect benefit, but you sweat buckets whenever you go beast mode during workouts. When you exercise, your body releases endorphins—feel-good hormones that boost your mood. So if you’re having a bad day, or have hugot blues, go out there and sweat it out!
Putok aside, sweat can
also affect your skin when left unwashed. “Some people react to their own sweat by breaking into an allergy,” warns Dr. Sison.
Pack an extra shirt This one’s a no-brainer! Be a boy scout and stash an extra shirt in your car or your office cabinet
Use a powerful anti-perspirant Belo Deo Clinical Strength Anti-Perspirant Deodorant for men and women (that gives you maximum protection from sweat and body odor for 48 hours).
DID YOU KNOW? In general, fit men sweat more than fit women, according to the Journal of Experimental Physiology.
WHY SWEATING IS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR YOU FHM PRESENTS THE BIONIC WORKOUT GUIDE DIET LIKE A MAN
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STRONGER NOW The 2015 MMFF Best Actress talks about what motivates her to sweat it out at work and at play.
t was a f resh-faced, 16-yearold, Jennylyn Mercado who first came on TV as a reality show hopeful in 2003. She beguiled the audiences with her talent and upbeat attitude, which led her to be the first Ultimate Female Starstruck Survivor in its first season run. Since then, she has become a fixture in local showbiz, starring in unforgettable teleseryes such as Encantadia , the racy Rhodora X , and recently in My Faithful Husband . She has also released t hree albums showcasing her singing prowess, and was recognized twice by the Metro Manila Film Festival judges as Best Actress for her roles in English Only, Please (2014) and Walang Forever (2015). 2015 proved to be a banner year for her too, as the single mom was voted the Sexiest Woman in the Philippines in FHM’s annual poll. The multi-talented actress has come a long way from her simple beginnings. She may have faced several challenges in her personal life, all the while retaining that upbeat, relatable attitude that has endeared her to fans from the start. From where she stands now, with all the hard work she puts in, things are only bound to get even better. A few days before the Bionic photo shoot, she had been confined at the hospital for what the papers call “loss of voice,” but she bounced back quickly and has since resumed working on her latest film Just the Three of Us , proving that you can’t keep a strong woman down.
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What’s the most challenging part ofHow do you deal with those
I won’t lie; it’s not easy. Maraming challenges yan—the first is time. Hindi
intrigues, then? As long as hindi totoo, dapat huwag magpa-apekto. Although, minsan kapag
mo hawak ang oras mo, you’re always on call. We work at tapings for 24 hours, and you have to have your script memorized. Then, you have to motivate yourself to act. Sa akin, sanay na ako doon. I think for me, at this point, the most challenging part is dealing with the intrigues—especially when damay na ang family ko. Hanggang ngayon yun ang hindi ko kayang tanggapin.
naririnig mo or nababasa mo , you can’t help but be affected. My mom, nagrereact pa din, even though I have been in showbiz for a very long time! Ha ha ha! When you hear those things being thrown at you, you also still have to keep smiling. Even if we are tired, we still have to keep smiling too. Pero kasama sa trabaho namin yan,to entertain people and to maintain this image. So whatever
being anartista?
you may be going through at the moment, you have to stay professional. As they say, the show must go on. What keeps you going in showbiz, then?
I guess it’s the thought that of all those aspiring actors out there, hindi lahat kaya maging Jennylyn Mercado. Ha ha ha! No, that’s a joke! I guess that it’s this: ang dami ko nang pinagdaanang malalaking problema so when something comes up, I just say, ‘that’s all?’ What helps me through all these is my
Your taping schedules can run
natapos ko!” I may not have been the fastest, but I finished something this grueling. Then, you start wanting more, because you get that runners’ high, and you get addicted to that. Ang sarap ng feeling.
really late. What motivates you to get up the next day?
How would you compare that
support system. My family is always behind me and I still have the same set of friends up to now. I know that whatever happens, kahit wala na ang showbiz, sila, andyan pa din.
I don’t know... It’s weird but I think I have this inner clock that wakes me up at 6:00AM every day. Kahit kulang ang tulog ko, basta six, I wake up. I just go back to bed if I have nothing to do, pero basta six-o’clock, nagigising ako. You have been a triathlete for
some time. What do you get out of that type of physical exertion?
I enjoy tri a lot! I’ve been racing since Tri United, five years ago. Gusto ko yung challenges na dala niya. Iba yung feeling when you finish a race in three disciplines. I don’t even time myself; wala akong best time na hinahabol. What’s important is that I finish, even though naglalakad na lang ako sa huli . I will be joining three races this year: Iron Man in August, where I will do a relay tapos Tri United and Bataan International. I’m lucky to have a coach [Jojo Macalintal] who is willing to take on my crazy schedules, parang on-call din [siya]. I would call him and ask if he is available at 5:00AM because I have an 8:00AM taping. Papayag siya and gigising siya para sa akin. Triathlon is a very physical
sport, but how does it help you with mental toughness?
Ang triathlon, or any extreme sport, is a mental game. Na-prove ko yan. It’s 99% mental, kasi kapag sinabi ng brain mo na pagod na siya, your body will follow. If your brain says it’s hungry, na gutom na gutom na ako , I start getting cranky. I’ve had races like that, where thoughts pop into my head like, ‘ang pangit-pangit mo na, or ang itim at ang dumi mo na, why are you doing this to yourself?’ When those thoughts come, umiiyak na lang ako. Ha ha ha! How do you counter that?
You just have to keep telling yourself na kaya mo pa. In the end, kakayanin naman. As long as you don’t think negative thoughts, you’re okay. Kapag inisip mo kaya mo pa, makakahanap ka ng lakas . What are your thoughts when
you cross the finish line?
I feel konting yabang, the kind where you can say, “o kaya niyo yan? Ako
to being called onstage as Best Actress?
That’s totally different! Nakakapanghina yun! That’s the feeling na parang sasabog ang puso mo and nanghihina ang tuhod mo at the same time. It’s like you want to shout and celebrate ngayon na. Iba yung feeling, hindi mo alam kung paano ka magsasalita. There is a big difference
between sweating it out in a race and having to look glam at an awards ceremony. How do you manage to mesh the two?
I take care of my skin by going to the Belo Clinic. The doctors there would tease me, saying “O. nag-tri ka na naman? Ayan na naman tayo!” They are actually kinakabahan every time August comes around because that is when I race and I would be so dark when I go to them. What works for me is the Gluta IV and the Revlite. They help even out my skin tone. My go-to is Belo Essentials Clinical Strength Anti-Perspirant Deodorant, which helps keep me fresh when I race. Gusto ko siya kasi ang bango niya. I can pass somebody at the race and they would look at me and think that I’m wearing perfume. Pero ang totoo, naka-deodorant lang ako. Belo Essentials Clinical Strength Anti-Perspirant Deodorant really keeps you dry, which is important for me. Long shoot days, intrigues,
competitive racing—how do you find that willpower to just get going?
There are days when I just don’t want to get out of bed at all. I just have to psych myself, especially pag alam ko na may commitment
ako . I justthen keep that my commitment in mind, I take bath. After that, okay na ako. There’s a reason why I work so hard—and that’s my family. I have my son, Jazz, and I am a solo parent. Matanda na ang parents ko, so kailangan ko paghandaan ang lahat. More than anything, I want to secure my son’s future.
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“You just have to keep telling yourself na kaya mo pa. In the end, kakayanin naman . As long as you don’t think negative thoughts, you’re okay.”
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