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Make that a double.

Because we reach two milestones this month: This is Issue #200, marking
17 years of FHM.
We have lasted this long because we’re all in this together. You’ve trusted
us to help you be a better man by giving you stuff that’s useful and relevant,
delivered with a generous amount of funny so you won’t bore yourself and
others to death as you hold court with your man-knowledge. That we’re still at
it probably means we’re getting the job done.
And of course there are all the women we’ve met and had sweet encounters
with. They are wholly responsible for transforming us into complete men. Let
us show them some love and give our collective thanks.
But this special issue is not about dwelling on past glories, this is about
looking into the future. #Hyperfuture.
Having been with FHM practically since the first issue got off the ground,
what I’m really excited about still sticking around in the now is being able to
witness an entire generation of young people—some of whom may be your kids
when you began collecting this magazine—coming into their own, brimming
with potential to really change the world because, you have to agree, they are
much smarter than the generations before them.
In this issue, read about how the smart generation may take over. How
would they move in 2040, when we hopefully reach a degree of efficiency in
our transportation infrastructure (p.16)? Who will be the biggest name in
technology when a Filipino finally becomes king of Silicon Valley, or when
we finally have our own here in the country? (p.64) Who will be the young
physicists running our nuclear plants if and when we decide to go down that
path? (p.58)
And for our cover, which may seem like a throwback but is really pushing
the boundaries of the future, we bring you Ina Raymundo 2.0. You may have
heard about efforts to “reverse aging” and “cure death.” Isn’t Ina already doing
that?
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HOW TO SOU N D
R EAL SMART

Edited by CHISE ALCANTARA

chise.alcantara@summitmedia.com.ph
 A new challenger has arrived
Koreen Medina Gets the ChanCe to BeCoMe the Girl everyone loves
to hate in the alduB teleserye, destined to Be yours
WORDS CHISE ALCANTARA | PHOTOGRAPHY EJAY LEUNG

Are you worried about the amount of bashing
you’ll receive from AlDub fans, knowing how
crazy love team fandoms can be here in the
Philippines?
AlDub is such an established tandem that
it’s a given if some people will bash me for
the character I will portray in the show. But
I think if the fans do get annoyed with my
character then I’m probably doing a good job as
a kontrabida, ha ha!
FOLLOW How is your character like in the show?
KOREEN! My character Marjorie Escobar is maldita,
ha ha! She’s the daughter of the town mayor
where Maine {Mendoza]’s character lives.
Marjorie’s family wants to develop the town,
which would have been a good deed if not at
the expense of other people. Alden is one of the
people Marjorie’s family asked to help renovate
the town. My character falls in love with Alden
koreenmedina_ and tries to seduce him and make Maine’s life
21.6K followers* as miserable as possible.

* as of this month
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Well, it seems like you’re just asking to be
bashed by the AlDub Nation aren’t you?
Ha ha! I was so scared to act mean at first, so
buti na lang the three of us went to workshops
together. We got closer and more comfortable
with one another. If not for that, playing
Marjorie's character would have been more
difficult.
How do you get in character?
Nag-o-observe ako ng ibang tao, ibang TV
or movie characters. Sa kanila ko kinukuha
yung mga gestures, kung paano sila mag-
react in certain scenarios. That way, mas
nabubuo ko yung character ni Marjorie. But
I have to say magkaiba kami ng personality
ni Marjorie in real life. Kahit ako, when I get
to watch the replays of our scenes, naasar din
ako minsan sa character ko, ha ha!
Who’s your inspiration in portraying
Marjorie?
I binge-watched films with iconic antagonists
when I learned that I was going to take on the
role of Marjorie. Out of all of them, I think
Regina George from Mean Girls probably is
closest to my character. It’s really fun playing
the kontrabida, kasi parang nailalabas ko
lahat ng negativity.
As awful as Marjorie seems, do you think she
has redeeming qualities?
She loves her family so much she’ll do
anything for them, kahit may natatapakan na
siyang iba. Now, while I don’t approve of her
methods, I admire how passionate she is about
accomplishing her goals, which I think a lot of
people would relate to.
Do you see any part of yourself in Marjorie?
Sometimes I find it hard to find something
about Marjorie I can latch onto. I’ve never had
such a great infatuation for another person,
like the one she has for Alden’s character.
But even so, I would still like to grow with
the character. I wish I could tell her that she
TUNE IN!
doesn’t have to belittle other people to get what
she wants. She has to discover her worth as a
person.
Watch Koreen’s
new show Destined
to be Yours at
GMA 7
‘ I t ’ s r e a l ly f u n a c t I n g l I k e a m a l d I ta
w I t h o u t a c t u a l ly h u r t I n g a n y o n e . Pa r a n g
naIlalabas ko lahat ng negatIvIty when I
act out marjorIe’s character’
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EXPLAI N E R
 Is the world ready
for virtual reality?
IT Isn’T as awesome as we ThoughT IT would be
woRds: CHISE ALCANTARA | ILLUSTRATION: WARREN ESPEJO

When our parents were

younger they imagined
we’d have flying cars and
teleportation beams by
now (See: The Jetsons) so
what the hell happened?
It probably has something
to do with our choices on
what to spend our time
on. Virtual reality has been
used by several companies
to allow people to live out
their fantasies of a “better”
world. While there have
been noticeable positive
change in the fields of
medicine, commerce,
gaming, and others thanks
to virtual reality, a lot of the
ideas people came up with
that sounded a lot better
on paper than they were in
practice.
Becoming a girl/
boy
Admit it, all of us have been
curious what it’s like being
a girl/boy so it was just
inevitable that someone
would create a program
that would let you switch
bodies with another person.
An invention aptly called
a Machine to be Another
allows a person to see the
world through his or her
partner’s eyes. It might
sound cool at first but
the catch is you actually
have to mirror each other’s
movements precisely
through the whole process
to make the illusion work.
Be executed
Thanks to a game called
Disunion, people can finally
get to relive the wonderful
experience of being
beheaded in an open
courtyard in France during
the French Revolution
complete with those first
few wonderful seconds
of consciousness after
your head is chopped off
as it rolls on the ground.
A day in the life of Marie
Antoinette spinoff anyone?

Virtual porn
While having some Scenic food
next-level point-of-view Feasting your eyes on a
intercourse with your fave perfectly grilled steak is
Pornhub porn star sounds already one of the most
awesome, imagine the immaculate sights you
vertigo you’d get with all can present a hungry
the gyration and manly man. Making him wear
grunting coming out of uncomfortable headgear
your character happening. that transports him to a
If that doesn’t sound bad random barn with cows
enough, some companies staring at you isn’t exactly
even want to sell you robot what you’d like to see
limbs to hump. We’re not while consuming their
getting our manhood stuck bovine brethren. That’s
in an over priced toaster, why we don’t get why
no thanks! Samsung thought it was
a good idea to make
a virtual reality dining
experience to pretend
you’re in a different place
while having your dinner.
We mean, why ruin a good
thing?
Drunk driving
simulators
There are a crap ton of
driving simulators out there
catered to mimic realistic
scenarios faced by motor-
ists in everyday life. While
most of them do tend
to help quite a bit, there
are some programs that
mean well but go a bit too
far—just like the program
made by the US National
Highway Transportation
Safety Administration
called NHTSA Last Call
which puts you in front of a
wheel purposely disorient-
ing you to the point of
nausea so that you could
feel what it’s like driving
drunk—while you’re sober.
Confusing, that!

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In 2015, the National
Economic and Development
Authority (NEDA)
spearheaded AmBisyon
2040, which aims to give
each and every Pinoy
a “matatag, maginhawa,
at panatag na buhay.”
The proposed long-term
plan, which include major
improvements on the
country’s infrastructure
facilities, will be green-lighted
through four administrations—
starting from the current one,
President Rodrigo Duterte’s.
From the vision statement
alone, you’ll see that this
NEDA initiative is a tall order,
and when you get an overview
of the key infrastructure and
facility upgrades that are
being considered, you might
be a bit doubtful, but definitely
excited, too.
NLEx-SLEx Connector Road
LEGEND
New expressways
Old expressways
Railway extensions
Current railways
Proposed subway
locations
Underground Monorail System
How Metro Manila could move in 2040
IF ALL THESE INFRASTRUCTURE EvER gET OFF THE gROUND, WE'LL bE gETTINg AROUND
vERy EFFICIENTLy—SOMETHINg WE ObvIOUSLy ARE NOT DOINg NOW
SLEx Toll Road 4 (TR-4)
BULACAN
San Jose Del Monte Extension How soon will this
happen?
Not in 2017, but in the coming
years you can expect progress.
“Marami nang na-approve [na project].
North Luzon Expressway Isa ‘yun sa achievements ng NEDA,
mabilis yung approval. But after that,
there’s still a lot to do before anything
gets started,” NEDA Undersecretary
for Policy and Planning,
MRT7 Rosemarie Edillon, explains.
QUEZON CITY
MRT3 West Extension
R7 Expressway LRT2 East Extension
MRT3 MARIKINA
LRT2
LRT1 RIZAL
Expressway E-11
MANILA
Underground Monorail System
PASIG
MAKATI
TAGUIG
Expressways
The new and improved expressways
aim to decongest major highways
and reduce travel time to business
PARAÑAQUE districts. For instance, the R-7
Expressway connects España
Boulevard to Regalado Avenue,
Fairview. The NLEX-SLEX
Connector Road links the two
major expressways. The MRT7
Access Link connects NLEX to the
LRT1 South Extension
MRT7 northern terminus and to the
[proposed] Expressway E-11 that
South Luzon Expressway connects the CAVITEX-C5 South
Link (to be completed in 2020) to
San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. In the
south, a four-lane SLEX Toll Road 4
(TR-4) reduces travel time between
Sto. Tomas, Batangas and Lucena,
Quezon from four hours to one hour.
EXPLAI N E R
WORDS: GINYN NOBLE
 Metro systems
The existing railways are to be extended,
where the LRT1 eventually reaches
Dasmariñas, Cavite and the LRT2 will
run from Antipolo to the North Harbor.
Additionally, the MRT3 includes a station
on the Reclamation Area of Mall of
Asia (connected to Taft Station) and a
common stop between North Avenue
and Monumento. There are also MRT3
railways to interchange with a North-South
PNR commuter line and then to the
cities of Navotas and Malabon.
New lines—including subway
systems—are also operated, such as the
MRT7, which runs from Fairview Center
Mall to North Avenue above or under
major roads like Edsa, Quezon Avenue,
Recto, and España. An underground
ILLUSTRATIONS: THEODORE CRUZ
monorail system covers major central
business districts, such as the Bay Area,
Makati, BGC, Ortigas, North Triangle,
FTI, and Alabang. A suburban commuter
service connects Malolos, Bulacan and
Calamba, Laguna (using the backbone
of the PNR railway), while a North-South
subway line also connects Bulacan (via
San Jose Del Monte) and Cavite (via
Dasmariñas). This runs through a part of
Edsa and connects the CBDs of Cubao,
Ortigas, Global City, and Alabang.
Ticketing system
PUVS OF TH E
FUTURE
Modernized buses and jeepneys
are equipped with gPS systems,
automatic fare collection
systems, and centralized fleet
management—and monitored
through a smart traffic signaling
system.
Jeepney concept art
DISCLAIMER: All infrastructure projects were primarily based on the Roadmap Project Profiles (March 2014) generated by the Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) and The National Economic and Development Authority and on the public domains of government bodies like DPWH and PPP Center. The actual blueprints of
these projects are subject to change and to approval (by NEDA and the administration).
NICE PLANS… BUT
AT W H AT C O S T ?
Future bus station concept
Current project budget
860.7
What about sustainable
P (equivalent
to 5.4% of spaces?
gDP) Usec. Edillon notes that NEDA also
B illion has sustainability initiatives in mind. “We’re
also going for more green spaces, because
open spaces are part of the AmBisyon. [If we
want to] live long and healthy lives, we need
a conducive environment.” We will focus our
Projected budget by 2022 attention on a Public Investment Program
after the Philippine Development Plan gets
underway, [by developing environment-
friendly infrastructure] like bike
1.898
lanes and other spaces.”
(equivalent
P to 7% of
gDP)
Tr illion
Bus rapid transit
The Metro Manila Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) runs along a 48.6-km Edsa route
Main Source of the Allocation: covering Monumento up to Diosdado
Macapagal Avenue or Roxas Boulevard
with integrated routes along the Ortigas
TA X R E F O R M PA C K A G E Business District, Bonifacio Global City,
and the Makati Business District.

