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CONTENTS
F E AT U R E S

3 2 HARI NG SABLAY
Ebe Dancel tells us
how he deals with
life’s glitches

6 2 MANNY
PACQUIAO’S LAST
ROUND
... or is it?

7 0 THE SEARCH
fOR THE ELUSIvE
GODfATHER Of
SNEAkERHEADS
He lives among us

7 6 POOL PARTY
PLANNING GUIDE
Make it an epic
summer

82 NINJA PARTY
See what you're
missing in an all-girl
after-party

COVE R
STORY

C lO U d 9
Sam Pinto at the
beach. Our summer
PHOTOGRAPHY: DOC MARLON PECJO

just got hotter. (And

we like it!)
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CONTENTS

PHOTOGRAPHY: ROY MACAM, PAUL MONDOC, DOC MARLON PECJO, MARK JESALVA; ILLUSTRATIONS: LOUIS ARENAS, GILBERT DAROY
PUlSE

2 0 THE MARvEL
UNIvERSE IS
BREAkING APART
Which side are you
on?

2 3 DOTA INvASION
Here, our pre-
tournament scoop

VERGE 24 A MORE BADASS

DARNA
Will this latest reboot GENT FITS BOOST
give us what we want?
1 2 ExPLODING
BUILDINGS? 2 5 SNAP CHAT
ZOMBIE WORkS 3 8 TABLE fOR TWO 9 0 OOTD: JERICO 1 04 BUILD YOUR
APOCALYPSE? Print purists, listen up! Cooking is overrated ROSALES OWN BIkE
Doing parkour can Mastering the biker’s Or have someone
save your life 2 6 PINOY POLITICS, 41 THE WISDOM Of bagong-ligo look build it for you
Tv EDITION POL MEDINA
16 ANATOMY Of Are we copying from Never has being funny 9 2 DAPPER IN THE 1 06 fARM TO fORk
A JOkE Game of Thrones? been so intelligent SUMMER Grow your own food
Comedians tell us Going topless is not
why, exactly, they’re 2 7 DIvE AWAY your only option 1 08 THE SUvS ARE
funny THE HEAT HERE
Anilao can cool 1 00 THE NEW BOARD Toyota, Ford, and
18 vERBAL you off SHORTS Mitsubishi rev up
DIARRHEA AT Your 10 pairs of
BARS, A COMIC 2 8 NINJA MOvES puruntongs? Toss 1 1 2 DO YOU BIkE TO
STRIP We’re at the mercy of them WORk?
We hope you don’t Natasha Ringor EIC Allan makes it
normally do this look so easy
 FROM THE EDITOR

I may have been an OG What FHMers have

sneakerhead once, but I was been up to this month
too dumb to figure it out.
In 1988, my mother bought me a pair of Nikes from a business trip abroad.
The Air models had just become huge then, and the Air Max was king. I
wanted it so bad. I had a schoolmate who had one and I was envious. I was 13.
The pair my mother brought home was a disappointment. It had no swoosh
in it. It was supposed to be a basketball shoe—white with grey details like
elephant skin, in midcut leather. It had a red flying guy stitched on its tongue.
First time I wore it, everyone who saw me looked at my feet and asked where I Basked in the sun with covergirl
got them. I thought I wasn’t wearing the right Air. Sam Pinto in Boracay and got us
Turned out I had the first release of the Air Jordan III, what sneakerheads (T-shirt) tanlines. Worth it!
now generally agree as among the finest Jordans ever made, and a game
changer in shoe design.
Now, 28 years later, we’re on The Hunt for the Man with the Most Lit Shoe
Game This Side of Sneakertown (p.70) and I'm finally figuring out what the
Game is about. It's a great inside story on our local urban sneaker culture filled
with legit shop talk and even more legit characters. If you're not in on the
scene, you'd say it's mental, but at the very least you'll know why those new
adidas Yeezys you see on your feeds are damn expensive and almost impossible
to buy.
While we're on the subject of buying things, Sam Pinto returns for her
third shot at a cover and she tells us she just bought property in Baler so she
Attempted to flaunt our
can surf there all she wants. Congratulations! And we should say, Sam, you are
(nonexistent) summer bods after
still blazing hot.
wrapping up the cover shoot.
We have more on things money can buy (Pacquiao’s assets, p.68) and some
things it can’t (Ebe Dancel’s sanity, p.32 / Pacquiao’s legacy, p.68). It kind of
puts in perspective what passion and obsession require of us.
My AJ III crumbled long ago, from daily abuse and pickup games on
asphalt b-ball courts. I was dumb.

Khyne’s swan song interview

ALLAN P. HERNANDEZ with Pol Medina. See you around,
Acting Editor in Chief Khyne!

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How to fall
without
getting hurt
FOR THE TIMES WHEN THE
WHOLE WORLD WANTS TO
KEEP US DOWN, PARKOUR
EXPERTS SHOW US HOW TO
GET BACK UP ON OUR FEET

WORDS
CHISE ALCANTARA

PHOTOS
PAUL MONDOK

SPECIAL THANKS TO
NINJA ACADEMY
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shoulders, and head.
3. Continue to roll even
after your back has made
Best
contact to lessen the
chance of injuring your
parkour
legs. By doing this, you locations
defuse the energy of the
fall through the whole act.
“Suitable place
This maneuver is to do parkour?
called peeling-out. It Anywhere [legal],
isn’t exactly falling as just use your
you would if you did a imagination,” says
wrong move. It’s more of Raven. Constantly
a dismount or transition practicing parkour
move that people who trains your mind
parkour do in order to to see how you
smoothly get to one point can possibly
to the other in the safest maneuver through
and most efficient the environment
way possible. in unconventional
“Peeling-out is ways. From
completely different vaulting off ledges
from bailing out from and running on
FALLING LIKE A FELINE a maneuver. Peeling-
out means you actually
walls, the most
surprising features
complete a maneuver, of the terrain
while bailing means can be used to
When flung into the air advices we should copy over your head and twist something went wrong
by some greater force cats–that’s right, cats. your body towards the your advantage.
and you failed executing “Though, we
like a rampaging rhino or Let’s face it: these cute preferred direction you the move,” says Raven.
a bouncer at a club that evil geniuses know how to want to spin in using the encourage
“Peeling-out is the art respecting the
has had too much of your deal. Have you ever seen momentum of your upper of falling and it came
shit, humans, dumb as we a cat not land on its feet? body. authority. When
from the martial art Judo. they say stop, we
are, tend to flail around “Whenever cats are falling 2. When landing, let your And these rolling and
in panic. To say the least, they try to tense their arms guide you to roll stop,” says Raven.
landing maneuvers were Private properties
we feel uncomfortable bodies while in the air so on your side instead of incorporated by parkour.”
whenever we can’t see they can easily maneuver just doing a front roll. are usually off
Without this maneuver, limits to parkour
the ground. After a few their bodies into the A tucked roll (with your people who engage in
moments of pathetic right landing position,” head, shoulders, and legs enthusiasts so
parkour would probably better ask politely
helplessness in the air, says Raven. tucked into your body) will have numerous injuries
we then proceed to land lessen the force of the before attempting
from not being able to to ledge outside
firmly—and painfully—on R av e n g i v e s s te p - fall. This position spreads control their momentum.
our back, possibly causing b y- s te p d i R e c ti o n s the impact through more their daughter’s
spinal injuries. o n h ow o u R fu R Ry parts of your body while bedroom terrace.
Raven, a parkour c o m R ad e s ke e p avoiding hitting tender
instructor and part-time th e i R p o i s e: muscles and bones
ninja from Ninja Academy 1. Stretch your arms like those in the hips,

To YOLO or not to
YOLO
“A practitioner and level up at your
must be a hundred own pace.” Don’t
percent sure be so eager to
before he makes get better and be
that jump because intimidated by your
even a percent of high-flying parkour
hesitation can be buddies because
disastrous,” says that may cause
Raven. He advises you to literally die.
to start by “[training Don’t worry about
at] low [heights] … learning slowly;
before you try out you’ll get there
bigger moves.” It’s one day, young
important to first padawan.
“learn the basics

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 One of the most
important things
to consider when
jumping out a window
is where you’re going
to land. But most of
the time, at least in
action movies, no
one’s got time for that
shit, so the most you
can do is follow our
advice.

Mark Julius Rodelas,

the blank parkour
instructor, tells us that
to safely land on our
feet, kicking towards
the direction where
you want to land helps
with repositioning and
directing your body.
Some windows are
also smaller than your
body so bending your
knees, like in most
parkour moves, is
necessary for added
stability. One-handed
vaults are typically
JumpING OuT used when you have
limited space and are
A wINdOw OF moving towards a
lower platform. While
AN ExpLOdING it doesn’t provide
the best stability, it
BuILdING is a quick and easy
maneuver to do
whenever you find
yourself in sticky
situations.

RuNNING AwAY see on YouTube with all a high blockage in front of decomposing arms.
FROm zOmBIES the fancy flips and vaults
through abandoned
him, fellow ninja, Mark, tells
us that the most effective
Take note, though,
that the pros and cons of
warehouses and city way of getting past this this maneuver are almost
alleys are usually people obstacle would be to do half-and-half. While the
Most of us have fantasies Going by our backward doing free-running. But a vaulting front flip. He potential distance of the
of mowing down zombies emotional track record, while the flashier stunts starts by running towards jump is great because of
with a chainsaw or zombies aren’t really the are more in the realm of the two blockages. Then the very fast takeoff, the
machine gun. But when first things we want to free-running, this doesn’t he suddenly jumps and landing space needed
the zombie apocalypse face head-on when we mean that parkour doesn’t uses the smaller blockage for the jump will also be
does come (AND IT finally grow some balls. have its share of fancy to vault over the taller very large. You’ll need
WILL), most of us One notable thing moves, too. Parkour uses one. Not only does this this space since the roll
would probably come about parkour when moves that are essential maneuver provide you the at the end might cause
to terms with who we compared to the flashier in avoiding the obstacle distance to gain enough you to fall to your death
truly are–runners. Yes, free-running is that in front of you. These velocity needed to clear because of the excess
we are runners. We tend parkour is about safety moves draw on your the jump. But it also momentum you have left.
to run from people we and efficiency. Free- surroundings or make protects your legs from
owe money from, our running incorporates a up different variations of getting caught by anything
responsibilities at work, bit more “style” into its certain moves. that could cause you to
our feelings, etcetera. art. The cool videos you When presented with wipe out like a couple of

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The
anatomy of
comedy
Geebus
Labradoris
OUR FAVORITE FUNNY GUYS
EXPLAIN—IN GRAPHIC TERMS—
HOW THEY PULL OFF BEING
HILARIOUS

ORIGINAL Navarrete uses his Filipino accent to

portray Filipinos living in America.
STAND-UP “Only the audience can judge your One example: his punny set from SBC
Veteran material; it's instant democracy." Packers where he boasts about being
Fil-Am says Labrador. “I remember Rex the best packers in the world.
comedian, Rex giving the new comedians advice
Navarrete, before going on; it goes something
and GB like: ‘Don’t suck!’’’
Labrador,
co-founder
of Comedy

“When you mention stand-up,

people usually think of the
slapstick insult comedy you
find at bars,” says Navarrete.
“But we want to show that
there are different kinds of
stand-up comedy. We can be
profound or controversial…
but we [also] have the
responsibility to make [our
jokes] so funny that the
audience has no choice but
to laugh at [them]. Because
if they don’t find your comedy
funny then you’re just
preaching, and that’s just
tragic,” says Navarrete.

“Never show the

audience your fear
even if your set bombs,”
says Navarrete.“Lead
them to the next joke
and just keep powering
through. [But] you
might want to bring a
new pair of underwear
for afterwards.”

Words
CHISE A. ALCANTARA

Illustrations
GILBERT DAROY Rexus Navarretus
 “Ratings and fan
“May conditioning
feedback are the only
sa readers: for
ways to know whether
something to be
what you wrote was
Vladimiriun Gonzali funny, it must
funny or not, “Kailangan
be quick and
mo pang maghintay
light. Ang hirap
nang matagal to know
na ang dami
their reactions.”
mong gustong
ipakilalang issues
pero bawal maging
boring.”

“Bumebenta
ngayon yung
mga patawang
may kasamang
hugot,” notes
Gonzales.
“Siguro mas
may kinalaman
siya sa instant
emotional
stimulation na Alexus Callejus
nakukuha ng
mga tao dahil sa
relatability niya.” “We do stingers and
funny faces after jokes
because some viewers
don’t even listen to the
THE PAGE jokes we write and just
TURNER “Meron namang audience yung
laugh when their favorite
actors to do a funny face.
Vladimeir Gonzales, comedic writing pero parang may
University of the sense of entitlement sila na kung
Philippines professor hindi mo sila napatawa agad, Getting your material
and author of bibitawan nila ‘yung libro mo.” edited to the point that
Intellectual Mass it isn’t funny anymore is
Starvation, Dirty frustrating. “Maraming
Pop Machines vs. Balancing the intellectual and comedic value of a piece dinadaanang editing
Academia Nuts, can be very difficult for a Filipino writer writing in the yung isinusulat mo, at
Isang Napakalaking minsan wala ka na ring
native tongue. “ May preconceptions yung mga tao na say sa execution.”
Kaastigan, and kapag Filipino writing, typically seryoso. Dahil may notion
A-Side B-Side na hindi mo pwedeng pagtawanan yung problema ng
bayan,” says Gonzales.

