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F E AT U R E S
58 W H A T S U P
I N 2017?
Our resident shaman
makes her predictions
62 F R E S H
SOU N D S TO
LISTEN FOR
These 10 new bands
will see you through
the new year
68 H O W T O
GET RICH
Practical tips on how
to save P150,000 in 12
months
72 P I N G
M E D I N A S
METHOD
What makes this
brilliant actor tick?
76 TA N D U AY
G I R L F H AY E
LOR E N ZO
gives you the pre-
nup shoot of your
dreams
COVE R
STORY
PHOTOGRAPHY: MARK NICDAO
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Sexy, sultry Kim Domingo
smashes with her second
time on our cover
January 2017
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smoke
Two things we learned while
trying to shoot reworks: First,
its considered disturbing
the peace when you set off
reworks if its not done during
holidays even when you do it
in the vacant lot beside your
house, according to manong
tanod; second, that if all else
fails #vapelife will save the day.
Who needs fancy pyrotechnics
when you have makeshift human-
smoke machines to provide the
combustible atmosphere?
R U B B I NG TH E S H E LLI N G OU T B L U E BA L L S B U T WA IT,
W R ON G WAY According to research There was another T H E R E S M OR E
If you ever end up from the Smithsonian, discovery that the Italians The rework business
working with or around China may have come came up with, says the in the Philippines
reworks, someone will up with the ingredients Smithsonian. They gured doesnt peak only
probably tell you to wear for reworks, but it was out that adding balls of during the New Years
cotton and/or denim at actually the Italians who metallic components to festivities. Fireworks
your workplace. Thats had the idea of putting reworks could produce are actually in demand
not just them pulling them in the ice cream different colors aside for the entire year: for
a newbie prank on cone-like shells that we from the usual yellow and estas, weddings, and
you. Synthetic material use today. orange. even company events,
contains static electricity, according to Astronomo.
which could set off
recrackers.
Quantity content
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Cabin fever
SOMETHINGS CAN'T REALLY BE LOST
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STILL MOVING
Vin Diesel returns The villain is played by Cleansing your palette See it, if only to
xXx: in tight tank tops to Chinese martial artist from all the sappy witness Samuel
RETURN OF save the world from a Donnie Yen, because rom-coms your girls L. Jackson giving
XANDER new deadly weapon we all know that the been dragging you to. another one
of mass destruction. Chinese are the new Explosions, car chases, of his mouthy
CAG E and gun ghts: hell yes!
superpower, right? monologues.
D IARY OF Wimpy Greg nally Chaos in the form Taking your own Cute. Wholesome.
A WIMPY gets to challenge of naughty pigs and wimpy kid on a dad- Try not to snore.
KID: his wimpy-ness familial drama. and-son bonding
elsewhere: on a road night. Do it and earn
THE LONG
trip with the fam! the title of Wimpy
HAU L Father of the Year.
P I R AT E S Capt. Jack Sparrow Javier Bardem Mocking Johnny With its overplayed
OF THE is back, this time in lends his Spanish Depps burgeoning antics, this galleon
CA R I B B E A N : search of the Trident bravado as lack of artistic is turning out to be
of Poseidon. Sparrows rival, range. a sinking ship.
DEAD MEN
Captain Salazar.
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TA L E S
RESIDENT More zombies threaten Its in 3D, ensuring Gaming addicts who Milla Jovovich
EVIL: Alice and crew in the you get all sorts like to blow shit up. kicking undead ass
THE wake of Resident Evil: of nauseated by is the only saving
Retribution (which this oversaturated grace of this tired
FINAL
were sure you didnt series. franchise.
CHAPTER even watch anymore).
Woody and Buzz Academy Award Reminiscing about Has prolic Pixar
TOY go on a journey in winning actress all those toys youve director John
STORY search of romance. Patricia Arquette forgotten from your Lasseter ever let
4 is slated to voice a childhood. you down?
new character.
