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CONTENTS
F E AT U R E S
64 F r O m
d ial-u pS TO
24/7 wi-Fi
CON N ECTiON
The pioneers of
Internet in the
Philippines give a
glimpse of how it was
70 T h E
g O d FaT h E r
rulES OF
Fryi N g
Learn how to fry
anything like a pro
78 l E T b a k a l
gym S lu r E
yO u i N
Where buffing up is a
no-nonsense business
82 T h E m a N
wiTh maNy
Fa C E S
John Arcilla isn’t just
the Heneral
86 g O T a N y
S h u T- E y E
T O d ay ?
Check out how our
sleep culture is
evolving
9 0 N aT h a l i E
pErriEr
We’re going back to
basics with a bit of
naughty voyeurism
COVE R
PHOTOGRAPHY: SHAIRA LUNA
STORY
R I Z ZA D IAZ AN D
MA R A AQ U I N O
Come for the girls, stay for the
game... or is it the other way
around with these two?
November 2016
CONTENTS
GENT FITS BOOST
32 “ i a m N OT 98 i T ’ S j u S T 1 06 h O N d a C i v i C
r O m a N T i C aT a m aT T E r O F r S Tu r b O CvT
a l l .” FOldiNg Making a comeback
ILLUSTRATIONS: HARVEY TOLIBAO; PHOTOGRAPHY: MARK JESALVA, JONATHAN BALDONADO, DOC MARLON PECJO
Yet, Vish’ka (a.k.a. Learn the art of with its fancy lights,
Conan Stevens) pagtutupi and then some
knows how to get to
a girl’s heart 1 00 g E T h i g h i N 1 08 T h E m OT O r
hONg kONg… wh i S pE r E r
VERGE PULSE 34 T h E d aT i N g …in manly duds, we Alex Isip restores
ChECkliST mean cars on nothing more
Are you sure you got than class and good
all you need to have a taste
1 4 “i w O r k i N 2 0 pOgi yEarS Old good time tonight?
Th E TOi lET” Parokya ni Edgar is 110 d E S S E r TS
How your favorite officially timeless and 3 6 SEX dOSSiEr T h aT N E E d T l C
comic book universal A brand-new cougar Show your gentle
artists create their goes through a side; share these with
masterpieces 24 w O r d S O F baptism of fire your girl
dar k N E S S
16 X-ray glaSSES An anthology of Pinoy 112 p a g E
Or rEal-liFE terror ENdEr:
pOkEmON maN up aNd
Which one should 26 Th E b E a dad
Mark Zuckerberg d Ow N S i d E TO A dude explores
fund next? T E C h N O lO gy fatherhood for the
How do we deal with first time
1 8 COmiCS: iFFy our tech problems?
buSiNESS
Where should hot 28 T E l l F h m
policewomen find Ginebra and Meralco
dates? fans battle it out
30 b Or N TO S i N g
Mayumi Gomez of
Imago is living
her dream
FROM THE EDITOR
This is where I take sides: I am a

Ginebra fan. Have been since 1986.
It wasn’t called a barangay then, but we were legion. Even an 11-year-old
kid who had just learned to like basketball but still didn't know how to play
could see that.
What got me into the team wasn’t even Jaworski, who was already a
demigod by then, but two black American imports named Billy Ray Bates and
Michael Hackett. Bates had a monster dunk and Hackett was a teddy bear who
could score 103 points in a game. I think my sister had a crush on Hackett,
and we only had one TV (portable, black & white), and she was never into
basketball, and neither was the family, but she watched anyway, and so did
the rest of us.
I was the one who got called into the cult and never left. What FHMers
Very quickly I understood why. They were a ragtag bunch who, on their have been up to
own, could probably not win a game. But as a team they were the underdogs
who could pull off miracles. And they often did. Jaworski’s Never Say Die this month
was the rallying cry. “Wala nang isip-isip!” he would command the team as
a playing coach in the final seconds of a losing game, which they relished FHM ’s Twin Towers Pau and Ash
winning with buzzer beaters. have found greater appreciation in
That’s what happened in Game 6 against the Meralco Bolts in the 2016 the game of basketball all thanks
PBA Governor’s Cup Finals. It was special. But not the only Ginebra special. to our teeny-weeny, cute covergirls.
Among vintage fans, that win belongs to a place of lore where championships Read their stories on p. 38.
have been won by the likes of Rudy Distrito and Romulo Mamaril—the
impossible made possible.
Obviously, not all are Ginebra fans. Before you throw me to the
kangkungan, know that when I was gnashing my teeth in those long 5.5
seconds of Game 6, I wasn't entirely thinking of a Ginebra win; I was also
considering if the PBA courtside reporters would agree to do an FHM cover.
Thanks, Rizza Diaz and Mara Aquino, for saying yes. You did great!
Yes, I really was thinking we would win. We wouldn’t be Ginebra if we
didn’t think we could.
ALLAN P. HERNANDEZ
Acting Editor in Chief
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Verge
HOW TO SOU N D
R EAL SMART
Edited by CHISE ALCANTARA

[email protected]
Proxy
prosthetics
Charles Albert Alabado
used to illustrate comics
but eventually realized that
he’d much rather bring the
creepy creatures from his
imagination into this world
rather than just locking
them down on paper. He
believes that the reason
why his creations seem
so frighteningly realistic
is because he draws
inspiration from his own
fears when making his
prosthetics. They’re an
extension of himself and
seeing them on the big
screen just sends shivers
down his spine.
PHOTOGRAPHY: EVE BASWEL

GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
CHARLES ALBERT ALABAdO
AT FHM.COM.PH
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http://harveytolibao.
deviantart.com/ and
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S K I L L
The struggling
artist 2
Get an inside look at the bizarre
minds of your fave marvel comic
artists
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WORDS: CHISE ALCANTARA | ILLUSTRATIONS: HARVEY TOLIBAO
Growing up with no artistic talent besides being able to

vandalize phallic figures onto desk chairs and bathroom
walls can really get old after a while. After all, knowing
how to tell stories through images is one of the coolest
and most useful skills to have right now, considering
how much people enjoy graphic media. But don’t be too
quick to say that these comic book artists have it easy.
Stephen Segovia (Carnage, Wolverine, Daredevil), Harvey
Tolibao (X-Men, Uncanny X-Force), and Leinil Yu (Civil
War, Star Wars, Avengers)—see what these guys have to
go through to make your superheroes look marvelous.
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the thinkinG drowninG GettinG into

throne out the character
loneliness
Clearing your head Who knew that
is the most important a method actor’s
thing you must do in Endless hours of technique could
order to make sure devoting yourself to also be used to
your comic won’t be work with very limited make the illustrating
convoluted. Tolibao interaction with the process a lot more,
uses his environment outside world can erm, interactive?
to calm himself and be taxing to most. Apparently, Tolibao did.
focus. “I like reading Comic book artists “When I need to draw
the scripts that I have are no exception. “The characters that have a
to illustrate inside majority of the time lot of personality, say,
the confines of my [when] I’m illustrating Psylocke, I really…act
bathroom. It is the the actual comic, I’m like Psylocke. I do the
most silent place in my either listening to poses in front of the
house. When I am in songs or podcasts, mirror and take photos
the zone, I can really or watching TV. I of myself so that I will
get into the meat of just need to listen to have a guide,” says
the script, which allows something because Tobilao.
me to visualize how I without it, my mind will
will layout the pages,” just wander off,” Yu
he says. shares.

3
wastinG time
like the best
of them
“Facebook is really
an endless well
of procrastination
material. You’re trying
to look for a reference
that was mentioned
in the script. And then
you get a notification
from a random friend
or glance at a random
tabloid news entry
about Brangelina
breaking up…this kind
of stuff honestly ends
up taking away a lot of
my time,” admits Yu.
GettinG down
to business
It’s a half-hour past

your original deadline
and you really have
to start working. So
what you should do
is just cut down on
everything that doesn’t
have to do with you
accomplishing work.
“When it’s crunch time,
you have no other
choice but to bail out
of that inuman invite.
I try to work at least
12 hours a day when
I have a project; up to
16 hours [a day] when
I have a deadline,” says
Segovia.
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Mark Zuckerberg and his wife recently announced that they

were donating $3,000,000,000 of their own Money to cure all
of the world’s diseases. facebook founder and wife seeM to
think they can solve the world’s probleMs with Money.
SO WE ASK
What cause should you
suggest the Chan Zuckerberg
Initiative to fund next?
WhAt dO yOu CArE

AbOut mOSt?
humANS
NAturE
AESthEtICAlly tEChNOlOgy
plEASINg
fEmAlES
CutE Cuddly
ANImAlS
Who needs Google AlWAyS StuCK

Glass when you have yES NO IN trAffIC?
X-ray glasses?
Hover in style with a

patented hover board.
yOurSElf?
Monetize cute puppy Sponsor Niantic to
videos on YouTube. genetically engineer
real life Pokemon.
AfrAId Of
flyINg?
Never be lonely with a
cloning machine.
WEAthEr IS Invent a time machine.
All OvEr thE
plACE
humAN
rIghtS? StrEAmINg
hd hIgh-Art
WORDS: CHISE ALCANTARA
vIdEOS
Build a dome that
surrounds the planet that’ll
control weather patterns. Buy off all crappy
Adik ka, noh?
service providers and
give out free Internet.

Verge
Cabin fever these days
everyone
looks a tad bit
suspicious
story and art: Melvin calinGo

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YO U R G U I D E tO
EVERYtHING
tRENDING
Edited by PONG M. CASTILLO

[email protected]
WALANG
IWANAN
Live up
to Pogi
Years
Old
Pinoy rock band Parokya
ni edgar has been
around long enough to
show you how
WORDS : PONG CASTILLO

PHOTOGR APHY: PAUL MONDOK
SPECIAL THANKS TO ACCESS
COMPUTER COLLEGE
P arokya ni Edgar is old.
These guys have been at it
for over two decades already.
Their songs are anthems to
two generations of free-
spirited listeners who would
rock out to lyrics about picha
pie, chikinini, and papa
cologne. They invaded your
tito’s school band festival
in the ‘90s, fast ingraining their brand of rock
in Pinoy pop culture that would have even your
younger brother jam to today.
They could well call it a good run by now, but
these good, (kinda) ol’ folks are far from stopping.
Six years after their last album, Parokya ni
Edgar is out with Pogi Years Old, a 21-track
compilation of music that vocalist Chito Miranda
describes as “mas chill pero makulit at mabibigat
pa rin naman...solid na solid.” So, is there
much to expect from their new album? Some
revolutionary, innovative gimmick to last the band
another 20 years in the industry maybe? No. “I
think the mediocrity and lack of skill worked for
us as a band and a group, because it makes our
music more accessible to everyone,” Miranda says.
“As long as we’re having fun, there’s no leaving
this band.”
PNE’s (occasional)
backup vocals Vinci
Montaner returns.
The band is almost
complete, save for
bassist Buwi Meneses
who is abroad.
Pulse
Pogi Years Old
is available in all
leading music stores
nationwide.
What is pogi
years old?
take it from
the old guys
‘as long
“Pogi Years Old
is about feeling
young...and
beautiful.” -Dindin
as we’re Moreno, drums
“Pogi Years Old is

huppy.”-Gab Chee
having Kee, rhythm guitar
“Para sa akin,
fun,
tungkol ito sa
pagtanggap ng
edad, and at the
same time, pagiging
there’s proud kung paano

kami nag-age at
kung nasaan na
kami ngayon as
no a group and as
individuals. Pero sa
totoo, we just found
leaving
it funny kaya namin
ginamit na album
title, hehe!” -Chito
Miranda, vocals
this “Pogi Years Old is

about time...good
time.”-Dar Semaña,
Parokya ni Edgar
rocked it out at
band’ lead guitar
“Pogi Years Old