BOOB -TUBE
EXPERT
“Ang batayan ko ng Alex Calleja of
effectiveness ng isang Comedy Manila,
THE COMIC comic strip ay kung writer at Goin’
COMEDIAN na-achieve ang aim niya
[depending on its theme, “Limang beses kong
Bulilit and
Eugene “Toto” It’s Showtime,
whether it be] drama, pino-proofread yung former host at
Madayag, comics bago ko
comedy, or suspense.” Usapang Lalaki
creator of ilabas. Sa writing
Libreng lang naman ako
Komiks and nagre-revise; wala na
Kolsenter sa illustration. Nasa
Komiks isip ko na rin kasi The challenge of the TV
ang expressions ng comedian isn’t only to make
characters per panel.” his audience laugh but to also
“Ang napapansin appease his network and critics.
kong mas nagre-react “Sa Usapang Lalaki, talagang
ang mga [followers He struggles to get borderline bastos kami roon pero
ng webcomics ko] into the “zone.” “Ang buti na lang inaral namin kung
hirap magsimula paano kami hindi makakasuhan
sa mga topics kapag ng isang comic
tungkol siya sa trending ng MTRCB,” says Calleja. “Subtle
strip kung pagod
issues at the time yung pagkamanyak ng jokes
pa ang utak mo
of the release pero dahil andaming namin–katulad ni Palakang Toti,
kailangang naaayon distractions sa ang palakang palatanong. Kung
yung sinasabi ng comic paligid. But once sinabi ng MTRCB na bastos daw
sa opinion ng majority nalagpasan ko yun, yun, sasabihin na lang naming,
ng mga mambabasa ,” nakakarami ako ng baka marumi lang talaga utak
gawa.” nila ,” says Calleja. FH M
says Eugene Madayag.
Tutus Madayagis
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Cabin fever
when the competition gets too friendly
THIS MONTH: THE FUNNIEST WILL ALWAYS GETS THE CHARMS

Story Art
CHISE ALCANTARA MELVIN CALINGO

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tEAM
CLASH

How Marvel
created a
fantastic
universe
…and how they
got us all in it

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Y
ou may have felt the proved to be a shockingly good movie. of the first film, but it was a proper
collective nerdgasm in The hits kept coming with Phase sequel with wallpaper-perfect scenes,
2008, when at the end Two of the interwoven franchise that high stakes, and even the loss of a
of Iron Man, Nick Fury Hollywood now envied. Other studios team member.
appeared in what is now tried to mimic this formula, with results Marvel created the formula on how
famously known as a post-credits that ranged from the terrible Amazing to team up and combine characters.
sequence. Spider-Man to the execrable Man of Now it is pitting them against each
As Marvel Studios expanded its Steel. other in Captain America: Civil War.
cinematic universe, it brought us into Eventually, cracks in Marvel’s After laying waste to New York,
the realm of Norse gods (Thor), and perfect universe started to show. The Washington DC, and Sokovia, the
back to World War II (Captain America : “flipbook” logo’s guarantee of a good Avengers are forced to be regulated.
The First Avenger). Amazingly, this time led to a uniformity that was the This fractures the team, with Captain
made all of the interwoven stories result of directors and writers America on one side, and Iron Man on
believable, and excitement grew with adhering to a bigger tapestry. Films the other.
each new movie. Characters and items sometimes felt like build-ups to the Notably, Spider-Man makes his
were starting to cross over: a Tony next tent-pole Avengers movie. Marvel debut after Sony Pictures
Stark cameo here, a familiar shield But when the formula clicked, it a l l th e thankfully realized they don‘t know

WORDS : DINZO TABAMO

there, all leading up to the 2012 movie still gave us an unforgettable ride. marvel how to handle a popular character and
that would set the bar for superhero In The Winter Soldier, the writers gave him back to Marvel to creatively
team-up flicks. upended the established cinematic team U ps manage.
The Avengers not only exceeded world. When Age of Ultron hit As sure as there is traffic on Edsa,
the expectations of comic fans, it also theaters, it didn’t reach the peaks the new Captain America flick will
kick ass. For hardcore fans and casual
moviegoers, it’s a golden age for
superhero movies. Like Nick Fury said,
we’ve become part of a bigger universe,
ironman Captain ameriCa

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Invasion!
Big league gaming comes
to manila with esl one

We spoke with Marlon “Lon” Marcelo,

VP for Marketing for Mineski, who
are currently co-producing the DOTA
bonanza that is ESL One Manila–it’s
the first ever international-level gaming
event to be held in Southeast Asia
and they chose us. Along with the
$250,000 (P11.9 million) pot to play for,
does that mean we’re legit now?
Olympics. Lahat sila iba't ibang format main things that we need to do is
We’ve heard that “E-sports is and teams pero prestigious. communicate yung mga mahihirap na
here” several times before, and There will be downers who say salita or terms and dapat maka-relate
now we have the hype going on “it isn't The International” or “di yung mga viewers mo. Sakto rin ang
again because of ESL One Manila. pumunta lahat ng big teams.” mga Pinoy gamers kasi mas makukulit
In your opinion, is this tournament The answer to that would be variety, sila at masayahin compared sa iba–kaya
the real “it’s here” moment at last? may underdogs or regional rivalry. And nilang i-appreciate yung casting ko kasi
I believe the hype for e-sports was it's about the experience as well–first hindi always #realtalk and boring.
already “real” many years before. There time ng most e-sports fans in If you had a kid would you let him
are local leagues that Filipino gamers the country na makakanood ng DOTA all day in hopes of becoming
are very much aware of like the Mineski ganito on such a grand scale. esl the next e-sports star?
WORDS : ASH MAHINAY

Pro-Gaming League. What ESL One Our readers might not (eleCtroniC Pwede, I'll have him practice
does is mark the entrance of Philippine know, but you also cast sports leaGUe) responsible gaming. You can game;
e-sports into the global limelight. [commentate] games for one manila happens pero ayusin mo muna studies mo. Pag
ESL has the easy comparison of Mineski, and you can act may future talaga siya, or talagang
on april 23-24 at
“ DOTA World Cup.” How would like a total clown while magaling, why not? As long as happy
the mall oF asia
you describe ESL in a similar casting. Doing so, what’s siya, go ako dun. FH M
arena
manner? the secret?
Just like in basketaball may FIBA, may As a caster, one of the
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WOMAN
WOES

How do you solve a

(feminist’s) problem
like Darna?
Female superheroes are
ravishing, sexy, strong, and,
well, super. so why aren’t
there more oF them?

Eleven years since Elektra , there

have been countless superhero flicks
featuring male superheroes, including
five Spider-Man films.
Here at home, the situation isn’t
any better.
When major studios aren’t
churning out rom-coms or kerida films,
they’re rebooting Darna for the nth
time, now with acclaimed film director
Erik Matti in the driver’s seat.
When Mars Ravelo created Darna
in the ‘50s, it quickly became an icon
of a strong, self-possessed woman.
And while Darna may be a far cry
from a demure Maria Clara, she has
become a symbol of unattainable
female perfection.
While male superheroes are
portrayed as three-dimensional
characters: struggling with 'demons,'
damaged yet are able to pull through
for the ‘greater good,' Darna’s brand of
female empowerment seems more in
line with Taylor Swift’s: she looks good
in pictures, but doesn’t really amount
to much in reality. After all, she is a
product of male writers and directors
who may or may not have put
themselves in her boots.
Are dark plots and origin
stories reserved for the men? Darna movie
Let's hope Darna in 2016 opens in
will be a little less Wonder theaters this
Woman-ish and a little more Year.
Jessica Jones-ish. We'll see...

Sexy 2
marian
superheroes, rivera as
Darna
ranked! 4
lYnDa Carter
WORDS : CHIAR A CUI

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woman
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miChelle sCarlett JenniFer
pFeiFFer as Johansson as lawrenCe
Catwoman BlaCK wiDow as mYstiqUe
 SMARt
R EADS

To kill a
pendulum
two dead authors…
and the BeneFits oF
reading in diFFicult
mode

As a young boy, Harper

Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
was an eye-opening and
enjoyable first taste of true
literature. But it was Umberto
Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum
that would alternately dazzle,
then defeat me, over and
over again.
While I imagined Eco was
throwing me a mountain,
other books and authors,
would soon prove it to be a
mere molehill. Take Melville.
Or Joyce. Marquez. Frantzen.
That great Everest, War and
Peace. Scaling those peaks
teaches a reader that a book
gives back only as much as
you bring into it. And books
demand much. There’s no
sense in attempting to even
climb them—unless you
reason, as mountaineers do,
because they’re there.
Sometimes, that’s the

PU B
The end (of print) is only reason you need.
To recap the (spoiler
alert) last line of Focault's: “I
R E PORt
near…or is it? might as well stay here, wait,
and look at the hill. It’s so
beautiful.”
the Future oF puBlication is literally
happening in snaps
to Kill a
It’s a heartbreaking fact: print or Faves either, so you don’t currently in the works. While moCKinGBirD
WORDS : ANNE MARI RONQUILLO ; WARREN ESPEJO

magazines have been steadily have to worry about what your nothing on Snapchat is anD FoUCaUlt’s
losing readership to blogs and friends think of you. currently monetized, applying penDUlUm are
webzines. But now that mobile And here’s the good a subscription model for availaBle at seleCt
is where it’s at, publishers news for print purists: a publishers is not far from national BooKstore
WORDS : LIO MANGUBAT

have a renewed chance at means for users to subscribe happening. BranChes.

capturing that otherwise lost to specific channels is Snapchat may still be
reader market. an enigma, but once upon a
How, you ask? Snapchat. time, Twitter was like that, too.
At face value, Snapchat And the app has come a long
doesn’t seem to have a hit way from being a medium for
coherent intention: casual DisCover anD nudes and dick photos.
messaging and self- reaD throUGh With major news
destructing ’snaps,’ which are artiCles BY BiG publications reaching
online only for just 24 hours. meDia Companies liKe millennials, kids may just grow
This ephemeral approach the wall street out of their mopey Tumblr gifs
has taught us that it's okay to JoUrnal , nat Geo, and become more engaged
not have everything archived anD Cnn. citizens by being in the know.
forever. There are no Likes One “snap” at a time.
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I DIOt
BOX

The Politics of
Games of Thrones
...is eerily similar to our
own real-liFe dilemma

Game of Thrones rolls in its sixth

season and Halalan 2016 draws near,
reminding us how strikingly similar our
reality is to the one aired on TV. After
all, Westeros and the Philippines are
kingdoms in limbo, left in the hands
of a man, who may or may not be
competent to rule a nation.
This clusterfuck of a campaign
season was over before it even began.
Between Santiago’s special brand
of crazy, Binay’s alleged corruption,
Duterte’s lack of fucks given about
what you think he thinks, Roxas’s
cringe-worthy ploys to seem relatable,
and Poe’s untested mettle, it’s slim
pickings, as usual, for the Filipinos.
At this point, Philippine politics
has become a game of ‘Who Will
Do the Least Damage’ where, at the
end of the day, there are no winners.
And unlike the people of Westeros,
there won’t be some beautiful and
benevolent leader who’ll swoop in on a
dragon to solve all our problems.
Thankfully, Filipinos have a
very short memory, so it won’t be
long until we’re complaining about
something else again. We end this
with a quote not from GoT but from a
French philosopher who said it best:
“Every nation gets the government it
deserves.”

GoT vs
Halalan
2016
the
pickings
For your Jejomar Binay is Miriam Defensor Rodrigo Duterte is Grace Poe is Mar Roxas is Jorah
WORDS : CHIAR A CUI

head oF Joffrey Baratheon Santiago is Lord Stannis Baratheon Cersei Lannister Mormont While his
state, gents Insufferable Varys An “ends justifies Wants to continue heart may be in the
and ladies head with not Whip smart, but the means” kind her father’s legacy, right place, he’s out
much redeeming with a dark alter of guy more of the same of touch and wants
qualities ego kind of politics it too much
 M E MORY
CAtCH E R

A different
insta-gram

A smartphone takes bigger

photos than Fujifilm’s Instax
Mini 70, but you can’t pin
those on a wall. Instax
photos also have that tactile
sensation when you show
your beloved memories
to others–way better than
scrolling through a digital
photo album.

VACAtION
GOALS

Tangible summer So what you should do

is fill this summer with new

memory
adventures. How about
literally diving into some new
memories with your first scuba
trip? (See what we did there?)
slowing down precious time at halo Halo Anilao, a cool dive
resort in Batangas, is what you
need. The vibe of a dive resort
Even though we live in a two- is extremely different from the
season country, the sunny BaranGaY walwal atmosphere of a typical
WORDS : ASH MAHINAY

months seem to fly by way too liGaYa, tourist beach. It’s just right
fast and we’re back in the grind anilao, BatanGas, for those weekend getaways
before we know it, wondering philippines you take to recharge. Literally
where the heck summer 0917 856 0618 a whole new world awaits
vacation went. (It’s science’s FaCeBooK: halo underwater for you. (Also,
fault. Brain science says happy anilao Dive Halo’s buffet breakfast, lunch,
experiences slip away much resort and dinner are way better than
more easily than dull ones.) your usual siomai meal).
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BADASS
WOMAN

‘What do you think?’

Natasha RiNgoR waNts you to iNteRpRet heR
dRawiNgs of cute giRls with deadly weapoNs
aNd aNdRogyNous pole-daNciNg meN

PHOTOGR APHY
ROY MACAM
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CHISE ALCANTAR A
 Natasha’s
works

Elves King, digital

In hindsight, it might have illustrator for several children’s fairy godmother a diwata .”
not been the best idea to let books available on an app called Most of Natasha’s friends
Natasha Ringor handle deadly Farfaria. At the same time, she seem to think that her
weapons during the shoot. also dabbles in comics. Her characters look like her. But
We’ve seen her artwork and most recent project, a fantasy according to Natasha, her mirror
have watched enough animé to RPG novel by Edgar Calabia image isn’t her inspiration at
know that you should never trust Samar, is called Janus Sílang at all. “I don’t really see myself in The Staff, digital
a cute girl holding a katana . But ang Tiyanak ng Tábon. my art besides the fact that my
hey, no one from our staff got Natasha loves it when the characters are long-limbed,”
sliced so it’s all good. stories she works on leave she says. “It was an anime
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“I love drawing strong her space to give her own called D.Gray-Man that really
women,” Natasha explains, interpretation of the piece. “One influenced my drawing style. I
herself a strong woman, having of my favorites is Cinderella really loved the characters’ art
recently taken up pole dancing. (also one of her children’s style with their long slender
“Whenever I draw one, I’d stories) because I was able figures and gothic England
imagine her to be pretty and to to put my own spin on it,” she inspired setting.”
know [that she’s pretty]. And at says. “I placed the setting in the Natasha is passionate
the same time she could also Philippines during the colonial about drawing the androgynous,
murder you so you wouldn’t era—I played with character slender, muscular characters
want to mess with her. In animé designs and made the prince of D.Gray-Man because of
terms, you can probably call it come from a sultanate and the the questions they invite. “I
yandere. But I’m not promoting like drawing characters with Mouth Kisses,
violence or anything. I just love ambiguous features. I like digital
the [apparent] discrepancy of having people have their own
a pretty lady in a dress holding FOLLOW interpretations of my drawings.”
a rifle.” NATASHA ON It’s this quality of Natasha’s
You’ll find many incongruous TUMBLR: HTTp:// that opens her art to possibilities
pairings in Natasha’s life. But AMOOSeBOUcHe. she herself hasn’t even thought
her career choices, so far, TUMBLR.cOM/ of. And these can only be
all point to her artistry. She INSTAGRAM: @ explored by those who are
currently works as a graphic AMOOSeBOUcHe willing to answer her question:
designer and is a regular “What do you think?”