WAR Primates battle This time around, Going ape-shit Since the rst two
FOR THE humans in an epic main ape Caesar because of the in the reboot series
PLANET war of evolutionary gets to ride on a outstanding were compelling
OF THE proportions. horse! storytelling and enough, this trilogy
APES computer graphics. bookender isnt
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SECR ET and bring only one thing back, JARVIS is itll pump the sounds. Do you want
SPOT easily our number-two pick after an Iron your blinds to automatically roll up for
Man suitor maybe number three after that morning view instead of having
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MEET MARA ALBERTO, THE NEW GIRL WHO WILL
TICKLE YOUR FUNNY BONE
So heres the deal with the model and While still a newbie in show business,
now budding comedienne Mara Alberto: Mara credits her good start to the late
she has the looks to make you turn your German Kuya Germs Moreno, who gave
head,and the personality to hook you into her break as co-host of Walang Tulugan
interesting banter. with Master Showman. Dun ako natuto at
Mara, among other women we adore, nag-umpisa. Kuya Germs shared with me
pulls the funny-is-the-new-sexy card pieces of advice about show business.
perfectly, playing the character of the Mara started her modeling career in
bubbly Kath in the recently concluded car shows, even saying that she got her
sitcom A1 Ko Sayo. It was a no-brainer. wit and humor from the job. Most car
Kabado ako nung sumabak ako sa A1 enthusiasts are guys, so natuto akong
kasi kasama ko sina Ms. Jaclyn Jose, makisama. And I think when youre
Mr. Gardo Versoza, si Solenn [Heussaff]. comfortable being yourself with both
Nakakakaba, pero kasi yung comedy ay genders, lalabas yung personality mo
magaan gawin. Masaya lang kami lagi may it be your serious side or your candid,
sa set, she explains. Punchlines always funny side.
work kapag unexpected, kapag uid ang Weve yet to see more from Mara, but
pag-deliver. shes looking to be our next favorite girl.
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Youre at a work END: Her husband
function and are nds out, and youre
approached by a either headed to
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slightly older woman the hospital or the
who, as it turns out, is morgue. Whatever
the wife of one of your the case may be, your
bosses. You hit it off relationship is over.
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R E M OV E YO U A N D TA R G E T
BEST-CASE K AWAI I G I R L WO M A N F R O M TH E CA M P U S nds out. Youre either expelled or
SCENARIO: You get suspended. Your teacher is red,
home. You ply her with if not prosecuted. You denitely
more drinks. She tells break up because you both resent
you shes never done this each other.
before. You tell youre
going to take it slow.
HOW IT WILL END: THE SITUATION: Youre at the gym doing your cardio when you
Someone knocks on the see a sporty gal on the weights. You offer to spot her and you get
door and its the girls C R EAT U R E - WO M A N to talking. You ask her if shed like to get coffee sometime and hang
father who, understandably, out and she says yes. Later, you nd out she just broke up with her
W H E N YO U A N D K AWA I I
will beat you up. Turns out G I R L I S AT H O M E, girlfriend of two years.
shes a high school senior, T R A N S F O R M K AWA I I G I R L BEST-CASE SCENARIO: You go out regularly, so much so that
not even 18. If you live to people start saying youre dating. You start believing it yourself.
AT TAC K H E ALT H
tell the tale, expect some 2/2 HOW IT WILL END: Turns out she just needed a bro to talk to and
jail time. hang out with. Say hello to her new girlfriend.
R I G HT E O U S N E S S numbers.
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Women have wised up to your sleaze, dude. is that this maneuver has
That move where you make eyes on a pair already reached its peak.
of legs across the room and think that shes Itll probably still impress
thinking the same thing you are? Shes not. So some, but it wont win
stop yourself from slipping her your calling card over everyone. Time to
You nd out she likes
on your way to your car. Its a douche move; you puns do a Kevin Durant and
know it, she knows it. The only difference is, you join the next best thing.
still think your douche-ness will score you one.
Do this for 2017:
D R OP Do this for 2017: Go with the favorites
YOU R Fuccboi-ism is a thing of the past, and the By that we mean
sooner you realize and admit that fact, the the basics. Introduce
I M MATU R E sooner you can be on the road to a real yourself, converse, then
FUCCBOI relationship. As they say, the rst step to solve ask her questions
a problem is to admit that you have one. Repeat about her. The idea is
A LT E R - after us: women have no time or patience to let her talk about
EGO for your shallow fear of commitment, your herself. Listen, slide in a
arrogance, and your cluelessness. Talk to them comment or compliment
as if they were out of your league (which they here and there, and ask
are) and, who knows? She just might give you You nd out she likes more questions if the
her number. stupid jokes conversation comes to a
standstill. Rinse. Repeat.
