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42 CAR BUYER’S GUIDE We help you make this one-time, big-time purchase with no regrets
50 FAKE LIKES You aren’t a bot, but you still better learn how to like your girlfriend’s favorites just like one
54 HOSTEL Be cheap—and potentially meet hot foreigners—in these budget summer accommodations
58 MERVIN MALONZO See the supernatural in his superb art. Support local!
60 ASIA AGCAOILI Our guru returns with a slightly less befuddling surname
COVER STORY KR I S BERNAL Unveils her summer body and we can’t look away PHOTOGRAPHY: DOC MARLON PECJO May 2017 CONTENTS
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10 MS. PAINT 18 DIGITAL-ONLY 67 ROBOT TIME “Draw me like one MEDIA Android features with of your French girls,” How soon before we analog good looks takes on a new hear only dead air? meaning with Ku 68 LAUNDRY DAY Romillo 20 LAIYA This chore doesn’t The best sand in have to be boring 12 BIKE Batangas is here at all PLAYGROUND Hot sweaty pumping 22 WONDER scenes! WOMEN BOOST A history of women 14 FIDGETING who’ve lassoed our GEAR hearts prior to Gal Swap to these before Gadot 78 WHAT THE your incessant FOOD clicking of pens puts 23 THE Exotic pairings we’ve your life in danger DEFENDERS pre-tasted for your New York city’s girl-impressing dinner 16 SUMMER (super-powered) JOBS version of Tanods 80 NOW THAT Ways to get that basically YOU HAVE A sweet holiday pay CAR... Own it like a boss! PHOTOGRAPHY: ARTU NEPOMUCENO, BALDONADO; JONATHAN KU ROMILLO,ILLUSTRATIONS: WARREN ESPEJO
FROM THE EDITOR Last call to mind that bucket list before the summer ends. And man, have we got a lot of stuff ticked off on ours in this issue. First, get Kris Bernal (Break The Mold, p.24) to do the cover. It’s been a long-standing FHM tradition to go through an extended courtship period in our pursuit of cover stars. At times it took years. Kris is no exception—she’s been in the industry for a decade now and maybe we’ve wooed her for half of that. We waited, because experience has taught us not to force these things, and because we know that when she does say yes, by then she’d have really wanted it, and her FHM cover would most likely be one of the most exciting times of her career. It turned out exactly that way. We’re happy that you’re happy with the result, Kris, and I really liked how you described yourself at the end of your interview. What FHMers “I may be little, but I’m packed with strength and confidence.” That is spunk. have been up to Another off the bucket list is learn a new skill. Note that this is not just any skill—we learned to build a frickin’ sailboat (You Can Build These Boats Yourself, this month p.78). We hooked up with one guy who learned to build his own boat all through Because of budget cost the Internet, at about the same cost as a top-of-the-line smartphone. If he can cutting, JL and Chise were become a boatbuilder just because of the Internet, then we sure as hell are wasting forced to make do with the a lot of time reading fake news. scraps from their food shoots Finally, we buy our first car—or at least help you buy your first car (2017 One- to fill their empty stomachs. Time Big-Time Car Buyer’s Guide p.46). We sought out the best cars available Lilipas din ‘to, guys. in different classes and give you our top pick, plus tips on how to finance that ride and manage the operating costs over the years. Obviously, this is a big deal, especially if you’re using your own money and not dad’s. Now that you have one major item off your bucket list, celebrate. Cheers! You deserve it!
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Master researcher I would love to get my hands on a Nissan Juke someday and the girl featured in your article wouldn’t be a bad accessory to come with it, ha ha! I believe her name is Aubrey Javier? Stalker mode activated! Jigzmo, via Instagram
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Ku Romillo is an angel who paints the Devil with seaR i ng conviction Impulsive actions
“It was more of an impulse.” Young visual artist Ku Romillo is talking about the forces at work in a piece she calls, “Evil Be To Him What Evil Thinks” and by extension, her oeuvre, which she describes as “symbolist” in theme. And how did we become snooty art connoisseurs all of a sudden? It’s just that “Evil”, a painting of a well-endowed baphomet (the goat often associated with Satanism) floating above what seems to be an orgy, suddenly became viral on Facebook with over 30k shares as we write this. That Ku doesn’t look evil herself piqued our interest. Turns out the 27-year-old UST Fine Arts major is one of the most happening artists in her gallery right now, Secret Fresh at RONAC Art Center, and counting among her collectors doctors, celebrities, and one woRDs: chise alcantaRa | photogRaphY: Jonathan BalDonaDo charismatic leader. Strange. maKeup anD haiR: Janina DiZon But stranger women enthrall us even more. s pecial thanKs to: s ecR et FR esh galleRY, Ronac aRt centeR Where do you get click with people so the inspiration for you always have to your work? produce something I wanted to paint you can be proud the things going on of. I want to be in my head, from known as an artist my family to the who makes quality books I’ve read when paintings. I was growing up, How did you handle mostly about the all the critics and occult. I was always haters? interested in witches A lot of people and spells. I got into messaged me. demonology at an Some of them were early age. It was Christians sending just a hobby back me hate; some were Were you ever too It must have felt interested in it. My then but now, since Satanists sending afraid to paint good to finally be will to paint well I’m free to paint me love letters, ha something? able to paint what just wasn’t there so I what I want, I’m ha! But a lot of them I was under you wanted after made the decision to incorporating these were LGB’s and probation when college... paint for myself and things into my art. artists from all over I was a college Not exactly. After accepted whatever Were you expecting the world showing student since I had college, I got into would come from your artwork their support for tattoos, ha ha! They an interior painting that decision. to become this my art. I don’t know just seem to guard job, which was fun popular? why people want to everything I did at first, but after I was expecting control what other since they saw me. a while I grew to a lot of negative people do if it doesn’t So I had to be really dislike having a F O L L O W comments but I hurt them. There’s safe to graduate so I boss. I felt like KU! didn’t expect it to get all this moralization couldn’t paint any of whenever I would this much attention. from people that the “bad stuff” like paint something, At first it worried hinders us from boobs, blood, and like a scenery, or me, I wondered to being free and I just even horror stuff. something more myself, ‘How can I feel like the world realistic, or, ugh, sustain this kind of would be a lot better cherry blossoms, hype?’ It showed me without all that I just wasn’t that you can’t really nonsense. FHM @kuromilloart tell the stuff that’ll Verge
SKILL Air time YOUR BIKE Learn how to puLL oFF an et (or an eLeven) on 1 Get a park bike or dirt jump bikes, which are your two-wheeLer essentially “a cross between a mountain bike Biking is an awesome way to get around. We and a BMX,” says Serrano. mean seriously. First of all you’re not adding 2 Install a hardtail frame to greenhouse gases and second you’re able (one without rear to save money by not commuting, what’s not suspension) “to handle to love? Biking would be the perfect mode of the abuse of jumping,” transportation in an ideal Metro Manila where notes Serrano. you can actually hit the road without fear 3 pair it with a short-travel of getting a heat stroke and/or get wiped fork for the front wheels out by a random pothole on the road or a so you can “maximize careening car. the geometry of the bike But what if we tell you that there was a to give the rider easier way to get some wind in your hair and look maneuverability,” explains Serrano. awesome doing it? We got Efren Serrano, MONDOK PAUL PHOTOGRAPHY: CHISE ALCANTARA WORDS owner of The Bike Playground at Circulo Verde, to show you how to pump your bike to learn some fresh new moves! P ASIKAt t RIc KS Step 1 best friend when riding technique and Serrano t O PUm P UP YOUR Move your weight to the a pump track,” says insists on getting a rear wheel to prepare for Serrano. coach to show you how BIKE c REd the incoming incline personally.) 1. mAnUAl/mOdIfIEd Step 4 whEElIE you simply bring the Step 2 Now, in order to actually Step 5 front wheel up by pushing your As you reach the peak take off you need to To safely land, and not need a place legs on the bike and balancing on of the roller (mound), ride the lip of the roller, look like a pasikat noob, to show off the rear wheel. This is particularly your newly transfer your weight while making sure you’re you need to look ahead useful when transitioning between acquired forward by pushing down carrying enough speed where you actually plan rollers or humps. with your arms on your to launch. Pull up the to land. Like in step four, pumping skills? take handlebars and your feet handle bars towards you use those subtle body 2. BUnnY hOP jumping the bike on your pedals to make the bike pitch movements to correct your bike to the Bike to gain airtime between gaps in up. Remember to use your landing posture. So playground the rollers (mounds) Step 3 subtle body movements you'll be able to bring at Circulo Glide down the slope to correct yourself while the back wheel down verde for 3. X-UP/cROSS UP simply twist with your weight and in the air. (Note: Jumping first and land solidly on hours of the bars of the bike sideways to momentum. “Flow is your is actually an advanced the ground. pumping fun give flair to your jump.