There will be dedicated bus lanes,
depots, and as much as 63 stations or
terminals parallel to the Metro Manila
(around P206.8 billion in estimated LRT/MRT/Subway lines. BRT Line
proceeds from excise tax, vAT, and 1 starts from Quirino Highway and
income tax) ends in Manila City Hall with a total of
32 stations. The BRT also links with
the NAIA terminals and the planned
Naturally, major transportation
Integrated Transport System terminals
makeovers come at a price. However,
(located in the North, South, and
the government is optimistic that
Southwest of Metro Manila and in the
infrastructure investments could
SM Fairview area).
sustain or even improve the nation’s
economic growth.
Electric bus concept
Beyond Metro Manila
“We’re going for more iconic
infrastructure outside Manila. Nothing’s
still definite, [but the plans involve] bridges
for connectivity. We have already identified
metropolitan, regional, and even sub-regional
centers, so what needs to be done is really
to connect these centers," Usec. Edillon says.
NEDA further identified Metro Cebu, Davao,
and Cagayan De Oro alongside Metro Manila
as the hubs that they want to eventually link
with anticipatory structures and efficient,
safe, and convenient mass transport
systems.
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All the superhero movies coming out in 2017 got us thinking…

What superhero stereotype do our
national heroes belong to?
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Sex
Manila
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chatting with Paolo, when we matched on
Tinder. He was always insistent about meeting
up, grabbing coffee, and then “hanging out”
upper
after. He was the aggressive flirty type—
you know, the guys who knew they were
handsome. But I was always busy and never in
the mood; so I found excuses not to go.
hand
But one night after work, I was feeling
particularly energetic, and a little bit horny. I
searched through my Tinder and found our
exchange. He was handsome, pale with a
Being a tease never chiseled face. I wanted to meet him, finally. So
I messaged him.
felt this good
“You up?” I asked casually, playing it cool.
He responded right away, asking where I was.
When I told him, he said he would drive over.
Paolo arrived at the bar in a T-shirt, loose
shorts and sneakers; and his eye had an
evil twinkle that only meant bad news. After
introducing ourselves, he sat beside me and
we flirted for the rest of the night.
“What took you so long to come see me?”
he asked, smile effervescent. He had broad
shoulders, and would lick his lips mid-sentence,
which I thought was sexy. I locked eyes with
him, and he responded just as I wanted him to
when he placed his hand on my thigh. I felt a
tingle in my stomach.
Later, three beers down, his hand slid to
my back, as he began to lean into me every
once in a while to whisper compliments. And
soon, when he couldn’t stop the urge, he said,
“I want you now.” He moved his hand around
my waist and pulled me closer to him. His
eyes darted down toward my cleavage, which
was exposed through my top. “I want to suck
your tits,” he said with a serious tone. “You’re
so hot. Let’s get out of here.”
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He took my hand and we darted
outside, hopping into a taxi to take us to his
apartment. In the backseat of the car, he
placed his hand up my skirt, slowly inching it
higher until he brushed against my underwear,
trying to hide what he was doing from the
view of the driver. I didn’t move when he slid it
higher, pretending nothing was happening, but
my breath was getting heavier and heavier.
“You’re wet,” he whispered in my ear. I placed
my hand on his thigh, and moved it across his
crotch. Underneath his pants, I could feel him
hard and hot.
When we got to his place, he flung the
door open. He pushed me against the wall,
impatient to kiss me while moving his hands
down to unbutton my shirt.
“Show me your body,” he commanded. He
wanted me to strip for him. So I unbuttoned my
top first, teasing him. He groaned in approval.
“Remove your skirt,” he commanded again. So I
reached to the back of my skirt, and slowly slid
the zipper down, making my skirt drop to the
floor. He moved his finger to his lips, nodding
with approval. “Come here,” he said, grabbing
my hand, and then pushing me down to my
knees. “I want you to lick me clean,” he said as
he unbuckled his belt, unbuttoned his pants,
and pulled them down to his knees.
He was well-endowed and hard as a rock.
He gathered my hair in his hands as I knelt in
front of him, and he moved his cock toward my
face. I started kissing his balls, pecking them
lightly. A friend had told me this was a weak
spot for many men, and sure enough, his knees
weakened as I breathed into his scrotum. First
I took one in, sucking it slowly and slathering
it with my saliva. His eyes rolled to the back of
his head with euphoria. And then I licked the
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other one—taking it in, cupping it with my lips,
and then slowly letting it go, in and out of my
mouth, rolling my tongue over the sensitive
skin. He moaned even louder this time,
grabbing my hair tighter in his hands. I moved
my mouth up now through his shaft, licking
every inch of him and taking his entire member
inside my mouth, down to the back of my
throat, deep inside me, moving my head up and
down. I heard him scream and grunt, unable to
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deny his pleasure, as my pace quickened.
Before long, he let out a loud grunt, and
then he came inside my mouth, the hot liquid
pouring as I swallowed everything, licking
him clean, as he wanted. When it was over, I
smiled at him from below, before standing up
to put on my clothes. “You’re amazing babe,”
he said, satisfied and tired.
After I was dressed, I turned to him. He sat
on the couch and said with disbelief, “No one
has ever made me come that fast.”
I smiled. “Nice to meet you,” I said and
kissed him on the cheek. And I walked out the
door without another word.
“You’re leaving already?” he asked,
surprised. But I closed the door behind me
without leaving an answer. The next day,
he couldn’t stop calling me, sending me
messages. “I can’t stop thinking about you,”
he said, begging to meet up again. Maybe
next week when I’m in the mood, I thought.
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Figure out what
you want to print
You have two choices: the first and easier
one being to just grab a 3D model from
the net. It’s a lot faster since you don’t
have to render anything and it’s ready-to-
export to your printer. The second, yet more
customizable way is to hire a 3D-modeller
to create a 3D model for you. If you’d like to
model yourself you can try applications like
autocad, solidworks, and rhino3d.
NOTES 1
Models
You can download 3D
models from sites like
thingify, TF3DM, Archive
3D, and CGTrader.
GLASS BED
Gather printer
parts
There are several parts of a printer that
you have to regularly replace in order for it
to function. First you need a plastic for the
printer called filament. Second, the nozzle
used to thread the plastic, which is prone to
breaking because of the high intensity heat
that it is exposed to. Lastly, you need several
glass sheets that you can cut exact pieces
of to serve as your base and glassbed. Even
the slightest measurement error could cause
your product to be malformed.
NOTES 2
Cost
A 3D printer would cost
you about P28,000 and
above for a home-sized
one, to half a million for
huge ones used to print
life-sized models of
vehicles and furniture.
NOZZLE
3
Preheat the
printer
It would usually take up to 30 minutes for
the printer to actually start up since it needs
a specific temperature for it to work properly
to get the quality of the item right. Even a
slight change in temperature could cause the
printing to deform so take note of how cold
or warm the room is so that you can take that
into consideration as well. Also make sure to
put some non-stick liquid on the glass so that
it won’t break when you try to separate the
item from its base later.
FILAMENT
NOTES 3
Also, the nozzle used to
thread the plastic cost
P1,000 a piece so better
not lose those. The
glass cost P20 and the
plastic string rolls cost
P1300-P2500.
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Extrution Cooling Styling

This is where the actual printing happens.
The nozzle carefully threads the plastic
onto the glass layer by layer from bottom to
the top. This is important to consider since
some item designs require you to invert the
item when the bottom part is more detailed
than the one above. It’s a very meticulous
process since the nozzle actually cleans its
tip after doing every layer to ensure the most
accurate product. Warning: This takes the
boredom of watching paint dry to a whole
different level. Better have something else to
do while waiting.
After what will probably seem like an eternity,
you’re finally ready to see the fruit of your
labor, but it’s not ready to handle yet as you
will need to first cool it down. The cooling is
necessary to separate the glassbed from the
model. You can let it cool in an airconditioned
room, or if you’re in a real hurry, you can
stash it in the freezer. Be careful when
peeling off the item as this is when the glass
is most fragile.
When you’re done, you can go all arts and
crafts on your model and show your peers
that your Fine Arts degree can actually be
useful in some scenarios. You’re free to paint
and design your 3D models even further.
They are fairly sturdy so you can actually use
hardware tools on them like drills without
much fear of breaking them. Installing
screws and bolts is also an option to make a
movable model.