Some artists can compose poetry from To try to gure women out, they need
heartbreak; others thrive on angst. Johnoy to be asked straight.
Danaoone-third of the folksy 3D, with Maraming hints na nilalabas ang mga babae
Ebe Dancel and Bullet Dumasuses the na mapapatanong ka: May problema ka
hopeless romantic Pinoy as inspiration. ba? Galit ka ba sa akin? Napakasimple
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ECONOMY ENVIRONMENT come into fruition. More businesses will
Small, local businesses will thrive. Earthquakes will occur because the insert corporate social responsibility policies
Entrepreneurship is on the rise with all those Philippines is located along the Pacic Ring into their organizations, with benets ranging
smoked sh in mason jars, bottled ales, and of Fire. Devastating typhoons will befall our from savings to branding. Fortunately, all
homegrown what-have-yous saturating highly arable lands, being in the Typhoon this eco-policing will result in the reduction
weekend markets. Younger and younger belt. That is not trend prediction at all, as you of plastic waste. It will be a good idea to
people are starting their own businesses and might suspect, because they will happen at become a bike salesman.
we will not see a shortage of hip, feel-good some point, which is one more reason seers
marketing gimmicks like farm-to-fork, artisanal, are quacks.
and whatever you call anything else that That said, The Arctic sea was hit by really FAS H I ON
doesnt go through an assembly line. warm cyclones last year, which thinned the Things are looking more fashionable on the
That said, the artisan economy will spill ice even more. Meanwhile the Getz shelf on tech front with the inux of wearables.
over onto sports with the emergence of an the Antarctic region has an increasing melt Smartphones have long been an accessory
Artisanal Basketball Association (ABA), a rate. These changes are wreaking havoc on but watches are the real indicators of social
league that goes back to basics with shorter Earths weather pattern, despite conspiracy status. The richest, of course, will don
shorts, chalk scoreboards, and handcrafted theories about military weather manipulation Hermes-banded Apple watches and Tory
wooden hoops (from reclaimed lumber). Expect (HAARP). The Philippines should prepare Burch Fitbits.
them to hold pop-up events at school gyms and for far stronger typhoons as melting polar Athleisure will be a popular portmanteau
barangay courts where rent is cheap. ice caps increase ocean levels. Frequent and fashion statement. Fitbits will look really
Hipster branding will continue to front typhoons will cause even worse ooding in good on anyone who likes to dress as if they
many of these local businesses and it will both rural and urban areas. were always on their way to the gym. Society
be directly proportional to the overgrowth of In a surprise twist, while waiting for the will collectively nd its chill in comfortable
graphic designers and brand ambassadors. next season of Game of Thrones, there will athletic wear in which sneakers are boss
More people will choose to buy Pinoy be snow. and yoga pants are not only worn by moms.
because the local community of Eco-awareness will become Kanye himself has a line of athleisure
entrepreneurs will have caught a welcome trend, and serve products. Do not be surprised if Lululemon
on with modern marketing as a gateway to taking climate stores open at the hippest malls.
strategies. Malls will simply be change more seriously. What once
a place where people hang out seemed like a pretentious cause
for the air conditioning. for millennials will see some ideals
W O R D S : A N N E M A R I R O N Q U I L L O
I L L U S T R A T I O N S : W A R R E N E S P E J O
LIGHTNING Taylor Swift comes out with a new
single, to the annoyance of everyone. Then
ROUND! she will crawl her way up the charts and
before we know it, our Spotify playlist. Her
O s c a r w i nne r
long-time dissension with self-proclaimed
For B e s t Ac tre s s modern Jesus, Kanye West, will transmogrify
Emma S ton e into something that benets them botha
Ha i r s tyl e creative collaboration of epic proportions.
M ulle ts Kanye will insist that this is the biggest thing
LIFESTYLE P BA Cha mpi ons to happen to music. Tabloids will announce
In line with unhampered consumerism, more Kims jealousy, and everything will once again
Gin e br a
and more people will post atlays on be about the Kardashians.