is an apotheosis
Access College’s of one’s life. Joy.”
2016 Battle of the -Vinci Montaner,
Bands. Included in backup vocals
their set that got the
crowd fist-pumping
and (pseudo-)
rapping: Bagsakan
with rapper Gloc-9.
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RAISE R
Written in blood
KEEp thE lights ON aNd pREpaRE yOuR cRucifix as yOu REad aN ExcERpt fROM NEw
lOcal hORROR aNthOlOgy all that daRKNEss allOws
phOtOgR aphy: shaiR a luNa
STIGMATA
By Chinggay Labrador
3:00 a.m., 16th CENTURY, THE WALLED CITY, With quiet mockery, Our Lady of Udolpho reminded
MANILA, PHILIPPINES Francisco of his former fervor. The blood that ran from her
The thick and heavy humidity of the tropics lay close to the eyes down her sunken, hollow visage was as thick, red, and
ground, hovering stealthily over Francisco’s pale skin like viscid as the putrid clots that dotted his heavy legs.
an impenetrable fog. In the narrow calle where his bahay “Emancipation is yours if you play your cards right,
na bato stood, there was no sea breeze, the surrounding boy,” the Cardinal said.
buildings blocking off the wind in a place of cobblestones Francisco sought deliverance—the kind he could only
that resembled fragments from his motherland and stone acquire through this holy work. But everything about this
embattlements that warded off the indios from penetrating place he now called home revolted him. He was withering
this sacred turf. away in this new world, surrounded by the scum of the
The days were lazy and languid. It was always the Earth. The novelty of taking gold and sex and having all
same—day in, day out. Mass for the common folk, a short his pleasures waited on and attended to hand and foot
benediction for the landed who married well but not were never enough—never worth the way his skin burned
well enough, a customary blessing to the godforsaken every night. The pain shot up his limbs and oozed out of
gobernador-heneral who was all talk and mindless, idiotic his pores, evidence of the evils that lived and breathed on
chatter. In Francisco’s youth, he expected more from the the island. The wenches were beautiful and the men were
Far East, but these days he had grown accustomed to the subservient, their stupidity the sole cause of his corroding
purgatory that plagued him every day. flesh. The heat and the rains awoke urges in his body that
He lay in bed, gazing at the trees swaying softly outside the people were only too willing to satisfy. And he had
his capiz window. Forty years in an island of heathens and allowed them to do just that. He deserved their attention, as
would-be holy men, he sneered. Calculating and calm, he it was his moral duty to suffer for these indios.
moved his finger up, down and over the musky, golden Every ulcer on his body and every nitrous stink
skin of the local beauty that lay beside him. He traced her crawling up his legs and arms were signs of their
naked flesh and her dark crevices with his cracked skin philistine beliefs being purged out of them. It was this way
and bloodstained nails. She stirred and twisted, shifting for the Cardinal and it was this way for him. He learned
her bare leg against his calloused limbs beneath the covers. early on that God’s wrath could be borne boldly by his true
Francisco stroked the unruly mess of black hair that soldiers—a privilege he wore with pride. He had learned to
covered her delicate face and observed the rise and fall of her love the pungent smell of decomposition on his own aging,
breasts as she breathed in, out, in, out, unaware of the depths rotting body. His burgeoning ego taught him to shift his
of sin she had plunged herself into as she warmed Francisco’s perspective on the snaps and crackles of his skin—the sins
bed night after night. of others would tear at him and he had the power to grant
Estúpida, he laughed them forgiveness.
silently. But uncontested power was tiresome.
The Virgin Mary stood As he observed the gentle glint of the Virgin’s rays,
tall in the corner of his room, pouring out of her tender ivory wrists, he could feel the
throwing daggers at him breath of the whore on his back and neck. Her neck,
with the placid look in her his favorite part of her—so accommodating and fragile,
eye, a disarray of golden hair something he could slit or snap at the behest of his hand.
cascading down her jeweled The hand of God.
tunic. Her ivory face bore For forty years, Francisco had learned to rationalize
his ugly stench well. Sharp, this physical burden, forgetting that a deeper, bigger, more
golden rays shot out from her rewarding deliverance awaited him if only he willed it.
wrists as if engulfing her in “Insipid idiot.” The statue’s lips were unmoving but Our
a malevolent sunshine that Lady’s expression bore her quiet ridicule of his indolence.
only served to blind him more Francisco stomached this judgment every night, but in
as his sores and ulcers oozed this moment, as he kissed the whore’s skin and felt the
milky, yellow pus and thick, monotonous boredom of his every day, he wondered if he
coagulated blood each night. All That Darkness could reach for more. Be more.
“Careful,” the Cardinal Allows is available in Witness God once again.
told him once. “Those shafts National Bookstore
can kill.” outlets nationwide.

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TECH
So we have the latest and finest pieces It’s long been the bane of many users’
of gadgetry ready in our hands. And we’ve existence: battery-operated devices. Take, for
The price of thought up genius solutions to support our

gadget fanaticism. Now the problem is,
modern society has become riddled with the
instance, Manila’s tricycles. The city of Manila,
in an effort to get smarter and greener, is
reportedly switching to electric tricycles. It
technology by-problems resulting from these beloved
technology solutions.
sounds like a dream. But there are many
quirks that plague these rechargeable
Our smartphones are great. But if you machines. Soon enough, dutiful tricycle
There’s a shifT in The way crack them, brick them, or drown them, you’re drivers and operators will have to deal with
we handle Tech Troubles going to drop serious repair fees like a baller new (and pricier) maintenance methods that
in our gadgeT-obsessed at a strip club. The good ol’ Nokia technique come with the shiny new rides.
of taking out the battery is long dead, and Don’t even get us started on electronic
world. can you keep up? most smartphone owners now have to queue waste. The fact that Smokey Mountain has a
words: anne Mari ronquillo up at the service center to bring their devices name is testament to the country’s decades-
illusTr aTion : borg sinaban back to life. old garbage problem. Yet we do very little
to employ proper disposal of
hazardous e-waste. *Sad face
emoji*.
And then there are
wearables. Since it is now
possible to be dressed
in gadgets, we’ve got an
additional bevy of issues
to take on. We now rely on
gadgets to keep track of our
health and
fitness, and
It could be startup tech
companies are
beautiful. incorporating
But until we more
computers
can perfect into things
like shoes,
the tech, watches, and
we’ll just eyewear.
From there,
have to make we can go
on a tangent
good with and ask, are
these wrist
looking a computers
little bit like fashionable
enough? Will
Inspector the batteries
on future
Gadget. contact lenses
explode in our
eyes? That’s
not all. Nike redesigned their
running app last August and
people got angry when the
company lost user progress
data.
It isn’t supposed to be
this complicated. Ubiquitous
computing is the ambitious
idea of embedding
processors into objects we
use—think Spike Jonze’s
Her—resulting in a seamless
integration of computers and
the physical life.
It could be beautiful. But
until we can perfect the tech,
we’ll just have to make good
with looking a little bit like
Inspector Gadget.
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#NSD
What’s your
proudest
moment?
WE AMBUSHED THE
FANS AT THE 2016 PBA
GOVERNOR’S CUP FINALS
TO ASK ABOUT THEIR
DEDICATION TO THE
GAME. THEY DID NOT
UNDERWHELM
WORDS : PONG CASTILLO

PHOTOGR APHY: MARK JESALVA
Darylsid Samonte
“More than 15 years
ago yung last nood ko
ng PBA live, kaya this
year nag todo ako sa
effort. I was featured on
PBA Memes Facebook
page kasi may baon
akong kangkong para sa
kalaban ng Ginebra.”
Ruth Tardaguila (left) Meralco Bolts, Parañaque Sector Ram Supan

“Mahiyain talaga ako eh, pero “Matapang lang ang pupunta
ngayong Finals napasayaw ako “Hindi pa kami nakakapasok ng sa ganito. Maglakad ka pa lang
at nakunan sa screen!” Araneta, nakikipaglaban na kami sa crowd na puro Ginebra fans,
Krizzialyn Morales
“May nakaaway ako sa isang sa pila. Lagi kaming binu-boo, pero buwis-buhay na eh.”
game at tinuloy namin yung laban!”
away sa labas ng Araneta...dun
kami nag-dance showdown!

Richard Barba Dina Aquino John Kristian Yabut
“Madalas ako manood ng PBA basta “Nagpapagawa ako ng T-shirts para “Nakipagpustahan ako sa kapitbahay
Ginebra ang may laban. Nung buzzer sa kapwa Meralco Bolts fans ko. namin na Ginebra fan. Friendly game
beater ni Japeth Aguilar sa semis Naging supplier na nila ako.” lang...nanalo ako ng P5,000 nun.”
laban sa San Miguel, nagsayaw talaga
ako nang todo hangga’t makunan sa
screen.”
Edna Padiernos
“Hindi ko alam
kung paano
ko pa pwedeng
sabihin na
solid Ginebra
fan ako—ito,
nagpa-tattoo
ako sa calf ng
mukha ni Robert
Jaworski!”
Tenten
“Allen Durham is like the Black
Mamba. He’s so good! But just
sitting among the intense Filipino
crowd was awesome already.
They’re very energetic!”

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“Kapit” is available on Spotify.
If you see Mayumi Gomez at a bar and dare between Mayumi and the band. “I consider
approach her for some small talk, the easy Raimund my mentor,” says Mayumi.
icebreaker is this: ’90s OPM. “He wasn’t just a producer. He acted as a
She was a fan of the alternative rock bandmate, a friend, a coach. We were even
group Imago since it made an impression able to fine-tune Imago’s sound, retaining
in the music industry around that time what draws people into it and making it
until the early 2000s. So of course, Mayumi better.”
considers fronting the band a dream come We get why we’re into the band, alright.
true. But why we’re so into Mayumi [even
“I never thought in my wildest dreams more so now, actually] is not that hard
that I’d be able to do this,” she says. It was to explain, either. Apart from her kawaii
2013 when Mayumi first took on the role of features, Mayumi makes a mark with her
lead vocals. “I was among the followers of electric energy.
Imago, with Aia [de Leon] on vocals then. [I “When I’m on stage at gigs, I turn into
have] really big shoes to fill, but I’m confident another person,” she says. “It’s like, I have
my passion for music will give it justice.” an alter ego that comes out. My energy
While Mayumi is a natural songstress level is off the roof. You may have seen me
and writer, she appreciated it when others get shy and awkward during this shoot,
helped strengthen her bond with the rest but never at our gigs.”
of Imago. Raimund Marasigan [Sandwich, So now you know what the next best
Eraserheads] produced Imago’s comeback thing is to seeing Mayumi on our pages: it’s
album in 2014—Mayumi’s first ever—and, watching her electrify a crowd in the flesh.
in the process, acted as an essential conduit

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Gent
B e A
l Ad I es’ MAN
Edited by CECILE JUSI-BALTASAR

[email protected]

WHAT I
KNOW
ABOUT
WOM EN
Heart crusher
COnAn STEVEnS IS nOT rOMAnTIC, And WOMEn, APPArEnTLy, LOVE THAT
ABOUT HIM
For someone who looks like he could kill Stop with the fakery. Get smart the old-school way: by
you with his bare hands, Conan Stevens There are too many guys who sweet-talk reading books.
sure earns a lot of female attention. And their way into a relationship. It’s disgusting. If That’s another way to gain confidence. If
he has no idea why. someone doesn’t like you, maybe you need it’s too expensive to go to school, go to the
“That’s something I don’t understand,” to change yourself instead of lying about library, same as I did. I went to the library
he says. “I’ve found that most of the who you are. Don’t try to be the girl’s best and read every book on every successful
PHOTOGRAPHY NikO VillEGAs FOR FUJi FilM; iNTERViEW CECilE JUsi BAlTAsAR
major fans are middle-aged women who friend and wait until the girl’s drunk and then entrepreneur in Australia. I read all the
have kids and no husband. Maybe it’s an take advantage. I see that and I just punch books on real estate, the stock market, and
older generation thing.” the guy in the head. Don’t be a slime bag. investments. When my library ran out [of
It could also be a big-bad-guy thing. books I could read], I ordered books from
He was Vish’ka, the resident Enchanta- Be practical; do away with the flowers other libraries until I read every single book
speaking big rough guy on GMA’s and chocolates. in Australia.
Encantadia 2016 reboot. He was also I’m not romantic; I’m no good with any of
Gregore Clegane (a.k.a. The Mountain) in that stuff. Flowers are just a waste of time Make your connections outside of
Game of Thrones’ first season. and money. In many parts of the world, if you social media.
Off camera, Stevens—who was born give someone flowers, they’ll say, “What am I I see so many people spending too much
and raised in Australia—doesn’t drop his gonna do with these? Eat them? How about time and too much emotional energy on
rough persona. That’s really who he is. some money instead?” Providing a secure social media. They start arguing with people.
“Playing gentler characters is just a waste environment is better than sweets. There’s no What does it matter? They may just be doing
of time,” he says. “Where I’m at, I just need to show your gentle side. it to annoy you. Don’t feed the trolls. If it’s
need to specialize in one thing, which is your mother arguing with you, get involved,
Big Bad Guy.” Confidence is key. but don’t do it on social media. What you
Stevens—who often rubs elbows with Just be yourself. Clean up. Make yourself should do is to go outside, walk the streets,
other big guy Arnold Schwarzenegger in presentable. You don’t have to spend a lot and talk to someone. That’s better than
a California gym—doesn’t fake sweetness, of money. Just be confident about who you talking to someone you can’t see or touch.
GROOMiNG lYNETTE sUNGA
either, when it comes to women. “I act like are. That’s what matters most. People like
a man, maybe too much sometimes. But people who are confident. You don’t even If you don’t have enough money to
I’m honest and I believe I’m fair. At least I have to be attractive. Vish’ka isn’t attractive. have a good time, work harder.
try to be,” he says. But I’m getting a lot of fan mail from women I taught myself about computers, and then
Unknown to many, it’s Stevens’ [because of him]. got myself a job working computers at night.
dream to become a motivational speaker, I worked security at a pub
inspiring people to grow. And so he two nights a week, the rest
takes his first step by explaining to you, of the week on computers,
clueless men, how to be deserving of a I ran a business…I once
woman’s attention. Listen up. worked five jobs. Don’t say,
“Oh, my job doesn’t pay
that much. I can’t afford
to go on dates.” Then get
‘I’m not five jobs. That’s how to get
confidence.
romantIc; I’m Don’t settle for
no good wIth crudeness. Set high

standards.
any of that Some [fan] letters from

women get blocked
straightaway. If you can’t
stuff. flowers properly introduce yourself
and if you can’t do away
are just a with pretending to be
someone you’re not, I’m
waste of tIme not going to do anything
else with you. So start
and money with the introductions

and maybe we can get to
fourth base straight off.