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I told Sasha right away that he was a my chair to sit on top of him in the driver’s DOSSIER cutie, so she positioned the table in a way seat. We made out, this time a little bit that we would be seated near each other. more passionately. I could feel him getting Sex He sat across me, and I made it a point to hard in between me. He started to move strike up a conversation. He responded and his hands down to my ass, and he lifted my The Ranger was friendly, and we started with small talk. skirt slowly. “I want to be inside you,” he said Later on, when the music got too loud, and sweetly, and I nodded. He started to pull FULL-DISCLOSURE he couldn’t hear me from across the table, my underwear down, and I helped him unzip NEvER HURT ANYONE he gestured with his hands, “can I move his pants. His cock sprung out of his boxers. there beside you?” I said of course. He was uncut, a westerner, bigger than I We had to lean in into each other’s ears was used to. I sat on top of him, and slowly, so that we could talk. On his arm was a tattoo he pushed himself inside me. I gasped with Martine, 25 with the word “Ranger”—apparently, he was pleasure at how big he was—going deep Makati part of the US Army Rangers—elite infantry inside me while he cradled my butt in his 3:00 a.m. of the US military, it was no wonder that he hands, controlling my body to slide in and had this kind body—it was built from the best out of him. “You’re so wet,” he said, smiling, training in the US. After a few hours, a few as he lifted me up and pushed me down drinks, and tons of flirting later, he leaned into again, thrusting himself inside me. He pulled My best friend Sasha was insisting that me and whispered, “You’re beautiful.” my shirt up, quickly unhooked my bra, and heading to a bar one Saturday night would He was heading back to the States started kissing my breasts, and sucking my be good for me. I was getting over a bad already the following day, but I wanted nipples. breakup, so I decided to give it a shot. Sasha him right now. “Let’s get out of here,” I He was strong with his control and tight was going to be with some of her friends suggested. He looked to his friends in the with his grip. He could handle my entire from medical school. “One of them is bringing table, and nodded, and soon we were gone. weight and body. Later on, he was breathing his cousin from the States,” she said casually, We dashed for my car, and I decided to take harder, “I’m gonna come,” he said. Before and I just said okay. Soon, we were in a chill him to another private bar. he reached climax, I jumped out, licked his izakaya in Makati, but early on, I was already But in the car, parked in a dark corner, I member, and he came inside my mouth. getting kind of bored, I didn’t know anyone couldn’t hold it anymore. I went in for a kiss. “What time is your flight,” I asked. He said, at the table, and then he walked in—this His lips were thin and soft, and his tongue “not ‘til noon.” It was 3 a.m. then, and I cousin from the States—and my jaw dropped slid into mine ever so cautiously. He pulled worried we looked suspicious. “Do you want at how handsome he was. He was tall, with back and commented, “your kisses make me to get back?” I asked. He pondered a bit, pallid skin, gorgeous blue eyes, and a body lightheaded.” He was polite with his kisses and then he smiled a wicked grin. “No…I’m that other men would kill for… we made eye too, not ravaging or hungry. He grabbed not yet done with you,” he said, as he kissed
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WORDS ANNe MARI RONQUILLO ILLUSTRATION WARReN eSPeJO RAD I O- Welcome to the age of G E D D O N analog apocalypse we first direct your attention to the radio, which could be obsolete soon There was a time when you’d scramble as should be obvious that iTunes and Spotify are soon as the school bell rang to make sure you already pointing the way for its banishment. caught the ‘today’s hits’ countdown on your To be fair, in our country AM radio is still favorite radio station. You probably memorized prevalent. It’s FM radio that has had to adapt. the list. DJs now are no longer faceless. Tweets were Back then radio had power. It dictated featured, freeing up busy station phone lines. your cool tunes, your horoscope, the catchy The audience is part of the programming commercial jingles, and even your jokes more than ever, as more radio stations put for the day. It seemed like radio would last bigger effort into making listeners feel heard forever, until the Internet came up and it soon themselves. It’s a new era of radio —one that’s became apparent that radio, as well as other interactive, fast-paced, and mindful. Let’s see if old school media, would not last forever—even no one kills the radio star, like Norway did... on the verge of becoming extinct. By now it
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C ASe A in favor of more dynamic web C ASe B content. Will you be reading FHM Norway’s FM r adio r adioH ead’s from Snapchat soon?! Has sHut d owN ! 2007 a lbuM iN Most of the world are used r aiN bows C ASe D to radio communications for Ten years ago, Radiohead entertainment and public a uto-t u N e (iMa g e s released In Rainbows online. You announcements. Norway is the could download the album by o F KaN ye w est, CH ris first in Europe to boldly migrate paying an arbitrary amount, even CorN ell, d raK e) to digital, putting FM broadcasts free, right in your own bedroom, Change makes people to a halt. This seems to make not having to worry about the anxious. Change induced by sense as Norway is a relatively imminent death of record stores. advancements in technology prosperous country whose It’s a post-Napster world and makes people think about citizens can afford to purchase those with spending power do the money they invested in and install new devices. Podcasts, not hesitate paying for art. In equipment. Pop music itself was however, are unrestricted by 2015, digital sales surpassed changed by the widespread format and schedule and are the physical CD sales for the first use of Auto-Tune. Some have new radio shows. time. All Things Must Pass! (note: welcomed this renaissance while reference to Colin Hanks’ Tower purists detested its ambition to Records documentary, All Things co-produce music. Artists on Must Pass) the quest to perfect their art will procure all means necessary to get that next masterpiece out. Right now Radio is C ASe C still a passive noise tHe l o N g, s l o w A CURIOUSCASe foR a lot of people. d eatH o F PriN t But definitely most The move to digital has been tHe l owdowN o N aR e talking which anticipated for decades and we FaK e News is cateR ing to the have actually been in the throes of You may say content is king, but this revolution, gulping down the these days, content is unfiltered. millennials. th e changes one shiny new gadget at Because the medium (www) otheR stations that a time. Our brothers and sisters allows everyone to publish and play moR e music of the literary persuasion have disseminate instantly, non- would cateR to since embraced the marvels of the discerning minds are at risk of e-reader, demoting book-sniffing being fed bad information. The an oldeR to a mere fetish. The popularity of unregulated world of blogs, maR ket’ the new medium has had writers, podcasts, vlogs, and social media both amateur and professionals, are a curious mind’s dream, but —DJ TONYTONI, self-publishing. Meanwhile, also a propagandist’s canvas. In MAGIC 89.9 magazines all over the world are the eternal words of Mates of shutting down their glossy prints State, everyone needs an editor. Pulse