NOTES 4

time
It usually takes up to three
hours to print single items
with dimensions like a 5X7,
but it still depends on how
detailed or sizeable the
product is.
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We’Re not ClAiMing digitAl equAlity just yet, but We’Re
MAking good pRogRess in poRtRAyAls oF tHe FAiReR
seX. HeRe ARe FlAgsHip titles tHAt put WoMen on top
1 Horizon Zero
Dawn
Best described as a
game where you hunt
Zoids. Its star, redhead
machine hunter Aloy,
is an outcast of the
matriarchal Nora tribe.
Why all this girl-on-girl
tension even if they run
the world? Aloy–despite
being quite proficient at
filling them full of various
arrows–is curious about
the origin of all these
mechanical dinobots,
while tribal customs
deem that fascination
taboo. We’re with Aloy
on this one; the story of
how Earth became ruled
by robots is an intriguing
setup!
*Social Justice Warriors
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2
2 Mass Effect
Andromeda
Unlike the previous
Mass Effects, this first
installment in a new
trilogy defaults the
choice of protagonist to a
female. It’s not a stunt to
please *SJW*s–Bioware
has made the marketing
materials more gender-
neutral overall, not
“building” the idea of the
correct default gender.
The reason for our
freedom of choice: the
two Ryders are actually
siblings. We just hope
they can write a better
ending to the series this
time after having come
up with something as
clever as that.
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make you smart again
don’t get up tHAt CouCH! tHese
doCus Will MAke you A MoRe
inteResting dude At stiRRing no-
nonsense ConveRsAtions
Sour Grapes, Netflix
An Asian trust fund baby
enters the exclusive world of
sommeliers, also known as
“group of mostly white men with
accents who are into wine.” He
amasses an obscene amount
of wealth from selling fake
wine. Can’t tell Merlot from
Cabernet? Relax. Apparently
“experts” can’t, either.
Food Choices, Netflix
There might just be more
to “Where to eat?” than
“Anywhere.” Our food choices
are taking a toll on the
WoRds: AsH MAHinAy
environment and our health. If
over 15 different experts say
so, then it must be true.
3
The True Cost, Netflix
Fashion is second to the
oil industry in polluting our
globalized world. That shirt on
your back that you got on sale
has left some heavy footprints
along the supply chain. Find out
why you should actually join the
bourgeois in their quest to only
purchase organic clothing.
Haze Hell Over Asia, iflix
Most of us were too young
3 Uncharted: The
Lost Legacy
Naughty Dog has written
and oblivious to remember, but
the ’97 haze that overpowered
Southeast Asian countries
some of the best female filled the news as well as
characters in the history many emergency rooms.
of gaming, and they’re How did it start? Why do
taking it to the next my Singaporean friends talk
level with a standalone about haze on a yearly basis?
game that stars Nathan Watch this documentary to
Drake’s former flame and learn more about this frequent
sometimes rival, Chloe environmental disaster.
WoRds: Anne MARi Ronquillo
Frazer. Rather than going
for the obvious choice
of a Sully side story, we The Mega Brothel, iflix
get to run around in the Happy ending massages are
boots of the treasure ironically frowned upon in
hunting Aussie. The our country, but in Germany,
devs at Naughty Dog they have five-storey brothels.
haven’t made a bad game That’s one more layer than a
since…never basically regular cheeseburger. Get the
so we’re looking forward real deal on the world’s oldest
to this. profession in our modern times.
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Get ready for the
future of messaging
Clue: it will no longeR be on tHe pAlM of youR
HAnds. HeRe, An updAted tiMeline…
woRds: Anne MARi Ronquillo
BEEPER AGE
1980s-1990s
Beepers
These literally hip devices were the wearables
of the 90’s yuppies, making them look and feel
like doctors on call.
The Habit: During the pager craze, you had
to call an operator to send a message to
someone, after which the receiver will sprint
to the nearest landline in order to achieve
contact.
The cell phone age
Nokia started a mobile revolution in ‘98. Its
monochrome graphical displays were home to
Snake, makeshift smileys (ü), ASCII art (_|_),
and operator logos that charged the exorbitant
amount of P25. For a decade, Nokia led the
pack of cellular phones and changed the
communication scene forever.
The Habit: The world started to prefer SMS
to audible conversations, and a “missed call”
was a means to grab your crush’s attention.
Mobile phones became so prevalent that
theatres and schools began enforcing
stringent rules on them!
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CELLPHONE AGE
1990s-2000s
Smartphones
Even the generous six-liner screen of the
Nokia 7110 proved to be no match to the
rising demand for colored and graphical
interfaces. More and more phones were
being loaded with features such as removable
storage, music, and Internet capabilities. The
world was thirsty for smarter devices.
• Crackberry Culture: RIM’s Blackberry
was a hit among business-y folk and the
Kardashians. Those who could afford to
dispense upwards of 20 grand on a phone
adored the full, tactile keyboard. E-mails were
synced. PINs were exchanged. Blackberry’s
exclusive messaging network only
strengthened its allure. Like Casio’s Magic
Diary, you could only exchange messages with
someone with a Blackberry device.
• iPhone: Lots of phone manufacturers were
eventually able to bump Nokia off the top of
the mobile phone industry, but it wasn’t until
the arrival of Apple’s iPhone that the game
truly changed. What once was a music player
is now a communication device, and despite
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the touchscreen keyboard learning curve, many
consumers flocked to the iPhone and never
looked back. iMessage, Facetime, and cuter
emojis sealed the deal for loyal followers.
• Android Devices: The iPhone and
Blackberry have closed operating systems
and their pricey devices limited reaching a
bigger consumer market. In 2005, Google
bought open-source mobile OS, Android,
which worked on more phones by more
manufacturers. This had the smartphone
nosediving into the mainstream, and cross-
platform messaging apps like WhatsApp
and Viber enable communications between
Android and non-Android users.
The Habit: Smartphones changed the way
people look at each other, as in, we don’t really
look at each other at all anymore! It seems that
simple social graces were traded off for new
conveniences, and addictive games.
Nokia's future in android
In what looks like a last-ditch effort to connect
people, former industry giant Nokia has
announced plans to launch Android-powered
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THE NOW OF
COMMUNICATION
2000s-present
smartphones this year (2017). The brand took
a backseat to other manufacturers for the
past decade, but this effort to penetrate the
smartphone market may just restore its former
glory. Everyone’s familiar with Nokia after all,
and who isn’t a sucker for throwbacks?
The NOW of communication
• Video Calling: Intimate conversations are
possible with apps like Skype, Google Duo,
and Facetime. Front-facing cameras are
already a smartphone staple, and not just
because of selfies.
•Live Broadcasting: Taking cues from
Periscope, Facebook and Instagram now
allow users to livestream. Whether you’re
working out or putting your baby to sleep,
you can seek people’s approval in real-time.
•Social Media: Tweets, ‘grams, Snaps.
Communication is not confined between
persons anymore. Brands and corporations
engage with consumers through social
media!
The Habit: It’s all about the audience now,
baby. While one-to-one communication is
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HOLOGRAMS
2016—
upheld by smartphones, there’s a shift towards
creating content for mass consumption. Our
lives are our shows and we have the tools to
broadcast them!
The future of communication -
Holograms
Holograms have been a product of the world’s
scientific imagination since the ‘80s, if you
happen to remember Jem and her band.
Holograms are a sci-fi trope but we’re getting
real close to making it a viable communication
gimmick. Cheesy? Sure, but we’re certain that
LDR couples wouldn’t mind investing in holo-
phones! Microsoft already has the HoloLens
in the market, which takes us one step closer
to a Minority Report-esque reality. It's bulky,
alright. But if Motorola can go from a StarTac
to a Razr, then we'll be seeing slimmer holo-
devices in no time!
Future Habits: Holograms popping up
wherever there are people, and conversations
may not be so intimate due to this ostentatious
means to chat. Perhaps real-life chat rooms
could become a standard facility.
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“I think that Miss Universe and pageantry,
in general, is going to make a stand
whenever it comes to helping out
underprivileged communities in the world.
The ladies of Miss Universe are going to
be more influential.” –Chelsea Rose,
Miss Teen Colorado 2010
“More people will stand for themselves.
People will be more revolutionary in
terms of voicing their opinions, especially
in utilizing the social media.” –Moa
Sandberg, Miss International
Sweden 2011
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“Miss USA or Miss Philippines will get the
Miss Universe crown again! It will be a
tough fight between contestants from the
South Americas.” –Vanessa, USA
“There will be a transgender to win Miss
Universe.” –Valerie Lim, Miss Universe
Singapore 2011
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OF A SATURDAY
NIGHT IS jUST
NOT wHAT IT
USED TO bE.
At least this is the case for the kids
of today. These young ones choose
to spend their weekends holed up,
absorbed in another one of their
“Netflix and chill” binges rather than
be out on the town, drowning their
sorrows with bottles upon bottles of
liquor in the city’s hottest bars and
nightclubs. Despite all the “Lit AF” and
“#MomJeans” comments flooding your
feeds, it’s finally safe to say that, right
now, youth is definitely wasted on the
young.
Call it sad. Call it another
opportunity for the judgmental
generations of yore to slap a label on
the oft-misrepresented millennial.
Call it the effect of the streaming,
app-fueled revolution that’s morphing
a once socially irresponsible
demographic into lazy video drones.
Vice.com claims millennials think
partying is overrated. The New York
Post, in one of the most backhanded
compliments ever given in the name of
journalism, deems them “the greatest
generation of couch potatoes.”
But can you really blame these
kids? House of Cards season four is
just too good to pass up and there’s a
new Riverdale episode even before the
weekend hits. Everyone has to be the
first to post their masterfully crafted
critical commentaries on Facebook
come Sunday. Add the cost of a nice
outfit, paying for an Uber ride, and the
insane prices of alcoholic beverages at
snazzy establishments and it’s just too
much for their sardonic minds (and
pockets) to handle.
Ina Raymundo agrees with all of
this. And in her humble opinion, if
there’s one aspect of socialization that’s
been hit (and hit hard), it’s the dating
game. These days, we find social media
grinding its roots into every avenue of
the human experience. Dating—or data
mining, depending on how cynical you
are—apps like Tinder are reshaping
the landscape of romance, so chancing
upon a potential lover in the old-school
manner has become rather obsolete. It
has rendered Manila (and the planet)
too small for comfort, where everyone
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is a friend of a friend of a cousin’s
cousin and gathering information
about an individual is as easy as
learning their Twitter or Instagram
handle.
“It’s so different now,” Ina says,
her mind wandering back to a much
simpler time. “These days, it all starts
with social media. They’ll either be on
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Facebook or Snapchat (now Snap) and
then they’ll start messaging before
they even meet up. So magkakilala
na sila even before actually meeting
each other face to face.” Ina is clearly
bothered by this, seeing as she was the
poster girl for the super-hot-single-
lady-you-could-meet-in-a-dingy-bar
fantasy.
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“Before, nung ’90s, nung panahon
ko,” she recalls, “you’d just meet
someone in a bar and then that’s when
you could exchange numbers. I think
mas torpe ang mga lalaki ngayon
kasi sanay sila sa dating setup that’s
filtered through the Internet. I think
most men nowadays would be scared to
sincerely approach a woman in a bar.”
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S of the older beer
drinkers reading
this know that Ina’s
T
ascent to stardom
came with the debut
of the 1995 Sabado
Nights commercial
of San Miguel Beer.
For those who were
still sucking on their
mama’s breasts when
it aired, here’s the gist:
in the ad, she plays a head-turner whose
devilish beauty catches the attention of a
young Paolo Abrera, whose lame excuse
of a date is hitting it off with other
male barflies of questionable fashion
sense. Upon meeting each other’s gaze,
the two immediately become drinking
buddies. Then there are toasts; there’s
the polite clinking of bottles. The
riffs and unforgettable lyrics of Rizal
Underground blast endlessly in the
background. Our protagonist—and the
rest of mankind—realizes that this chick
is rock and roll. This chick is a keeper.
Right then and there, a star is born.
Fast forward to 22 years, one
husband, five kids, an FHM cover debut,
comeback appearances on TV and the
movies, and Ina is at it again.
If you’ve been paying attention
to your TV or YouTube lately, then
you might’ve come across the latest
reincarnation of the Sabado Nights
commercial. This time around,
Vic Sotto, together with basketball
superstars Marc Pingris and June Mar
Fajardo, star in a more comedic version
of the storyline. In the reboot, these
three, somewhat older male icons are
enjoying a Saturday night out when,
lo and behold, Ina Raymundo steps
into the bar looking sexier than ever
in a mighty tight red dress. A group
of douchebags also spot the stunner
and make a play for this woman who
is clearly beyond their reach. But not
on Bossing’s watch, who, for lack of a
better term, cockblocks the troop using
some leftover Enteng Kabisote magic.
Now, without going too much
into semiotics, it’s easy to read what
this new advertisement is trying to
convey: Everybody loves a comeback
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and nothing beats a classic. And beer,
it still hits that sweet spot no matter
what the era.
For Ina, however, the reboot was
more than just sending a well-planned
advertising message. It was more
personal—a surreal moment that
transported her back in time, inducing
a feeling of nostalgia that gave her a
rush unlike any other.
“It felt so good,” she explains, her
hazel eyes lighting up. “It just used
to be this fantasy I’d have. I used to
think, ‘What if magkaroon ng sequel
yung Sabado Nights?’ And now it’s
happened. It was so much fun because
they were playing the Sabado Nights
song over and over again. It felt like
I’d just finished shooting the original
a week ago, and now, we’re shooting a
new one and there was no time-lapse in
between. I felt so young.”
Feeling young and looking young
are things the now two-time FHM cover
girl is good at. Her secret is that she
internalizes this positive attitude, which
in turn, reflects on a physical level. That
and, of course, the fact that she works
out like nobody’s business. “I’ve always
been a fun-loving person,” she shares.
“I think I’m like Benjamin Button. I’m
growing backwards. I feel like I’m 14
instead of 41 years old. I feel younger
and more childlike and yet I’m happier
than ever. And I think I’m fitter, too! I
have more muscles now.”
Ina—ravishing, eloquent, and
timeless in her sex appeal—is the
perfect vessel for this sophomore
turn as ambassadress to both the beer
brand that helped make her famous
and this magazine that’s celebrating
its 200th cover and 17th anniversary.
As she headlines this milestone in
FHM’s storied history, she is also being
reintroduced into the mainstream and
to a whole new generation of fans and
consumers: our dear millennials, that
controversial group of individuals born
between 1982 and 2004, a good chunk
of whom are FHM readers.
fhmphilofficial MARCH 2017 fh m 43
 Despite not actually being
part of the most talked about,
written about, and dissected
generation, she does carry
some of the traits and tastes
that millennials have become
notorious for. Which means,
there’s a better chance of
finding a strong connection
with the audience despite the
looming generational gap.
For one, she likes Drake,
probably one of the most
millennial rappers today (Read:
he’s sensitive and he’s from
Canada), repeatedly requesting
for his track “Fake Love” to be
played on loop during the FHM
cover shoot. She also starred
in last year’s Vince & Kath &
James, a movie so millennial
in the sense that it originated
from online flash fiction that
went viral because it was told
through a series of posted text
messages. She’s also a multi-
hyphenate, being a parent-
slash-wife-slash-actress-slash-
model-slash-fitness enthusiast.
Phew! And finally, she is
addicted to Instagram, a social
media platform she’s come to embrace
in all its filtered glory. what caption to put down. It feels like not nudged them free with each peek
“I’m not so active anymore on you’re working for an advertising into her interesting life.
Snapchat,” she says. “I’ve shifted to agency and iniisip mo kung ano dapat Like many of today’s overnight
Instagram. I used to be on Snapchat yung idea mo. Hindi yung basta-basta successes and social media influencers,
a lot, but when IG Stories came out, lang. Dapat pinag-iisipan. It’s like she manipulated the medium to her
dun na ako kasi nakakalito na. Ang coming up with a marketing strategy advantage, reigniting a career that
dami na masyado minsan. Hindi mo na for yourself.” has already seen two decades’ worth
alam yung gagawin mo. Sometimes, She also credits her Insta-G of ups and downs. By understanding
hindi na ako nakakatulog. Laging account, where she constantly shares that the social media game can meld
stimulated yung utak ko kasi I’m her fitness regimens and family events the personal and professional, and by
constantly thinking about what to to her more than 400k followers, for maximizing its functions to propel her
post.” helping her land both her first FHM career forward, Ina has become, in all
Hearing these words escape from cover and consequently, the Sabado honesty, more social media savvy than
Ina’s lips, one could easily assume Nights sequel. Her participation in the the average millennial. And, at the end
they were coming from a millennial in social media platform more commonly of the day, she has a lot of fun while
their early 20s, not a seasoned mother associated with the younger set has she’s doing it.
of five. “But you know, I love it,” she created a domino effect of recent
stresses. “I love Instagram because it successes, opening doors that would
makes you think. I love thinking about have otherwise remained shut had she