Gent
d a t i n g
The date Money in tHe Bank

Obviously, you should be taking
Fully CHarged and
Fully loaded
check
some cash or a credit card to CellpHone
treat your lady friend. If she If you’re bringing a car then by
offers to pay, then so be it. But all means bring those hideous
never, ever, go out without any battery packs and chargers.
money on you. Calculate how But if you’re hitting an Uber
Do you have everything you much you need for food, cab or a GrabTaxi to pick up your
neeD for tonight? fare, movie, a quick round of date, lugging around cables
Overwatch at the net café, that and chargers may not make a
fattening frappucino; anything good impression. A neat man is
you may want to do to impress always more visually appreciated
your date. by the female species. If she
What never works: A wallet herself has her own pink or
Going out on a date? Good for with a Velcro lock, a money clip bedazzled battery pack, then by
you. If you have the bloated that’s falling apart, or a wallet all means release the cables
overconfidence of Teddy Boy overflowing with cards and and communicate as cyborgs
Locsin, then you should be receipts. Nobody wants to see should do. (At least, pack your
fine. But if you’re a normal an odd bulk in the front or back cables in neat coils.)
man and not some egotistical of your pants. What never works: Changing
maniac, then you may need a Take it one step further: Tuck your dinner destination to an
few things to make sure that away a P500 bill in a corner of easy-to-find fast food place
your date is not only pleasant, your wallet as your safety net. midway because your battery is
but ends with a potential too weak for Waze to find that
second one. So before romantic restaurant you made
stepping out the door, make reservations at.
sure to tick all the items on Take it one step further:
this checklist. Always charge your phone
before you leave the house at
100 percent. Not just halfway.
Minty FresH HandkerCHieF proteCtion

BreatH Seems that not a lot of people We’re not encouraging you to
You’ll be chatting it up the whole today understand the simple go out and conquer Mt. Everest
night with your date. So for the and romantic love tool that is on the first try. But you do have
love of mankind…floss, scrape the handkerchief. Your date has to realize that some women
your tongue, brush your teeth, the sniffles? Offer your hanky. are more liberal nowadays. And
and rinse with mouthwash. Got some steak sauce splatter you owe it to her to be safe
What never works: That damage on her skirt or blouse? and clean. That means having a
‘breathe into your cupped hands’ Recommend she pats it away condom at the ready.
routine. The result of this ‘test’ is with your hanky with a bit of What never works: Revealing
often affected by how clean or baby powder to seep up the oil. this piece of information to your
filthy your hands may be. Instead, What never works: A dirty date. If the rubber ever pops out
lick the back of your hand and hanky. Don’t expose your booger of your pocket into her field of
smell. If you sense even a teeny and sipon that you’ve been vision, your sight will suddenly
weeny bit of rancid aroma, that’s collecting all week. Clean hanky, turn black and blue.
not cool. Bring a handful of mints clean image. Take it one step further:
or chewing gum. Take it one step further: Keep it secret, keep it safe,
Take it one step further: Get WORDS Spray a little whiff of weak keep it in your pants.
a dental prophylaxis (a.k.a. your JosepH kerr cologne on it. It’ll smell
teeth cleaned by a dentist) every ILLUSTRATIONS awesome and give her the
six months. Your mother knew louis arenas impression that you’re a classy
what she was talking about. son of a bitch.

Sex DO S S IER
“Gwen,” I said.
“Should I call you tita?”
“What?” I snapped. He laughed.
“James calls you tita , so I thought I should, too,” he said with a smirk.
The Big 3-Oh I rolled my eyes at him. “Kids these days don’t have any manners,” I
said coolly, putting my sunglasses on.
“I’m just teasing. You were looking lonely so I thought I’d say hi,” he
A looming birthdAy AwAkens said, plopping down on the bleachers beside me.
“Ian, stop hitting on my tita , you douche!” I heard James bellow
one womAn’s cougAr instincts from across the field.
“I can’t help it!” Ian hollered back. He turned to me and winked,
“She’s so hot.”
My hotel room
Sunday, 11:00 p.m.
I’ve got to hand it to my sister—she makes chaperoning seem less like a

chore. She booked me a luxurious suite in the same hotel as the boys,
and I was enjoying a glass of champagne in a bubble bath, after a long
day of babysitting (er, watching James’s games), shopping, and having
dinner with friends.
I played the weekend over in my head, and Ian’s face kept flashing
through my mind. He kept talking to me every chance he got, and it
became a joke among his teammates. They kept saying he should start
calling James “tito.” Good god. And you can imagine how much James
loved that.
Ian really was terribly good-looking, with this cool-kid vibe kind of
reminiscent of ’80s Rob Lowe. He would try to put his arm around me
as a joke, or whisper that he’d always wanted to be with a hot older
woman. I kept pushing him away, pretending I was annoyed, when,
truthfully, I was flattered. Maybe it had something to do with turning the
big 3-0. “He’s only 19,” I had to keep reminding myself.
But now, I could do whatever I wanted to do to him, in the safety of
my imagination. I thought about Ian’s delicious body and started playing
with myself. I was just getting a rhythm when I heard the doorbell ring.
PHOTOGRAPHY: KEVIN CAYUCA
I reluctantly put on a robe and, through the peephole, saw that the
object of my fantasy was standing right outside my door.
“Aren’t you supposed to be partying?” I asked as I opened the door.
“I said I had a headache.”
“What do you want, Ian?” I pressed, a bored expression on my face.
“You,” he replied, striding in and pulling me into a kiss, closing the
door behind him.
I pushed him away. “Jesus, Ian, all that shit was just a joke!” I
exclaimed, trying to convince myself, too.
He ignored me as he took off his shirt. “Was it?” he asked, standing
there looking hot as fuck. He pulled me closer and started kissing my
neck, working his way down my chest.
“Okay wait, if we’re going to do this, no one, and I mean no one, can
know,” I said, my defenses melting.
Gwen Gregorio, 29 He stopped kissing me. “Do you think I’m some kind of idiot?
James would beat me up if he finds out!”
“And we only do this one time,” I said firmly.
Hong Kong “One time. Deal,” he said hurriedly, opening up my robe and
Friday, 9 a.m. stopping to admire my tits. “Although those boobs alone can make me
obsessed with you.”
So there I was, depressed about being on the verge of 30, and my “Shut up,” I said, blushing. He let my robe fall to the floor, knelt
40-year-old sister decided to send me to Hong Kong, all expenses down, and started clumsily licking my pussy. “Young man,” I told him,
paid, “as a birthday present.” Of course it was just her way to keep tabs “you have a lot to learn.”
on her unico hijo, James, an 18-year-old rugby player competing at an I led him to the bedroom, took his pants off and gave him a
international tournament. blowjob honed by years of experience. He came almost instantly, and I
I had daydreams of shopping and stuffing myself with xiao long swallowed everything, not a drop wasted.
bao, but instead I was on a field, watching a bunch of little boys run “How’d you do that?” he asked, almost incoherently.
around. Okay, maybe they’re not so little—most of them look like full- “Practice,” I smiled, although I was somewhat disappointed that that
grown men, but they’re all still barely legal. was it.
I was staring off into space at the end of their first game (they won. But what he lacked in experience and the inability to keep his
I think?) when I registered someone standing in front of me, saying, excitement in check, he made up for with virility and an eagerness to
“Hey.” I looked up to see a set of abs, a well-defined chest, and the please. In a matter of minutes he was good to go again, and he lasted
lightest brown eyes reflecting the morning sun. long enough to actually make it inside me. We fucked three times,
“Hey,” I said casually, but I wanted to yell at him to put a shirt on—I before he headed back to his room, his teammates still out partying.
was starting to think inappropriate thoughts. I went to sleep in my sumptuous king-size bed, exhausted. Maybe
“I’m Ian,” he said. 30 wasn’t going to be so bad after all.

Basketball is a spectator sport. Problem is, with
PBA courtside reporters Mara Aqu ino and Rizza Diaz
A
competing for your attention, it’s just so damn hard
to focus. So to hell with the game
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EYES ON THE
PRIZE The diminutive darling is more than ready
for the big league
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missed layup from point-blank range by Japeth Aguilar and Scottie Thompson playing bigger
Meralco Bolts import Allen Durham set than was required of them. The losing team wasn’t half-
the stage for arguably one of, if not the bad either; Meralco paraded a ragtag crew that mustered
greatest, moments in PBA history. enough talent to push the eventual champions to six
Almost ironically, while the grueling games.
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel huddled Revealing that radio was actually her first love
for its final play, members of the (“Madaldal kasi ako; gusto kong mag-DJ.”), it came
league’s biggest fan base collectively as a surprise that she ended up making a name in
held their lit phones up, as if letting the sportscasting. Having just one television set at home,
players know that “We’re here!” young Rizza had limited viewing options, which meant
Everybody held their breath as watching basketball every afternoon and boxing on
Ginebra reinforcement Justin Brownlee Sundays with her father. The family recreation turned
received the deciding inbound pass. into a full-fledged passion, which got her deeply involved
Pandemonium almost blew the roof off the Smart Araneta with sports than most men. Soon came her break as UAAP
Coliseum when the hoisted leather swished through the courtside reporter for the National University, followed by
net—more importantly, at the buzzer. stints in the NCAA, then the PBA D-League, and alas, her
The final score: 90-87. The headline: the Barangay entry to the big league.
finally ending an eight-year curse that has reduced the Much like her career as a sportscaster, Rizza’s love
most popular team in the PBA into mere swamp cabbage. affair with FHM can be described as a careful progression.
What better perspective to revel in those priceless Two years ago, she debuted as one of our Summer Hotties
scenes than that of courtside reporters, like one-half of for the March issue, which she admits allowed her to
this month’s covergirls, Rizza Diaz. break free from the nene perception. She was also part of
“Now it brings me to tears pag iniisip ko yun, kasi ang the special 2014 FHM Ladies’ Confessions Celebrity Diaries
ganda-ganda ng moment na yun,” tells Rizza, who was right Vol. 8. Before returning as March 2015’s Idol, Rizza had
there on the sidelines when the game-winner went in and the the privilege to be included in the pages of FHM Singapore
celebration ensued. “I’m just grateful that I was right there, earlier that year.
and I witnessed it for myself, as a basketball fan.” Now, she has made it in front of the magazine.
It isn’t uncommon for her eyes to well up easily, as Career-wise, what could be compared to her landing
she’s the type that gets moved with compelling sports the cover of FHM is Rizza becoming a basketball
storylines. And aside from Brownlee’s heroics, Rizza had anchorwoman.
plenty of reasons to turn emotional during this particular “Calling the games, maybe I could pursue that because
series: Ginebra coach Tim Cone getting “kilig” with his I understand the game right down to the play-by-play.”
19th championship. The Fast and the Furious redux.
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Don’t get her wrong, though: she

recognizes the limits of her basketball acumen.
That is why another thing she would like to
do, rather than join coaches dish out in-depth
analyses, is chase human interest stories.
“Stories that fans watching at home don’t get
to see and I have access to. Insider talk with
the players, the dugouts, the action. Maybe I
could also do writing in the near future.”
Rizza firmly believes that sportscasting is
a good venue for her to tell tales of a bigger
purpose, convey lessons applicable both in
basketball and life, and provide inspiration to
others. And if one thinks being entrenched
in a male-dominated sport has in any way
distracted her, especially that she is currently
single, there’s a reason she is now on her
fourth year in the PBA.
“You can ask them, the players themselves,
when they see me, I’m viewed as someone who
is really there for work, just with my folder
and pen,” Rizza shares, adding that she had
been called out a couple of times for being too serious.
“Because I treat courtside reporting as a profession.” (And
listening to her express earnestness in what she’s doing,
we’re more than convinced.)
At the end of the day, though, there are still some who
can’t take a hint and have the audacity to hit on her, albeit
in a subtle manner. And Rizza feels that it isn’t just about
her killer looks and petite frame.
“I’d like to think it’s more of the personality. I think
it turns them on that I know my stuff, especially when it
comes to basketball, I’m serious about it. [In terms of my
career,] I’ve worked my way up and that says a lot about
how much of a goal-getter I am.”
After all, who wouldn’t want a girl who could
simply lounge around with you while watching games,
exchanging two cents on what’s happening on the court,
and talking trash when it’s your rival teams that are
squaring off?