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AMA ZO N U N D E RARN OT M S W ONDER W OMAN, june 1 INCLUDED Ever since it was announced that Gal Gadot set in the early 20th century: Diana’s evolution would be taking up the whip and bangles as from princess to warrior as she leaves home to DC Comics’ foremost female, fans (and, well, put a stop to World War I. Fighting alongside Bombshell just guys in general) have awaited the release men in a time when women’s rights had yet to of this year’s Wonder Woman movie. It’s only be championed, Wonder Woman also stands to the second live-action theatrical film featuring send an important message about the feminist blockbusters Diana Prince and her alter ego, following her movement in 2017. If director Patty Jenkins brief appearance in Batman v. Superman: can pull this off (and she very well could, There won’T be AnY Dawn of Justice. Prior to Gadot, the last considering her critically acclaimed 2003 film, shorTAge of AcTion, actress to play a live-action Wonder Woman Monster), this year’s Wonder Woman also AdvenTure, And scenic was Lynda Carter, who donned the armor of stands to make up for the sins of BvS, and put the Amazon warrior princess for TV in the ‘70s. the DC movies back on the map in time for seAsides in This MonTh’s This time around, through Gadot’s Wonder Justice League, which drops later this year. biggesT flicks Woman, we can expect to see an origin story
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1 Sandra Bullock. approve of years later, in an wonder woman, beating In the late ‘90s, movie interview with Tv guide. out the likes of jessica producer joel silver 2 Megan Gale. dc biel and Mary elizabeth and screenwriter jon fans would know about winstead. 1 cohen claimed to have justice league: Mortal, 3, 4 Olga Kurylenko 3 been putting together a a superhero flick that and Elodie Yung. it’s wonder woman feature was already set to be said that gal gadot beat film, which, as we know in made in the mid-2000s, out two actresses for hindsight, never really saw with george Miller (Mad the title role in the 2017 the light of day. but silver Max: fury road) in the film:f rench actress and also said that he had director’s chair. before Quantum of solace 4 been in talks with sandra the film was abandoned, bond girl kurylenko bullock for the title role—a fresh-faced model-turned- and eventual-elektra 2 casting choice that lynda actress Megan gale in netflix’s Marvel’s
carter herself would had been chosen to play daredevil Yung. ESCOBARWORDS: MIGUEL
22 FHM MAY 2017 facebook.com/FHM.ph • twitter.com/fhmphil • fhmphilofficial www.fhm.com.ph FANTASY B AYWATc H DRAFT May 24 cAsTing The would-be Never mind that this movie stars bAYwATch True Detective’s Alexandra Daddario borAcAY* and swimsuit model Kelly Rohrbach. Never mind that it’s also going to have internet bombshell and Carl’s Jr. poster girl Charlotte McKinney in it. Never mind that it’s based on the iconic TV series from the ‘90s that made both Pamela Anderson and Carmen Elektra Derek Ramsay as international sex symbols (don’t get Mitch Bustamante your tito started on that, unless you’d like to get in on all the awkward details of his puberty). Set all those things aside and this year’s Baywatch is still a film that demands to be seen—at the very least, for the laughs. At the helm of James Reid this reboot is director Seth Gordon, who as Matt Brodie also directed Horrible Bosses. If that doesn’t bode well enough for Baywatch and its brand of humor, then the superb casting choices should do it. This time around, Dwayne Johnson CATC will be filling in as David Hasselhoff’s h Th Pia Wurtzbach D E fE N D E R S E character in the original series, Mitch as CJ Paras O N N Buchannon, the leader of an elite ET f O N A LI x team of lifeguards. Meanwhile, Zac U g U ST Efron takes over for David Charvet as 18 the new Matt Brody, now a disgraced Olympic swimmer who’s been thrown into lifeguard duty to reform the team’s Sarah Lahbati Defend your image. Rohrbach is our new CJ Parker; as Summer Quinto Daddario is our new Summer Quinn; Old Boy’s Ilfenesh Hadera is our new Marvel obsession Stephanie Holden—a trio of beach babes These lAdies jusTifY All The lATe nighTs we can’t wait to see in the glorious slow- motion beach-running that the Baywatch You pulled binge-wATching on neTflix franchise is famous for. Kim Domingo as When Iron Fist finally aired its first season last year, Marvel fans were Stephanie Hontiveros quick to conclude that Netflix will soon runThe Defenders series, where Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Danny Rand will share the spotlight and satiate our superhero addiction on TV. “We’re already filming a few episodes ofThe Defenders,” teases Finn Jones [Danny Rand] at the Iron Fist press con in Singapore last April. “But Netflix is very confidential, so I can’t share much this time,” he adds. We’re still not sure how they will turn another one of our comic book favorites into a TV series, but these women fast convince us that it will be worthy of our late nights.
Rosario Dawson as claire Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones Temple We’re obsessed with her: sarcasm We’re obsessed with her: and edgy demeanor as she is with daredevil attitude, throwing alcohol. A heroine-slash-private herself into the fray when her investigator fueled by whiskey? superhero friend (aka Matt This girl is super. Murdock) needs help. And did we mention Rosario Dawson? We’ve Elodie Yung as Elektra always been obsessed with her. Natchios We’re obsessed with her: lady Jessica Henwick as colleen boss attitude. Elektra was a feisty Wing addition in the second season We’re obsessed with her: skills of Daredevil, complicating Matt’s with the sword. Colleen Wing affairs with the Hand and (another owns a dojo in New York, obsession of ours,) Karen Page eventually becoming Iron Fist’s (Deborah Ann Woll). Just a confidant…and well, love interest. thought, though: would it hurt if Not surprising. they give her Jennifer Garner’s
WORDS: PONG CASTILLO Elektra suit? We loved that.