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I N A R AYMUN DO,
however, is her atypical modern I told her, if you feel that it makes perceived as an effect of the experience
approach to female sexuality. In an age you happy, then you should do it. But she’s gained through the years.
where keyboard feminism has taken of course, you shouldn’t force other “I’m so in touch with my inner
centerstage, sometimes skewing the women to do it as well just because you sexuality,” she claims. “I’ve always
true meaning of what it means to be a want to fight for it. That’s not cool. had it since I was a little girl. I’m not
real feminist, Ina’s beliefs are grounded To each his own. It has to be done for kidding. I’m a very sexual person, but
on recognizing her inherent sensuality the right reasons and we should never I manage it. I’ve always been aware of
and nurturing it, brandishing it like a pressure other girls to do it when they it. I feel like the more I age, it becomes
sharpened blade only when it doesn’t don’t want to.” stronger. It’s in me. People notice my
hurt other women in the process. And Although she doesn’t claim to be a sensuality in the way I move or in the
this is a philosophy she isn’t afraid of feminist of any sort, the way in which way I flip my hair, even when I’m not
passing on to her kin. she takes ownership of her innate totally conscious of it. It’s definitely not
“Women nowadays are so strong sexuality is highly evolved and can be a weakness. That is a kind of power.
and brave,” she observes, recalling a I’ve never been in denial of it. But
recent conversation remember that you
she had with one of always have to use it
her more opinionated wisely. Don’t abuse
daughters. “The it, but don’t ignore or
other night, my feel ashamed about
daughter asked me it [either]. You can
if I thought it was have that power and
okay for women to no one even needs to
show their chests know that you’re in
the way men do. She possession of it.”
said that she thought That’s the sort
it wasn’t fair that of eloquence and
women get judged intelligence everyone
for showing their should aspire to—
boobs and yet men regardless of which
don’t. My daughter, generation you
she thinks like that, belong. fh m
and I’m proud of her.

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in
2009, a man who calls himself Sal9000
married his long-time partner, Nene
Anegasaki, a video game character
from a popular dating-simulation
game, Love Plus. While the marriage
wasn’t legally binding, Sal9000 still
wanted to prove his love for his wife.
He stated in an interview with the press at his wedding:
“I love this character, not a machine. I understand 100
percent that this is a game. I understand very well that I
cannot marry her physically or legally.”
Before you chalk this one up to Japan being Japan,
it might be important for you to know that this isn’t an
incident isolated in the country. Back in 2010, a Korean man
called Lee Jin-gyu married a body pillow. He had an image of
Fate Testarossa, one of the magical girls in the show Mahou
Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha, printed on the pillow. Lee Jin-gyu
took his wife pillow on dates in restaurants and theme parks
despite the curious eyes that followed them.
You have to ask: what kind of one-way relationship
would that be?
A C u LT A N d A C u LT u R E
There is a movement in Japan promoting the idea that 2D
characters are better partners than actual human people.
Led by Toru Honda, 47, the group has been hard at work
convincing its brethren of 2D-loving males and females
to not be ashamed of their life choices. Honda courts
controversy in the otaku culture by painting all of its
supporters as the outcasts of society.
Honda’s motivation is to use this outcast stereotype
of the otaku to empower its members to overthrow the
majority. Honda wrote in his book, Denpa Otoko (translates
to The Ultimate Otaku Teacher), that “pure love is
completely gone in the real world.” He alleges that such
love is for old otakus past their prime. He believes that
there is no hope left for them because life has screwed them
over; therefore they must start a new “love revolution.”
In Honda’s world, liking prepubescent 2D girls isn’t creepy
and should be regarded as a great expression of manhood
since not everyone has the luck, privilege, and means to be
in a happy and loving relationship with a real woman.
S H E I S wH O I wANT H E R TO b E
But while Honda’s voice might be able to rally some people
to join his cause to change the norm, some otakus are happy
enough to just be able to escape the reality they are in.
Elliot, 29, a graphic artist for a startup company, was
diagnosed with maladaptive daydreaming. It’s a disorder
where he gets lost in his fantasies for a significant amount
of time, losing his sense of reality. Elliot was a victim of
domestic abuse when he was just a child. He recalls that he
would put himself in a trance-like state during the beatings
where he would create his own imaginary world. It is in that
world that he also created Anna, his current girlfriend.
We met Elliot while he was on one of his dates with
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Anna. Elliot would sit in a cafe and chat with Anna while
he sketches her in his laptop. The sketches numbered over
a thousand, including some scanned pieces that were more
than 15 years old. “I first met Anna when we were both 13
years old, we’re 29 now. We’re a lot more mature and much
happier,” says Elliot.
Looking at Elliot’s drawings, we saw how they developed
through the years. When Anna was 13, she was a small framed
Filipina with light brown skin and dark hair, wearing a
loose sando, blue shorts, and a big smile. “I love animé so
a lot of my artistic style comes from it. But when I first
drew Anna, I just wanted her to look like a normal Filipina
girl. My parents put great value on our Chinese heritage
so it was discouraged that I made friends with Filipinos in
general. My parents would never like Anna.”
Elliot’s more recent drawings show Anna as an adult.
She is a lot more mature looking yet still retained her very
kind eyes. She wears a sando, tattered jeans, and a pair of
sandals. “I feel like I’m maturing with her. Through the
years I’ve drawn her in so many different clothes, scenarios,
in so many different lights. And every time I would, I feel
like I can’t draw her wrongly. Every drawing is her and all
of them combined make the woman that I love.”
Elliot actually never intended to fall in love with Anna.
Elliot’s parents would usually pair him up with daughters
of other Chinese families when he was younger but he never
really saw a future with them. “She was my best friend
growing up; actually, she is until now. In fact, most of the
trouble I got into was because of her. She’s the reason why
I went to art school. I really grew a lot as a person and met
so many interesting people when I was in college. I became
a lot more independent and that’s when I really got to
thinking that I was in love with Anna.”
We were curious and asked Elliot how or whether it was
even possible for him to confess to a girl like Anna. His
quick answer was, he didn’t. “I’m not gonna pretend like she
made that decision for herself because I know I made her up.
When I felt like I wanted to take my relationship with Anna
to a whole new level, I just started loving her in a different attempted suicide multiple times in his teenage years.
way. It just felt more natural after I came to terms with my
feelings for her—she was the girl I wanted to spend the rest
of my life with.”
Elliot believes that a big part of why their relationship
is good is because of his asexual nature. “I was never really
attracted to anyone else besides Anna. The girls that my
parents matched me with were generally really nice and very
pretty but I never felt any
attraction to them or to anyone
else. I think what really helped
my relationship with Anna is
the fact that I’m not really into
“I think what really helped my relationship with Anna is the fact
physical contact, [sexual nor that I’m not really into physical contact, [sexual nor otherwise].
otherwise]. But I do like being but I do like being romantic towards her and loving towards
romantic towards her and
loving towards other people in other people in different ways.”
different ways.”
We asked Elliot if we could
publish a picture of Anna, but
he respectfully declined. “The funny thing is, she’d probably
like that. She loves it when I show her off to other people but But despite every part of our relationship being made up,
my parents have seen some of my drawings of her and they
would literally disown me if they found out I told you about
them.”
AR E N’T yOu G OI N G TOO fAR?
It’s people like Elliot that Edward, 22, in college, and his
peers love to hate on.
“I used to run an animé page that caters to rating animé
girls, known as waifus. It had over 15,000 likes before it
got shut down,” says Edward, former admin of a Facebook
page called Your Animé Waifu is Trash. “It was a fun page.
My friends and I make fun of people who are fanboying to
animé characters way too much, ha ha!” says Edward.
Edward and his friends hated the fact that people could
actually be that obsessed with fictional characters. “We like
animé as much as the next guy but there’s a healthy limit
to liking something. It just makes us cringe when people
who like our page become so angry that their waifus were
made fun of. It’s just a fucking animé and these man-children
[can’t] take a joke.”
Brandon, a 24-year-old manga collector and animé
lover, sometimes thinks that fictional characters are more
attractive than real girls, but he does have a real human
girlfriend. He has been steady with her for five years now.
She understands his love for animé.
“She doesn’t really care as long as I don’t spend all of
my earnings on useless stuff. If you ask her, she might be a
bigger animé fan than me. Sobrang addict niyan sa Yuri on
Ice (an animé about figure skaters who happen to be male
homosexuals),” shares Brandon.
“The thing that makes animé girls so appealing is
that they can be anything you want them to be. I think
the reason why dating simulations are so popular with
otakus is because they give us a chance to somehow live
out our fantasies of dating our dream girl, or for some,
just [simply] dating,” explains Brandon. “I realize that I’m
really lucky to have met my girlfriend. But I think I can
sort of empathize with people who believe that 2D girls are
better than real ones. Everyone has different preferences
that they look for in a partner.”
SHE kEEpS ME TOGETHER
Elliot also suffers from post-traumatic depression and
“She’s always there to stop me,” says Elliot of his 2D
girlfriend. But even if Anna has saved Elliot so many times
in the past, he knows that his relationship with Anna isn’t
healthy for his mental state and that to truly get better, he
has to eventually stop relying on her to “fix his problems”
for him.
“I’ve come a long way from what I was back then. I
know I’ve just been talking to myself when I’m with her.
I’m happy with her right now. And I just want to be happy
with her for a little while longer,” says Elliot.
We won’t know for how long or if relationships with
fictional characters or artificially created intelligence will
ever be normal. Maybe someday, people like Elliot could
have a real-life Anna virtually created for him. Or, who
knows, maybe by then it would be robots creating virtual
human girlfriends. Nobody ever really knows how the
future will turn out. FH M