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hoops from a stunner?
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W hat if you were totally ignorant

at basketball?
As in zero. No working
knowledge at all. No passion
for it. Completely on the losing
end. Nothing.
How do you explain
yourself? You can’t. Even if
the rest of the country—or at least that slice of it
that call themselves Barangay Ginebra—rise up in
rapture with all-caps status updates, #NSD, and
bootleg Facebook recordings of Brownlee’s buzzer-
beating shot from downtown, you feel nothing. So,
to humor them, you might have probably posted
something like this:
Game 6 was hype #ballislife
You come across as the lone brave voice. Also

betraying complete arrogance and ineptitude.
Barangay Ginebra will surely be hunting you down
right now to join the extrajudicial death toll as a
bangkay sa kangkungan. But who cares, right? It
felt cool saying it.
Wrong. If a woman like Mara Aquino cared, ‘I really love it here and I’d like to stay longer.’ So I gave
would you care? The hell you should! up my clients and didn’t even go back to Canada until six
There are few qualified, more interesting persons to years later.”
learn the game from than a PBA courtside reporter. But Settling here, she soon met an agent who told her to
how would she take you from being totally uninvested in audition as a VJ. “I thought it was ‘music VJ’ and it ended
her work and passion? As if initiating conversation with a up being sports! But I didn’t want to back down from
beautiful and smart woman wasn’t tough enough already. something I’d be totally new to, I didn’t want to say, ‘No,
Luckily for us, catching up is something Mara Aquino wait I can’t do that.’ To me, if an opportunity is presented
is intimately familiar with. The energetic courtside to you, you take it and you can always learn later.”
reporter’s story actually begins in the faraway city of That opportunity turned out to be ‘Moneyball’–a real-
Toronto, Canada. time interactive app-based game show during halftime,
“I grew up in Canada and we represented hockey. I where viewers race to send in the correct answers first to
was actually a knee brace specialist for a hospital there. win a cash prize. “I’ve been doing it for about two years
I worked with injured athletes and just started financial now [since 2014] and that’s how I started with PBA.
planning too. When I got to the Philippines [in 2010], it That was my very first stint until they promoted me to
was only supposed to be for two months. Then I thought, courtside reporter.”

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Mara’s on-screen responsibility now also includes PBA Yes, Mara is single right now. No, she does not go for
Rush on Cignal, a 24/7 feed of classic PBA games from the the players. Nor is she going for anyone in general. It’s
‘80s and ‘90s. From almost total outsider to front of PBA currently me-time for her.
knowledge in six years, it can be done. “If you really want “I feel like most of my years here I’ve shared it with
to learn something, you can catch up and you can learn somebody. I’m really focused when I have a boyfriend. I
if you have the interest. I started with NCAA and used think now, I want to focus on myself, without having to
to stay up until three in the morning researching on the consider another person’s needs. It’s nice to have somebody
teams.” but it’s time to listen to my own voice. You know, living in
So how would Mara explain Game 6 to you if she found Canada made me think of the regular 9-to-5 job. Being a
out you were a b-ball troglodyte? courtside reporter wasn’t in my mind before. But I feel like
“Game 6 was phenomenal. Every time you watch a when you take a big risk you also get great results. And
Ginebra game you would get carried away with the aura, that’s exactly what happened. I found out that when you
the atmosphere, and the fans. They were behind in the get out of your comfort zone you really find a lot about
first half and it looked like Meralco was going to win. yourself.”
[Halftime] Sonny Jaworski went into the dugout and Mara also shows that it’s still possible to go for
had a pep talk with them, and Ginebra came out with a versatility despite ball being life.
different face–para silang nag-ibang anyo. They got more “I’m injured but I’m starting to train martial arts
aggressive, it was a different intensity and the crowd again–I’m learning arnis. [Martial arts] is a passion I had
felt it. And at one point the crowd brought out their when I was younger and I actually thought I was going to
cellphones, turning on their flashlights, and it’s the first be an action star. I wanted to be one of those girls who can
time I’ve ever seen that in any game at all. Everyone was kick high in the air and do the stunts.”
all together and you can really feel the energy. I was in the Does she ever stop to think that maybe she is turning
studio, in Radyo Sinko that day calling the games. I wish I into too much of a boy? “Oh not at all, I’m very girly.
was there to witness it all!” Basketball isn’t just for boys now, it’s for families–and
How would she compare Game 6 to Game 1 (because also for girls! I get a lot of messages now from females
we’re hoping this won’t be the last) of her FHM wanting to be courtside reporters. So there’s a lot more
appearance? interest in that as well and that’s motivating. I can’t play,
“Actually, when I did my first pose I was shaking inside I’m not athletic in that sense, ha ha! But it’s really fun
and I felt like I was going to vomit a little bit just because I when people start talking about the PBA, and I’m there,
wasn’t used to it! I was very conscious with the way I was with no makeup, flats on, people don’t really recognize
smiling, standing, my fingers, even my shoulders! This is me, and I butt in and start saying my knowledge and
a whole new level. magugulat sila and I’m like, ‘Yeah, you think you’re an
And you’re probably waiting for us to confirm her status. expert?’ Ha ha!” FH M

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A b u f f e r-f r e e o rAl h i sto ry o f o u r li f e o n li n e th u s

fAr—An d eve n g o i n g bAc k to th e m o r e bAs i c Ag e
b e f o r e t h At — f o r to dAy ’ s fAst e r , d e m A n d i n g , n e v e r -
d i s c o n n e ct g e n e r At i o n
64
That’s how fast our Internet was in
early adopters 1995. Doing the math, it’s equivalent
to .065 mbps. To appreciate this,
the average size of a song on .mp3
is about 4MB. If you download the
song on your phone—assuming
you still download, since everyone
streams now—it’ll take you maybe
10 seconds to get it. Doing the same
thing in 1995—that’ll be in .wav, not
BENJAMIN TAN .mp3—will take you a day and a half.
What he does now: And that’s being generous. We’re not
research and development even talking about getting the song
consultant at globe. into a smart phone, because there
kbps.
What he did in the early was none yet.
days of our Internet: the But that’s not the real story.
guy who brought us online The real story is that the 64kbps
by turning on that hunk of a link was shared by all users of the
cisco router in ’94. Internet back in the day.
Today, the average Internet speed
in the Philippines is 4.3 mbps—per
person. And we're slow. But hey, 64
kbps?! Unreal!
1990-1994
FERNANDO
CONTRERAS, JR.
What he does now: The dawn of— but not yet—
President and ceo of
teravibe.com inc, doing
outsourcing and creative
the Internet. Or…how crude
development
What he did in the early can you get?!
days of the Internet:
Put up one of the first
internet service Providers BBS, ARCHAIC MODEMS, ONE AT A TIME!
(isP) in the country, iphil Fernando Contreras, Jr: Back then, computer communication
communications was for hobbyists. Magpapa-import ka ng modems, and you do
peer-to-peer. This was the age of the RBBS—Remote Bulletin
Board System—may computer ako sa bahay, kakabitan ko ng
modem, may isa akong telepono, anyone can dial in—pero one at
a time! You can post to a news group, share software. We talked
about the same things people do now—culture, politics, etc.
Benjamin Tan: The Apple BBS group I was in, other than
sharing a desire to maximize our Apples, were a mixed group
MIGUEL PARAZ of those who worked in the computer business and some non-
What he does now: A computer professionals—doctors, engineers, finance folks. Were
programmer in melbourne, we uber geeks? No. I guess it’s like if you go to Banaue, you
Australia. don’t expect everyone there to be a hardcore nut.
What he did in the early Contreras, Jr.: There were eyeballs. Ang dala ng lahat—
days of our Internet: diskette! Diskette swapping was very big. We would swap basic
co-founder of iphil
communications
What was the business plan

The when you set up shop in
Robinsons Galleria in ’97?
AZRAEL COLADILLA Internet we set up cybercafe in
robinsons galleria with one
What he does now:
blogging. café circa goal–to provide everyone a
place where they can go to surf
What he did in the early
days of our Internet: got
1997 the web. then, not everyone
had access to the net because
on with all that the internet dominic riverA,
they had yet to have computers
made possible: from chatting owner of
at home.
to e-groups to developing cybercAfe, tAlks
How many computers did
websites to blogging to About setting uP
you have?
making money online. shoP
Comnet—part programmer, part
networking guy, also doing PC
assembly work, because nobody
specialized then—that sold Cisco
equipment, which was our first
link to the Internet in ’94. So the
story goes of how I linked us to
the Internet by turning on that
Cisco router just in time for a tech
conference in Cebu.
Azrael Coladilla: This is where I
come in. I was still in elementary
in UST when my fellow geek
classmates heard a rumor that there
was a computer with an Internet
connection (and video games!) at the
tools, like programs to create ASCII art—you know, you arrange rooftop of the UST Main Building.
characters like letters and numbers to create, say, a Christmas We tried to sneak inside the building
tree, that kind of art! many times, trying to get past
Tan: My group would meet once a month in one of the villages the security guards. It was like a
in Makati. We tried to keep things going with a newsletter—a Goonies mission! The mission was
real paper newsletter! a failure. Turned out there was no
Contreras, Jr: Most of the BBS began at 8 p.m. and ended at Internet, just an electronic library
6 a.m. because we were using our phones sa bahay. It was like where you can browse and read
Citizens Band. Remember, having a telephone back then was not digital files.
that easy—either mayaman ka or matagal na kayong nag-apply Tan: Back then the project took a
ng linya. while to happen because the question
Tan: To have a modem was an investment. Actually, it wasn’t was: Who’s going to use it? Also,
even the expense, the problem was if you could even get one what would they be used for and
here. In Greenhills, the demand wasn’t that high so they didn’t how often? When the students of
sell much of it. This was the era of Virra Mall-bought Taiwan- the universities—Ateneo, La Salle,
made PC/XT boards. UP, and the University of San Carlos
Contreras, Jr: Computers were also pretty expensive back then, in Cebu—finally got connected,
maybe about P100,000 in today’s price. it opened their eyes to the
Tan: The BBS looked like DOS. Character-based, 24 lines down, possibilities of the Internet.
80 characters across, stripped of all color. Speeds were slower, Who would use it and
but the files were simpler. If I got a dial tone to the gateway, what for, and how
fine. If no, then someone else was using it, so I would have to try often? They turned out
again in a couple of hours. No problem—the world wasn’t going to be dumb questions.
to drop on me. Miguel Paraz: So Jr
Contreras, Jr: Do you know who had the most advanced setup Contreras and I were
in the early BBS days? Eduardo Manalo. Yes, him of the INC. COLADILLA “the techies”. We met,
Why? Because they had a trunkline—marami silang telepono! So either in a class or
pwedeng multiple users ang gumamit. at the computer labs,
sometime in 1992. In
OUR INTERNET WAS A GOVERNMENT PROJECT 1994, we got the AdMU
Tan: It was called the PHnet project. It was a DOST initiative Internet access, which
and the idea was to connect schools. Back then, the Internet was shared with universities
was largely for academic purposes. Actually we already had across the entire country and with
Internet in the early ‘90s—the US bases had them for military Mozcom [one of the first ISPs]. We
intelligence. But if you mean large-scale Internet access in the thought, we could do better than
country, it was still just in the books. I was then working for this, and put up our own ISP.
we initially had eight the computers? greenhills and Poveda. i also

computers. technically you unfortunately that was what i got startups using our services.
can have that on a network could afford. otherwise, the next there was really no problem
connected to the internet.the option would be for me to lease with marketing because
problem was linking my shop to a line from the big telcos and pay curiosity led people to use our
the internet provider. between P30,000 to P50,000 services.
Do you use a regular dial up a month. How did the venture end?
and share the slow Internet Who were your customers? the main issue since i opened
connection that runs i got a good number of and until i closed was how we
through the modem to all students from la salle could provide good speed for
the stuff that people would
want to do while they were
online.
the eraserheads first dove into the net
when they downloaded the jellyfish image
for their 1995 album cutterpillow
Contreras, Jr.: Email was a miracle!
1995-2002 In fact, between ’94-’95 when I was
setting up Internet connection
We connect. Email was a miracle! for companies, they were saying,
“Aanhin ko yan?” I told them, here’s
your calling card right now—you
have your phone, fax, and telex
THE BOOM YEARS numbers there—soon you will also
Contreras, Jr: 1995 was a boom year. Computer communication have your email address there as
went from hobbyist to schools to corporations to everyone. One well.” When email did begin to
big factor was bumaba na ang presyo ng computers, so more flourish, nag-iba na ang kwento.
households had one. Also, it was also the telecom boom years. Tan: In the import/export business,
With new players other than PLDT, pwede ka nang magkaroon the pitch was: “How much is your
ng phone at your request. And that meant Internet access. international fax costing you?
Paraz: Jr. and I started with a 64 kilobit per second link to the What if for, say, P8,000, you get a
US through a local telco and a foreign telco/ISP—this was before dedicated dial-up to your number.
telcos were wholesaling Internet access. I got busy with running Check if your supplier has Internet,
servers we built ourselves, customized open source programs para pa-email-email na lang kayo.”
and wrote our own software—our competitive advantage. Coladilla: During that first month
Contreras, Jr.: Our post-paid plan was about P1900/month. Pero of using the Internet, I was amazed
may limit yun to a certain number of hours per month. It was a at the flow of information. I used the
boom year for ISPs as well. At its peak, there were about 300 ISPs Internet to browse for information
in the country. But it wasn’t cheap to run an ISP. It cost us 22,000/ about the things I love—Dragon
month—in US dollars!—to connect to our main pipeline in the US Ball Z, Voltes V, Mazinger Z, Masked
through a local telco. Rider Black, and many more! I
Tan: When the ISPs were it, it was like litsong manok when it learned how to save images, videos,
was a fad then or the water refilling stations we have now— animated GIFs, WAV music and
there was a demand for it. Computers were also selling fast MIDI. I was addicted that time, me
because of the new kid on the block: Internet connection. The and some friends who I met inside
other telecom players were selling phones faster than the computer shop got addicted to
the big boys. save all those content. It was a time
that we tried to save the internet on
EVERYBODY’S GETTING IN a 1/44 MB floppy disk!
Coladilla: In 1997, I was in 2nd year college Contreras, Jr.: Pictures? Graphics?
when I learned that there was Internet at this Titipirin mo! I remember the
computer shop inside the Orient Pearl Shopping University websites only had their
Arcade in Recto. They had 10 PCs. I asked the logos as graphics. Music? Download
computer shop owner to teach me how to use the mo ngayon, bukas mo na makukuha.
Internet, how to use the web browser, use Yahoo! Tan: Look, we had a 64kbps
to search and visit websites, and learn how to save connection—that every user shared.
photos on 3 1/2 inch floppy disks. I was afraid to And no one complained.
use email that time, because I was afraid that Contreras, Jr.: Our Internet speeds
a stranger might email me. It took me two now are 4.3 mbps on average—for
months to finally get my own address at TAN each user.
Yahoo!
Speed kings S o u t h K o re a 2 7. 0
the toP 10 AverAge Norway 2 0.1

connection sPeed
by country Hong Kong 19.5
Sweden 18.8
Philippines Switzerland 18.3