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INTERVIEW PONG CASTILLO PHOTOGRAPHY DOC MARLON PECJO
KRIS BERNAL I HER GOOD SIDE
KRIS BERNAL MAKES A QUIET ARRIVAL at the newly opened Inflatable Island in Subic.
On Holy Tuesday, the resort was more compassionate towards people expectedly packed and busy, and the with learning disabilities…plus we crowd needed a few looks at the five- share the same sunny personality.” If foot actress to notice that it was her, anything, portraying most of the roles walking alongside them in her body- given to her since she debuted in show contouring dress, wrapped in a beach business a decade ago—wholesome, towel. From afar, Kris looked nothing teeny-bopper, and meek—was a breeze. apart from Tinay, her character in “It’s just now that I am starting to fit GMA’s Little Nanay—cute, perky, and into more mature roles,” Kris says. “I always smiling. think now is the perfect time.” “I liked portraying Tinay,” Kris And this FHM outing is a clear shares of her role in the 2016 drama indication. series. “It humbled me and made me
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“GAME!” KRIS EXCLAIMS AFTER OVER AN HOUR in the makeup chair. It was time to start the daylong photo shoot. This time, vacationers turned their heads to her when she got out of the holding area. She was glistening against the very hot noontime sun. She was now in a white bikini, and although still pixie-like standing barefoot in the sand, Kris had a different air to her. It was not arrogance, just an unapologetic flair of confidence. The shoot lasted six hours. Still, Kris had more than enough energy to chat with the team and take photos with onlookers. “That was fun!” she says. “Ganun naman yata pag first timemo, mas masaya siya Kris clearly knows what she wants kasi exciting. You never know what and how to get it, but that was not to expect,” she adds. It took years always the case. “When you asked me of prodding to get her to say yes to a few years back, I had always said appear in these pages, and while we no kasi feel ko back then, I was full couldn’t be more pleased that this of insecurities. Takot na takot ako finally happened, we had to ask why masabihan ng negative [about me]. the long wait. Ngayon pumayag na ako dahil I’ve “Well, I am already 27 years old, come to accept that this is me. Hindi and I just celebrated my 10 years in ako robot na pwede diktahan. If I want the industry, so you can say that I am to do this photo shoot and be a little just acting my age. A 27-year-old can more daring, then let me be. Nasa edad swim in a bikini. A 27-year-old can na ako na pakiramdam ko I can finally have a boyfriend. Hv indi na ako yung take charge of my life.” controlled and dependent na bata. I am The certainty in Kris’s voice might now a woman who can make decisions rub some people the wrong way. Has on my own. And I am now a woman na she become impulsive? Has she turned kaya manindigan sa mga gusto niyang overconfident? We can guess all we gawin.” want, but to Kris it’s just “growing up.”
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“I DON’T WANT TO BE STUCK IN THAT WHOLESOME IMAGE,” Kris says when asked how her career had turned out so far. She thinks being stereotyped as the key sweetheart puts her in a box as an artist. “What I don’t like about it is that it limits me as an actress...it limits my roles.” Although Kris didn’t show it, you Winning the reality TV series could tell by the crack of her voice and Starstruck in 2006 and eventually look in her eye that she was bracing being paired with fellow Starstruck for the worst of some people’s opinions. contender Aljur Abrenica catapulted “Handa na ako sa pagbuhos ng negative Kris Bernal into the limelight. It was comments. Pero tinanggap ko rin ang her youthful charm that captured the imbitasyon niyo to do this kasi curious attention of viewers, but also somehow din ako sa kung ano ang sasabihin [ng held her back from reaching her full mga tao]. I really want to break the box potential. “Medyo nahirapan ako nung people put me in.” naghiwalay na kami ng career paths ni This is what we first come to Aljur. I honestly thought that he had love about Kris—she is surprisingly the upper hand and was the stronger straightforward. Even we had to admit personality in our tandem. Aljur was we had her boxed and labeled “cute” for already the network hunk then,” she this shoot. But she immediately made it shares. “But that challenged me also clear that her goal was to go against the to work on myself. I wanted badly to current and break the stereotype people improve my skills and better my brand made of her. as an actress.” “Gusto ko rin malaman nila na, ‘Hey, Kris sees that fanaticism towards Kris can do meatier roles…she can be love teams today are stronger now edgier and more daring!” This is exactly more than ever, and that it’s “a good what she will be doing in her upcoming thing” especially for rising stars. But GMA teleserye Impostora, where she rabid fans, Kris says, will turn very is both the protagonist and antagonist “critical” once they feel you are veering Nimfa and Rosette. away from your partner, or when you “Sobrang hirap kasi sa taping, parang “change your image.” kausap ko lang yung sarili ko. It’s a “My gosh, naghahanda na nga ako more challenging role than Tinay, kasi sa mga bashers ko after this [cover I have to establish two characters na shoot].” She says fanaticism, most iisa lang ang hitsura ko.” Kris says that times, is conditional. “You can never be playing the protagonist is easier as she liked by people all the time. Working can relate more to it. “The antagonist is on my own identity in show business harder for me to play, kasi parang hindi proved that you can never depend on naman ako innately mean or masungit. anyone in the industry to put your Rosette is very queenly, napakalayo sa name up on the marquee,” she says. totoong ako,” Kris says. “Ang hirap “Hindi mo rin pwedeng hayaan na din pala maging salbahe. Mas madali pa yung mga tao ang mag-dictate kung rin maging mabait, ha ha! But again, it’s ano at sino ka.” always interesting to tap that side of you. It lets you express other emotions nang hindi ka talaga nakakasakit o nakaka- offend. You’re just acting yet you’re releasing all these other emotions.”
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THIS IS NOT THE Kris. People started attacking her, throwing assumptions about her health, FIRST TIME, THOUGH, accusing her of suffering from eating that we’re seeing Kris Bernal in this disorders. “Alam ko na eh, kaya I seldom light. post photos of me in little clothing,” she If you’ve been paying attention, says of her bashers. “I knew there would you would know that Kris gained a lot be a lot of body-shaming, that’s why I of traction early this year when she learned that it’s important to relay a clear started posting photos of her in bikinis message to your fans. Sure, maraming online, showing off her toned physique genuinely concerned about my health, achieved in months of working out. pero marami rin na gusto lang din ma- “Nakaka-pressure ang social media amuse and gusto manira.” eh,” Kris points out. “Madalas people Kris says that engaging in social media would anchor your abilities as an lets her practice her creativity in visuals artist, your talent and fame, on the and writing photo captions. She believes number of followers you have.” While that social media is the easiest tool to Kris did not intentionally post more brand yourself. “I share my regimen, what alluring photos to up her online stats, my workout plans are. That way, people it inevitably stirred controversy. “Social know that I am doing steps to become media is another tool for celebrities healthier and fitter. I’ve always been petite; to engage their fans in fun and faster it’s just now that I’m working to be small conversations. Posting those [bikini but strong. I want people to know that and workout photos] was a way for me although I am little, I am packed with to share my life off the limelight.” strength and confidence.”FHM But things turned sour fast for
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WE PICK THE TOP DOG IN EVERY CLASS TO HELP YOU MAKE THE BEST FIRST-CAR PURCHASE
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C THE SUBCOMPACT
Perhaps the biggest change in the market has come in the form of the smallest cars available. After a trend of larger and more feature- packed cars in the early ‘00s, manufacturers went the other direction and gave us basic subcompacts that are cheap, frugal, and easy to maintain. There’s a reason these brightly colored models have become ubiquitous: they’re smart choices for the daily driver.