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A four-hour drive from Manila to Bataan will
take you to some famous beach resorts and
tourist attractions. But just a few kilometers
past those getaway spots, at the edge of
Morong, Bataan, the ever-looming, 40-year-old
virgin Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is
an even more interesting site to be visited.
From the main road, you will never guess
that behind gilded gates lie a nuclear plant.
It sits on a wide expanse of land, all of 389
hectares, plain and barren save for a few
grazing trees in some areas. It is right on the
edge of the West Philippine Sea. The power
plant itself is concrete cold but the sea breeze
is inviting.
A lonely guard takes that gate post,
ensuring that everyone entering the premises
log in their names, and then gives a few
instructions. There is a long winding road to
the power plant, and immediately to the left
there are several rows of dilapidated housing
barracks. At the second gate there is another
guard. From there, the BNPP can be seen.
The team of Engr. Mauro Marcelo, Jr., head
of the National Power Corporation (NPC) Asset
Preservation Department, welcomes visitors
to their office a few meters across the power
plant. It is spotless, what with four janitors
servicing the office. Make that the whole
property.
Which probably explains why, although
the building looks fairly new outside, inside
it’s crumbling. The doors have no knobs, the
walls and floors are stained, everything smells
of bleach. The toilets have no running water.
The office canteen is empty. Actually, there is
no office canteen. Engr. Marcelo’s team brings
their own food and water to work every day
because there are no restaurants as far as the
eye can see even outside BNPP’s gates.
The first order of business for anyone
visiting is to participate in the tour
orientation. Here, Engr. Marcelo briefs
visitors, a task he’s done for almost a decade
 B ATA A n n u C l e A r p O W e r p l A n T

INSIDE THE PLANT

The control room houses hundreds of analogs

and graphs. Right across (not pictured above)
is a separate viewing room in case of an
emergency, a precaution implemented after
the Three Mile Island accident in the US.

Countries that run nuclear power

plants have yet to find a permanent
storage for nuclear waste, such as
this half-inch uranium pellet. Engr.
Marcelo says that if BNPP were to
run, “waste will be disposed in a
highly contained storage inside the
plant.”
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FA S T FA C T S
Asset Manager
for mothballed
The electricity voltage in the electrical plants of the
room is at 277V, a standard adapted National Power
from the US. Corporation
Engr. Mauro
Marcelo, Jr. gives
us a rundown of
what we need to know

How much of the country's

electricity demand could
be powered by the Bnpp?
The capacity of the bNPP is at
620 megawatts, which means
it can provide enough power
to seven percent of Luzon's
8,000mw demand.

How efficient would the

Bnpp have been in terms
of operation?
The plant can run 24/7, which
makes it a sustainable source.
There will just be a shutdown
Placed right in the middle of the BNPP of one month for refueling then
control room is the direct phone line the plant can restart.
to the Office of the President. The
plant would have observed seven How much less waste are
emergency levels if it were to operate we dealing with here?
today. The protocol is to ring President we should decrease waste
Duterte even at Emergency Level Two. by tons! Imagine, one gram of
uranium is equivalent to nine
drums of oil or three tons of
coal, so nuclear waste is easier
to manage and dispose.

The Bnpp is right beside

the West philippine sea.
How tsunami-proof is it?
The bNPP is 18 meters above
sea level, and is made with
dense concrete and well-
wielded metals. The fukushima
Tsunami reached 12 meters,
wallowing their power plant,
which was leveled at 0 meter.

What if we eventually run

out of uranium to fuel the
power plant?
Thorium is currently being
Professor of Energy at the Mapua
studied as another element
Institute of Technology Engr. Kennard
to use as nuclear fuel. It can
Maturgo says that while geologists are
produce five times the energy
cynical of the site location, the BNPP
of uranium with much less
was constructed earthquake-proof
waste.
up to level VIII of the US scale. This
means it will shut down above that
intensity.

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(Above) Inside the BNPP
reactor containment structure
called Annulus, where uranium
would have been placed and
powered. This is the structure
contained inside the cylinder,
which is made of a meter-thick
concrete and metal. (Below)
Intact and technically brand
new, this handprint scanner
diplayed by the entrance hall
is just among the hundreds of
monitoring devices left unused
inside the power plant.
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since the BNPP was opened to the public in
2009. Engr. Marcelo is one of the 11 BNPP
employees who are passionate caretakers of
the sleeping powerhouse and are awaiting the
day that it receives its core fuel—not uranium,
but $1B in rehabilitation funds. Most of them
have been here since the construction and
commissioning of the BNPP.
m u l t i - b i l l i o n
d o l l a r b a b y
The BNPP is a $2.5B project of the late
President Ferdinand Marcos. Construction
began in 1976, with the
Westinghouse Electric Company
taking the lead. In 1979, the
infamous Three Mile Island accident
happened in the US, the result of a
nuclear reactor leak. Unfortunately,
Westinghouse had built the same
plant, prompting a halt in the BNPP
construction. Five years later, and
after additional funding of $700M,
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the BNPP was upgraded and completed to run
on uranium fuel.
“Studies were done to confirm the
operational safety of the plant in 1985,” says
Engr. Marcelo. “Then the Edsa Revolution
happened.” Marcos fled and the BNPP was
shown to be riddled with graft and corruption.
The BNPP has since been mothballed.
Through five administrations, from Corazon
Aquino up to her son Noynoy Aquino, no
comprehensive nuclear energy policy has been
written into law.
It used to cost P300M per month to keep
the BNPP running in tip-top shape, but now it
is only maintained with P27M per year, with
a skeletal staff of 11 people from the NPC.
They are like mall cops patrolling the empty
corridors at night—only this mall is empty all
day, every day.
The BNPP has been maintained as if
it were to run anytime. Pedestrian gates
inside the power plant are open, completely
installed with metal and radiation detectors
and even handprint scanners, which were of
state-of-the-art standards that time. Across
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 (1) A throwback gem from the
‘80s: a pan-sized hard drive
used in the BNPP control room
the hallways are fire extinguishers, which to store less than 1GB of data,
the BNPP personnel say are still regularly (2) According to Engr. Marcelo:
replaced. And in case this mothballed and “This control room should work
perfectly fine if power is turned
practically non-functioning power plant
on. The problem would be
pose any sort of danger, warning and safety
hiring people who are skilled to
signs are still up on the walls. EXIT THIS operate vintage equipment.”
WAY. CAUTION. There are still personal (3) The heart of the BNPP and
monitoring devices and co-terminus ultimately the most radioactive
luminescent devices to detect uranium fuel part of the plant: the nuclear
radiation on hand, but they are now rusty reactor, where fission and
equipment displayed in some BNPP rooms. energy production happens
The BNPP personnel conducts power
plant tours for schools, tourists, and the 1
media. Since December last year, electrical
power inside the power plant has been out.
Only emergency lights, which are powered increased since the 1970s.
2
by a rumbling diesel generator outside, light In the ASEAN region,
up parts of the BNPP—the rest of it is hidden Japan has the most number
in pitch-black darkness. of power reactors at 50;
The FHM team was led from offices to the South Korea at 23; India
actual nuclear reactor. “The Philippines only at 20; China at 16; Taiwan
had uranium fuel once since the BNPP was at 6, and Pakistan at 3—all
built. We had it from 1986 to 1997 until we running a better economy
sold it to Siemens,” shares Engr. Marcelo, as and more advanced
he takes the team to the hollow reactor where technological platform
uranium fuel would have been placed. than the Philippines. Soon
Here, Engr. Marcelo, together with four enough, the Philippines
of his colleagues and two maintenance will be surrounded by
personnel, spit perfectly mastered spiels. countries utilizing the
They have become accustomed to dealing cheap energy source. The
with curious minds visiting the BNPP over snowball effect: Less global
the years. Engr. Marcelo’s team has been investors will seek our
employed with the NPC to man the BNPP for production services because
a good two decades already. Engr. Marcelo electricity cost will be much
himself has been employed by the NPC right higher.
out of college. Almost 30 years later, he still A study done by KEPCO,
hopes of one day seeing the power plant the sister power plant of the
operate. “Sa ngayon wala na kaming ibang BNPP in Korea, determined
gusto pa but to still be around when the what is needed to run the
BNPP operates. Hopefully soon—before we all BNPP. “A whopping P1B is
retire.” needed for that,” says Engr.
Marcelo. “We have a non-
disclosure agreement, so
t h e m o t h b a l l e d 3 the details of the upgrade
p o w e r p l a n t cannot be made in public.
But in general, it covers
Engr. Marcelo acts as the professor on site. infrastructure upgrade,
He leads the briefing—giving the history of training, and licensing, and
the BNPP and the hard science behind it like replacement of major power
a record on repeat. Why he still passionately plant equipment.” If all
serves the office goes beyond just doing the pushes through, upgrades
job, but also to promote awareness about will take just four years to
nuclear power. complete.
“Nuclear power is a stable source of Last November,
energy and can contribute to energy security President Duterte gave
because uranium has the longest period the go signal for the
of reserve to production ratio (230 years). Department of Energy to
Meaning, it will be available longer than oil study how to run the BNPP.
(40 years), natural gas (65 years), and coal “There is a similar plant in
(155 years),” he explains, while holding a the US that was mothballed
uranium replica the size of a jelly bean. “This in the ’80s,” shares Engr.
five-gram uranium capsule can power an Mareclo. “The Wattsbar Two
average Japanese home consuming 300kwh Nuclear Power Station. It
of electricity per month, for nine months.” was rehabilitated from 2007
The Philippines is dependent on oil-based to 2016, and is operating
fuel, which is driving the cost of electricity now. The future and the
up, and currently we pay the fifth highest dream is to see our very
cost of power in the world. Right now, about own power plant operate.
13 percent of the world’s power comes from Tayo na lang inaantay nito
nuclear energy, a trend that has consistently [BNPP].” FH M