Instagram, and if theres an industry that N BA Cha mpi ons Local TV networks will start offering
will thrive from the aerial view, its the food G SW streaming services for their content, and
industry. Cookbooks on print will have to Tra ve l De s ti na ti on fans will rejoice with unlimited access to old
work twice as hard, however. They will need M y a n ma r favorites in the archive. TGIS and chill? will
to be noticed in a world where people learn Mos t O rde re d be the new booty call. Netix may be king of
to cook by watching random recipe videos on L i ba ti on streaming services, but theres really nothing
Facebook. Ignore the fact that those videos like a Palibhasa Lalake marathon.
make you crave food at midnight more than
Win e
they encourage learning. Tasty! B i gge s t Ma ni l a
Conc e r t SPORTS
Coldpla y Like a phoenix rising from the ashes,
E N T E R TA I N M E N T Me ns we a r Barangay Ginebra Kings will bring national
Aldub will break up and everyone will know Tur tle n e ck s attention back to the PBA. Its been a while
it because all of their endorsements will since the Kings were on top, and the 2015-
B i gge s t Mov i e
reect the narrative. Maine Mendoza will star 2016 season was a big one for Jawos old
in a movie without Alden. The duos schtick St a r Wa r s Episode 8 gang. A new dynasty in the making? If youre
is getting old and only something as big as Ce l e br i ty We ddi ng a diehard Ginebra fan, that is a matter of
a split will help them peak showbiz Everest A n n e Cur tis a n d Er wa n blind faith.
again. Dont worry, AlDub Nation, reunions H e ussa ff Manny Pacquiao will not be in his
are always interestingunless the knock- H a c k/ L e a k Di s a s te r best shape but he will continue to milk
up-tie-the-knot happens and drives you all himself down to the last drop as he takes
www.sss.gov.ph
insane. on the ring one last time. The senator
M os t Te r ror i z i ng experienced the particular sadness that
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Special: The marriage of technology
and traffic
Everyone will invest in their own dashcam and MMDA, in cooperation with Facebook,
will set up online viewing rooms for road disputes. These arguments will
ultimately be settled by a randomly selected online jury. Finally, we will be able to put
our outrage and judgments in the right place.
A newcomer in the ride-sharing service will give Uber and Grab some competition,
because this one actually alleviates trafc instead of putting more cars on the road.
Operators took advantage of Ubers service by buying newer cars and hiring drivers in
order to keep their business going. The essence of ride-sharing was obviously lost on
these entrepreneurs. Millennials are now ready to welcome a new player.
More companies will opt for telecommuting to comply with a state-
mandated program that aims to ease traffic. We will see more mobile employees
working out of the office, placing their busy selves inside coffee shops hunched over
a laptop, looking important.
comes with retirement and expressed that he relations with technology. Natural human POLITICS
is lonely without boxing. As much as we want movements are being accommodated by Donald Trump will begin his presidency
to tell him that it is, in fact, just really lonely at gadgets now, and interfaces have become in the United States. As a way to foster
the top, we will still take the time to watch his more intuitive. Perhaps the Home button will international relations, he will buy Miss
ghts, even though it may not be as crime- meet its doom this year. Universe back. Luckily for our own president
and trafc-free as they were back in the day. Smart homes will become mainstream who loves the ladies, the 2017 event will
Weightlifting will be the new boxing, in other countries. For our digs, we will be held in the Philippines where Steve
but mostly itll be because of the talents be buying transition gadgets like smart Harvey will co-host with the countrys top
of Hidilyn Diaz and Nestor Colonia. Many speakers and smart plugs to ll our houses non-journalist, Mocha Uson. The duo must
will take it upon themselves to learn the before completely going digital. Breaking especially be careful in matters of fact-
sport, mostly via Facebook so they dont and entering may then require a computer checking and winner announcement when
get nationally burned with their lack of school degree. Amazons Echo and Google Mercury is in retrograde, so as not to repeat
weightlifting knowledge. Homes speakers are just some of the new the mortifying events of last years Miss U.