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all priCeS indiCaTed for Top of The line varianTS
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hyundai eon glX Engine: 56PS 800cc That’s right, the Eon doesn’t even have a liter of displacement, but if your drive is purely around the choked rush hour roads of Manila, any additional capacity is just burning gas. If you’re often driving Transmission: 5-spd MT solo then its small form factor won’t be an issue as well. It’s really the ideal city car–bigger is not always better in this case. Price: P488,000
C ToyoTa Wigo g
It’s everything you expect from the brand Engine: 65PS 1.0L except for one thing: this subcompact is actually a relatively uncommon Toyota! Transmission: 4-spd AT
Price: P563,000
C ChevroleT Spark lTZ
If you need a little extra hustle, the Engine: 99PS 1.4L turbo Spark–one of the latest offerings in the market–comes with the drivetrain to Transmission: CVT beat: turbo and a CVT.
Price: P763,888
Bank Loan FINANCING 101 Generally has higher downpayment, but a lower monthly Buying a car is simple: cash or financing? Cash payment is self-explanatory, but getting a loan can get approval can be more stringent than in-house financing a little more complicated. Here’s a comparison lower interest rates, which means a lower total cost of the two main methods: bank auto loans and overall BUYER’S TIP financing it thru the dealer themselves. you can compare different banks and offers
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S SEDAN
Aside from being the first-choice for majority of first-time car buyers, a sedan is often the default mental image of “car” in people’s heads. Sedans belong to a spread of several size categories: from microcar to full-size, but in our market, the middle model is not actually the “mid-size” classification (since the biggest sedans are a rarity on the road) and is the compact car instead.
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hyundai elanTra glS SpeCS When it comes to Hyundai, there are two experiences. The first is that while you weren’t looking, Engine: 152PS 2.0L the brand’s offerings became ultra-competitive and good-looking. The second is you’ve noticed Transmission: 6-spd AT how far along they’ve come and have been biding your time until you can get one of your own. The Elantra is packed with fresh technology and a beautiful shape that all sedan shoppers need to seriously consider. Price: P1,158,000
S ToyoTa alTiS v
The Altis is a car that you can Engine: 145PS 2.0L keep forever. It will probably keep working forever too as Toyotas often do. Transmission: CVT
Price: P1,320,000
S SuZuki CiaZ glX
Looking for a small-displacement sedan Engine: 92HP 1.4L for maximum efficiency? The Ciaz is the Transmission: 4-spd AT economy champ in that case.
Price: P888,000
In-house Dealer Financing Trade-in Generally has lower downpayment, but a higher monthly payment dealer trade-in promos will take older models, or sometimes often has a higher interest rate than a bank loan, which any car, as a discount towards your overall payment means a higher total cost overall requires having a car to trade-in, of course generally easier to get approval (since they want to make the valuation of trade-in car can be much lower than selling it sale of course) yourself often comes with perks such as free registration, insurance, etc.
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X CROSSOVER
If you feel the need for a little extra flood-wading capability, increased interior capacity, and a generally loftier (read: higher ride height) outlook for your daily drive, then a crossover would be ideal for you. These are the rides for folks who want more than a sedan, but think a true SUV is unnecessarily large for daily use.
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niSSan Juke SpeCS n-STyle Engine: 116PS 1.6L When it comes to design, automakers seem to be more daring with the smaller offerings in their stables–and the Juke is the perfect example of this creative freedom. Its engine, CVT transmission, Transmission: XTRONIC CVT and creature comforts check all the boxes performance-wise, but the unique look is definitely out of the box. This is a new car that will have all your friends going, “wow, new car!” for sure. Price: P1,080,000
X hyundai TuCSon glS
It’s somewhat uncommon for a diesel Engine: 185PS 2.0L VGT diesel to show up in this segment, so if you want the fuel efficiency of those engines, this variant of the Tucson Transmission: 6-spd AT should be a top choice. Price: P1,578,000
X ford eCoSporT TiTanium
The baby Ford benefits from having the same Engine: 110PS 1.5L boxy stance of its brethren. It runs a suitably Transmission: 6-spd AT baby-sized version of its big bro’s engine, too.
Price: P988,000
KNOw YOuR ExtRA COStS Parking The spending doesn’t stop with just your car’s monthly and It’s easy to forget when you’re just looking gas. It’s best to calculate your estimated cost of ownership forward to escaping from the perils of public to see if you can really handle owning a new ride, and not transportation, but parking at work can get notice that these can easily push your monthly budget over expensive fast–especially in the business the limit. Generally, these start kicking in a couple of years into districts. don’t ignore considering this when BUYER’S TIP ownership so prepare accordingly. buying a car.
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U SUV
Due to being the aspirational car for many people, the SUV is probably the hottest segment in the market today. Every manufacturer is putting their best tech into their respective models, and fanboys debate on behalf of their chosen ones. The benefit of all this is that you, the consumer, are getting a better product.
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miTSubiShi monTero SpeCS SporT gT 4Wd Engine: 181PS 2.5L VGT diesel Featuring a rarely heard of (in the Philippines) eight-speed transmission and high output VGT diesel, sometimes the new Montero Sport seems more like the high-tech flagship rather than its Transmission: 8-spd AT big brother Pajero. The space-age design that envelops its innards rivals sedans for good looks and will get you anywhere comfortably and quickly. It’s a best-seller for many reasons. Price: P2,000,000
U ToyoTa forTuner v 4X4
The Fortuner kickstarted a new SUV Engine: 174HP 2.8L VNT diesel category yet stayed basically the same for over a decade–its second generation was well worth the wait. Transmission: 6-spd AT
Price: P2,168,000
U iSuZu mu-X lS-a 4X4
Want to stand out in the inevitable sea Engine: 163PS 3.0L turbo diesel of SUVs on our roads? The mu-X’s looks tend to make people do a Transmission: 5-spd AT double take when it passes by.
Price: P1,728,000
Registration Preventive maintenance Wear Items The first three years are free, Your dealer can show you the scheduled maintenance needs Tires, brakes, fluids, and other afterwards there’s the annual of your car in advance–and how much it costs as well. Your wear items are often listed LTo renewal to remember. 3000km service might be free, but the 10,000km could also as “to check” in maintenance The bigger the car, the cost P10,000. Maintenance is more expensive at the casa; you schedules. Be prepared for bigger the registration cost. can have it done cheaper elsewhere–but this can easily void when these graduate to “for your warranty. replacement.”