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R
obert Cornelius “Bobby”
Murphy is a 28-year-old
Filipino-American. He
is smart. He earned his
degree in Mathematical
and Computational Science from
Stanford University in 2010.
He is also insanely rich. As the
co-founder of Snapchat, now Snap, his
net worth was valued at $4 billion after
it was announced that Snap was going
public in the US stock market.
Remember that: He is Filipino. The
cutthroat global tech industry could
use smart people among us. While
Murphy’s is a stellar success story,
there are other Filipinos working in
Silicon Valley, the acknowledged center
of the tech world. Meet three of them
and gauge for yourself if you have
what it takes to land a job in
heaven.
THE
SMART
SET
RAYMOND
CASTILLO 
University: Ateneo de
Manila University
Job: Global Strategy
and Planning (Community
Operations)
Company: Uber
How long in Silicon
Valley: 6 months
What we do
Antonio: I lead a team of DBAs and
manage databases that store all the
data used at Twitter or by our internal
systems. I’ve done the same thing for
eight years at YouTube and another
seven years at PayPal. We own and
support Twitter’s relational database
infrastructure. We take care of the
security, stability, and scalability of the
databases. If it goes down, Twitter will go
down. We’re like doctors of the databases.
I’ve been doing this since I came to the
US in 1999. It is hectic but it’s fun, I
always have an adrenaline rush every
time there’s an emergency problem and
we were able to solve it in a few minutes.
Tan: I engineer and build software
MARK JOSEPH TAN 
University: University of
the Philippines ; Carnegie
Mellon University
Job: Senior Product
Manager
Company: Amazon
How long in Silicon
Valley: 5 years
JONATHAN “JOJO”
ANTONIO 
University: De La Salle
University
Job: Database Team Lead/
Manager
Company: Twitter
How long in Silicon
Valley: 16.5 years
products. At Amazon, I focus on video
games and consumer electronics. I enable
customers to get something that they
want by redesigning our mobile and
web customer experience. As a Product
Manager, I work directly with various
team members to build road maps and
launch products. I partner with a broader
team (Engineering, Search and Science,
Marketing, Sales and BD).
Castillo: I use data and analytics to
ensure that all our users have the most
efficient and safest possible experience
when using Uber. This involves mining
data, surfacing insights to our product
and engineering teams, and coordinating
with operations teams located in different
cities across the globe.
 T H E YO U N G P I N OYS O F S I L I C O N VA L L E Y
The way to Silicon
Va l l e y , a p a r t
from being smart:
network and link
Tan: I got into the tech industry by
relentlessly lining up grit, opportunity,
and passion. I’ve always been
passionate about technology but never
really figured out what I wanted to do
within the industry. So I kept myself
informed on what’s happening in the
Valley and realized the opportunities
that fit my skills and passion well are
available here. I found out that the best
path to land a Silicon Valley career
is to pursue an advanced degree and
I completed my masters program at
Carnegie Mellon University. To get
a job, I did traditional processes via
online and LinkedIn (LI), but what
ultimately landed me a job was in-
person networking in the Bay Area.
That’s how I landed my first gig at
Quixey, a mobile app search and
discovery startup.
Antonio: I first got accepted as an
Intern at Digital Equipment Filipinas for
three years, while still in college. That
stint taught me a lot about computers
and I also acquired a good network of
people who helped me start my career.
I never forget those connections. Every
time I visit Manila I make sure to
meet with them and also stay in touch
through social media.
Castillo: A headhunter reached out
to me for a local role in Manila back
when I was working for a multinational
consumer goods company. My scope
grew from a regional role managing our
Asia-Pacific business to my most recent
role as part of the global team based at
our headquarters in San Francisco.
Antonio: To get yourself in the door,
I believe the best way is to find some
connections in your network that maybe
working in the company or a connection
of a connection. It’s always easy to go
in if you are referred by an employee
rather than get mixed with thousands of
applicants. Make sure that you have an
updated resume or LI profile.
Then when you get
through the door
for the screening
process, you’ll be
grilled
Castillo: My recruitment process
involved several rounds of one-on-one
interviews, an analytics test, a happy
hour where we got to meet regional
team members of Uber who flew into
Manila (since they were still building
the local team), and a panel interview.
Granted, Uber was a smaller company
back when I joined and I believe
that we now follow a more stringent
process for hiring.
Tan: The screening process for
Product Managers is super competitive,
since companies require several years
of experience and the skill set cuts
across several domains–engineering,
business and operations, and even sales
and marketing. Fortunately, I was
given a chance to take on this role by
consistently learning the skill set and
going through several interview rounds.
Antonio: Only two percent of
applicants get an interview [in Twitter],
in some companies in Silicon Valley,
maybe less. That is how competitive it
is here. The bar is high and teams are
not willing to lower it down because
they don’t want to pay the price if they
don’t get that A-type candidate. In a
normal tech company you go through
two phone screens, each one lasts for
an hour. If you pass you go on-site for
an interview, which usually lasts for
three to four hours. You will not only
be tested and interviewed technically,
companies/teams will also evaluate if
you will fit in their culture. Having a
good work genealogy will help a lot.
Working at PayPal, eBay, YouTube,
Google, and Twitter always puts me at
the top of the search list by recruiters.
But the main thing is you have to come
across as hardworking, smart, and
passionate. If they see that, you will
get all kinds of recommendations. Your
work will speak for you.
There are no
slackers in
S i l i c o n Va l l e y
Castillo: The pace is definitely
much faster here compared with
other companies I have worked for.
Technically, there are no office hours
and everyone hustles to get the job
done. I’ve come to accept that my
role and responsibilities can change
from week to week given how fast the
company is growing. It can change
from leading a project involving
several regional teams to learning a
new programming language needed to
create reporting dashboards that the
whole company will use.
Antonio: It really depends on what type
of company you are working for. If
you are working in a startup expect to
work long hours including weekends
and holidays. In a startup your team
is always fighting to make sure that
everything works. If you are in a mid- to
large-sized company there will be times
that you will need to work extra hours.
But these hours are pre-determined so
you can prepare for them.
Tan: As for me, I’ve learned to work
within the bounds of eight to 10 hours
a day as that’s the only way that I will
be able to accomplish all other things
that I want to achieve.
 T H E YO U N G P I N OYS O F S I L I C O N VA L L E Y
T h e S i l i c o n Va l l e y
culture is dynamic
and relentless
Castillo: Dynamic and relentless are
the two words that come to my mind
when describing the culture. The
companies and people who do well
are those that can evolve and adapt
quickly. Those that cling to the status
quo or who get too comfortable with a
certain way of doing things are swept
aside by the constant pace of change
that happens here. You constantly have
to learn new things and be willing to
stretch yourself to get things done in
this kind of environment. People here
also have a strong sense of mission
that they attach to their work. Most
fundamentally believe that what they
do is making the world a better place,
which is a useful mentality to have
when the workload starts to pile up.
Tan: It’s overflowing with positive
energy, optimism, and a constant
drive to make a difference in
the world. I’ve never seen a
place where coffee shops
exist for people to make
apps and pitch their
ideas as much as
Silicon Valley.
Antonio: SV embraces a culture of
openness, collaboration, autonomy,
and continuous learning. Here in the
Valley, age, gender, color, religion, etc.
does not matter. If you are smart and
know what you are doing, companies
will find and offer you an opportunity.
To be successful in SV you have to
surround yourself with smart people.
The opportunity to work with the
smart/er people and collaborate with
them gives you a chance to learn and
establish yourself as a dependable
and knowledgeable person in the field
and your network will notice that.
When you work in SV good companies
give you autonomy, a power to decide
on your work, which allows you to
perform at your best. What you get
done, the results, is all that matters.
And the perks
are amazing
Antonio: Here are some of the perks we
currently have at Twitter: Free never-
ending snacks and gourmet food;
Shuttle to/from to work/home; Gym
membership or onsite gym, yoga; flex
hours; happy hours, off-site, weekly
events; coffee/juice bars; video games,
foosball, pingpong; Volunteering; beer/
wine tap. Other things I experienced
when I was at YouTube/Google were:
Nap pods, bowling, swimming pool,
sports, free movies, massage, washer/
dryer, shower, ski trips, holiday and
Halloween parties, bring your kids and
your parents to work.
Tan: Some of these stuff you can find
even in smaller startups.
H BO’s Silicon
Va l l e y i s n o t
entirely accurate,
but some episodes
hilariously hit the
mark
Castillo: It’s funny to see how the
media paints an exaggerated view
of what it’s like to work in tech. Of
course, you have to take these with
a grain of salt but you just have
to experience it yourself to really
understand what it’s like. There’s no
one stereotype that does justice to
what it’s like to work in Silicon Valley
and a lot of it depends on the kind of
company you work for and the people
you surround yourself with.
Tan: It’s hilarious! I find it to be a
fairly accurate representation of
what’s going on in startups within
the Bay Area. As a TV show, of course
there will be some exaggerations—for
example, the concept of optimal tip-to-
tip efficiency—if you remember that
episode. If you don’t know what I’m
talking about, you should watch it as it
is one of the most hilarious scenes that
I’ve seen! [Season 1, Episode 8, where
the five founders of startup Pied Piper
debate the math of efficiently jerking
off 800 people ]. That said, the culture
is diverse and there are variations
from one company to another.
Antonio: Most TV/movie portrayals
of SV people are hardcore geeks who
sit and stare at their computers for
hours on end. But most of us are
normal. We work, go to the gym,
spend time outside of office in a
social environment, play basketball,
travel, watch sports. It’s pretty normal
to me. One thing accurate though is
that people here are very determined
and highly driven. They are focused
on how to be successful and always
looking forward in building or help
building the next unicorn.

What we do
outside of work
Castillo: Education is a big passion
of mine. I used to teach Marketing to
Junior college students back in Ateneo
and was a co-organizer of Tech Clash,
which was one of the first High-School
level hackathon competitions in
Manila. I also take time to give talks
on marketing, tech, and data-analytics
to encourage more students to get into
the industry
Tan: I am very active in lecturing
and speaking about my role and
technology, particularly in the space
of UX, Mobile, Search and Discovery.
I am also active in doing in-person
and remote mentorship by managing
Luminated Career Consulting and
signing up for non-profit organizations
such as College Access Now. I work
with a few startups through financial
means or sweat equity, some of them
is based in the Philippines such as
MariaHealth. Finally, I recognize the
importance of fitness and health so
I have been keeping myself active by
doing several activities, ranging from
bouldering, dragonboat, marathons,
swimming, boxing, soccer, and
recently crossfit.
Antonio: Outside of work I mostly
spend my time with my family.
Recently, since my kids are already
young adults, I’ve been working on my
startup idea. That’s what you do here,
make sure that you do something with
your idea and see if it’s going to
prosper. It’s a land of opportunity
so you have to take advantage of it.
The Filipino/
Filipino American
and the future of
tech
Castillo: It’s a shame but we are
underrepresented here in Silicon Valley,
with only a handful of Filipinos I know
of who work in the industry. Most
Filipinos are users of tech, as seen in
the prevalence of social media in the
country, but very few grasp the value
you can create in this industry. There
are promising signs that we’re headed in
the right direction with local tech events
and communities being organized but
there’s still much more that we can do.
Hopefully, stories like these will help
inspire more people to enter the field so
that we can have our own Silicon Valley
right here in the Philippines.
Tan: I’m a technology evangelist and
a strong believer that the Fil-Am
community has the capacity jumpstart
the innovation and entrepreneurial
ecosystem both in the US and in the
Philippines through technology. There
are pockets of activities being led by
groups in the US and the Philippines
(Science & Technology Advisory
Council, Filipino Entrepreneur
Network, university alumni chapters,
IdeaSpace, WebGeek
Startups). It is important
to create a support system
that aggregates all available
resources to accelerate growth. I’m
really excited to be part of this and
turn all these dreams into reality.
Antonio: We’re making our mark.
Even if it’s not in the news, there
are more Filipinos deciding on how
these tech companies will shape their
future. They rely on our decision on
how to run part of the business, both
startup and established companies.
Leaders in SV know that Filipinos/
Fil-Ams are hardworking, passionate
and determined people. We are very
resilient and can learn fast. Given
the opportunity we always rise to
the occasion and dream of limitless
possibilities.

FOSTERING
What is FASTER? (engineers, designers, pipeline of new talent for encouraging youth to
faster's mission is managers, scientists, technology companies enter into tech careers.
to create and cultivate entrepreneurs, etc). in and startups in the Do you have
THE a valuable movement
of filipino americans
doing so, we strengthen
professional ties and
process. also, in the
form of online social
connections to the
home country?