gizmos that allow smart technology to be The Philippines will be part of a Cold
omnipresent in a room. We will slowly get Shoulder War as the president continues
TECH NOLOGY used to this. to alienate former allies while sending
Somethings brewing at the Apple deported OFWs to Russias space school
headquarters in Cupertino. Its a new iPhone. as Fil-cosmonauts in training. This is part of
The death of the headphone jack annoyed Dutertes grand top-secret strategy to solve
everybody, but Apple is committed to being a poverty, drugs, and corruption: just send
frontrunner when it comes to close personal everyone to space. FH M
C
MU S I
S E L E C t O R Some totally new acts. Others,
old new acts. All fresh listens
D E E Z E R FA C E B O O K i T U N E S S O U N D C L O U D S P O T I F Y YO U T U B E
Last year was a boom year for Pinoy The rst reinvented artist. Get Pinoy
music. New albums in various genres music legend Ely Buendia, team him up
were released in rapid succession. with veteran rocker Jay Ortega (90s band
Gnash), and you get...a soul band? You read it right: the two frontmen have jumped on
Indie acts got signed to major labels
the soul train and are chugging full speed ahead. No noise-rock guitars, no pop ditties,
(theyre still alive!). You could say that no macho posturing. Apartel is all about sex-a-delia via the old schoolso old school, in
were probably in the thick of another fact, that they released their debut album on vinyl (and the record does sound great if
musical boom like what happened a you spin it on a classic hi- system).
decade ago, when Sugarfree, Sponge KILLER SONG: Is It Hip? Guijo St. (Makes You Wonder)
Cola, Up Dharma Down, Mobstarr, ALBUM: Inner Play, released on vinyl November 2016
Kamikazee, and Urbandub ruled the
airwaves.
But you wont hear much of those
bands in 2017. In fact, some of them no
This unassuming band does
longer exist. In the age of Soundcloud, not hide its pop inclinations. Its
iTunes, Spotify and many other popular love for VST & Company and
platforms for music, there is a trove of APO is tempered by the 90s
new acts, the sheer number of which incarnations of the Eraserheads
we have not seen in the local music and Rivermaya, and it shows
scene in quite a while. We had a tough in their songs. In an era of
time singling out who we thought were electronic bleeps, beats, and
auto-tuning, Monolog comes
doing something special. across as a fresh approach to a
These new bands have eschewed throwback form.
the heavier guitars of the past two KILLER SONG: Ayala Ave
decades in favor of more light-fare ALBUM: Album, released
groove and chill. September 2016
But there are still old souls on our
selection, proving that when reinvention
works, its like being a young band
again. Here are the local acts you
should be listening to this year:
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Rich?
good news and bad
news: savings-wise,
your rst P150,000
is going to be the
hardestyoull
be starting from
scratch, so expect
it to be an uphill
climb. On the ip
(O R AT L E A S T, K I C K S TART YOUR side, the best time
to build your bank
LI F E SAVI N G S W I T H P 1 50 , 0 0 0 BY account is while
youre young, a time
THE END O F 2 0 1 7 ) of (relatively) fewer
responsibilities and
(hopefully) better
WORDS VICTORIA VIZCARRA health. So if youre
WITH REPORTS FROM CECILE JUSI BALTASAR going to take the
ILLUSTRATIONS LOUIS ARENAS plunge, the time is
now.
Drop the fol l owi n g VI S UALI Z E
fi ne thi ngs i n l ife: YOU R G OAL
weekl y b eer s w i t h
the b oys , dai l y fra p s , Maintain a mindset
c abl e T V, Ub er, e t c. where you know all
your goals. If you plot
When youve set your sights on a tall order like this, the fact is,
them on a timeline,
somethings got to give. You certainly have to change the way you
spend money, says Henry Ong, a registered nancial planner. The mas ma-i-inspire
change need not be abrupt. You can start by reducing slowly. No ka, says Biolena,
ones asking you to live like a hermit, but it wont kill you to curb who says your goals
beers with the boys from every week to once a month. A change
in lifestyle is a change in cost. Magkasama yun, agrees Rienzie
should subscribe to
Biolena, chief nancial planner of Wealth Arki. the SMART criteria
Your goal is to save P12,500 a month to come up with (specic, measurable,
P150,000 this year. These are the things that cost you attainable, realistic,
approximately the same amount every month:
and time-bound).