4. 3
F i n l a n d 17. 6
b ut at least
w ere better L a t v i a 17. 5
off than. . .
S i n g a p o re 17. 2
J a p a n 17. 1
Yemen
.7 (Mbps) I c e l a n d 17. 0
source: Akamai state of the internet 2016 Q2

BUT WAIT—THERE’S MORE! so dependent sila sa mga telcos. Initially
Coladilla: Also in 1997, I learned they were partners, then ended up
how to use the mIRC chat. It was being competitors. Here, you need a
fun, very addicting, I became a congressional franchise to roll out
chat admin operator in one of the infrastructure. In the US, to apply for a PARAZ
channels in #UNDERNET. It was telco license, all you need is a permit.
the first social networking for me— Tan: You just couldn’t survive just on
you chat with strangers, then meet dial-up service anymore. You either did
them after school. I finally got to something that was net-related, like put up a site,
use my email address to send letters, or close shop. I wish more of the early ISPs had expanded into
photos and also chat more while other areas of the Internet. Because the ISPs felt the pulse of
out of mIRC. Then in 1998, Yahoo! the business because everyone online had to go through their
Messenger was launched and we service. They should have gone into making content early on.
moved out of mIRC.
Tan: By then, laptops already had
modem ports. So why not sign up
with an ISP? What happened was, 2003-Present
the students who first used the
Internet at the universities had
graduated, and they took their Because you use the Internet like
Internet with then. The idea of
“working from home” now made
sense—at least you could get your water—shut the damn Youtube
email done.
Coladilla: Still in ’97, the people
I hung out with at the computer if you’re not watching, you’re
shop in Recto formed a rock band. I
made a website for them using free
web hosting sites like tripod.com, wasting bandwidth
angelfire.com, and geocities.com.
I used the Netscape Web Composer Contreras, Jr: Ang Internet ngayon parang poso ng tubig—
software bundled with the Netscape anytime tutulo yun. In fact, many of the kids these days, ang
Navigator. In 1999, I launched a tawag sa Internet, Wi-Fi. Hindi Internet yun, Wi-Fi ang endpoint
small shopping site selling toys and mo. They take their Internet for granted. For example, yung
comics. Customers would contact sense of bandwidth—you see people click on YouTube, then
us via email, beeper, and landline they put their phone down, leaving it streaming. I’m thinking,
phone. It was online until 2002. “sayang yung bandwidth. Di ka naman nanonood, i-off mo. Para
Also in ’99, I created my own email kang nagsasayang ng tubig sa gripo. Turn it off, so that others
newsletter using Yahoo! Groups. I can use the bandwidth.
had 1,000+ subscribers who received Paraz: Back in the ‘90s, I didn’t expect always-on, mobile
news from me about toys, comics, Internet. But, from 2002 to 2014, I was working mostly in the
anime, events and pop culture. mobile space and kept up-to-date with the evolving version of
the Internet. Still, I’m unhappy about the poor state of Internet
THE FALL OF THE ISPS speed and coverage in the Philippines, since it seems like there
Paraz: The fall of the ISPs was a has been no progress since the time we helped turn it on.
global phenomenon, as the big telcos However, it brought about some interesting effects, like the
took over and became wholesale social media around today’s politics, which is enabled by free
and residential Internet providers. mobile access. Mobile Internet access is another area where
No more space for independents. only telcos can play, though there was a time in the early 2000s
Globe launched their own service in where it was very lucrative for third-party mobile content
1995, around the same time as IPhil, providers serving paid content—though that wasn’t the Internet.
but started as a dialup provider. Tan: The Internet now is like an extension of media. Back
PLDT took a more roundabout then, it was mainly a central storehouse of information that
route—1995, Sequel.net, a US was communal in nature—remember that the Internet is here
company came in, also in 1995, and because some physicist in CERN, Switzerland had done research
announced that they offered an E1 that some other physicists in other countries were working on,
(2048 Kilobits per second) which was and it made sense to share this information. I hope that sense of
far bigger than what anyone else helping each other out is not lost.
had. PLDT acquired them some time Contreras, Jr.: We also talk about our Internet being slow.
later. Broadband Internet using cable Pumunta ka sa BPO. Mabagal ba ang Internet doon? No.
TV and DSL needed tight integration Because they have infrastructure set up. It’s with the
with the telcos and were not open to commons—us—that Internet is slow. I suggest we free
the traditional ISPs. the chokepoints between the end-user and the telcos by
Contreras, Jr.: By 1997, ISPs started setting up more infrastructure, because past the telcos
to dwindle in number. By the early there really is a wide space to move. Also, I suggest we
2000s, the big telcos began to create more local content, para mas mabilis ang access.
bundle Internet connection to their Coladilla: As for me, this is my 13th year of blogging—
service. Our law prevents Azrael’s Merryland. I’ve used the same platform,
ISPs from setting up the blogger.com, since I first started in 2003. It’s
needed infrastructure, making me money as well. FH M
CONTRERAS JR.
FRIED
PERFE Never agaiN serve sad, soggy
fried chickeN oN poker Night

TO words: Cecile Jusi-Baltasar
photography: Jonathan Baldonado
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FRyING wISDom #1
FRyINg sOMETHINg Is ONE OF
THE MOsT uNDEREsTIMaTED
aCTIvITIEs IN THE kITCHEN. “I nve sT I n a
What could be so complicated about it, you ask, along with
thousands of other pinoy males. Th e Rm OmeTe R .
you put some oil in a random pan.
apply heat using either electricity or gas.
FO O D FR I eD
toss raw food in said pan.
Wait until food is brown.
eat.
aT c e RTa I n
Unfortunately, amateur cook, it’s not that simple. in the first
place, you got dteps one and two mixed up. the fat will heat up
Te mPe R aT uR e s —
faster if you put it in an already hot pan or pot.
“Most accidents occur when you do not understand the science
of frying,” says allen Buhay, the chef behind Wildflour café +
3 50 -3 75
Bakery’s mouth-watering offerings.
first, you must learn what happens when you fry something.
chef allen explains: “frying with hot oil is basically dehydrating
D e g Re e s —
liquid from the things that you are frying. the bubbles coming out of
the fryer are water molecules that evaporate. they convert to gas u s ua lly c Ome
molecules that float. if you keep food in the fryer long enough, the
bubbles will disappear, which means all liquid has been evaporated
from it.” and that means you are done frying.
Ou T b e sT a nD
le s s g Reasy,”
Not knowing this, sometimes people take out their food from the
fryer before the liquid is completely dehydrated from it. that results
in fried food not being completely crispy—or cooked.
the other thing that many people don’t recognize is the
importance of temperature in frying. “frying while the oil is still cold is
one of the biggest mistakes people make [while cooking],” says chef
says c h e F a lle n.
allen. “all that will do is make cooking time longer; it will also make
your food greasy and soggy.” that’s why it’s wise to invest not only in
good-quality pots and pans but also in a kitchen thermometer. We’ll
share the ideal cooking temperature with you in a bit.
another reason that fried food doesn’t come out looking
and tasting like the real thing (you know, like in fast food tv
commercials) is that the food is cooked while it is still wet from the
freezer. remember this: damp raw food never becomes crispy fried
food. Before prepping your food for frying, pat it down with paper
towels to dry it.
Now that we’ve established your frying mistakes, let us enlighten
you on the right way to do it. start the fire now!
PRITO FOOD #1
Crispy fried ChiCken
INGREDIENTS the mixture for at least two
six pieces chicken hours.
Two Tbsp calamansi 2. When chicken is ready,
Three Tbsp soy sauce combine all the other
five egg whites
One cup vegetable oil
ingredients except the
cornstarch. Coat each
Quick Use a great brine.
Brine (salty water) penetrates
One tsp garlic powder
Two cups cornstarch
chicken piece with the
mixture. Let sit for 30
chicken the batter around the chicken
pieces and keeps the meat
salt and pepper, to taste minutes to an hour.
3. drain excess oil, then coat
frying moist and tender during the
cooking process. for every
RECIPE
1. Mix calamansi and soy
each piece with cornstarch.
4. deep-fry in a deep pot
tips gallon of water, add around
¾ cup salt. you may add an
sauce. Marinate chicken in at 375 degrees for 6 to 8 equal amount of sugar if you
minutes. like browned chicken skin.
garlic, pepper, bay leaves, beer,

are good flavors, too—add Do the velveting Don’t crowD the pan. let frieD chicken cool on
whatever you think will make techniqUe. piling the chicken pieces into a wire rack, not in paper
your fried chicken forget- Borrowing from chinese the pan until there’s more towels.
your-name delicious. Let your cooking, velveting your chicken chicken than oil is a bad idea. taking out extra fat with paper
chicken pieces sit in the brine means coating it in a mixture this will cool the oil, making towels is a noble effort, but it won’t
for at least an hour in the of egg white, cornstarch, and cooking time longer, and give you crispy chicken. paper towels
refrigerator before frying. a little oil. the mixture locks in ultimately turning your fried will cause the chicken to steam,
the natural juices and flavor of chicken greasy. kissing crispiness goodbye. if you
the chicken, making it perfect don’t want the added fat, leave the
for pulutan. egg whites are also chicken on a rack to cool and just
natural meat tenderizers. wait for the fat to drip.

Chef Allen’s
How do
you fry?
personAl
potAto Chips
reCipe
INGREDIENTS
fresh potatoes
oil
SautÉ
cooking food quickly in little fat over medium-high heat,
sea salt stirring rarely
what sautéing does: Browns food quickly, keeping
tenderness inside the pieces
RECIPE why sauté? since the food you usually sauté is
1. Clean your potatoes naturally tender, they don’t need a long cooking time.
until all the dirt is giving them a quick run on your pan cooks them while
gone. keeping the juices inside.
2. shave really thin with
a mandolin. then soak
and rinse in running
S t ir- f ry
tossing food in a lightly oiled wok over high heat
water until all the what stir-frying does: all the food is equally cooked
starch (the white stuff) quickly, and at the same time
is gone and the water why stir-fry? dumping all your ingredients in a wok
runs clear. and cooking them together combines their flavors. it’s
3. Drain as best as you the most convenient meal prep ever.
can.
4. fry at 375 degrees C
until a light brown
D e e p - f ry
cooking food quickly while it is submerged in very hot
color. fat—oil, usually.
5. let chips dry and cool what deep-frying does: since the food is surrounded
on a wire rack while by hot oil, it gets cooked equally on all sides.
seasoning it with sea why deep-fry? if you want your food crispy on the
salt. outside but tender on the inside (and if you know what
you’re doing), you deep-fry your food.
FRyING wISDom #2
accORDIng TO cheF allen: “FOR The

m O s T P a R T, h e a v y - b O T T O m P O T s
a R e b e sT F O R D e e P - F Ry I n g aT h O m e .
T Ry l e c R e u s e aT [ c O O kwa R e ] ;
ThOse aRe sOme OF The besT TO
u s e F O R D e e P - F R y I n g .” h e a v y -
b OT TO m P OTs D I sT R I b u T e h e aT
m O R e e v e n ly.
P RI TO FOOD #2
BOneLess
Bangus
gOOdness
INGREDIENTS
One piece deboned
bangus, cut daing
style
eight cloves garlic,
crushed
½ cup cane vinegar
½ tsp salt
½ cup oil
RECIPE
1. Combine garlic,
vinegar, and salt
in a shallow plate.
2. put bangus skin-
side up on the
plate so that the
vinegar mixture
covers the fish
meat. Cover
and leave for 12
hours.
3. When fish is
ready, heat oil in
a shallow pan to
350-375 degrees.
4. fry fish on both
sides, turning
when one side has
browned slightly.
Cover the pan,
leaving a small
opening for steam
to escape. Oil
tends to splatter
because of the
liquid from the
marinade.
PRITO FOOD #3
FRyING
deep-fried pOrk ChOp wISDom
INGREDIENTS
¾-1”-thick pork chops (4-5
pieces)
four egg whites
One cup vegetable oil
2. Marinate the pork chops
in the mixture; preferably
in a Ziplock bag, but a
bowl is fine. Let sit for
30 minutes to an hour.
#3
One tsp smoked paprika (The egg whites are a
One tsp garlic powder natural meat tenderizer.)
Two cups cornstarch This process is called
Cayenne pepper, salt, black velveting, a Chinese
pepper, to taste cooking technique.
3. When done marinating,
RECIPE drain excess oil then
1. Combine all ingredients dredge in cornstarch,
except the cornstarch. shaking off excess
Whisk briefly to cornstarch.
incorporate. 4. deep-fry at 375 degrees
for seven to ten minutes
or until desired doneness.