COMMUNITY in the silicon Valley

fhm founD our sV
guys through faster,
an org working
to Bring together
the fil-am tech
community in the Bay
area/silicon Valley.
we talk with its
co-founDer
erin Jerri Pangilinan
technology community
across a wide range
networks across the
Bay area and provide a
foundation for filipino
media channels or offline
events and conferences,
we aim to provide
FASTER's programs
primarily focus on
servicing the local SF
of professions american youth to build venues for community Bay Area, but many of
their careers in the members to participate our members have ties
technology industry. in enriching our growing with families back in the
What efforts do you community of technology Philippines and there
do to help the Fil-Am professionals and is expected overlap to
community? students. last year, include folks from the
through our mentorship we launched our first Philippines residing in the
programs with local year of fastercon US. Many of our friends
universities, we strive to at uc Berkeley, which who are Filipino American
help filipino american will run annually for sf founders from the SF Bay
youth achieve their Bay area/silicon Valley Area/Silicon Valley have
career goals while college students (open started tech startups in
strengthening the to multiple colleges), the Philippines. FH M
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 NO ROOM
NO ROOM IS
IS
EVER
EVER QUIET
QUIET
when Jugs Jugueta is around. He can’t
help it. His diaphragm has had over
two decades of practice modulating in
front of audiences. He’s been
one-fourth of Itchyworms for 21
years now; when he speaks, it’s as
though he’s making sure people in the
bleachers hear him.
Of course, there’s also the daily task
of entertaining the madlang people.
In It’s Showtime, it’s Jugueta’s job,
along with his co-hosts, to keep their
audience bopping, clapping, laughing,
and singing for three hours, six days
a week.
About four years ago, he and
some friends took over Route 196, a
cozy bar/music haven in Quezon City.
He didn’t do it for the money. “What
money? Nung isang gabi, ang sales
namin for the whole night was P1,600.
Sobrang abonado ako.” He did it,
instead, for love of his craft.
“It’s my way of giving back to
the music industry and keeping
OPM alive,” he says. “Binibigyan
namin ang young artists ng venue
na pagtutugtugan. If you think OPM
is dead, I dare you to watch a gig at
Route 196, lalo na pag mga bata yung
tumutugtog. As long as may bata sa
Pilipinas, buhay ang OPM.”
If he had the time, Jugueta would
also produce albums and manage
bands. But there just isn’t. He is, after
all, a member of this generation’s
multi-hyphenate society. Apart from
Itchyworms, It’s Showtime, and Route
196, he still has other interests to
take care of. And keeping all these
together is Jugueta’s most important
role: husband. He celebrates his second
wedding anniversary this year.
“We’ve been together for almost 11
years,” says Jugueta. “Natagalan lang
ako mag-propose kasi ang mahal ng When did it dawn on you that life in a ng isang stuffed toy rito, sa China,
diamante. Eh hindi pwedeng rock band might not be enough? P5 lang. So in short, wala akong
mag-propose nang walang singsing. I was 30. Pag ganung edad ka na, masyadong ginagawa nun.
Besides, I had to do it. Kasi with nakakapag-isip ka na ng quarter life So you decided to go on TV.
women—it’s hard to live with them, but crisis. Sabi ko sa sarili ko, pucha, Hindi ko trip mag-TV, ha. Pero payag
it’s harder to live without them. Nakita treinta na ko; hindi na pwedeng ako nang payag sa TV guestings.
ko lang sa Internet yang quote na yan, rock and roll forever. Lagi kong Tatawag ang Game K N B? “Free ka
by the way.” sinasabi sa mga bata yan: Pwede kang ba today?” “Oo!” Hindi naman ako
He throws in another Internet mag-rakenrol hanggang 30. Tapos nananalo. Malas talaga ako sa mga
gem for good measure: “Sabi nga ni kailangan na magseryoso. ganun, pati sa casino. Pero natutuwa
John Lennon: ‘Life is what happens to About what? akong sumali kasi bawat sali mo,
you when you’re busy making other Your income, mostly. Back then, my bibigyan ka ng P3,000, o minsan
plans.’” Jugueta learned this only income came from Itchyworms. P5,000 pa. And since I never won, they
first-hand seven years ago when he And a little bit from a stuffed toy could invite me back a month after. If
found something equally fun beyond business that was dying because China you win, you can’t join again for six
his rock-and-roll life. had stepped in. Kung P50 ang cost months.

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 M A n p R O F I L E : J U G S J U G U E TA
How did you jump from always losing
at game shows to being one of the co-
hosts of It’s Showtime?
Hindi ko rin alam. Parang tadhana. Sa
pagsali ko sa mga game show, nakilala
ko yung mga staff: the writers, floor
directors, etc. So nung binubuo nila
yung Showtime, I was on their short
list [for the original set of hosts]. The
director/creator of the show put together
a diverse mix: Anne Curtis, who was the
high class coño kid; Vhong Navarro,
an everyday man na nakakatawa; Vice
Ganda, bading na comedian; Kuya Kim,
matandang matalino. And then they
needed a dreamer—someone who had
a dream and, because of hard work,
reached their dream. That was me and
Teddy [Corpuz].
Did you foresee
back then that
seven years
on, your TV
hosting gig
would still be
going strong?
Hindi. It's
Showtime was
supposed to be
just 13 episodes,
taped, and
aired Saturday
nights. Sabi
ko, why not?
Wala namang
masasagasaang
gig [of
Itchyworms].
We taped a
mock episode.
But when
management
saw it, they said,
“Gawin na lang
natin siyang
morning show,
live, Monday
to Saturday.”
Napasubo na ko.
On screen, the
energy level of
all the It’s Showtime hosts is off the
charts. How is it backstage?
It’s the same. Mas bastos lang ang
jokes namin off cam. What you see
on TV, that’s really how we are; that’s
really how we talk. Wala kaming mask
that we put on in front of the cameras.
I don’t think I could have lasted seven
years kung kailangan kong magsuot
ng mask every day. Nakakapagod yun.
Did you feel burdened to live up
to the image that It’s Showtime’s
director gave you—a hardworking
dreamer?
Never. Yun naman talaga ako. No one
ever asked me to change. Wala yung,
“Magpapayat ka naman.” I never felt
uncomfortable about myself with
anyone in the production. What I got
was, “Be who you are. That’s why we
got you.”
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Many ignorantly label celebrities this. This one worked; that’s why I’m
as dimwits and judge you based on sticking with it.” Ganun lang
how you look. How do you set this ka-simple yun.
misconception straight? You’ve been a TV host for over seven
By talking to you in English, ha ha! years, frontman of Itchyworms for 21.
But you can’t deny that image is a Do you still get high from applause?
huge deal in show business. Oo naman. Marami pa ring
Sure. I know people judge me based [Itchyworms] gigs na nakakabingi
on how I look. They’d say, “Ay, mataba talaga ang mga sigaw mula sa
lang siya na cute.” Eto magandang audience. Buti na lang, masyado na
lesson na natutunan ko especially kaming matanda para sa fans na
from my co-hosts: People, lalo na stalkers. Ang stina-stalk lang, yung
yung mga elitista, do think na ang mga batang banda.
mga artista, bobo yang mga yan. What kind of audience is easiest to
Maganda lang tingnan. Pero ang play for: kids or the older ones?
daming matatalinong artista. Even Pareho lang. I’m used to all kinds of
better, they’re street smart. They know audiences anyway. For It's Showtime,
exactly what they’re doing. They can the audiences are more varied—from
say, “I tried this; I tried this; I tried kids to mga lolo at lola. For Itchyworms,
ang nakikinig
sa amin, usually
from teens to
people in their
40s.
Who are the
noisiest?
Pag students
ang nasa
audience,
sobrang saya
lagi. Pag sa
probinsya, may
mga mahiyain;
meron namang
all-out ang saya.
Ang mall crowd,
usually nakaupo
lang sila, pero
masaya rin.
Siguro ang
pinakatahimik,
na masaya pa
rin naman, ang
corporate gigs
namin. Siyempre
nagco-corporate
[gig] din kami;
sayang naman
ang English
skills namin.
Wala naman din
kaming mga tattoo, so bagay kaming
tumugtog sa corporate [setting].
‘ i T ’ s s H o w T i M e Itchyworms started out as a college
n e e d e d a barkada, just like Parokya ni Edgar.
Both bands have been around for
_ ages. Is it important for a band to be
DREAMER_
DREAMER
friends first, bandmates second?
It’s very important that you get
along well with your bandmates. Ang
nakikita lang ng mga tao is the one
someone who had a hour that you’re onstage together.
Hindi nila nakikita yung hours of
dream and, because rehearsal, recording, photo shoots, van
of hard work, rides, plane rides, boat rides, sound
check, waiting backstage, etc. Tumagal
reached their kami ng ganito dahil magkakaibigan
dream, kami who happen to play well together.
[Being in Itchyworms] is just a great
excuse to hang out with my friends.
T H a T w a s M e a n d Parang may high school reunion kami
T e d d y [ C o r p u z ] ’ three times a week. FH M
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Looking for a new post-work watering hole? An exclusive poker club, expansive
single malt bar selection, and lovely hosts await within the new business lounge in
town: La Maison. We go behind the lines for a gentlemanly preview. -Ash Mahinay

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L i n G e R i e f R O M V e LV e T R O s e L i n G e R i e , 5 f s H A n G R i L A P L A z A ; C H O k e R s f R O M @ T s . C H O k e R s

La Maison is located at Remington Entertainment Center, Remington Hotel

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 As we go to 200 And beyond, we r eunit e with An old
fAvo r i t e f r o m o u r p r e v i o u s c e n t u ry of issues–here’s
micAh for old times sAke. cue “ don’t you forget
About me”-futurAmA style !

P H O T O G R A P H Y K E V I N C AY U C A
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Old
graphics
never die
they just
get attached
somewhere else

The “souvenir jacket”

is a trend that borders
on being just a little too
ostentatious for daily
PHOTOGRAPHY: ANDREO ESGUERRA use–we suggest swapping
WORDS: ASH MAHINAY the satin for a patched
up denim jacket instead.
If you’ve ever held on to
a piece of clothing way
too long because of a
sick graphic, cut them
MASTE R out for a new lease on
life on your back or your
YO U R L O O K sleeves. Clothing DIY isn’t
something we often do,
Edited by ASH MAHINAY but this is a low-risk,
mikeyashlie.mahinay@ high-payoff one that we
summitmedia.com.ph wholly recommend.
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HI E
ON N
PT
FHM

AS UR
O
CE
UT
F I
T S
F
What would we be
wearing twenty,
C fifty, one hundred
years from now?
We think that our
clothing choices
could be driven
more by societal,
environmental,
and technological
change rather than
abstract conceptd
of trends and
fashion

w o r d s A S H M A H I N AY | i l l u s t r at i o n s T O N I O M A I C O N

The end of The catastrophic sea level rise that wiped out 20 percent
of the planet’s landmass in 2050 hit archipelagos like
new clothes the Philippines especially hard. The chronic material
shortages that followed meant new clothing was a luxury,
and repairing and recycling old items, the new norm.
 FUTU R E FAS H I ON CON CE PTS
F I

T S

Genderless The election of the first transsexual

head of state was not the ultimate
clothing victory of political correctness: it
was actually the (almost) complete
abolition of gendered male- and
female-specific clothing. Big clothing
companies were surprisingly
onboard with this one-size-fits-all
movement–it meant easy profits
after all.

3
2

Privacy
cloaks
CCTVs became the norm
after the Great Drug Purge
of 2022 and Metro Manila
developed into one of the
most heavily surveilled
cities in the world. The
lightweight mass-produced
synthetic cloak became the
answer to people seeking
privacy when outdoors–
aside from the fact that it
helps with the yearlong
super typhoons spawned
by runaway global
warming.