Why are you saving
P150,000 in the rst
16 bottles of Pale Pilsen with
place? Write that goal
the boys (four bottles a week): P1,120
down somewhere you
can see every day to Always remember the long-term
12 mugs of your favorite dark motivate you to give benets: The savings you will make
mocha drink (thrice weekly): P1,860 in the end will enable you to grow it
up your dark mocha by investing it for passive income,
drink. Try one of these says Ong. More specically, Biolena
Your cable subscription goals, which are all suggests matching each one of your
(everythings online, anyway): P1,100 within the P150,000 money milestones with a nancial
instrument.
range: Your 13th month pay, for instance,
Eating out (lunch, maybe, or X A six-day trip to isnt for Christmas gifts or impressing
dinner): P2,000 Osaka, Japan a girlits for investment. You may use
it to open a time deposit account
for two in 2018 which earns you a pitiful interest rate
Your Uber or Grab rides (a (#PromoFlights of one percent or so annually. Or
daily ride to and from work): P4,800 #Homestay) you could get into the riskier stocks,
X Down payment bonds, and mutual funds.
While youre at it, why dont you
The interest on your credit card on a Toyota get another jobas an entrepreneur?
bill (if you dont pay your bill in Innova Start off by reading How I Made My
full, which you probably dont): P1,620 X Your pre-school First Million by nancial guru Chinkee
kids tuition for Tan. Now assess your skills. Can you
be an online entrepreneur? Or how
two years about renting a booth at one of the
P12,500 X A brand-new
Canon DSLR
weekend markets all over Manila? If
you can earn at least P12,500 in prot
camera from this weekend gig, you can use
your regular income any way you want.
S t o p t a k in g out
lo a n s ( O r a t
le a s t , b e a s m a r t
b o rrowe r)
Think before you commit to an undertaking of this scale: Biolena says
that until you have the necessities any self-respecting grown-up
already shouldlike an insurance policy, or a six-month rainy-day
fundyou may be biting off more than you can chew.
Say youre earning P35,000 monthly. Fifteen percent of that
P5,250goes to tax. About P2,500 goes to employee benets, which
leaves you with P13,625 every two weeks. On top of paying for bills
and necessities such as food and transportation, can you afford to
save P150,000 by the end of the year? Better to consider everything
now and adjusting your nancial goal before hating yourself for not
reaching your original goal later on.
C a p it a li ze o n
li q u i d i t y e ve n ts
Once youre nally nished
paying off your rst car or
your credit card debt, youll
know it: All of a sudden its
like this pile of money just
landed on your lap! But freeing
up some income isnt carte
blanche to go on a spending
spree for a new pair of Yeezys.
Its not spare change; its put to
better use to help with saving
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C E C I L E J U S I B A LTA S A R
PHOTOGR APHY
NIKO VILLEGAS
STYLING
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GROOMING
LY N E T T E S U N G A
It takes some time to gure Ping Medina out.
Its probably a game genius actors like to play, the
willful inaccessibility. Sure, the Internet calls him
the Indie lm prince because of his career in lm
and TV. But aside from that, and the fact that he
sometimes ends his text messages with the ying kiss
emoji, Medina largely remains an enigma.
If I werent an actor, Id probably be You obviously treasure your privacy. eight lms that the panel chose. I dont agree
drinking less and would have less issues, How do you stay private as an actor with all the choices, but its a democracy.
he jokes. Good, he has a sense of humor. in a shbowl, especially with what We watched 27 lms and half of them were
Im never happy with what I have now. If happened two months ago? shit. Most of the commercial lms, though,
I get a good review on my last lm, I say, I stay away from controversy. When our maganda naman kasi [the people that made
Okay, great. And then I move on and look lm Transit was chosen to be the 2013 them] already knew the basics of lmmaking.
for something better, bigger; something that Philippine entry to the Oscars, Erik Matti As for me, I had to keep in mind that the MMFF
will make me get up excited in the morning. criticized the decision. I was asked by TV audience is made up of families with kids. They
That something would most probably shows for interviews but I declined. I dont dont want to watch a depressing poverty-porn
be writing. I like a lot of things, but writing [deal with that] unless I really have to. As for movie on Christmas day. So I looked for lms
will always be my rst love, Medina says. the case with Baron Geisler, someone had that had entertainment value with substance.