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P PICKUP
A pickup is for the man who needs work done and stuff hauled–even folding down all the seats in an SUV can’t get you the space and versatility of a good pickup. Spend some time around one and you’ll also start to realize the leisurely aspect of having an open bed in the rear–it’s a great impromptu hangout spot and few cars are better suited to adventures by the beach.
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SpeCS iSuZu d-maX lS 4X4 Engine: 163PS 3.0L VGS diesel A rugged pickup truck needs a stout motor, and when it comes to hardworking diesels, Isuzu is top of mind. The 3.0L turbocharged diesel is actually used for the brand’s bigger commercial-duty Transmission: 5-spd AT trucks–driving around the city and even taking a long haul on the highway will hardly stress it out. And when you do throw a load at it, the D-Max will relish the challenge. Price: P1,570,000
P ford ranger WildTrak 4X4
If tough looking is top criteria for your Engine: 200PS 3.2L turbo diesel pickup, few can match the macho presence of the Ranger on the road. Even fewer can stand up to it in Wildtrak Transmission: 6-spd AT trim. Price: P1,709,000
P niSSan navara SporT ediTion 4X4 vl
Engine: 190PS 2.5L VGS diesel Modern pickups have also become known as “lifestyle pickups.” Get into the well-appointed cabin of a Navara and Transmission: 7-spd AT you’ll forget you’re in a truck. Price: P1,656,000
LEARN YOuR FuEL CONSuMptION Even If a manufacturer claims an amazing 15km/L 1 2 in the city, always assume a lower number because traffic is hell. Many new cars have computer estimates, but they aren’t perfectly accurate. The Load a full tank Zero the trip meter BUYER’S TIP proper way to calculate FC is:
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$ SPORTS
This is not a segment where you compromise on what you really want. When you’re shopping for a brand new high-performance vehicle, you’re buying for pure manly satisfaction. However, aside from being fast, not all sports cars are created for the same applications–think of it as choosing your weapon.
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niSSan gT-r If you want the comforting knowledge that your car can walk 80 percent* of all other cars on SpeCS the road, then you need a Nissan GT-R in your life. It’ll also trigger waves of lust and jealousy in onlookers just as hard as any exotic out there–few cars are as legendary as Godzilla. For 2017, Engine: 570PS 3.8L twin-turbo V6 they’ve even made this world beating power a surprisingly refined experience to drive as well. Best get on that wait list! Transmission: 6-spd DCT AT
*The other 10 percent are crazy modified GT-R’s by the way Price: P7,350,000
$ hyundai veloSTer Turbo
The Veloster will let you floor its peppy Engine: 204PS 1.6L turbo turbo engine from stoplight to stoplight without having to stomp on the brakes Transmission: 7-spd DCT AT almost immediately afterwards–that’s the appeal of a hot hatch in the city. Price: P1,608,000
$ ford muSTang gT
The Mustang’s big 5.0 lets you cruise Engine: 435HP 5.0L V8 at a hundred–and some extra change– without having to sit at a drone-inducing Transmission: 6-spd AT 3000rpm, perfect for the long drive enthusiast. Price: P3,155,000
It may seem like common sense, but far too many people compute it 3 4 5 as, “mga 500 ako every three days.” realistically, gas consumption is divide kilometers travelled by a major consideration in sticking drive around normally Load another full tank the liters you put in. That is with a car or moving on–make a until you get low your average consumption. correctly informed decision. FHM
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ILLUSTRATIONS BORG SINABAN
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t’s a truth universally acknowledged that a man going out with a woman will be made to do things he’d rather not do, things like sitting through a night at the theater, or listening to the latest K-Pop act, these and lots of other things. If you think about it, we’re sure the ladies in our lives feel the Isame way about basketball, superhero comics, and action movies, but you rarely hear them complain to you about it, do you? To help you pay them back the favor, here is our handy guide to fake-liking some of the things your lady might be into (if there is no way you'd be convinced)... INSTAGRAM What this is: A social media app that lets users edit and post photos. Also known as IG. How to fake-like it: Open your own IG account and follow your girl’s account. Like every post she shares. Be patient when she’s taking a photo for IG. Take selfies with her and post it on your own IG account; don’t forget to tag her. Why you should bother: IG is your girl’s way of documenting the most important things in her life. If you want to continue being a part of it, making yourself available in IG is essential. Degree of difficulty: Easy-peasy.
ROM-COM MOVIES What these are: Romantic comedy movies, Korean makeup local (My Kontrabida Girl, One More Chance) and foreign (Sleepless in Seattle, Serendipity). How to fake-like it: When your girl tells you she wants to watch a rom-com, do not suggest you watch the latest Liam Neeson or Keanu Reeves action flick. Look up classic rom-coms cosmetic stores that your girl might not have seen or even heard of, and offer to watch it with her. Keep your mouth shut during the movies. Why you should bother: If she’s willing to sit through The Raid: Redemption with you, you should be able to sit through Love Actually with What these are: The Face Shop, Nature Republic, her (shudders). It’s just fair. Banila Co., etc. Degree of difficulty: Depending on the movie, intermediate to difficult. How to fake-like it: When you’re at the mall and your girl wants to check out a store’s latest product, tell her to take her time. Ask her what she bought and make a note of it. On any special occasion, get her any of the products that she uses (except for face masks, because they are cheap and tacky as hell). Why you should bother: You want your girl to look as pretty as the day you met her, right? While that’s unrealistic, letting her indulge in beauty products benefits both of you in the long run. Degree of difficulty: Unless your girl wants you to try the beauty products yourself, super easy. What these are: Korean television dramas like Descendants of the Sun, Coffee Prince, etc. How to fake-like it: Shut your mouth when your girl is watching her K-Dramas. If she wants to talk to you about footnotes regarding the latest development in the story, listen to her. Eventually, you will have to watch an episode or two with her, possibly the entire season. Be brave. Why you should bother: It’s not a fad that’s going to fade away soon; it’s here to stay. So if you intend to marry your girl someday, know that you’ll be dealing with this the rest of your married lives. Degree of difficulty: Difficult, especially if you hate subtitles.