The best oils
TO make The PeRFecT scRambleD for frying
e g g s , h e aT O I l TO m e D I u m - h I g h
h e aT; T u R n I T D Ow n TO lOw O n c e
yOu PuT The eggs In. ThIs wIll keeP
T h e e g g s c R e a m y a n D n O T s T I F F. natUral oils/fat
“these are non-hydrogenated
oils; they don’t solidify in room
temperature. oils like these
are always much healthier than
hydrogenated oils since the body
can [easily] digest them,” says
chef allen. hydrogenated oils
(or trans fats) have had hydrogen
forced into them, giving them a
longer shelf life but also a higher
level of saturated fats.
animal fat
“Lard, beef fat, duck fat—don’t
confuse these with hydrogenated
oils,” says chef allen. “animal
fat also solidifies in room
temperature, but they are great
for frying. the body can digest
animal fat easily as long as it’s
consumed in moderation.”
neUtral oils
“in other words, oils without flavor:
vegetable, corn, canola, grape
seed, sunflower,” says chef allen.
“palm oil, too, but it’s currently
being produced unsustainably.
they’ve been destroying forests
all over southeast asia to produce
this kind of oil.” stick to the friendly
types of neutral oils, then. always
check the labels, though. some
vegetable oils are hydrogenated.
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REAL STEEL
WhilE EVERyONE ElsE dROps sERiOus Bucks fOR gyM MEMBERships aNd fitNEss classEs
tO gEt ROBust—OR at lEast appEaR likE it ON iNstagRaM—thERE aRE sOME WhO pREfER tO
gEt REal WORk dONE WhERE it is hOt, daRk, aNd diRty. fhM gOEs aROuNd thE MEtRO tO fiNd
placEs WhERE gEttiNg Buff is dONE ON a BudgEt.
words: PoNG CAsTILLo | PHoToGrAPHY: MArK JEsALVA

CHESTER GYM
FITNESS CENTER Libertad,
Pasay City
“Wala kaming treadmill, eh” explains

gym caretaker Jojo. “Kaya rin puro lalaki
ang customers namin, kasi panay buhatan
lang. Pag babae kasi, ang hanap agad sa
gym ay pantakbo.”
Daily sessions cost P35; annual
memberships go for P500 per member.
Plastered on the walls of the gym,
providing two levels of motivation, are
posters of Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Jessy Mendiola.
While we are looking around, Jojo
assists a security guard and a college guy.
Both may or may not be playing hooky; the
two are in leather shoes.
On the whiteboard, Jojo has written a
program for ‘leg day.’
“Bukas iba naman, tsaka sa susunod
na araw. Kelangan sa weightlifting may
variation,” Jojo points out. When asked
about his background in fitness, Jojo
says: “Yung dating trainer dito, lumipat
na sa Gold’s Gym. Ako na ang namahala
pagkatapos. Trainer din ako noon sa isang
gym.”
Before FHM can ask any more
questions, Jojo approaches the security
guard to spot him on the bench press.
“Ano, dagdag pa?” he asks the man,
adding steel plates to the barbell. Of
course, Jojo has to get back to work. On
that payday afternoon, he expects around
30 more customers to come in before
closing time. It is going to be a long day,
but a one that’s good for business.

PUNZALAN F. Manalo,
GYM San Juan
Along F. Manalo street is Punzalan Gym, equipment,” Ramirez says, showing the
modest yet hard to miss because it is FHM team a video of customers working
painted in bright blue. No parking spaces out in knee-deep flood during a downpour
here, so the best option is to just walk the previous week.
over, pick up weights and go to work. For Ramirez claims that he used to be a
P40 per session, you get to enjoy enough bodybuilder himself. But when he took
gym equipment to work out your muscles over the management of the gym, he has
and make your body sore. since focused on being a trainer. “Natuto
Punzalan Gym operations manager ako sa kaibigan kong trainer sa Fitness
Sitoy Ramirez says that their peak hours First. Dito siya nagsimula,” he says.
start at 6 p.m. “Yung mga customers “Nagpaturo ako ng programs para pwede
kasi namin dito, pumupunta pagkatapos ko rin i-apply rito sa gym namin.”
ng trabaho nila.” He says that one of A man walks in wearing a basketball
their regulars is a bouncer for Gladiator jersey top, cargo shorts, and slippers.
Security Group. “Hardcore kasi ang He picks up a barbell and stretches.
training dito.” Ramirez points out that Before the FHM team even finishes
they get visits from premium gym goers: taking photos of the gym, the guy leaves,
“Dumadayo sila para sa bakal. Mas solid passing by the operations man without
dito, mas mabigat. Diyan kasi sa mga a word. Apparently, “pwede ang utang,”
mamahaling gym, mas cardio sila kasi says Ramirez. “Community na kami
puro treadmill.” rito. Kailangan mo lang maging mabait,
Punzalan Gym was opened by Brgy. kaibiganin ang mga customer, para
Capt. Peter Punzalan in 2007. walang lugi. Alam mo naman na babalikan
“Hilig din kasi niya ang mag-exercise,” ka nila para magbayad.”
says Ramirez. “Binuksan niya ‘to para
may libangan ang mga tao. Hindi na niya
hangad kumita talaga.” The monthly rent
for space is P7,000, and maintenance
for gym equipment is low. The gym is
certainly not high on profit, but gets by
from its daily income. “Ang gagastusan
mo lang dito ay upholstery ng mga higaan
at upuan para sa weightlifters. Kahit kasi
bumaha rito, hindi naman masisira yung

HAMMER Bagong Ilog,
FITNESS GYM Pasig City
About 30 men can easily crowd the

700-square meter gym Brian Espiritu
co-owns with his brother Dek. They
inherited the business from their father
in the mid-‘90s. “Na-stroke yung father
namin nun, so we had to keep the
business going. At the same time, wake
up call siya sa amin to keep healthy.”
Hole-in-the-wall gyms were a budding
business then.
L E R MA FITN E SS España, Manila City

Twenty years later, more premium
membership gyms have surfaced, making
fitness an expensive fad. “Pero hindi
mamamatay ang business namin,” claims
Right in the heart of University Belt, on a ng gym yung may-ari ng building na to, Espiritu. “Iba ang quality ng weights sa
side street near Far Eastern University, is kaya bagsak-presyo ang renta namin mga bakal gyms. Iba ang thickness.”
a cramped hole-in-the-wall bakal gym— sa pwesto.” Paying P10,000 a month Espiritu recalls hoarding secondhand gym
ripped mats, misplaced dumbbells and all. on space lease, the business gets by equipment from an old gym, and putting
Lerma Fitness, according to caretaker charging regulars P200 a month for gym his enthusiasm in fitness and weightlifting
and trainer Ariel Mendoza, has been membership, or a P20 fee per session. to a profit-earning feat. “We’re located
operating since 1990. “Dati boy lang ako A 50-year-old customer in a along Pasig Boulevard, hindi nauubusan
rito…taga-linis. Hanggang sa nahiligan blue muscle shirt, Jason, cuts into the ng mga taong dumadaan. Kadalasan,
ko na rin yung pagbubuhat. [Kaya] naging interview: “Bakit kayo nandito? Dapat dun estudyante ang suki namin.”
trainer na ako,” he shares. kayo sa mga gyms sa malls.” Jason works Apart from their regular customers,
Mendoza, now an inactive member of as a driver to a rich Chinese family. “Pero Espiritu ties up with computer schools
the Philippine Bodybuilder’s Alliance, Inc., sa bagay, rito, kadalasan batak talaga to have students make use of their gym
doesn’t look much like a trainer except yung mga tao kasi bukod sa masipag during P.E. class. “Para siyang partnership,”
when he spots weights for customers. magbuhat, wala naman kami masyado he says. When asked if he plans to
“Sayang tanghali ang punta niyo, pangkain.” Jason continues: “Yung amo ko, continue the business running for another
matumal ang tao. Mga 5 p.m. hanggang naka-enroll sa mahal na gym, pero panay 20 years, he says, “Yes. Ang okay kasi
10 p.m. ang dagsa ng tao rito,” Mendoza rin naman ang kain kaya malaki pa rin ang dito, personal na libangan mo muna siya
says. He’s right. The gym isn’t crowded. t’yan. Kami rito, madalas kaunti ang laman bago naging hanapbuhay. Matagal pang
About six men, almost all of whom are in ng tyan, kaya mabilis magbatak.” Well, that tatakbo ‘tong business namin.” FH M
cargo shorts and slippers, take turns on makes sense.
the available equipment. Mendoza says that from noon until
“Twenty-six years na ’tong gym namin. early afternoon, customers are mostly
Nagtatagal na lang din, kasi kahit papano workers who are on their break. They lift
hindi naman nawawalan ng customer,” weights, then smoke cigarettes at the
Mendoza says. “Kaibigan din kasi ng may-ari nearby sari-sari store after.
“Pero sa gabi, puro estudyante na.
Gusto nila rito kasi mura lang tsaka
malapit sa school,” he says. “Dito nag train
si CJ Lara,” Mendoza adds enthusiastically.
Lara, it turns out, was in a Cosmpolitan
Bachelor Bash a few years back.
The gym empties out at 2 p.m.
Mendoza chitchats with one of the last
customers.
But before anything else, Mendoza
asks for the P20 session fee.
“Bawal utang dito,” he says. Not in a
condescending tone; just a matter of fact.

WORDS
MARI-AN C. SANTOS
PHOTOGRAPHY
DAIRY DARILAG
GROOMING
LYNeTTe SuNGA
STYLIST
DebRA beRNALeS
SPEcIAL THANkS TO
ALbeRT LAbRADOR
Bullseye
John ArcillA is the go-to guy