Acting [on the other hand] is my bread and to put that guy in his place. Do you think the Pinoy audience is
butter. I dont think I can [ever] quit doing Being that vulnerable to other people ready for no Vice Ganda and Vic Sotto
those two. Maybe when I hit my 40s, I can because of your work must be difcult. movies on Christmas Day every year?
try directing. But thats a long way off. It depends. Theres strength in being vulnerable. The MMFF audience wont change overnight
For now, Medina can stay in front of But if youre too vulnerable, you become weak. for sure. Its going to take a long time [for
the camera, and audiences are grateful for When is the right time to become vulnerable them to change]. Theres been a clamor for
that. After all, he has as his unofcial acting and when should you go beast mode? When alternative cinema, anyway, since the indie
coach the ubiquitous and equally good should you defend yourself? movementthe rst Cinemalayastarted in
character actor Pen Medina. So where do you draw the line? 2004. Twelve years nang nakikita ng tao na
My dad taught me that acting is Depends on your state that day. Being an puwede pala na may alternative cinema.
truth. You cant act sadness; you have to actor is a complicated job. There are days Speaking of alternative cinema, do you
feel it. Hindi mo puwedeng sabihing sad when you have to act condent but youre feel any pressure to stand out, having
ka na dahil naka-kunot yung kilay mo at not feeling 100 percent that day. Its an Pen Medina for a father and your
may puppy dog eyes ka, Medina says, artform, sabi nga ni Drake, Zero to 100. brothers being actors as well?
inadvertently dashing the hopes of many Usually, bipolar people are the best actors. I dont really try to think about being
wannabe actors. People will know if youre They can go from sad to happy just like that; different from my family of actors. I just do
being truthful or not. change gears at will. my thing. Before I became an actor, I really
With just a bit of prodding, Medina A perk of your job, though, is being wanted to be a scriptwriter. I self-studied
shows how honest he can be and talks able to watch lms ahead of everyone screenwriting. Ive been writing since I
about an unexpected detail in his life: that else. How was it being a rst-time was in high school, but a lot of it were just
he is single and has been for the past six MMFF judge last December? essays for homework. I always knew I was
years. Its his shyness and being a hopeless Of course, masaya yung part na yun. I good at it since I was in high school.
romantic, he explains, that make it difcult. also had fun working with the rest of the Were you the typical artist in school,
When I was 15 or 16, my dad brought selection committee. Krip Yuson was there, always with the theater group?
me to a taping of Tabing Ilog because I Nick Tiongson, Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, Not really. I didnt like school very much. In
had this huge crush on Jodi [Sta. Maria, a who was very hands-on and active during high school in San Beda, I was lazy, sleeping
member of the main cast], says Medina. I the selection process. It was also the rst in class all the time, always late. But I was
was a painfully quiet and shy kid when I met time in a long time that anyone could [send the type of student who could get by without
her on the set. When she had to leave the entries] as long as they had the nished doing much. I was the only one not from the
room to do a scene, she left her sweater product. Dati, script lang ang pinagpipilian honors class who got in Ateneo, for example.
behind. So I took a whiff of it. Smelled like ng judges. This time, [participants] had to And that was a big deal in my high school.
owers in early morning dew. Creeper mode. submit a complete lm. Which makes sense After the results come out, in morning
Of course, there was also the matter of the kasi you cant tell how good a lm can be assembly, they would call up to the stage
elephant in the room: the controversy involving just from the script. the students who got acceptance letters to
himself and Baron Geisler. I dont want to Did you set out to make a statement [universities]. When it came to me, Crispin
talk about that incident, Medina warns. Sure by picking mostly indie lms for the MedinaCrispin MedinaCrispin Medina?
thing. But because this is journalism, digging lm fest? Sir, baka tulog pa . Wala ako. I wasnt a
deeper into Medinas character is required. The ones that made it were simply the best morning person. Still not a morning person.
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Our initial plan for review was a live blog Godzilla on re in Manila. But we actually
of the experience. But writing while driving just left the aircon on fresh air mode.
is bad and wrong, so here is our delayed Putting it to recirculate solves things and at
stream-of-thought review of the 2017 no point did the GT-R threaten to grenade
Nissan GT-R, the rst of its lineage to be itself. Ha! Suck on that.
ofcially sold in our country. The second star of the car, after its
We eagerly approach the Katsura supercar-level engine, is the transmission.
Orange car and discoverafter some Theres no way to miss it because it makes
inappropriate fondlingthat the ush door a distinct constant whirring drone. Welcome
handles open front to back instead of up. to life with a sequential transmission!