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Everyone on your Instagram feed has

been to Japan. (So has everyone’s
mother).
The torture you endure every
time you scroll down is acute and the
images, so familiar: a really big grin
at the Gundam Statue, an emo pose
beside a cherry blossom tree, a “Look,
I’m eating ramen like it’s my first
time” face somewhere in downtown
Tokyo. You find them all cheeky—and
insensitive to the people whose idea
of saving up still involves beer and
videogames.
But, TBH, you envy these people,
don’t you? And you’ve already secretly
planned how you’re going to trump
their posts. It’s not enough, though, to
just smile wider or do more variations
on your jump shot. If you really want
to show people how to properly vacay
in the Land of the Rising Sun, don’t
stick to the tourist-y spots.
Here’s a suggestion: do Nissan’s
Nismo Festival. It’s a huge event that
demonstrates just how crazy the
Japanese are for cars.
Race queens, race gear, a pit tour,
after-market accessories, even freak-
ing tires: the Nismo Festival, which
takes place every November at the
Fuji Speedway, has it all. There are
also races—after all, Nismo is Nissan’s
motoring division. And you can buy
a seat on a bus that’ll go around the
track while GT cars practice.
The festival is a few clicks away
from Tokyo, sure, but it’ll be worth
it. Just imagine your social media
profile photo: Your freezing ass (it’ll be
autumn, so bring appropriate attire)
with Mt. Fuji and a few awesome cars
in the background. Count the likes
that’ll bring.

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visit the Zama heritage
collectioN aNd the NissaN
headquarters, both iN
yokohama, where you
Add this to your JApAn will drowN iN
itinerAry awesome cars.
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deep abouT ebe dancel; you

could hear iT in his songs.

Then we found he wenT

way deeper Than we could

probably handle, and iT goT

us Thinking...

Interview
JOHN PAULO AGUILERA

Photography
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Grooming
JANINA DIZON

Styling
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harbingers of ill.
e turned restless.
why wouldn’t he have? The man just
realized there was a leak in his hip flask.
meanwhile, we were asking ourselves,
“why does this keep happening?”

in the last three times we had

seen ebe dancel perform live, he’d
always experienced a glitch onstage.
we were quite convinced we were the

The first was during the press

conference for his recently concluded
3d: dama concert with his newfound
brothers in craft, Johnoy danao and
bullet dumas. The three were asked
at conspiracy garden. not only had
ebe left his guitar at home in los
baños, laguna, but audio feedback
also gave him a hard time before he
could even play his first number.
The day of the shoot was no
different; our subject stood by the
sink, in some way flustered over
spilled precious whiskey on the
kitchen countertop, which was meant
and akin to his professionalism
whenever his technical crew falters,
ebe has been the consummate optimist
when facing life’s major distractions in
that he remains unfazed and resolute,
fully aware that the show must go on.
it’s only a leaking flask, after all.
Just another glitch in the gig.

to render even just a snippet of what to loosen him up.

audiences were to expect from them ebe isn’t really a stranger to dead We have to say, in those nowhere-
come showtime. on ebe’s turn, the mics, broken strings, and bad cables near-perfect gigs, you handled the
mic suddenly decided to stop working, in his two decade-long career. on a crazy technical difficulties
which prompted him to say, “hindi na personal level, he’s hit a couple of pretty well.
kailangan yan, tayu-tayo lang naman, snags himself. i’ve tried not to let it affect me. kasi,
eh,” before carrying on. he admits he had to start from those little things, unforeseen, they
That incident happened in a scratch when sugarfree disbanded, really do happen. parang nasanay na
coffee shop; the grander fusion 2016 going gig-less for a considerable lang siguro, dealing with it all. kasi
happened at the mall of asia concert period of time before getting back into you always have to remember that
grounds. There he was, emerging circulation. and just last year, he faced people pay good money to see you play,
onstage in rousing anticipation. with an even fatal predicament regarding so the last thing you want to do is mess
great zeal, he opened with heneral his emotional well-being—but more on it up. make it worth their while, kasi
luna’s theme song, “hanggang wala that later. they could always go somewhere else
nang bukas.” ebe’s entrance couldn’t and see other bands, or just stay home
have been more emphatic. and watch a movie. but they chose to
if only he was audible. see us, so dapat sulit yung experience
“grabe yun,” he recalls, still in for them, as much as it is for me. dati
disbelief of what had happened at the nung mas bata pa ako, i’d throw fits
concert. “yung nasa board turned onstage, and hindi siya magandang
everything off, by accident. hindi tingnan. you try to set an example for
niya sinasadya. sorry siya nang sorry younger musicians that these things
sa‘kin, sabi ko, ‘well, you know, i really do happen. hangga’t maaari,
played one song and then...what can i hold your breath, just suck it up, and
say?’” play anyway, di ba?
most recent was during 3d’s show
Recently, you decided to totally What do you love most about your it, tapos maghahanap sila ng related
escape the city and opt for a life current setup? material. so it’s good research, because
in the province, specifically in Los it’s very peaceful. simpleng buhay. you get to listen to new music, from
Baños, Laguna. Why? mas ideal yung setup ngayon, a lot other countries—it’s fascinating. and
dun ako nag-high school, sa up less complicated. walang internet, then i read a book, use my data… in
rural high school, but my parents walang cable. my electric bill was a the afternoon, i run, go home, take a
wanted me here for college. siguro hundred and 59 bucks; electric fan shower, quick dinner, tapos balik na
probinsyano at heart lang talaga ako. at ref lang. minsan magluluto ako. ako sa restaurant.
i never really got used to the bright ang dami mo rin kasing pwedeng Tell us more about your restaurant.
lights. hanggang ngayon naku— kainan dun, at saka gustung-gusto i own a really small restaurant, it’s
culture shock ako, eh. The traffic ko yung mga pagkain sa carinderia called entablado, right outside the
is getting worse every day, tapos eh. walang katulad yun. reminds me up gate. isa sa mga gustong-gusto
dun sa los baños, ang dami mong of my mom’s cooking, kaya siguro kong gawin: ako ‘yung nagse-serve
makikitang naka-bike, katulad ko. ako nahuhumaling sa mga ganung ng lunch. kahit sinasabihan ako ng
hindi ako nagda-drive dun. i manage pagkain. Tapos p20, p25—magluluto staff, “sir, ako na.” hindi, gusto kong
a restaurant there; pag nagsara, lang ako ng rice ko—meron na gawin eh. may kakaibang klaseng
magba-bike ako pauwi. during my akong ulam. gratification na ihatid mo yung
down time, tumatakbo lang ako. What is a typical Los Baños day like pagkain sa taong gutom, na makita
kasi safe dun—safe mag-bike, safe for you? mong mag-light up yung mukha
tumakbo. yung mga nagba-bike dun i wake up at 5 a.m. first thing i do, nila. sobrang babaw ko noh? pero
hindi binubusinahan, hindi pinapatabi syempre i pray. Then, i make my yun yung mga bumubuo ng araw
ng mga sasakyan. coffee, put on some music. minsan ko eh. i see people, yung mga mata
naka-spotify lang ako, naka-discover nila manlalaki, kasi yung pagkain
weekly lang, intuitive eh. all the na hinihintay nila buong umaga,
stuff you listen to, they take note of dumating na. yun.
EBE DAncEL

Was your decision to flee to the is your outlook on love? ‘love is like walking into the dark,
countryside connected, in any way, to i don’t think i’ll ever understand the knowing you might hit a wall. but you
your penchant for solitude? concept of love. it’s very complicated. walk on anyway.’ it’s totally worth it,
growing up, i didn’t have many There’s always someone else to love is always worth it. all the pain it
friends. my dad was a banker; he consider, and parang when you causes? sulit.
kept on being assigned to different mean so well, parang you end up What is Ebe Dancel’s way of the woo?
branches. every two years lumilipat doing something bad. it’s a lot more all the girls i ever went out with,
kami, so ako lagi yung new kid. complicated than i thought. i used to hindi siya ligaw eh. na you’re going to
Tapos dahil ikaw yung new kid, ikaw read about it when i was a kid. “oh, pursue someone like, “can i get your
ang kakausapin ng mga tao. yung love’s easy”—no, it’s not. it’s a lot of number?” i become friends with them,
communication skills ko when i was work… pero sulit lagi. meron akong and then things just sort of happen.
that young, di naman polished, so mas sinulat na foreword sa isang libro: parang, “ah, may gusto na pala ko
nandun lang ako sa isang sa’yo!” “ah sh*t, may gusto
sulok. but i didn’t mind it, ka rin sa’kin!” and then you
enjoy rin… okay mapag-isa know, you start going out,
eh, kasi parang you’d make and then it’s a cycle. at some
up your own world. it’s a point, maghihiwalay kayo, and
lot more fun. madalang na then at some point, you’ll find
madalang ako lumabas, but someone [else].
when i go out with friends, i During DAMA, you opened up
have a good time. it’s just that about being diagnosed with
i prefer small groups, or just clinical depression last year.
hanging out with just one How was it before you found
person at a time, than go to a out that you had it?
club, and meet new people. i’m i suspect i’ve always had it, kasi
not that kind of guy eh. medyo may parts talaga sa
Have you adopted your buhay ko na malungkutin ako
somewhat ‘back-to-basics’ kahit masaya yung buhay ko.
approach in lifestyle to your umabot sa point na meron na
musical direction? akong anxiety attacks in the
parang ganun, kaya na-e- morning, di ko ma-control, ‘di
enjoy ko yung tour ng 3d ko ma-explain… and then i tried
eh. There’s no band for a to contain the anxiety attacks.
change, naririnig ko lang What was the worst part of
yung gitara ko. Tapos, kita having depression, and how
mo yung tao, they’re not were you able to overcome it?
swaying along, or hindi sila dati na-ano ako, i was
nagkukwentuhan, the entire paralyzed... dapat magre-
time! pag may nagsasalita, record ako ng album, hindi
naririnig, hanggang umabot matuluy-tuloy. hindi ako
sa point na mahihiya na yung makalabas ng bahay, pare.
nagsasalita. yung mga nasa Takot ako sa mundo. ayokong
labas, talagang wala kang mabuhay sa takot eh, alam mo
maririnig. pag nagbagsak ka yun? it’s just like, i realized
ng coin, magre-reverberate some things never go away, so
sa buong place. That’s what i you just learn to deal with stuff
love most about the tour. better. start becoming a better
We’re sure you’ve been asked person. start dealing with the
a lot—and we mean a LOT—why ‘i think the worst part situation. on top of all of that, i have a
Sugarfree disbanded. But when you very supportive family.
were mulling over your decision to is over. although i tried How are you now?
leave, did you see it turning out i think the worst part is over.
this way? medication, instead of although i tried medication, instead
wala, ano lang talaga, “out.” yun lang of relying on it, i quit, and then i
talaga yung iniisip ko—the door. i relying on it, i quit, and started running, biking, and then i
wanted to quit entirely, but i already
signed a recording. pagod, burnout.
then i started running, lost my excess weight. i started living
a healthier lifestyle. sinabihan kasi
in any profession, whether you’re biking, and then i lost ako, “if you don’t want to take your
a doctor, lawyer, or musician—like meds, you need an alternative. what
you’re a writer—at some point, you my excess weight. i do you want to do?” sabi ko, “i want
just kind of go through burnout, to sleep.” “no! don’t sleep! move!”
stress. so i guess i needed some started living a healthier okay, so nag-bike ako, tumakbo ako.
time to reassess the situation… i started taking solo out-of-town trips.
ngayon mas na-a-appreciate ko yung
lifestyle’ you know, on a whim, paggising ko.
ginagawa ko. how many people get i feel like going to the beach; buong
to do this after so many years? konti araw, nandun lang ako. nakahiga
lang eh. so blessed talaga ko. umabot lang ako sa cabana, wala kong
pa nga ko ng fhm eh! kausap, pinapatay ko yung phone ko.
An artist like you is usually viewed Tahimik… i’ve met other people who’ve
as super romantic, based on your had worse cases, and they were able
ability to express yourself through to overcome it. so, yun. here i am,
emotionally woven words. But what trying. FHM
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D A T I N G

No fuss, no
‘cook’ dinner
for two
You won’t go neAR A stove. but
thAt doesn’t meAn You cAn’t
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Words, food prep, and styling

ROSELLE MIRANDA

Photography
DAIRY DARILAG
 STAR TE R EQUIPMENT
CHECK
GAZPACHO
SOUP
WITH PARMESAN
SHAVINGS

The blender is for more

than just pureeing Blender
“stuff.’’ With the right
ingredients, you can
impress her right from
the get-go

14 native tomatoes,
roughly chopped
3 cloves garlic, peeled
1 red onion, peeled,
quartered Microwave
1 cucumber, seeds
removed, chopped
1 large green pepper,
seeds removed, roughly
chopped
1/4 cup extra virgin olive
oil, more to serve
2 tbsp cane vinegar, or
to taste Toaster oven
Salt and ground black
pepper, to taste TAkES 10 MINuTES MAkES 2 lARgE SERvINgS
Parmesan cheese, to
serve

1 Reserve 1/4 cup onion. Pulse until pureed. Season with vinegar, salt Ladle into a large bowl.
each of tomatoes, green Add remaining tomatoes, and ground black pepper. Top with reserved
pepper, and onion. then cucumber, pepper, Transfer to a container, tomato mixture. Use a
Season with salt and garlic, and onion. Process cover, and chill until ready vegetable peeler to shave
ground black pepper. until chunky. to serve. Parmesan cheese over Fridge
Chill until ready to serve. 3 Drizzle in olive oil as 4 When ready to serve, each. Drizzle with olive oil.
2 In a blender, add half the blender processes. taste soup and adjust Serve immediately with
the tomatoes, garlic, and Mixture will turn creamy. seasoning as needed. two spoons.
Toss a few
jalapeños into
the blender, and
MA IN use its pickling
TAkES 10 MINuTES MAkES 2 SERvINgS vinegar for some
added zing!
ROTISSERIE peas, thawed Using a spoon, scoop

CHICKEN BREASTS 2 rotisserie chicken

breasts
out the potato flesh into
a bowl. Mash with butter
Salt and ground black and milk, and season
WITH MASHED POTATO, pepper, to taste to taste with salt and
CORN, AND GREEN PEAS 1 Poke potatoes all over
ground black pepper.
2 Microwave peas for
Yup, your microwave can do more than just heat up with a fork. Wrap two one minute, then the corn
the leftover pasta you had last night paper towels around in a microwave-safe bowl
each potato. Drench with a little water. Lightly
2 large potatoes, them under running mash peas with a fork.
scrubbed clean water. Place on a Stir with the potatoes.
1/4 cup butter, softened microwave-safe plate, 3 Heat up chicken
1/4 cup fresh milk, room seam side down, and breasts in a toaster oven.
temperature microwave on. High Slice on the diagonal,
1/2 cup sweet kernel for 10 minutes, turning and place on a plate. Add
corn, drained halfway, or until each mashed potatoes on the
1/2 cup frozen green potato is fork tender. side. Serve immediately.