FRIENDS AND OTHER FRIENDS-LIKE SHOWS What these are: Friends (obviously), How I Met Your Mother, Happy Endings, etc. How to fake-like it: Friends and other similar shows like it are essentially romantic comedies that last way, way, way longer than movies. We suggest just telling your girl that it’s really something you can’t get into. But if you want to fake-like ten seasons of watching David Schwimmer making out with Jennifer Aniston, go ahead and sit through it. Why you should bother: Because Friends is actually helping you out. It’s telling your girl that she should look beyond a person’s looks B O y BANDS/SOLO MALE and to love them for their personality. You don’t have to be a Brad Pitt to get MUSIC ACTS a Jennifer Aniston, you can just be a David Schwimmer and do fine. Who these are: Male musicians who also happen to be heartthrobs, or so your girl Degree of difficulty: If you’re a says (e.g. N*Sync, Bruno Mars) David Schwimmer-type, very easy. How to fake-like it: Prepare your ear-holes. Listen to some of the songs (at least the If you’re the Brad Pitt-type, this first album or the greatest hits compilation). Learn one of their songs by heart so you might actually hurt you. can perform it for your girl during a videoke date. Why you should bother: Listening to the songs and making yourself familiar with the artist will desensitize you for the inevitable Philippine leg of their world concert tour. Plus, she’ll be more inclined to put up with your own questionable choices in music. Degree of difficulty: Depending on whether or not the performers sing shirtless, easy to intermediate. A RTS AND C RAFTS SHONDA RHYMES F AIRS SHOWS What these are: Pop-up market places for independent arts and craft makers. What these are: Grey’s Anatomy, How to fake-like it: Look up schedules of arts Scandal, How to Get Away with and crafts fairs on social media. Suggest going Murder to one with your girl. At the crafts fair, don’t just How to fake-like it: Look up key follow around your girl like you’re a zombie, episodes of the series online and actively look at the merch on sale. Comment watch it so that she can talk to you how “cute” some of the items are. about it. Or just Wikipedia it. Set up a Why you should bother: Arts and crafts fairs Google alert for these shows. are like comic book conventions, without the Why you should bother: TV comic books and the sweaty, smelly bros. You’ll shows created by Shonda Rhymes probably even find cool looking Batman merch are the equivalent of the WWE for there (no kidding). your girl. It’s got the same amount Degree of difficulty: Easy. of drama, intrigue, and violence Monday Night Raw has (we may be exaggerating that last part a bit). Degree of difficulty: Easy the first season, very difficult season two up.
What these are: Movie or theater productions where the characters sing instead of delivering dialogue. How to fake-like it: Stop your eyes from rolling. Familiarize yourself with the story of the musical, so you can tune out the songs and still talk to her about it. Offer to take her to the SANRIO CHARACTERS latest Manila staging of a Broadway musical. Why you should bother: Thankfully, What these are: Characters created and marketed by Japanese musicals here in the Philippines, unlike rom- lifestyle brand Sanrio (e.g. Hello Kitty, coms, come only once in a while, so indulge Kero Kero Keroppi, Gudetama, etc.) your girl. Hell, she went to that MMA fight How to fake-like it: Familiarize with you that one time, right? yourself with the names of the characters your girl adores. Read up Degree of difficulty: Very, very difficult. on the characters background. Be on FHM the lookout for merchandise featuring the characters. If and when your girl gives you a gift with the characters on it, use the gift as intended. Why you should bother: Your girl is putting up with all of your Batman, Superman, Iron Man, Captain America t-shirts and merch. The least you can do is extend the same courtesy. Degree of difficulty: Depending on whether or not your girl must have the character on absolutely everything she owns, intermediate to difficult. SPIN DESIGNER HOSTEL SOME SUPER SERIOUS ADDRESS: PEACE HELL YEAH! SURFING, AND balinsasayaw road AND QUIET BRO THEN SOME cor. calle real, el nido, 5313 palawan PLEASE. HUG! I c E c O L D PHONE: 09175667746 THANK BEER? WEBSITE: www. YOU. spinhostel.com
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You look great, how are you doing? I’m great, thanks for asking! Currently, I live in Auckland, New Zealand with my son, Xander, my husband, and my husband’s colleague. I’m busy being a homemaker, cleaning the house, helping my son with his homework, helping him develop the love for reading, math and science. Aside from that, I hit the gym four to six times a week doing Crossfit and a few other things to keep me limber. My goal is to lift heavier weights and also be stretchable enough that the circus would recruit me! Definitely send us a video of your debut circus performance please! I always post on my Facebook and Instagram so watch for it, ha ha! Have you actually been sneaking visits here behind our backs all this time? Or has it been more or less a permanent stay in NZ for you? The last time I visited the Philippines was in July 2009. I stayed for just three days so things were hectic then as you can
62 FHM MAY 2017 facebook.com/FHM.ph • twitter.com/fhmphil • fhmphilofficial www.fhm.com.ph imagine. I reside in New one has to go through just one click of a finger. Zealand, but who knows, a tremendous and It becomes better when maybe someday I’ll go for permanent change. If you wait a little. It has a visit again. I’ve been all one has gone through more meaning if you over the world but I never it and still manages to share something much partied as much as I did feel sexy; that’s a true more than your bodily in Manila! I sometimes test of endurance. Then fluids–dig deeper! fantasize about having for some hot mommas to And how about telling a night out in Manila– pose in FHM after that them what lies in maybe one night I’d wake is a great salute. For me store? When, like you, up butt naked, a frog in posing in FHM is like they’ve become mature, my ear strumming his being in my playground experienced, and very guitar singing “Freedom” once again. It feels like well-versed when it by George Michael. I home. comes to the intricacies don’t know why I have And you are always of the human body? that fantasy, I just do! welcome here! At times, it is timed. At Well, your set just We’ve gone a long times, it’s just foreplay reminded us of our time without some and the sex is delayed fantasies, so we’re even. naughty advice from till the evening–at times We’ve been blessed by an outspoken mind just the feeling of being F O L L O W quite a few hot mommas like yours, what are fondled is enough! It ASIA! posing recently, and your observations on is a bit more sensual. now you’ve joined their how millennial men What I really love is exclusive rank. How deal with sex and the courtship before did it feel to get back in relationships? the actual act. The front of the camera for My advice for attention to details, the FHM again? millennials about sex mirroring, the flirting, It feels great! It is and relationships: It’s a the cuddles–it intensifies empowering. From a hundred times better if the lovemaking or the @asiaagcaoili woman to a mother, you didn’t get sex with fantasy! FHM
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74 FHM MAY 2017 facebook.com/FHM.ph • twitter.com/fhmphil • fhmphilofficial www.fhm.com.ph hen Roy Espiritu decided he wanted to see more of the Edited by ALLAN P. HERNANDEZ Philippines, LIFE ON THE UPSWING [email protected] his plans hit a snag. W“I thought I’d build myself a camper that I could drive around,” he says. “But that didn’t make sense because we’re an island nation. The camper would have limited routes. So I thought, ‘Why not a boat?’ But a power boat costs more than a car.” A sailboat would have cost a bit It’s a win-win: you save less, except that he didn’t know how to sail. Espiritu's perfectly simple money and learn a badass solution? “I built a boat so I could craft at the same time learn to sail on it.” McGyver-ing the heck out of sailing effectively trumps the myth that owning a boat and sailing it is a Words CECILE JUSI-BALTASAR | Photography PAUL MONDOK rich man’s hobby. If done right, the boat you build will cost about as much as a high-end smart phone. How? Two words: The Internet. Espiritu found his kindred spirits in an online chat room (this was around 2005, after all) whose members were sailing and boating enthusiasts in the Philippines like himself. Members of the group— officially called the Philippine Home Boatbuilders Yacht Club (PHBYC)— pointed Espiritu to boat designs available online that he could use. “It’s easier now [to learn how to make things from the Internet] because of YouTube,” says Espiritu. “But back then, I had to rely on plans [that just had] a list of materials needed, and the procedure; some would have pictures of the steps.” The first plan he bought for $47 was for an 11-foot nesting dinghy called a Spindrift. Materials cost P25,000—less than the price of a smart phone back then. (factoring in inflation, the boat’s cost today would still be comparable to that of a high- end smart phone.) “The design was for a boat that cut in half; the front part fit the back part. The whole thing could fit into the cab of an L300,” says Espiritu. His finished boat weighed 150 pounds; one person could carry half the boat. “And then I taught myself to sail,” Espiritu says. Since then, he’s built two more boats for himself and for about 50 more clients.