when directors need someone to
n a i l a c h a r a c t e r. B u t t h a t ’s n o t
all that he’s about
Don’t tell anyone but John Arcilla, a professional actor for 86th Academy Awards. He earned a Best Supporting Actor
more than 20 years, is really actually a chameleon. He does nomination for his role at the 16th British Independent
his roles so completely and convincingly that seeing him Film Awards.
wear a stud earring prompts one to ask (silently), “Heneral Yet Arcilla, unintentionally echoing his most famous
Luna has an earring?!” It’s the same reaction when character’s patriotism, chooses to remain in his homeland.
Arcilla—whose film portrayal of Heneral Antonio Luna in “My parents are here, my siblings are here. This is still my
2015 earned accolades—laughs heartily in conversation. “I country,” he says.
didn’t know the Heneral could laugh like that, like he could
sound happy.”
It was only when
he donned a handlebar You now play Hagorn,
moustache for the the antagonist with
Heneral role did the modulated voice,
Arcilla’s popularity soar on Encantadia. Did you
to heights and breadths lift his anger from the
previously not reached. same place that helped
Suddenly, everyone you portray Heneral
was abuzz about his Luna?
portrayal of the bad- Well, I think a lot
tempered, ill-fated of people in the
hero of the Filipino- industry have already
American war. experienced my work,
But it was another and they know that I
Luna that he was can play a wide variety
actually interested to do. of characters. I’ve been
“I was dreaming a good guy, bad guy,
of playing Juan Luna good father turned bad,
because for me, his life bad father turned good.
was more colorful and I have received a lot of
controversial. Imagine: invitations to do many
how can an artist of different movie roles—
his magnitude, who from action, horror,
expressed his turmoil comedy. There are also
and anxiety through requests to do re-runs
his art have that kind of our original Filipino
of crisis [that would musical: “DOM (Dirty
lead him] to kill [the] Old Musical)”—maybe
person that he loves?” by the end of the year.
Arcilla, a descendant Your product
of former president Your product endorsement
endorsement deal
Manuel Quezon, says deal came
came at theatheels
the heels
of of
of how Juan Luna Heneral Luna.
Heneral Luna .
murdered his wife. Yes, for Colt 45. [But
“Ang daming nangyari you’ll notice that I do
sa kanya, di lang anger, it as John Arcilla]. We
di lang madness. If tried to do something to
Antonio’s temper was avoid the controversy
like fire, [Juan’s] was over a national hero
a liquid-like temper. promoting an alcoholic
Remember, water can beverage.
become a tidal wave.” But there’s something
But Antonio was the about that moustache
character he was asked to play, and after doing research, that makes people pay attention.
Arcilla found out that Juan’s younger brother was also a Yes, the moustache can really do something. I have received
complex character. a lot of invitations from different organizations and for
Last month, Arcilla portrayed yet another man in corporate events to speak regarding work ethics, about
uniform in Birdshot, directed by Mikhail Red (son of commitment as employees, wearing the moustache and
filmmaker Raymond Red). It premiered at the Tokyo as Heneral Luna. They want a figure who will impose
International Film Festival, where another film in which discipline. I have also been invited to sing the National
Arcilla starred and this time directed by Raymond Red, Anthem with the moustache. When I wear that moustache,
Manila Skies, also premiered a few years ago. it [conjures] the image of someone strict and very tough.
“Mik (Red) said he dreamed of having me in [one of his Have you had enough of being recognized as Heneral Luna,
films] since he was a kid,” says Arcilla. “Ang mga first though?
movies ko were produced and directed by Raymond, his No. I would feel bad if they just treat me like a mascot. I’d
father. Kaya bata palang siya, nakikita na niya ko sa mga rather see people excited to take pictures with me because
pelikula ng tatay niya.” they are reminded about their love for country. There
Arcilla isn’t new to international film festivals—or should be a deeper appreciation every time they see the
winning in them. He was one among an all-Filipino cast in moustache, that their sense of nationalism is rekindled. If I
the British-produced Metro Manila that was selected as the need to wear it from time to time just to remind the Filipino
UK’s official entry for Best Foreign Language Film in the people about the experience they had watching

the film—the standing ovations because they felt proud started with me giving acting workshops to communities
of themselves, clapping for themselves as they suddenly in need in the Paranaque area. Then it came to my
realized our weaknesses as Filipinos and ready to change attention that some participants had difficulty paying the
our ways—if I need to do that again and again to remind fees and I decided not to charge them anymore.
them, I would love to. I don’t want it to be confined just to What do you teach there?
the four walls of the cinema. That would be sad. We want people to understand that there is a cancer eating
So you don’t mind if people ask you to say “Punyeta” for up our world and there should be a sense of urgency. We
them on video? are all connected to the environment, so we all have to
Not at all. Sometimes, a man would ask me, “Tell my wife contribute to save the earth.
to be a good wife, then say punyeta.” Or a woman would One of your films is currently making the rounds of film
request, “Tell my husband, magpakabait na siya, wag na festivals abroad.
siyang uminom, punyeta.” In other cases, adults would ask Right. There is an award-winning short film that I was
me to record a video of me telling their kids to behave. part of in the US, Pamanhikan. The writer-director is
Despite all your projects, you still have time to run your Angelo Santos and [won Best Screenplay-Short at the Vail
foundation, the Capable Foundation. Film Festival in 2013].
It actually stands for: Care And Protect All life on Earth. It You’ve been in some big-time American and British
films, Bourne Legacy and Metro
Manila. Are you also poised for
an international career?
‘Sometimes, a man If I can get a mainstream project,
why not? I am also very choosy
would ask me, “Tell about the projects I take on. As
it is, when I am in the US and
my wife to be a Europe, I perform for the Filipino
communities there. But my
goo d w i f e , t h e n say schedule of work commitments
in the Philippines keeps me from
seriously pursuing an acting
p u n y e ta ” career abroad. FH M

FHM iMMerses
itselF in our
country’s
sleepless
culture to
Find out wHat’s
really keeping
us awake
THE
FRIENDS
AND
ENEMIES OF
SLEEP
words: cHise alcantara
illustrations: con lacHica
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It’s ten in the evening and the room
smells of air-conditioned coffee beans
and microwaved pastries.
Over the counter, she orders the same drink
she’s been having for over two semesters
now. “Another grande white mocha
Americano breve, all-ice with two shots
of espresso please.” It's her second one
tonight. It’s a drink that has enough sugar
and caffeine to keep her awake through
the night but not so much as to trigger her
more-than-frequent palpitations. But since
tomorrow is midterms she could probably
afford a few more calories and a bit of added
anxiety, she thinks.
She sits at her usual table at one of
the quiet corners of the shop. She blankly
stares at a few familiar faces that are her
schoolmates, and a few baristas she knows
by name. She’s snapped back into reality
as a barista calls out her name for the third
time. She takes her drink back with her and
places it neatly to the side, away from her
stacks of photocopied cases and expensive
law books. While counting how many cases
she hasn’t covered and sample exams
she hasn’t answered, she finds herself
somewhere in between “I’m so tired", "Ayoko
na”, and “Gusto ko talagang maging lawyer.”
She takes a sip of her coffee and gets back
to studying.
“I never studied this hard when I was in
college. Whenever I didn’t have class I’d just
hang out at the smocket (her university’s
smoking area), eat, and go out with friends.
But during my first years into law school, I
really had trouble coping with the workload.
I had to sacrifice so much and plan my week
ahead of time just to have time to sleep—I
would get, at max, four hours those days,”
says Joanna, 2nd year law student in San
Beda.
“I’d usually sleep around 5 a.m. and
wake up at 9 a.m. to study again until my
afternoon classes start. The sad part was,
I wasn’t staying up that late because I was
studying; I was already in bed about 2 a.m.
but lay awake feeling guilty and building up
my anxiety because I felt like I didn’t study
enough. I felt like I was wasting my time
resting while my other blockmates were still
up studying,” remembers Joanna.
This feeling of inadequacy isn’t unique to
Joanna, nor is it to law students; it’s present
in this generation’s mind and culture.
The first symptoms that manifest when
a person has psychological problems are
usually acute or chronic insomnia.
“Stress and anxiety greatly affect
the quality of rest a person can achieve,”
notes Dr. Teresita Celestina S. Fuentes,
Pulmonologist and Head of Sleep Medicine
at Cardinal Santos Medical Center. “The
problem is some patients are “poor
perceivers,” they think they are okay but
when you do objective testing for motor
skills, concentration, and problem solving,
the results are always leaning towards the
negative.”
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24/7 Economy Neccessity shifts popular coffee chain shares his secrets on
Our fast-paced economy reflects the lifestyle While there are people like Minette Ignacio how to work-life balance.
of a people who are afraid to get left behind. who freely choose to work the graveyard “I once met up with a friend right after
Every idle hour is wasted opportunity for profit; shift, some millennials who are new to the work. Gumala kami the entire day and I was
from call centers to coffee shops to your workforce have trouble adjusting to the erratic only functioning thanks to the cups of coffee
neighborhood 24-hour tapsilog place, more schedules their jobs require, like Roni Sindac, I religiously drank every three hours or so.
and more industries are equipping themselves a catalog writer. After hanging out with my friend, my next shift
to cater to the rising population of people “As a catalog writer, I provide episode started so I worked through that as well. Thank
who are awake during late nights and early synopses and segment summaries for God [the coffee shop I worked for] had a three
mornings. Newscast and Current Affairs programs, drink allowance per shift. I made it a point to
That we are a wired world has also made encode the metadata in a centralized catch up on some sleep on my off day after
sleep relative. Call centers receive calls database, and ensure that the information in that but even when I did get enough sleep
from the other side of the world, in an exact the catalogs are accurate. I work eight-hour during my night shifts, I never felt truly rested
opposite time zone, which means irregular shifts, five days a week. The staggered shifts and refreshed the next day,” recalls Aragon.
working hours. Even our Labor Code was rotate every month. I was used to sleeping in Rene Bernido, a security guard
amended to allow women to work graveyard the wee hours of the morning from my college at Robinsons Cybergate Tower 3 in
shifts (10p.m.-6a.m.) to promote sex equality days, but, when you work the graveyard shift, Mandaluyong, shares his experiences on
and to tap into the growing yet stagnant you quickly find out that you can’t meet up working night shifts.
female workforce. with your friends and family as much as you “Nahihirapan talaga akong matulog
This amendment allows women like would want. ng ganung oras. Matutulog ako ng 9 a.m.
Minette Ignacio, a freelance service provider "I rarely get the chance to eat with my hanggang 4 p.m. pero maya’t maya magigising
under the umbrella company of Upwork Global family. It gets lonely so now I appreciate the na lang ako ng mga anak ko o bigla na lang
Inc. to live the lifestyle she prefers. times when we are complete at the dining akong naiihi kasi sanay pa yung katawan ko
“I used to work in a typical office scenario table and I relish my time with them during sa normal na oras ng pag-ihi. Wala kasing
for 17 years. I’ve been working in the BPO my days off. Sometimes they would arrange transition period bago kami magpalit ng
industry for eight years now and as a matter their plans by picking a restaurant close to my schedule. Dalawang linggo kaming ganun
of choice, I work from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.. In my office so we could have time together,” says tapos umiikot yung ganung schedule sa aming
line of work, I frequently Sindac. tatlo[ng guard]. Mahirap siya pero kailangan
exchange information Michael Aragon, a former barista from a talagang may magbabantay sa gabi, kailangan
between mortgage
companies, banks,
real estate agents and
prospective investors or
buyers, among others,”
says Ignacio.
It’s widely known
that forcing your body clock to conform to
this schedule causes many negative effects
on the body like hypertension, weight gain,
mental health problems, heart disease, obesity,
and unhealthy cholesterol levels. Ignacio has
armed herself with information to somewhat
maintain good health.
“It's said that maintaining a regular time
for eating meals, working schedules, and sleep
time at the same time each day (seven days
a week) will help maintain one’s body clock,
or what is called the body’s natural circadian
rhythm. So far, this has worked for me and
may have lessened my risks of any medical
condition,” says Ignacio.
Dr. Fuentes comments: “Circadian rhythm
abnormalities are very common among BPO
workers since they are forcing their bodies
to go against the natural sleeping schedule.
Our body uses visual cues (like sunlight and
nighttime) from the environment to produce
the necessary hormones like melatonin that
induce sleepiness.”
In the US, the Department of Labor has
laws to aid workers cope with the troubles of
working during the night: 1) The Occupational
Safety and Health Administration’s lighting
standards to keep a brightly lit workplace and;
2) The prescribed rest periods during their
shift for new employees who are just getting
used to the difficult work schedule.
No such laws are present here in the
Philippines.
maghanap buhay ng mga tao eh,” says Tabamo's
Bernido. gizmo is called
There are two bills being reviewed by a Continuous
the congress in order to somewhat help Positive Airway
compensate people who work night shifts— Pressure machine.
Senate Bill No. 826 that excludes overtime It looks like a
pay from the computation of taxable income slightly larger
and Senate Bill No. 642 that grants an digital blood
increase in night shift differential pay from 10 pressure machine
percent to 20 percent. but instead of
The reason for these amendments the arm start, an
as stated by the bill: “the work at night is oxygen mask is
more strenuous than work done during the attached to it.
day, hence, the former deserves greater “We use
compensation. It is a universal fact that the CPAP machines
normal work is performed during the day (continuous positive
and the work done at night is exceptional airway pressure) to
and justified only on grounds of inevitable diagnose and treat
necessity. sleep apnea at our
"Hygienic, medical, moral, cultural, and clinic, says Randolf
socio-biological reasons, moreover, show that Vincent Sy, Senior
night work entails various inconveniences and Sleep Technician
when there is no alternative but to perform at Cardinal Santos
it, it is only just that the laborer should earn Medical Center.
greater salary than the ordinary work so as to "The CPAP
compensate the laborer to some extent for the machine works as
inconvenience.” a breathing aid,
But the questions begs to be asked, which supplies
while the bill is supposed to aid the majority air pressure to
of BPOs, the benefits are felt by people with allow oxygen to
higher wages because of how the exemptions pass through the
are calculated. This, along with the fact that obstructions in the patient’s body. We place ever enough; where sleep deprivation and
the income of minimum wage earners are sensors on the patients' body to track the exhaustion have become social norms in order
already tax-free makes people question for disturbances and arousals that happen when to be able to compete and be relevant.
whom this bill is actually for? they sleep. We prescribe a CPAP machine to In a poem called "The Portal of the
them and educate the patient how to properly Mystery of Hope", Charles Péguy reflects on
Disorder in the calibrate the amount of pressure they need to how we treat rest:
System apply so they can use the machine at home,” “O night, o my daughter Night, you who
While the rest of the world fights against says Sy. know how to fall silent, o my daughter of the
sleep in order to push our bodies’ limits of Services like these are available in beautiful mantle. You who confer rest and
productivity, some people like Dinzo Tabamo, hospitals all over Metro Manila and in some forgetfulness. You who confer a balm, and
online editor at Top Gear Philippines, welcome large provinces like Cebu. In Cardinal Santos silence, and shadow.”
any rest they might be blessed with. “I can’t Medical Center, the service costs P21,000 It doesn’t take insightful poetry for a
peg a specific period for the beginning of my and to get a machine of your own, you have to person to realize when he’s working his body
sleep apnea. But I believe it started in the early spend at least P50,000. more than he should be. Being dead tired and
2000s. It’s the only sleep disorder I have, I Tabamo says that seeking help changed having trouble waking up the next day should
hope,” says Tabamo. his life. “It’s a fairly new field, but all major be enough to make you realize that you aren’t
“My sleep apnea is somewhat cured by my hospitals have a specialist. I implore people taking care of yourself. It’s not putting in more
use of a machine designed to address it. So who feel like they have a disorder to see one than a 100 percent to impress your boss,
I don’t encounter these symptoms anymore. immediately so they too can wake up to life colleagues, or even yourself. It’s about getting
But when I suffered from sleep apnea, there unfolding every day,” says Tabamo. up each morning, knowing that you’ll probably
was just intense sleepiness. Once, I fell asleep This generation takes sleep for granted be doing the same stuff you did yesterday and
and hit an orange traffic barrier. I got off easy because we think of ourselves as invincible still be able to hope in the possibility that you’ll
with that one. I’ve had no accidents involving beings; invincible yet inadequate beings. We’re have the chance to do better. FH M
people, thankfully,” says Tabamo. people in a society where nothing we do is
Snoring problems?
The root cause of snoring and disorders like sleep apnea
is the hyper relaxation of the muscles in the nose, which
makes our body unconsciously choose to inhale through
the mouth. Sleeping aids like the Antisnor acupressure
ring helps activate the muscles in the nose to help natural
breathing through the nose. But how does wearing
something on your little finger affect your breathing? The
answer is the consistent, mild pressure the ring puts on
the ulnar nerve which is used to send electrical signals to
different parts of the body.
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PhOtOgRaPhy
JAY TA B L A N TE
MakEuP MARICHU
styliNg
SALUD
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FALLING FOR
one of the many foreign models
working in the country is a bad idea.
You’d have to contend with their
equally dreamy male counterparts–a
confidence shaker no matter how
much you cling to the ideal that humor
trumps looks. The pressure to get rid
of your beer gut would be intense.
Even their off duty wear, consisting
of the most relaxed fits available,
looks great—but on you they become
pambahay. But perhaps the most
difficult to deal with is the idea that
their tours of duty in the Philippines
are often over after a month or two–
bittersweet, should you succeed in the
pursuit. Thankfully, our country still has
enough charm to bring them back–so
here’s Nathalie Perrier making her
second appearance in our pages. It’s
good to see you again, Ms. Perrier.
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store clothes with her
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admiring your tee’s design.
when we do it–it’s also