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MA IN

3-CHEESE PESTO
CHICKEN QUESADILLA
WITH QUICK PICKLED SALAD
You can actually put good things on a slice of bread
before you throw it in the toaster oven

TAkES 10 MINuTES
DE SS ER T

TAkES 15 MINuTES MAkES 2 SERvINgS

NUTELLA MAkES 2 SERvINgS

MOUSSE

no-cook and biceps-friendly

1/2 cup semi-sweet interval. Stir in Nutella.

chocolate chips Set aside.
1/2 cup Nutella 2 In a bowl using a whisk,
1 pack (250 ml.) whisk cream until you
whipping cream get soft peaks.* Using a Lift the whisk from the
spatula, gently fold in the whipped cream and
1 In a microwave-safe chocolate and Nutella turn upside down. If
bowl, heat chocolate mixture into the whipped the tip of the cream
chips for 30 seconds. cream. Scoop into jars or folds onto itself softly,
Stir, and if needed, heat ramekins and chill. Grate you’ve reached soft
for additional 10-second some chocolate over peak. Don't care? Use
intervals until melted, each before serving. the blender to whip up
stirring in between each the cream.

Set aside at least an Whisk the mousse. Prep the chicken. cut Make the mash and
hour to get this all this needs to chill the the breasts away from salad. microwave the
done. She'll tingle longest, so get it out of the breast bones, and potatoes until tender,
with excitement the way first. wrap in foil. Pop in the then peas, and corn
seeing your culinary Puree the soup. chop toaster to heat up when until just hot. toss corn,
YOUR DATE- masterpiece that up your veggies, and it's time to serve. shred peas, and chickpeas
looks like it took get the blender going. the chicken into bite- together. mix and
NIGHT BATTLE you a day to whip the longer this sits, the sized pieces, and toss in season, and re-heat in
PLAN up! better the flavor. pesto. set aside. the microwave when
ready to serve.
 WHAT I
Gent
KNOW
ABOUT
WO M E N
May kaibigan ako na pag nagre-reunion kami
mabibilang mo lang sa kamay kung ilan yung
hindi niya naging girlfriend, halos lahat dun

Pol Medina Jr.

naging sila—paraplegic yun ah. Pero hindi mo
siya kakaawaan, dahil andun yung confidence
at malakas yung dating niya.

Nababaduyan yung wife ko pag

ThaT smarTass canine from The Pugad nagbibigay ako ng roses. Niregaluhan ko
BaBoy series may noT know squaT siya isang beses ng painting of a bouquet,
ang biro niya “Hanggang mamatay na ba ako
aBouT females,* BuT we’ve gleaned This niyan?”
much from iTs creaTor Not every woman wants an elaborate
proposal. Kapag nakikita ko
yung mga elaborate proposals
You can end up with a ngayon, napapa-wow na lang
woman who’s supposed ako. Hindi kasi kami ganun. Nung
to be out of your league. nag-propose ako sa asawa ko,
Based on experience, at may anak na kami, so it was just
least. Sinuwerte ako sa wife a matter of formalizing it. Parang
ko eh. The very first woman nagkasikuhan lang na “Ano, gusto
na pinormahan ko nung high mo ba magpakasal?” “Oo ba!”
school, mas matanda sa akin,
AS TOLd TO KHYNE L. PALUMAR ; PHOTOgR APHY: PAUL MONdOK;
ST YLINg : gENIE R ANAdA-BABISTA ; gROOMINg : ANNE CASTAÑO

maputi at matangkad: basted

kaagad ako! Mahilig kasi ako sa
matangkad, pero hindi naman
ako katangkaran. Over the years,
natuto rin ako pumili ng mga Pag hindi ka na
babae na pasok sa league ko,
but like I said, sinuwerte ako.
niya kinikibo,
yayain mo
May mga na-meet na
akong mga babae na kahit siyang kumain.
sundutin ka pa yata sa
mata, papatawarin mo sila.
kaniya-kaniyang
Maraming babaeng ganun. formula yan how
Sobrang charming. Kaya nilang
i-pull off. Kaya nilang maging to make amends.
mas bastos at mas berde pa
sa mga lalaki ng hindi nakaka-
Pero sa amin
offend. yan yung cue.
Minsan lumalabas na sila pa kung madalas
ang nanliligaw. Kasi mahiyain
ako, and I have a social anxiety
kayong mag-away,
disorder, para hindi ako ma- makakabisado mo
reject ng babae, hinihintay ko na
magparamdam sila na may gusto na yung formula
sila sa akin, tapos pag alam kong
gusto na nila ako, tsaka ko lang
kung paano kayo
sila liligawan. magkakabati.
Pero madali rin silang ma-
bore. Ang reklamo kasi sa’kin
dati ng mga naging girlfriends
ko at kaibigan kong babae, puro
lang daw ako drawing. Kasi may In every relationship, dapat hindi ka
mga barkada akong naging pari at doktor, Fame isn’t an assurance that you’ll get
matakot makipag-away. Kasi that’s how
kumpara sa kanila wala raw akong substance. more girls. Kasi ang masakit nung naging
your resilience is tested—how you bounce
Pero idol ko si Bruce Lee, kaya nung araw popular na yung Pugad Baboy, hindi na
back. If you can’t handle a fight, baka
lagi akong nagpapaganda ng katawan. Yun maganda yung katawan ko. Kaya hindi ko rin
maghiwalay kayo kaagad sa first sign of
lang ang panama ko kasi walang nagagawa masasabing naging lapitin ako ng babae.
conflict. Kung ingat na ingat ka rin na hindi
sa akin yung line of work ko dati kahit na kayo mag-away, magsi-simmer yung galit,
arkitekto ako, nakapagtrabaho na ako sa Pero alam kasi nating hindi lang hitsura
hanggang sa isang araw magiging bulkan na
Iraq, at naging copywriter din ako sa isang yung tinitingnan nila. Kasi marami kang
lang, maghahanap na siya ng lawyer. Hindi
advertising agency. makikitang mag-boyfriend o mag-asawa
kagaya nung nailalabas mo kaagad, ang
na hindi physically matched. Ang iisipin mo
hahanapin lang niya massage.
“Ano kayang nakain nitong babae na ito?”
Kadalasan nadadala sa dating at sa yabang.

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P H OTO G RAP H Y D O C M AR LO N P E CJ O WO R DS J O H N PAU LO AG U I LE R A

Sam
KISSE
PINTO
r e k i n d li n g h e r love af fai r with us c o u ld n’t
SED
TO
have c o m e at a m o r e p e r f ect ti m e
ST Y L I N G
R E Y S ANTOS
MAK E U P
JAK E GALV E Z
HAI R
F I D E L TAN G O
S P E C I AL T HA N KS TO
M S. VE R O N I Q U E D E L
R OSAR I O - C O R P UZ O F
V I VA ART I ST AG E N CY
I N C . , S I R E NA SWI MWEA R
@S I R E NAS WI MWEA R P h,
N I C O LE AN D M I C K EY
ALB AN O F LI LY’S TO U C h
B E AUT Y E NT E R P R I S E

M E I B E R NALES O F
Z U Z U N I B O UTI Q U E
h OT E L, B OAT STATI O N 1,
Wh I T E B E AC h, B O R ACAY
I S L AN D. F O R M O R E
I N F O R M AT I O N , LO G O N
TO WWW. Z U Z U N I .N ET
 I N L AT E 2011, Th E TE A M
hAD A L A B O R I O US TR E K
TO T h E L AhAR- SWAM P E D
S AC O B IA R IVE R I N PAM PAN GA .
It had been 20 years since the
cataclysmic eruption of a nearby volcano,
yet the aftermath was still apparent in the
barren landscape. Under the scorching
sun, everyone walked. Half the team
collected blisters along the way; the other
half nearly collapsed in exhaustion. Yet
our muse still managed to look beautiful
despite the suffering, which she had to
endure for eight endless hours.
Sam Pinto had always been the
professional model. We’d known it the first
time; we weren’t about to be disappointed
the second time.
Five years later, the same woman is
again braving the heat, only this time she
isn’t suffering. Instead, she lets the sun
kiss her skin amorously and doesn’t mind
getting sand between her toes.
She is, after all, in her natural habitat.
While it seems that she is simply
frolicking and not taking us seriously at
all, we realize that she’s actually nailing
each of the eight prepared layouts in
record time. She’s not in a hurry, no.
She’s just such a professional that she
manages to make everyone’s job easier. She
smiles genuinely, lighting up an already
blazing beach. The entire shoot is done in a
heartbeat—at least it seems like it.
“Tapos na agad?” we collectively sigh.
But that’s how pros do it: they get the job
done, efficiently without compromising
quality.
Exactly what we would expect from
Sam Pinto.
W E H E AR
YO U ’R E D O I N G
A L OT O F
S U R F I N G.

I STA R TE D
S U R F I N G F IVE
YE AR S AG O. IT
STAR TE D O UT
Wh I LE I hA D
WO R K TO D O
I N L A U N I O N.
E V E RYO N E WAS
T E LLI N G M E
TO T RY IT, A N D
I D I D— A N D I
F E LL I N LOVE
WI T h IT.
F h M F I R ST TO O K N OT I C E O F
h E R I N 2 0 1 0 , AN D Wh I LE
I N I TIA L N EG OT IAT I O N S D I D N ’T
PA N O U T, WE P U R S U E D h E R ,
and eventually Sam’s first cover appearance–that
year’s July issue–would come to fruition.
Sam admits that first time was “a big risk”
for both parties.
“Hello? I’m not the typical sexy [star]; I’m
so payat in reality. I don’t have boobs nor [a]
butt,” Sam says. “So parang we all took a chance
together. ‘Okay, maybe this would work,’ and it
actually did work. And [I got] so much exposure
from you guys, so thank you so much, I love
you all!”
Not only did her dalliance with an old
mansion work, it also signalled a new phase for
her and the magazine. The exposure translated
to her becoming one of the most bankable
celebrities at that time, the continuous flow
of projects paving the way for her rise to the
industry’s upper ranks.
As for FHM, that first Sam Pinto cover
was a glimpse of the aesthetic direction the
magazine would eventually take several years
later. Basically, when Sam said, “Yes,” she was
actually ahead of her time.
Sam, back then, didn’t come from the usual
cover girl mold—she wasn’t a bombshell.
Instead, she was a curious mix of unreachable
supermodel and amiable girlfriend material.
Who knew that that unlikely combination would
carve a path to being named the country’s
sexiest for two consecutive years?
That sophisticated look would serve as a
template for the magazine’s current rebrand:
same old sexy with an unmistakable air of class.
This month, not only is Sam back to remind us
of what we have been missing out on the past
five years; she is also among the frontline muses
to usher in the new FHM era.
By the looks of things, it’s like she
never left.
H OW D O YO U
I N T E R AC T WIT H
YO U R FA N S
O N S O C I AL
M E D IA ?