This confuses several people. This is probably Sequentials dont allow direct selection of
aerodynamics. The interior is marketed as gears. Instead you must row through them
a far cry from the cheap digs of the original one at a time, which is where also having a
2007 (!) model. It does feel appropriately dual-clutch is handy. If its your rst time to
plush and modern but we forget all about it encounter one (most likely), it sounds like the
when the 570hp VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 gearbox is actually outside the car and you
growls to life. If we learned anything from the forgot to close the windows completely. At
late Paul Walker, its that cool car guys can low speeds, the gears occasionally gachunk
name engines and not mistake a pizza variant into place like comical toy cogs. The trade-off?
for one. zero to 100 in 2.7 seconds. And basically
The titanium exhaust is quiet and invisible gearshifts when youre running hard,
unobnoxious as we poke along through which is when it really matters anyway.
trafc. Approaching a hump possessing When opening up the GT-R on blessedly
near 90-degree edges caused our bums empty roads, the many layers and problems
to clench tightly but we are pleased to of your life peel away until all that is left
report that the GT-R cleared every incline is the rapidly approaching lights on the
and badly constructed speedbump we horizon and a stupid smile on your face. This
encountered without a scratch. is where we stopped processing the car
Idling at a stop, we notice a slight and just appreciated it as a masterpiece of
burning smell? Oh my God! We should Japanese engineering.
never have attempted to drive a supercar And then the car spoke to us.
in trafcits about to self-immolate for Literally! The infotainment system
sure because cars like these were never suddenly chimed in with In 200 meters,
meant to be driven this way! Internet haters speed camera.
are about to be vindicated with pictures of
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Drop your
gross habits
A DOCTOR GIVES YOU
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GERM-WISESOME OF
YOUR FAVORITE HABITS
ACTUALLY ARE
The
sputum
swallow
You cough. You taste the phlegm in your
mouth. You swallow. Doesnt quite taste
like candy but you seem to like it, yes?
You might want to spit the next time you
cough up something from your lungs. If
you have undiagnosed tuberculosis (every
Filipino is exposed to this infection), then
there may be tubercle bacillia fancy term
for tuberculosis germsin your phlegm.
These germs are tough. They can
escape the acid in your stomach, setting
up camp in your gut in what is called
gastrointestinal tuberculosis.
In this case, it denitely is better to spit
than to swallow.
S E R I O U S LY : Although not as
common as tuberculosis involving the
lungs, gastrointestinal TB is deadlier.
It is often diagnosed late as it mimics
other abdominal diseases, according to
a 2012 study by Dr. Saurabh Mukewar
and colleagues published in Clinical and
Translational Gastroenterology.
The
fearless
fart
Heres one habit thats harmless: farting
shamelessly does you no harm, save for
the assault on your nose.
Wondering why farts stink? Hydrogen
sulde is the culprit behind that familiar
whiff of rotten egg. Its a compound which
may even save lives one day, reported
Mark Wood and his colleagues in a 2014
study published in the Nitric Oxide journal.
Wood and his team worked on AP39,
a compound meant to bring hydrogen
sulde into cells. Take note, however, that
using AP39 does not achieve the same
effect as getting high on your farts.
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banquet
When your bum itches, you feel Gentlemen, please. Wash
more gratied if you get your nger your hands after scratching your
deep in there, scratching away like butt. Repeat after me: poop is not
theres no tomorrow. Then, you peanut butter.
enjoy a burger without bothering S E R I O U S LY : Doctors
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columnist. She is the only doctor-recipient shmandwashing, right? telling people to wash their
of the 2013 Health Media Award from the Stop right there. Your poop hands. Listen to them. Even the
just like your girls menstrual spread of the common coldnot
Department of Health. Her blog,
bloodis fertilizer for microbial just poopcan be avoided with
www.stefdelacruz.com, is a 2015 Philippine growth. The longer it stays in frequent handwashing. Wiping
Blogging Awards Hall-of-Famer. Connect your butt crack, the more likely it your hands on the front of your
with her on Twitter, Instagram, or attracts harmful species that can jeans wont cut it. Scrub your
Facebook: @stefdelacruzmd. make you sick. hands with soap and water.
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