ROY ESPIRITU ThE O z G OOSE a box that floats
The Oz Goose—designed by an Australian now based in Batangas—is one of the most stable boats there are. Its usual size is 12 feet, and can fit two adults and three kids; a perfect family boat. Espiritu has built one for himself. “It actually doesn’t look like a boat at all because it’s flat on all sides,” says Espiritu. “The Oz Goose changes the concept of what a boat should look like.” Boats are usually V-shaped underneath; the Oz Goose is flat. Boats usually have a pointy nose; the Oz Goose’s bow is flat and doesn’t touch the water. Because of its unusual shape, though, the Oz Goose is very stable. “It’s a box that sails really well,” says Espiritu. “The Oz Goose is an ideal learning platform for beginners.”
76 FHM MAY 2017 facebook.com/FHM.ph • twitter.com/fhmphil • fhmphilofficial www.fhm.com.ph Espiritu spent three months in his garage to finish his first boat, the Ceol Beag (pronounced “kyol bek”) which means “light music” in Scottish Gaelic. Later that year, Espiritu and Ceol Beag would win first place in their first boat race: the Round DIY-Ing It Taal Volcano Regatta 2006. These steps have been simplified for this feature; if you want a complete procedure, introduce yourself to the PHBYC on Facebook. 1 Gather your materials. “The easiest way to build your own boat is to use wood that is easy to shape, structurally strong, and naturally buoyant. Plywood is [a] good [choice],” says 2 Espiritu. It’s also very light; he Cut and sand the wood used marine plywood that was according to the plans only 5mm thick. His friends in you have. Make sure you the Boatbuilders group helped practice safety protocol; him source good materials. use protective gear for your eyes, and have a secure worktable when you cut. 3 4 Treat the wood. “The enemy of Assemble as you would wood is moisture,” he continues. a model boat. Mind “Once wood gets wet, doon siya the seams; keep them magsisimulang mabulok. So sealed. “To prevent you encapsulate it with epoxy to scratches, add a thin keep out moisture. The epoxy layer of fiberglass, like will seep into the wood and form six ounces,” advises a kind of protective film over Espiritu. “I didn’t have to it.” He doesn’t mean the usual do that because it just adhesive epoxy sold in hardware made the boat heavier. stores. Espiritu uses epoxy resin, But I wanted to do it cures it with a hardener, giving anyway to learn how to it a consistency similar to honey. do it.” That makes it easy to spread on the wood. Further securing his boat from moisture, Espiritu
ILLUSTRATIONS: JAMES ANDRES 5 finishes with epoxy paint. Don’t forget the most important part of the sailboat: the sail. For this one, Espiritu turned to the wife of one of the forum’s club members for help. She had a sewing machine. “Think of the sail as a wing,” says Espiritu. “It’s not flat; the wing shape creates the lift that enables [the boat] to go upwind.” His sail was made of polytarp, or more commonly known as trapal. “Hindi talaga nalulusutan ng hangin yun,” Espiritu says. “Pero hindi rin tumatagal sa init ng araw.”
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It’s no surprise that the Philippines remedy that. Annually, the Philippine Home has been dubbed by international sailing Boatbuilders Yacht Club holds a family enthusiasts as one of the best sailing boat-building weekend where participants destinations in the world. “Maganda get to build their own boats, and learn to ang sailing weather year-round in the sail on them, all in one weekend. “We create Philippines, especially in the Visayas and boat kits where the panels are all pre-cut,” Mindanao areas,” says Espiritu. “Other than says Espiritu. “All the materials are provided; if there’s a typhoon, everything’s ideal. And participants just need to bring their hands, if you fall in the water, you don’t have to a hammer, and a saw. No power tools worry about hypothermia.” needed.” Yet, Filipinos’ interest in sailing isn’t all Check out www.pinoyboats.org for more that high. information. (On Facebook, find them at Espiritu and his sailing buddies wish to Philippine Home Boatbuilders Yacht Club.)
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78 FHM MAY 2017 facebook.com/FHM.ph • twitter.com/fhmphil • fhmphilofficial www.fhm.com.ph PRAWNS + VANILLA WATERMELON + BALSAMIC CHOCOLATE + BLUE CHEESE These two unlikely ingredients—the cuddly VINEGAR The chocolate just makes the strong warmth of vanilla and the umami-packed, The sweet water and mellow flavors of flavors of the blue cheese pop without salt-of-the-sea tang of prawns—star watermelon pairs just as well with the being overbearing. alongside each other as it marries two strength and boldness of the deep dark Instructions: Heat one cup of all-purpose velvety smooth flavors that enhance each vinegar. cream. Pour over one 180-gram bag of other’s nuances. Instructions: Empty a bottle of balsamic chocolate buttons. Let it stand one minute Instructions: Boil or steam prawns vinegar into a saucepan and simmer on then stir to melt the chocolate. Stir in 1/3 in lightly salted water until cooked low until reduced and thickened. Pour into cup crumbled blue cheese (or to taste). through. Set aside. Make vanilla sauce a squirt bottle. Slice a watermelon, cutting Pour into dessert cups, then chill until firm. by dissolving 1/4 chicken bouillon cube off rinds to form a square. To serve, swirl To serve, top chocolate-blue cheese cups in one cup all-purpose cream, one to reduced balsamic onto a plate and top with a scoop each of blueberry sauce two teaspoons of vanilla extract, and 1/2 with a watermelon steak. Serve with a and more crumbled blue cheese, sprinkle teaspoon of ground black pepper. Serve drizzle of strawberry sauce and top with with milk chocolate shavings and crushed prawns on a lettuce each, topped with romaine or arugula lettuce, Parmesan meringues, and jab in a sliver of peanut savory vanilla sauce, and sprinkled with curls, and a sprinkling of freshly ground brittle. pumpkin and sunflower seed nuts. black pepper.
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NOW THAT YOU’VE BOUGHT YOUR FIRST CAR...
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Are you happy leaving things showroom-spec? Or have you started feeling the need to dress it up just the way you like? It’s expensive, time-consuming, and your wife may hate you but the great thing about it is that any car can be modded to your heart’s desire. Some people may be snobby about what you drive (and modify) but it doesn’t really matter–at the end of a long day, nothing makes a car guy smile like looking at his hard work and thinking, “that’s my car.”FHM