I TALK TO
T h E M O N I G,
FAC E B O O K,
AN D T WI TTE R . I
D O N’ T R EA LLY
POST AB O UT
E V E RYT h I N G I N
M Y LI F E : WhAT
I D O, Wh AT I
E AT, Wh E R E
I G O. B UT I
N OTI C E D , I F I
D O N’ T PO ST
F O R, LI K E,
T WO DAYS ,
M O R E P E O P LE
F O LLOW M E.
I T ’S S O WE I R D.
F I FTE E N M I N U TES AN D A B AC K-B U R N I N G
5 0 0 - M ETE R F O OTS LO G AWAY F R O M
B O R ACAY P R O P E R , T h E C R EW M AD E ITS
WAY TO A R E LATIVE LY U NTAI NT E D S POT
right beside a half-finished construction
site. It’s still nine in the morning, but
almost everyone had to scamper for shade
upon arriving at the shoot location.
Sam, being the beachbody that she is,
was the first one to explore the familiar
environment. Doc Marlon Pecjo followed
suit and helped himself to a few test shots. On their first collection, she laughingly
The glorious reunion wasn’t even admits that she just did what floated her
supposed to happen. boat, working on her own fit.
Sam recalls a conversation she had “’Cause that’s what I know how to do,”
recently with a friend about posing again Sam explains. “Many people are asking,
for FHM. ‘Why don’t you make [clothes] for people
“I was like, ‘No, no, no. I’m done with who are plus-size, or with different body
the whole sexy thing,’” Sam says. “Because types?’ I have to study what looks good on
I didn’t know that you guys were going to them first. Mamaya, gawa lang ako nang
reformat that time. I was like, ‘No, no, no, gawa, yun pala hindi bagay.”
I’m okay na. I think I’m done.’” It was also during her long break that
It isn’t the first time Sam said no to she discovered her love for the beach, and
such opportunities. A few years ago, not surprisingly, her current passion for
she came to a point where she shunned surfing. “[I got] to the level of falling in
projects left and right because she had love with Baler that I bought a piece of
simply reached a state of burnout. In fact, property there,” Sam says. She plans to
this magazine appearance is one of her turn her piece of paradise—three frickin’
first major efforts after a much-needed hectares—in Baler into a resort.
respite. “Honestly, I’m actually happy now,
“It was a good break for me kasi parang whatever’s happening with me,” she says.
napagod din ako; this is just like a restart. “Kung wala (nang mangyari), I have my
At least now that I’m doing so many backup Baler plan; I’ll just live there. If I
things, I’m fresh again. Parang, ‘Okay, I have work, that’s when I go to Manila. On
want to do this again.’” the other hand, if there’s still work, okay,
These days, among the things Sam rito pa ako, push pa hanggang kaya pa.”
busies herself with is Sirena Swimwear, And since we’re on the topic of
an online bikini store she put up with relocation, it seems that for her, seeking
friend Erika Hocson. One could envy refuge in a rustic setup is a no-brainer.
her for having the luxury of being able “We’re living what people think is
to incorporate everything that she loves the glamorous life, but in reality, it’s so
and make money off of it. Although stressful. I guess I just want the simple
it’s also worth noting that she had life,” Sam says. “I’m super fine living
formal schooling before entering this on the beach, as in super chill lang. No
entrepreneurial venture, having taken up makeup, surfing the whole day. Simple. I
fashion design in college. realize that I have accepted who I am na.
“I’d been wearing all these other brands Kasi when you were younger, ‘I have to
that don’t fit properly, or it wasn’t really be like this, I have to be like that.’ And I
what I wanted, so I said, ‘Okay, I should guess, feeling ko na-achieve ko na lahat
make my own and share it to the whole yun, so medyo chill na ako. I don’t have to
world,’” Sam says, adding that she is quite compete with anybody anymore.
hands-on when it comes to the designing “’Bye, Manila! Alis na ako after this!”
process, and even goes abroad to purchase It’s a joke, but she could just as well
material herself. leave it all behind and we would be happy
for her. FHM
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fter 21 years, 419 rounds pounds), junior featherweight (122 lbs),
spread over 65 professional junior lightweight (130 lbs), lightweight
fights, Emmanuel ‘Manny’ (135 lbs), junior welterweight (140
Pacquiao is promising to With Pacquiao becoming too much lbs), welterweight (147 lbs) and junior
archive the gloves for good after his April of a headcase for local trainers, the middleweight (154 lbs). Needless
9 welterweight showdown with American fighter’s handlers went overseas and to say (but we will say it, still), this
Tim Bradley, Jr. in Las Vegas, Nevada. sought the services of a foreign coach. feat is unprecedented in the sport’s
Win or lose, Pacquiao is telling everyone They found one in American Freddie history. Then again, not a few are quick
that the time has come for him to close ‘Choir Boy’ Roach, a former boxer who to point out the International Boxing
the book on boxing and embark on a had learned his training techniques from Organization (IBO) junior welterweight
new journey. Hall of Fame trainer Eddie Futch. The crown Pacquiao won from Hatton in
Pacquiao’s boxing story, of course, is first time Pacquiao and Roach worked May 2009 was a fringe title, the IBO not
a stand-alone bestseller. To capture his out, it was love at first punch. It was being in the same level as the generally-
journey in one breath, he went from the Roach who would mold the clay that was recognized WBC, WBA (World Boxing
doghouse to the penthouse. Born in dirt Pacquiao into a certified world-beater. Association), IBF, and WBO (World
poverty in Kibawe, Bukidnon, he set foot Pacquiao returned to championship Boxing Organization) organizations.
in Manila as a scrawny teenager looking form in June 2001 when, as a last-minute There is also the argument that
to peddle his fistic talent. To survive the substitute, he bamboozled South African Pacquiao won some of his world titles
tough streets, he took on various odd jobs Lehlo Ledwaba in six rounds for the by asking the defending champions
which included selling stolen cigarettes. International Boxing Federation (IBF) to meet him at a compromised weight
Pacquiao turned pro in 1995 and junior featherweight division. Beating (“catch weights” in boxing lingo). For
won his first 11 fights. But disaster struck Ledwaba gave Pacquiao his second instance, when Puerto Rican Miguel
in his 12th paid contest in February 1996. division world title, but he and Roach Cotto defended his WBO welterweight
In that one, he showed up overweight and were just warming up. crown against Pacquiao in November
walked into a thunderous counterpunch Pacquiao captured six more division 2009, he agreed to the catch weight
from countryman Rustico Torrecampo. titles, leaving a trail of high-profile victims of 145 pounds when he could have
Pacquiao was knocked out cold in the (Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, weighed in at 147 pounds, the maximum
third round. The humiliation plunged him Juan Manuel Marquez, Oscar De La for a welterweight. When Margarito
into a depression so deep that he thought Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto, battled Pacquiao in 2010 for the WBC
of quitting the fight game and becoming to name a few). Pacquiao became junior middleweight title, the Mexican
a full-time construction worker. With an international star when he moved agreed to check in at only 150 pounds
few lucrative options, though, he meekly up in weight and disfigured Oscar when he could have weighed in at the
returned to the squared circle two months De La Hoya’s face in a stoppage win maximum 154 pounds. It was like David
after the crushing loss to Torrecampo. in December 2008. When Pacquiao consenting to a fight with Goliath, albeit
Conditioning and disciplinary issues outboxed Mexican Antonio Margarito on the condition that the latter would
plagued Pacquiao’s early years in pro in November 2010 for the WBC junior shed weight. In the minds of many,
boxing. He won his first world title in middleweight diadem, he set a new these concessions Pacquiao received
December 1998 when he stopped record in pro boxing by clinching his cheapened his claim to the world titles.
Thailand’s Chatchai Sasakul for the eighth division world title. At his peak, though, there is no
World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight Overall, Pacquiao won world titles denying that Pacquiao was one of the
title. But a year later, he was stripped of in these divisions: flyweight (112 most exciting fighters ever to grace
the crown when he failed to meet the the punch-for-pay business. He was
112 lbs flyweight limit in a title defense a merciless slugger whose powerful
against Thai Medgoen Singsurat. A punches registered on the Richter
visibly drained Pacquiao succumbed to scale. As he grew older and moved
Medgoen’s vicious body blows in just
three rounds.
up in weight, Pacquiao improvised by everything with his anti-gay slur. For a
adding a few boxing techniques to his guy who dreams of becoming president
repertoire. Thus, when Pacquiao was not one day, Pacquiao still lacks the political
knocking out the smaller Ricky Hatton Twitter that week and even the most acumen to handle sensitive issues. Still,
with one punch, he was outsmarting the respected sporting publications in the not a few believe that the immense
bigger Margarito. world rebuked him. Nike, easily the popularity he enjoys with the masses
No one can say how many more world’s most famous sports apparel might just land him a seat in the Senate,
mountains Pacquiao could have group, dropped Pacquiao as one of their and, perhaps, the presidency.
conquered had he not lost his way in prized endorsers. In appraising Pacquiao’s boxing
the messy world of politics, religion, and Pacquiao has since apologized for career, fans will surely regret the
show business (with some basketball his words and is working on redeeming competitive years he lost when he
coaching on the side). Immersed in himself. He is running for the Senate in turned to politics, basketball, and
various extra-curricular activities that ate the May elections and has promised to show business while still on top of
up his training hours, Pacquiao started completely devote his time to legislative his game. The ring cognoscenti will
losing his focus on the sport. The result? work if elected. Then again, he also debate down the road whether a totally
He has not scored another knockout spoke of possibly extending his boxing focused Pacquiao would have avoided
win after stopping Cotto in 2009, was career by taking part in the 2016 Rio the catastrophic loss to Marquez and
outpointed by Bradley, Jr. in June 2012, Olympics where pro boxers have been produced a more spirited, if not winning,
and was viciously knocked out in six given the green-light to compete. The performance against Mayweather, Jr.
rounds by rival Juan Manuel Marquez in Philippines has yet to win an Olympic Pacquiao will likely be in everybody’s
December 2012. gold medal. Top 10 list of all-time greats, but the
Pacquiao bounced back from the And then there are the lingering losses to Marquez and Mayweather,
numbing loss to Marquez by regaining rumors of a possible rematch with Jr., once factored in, will account for
the WBO welterweight title from Mayweather, Jr. Pacquiao has negative points. He even stands to be
Bradley, Jr. in April 2014. Still, fight fans admitted that he wants another shot accused, down the road, of just taking
were quick to note the diminished killer at Mayweather, Jr. It will be interesting and running away with the moolah
instinct and concentration. It did not to see how this second fight—if it ever against Mayweather, Jr.
get any better for Pacquiao when he happens—will be different from the first. Pacquiao has worn so many hats
kept from the media a shoulder injury in The story of Pacquiao reads like that it’s quite difficult to define his legacy.
his mega fight with Floyd Mayweather, a fairy tale and the only thing lacking He’s blurred it by trying to do so many
Jr., where he lost by decision in their is the happily-ever-after ending. And things at the same time. That said, with
highly-awaited showdown in May 2015. there lies the problem: As things stand, the limited time he has left in the ring, he
Several fight fans have since filed it appears that Pacquiao has no idea still has a chance to get his act together.
lawsuits against Pacquiao in the United how to conclude his boxing career as Here’s to him coming up with an ending
States on the argument that they were he continues to use it as a platform to worthy of a real hero, be it as a champion
gypped into betting on the Filipino. expand his other endeavors. The manner boxer or as a human being.
Sadly, Pacquiao’s career, as it by which the fight with Bradley, Jr. was —Atty. Ed C. Tolentino
comes to its last stop, is riddled with scheduled (falling on a national holiday,
controversy. Early this year, he drew a lot Araw ng Kagitingan) was clearly meant
to be part of Pacquiao’s senatorial Ed C. Tolentino has been a sportswriter since
of flak following a statement he issued
campaign. But then, he goes on to botch 1987. He has penned articles for several
in a televised interview where he likened
publications, including the Phil. Daily Inquirer
a lesbian/gay physical relationship to
and Manila Bulletin. At present he is a sports
something worse than animals. Almost
columnist for Manila Times and Spin.ph
immediately, the world collapsed on
and also the resident sports analyst/boxing
Pacquiao. Even Hollywood celebrities
commentator for ABS-CBN.
fired back with equally acerbic words.
Pacquiao lost two million followers on
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CONNECTIONS
WILL
We all know the title the FERREL
Bieber
”People’s Champ” isn't JIMMY hater
just for show; Pacquiao’s KIMMEL
gone through eight weight BUBOY
divisions and has become FERNANDEZ
a boxing champion in all
of them. Sadly, he wasn’t TV Enemies
content with just being the The Other Guys
king of the ring and has
been known to dabble in
other scenes that “interest” Wagered
MATT 250,000 on
him. Here’s a list of the DAMON
people he’s been involved Mayweather-
with through Manny's Pacquiao
ventures in and out of the FREDDIE
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WAHLBERG

FLOYD
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CHISE ALCANTARA
AEUS REYES
CECILE JUSI-BALTASAR
PONG CASTILLO
Dele Desierto – W (TKO) 7/1/1995

THE RECORD
W: 57 KO/TKO: 38 L: 6 D:2 Edmund Enting Ignacio – W (UD) 1/25/1995 Ippo Gala – W (TKO) 7/27/1996
 Original Withdrew its
“Sometimes endorsement to
When We Pacquiao because
DAN HILL Touch” singer of his anti-gay
statement
NIKE

MARIAN
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Former owner the Manny KRISTA
of beverly RANILLO
hills mansion
Darna and
SEAN P.
DIDDY Ding
COMBS

ROBERT
Kid Kulafu “BUBOY” BOY
VILLAR ABUNDA
BEA
ALONZO

JINKEE
Husband and wife to PACQUIAO
Pacquiao: The Movie Wife

JERICHO
ROSALES GUIDE
Direct connection
Indirect connection
Enemies

BEST FIGHTS

Lehlo Ledwaba Marco Antonio Barrera Erik Morales Juan Manuel Marquez Ricky Hatton
After six years of fighting Marco Antonio Barrera Looking to avenge his After their first fight ended It was in the late 2000’s
mostly on Philippine soil was already a legend loss to Erik Morales, the in a controversial draw, that Manny would be in
(with a few bouts around when a young Manny two squared off again Manny would clash with his prime. Stringing victory
Asia), Manny finally got faced him in 2003. That in Las Vegas in what is Marquez once again in after victory during that
his break against then didn’t deter Pac-Man, one of the best fighting an epic slugfest that saw era, none would be as
IBF Super Bantamweight winning the fight in 11 displays that Manny has Pacquiao winning his decisive as his 2nd round
champion, Lehlo Ledwaba. rounds, and starting his ever shown. The fight fourth title in as many knockout of Ricky Hatton.
Given only two weeks road to being the most ended via TKO in the 10th divisions. They would Hatton wanted to take the
to prepare, Manny and hated man in Mexico. round, knocking down the eventually fight two more fight to Manny, a mistake
his new trainer, Freddie streel-jawed Mexican for times with the last one that would put him on the
Roach, shined in his the first time in his career. ending in an unfortunate wrong end of The Ring
American debut, defeating knockout for our Magazine’s KO of the Year
the champ via TKO. ‘Pambansang Kamao.’ in 2009.

Lehlo Ledwaba – W (TKO) 6/23/2001 Erik Morales – L (UD) 3/19/2005 Juan Manuel Marquez – L (KO) 12/8/2012

Todd Makelim – W (TKO) 2/20/1999 Oscar De La Hoya – W (RTD) 12/6/2008 Floyd Mayweather Jr. – L (UD) 5/2/2015
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“ MA N N Y” PAC Q U IAO
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congress meetings during his first

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The second highest-paid athlete in the world. That’s who Manny Pacquiao was
HOUSE BILL NO.

3590
in 2015, according to Forbes. Last year, he earned $160 million, with $12 million of
that coming only from endorsements. (He’s now worth a cool $250 million, says
www.TheRichest.com/Boxrec.) Manny’s income would be a tad lower now that Nike
has dropped him from their roster of high-profile endorsers. But Manny’s not exactly
groveling in the dirt because of it. He’s buoyed up by this smorgasboard of (just some
of his) assets and endorsements:
a bill Rep. Pacquiao is
pressing for expectant
mothers to have 180

BILLS days or six months of paid

maternity leave

ALMOST ONE MILLION

$6.7
Biñan Mansion General Santos Mansion Mercedes Benz SL 550
Twitter followers Pacman
lost after his snarky remarks
A Beverly Hills Santos, Sarangani Mayweather has clinic, about the LGBT community,
mansion worth island. two of) a Ferrari
458 Italia (P11.8
among other marking them as “creatures MILLION
P500 million businesses worse than beasts”
($11.21 million), His wala-ka-sa- million) Endorsements
which he lolo-ko wheels with Footlocker, funds his own pocket
bought from collection: A Bell 206 Technomarine, which will be used
Hollywood gal a Lincoln helicopter Nestle, Sony, to build a worship
Jennifer Lopez Navigator (P2.9 Hennessy, house in General
just last month. million), a 2006 A gas station, a Monster Energy, Santos City, three
Mercedes water-refilling Harry Reid, years after converting
A mansion each Benz SL 550 station, and a Rexona, EastWest from being a Roman
in Binan, Laguna (P3.9 million), dermatology bank Catholic to an
and General and (what Floyd evangelical Christian
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SHOE
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GAME
THIS SIDE OF
SNEAKERTOWN