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 Augmented equipment
The initial sporting application of
nanotechnology came in the form
of “enhanced” clothing that was
legalized for use in the 2090 season
of the NBA. Nanotech-filled bands
of material that stimulated muscle
4
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attached to strategic points on
player uniforms. Later on, these were
improved for attachment directly
onto bare skin.
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F I

T S
5

Transparent
swimsuits
During the thirty-year regeneration of the ozone layer,
complications to unfiltered sun exposure climbed dramatically
year after year. In response, electrochromatic technology used
in the massive crop greenhouses worldwide made its way to
clothing. Using electric currents to control the transparency of
a full body suit, it even let users “expose” themselves to the
sun during the safe period of 4 to 5p.m.

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U PSWI NG

Edited by CECILE JUSI-bALTASAr

cecilejbaltasar@gmail.com

LET'S THE NEW

MAIN
GET IT
ON!

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I n m I n d WH E n H E sT E p p E d I nTo T H E u Fc
o cTAG o n F o r T H E F I r sT T I m E I n n ovE m b E r
2016: WI n H I s d E b uT A n d m Ak E A nAm E
F o r H I m s E LF. WIT H H I s v I cTo rY, E x p E rTs
A r E ALr EAdY To uT I n G T H I s p r o d I GY F r o m
c o n c E pc I o n, I Lo I Lo As T H E n E xT b I G
F I LI p I n o F I G HT E r I n c o m b AT s p o r Ts

p H oTo G r Ap H Y N I KO V I L L E GAS
I n TE rv I E W P O N G CAST I L LO

G r o o m I n G: JAN I N A D I z O N
sTY LI n G A n d s E T d Es I G n: D E b r A b E r N AL E S
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IbANg HANgAd kuNg HINdI PAgbuTIHIN PA AT PAgyAMANIN PA
yuNg kAAlAMAN ko.. gusTo ko yuNg PAkIrAMdAM sA loob Ng
ocTAgoN EH, PArA AkoNg NAsA TukTok Ng MuNdo. lAHAT Ng
fIgHTEr NANduN [sA ocTAgoN] ANg PANgArAP’

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 Most successful sportsmen have an How did you find your way to Manila
epic life story to tell. What’s yours? and eventually to the Octagon?
Nag-umpisa ako sa Concepcion, Twice ako tinawagan ng UFC. Nung
Iloilo nung 16 years old pa lang una, hindi ko muna tinanggap yung
ako. Sumasali ako nun sa mga imbitasyon nila kasi sa boxing lang
inter-barangay boxing competitions. ang training ko. Hindi ako handa
Pangarap ko kasi noon ang maging sa level ng UFC. Nung pangalawa,
sikat na boksingero—maging boxing pinalaban na ako sa UFC Manila, eh
champion. Tulad ng ibang fighters, na-cancel. Blessing na rin siguro yun
idol ko talaga si Manny Pacquiao, kasi kasi nung natuloy yung UFC match
alam ko sa hirap din siya nagsimula. sa Australia, mas handa ako para
Wala naman akong manager noon sa maipanalo yun.
probinsya kasi small time lang naman Filipinos are known to be big boxing
ang mga sinasalihan ko, so mas fans because of, well, Manny Pacquiao.
mahirap kumita ng pera. Do you think the country is set to
Did someone from your family pushed embrace the MMA scene just as much?
you into boxing? Sa tingin ko kaya natin magkaroon
Sa totoo lang wala talagang nag- ng isang Manny Pacquiao sa MMA.
impluwensya sa akin. Nagkabit lang Kung papalarin, sa tingin ko kaya ko
ako sa bahay namin ng lumang maging ganun.
punching bag dati, tapos sinubukan ko We hope so, too!
lang gamitin. Nag-try lang ako at nag- Sa ngayon, yung boxing skills ko pa
aral nang mag-isa sa pagtuto, hangga’t rin ang mas angat kaya mas iniigihan
nakilala ko si Atan Kasya sa barrio ko ang training. Kung si Pacquiao
namin. Dati siyang amateur boxing mabilis, ako malakas. Power ang
trainer sa Mindanao. Siya ang nagturo lamang ko sa mga kalaban ko, at yung
ng basics ng boxing sa akin. mentality ko sa laban iba.
How were amateur boxing matches Every athlete talks about a certain
like in the province? mentality they apply in their craft.
Para lang siyang sabong. May But what really drives you to keep
magdadala sa’yo sa mga barrio kung your eyes on your goals?
saan may laban, tapos dapat handa ka Sa probinsya dati, ang motivation ko
na agad sumabak. Ikaw yung manok, talaga ay pera. Kelangan ko kumain,
pero ikaw lang din ang pupusta sa kelangan ko makauwi ng pera para sa
sarili mo. Kapag natalo ka, uuwi ka pamilya ko. Ganun kasimple. Ngayon,
nang bugbog. Pero pag nanalo ka, may ang motivation ko ay makatulong sa
kita ka pa. mga kapwa ko na mahirap din. Galing
Were you able to sustain a stable ako dun eh. Pagdating ng panahon na
income joining amateur boxing bouts? meron na ako, gusto ko mabigyan ng
Hindi. Lahat ng trabaho napasok ko magandang buhay yung pamilya ko.
na rin. Ganun ka magsu-survive sa What do you consider the biggest
probinsya eh. Namasukan na ako challenge in achieving your goals?
bilang taga-araro, tagabunot ng Wala naman akong kinatatakutan.
kopra, taga-uling. Dun naging batak Mas natatakot pa nga ako sa ganitong
ang katawan ko. Naranasan ko rin interview eh, ha ha! Wala akong
mangisda, maging pall bearer at kinatatakutan maliban sa nasa taas.
embalsamador. Naging caregiver din Bakit ako matatakot kung kumpleto
ako sa Iloilo sa may-ari ng gym na naman ako sa training?
pinasukan ko noon. If you did not grow up in the province
Was that how you became more and had the same life challenges, do
skilled as a fighter? you think you would have still opted
Ganun na nga. May nakalaban kasi to be a fighter?
ako dati na fighter ng Kapanay Gym Kung hindi ako lumaki sa hirap sa
in Iloilo. Natalo ko yung fighter nila, probinsya, hindi ako naging fighter.
so nakita nila na may skill ako kaya Kung hindi ko lang kailangan talaga
inimbitahan nila ako para mag-train lumaban, gusto ko talaga mag-aral at
at magturo sa gym nila. Sabi nila mas magtapos. Gusto ko maging engineer.
mainam daw na matuto ako ng MMA High school graduate lang ako eh. Sa
kasi mas malaki ang kita doon kaysa ngayon, thankful ako na marunong
boxing. akong magsulat at magbasa. Hopefully
That seems like a far catch in sa future, makapagtapos ako ng
landing a UFC bout… kolehiyo.
May nagdala sa akin at sa lima pang What will keep you long in the UFC
ibang fighters mula sa probinsya scene?
papuntang Maynila. Naging boxer Pinaghirapan ko makarating sa
and MMA instructor ulit ako sa isang Octagon, so wala akong ibang
gym dito hangga’t sa nakakilala ng hangad kung hindi pagbutihin pa at
PXC matchmaker. Dun na nagsimula— pagyamanin pa yung kaalaman ko..
nanalo ako hangga’t nag-champion. Gusto ko yung pakiramdam sa loob ng
Kinausap ako nung may-ari ng gym Octagon eh, para akong nasa tuktok
na wag na daw ako magturo. Maging ng mundo. Lahat ng fighter nandun
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WORDS
CHISE ALCANTARA
ILLUSTRATIONS
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SPECIAL THANKS TO:
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RN, USRN Of GOLD’S Gym
AND my NUTRITIONIST-
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One of the most awesome things about video games is being able to get your character to full health
or raise his power levels above 9000 just by consuming a berry, a well-done steak, or even a freaking
Pepsi.
What if we tell you that you can do that in real life, too? You might have heard about a thing
called “super food” and seen that label on every health product worth buying. But this begs
the question: what is “super food” exactly? April Gabutina, nutritionist and dietician from My
Nutritionist, defines it as “food that has high nutrient density. Super food not only caters to specific
nutritional needs, it benefits your body in numerous ways [as well].”

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Apples are found all over restores +5 to all st ats
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for most common citizens. A quick
pick-me-up when you’re low on energy, POWER-UP Crafted from using an incubator
apples help correct metabolism. Can EFFECTS on chicken butt. This easy-to-carry,
be used during raids. easy-to-eat snack provides a great
boost to energy. Its all-around
nutritional value makes it one of
APPLES the few foods that have all the
kinds of amino acids you need.

All st ats One day cool-

+10 down effect

RED RICE

Rice that was drenched in the blood

of your enemies… just kidding.
POWER-UP This rice gives copious amounts of
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clogging your arteries. Its edible
soft bones also give calcium, which
makes this legendary fish heavily
sought-after by weak-kneed sailors.

POWER-UP
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Cures and grants +10 to Base Blood Flow
immunit y to paralysis, Strength Passive +1
stress, inflammation, and level
mut ation for one hour
A magical bean that can be gathered
under the beanstalk from the hood
An item dropped by defeating used by warriors after great battles
Bad Actors at the Theatre Hall. and workout sessions. A black bean
This fruit contains a lot of water, raises strength and max energy by
vitamins, and Lycopene, an a significant amount due to its high-
POWER-UP
antioxidant, which protects the protein content.
EFFECTS
user from different ailments. Omega Blood Flow
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Durabilit y levels
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Future classic
ImagInIng Tomorrow wITh ThE ToYoTa 86

worDS ASH MAHINAY | PhoTograPhY IAN GUEVARA

To y o t a 8 6 The Toyota 86 debuted 25 years after
its predecessor, the AE86, and kept the
lightweight RWD experience intact–
despite being designed in a world where
R I D E S L I kE entry-level sports cars are becoming
a lightweight–but
not barebones–
niché vehicles.
performer But will the next generation, another
25 years away, be able to stick to the
formula? Alternative fuel vehicles ought
F E E L S L I kE to be the norm by 2040 and relatively
a responsible cheap, sporty vehicles like the 86 an
commuter at impossible exercise in economics and
low rPms–and emission standards. So let’s discuss its
a grin-inducer future classic status–say you discover a
above 3000 preserved 86 that’s been locked away in
a garage for the past couple decades.
The 200-hp FA20 would be relatively
L O O kS L I kE simple being a naturally aspirated
The 86 changed motor. Like many classic JDM legends,
clothes into the aftermarket will save us by
something a little producing (expensive) replacements
more mature once Toyota spares become exceedingly
rare. Perhaps the harder aspect to deal
with would be its ECU–our “modern”
B UY AT
P1,749,000
electronics could easily be the equivalent
of carburetors for the next generation of
tinkerers. Would we be able to interface
primitive wires and code using the
computers of tomorrow?
Its lively six-speed manual would be
“wasteful” in comparison to CVTs–which
would probably be AI-controlled by then.
It’s limited slip differential-equipped
RWD drivetrain becoming forbidden tech
when everything is more economical
(and boring) FWD. Performance tranny
specialists would no doubt be in demand
in the future, limited as they already are
today.
A Prius–with all those batteries–
weighs in at 3000 pounds, the 86 is
2700 pounds. If you bust any body
panels, we’re hoping that bespoke
carbon fiber production would by then
become mainstream enough to be
available at your local body shop. Both
hybrids and sports cars benefit from
lightness of being after all.
For all the other obscure parts that
always break on older cars, there is
one saving grace: the 86 is not exactly
limited production. While it pains us to
think about it, many examples in poor
condition will inevitably be chopped up
to keep their brethren running.
Overall, we predict that restoring an
86 isn’t impossible, but it won’t be easy
either. We believe in a simpler solution:
get yours today and drive it into 2040.
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2 00TH I SS U E 3 D S C U L P TU R E
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