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today in informal car history, we look at the cycle the honda civic
has been following ever since the venerable sixth-generation eK/
eJ–a.k.a. the Fast and the Furious years. the one with green neon
Head turner
that went under that trailer truck full of then-expensive DvD players.
that period’s vintage of civics still holds good value today–decidedly
more than a DvD player of the same year–although it’s just a bit
tricky to shop when every other eJ on sale is an “sir.”
Declaring “the honDa the budget performance enthusiast’s favorite was succeeded
by a low-key revision: the “dimension” es. it tickled only the rational
civic is cool again” is an part of buyer’s brains because, be honest, have you ever seen a
unDerstatement dimension kitted out with sporting aspirations? Why do they even
call it dimension?
the release of the FD–identify these by the often-added F1-
WorDs: ash mahinaY | PhotograPhY: marK Jesalva
style triangular flashing brake light low on the rear bumper or
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Honda RIDES lIkE
an athlete in a
FEElS lIkE
a sporty car
lOOkS lIkE
the first car
BUY AT
P1,398,000
Civic RS suit and tie that can actually
live up to its
goal of teenage
you–and current
Turbo CVT pretensions you as well
“team FD” stickers–refreshed the civic’s cool factor in a major it–and it also packs a major first: honda’s first turbo motor. the
way. its successor, the FB debuted in 2011, and people looking 1.5-liter Dohc vtec engine has a healthy 173hp and 216nm of
for something hot definitely did not find it with honda’s latest. it torque–the cvt transmission it’s paired with makes daily driving
even kind of looked more like the honda city rather than a civic that output a very smooth and economical affair. Drive angry and
from some angles. the civic won’t embarrass you either, it’s quick once you get on
What follows the vanilla years of the FB is supposed to the gas and steers with urgency. inside, it’s got comfy leather
be something good then–other compact sedans can rely on seats, an infotainment system that makes sense, all the sockets,
pedestrian reasons such as “madali ang piyesa pag nasira” to outlets and safety features your eK doesn’t have, and, most
sell. Why, yes sir, i can’t wait for my car to break down so i can importantly, push-start and keyless entry for maximum cool factor.
exercise the reason i bought it. But we really don’t mind taking that extra few seconds to reach for
But the civic must have a cool factor to set it apart. good the alarm in our pockets because we love looking at that inspired
news: the cycle has continued. taillight design and big red rs turbo badge on its ass.
the tenth-generation “Fc” civic looks sexy as hell–notably We’ll be looking back fondly on our time with the Fc when
breaking the necks of several FD-owners during our time with tomorrow comes–whether what follows up bucks the trend or not.
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The car whisperer

GO ahEad, lEt alEx IsIp pIMp yOuR RIdE
WORDS CECILE JUSI-BALTASAR | PHOTOGRAPHY XANDER ANGELES OF EDGE OF LIGHT STUDIOS
Find Alex Restoration at

www.alexcarrestoration.com

“Y
ung supercars—mga Ferrari, Lamborghini, “For the past eight years, customizing cars has been a
etc.—pagsasawaan mo yung mga bago trend for car collectors,” says Alex. It’s for economic reasons
kasi wala talagang magandang model na as much as aesthetic. Fixing up a supercar to suit the owner’s
lumalabas.” If someone tells you this (and personality jacks up its value as well as its pogi factor.
you’re not a car guy), you’d think it was a joke. Alex should know—he’s been restoring and customizing
But Alex Isip isn’t joking. And he’s only the biggest car cars since he was a high school senior. What started as a
restorer in the Philippines so you could hobby turned into a business in 1992
say he’s got more than enough street when Alex entered his classic Porsche—
cred. which he restored himself—in a car
His two self-explaining garages—
Alex Restoration and Alex Car
Alex’s show, and won first place. His friends,
zooming in on the fact that they were
Storage—repaint, restore, customize, Best Restored chums with a car whisperer, soon got
and maintain about 80 to 100 cars Classics Alex to fix their own cars.
(sometimes even motorcycles, scooters, Over the years, Alex has developed
and Vespas) every month. his creative cycle when it comes to
As his garage name suggests, 19 67 F o r d M u sta n g conceptualizing a car’s resto-mod look.
Alex’s specialty is restoration and paint shelby gt500 eleanor It’s not unlike what an artist does to
jobs, where the detail work is minutely “ t o c o l l e c t pa r t s F o r come up with a unique artwork. “I
thorough. “From screws, washers, lock th i s car, i eve n we nt to have a chat with the owner, then I sleep
washers, and brackets to wiring, body t h e s h o p t h at c r e at e d on it for a couple of days,” says Alex.
parts, and upholstery, everything has th e o r i g i nal e lean o r i n “After that, I always come up with the
to be era-correct,” says Alex. d a l l a s , t e x a s i n t h e u . s .” perfect set-up for their car.”
To make sure the parts he uses Although Alex’s business was not
are period-authentic, Alex does the • Resto-mod (i.e., restored to its without obstacles—pre-Internet, he had
required extensive research himself. original condition, but using to hunt for car parts using a phone
He consults books, visits car museums modern parts and technology) directory and a map—its success was
all over the world, and connects with • The concept of the resto-mod consistent. Every year, for about 18
car collectors globally. Sometimes, he was based on the classic car years, Alex Restoration joined four
buys the parts from said car collectors. featured in the 1974 film Gone in or five car shows and won the major
Sure, that can get pricey. “But as long 60 Seconds. awards every time. Now that Alex has
as I get the right part, it doesn’t matter been named chief judge of the Manila
how much it [costs],” says Alex. Mercedes-benz 1956 International Auto Show, he has
He exercises his creativity when 3 00s l g u l lw i n g stopped entering cars for competition;
cars need to go through resto-mod “we r e sto r e d th i s Fr o M only for display.
(restoration + modern parts/technology). s c r at c h , w h e n i t w a s Next month, Alex Restoration—
Since, as Alex said, there is nothing t h e o n ly o n e o F i t s as well as Alex Car Storage—will be
special about the newest fleet of ki n d i n th e ph i li ppi n e s. celebrating their 25th year in the
supercars, serious car collectors have industry. “Through the years, word
t o d ay, t h i s c a r c o s t s a
been rolling their rides into Alex’s has spread that what we do here is
M i n i M u M $ 1 M i l l i o n .”
garage, asking him for a resto-mod, or a extreme restoration and extreme
customizing job. This requires a complete • Concours-quality restoration custom work,” says Alex. “When we do
restoration of the car while using the (i.e., all its original parts are over a car, we’re known to not scrimp
latest in automotive technology, plus accounted for, and all in the on anything. Also, I have class and
today’s high-performance parts. In the same pristine condition they left taste; that’s why people come to us.”
process, Alex customizes the car with the factory in) That’s not a bad way at all to celebrate
all the bells and whistles that suit the • The parts were collected from a quarter of a century turning our
car’s owner. different car collectors around roads into fashion ramps for cars, one
the world classic set of wheels at a time.
Itching to know
Alex’s advice about
which car to invest
in? “The cars I buy
are the classics, but
in the new model,”
he says. He’s got
the classic Land
Rover Defender, a
Mini Cooper GP, and
a Land Cruiser 70
series. “Itong mga
brand na to, they’re
brand-new but are
part of a limited
edition. Their value
just increases with
time.”

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what it takes to
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ShOw Off yOuR gENtlE SidE with
thESE SwEEt tREatS
Whenever guys want to have dessert, we usually
just bust out a tub of ice cream and slather it with
some chocolate syrup. This is all well and good when
you’re just chilling on the sofa, catching up on some
Netflix in your underwear. But if you want to impress
someone coming over to your pad, your famous
refrigerator cake probably isn’t going to induce
awestruck reverence.
So instead, take your girl out to dinner and share
the most delicate of desserts. Watching you handle
these confections with care, your date will stare
wide-eyed at your gentleness. Even better, we’ll tell
you how these desserts were made. You can then
further impress your woman with intelligent tidbits
about her other love—sweets.
The Bomb by Todd English Food Hall

Hearing the words “melting chocolate” is more than
enough to make any sweet tooth’s mouth water. But
who knew that all it took was to be a few degrees off in
cooking to make your chocolate look like another brown
glop that we’d rather not mention in a food story?
Eric Dee, president of Foodee Global Concepts
explains the process: “We temper the chocolate that
makes up the dome. That means we have to keep it
[in the right temperature] in order for it not to shatter
or melt too quickly. When we pour the steaming coffee
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OMG by Todd English Food Ramen Ice Cream by The Sakura Warabi (Sakura Rain Purple Love by The Dessert
Hall Dessert Kitchen Drop Cake) by The Dessert Kitchen
Dee loves making use of simple The ramen noodles made out Kitchen Prep time is of paramount
yet quality ingredients. After all, of kanten powder requires a Texture is king when it comes to importance.
creatively making do with what ton of practice and experience desserts as soft as this. “Having loose ice makes all
you have is something every man to consistently make them as “We make the rain drop cake the difference when enjoying a
should master. uniform as possible. using kanten powder, which is shaved ice dish. Letting the ice
“There are six kinds of chocolate “Swift cuts are the keys to smoother and harder to bake melt even a bit could cause it to
in this dish,” Dee says. “The secret making the perfect noodles. than your typical household solidify and be a hassle to eat.
is to put a bit of salt to garnish Hesitation while cutting the gelatin. While it’s cooking, we That’s why we make sure to keep
and bring out the differences in noodles will cause them to drop a sakura flower inside the prep time to a maximum of two
the cocoa percentages. Keep all come out uneven, which will solidifying kanten and spread its minutes with our conveyor belt-like
the tastes balanced so that the ruin the beauty of the dish,” petals very carefully to make your system where we have all the
customer’s palette is fully satisfied says Biencarlo Caro Marketing dish look the way it’s supposed to toppings ready, marinated, and
with every bite.” Manager at The Dessert Kitchen. taste,” says Caro. flavored beforehand,” says Caro.

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Growing up with no artistic talent besides being able to

the thinkinG drowninG GettinG into

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Who needs Google AlWAyS StuCK

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as we’re Moreno, drums

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having Kee, rhythm guitar

there’s proud kung paano

this “Pogi Years Old is

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The price of thought up genius solutions to support our

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