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SNEAKERHEAD
What is a sneakerhead? Basically, a person very into sneakers. A ‘head piece of Kanye West’s mad (marketing) genius, at least adidas actually
may not necessarily have a lot of shoes, but his thirst for them will releases them locally. The catch is that each drop is very limited–once,
border on obssession (he may physically harm you if you step on his it was 50; another time, a mere16. You also need to get lucky with a
kicks on purpose). He’s also always building–both his collection and his raffle to even get the chance to buy it. But you might as well take your
knowledge of what’s good–because the more you know and the more chances. Because grabbing one for the retail price of around P11,000
you acquire, the higher you get on the totem pole of the “Shoe Game.” is a steal compared to the P40,000-P100,000 or more (depending on
On a macro scale, The Game is an ecosystem of brands, brand specific model) that resellers will be asking for afterwards.
allegiances, resellers, scams, hypebeasts, haters, groups, and, of course, So let’s say you’re feeling pretty liquid and don’t mind shelling out–
collectors. At the basic level, it also refers to a sneakerhead’s total can you just walk up to your neighborhood reseller and demand for
package–does he have the rares? The knowledge to spot a fake? The the kicks? According to IG reseller @KickerSpaniel, who specializes in
taste to separate himself from tracking down rare models but has also sold over 3,000 pairs of Stan
trend sheep? Smiths on the side, “It’s not hard at all, as long as [the buyer] is willing
tRiPLE wHitE
But when everyone is shod in fancy manufacturer talk to pay the resell price.”
gleaming, high-tech wonders of referring to a whiteout/all Another seller, @carlohua–who once borrowed $4,000 to buy a
footwear, how does one ascend white color scheme pair of Red Octobers only to flip them for $4,500 on the same day–
the pearly Triple White towers concurs. “If you wanted to pay market price, I could find it instantly.”
of The Game and become the They don’t have any bones about where you come from as well.
number one? We’ll just cut to the “As long as the buyer has money, I’m in business. But if he sounds
DROP
bullshit: Who has the wickedest a shoe release date suspicious, I won’t deal,” Hua says. Kickerspaniel is not picky, either, but,
shoe game in the land? “Newbies, of course, are always shocked at prices of heat pairs, but
they also tend to start with hype shoes that are more widely available.”
THE CENTERPIECE OF StAN SMitHS
an old-school
According to Martin David, the man behind sneaker culture blog
Sole Movement, “I think it’s easier in general now. Whether you’re in the
THE GAME
Let’s ground the search by first
adidas model that is
immensely popular
Philippines or not, there is a way to get a pair. You just have to be more
diligent about it.” It wasn’t always this easy, though. “Five, ten, twenty
right now, especially
assigning a shoe that we can with women years ago…there [were] only a few [pairs] made of a certain shoe and
use as a sort of Big Mac Index the brands weren’t planning for that to really blow up–it was more of a
(a way to measure purchasing hunt.” (David also owns a pair of Yeezys, by the way.)
power between two currencies,
used by business magazine The
Economist) when comparing
RED OctOBERS
a Nike Yeezy that made
people go insane because it
WHO OWNS THE THRONE?
Having covered the scene for a long time, we also asked David if he can
‘heads. was released after Kanye left say who the MVP, the GOAT, the final word is of sneakers in the country.
The adidas Yeezy Boost fits the brand
“That’s one of the hardest questions to answer. I can never put one
the bill, as it is the current poster
person there because you classify the type of sneakers they wear… It’s
boy of sneaker hype worldwide.
HYPE a personal thing … my collection or my preferences may be different
It’s not exactly ubiquitous, but if demand that escalates an from yours so it never is just one person,” David says.
you’re aiming high and want a otherwise normal retail shoe However, David does drop two sides to consider. “There are a lot
into something hard to find

HEAt
a rare, coveted, and
often limited shoe

The adidas Yeezy Boost 350 in

the original launch colorway
 the Philippines.”
That is what Antonio Aguirre,
Jr. declares when asked who’s
at the top of The Game. It’s
not the Pinoy way to make
unequivocal statements like that.
But when you put up Sole Slam
Philippines, which has grown
from a sneaker convention in
2011 to the “street culture
cultivator” juggernaut it is today,
you’re probably entitled to a little
hubris.
A wise man once said,
“Any man who must say, ‘I am
the king’ is no true king.” So let’s
qualify Aguirre’s statement a bit
more. “I launched the modern
scene and someone will say, ‘I’ve
done that before.’ [But] ‘where’s
the proof you’ve done what I’ve
The goods at OG Archived An Eminem-worn limited edition Jordan done?’ Ask anyone; no one has
done the game bigger than Sole
of people who are not in the public eye and have great collections– Slam.
and some of them may not want to be publicized. But in terms of the StUNtiNG “When you speak the truth,
commercial side, Bigboy Cheng has a really nice collection.” to show off, prove you
have a bigger dick than people feel like, ‘ow! Tinatamaan
For the private side, we do a bit of needling and David floats the ako.’ It’s also part of crab
the other guy
name Team LMS—regulars on the NikeTalk forums, a.k.a. a renowned mentality. Five years ago, I wasn’t
online meeting spot where ‘heads talked passionately about shoes, GRAiL anyone. I was just a normal guy.
even before the days of Facebook groups. “These guys, their collections a sneakerhead’s I would post on FB–anything I
are all badass. Serious collectors who go about their daily lives—they ultimate desire, unique wanted to say–and no one would
don’t really stunt.” (LMS is also an acronym for Last Man Standing.) to every person
care. Now I have to be careful
Old-timer shadowy forum members sound properly hardcore. So because it’s a responsibility,” says
we meet them at a new store that a couple of their members recently Aguirre.
put up: OG Archived, near Tambo, Quirino Avenue in Parañaque. To our FLAME wARS That #realtalk moment about
neophyte minds, the out-of-the-way location totally had connotations of a fight in the comments being nobody probably just
“so hidden, so exclusive” and “only for people who know!” section, the favorite
pastime of the Facebook- gave raging hard-ons and flame
Last Man Standing—could it be a homage to the practice of ammunition to Aguirre’s many
with-free-data crowd
standing in line for releases? Were they grizzled, borderline fanatical, detractors, but as Team LMS’s
dudes who camped out on sidewalks for shoes? Mark Reyta acknowledges, “You
wiSE MAN
LMS member Mackie Correa debunks that image. “It started around Tywin Lannister lelz can’t knock his hustle.”
2008; just a bunch of guys hanging out. It was just the five of us Aguirre has all the Yeezys,
standing, still drinking around 5 a.m., so we called it Last Man Standing. though. Does he also have so
It was just about that, nothing about shoes.” OG much heat that he can stunt
Accompanying Correa are fellow LMS members Igie Ignacio and Original Gangster, a term any other sneakerhead into
Mark Reyta. We talk prized possessions and Ignacio points out he is used in rap/gang culture to submission?
actually wearing his personal grail Air Jordan Black Toes–straight outta refer to a respected elder
“It’s not how many pairs I
1985. An entire wall of more unobtanium ’80s Jordans is behind us, have,” he says. “I mean, there
and an Eminem-autographed and worn Jordan occupies a prominent FUccBOi
are a lot more that have more
position near the front of the store. Meanwhile, a lineup of gratuitously derogatory term referring
to those who blindly follow than me. Like Edouard. He’s my
priced Yeezys sits on a top shelf, almost forlornly. mentor, and he’s a purist when
trends/Kanye. Often used
Reyta explains: “We just wanna bring a different vibe to the by non-scene people to it comes to sneakers. But he did
country, you know; show what we’re all about.” Putting Kanye’s prized describe its members not put it out on the mainstream.
footwarmers away from the limelight shows that sneakerheads can I would be an OG of the new era.
aspire to master totally different genres. This is a time where sneakers
Do they have an idea of who The Man is? are mainstream and the purists
“I know the older dudes but I’m not sure what they have. I’m not sure cannot do anything about it anymore.”
how deep [their cache is]. Before, you only see the collection of other A sneakerhead who can bridge the gap between the new and OG,
people through what they’re wearing. It wasn’t like, ‘O, you post your who earns the respect of eager young fuccbois and old-school shadow
collection,’” Correa says. Team LMS is what you would refer to in street masters alike—maybe that’s the guy we can call GOAT. Edouard sounds
parlance as “low key.” Unassuming, humble, real, but they’ll still break like the Qui Gon Jinn of the scene, the source to anoint a Chosen One
your neck with the good shit if you come across them. and explain this whole concept of being “OG.” We seek him out.
You’re losing votes in the MVP race, though, if the masses haven’t
heard of you. So let’s take a look at the opposite end of the spectrum.
If we’re talking presence, there is definitely a name that burns brightly, There's always a bigger fish”
Edouard precedes everyone in this story thus far. His rap sheet is proof:
hyped up by its followers by the tens of thousands, and also the heat of
a million flame wars. He has more than 2,000 pairs of sneakers, collected in a span of over
20 years. He co-owns the clothing label PROGRESS® and he’s the
MR. SOLE SLAM
“I would like to mention other names, but in all honesty, it would be me.
editor in chief of CLAVEL, a local street culture magazine. Edouard is
wearing plain green Chuck Taylor All Stars. They look like the Chucks
you can buy in a store but are actually Japan-only joints–that’s, like,
I’m not gonna lie to you, a lot of people might disagree, but most would being low-key and stunting at the same time.
agree it’s me. They usually call me the godfather of the sneaker game in When we apply our Yeezy Index to him, his story with the shoe
SNEAKERHEAD
goes like this: “Komportable
yung Yeezy. Nung may sprain
ako (na naging kasing laki ng
patola paa ko], may nagsabi
sa akin na ang Boost na
available sa size 13, Yeezy lang.
Eh, swerte sa raffle…nung
nakuha ko yung sapatos, nung
sinuot ko, sobrang komportable.
Imbes na masaktan ako sa
paghakbang, nakapaglakad ako
ng maginhawa, magically...Yeezy
Boost, malambot siya.”
In CLAVEL, Edouard once
featured a collector known as
Bossing or, as they referred to BOOSt
him, the “Six Million Peso Man.” adidas sole technology, widely
Bossing was also name-dropped regarded to be the comfiest in
by Sole Movement’s Martin David the game right now
and Team LMS as a legend, so
we “legit-checked” him.
Is Bossing really a legend? DEADStOcK/DS
“Oo. Pero yung pinaka-legendary? never worn, never even
tried on. The most
Hindi. Ang nakita ko dun sa
desirable condition of a
collection niya, halos lahat mga Some of Bigs’s highlights: Ronnie Fieg (sneaker god) specials,
shoe right now
basketball shoes. Pero si Bigs customs with his name on it, and shoes from “2015”
(Bigboy), noong panahon na
yun, diverse na. Parang ako. At VNDS Talking to Edouard kind of feels like meeting a final boss–or the
tsaka sa panahon na yun, sa Very Near Dead Stock, Illuminati. Before popping the big question, we were ready for him to
pagkakatanda ko, mas marami worn maybe once or twice say, “It’s me, fam.” But instead he comes out with the blessing we’ve
akong sapatos sa kanilang lahat,” been searching for.
Edouard says. We believe him VVVVVVVVVNDS “Ang top sneakerhead, dapat may taste. Dapat may malawak siyang
just because Bossing is in his when you’re grasping kaalaman sa mga binibili niya. Dapat marami siyang pambili–yung
magazine in the first place–and to pass off your used
sarili niyang pera, hindi galing sa nanay. Mas maigi kung magaling sa
shoes as “fresh”
that he used the most hyped pormahan, yung magaling manamit. Piyesado. At higit sa lahat, dapat
kicks in the world as rehab shoes. masaya siya sa ginagawa niya. I declare Bigboy Cheng as the top
People listen to Edouard’s FAM sneakerhead of 2016 here in the Philippines. He definitely looks very
stories because he is also an your bro, a friend happy with what he’s doing for the culture. He is my choice.”
OG. What is this arcane concept
of OG?
“[He] must be original,
older, and wiser than the rest,”
DJ KHALED
or “DJ KHALEEEED,”
THE GOAT
Bigboy Cheng (whose family owns Uratex foam) created high-end toy
American music personality
says Edouard. “Dahil buhay pa known for having a massive
store Secret Fresh and the entire RONAC Art Center–that mecca of
rin pagkatapos ng mahabang shoe collection (and getting street culture along Ortigas Avenue–that houses it. He has more shoes
panahon at pagkatapos ng lahat lost at sea once) than hairs on your head. But he’s also the easiest person to talk to. He’ll
ng hirap, ibig sabihin, crafty let you touch and pick up any pair in his massive shoe collection.
siya at alam yung pasikut- We ask him who he thinks is an idol of The Game. He mentions
sikot. Dapat kilala siya ng mga StAN a name, a new name, a collector we haven’t heard mentioned so far.
sikat na nasa loob ng kultura. superfan, named after (Edouard is his other idol) So Bigboy still doesn’t think he’s the main man.
Dapat may impluwensiya sa the crazy dude from He claims we need to see this guy’s stuff.
Eminem’s popular track
mga nangyayari.” OGs are the This stops us in our sleuthing game. Do we look for this guy
Master Splinters, the Jor-Els, the that our number one just mentioned? If we do find him, said dude
Professor Xaviers of a culture. cRUMBLY MiDSOLES would probably point to another down the line. And another. Until we
“Pero may mga OG din a common cause of death eventually end up at DJ Khaled’s door.
dati pa, 1980s pa lang, meron for shoes that haven’t been But while ogling a lineup of Bigs’s rare ass Kobe 9s, it clicks. Think
na. Sila yung mga nagdala ng worn for a very long time of it this way, fam. Who’s the GOAT among LeBron, Kobe, Curry? People
sapatos dito galing sa ibang will never agree on a single answer. Then Jordan stans will complicate
bansa para mapansin. Wala the argument and ask whether any of them can beat the ‘95-‘96 Bulls.
SHADE
pa kasing Internet noon. Hindi a diss
They can debate endlessly–midsoles will crumble and Air Max bubbles
naman talaga sa atin galing ang shall pop–but every sneakerhead will have their own idol, their own era
sneaker culture. Lahat sa bawat for context. Even an OG’s decision can be called subjective if you want
batch, may gustong mag-stand to be pissy about it. And sneakerheads are pissy. You can build a beach
out. Tapos susundan siya ng mga batchmates niya. Kaya kung papalarin resort with the amount of shade they throw around.
sila, at dadami sila, lalawak. May posibilidad na pag-umpisahan sila ng What the (super) jovial 5’10” collector reminds us is that at the end
kultura sa lugar nila. Sa lugar nila, sila yung OG…OG’s make the cult of the day, it’s all about enjoying your kicks.
legit if they are legit. Lucky for the kids here in the Philippines, there are “Sundan mo yung gusto mong sapatos, whatever attracts your eye,”
lots of us who are OG.” says Bigboy. “Wag mong pakinggan yung mga iba kung hindi nila gusto
And when it comes to The OG, “Kung tatanungin mo ako kung sino ang gusto mo. Pake nila? Kung saan ka masaya, yung pag nakikita mo
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spike up your Ice cold beer is usually the

POOL
perfect drink for poolside
chilling—but in this case,
it’s time to go the extra
mile and mix up a big
Have one already? Awesome. If batch of spiked punch.
not, here are your options:

BORROW The key word here is ‘refreshing’:

think ice-cold fruit juices spiked
Friend’s pool with vodka or mango rhum. Start
Cost: Free with a few cans of fruit juice, then
Pros: Free! No time limit. mix in your alcohol a little at a
Cons: Post-party cleanup, angry time. Top it off with a can or so of
neighbors and/or homeowners. soda, and add sliced citrus fruits
Because there is no time limit, the (oranges, dalandans, lemons,
temptations are great. If you lose or lime). Pour everything into a
control or become too dumb, you clear dispenser or container (you
could lose your youthful freedom— can check the nearest hardware
with the coming of your stores for fishbowls, or the
firstborn son nine months later! supermarket for some classic
gulaman dispensers).
RENT
Village or condo social hall,
or a private pool
try some of these
Cost: Anywhere from P8,000 combos for a killer
to P30,000 for a few hours punch:
depending on location
Pros: No pool maintenance/ Vodka, Sprite or 7-Up + pineapple
cleanup, no angry neighbors and/ juice + cranberry juice
or homeowners
Cons: Expensive, time limit/cutoff Pineapple orange juice + mango
rum + Sprite
BUY
Peaches + blueberries + lemons
Free-standing pool from a + champagne
hardware or toy store
Cost: Anywhere from P8,000
for a 10ft. pool to P26,000 for a PRO TIP
15ft. pool Freeze a big batch of
Pros: If you have the space for drinks into ice cubes so
it, you can have a pool where you the punch doesn’t get
want it, when you want it. watered
Cons: Expensive, too small, needs down. Use coolers for the
installation “clean” ice (the ice that
goes into people’s drinks)
but for the bottles and
PRO TIP
cans, stick them in those
If you’re throwing the
little inflatable baby pools
pool party at yours or a
and fill with ice.
friend’s house, appease
your nearest neighbors by
paying them a visit the day
or the morning before the
party and bringing them
a little box of treats (like Make a vodka-infused
say, ensaymada, pastillas,
or polvoron), and drop a
watermelon
disclaimer: ”May party lang
po kami mamaya, ha?” 1 Using the cap of your vodka watermelon on, like a bowl, and
as a guide, cut out a circle in the leave the whole setup in a safe
side of the watermelon. Keep place for at least 12 hours.
the “plug” in a plastic bag in 3 Carefully remove the vodka
the fridge for later. Scoop out bottle. Put the watermelon
watermelon flesh with a spoon “plug” back in the hole. Stick it
to make a hole deep enough for in the fridge for another couple
the neck of the vodka bottle to of hours to cool.
fit into. 4 This stuff is strong, and is
2 Insert the vodka bottle at a pretty freaking delicious, so cut
right angle to the watermelon, the watermelon into cubes or
then stand it upright. Find small wedges, so it doesn’t go
a stable base to stand the too fast. Serve, and enjoy!
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rev up the
For maximum chill time and
minimum fuss, keep the pica-pica
simple and order in your favorite
pizza and barbecue. Think picnic Games, like pool parties, aren’t
food; load up on nachos and just for kids. After all, what’s more
chips, and make or buy salsa and fun than playing some games?
dips. Avoid any foods that don’t Playing games while buzzed, of
keep well in the heat like pansit, course! Plus it’s a surefire way to
or anything milk or egg based, to make your party one to remember.
avoid messing up people’s bellies.
Watermelon race
What you need: Two watermelons
PRO TIP
Form two teams. Each team gets
Make some fresh salsa!
one watermelon (or a similar
It’s easy and tastes great.
heavy fruit that sinks under water)
Here’s a simple recipe that
Each team member takes turns
only takes 20 minutes.
pushing the watermelon from
You will need:
one end of the pool to the other.
3 cups chopped tomatoes
The catch: You can’t use your
1/2 cup chopped green
feet! First team to finish wins…a
bell pepper
watermelon.
1 cup diced onion
1/4 cup minced cilantro
2 tbsp lime juice Catfight water joust
4 tsp chopped jalapeno
What you need: Pool noodles or
1/2 teaspoon ground
long skinny inflatables
cumin
Form two teams consisting of one
1/2 teaspoon salt
girl and one guy each. The girls
1/2 teaspoon ground black
sit on the guys’ shoulders, and
pepper
teams stay in the middle of the
Combine all ingredients
pool, with water at chest-height
in a bowl. Makes about 4
for the guys. The girls will then try
cups of salsa. Refrigerate
to dislodge each other using the
before serving.
soft weapons.

PRO TIP
Buy a pump. Don’t try to
blow up inflatables with
lung power—your saliva
can cause mold and
bacteria to grow inside
them. Also, pumps can be
used to deflate: just switch
the hose from the inflating
port to the deflating port.
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drop some

The best time to start the party would be

at around 3 p.m,. Start with steady summer
music (think Jack Johnson, the OST of “50
First Dates”), gradually moving to harder
GOOD HOST
Here’s how to keep things comfortable (and safe) for everybody
party music as the day turns into night.

leave a stack of
fluffy towels for
guests to use

SUmmEr COLD bring a box of

GIrLS SUmmEr ziplock bags to
LFO N I G HT S keep smartphones
FrANCIS m dry (only to keep
EvEr them splash-proof,
A F TE r NICE N
SLOW DO NOT use them
BONNIE underwater).
B A I L EY USHEr
Have a first-aid
W A L kI N G WE STS I D E
kit handy for cuts
ON A TQ
and scrapes.
DrEAm
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O F TH E POOLS drinking friend
SUN kE N D r I C k to keep an eye out
LAmAr for any drunken
U P TO W N friends trying to,
FUNk say, take a nap
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BLING the shallow end.
S H UT U P D r AkE
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AND DANCE cheap rugs
WA L k TH E BUmP AND along to place
mOON GrIND in potentially
r . k E L LY slippery areas, like
FEELING near the coolers
TH I S WHErE ArE or bathroom
B L I N k 182 U NOW entrances.
J U S TI N
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A r O N C H U PA

I C A N’ T F E E L L AT C H
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W E E kE N D P L AY DISCLOSUrE How to handle Despite your best efforts at prevention,
things may go wrong, especially when booze
ZEDD and slippery areas are involved. Here’s how
D E SS E rT to make your way out alive and unscathed...
D AW I N well, hopefully

PA rT Y U P I N G ET LU C kY S O r rY
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HErE DAFT PUNk F O r PA r T Y
Concussion. A rowdy friend pack should ease swelling controls within arm's reach
D mX r O C kI N G
has smacked his head. and stop the bleeding. so switching sounds on and
L m FA O
do this: If he’s out cold, off would be easy. Also,
NICE TO MEET YOU bring him to the hospital, the situation: Noise ready some finger food you
stat! If they get sleepy or complaint. You hear that can offer the tanod and
BUILd UP
throw up, those are signs dreaded knock on the pray to the party gods they
PRIMETIME of concussion, so bring door: the security guards let you go.
SHITFACEd them in for the meantime. If or barangay tanods have
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 NINJA PARTY
Photography
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Hairstyling
JA FELICIANO
Styling
REY SANTOS
In these times where privacy is becoming less and
less of a thing, there are still a few precious places
where men cannot wander. And when ranking
these forbidden gatherings, the mythical all-girl
after-party is one of the most desirable secrets.
Maybe one day, you’d be blessed enough to see all of
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 MASTE R
YO U R L O O K

Edited by ASH MAHINAY

mikeyashlie.mahinay@
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OOT D

Well-
dressed
wanderer
Jericho rosales
talks about how
there’s no shame
in doing ootds

Words
ASH MAHINAY

Photography
JAKE VERZOSA
 y o u r ru n n in g g e a r c h e c k l i s T

Ever since he discovered a passion for riding,

Jericho Rosales’s Instagram feed has been full
of aspirational images–he’s all about life on two
wheels. Jericho is also the face of Wrangler’s True
Wanderer competition, a contest that reminds you to
go out and enjoy a ride instead of just treating your
bike as a commuting companion. But we’re all about
real life too over here, so in our debut OOTD feature,
we get the real talk from the actor on looking good
on a bike, still smelling fresh after riding through grit
and grime, and the importance of snapping it all for
Wrangler Liam Western
posterity. Jacket, P4,499.75

The number one masTering The his personal

ouTfiT prioriT y bagong-ligo look sTyle
af Ter a ride i n s p i r aT i o n
“When I ride, being comfy
is [the] number one The secret is, I have a bag [In] the café racer scene,
[priority]; but it’s also the with me. It has wet wipes, I follow this account
number one thing that will an extra shirt, towel, soap, called Gentleman’s
be sacrificed. Kasi you hair product, sometimes Ride, [which features]
have to protect your body. even shampoo since I gents on motorcycles.
Yes, you wear jeans, but [don’t mind taking a] Naka-custom bikes sila
with kneepads and shin Wrangler Basic Undershirt,
shower anywhere. I bring at palaging naka-dress- P399.75
guards [ dapat] yan. You all my needs in small up. [Of course] iba yung
wear a T-shirt, but then packets. Kailangan koboy weather nila , malamig
you also have a [riding] ka and you can clean your at malinis, eh. So we
jacket. On long rides, body anywhere. Kaya rin tweaked their look to
number one [rule] yun : ako nag-ja-jacket palagi, [suit] Manila conditions.
protect your body.” to protect [myself] from There’s no particular
the sun–iba yung amoy- person I follow, but
araw. I always have a basically old-school ang
scarf to protect [myself] style namin.
o n “ s h a m e l e s s ly ” from smoke. Then you
a n g l in g f o r T h aT leave the jacket [and
ooTd phoTo scarf] na amoy Edsa and
put something else on o n av o i d i n g T h aT
[for after the ride]. May “biker” look
Gusto ko yun, yung
nagpapa-picture. Kasi preparation talaga.
gusto kong makita “[ My barkada and I] don’t
pagtanda ko, na ito ako like to look like bikers. We
nung bata ako. That’s like to look normal. The
always my goal with classic cliché look is the Wrangler Crank Cool Wayne
W h y i T ’ s o k ay T o leather jacket, big boots,
pictures. We didn’t have a b e s o “a f f e c T e d ” Denim Pants, P2,299.75
lot of family pictures, and giant patches, tapos may
W h i l e Ta k i n g beard, may studs. Pero
I grew up looking at my T h aT o o T d
mother and my father’s meron ding biker na full
photos–“Uy, ito porma battle gear–colorful, may
ng tatay ko !” or “ Uy, may Di naman [kami bothered reflectors. Ok lang naman
bigote pala !” Plus I always dun ]. Wala kaming yun ; pero subtle ang trip
send photos to my wife pakialam [na vain ang namin. May leather jacket
and friends. My friends dating]. Our life is in din ako–pero ang idea
and I sometimes go, “O pictures. For us, it’s is pwede kang pumunta
pag walang picture, di always about looking sa café, club, or event
nangyari.” I have a lot of back–it’s as important na hindi ka mukhang
photos on my phone that I as looking forward to manggugulo. You have to
haven’t even posted; para adventures. look like a gentleman.
Stylish bandanna Sturdy boots
sa‘kin lang.
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 Photography
Doc Marlon Pecjo

Styling
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Makeup and Hairstyling

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Models
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of lux ManageMent
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 Quiksilver
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Liberate your lower-to-mid thighs this summer with our

selection of swim trunks. Because while we have been
banging the drum of shorter shorts for several years, still,
we see men who have lost their way on the beach–lost
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The most underrated way to gain cool guy
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that isn’t, a plain department store joint
or; b. the resort-supplied standard issue
water absorber. We recommend going on
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are available at Tenant piece–such as this one from Saturdays
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Kamagong St., Makati aspect of your game.

Help get/ As much as you want to hair. Good thing L'Oreal has
flaunt these tight swimwear its new anti-thinning super
make those choices, spending the whole serums, Serioxyl, which is
killer waves day bathing underneath the guaranteed to give you fuller,
scorching sun could do a lot denser, and cleaner hair as
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caRe foR beach sun's heat causes your hair to feeling cool and minty after
bums lIke You dry, leading to thinner, brittle every wash.
 LIFE ON THE
U PSWI NG

Edited by KHYNE PALUMAR

khyne [email protected]

words
RON JAY
EDUVAS

Photography
VINCENT
COSCOLLUELA

illustrations
CARLO MAALA

A c u sto m-b u i lt mAld eA

r oAd b i k e fr Am e

E X P E R T

Get a
custom-fit
bicycle
Riding and buying a
biKE may bE Easy, but
gEtting onE that fits
you to a tEE? LEt’s
woRK on that...
 bike hub
cAN You build Your
oWN bike?
Group set
Custom bike-frame building is a craft that
requires not just a working knowledge
with steel work, but also precise math and
sourcing impeccable raw materials, which
will cost you. so it's probably not good to get
bull horN
h A N d l e b Ar
one if you’re only biking on a whim. maldea
is a serious builder: his frame-building rig is
a-grade and he sources his steel from as far
as italy. “halos 30 years ko na ito ginagawa,
pero may natutunan pa rin akong bago sa
fo r k W i th s u s p e N s i o N frame-building,” maldea says.
c r AN k

1
Para sa akin ang
pinakamagandang CRAFTSMAN
tubing ay chromoly
Get properly
[high carbon steel]. PROFI LE
measured
“Pinakaimportante sa Aabot ng P32,000 ang
lahat yung bike fitting. pinakamahal na tubes.
Kailangang kunin yung Pinakamura siguro
height ng rider and nasa P5,500, pero
inseam measurements. frame pa lang iyon.”
The inseam is yung
sa ilalim ng pundiya,
so you measure from 3
Select other bike
the ground to your
crotch area. Kapag parts, but don’t mix
nakuha ko yung sukat, I and match
multiply it by .65. Yung “Ang mga piyesa kasi BiKE-fRAME
makukuhang product ng bike, naka-group BUiLdER:
will be your frame set na iyon. Hangga’t Ave Maldea
size. Para sa top tubes maaari, at kung kaya AGE: 49
naman, kinukuha ko ng budget, isang set or sukat ng gears. Para lang ang rule diyan: OccUPAtiON: Bike
yung height ng rider isang brand lang ang kung sakaling uphill Ang mas magaan na frame builder
then divide it by π gagamitin mo. Yung nandiyan siya at gulong, mas matibay HOw HE StARtEd:
(3.14).” value kasi ng bike mas magagamit mo. Ngayon at mas magaan dalhin. “Magsi-seaman dapat
bumababa kapag halo- kung ikaw ay sanay Meron din namang mga ako. After college, habang

2
halo yung parts.“ na naman at into bike entry level na okay, naghihintay mag-abroad,
racing, diyan, maaari ka katulad ng Shimano namasukan muna ako sa
Have your tubes
assembled 4
Gear up
nang kumuha ng mas
maliit na gears para sa
RS. Maganda rin yung
brand na Fulcrum. Yung
tita ko na may bikeshop
dati sa Pasig. Dun ako
nagsimula at natuto.
“After bike fitting, ang speed.” Campagnolo, yan ang
sunod kong aayusin ay “Pagdating naman top of the line. Tandaan Eventually hindi na ako

5
yung tubes—ito yung sa gears, take niyo lang: yung mura, natuloy mag-abroad kase
magiging bike frame into account yung magaan nga sa bulsa, gumagawa na lang ako ng
mo. Ang requirement totoong purpose ng Your choice of pero mabigat at bike.”
lang sa pagpili ng pagbibisikleta mo. Kung wheels mabagal i-pedal.” cRAft HiGHS:
tubes, kailangan hobbyist ka, I suggest “Pagdating naman “Sunday lang ang pahinga

6
high-tensile quality. kumuha ka ng malaking sa wheel set, simple ko. Monday to Saturday,
6 a.m. nagbubukas na
Build ako ng shop. Sa sobrang
“Ang pinakamahirap dami ng kliyente, minsan
para sa akin gawin booked na ako for the
whole year. Average siguro
BIKE TYPES ACCORDING TO PRICE AND CONSTRUCTING yung mga mountain
four to six months. Pero
bikes kasi kailangang
DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY i-bend at madami magandang malaman na
siyang fittings [the pinagkakatiwalaan ka ng
steel tubes]. It usually mga kliyente mo. Maraming
takes me three to four enthusiasts na dumadayo
eAsiest/ hArdest/ pa dito sa Rizal.”
months to build a bike
cheApest priciest
frame.”

FIxIE ROAD MOUNTAIN TANDEM

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 Boost

S K I L L

Grow your own grub

With a little patience and practice, you can turn the
dirt under your feet into a sustainable all-you-can-eat
Words
KHYNE PALUMAR

photography
VINCENT COSCOLLUELA

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CAN YOU ReALLY they need—and how
nutritious the food
is, depends on how
GROW A FRUIT
TREE!

GROw...ANYTHING? nutritious the soil is.”

STEP3 : FERTILIZE
“Because the soil needs E a s i E st /
Quick answer: yes. turns out we mortals are no to be nutritious, it will s h o r tE s t
different from an organic farmer with experience be best to just use w a i t ti m E
in aquaponics (growing fish and greens together) fertilizer right away,
like enzo pinga of earthbeat farms. “nobody’s preferably organic.
born with a green thumb, it’s something that can There are different types
be developed over time. i’ve had plants die on of organic fertilizers. CA L A M A N S I
me when i was starting out. practice lang talaga , There’s vermicast
and like everything (worm manure), which
that’s not instant and is basically the poop of
ultimately worthwhile, African night crawlers.
you need patience. That’s stuff you can add PA PAYA
that’s the beauty of to the soil, or things like
farming,” pinga says. a bokashi mix, which
he offers a few valuable is a mix of fermented
tips so you can cut back biodegradable material,
on the trial-and-error with things like rice hull DRAGONFRUIT
bit... or ipa . Overtime these
things break down and
add nutrients to the soil.
But for home planting,
S T E P 1: S TA R T E A S Y I think liquid fertilizers MANGO
"I would suggest native are the easiest to use.
greens like pechay, You can find them in
kangkong, and talbos hardware stores and
WONDER ng kamote. Greens gardening stores. Be LANGKA
BEANS! are easier to grow careful not to use too
according to pinga, compared with fruiting much fertilizers because
“legumes like plants—which are also those can kill the plant."
sitaw or baguio more prone to pests.
beans take in With greens, you can S T E P 4 : WAT E R tr i c k i E s t /
nitrogen from the nip infested parts. lo n g E st
SMART
air and put it in With fruiting plants like
the soil. nitrogen eggplant or tomato, hindi
“Generally, you don’t w a i t ti m E
really spray anything to
is essential for mo alam na-peste na
the plants in the middle
growing leafy pala yung fruit itself.”
of the day kasi if it’s hot,
greens and, actually
pwedeng masunog yung
any type of plant. STEP2: PICK THE plant. You usually do it compounds. What you
so having beans
around could RIGHT DIRT early in the morning or could do is let the water
be beneficial for “What’s really key is the late at night. I would avoid sit in a container for 24
whatever you’re soil. To grow fruits and using the municipal water, hours to let the chlorine
growing.” vegetables, you need which is treated with evaporate, and then you
to provide the nutrients chlorine and different can use it to water the
plants.”
SHAKE OFF
HOW LONG BEFORE I SINK MY TEETH INTO THEM? STEP5: NIX THE PESTS,
NATURALLY
once a seed germinates, pinga says “it will sprout two leaves. if you see three,
PESTICIDES companion
“Spraying chemical
that’s the time you transfer it to a pot or the soil, if you’re starting in a seedling planting attracts
pesticides will solve the
tray.” here’s a timeline for other fruits and veg... beneficial insects
problem in the short term,
to one plant and
but in the long term, talo
repels it to the
Av E R A G E G E R M I N ATI N G TI M E TO G O B E FO R E ka rin. It makes things
P L A NT T YP E S other, plus it makes
TI M E / F I R S T S P R O UT HARvE ST seem easier, but what you
your urban garden
don’t see immediately is
pretty. here’s what
BAS I L 5 TO 1 4 DAY S 3 0 D AYS its effects on the soil, the
to plant together
environment, and your
KAN G KO N G 9 DAY S 3 0 TO 6 0 D AYS health. It makes no sense tomato x basil
to protect yourself when asparagus x parsley
L eT TU C e 1 4 DAY S U P TO 2 M O N T H S you’re spraying, if the carrots x chives
same chemicals are going leafy greens x mani
into your food. If you eat any type of plant x
CAR R OTS 10 DAY S TO 2 we e K S 2 M O N TH S
that produce, then all legumes
those chemicals end up in
T O MAT O 5 TO 10 DAY S 4 5 TO 70 D AYS
your body as well.”

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Three for
the road
and we mean our very
cruel roads—that only
true suvs can conquer

Edited by
ALLAN P. HERNANDEZ
[email protected]

Words
DINZO TABAMO
ANDREI LAUREL

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 T o y o Ta F o rT u n e r
What makes Toyota the number one car weaker men to commit acts of folly. It’s one
brand in the world? While there are a number thing to read about the 174hp and 450Nm
of factors that can be rattled off like design, coming from the 2.8-liter diesel engine, but
FORTUNER SPECS
reliability, and resale value—the bottomline when you feel the torque at full acceleration,
is, the Japanese carmaker has mastered it’s like being pressed against your seat by a ENGINE
the art of the no-regret purchase. Walk into wall of force. This kind of sensation can go to 2.8-liter diesel
a showroom now, pick a car you fancy, and a man’s head.
there’s a 99 percent chance you won’t be sorry. It’s a good thing Toyota equipped its OUTPUT
The new Fortuner exemplifies this future cash cow with a raft of safety features 174hp and 450Nm
consumer paradigm. It’s overflowing with pogi so that customers can keep coming back.
points, has enough new toys to impress the There are front, driver knee, side and curtain PRICE
ladies, and it’s backed up by a proven dealer airbags for the worst eventualities. Harnessing P1.38 M and up
network and after-sales service. And now that the Fortuner’s prodigious power are stability
it has raised its prices, with the top-of-the-line control, active traction control, hill-start assist,
4x4 2.8 V costing a little over P2.1 million, and brake assist. What all these mean is that
the Fortuner has the cachet to be more if you get carried away trying to impress your
aspirational than ever. lady, you’ll still live to have make-up sex.
Enter this SUV’s cabin and you’ll wonder The Fortuner is the SUV for lazy people
why there isn’t a European badge on the with money. You don’t have to spend time
leather steering wheel. Hues of brown, black, agonizing over brochures, comparing every
and slivers of chrome will catch your eye, tiny detail, and pestering all your car nut
slowly easing you in. Sitting on the leather friends for advice. Just go to your
chair, with a vantage high above mere mortals neighborhood dealership, pick a
in their regular cars, the Fortuner emboldens color, and enjoy an SUV you
the driver in a way only a true SUV can. won’t regret purchasing.
If the driving position can embolden,
the power underneath the massive hood
and behind the handsome face can corrupt

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M iTs u b i s h i
M o nTe r o s po rT
It’s easy to imagine your cool tito behind the
wheel of the new Montero Sport. He wants
something brawny and irresistibly handsome.
If doubters ask him if he’s worried about
mechanical ghosts, he will say real men can
handle their machinery (and wink at your lady
friend).
Even if you’re not a tito of Manila who
wants to be seen in the most popular SUV in
town, there’s a lot to like about Mitsubishi’s
much-awaited model. Its 2.4-liter turbodiesel
may seem small compared with what its
competitors are packing, but it can squeeze
out an almost Herculean 178hp and 430Nm.
Its wading depth of 700mm will laugh at
floods that would overcome AUVs, letting
its long taillights lead the way during rainy
season.
If the Toyota Fortuner is the sure bet, the
EVEREST SPECS Montero Sport is for the person who’s more
confident of what he wants; the man with a
ENGINE rebel streak who appreciates a strong SUV
3.2-liter Duratorq because it reflects his character.
diesel Still, with this Mitsubishi’s numerous safety
features, it can also serve capably well as a
OUTPUT family transport. Seven airbags are positioned
200hp and 470Nm in the cabin, with stability and traction
controls at the ready in case something goes
PRICE wrong. There’s even a blind spot warning in

Fo r d eve r e sT P1.39 M- P1.89 M case some buzzards aka motorcycles try to

maneuver unexpectedly beside you.
Finally, there’s a front mitigation collision
system to prevent the Montero Sport from
Any respectable road trip vehicle you can select the terrain via the turn of a dial, and let colliding with anything in front—even with
rev cross-country should give three things: this baby work its magic. the foot on the gas pedal. Sensors scan the
comfort, speed, and versatility. The all-new Other road trip-centric features include horizon for possible obstacles, and once one
Ford Everest happens to have all. adaptive cruise control, hands-free music is detected, the brakes will be applied by the
The Everest can seat up to seven of selection, a 100kg roof load and 750kg SUV’s computer. It’s a feature anyone will
your barkada—in comfort, thanks to its carrying capacity, and extra luggage space appreciate, tito or otherwise.
Active Noise Cancellation technology and via third row PowerFold seats. With all that There has never been a time where we
a well-engineered suspension system that fancy tech, comfort and rugged reliability, no have so many choices of good diesel SUVs.
will willingly absorb any bumps on the road. destination is too far or too tough. The Montero Sport has stood at the top of the
What’s more, the vehicle’s body roll is kept rankings for many years. It looks like its return
to a minimum, meaning ‘patabi ng kotse, to the throne has begun.
nasusuka si Juan’ moments along routes like
Kennon Road are few and far between. The
vehicle’s light and responsive steering makes
it incredibly easy to drive—meaning even
less-experienced drivers can have a shot at
the wheel.
This Everest has got speed covered as MONTERO SPORT
well. If you opt for the top-of-the-line variant,
you'll be running on a 3.2-liter turbodiesel SPECS
engine with enough power and torque to
leave any lumbering truck or tricycle in the ENGINE
dust. That precise handling comes into play 2.4-liter CRDi
here, too—overtaking is a cinch. You and your turbodiesel
buddies will be chilling by the beach in no
time at all. OUTPUT
Versatility-wise, the Everest’s 4WD 178hp and 430Nm
capability and terrain control system and
225mm ground clearance allow you to tackle PRICE
virtually any route possible. Want to plow P1.5 M and up
through a rocky river bed? There’s a setting
for that. Looking to take a detour for a little
off-roading fun in the mud? This SUV has that
covered as well. All you have to do is strap in,

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bike to the FHM coop along Pioneer Street in Mandaluyong City realized looking cool should not be at the expense of going knee-less, and
thrice a week. If I’m any crazier, sometimes the entire work week. fixed gears will take the knees out of any dumb old biker who wants to go
From my place in Marikina, my route takes me to Pasig through Premium Rush-cool. So I did more research and stumbled upon the bikes
a narrow street fondly called the old Daang Bakal road (literally I have now—geared, with fenders and lights, for going the distance, old-
“railroad,” which is what it is exactly—the old American-era railroad looking—and found them to my taste and for how I’d want my bikes to serve
that stretched from Montalban to Pasig). I come out at Floodway me. I still think a bike with fixed gears is cool.
onto Rosario, then to C-5, then right to Julia Vargas. From there I have a Why do I do it?
choice to go straight up to Meralco Avenue, or, if I’m any crazier and self- I’m afraid I have no world-saving agenda for doing so. I’m not reducing
abusive, go left to Lanuza for the steep climb of St. Martin Road where the my carbon footprint. I’m not advocating for a traffic-free city. I’m not even
PSC-ULTRA stadium is. Or, if I pity myself halfway, the gentler climb of doing it for my health. I just wanted to save on fucking gas.
St. Paul Pasig. Then it’s Capitol Commons-Kapitolyo-Pioneer Street, and Bought a car eight years ago and now I hate driving to work, it’s
finally the office in Cybergate 3. Total distance: about 13 km. Total time: everyday is like going out to war. Two Christmases, I bought my kids
usually an hour and 10 minutes. supermarket bikes. There was a poor copy of a fixie (it looked like a
Going home, I take a relatively scenic route: Pioneer Street- fixie, but had coaster brakes, so it’s not a fixie. Fixie hipsters would find it
Kapitolyo-Capitol Commons-St. Martin-Lanuza-Meralco Avenue- hilarious) on display beside the kids’ bikes and bought one for myself. The
Greenmeadows Avenue-C5 Libis—then as I approach the boundary plan was so we could ride as The Simpsons on weekends. One crazy day,
of Quezon City and Marikina, I get off the main road for the Marikina I thought, what if I took this to work? And I did. The amazing thing was, I
Riverpark bike lane that follows the winding river and is a pleasant ride actually made it to the office. I began to do it more often. By then, I was
at night because you can still hear cicadas chirping and bamboo groves well into it deep enough to have sold the cheap bike and buy two better
whistling in the wind. It’s a slightly longer route, about 15 km, but takes bikes for commuting. I found out that I did save on gas. Obviously. By a lot.
me about the same time to travel. Now I do it because, well, I can. And I suspect for others, regardless of
I alternate between two bikes. One is a steel commuter bike with reason or compulsion, it’s the same thing.
moustache handlebars and the other is a lighter bike in the style of classic We like the freedom of not staying put in traffic. We like the feeling of
French randonneurs (touring bikes) with drop bars. Both are made by moving like walking, only faster. We like the silence of the bike as it moves
the same Japanese manufacturer (Maruishi). Bought them cheap online, despite the chaos around, as though in meditation. We like going through
cleaned them, replaced the saddles, and they serve me well. back roads and side streets where cars can’t. We like to stop where we
I am not a bike collector, much less an aficionado. I just read want to stop, go when we feel like going.
somewhere that your bikes should be for the purpose they’re meant to I personally like looking in at other people’s houses and catch a
serve. I almost got myself a fixed gear because it looked cool, but after glimpse of how they live as I move along on a bike. There are stories in
riding one for the first time—for a distance of about five feet—I quickly there, and ultimately, that’s what we do in a magazine—tell stories. FHM

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