DLSU CANLUBANG CONTENTS southern living group publisher bea J. ledesma brand and community editor dianne Pineda associate managing editor denise danielle alCanTaRa creative director niña muallam graphic artist daniCa Condez contributors writers 28 PRisTine de leon, kaT PaTiño-maRquez, COVeR StORy samanTha Ramos-zaRagoza, beveRly dalTon, Clara Balaguer finds creative solutions to social sePTembeR gRaCe mahino, problems by bridging artists and local communities Chinggay labRadoR, maRbbie TagabuCba, aJ eliCaño, soPhia avellana, illustrator alfRed donoso OCTOBER 2014 stylists melvin moJiCa 04 08 hair and makeup edison ong health SPACe photographers sam lim, JosePh PasCual, Busting the health myths and An old revolutionary house survives in edRiC Chen, Jilson seCkleR Tiu, superstitions we grew up with modern times gabby CanTeRo, JosePh PasCual, geloy ConCePCion, eveRywheRe we shooT copy editor 05 21 sePTembeR gRaCe mahino Beauty FeAture PROOFREADER nazRi nooR Turn back time and revisit Philippine Citizens call for solutions to looming MRT editorial consultant cinema’s best faces crisis in Manila Ria fRanCisCo-PRieTo board chairperson alexandRa PRieTo-Romualdez Finance advisor and treasurer 06 38 J. feRdinand de luzuRiaga legal advisor FIXtURe FeAtURe Atty. RudyaRd aRbolado hr strategy head Local romance novels to make you smile Indelible stains on the country’s mementos Raymund sobeRano vp and chieF strategy officer (and cringe) of history imelda alCanTaRa svp and group sales head, inquirer group oF companies Cover photo by Joseph Pascual feliPe R. olarte sales director ma. kaTRina mae gaRCia-dalusong key accounts specialist EDITOR’S NOTE angeliTa Tan-ibañez account executives abegail ginaga, andie zuñiga, Trainspotting saRah CabalaTungan, Ram Tan sales support assistants ReChelle endozo, If there’s one thing that riding the workplaces, hospitals, schools, homes, maRa kaRen aliasas public trains in Metro Manila and and other important destinations. here associate publisher daPhne see Irvine Welsh’s novel about hardcore we discuss everything that makes up our associate managing editor Pam bRooke Casin heroin addiction have in common, it’s country, the good, the bad, and the ugly. senior editorial/ PROJECT COORDINATOR the harrowing experience that leaves Despite the lack of government Reneè esPenilla editorial assistants PRisTine de leon, Pauline miRanda one feeling disgusted, exhausted, and support, there are still groups that choose account executives shanna maling, hannah Ramos, ina maTeo eventually stoned. But unlike the book’s to take action. Clara Balaguer, director graphic artists aubRey PoRCiunCula, compelling black comedy, there’s nothing of the Office of Culture and Design, Roi de CasTRo, remotely funny about the daily plight of seeks out artists to bring art to neglected TeJ Tan, yayie moTos production manager commuters. People wait in endless cues communities around the country. Bahay noel Cabie production assistant to squeeze themselves inside a cramped Nakpil-Bautista, a historical house in maRiCel gavino Final art supervisor train with sweaty bodies. Safety is never an Manila where revolutionaries used to dennis CRuz Fa artist option. train doors can randomly open convene, stands alive in the middle of JR laRosa while in transit; derailing, robbery, and a bustling city. These are proof that it’s sexual offences are everyday occurences. possible to keep our Filipino integrity Safe and quality public transport is and identity, as long as we kick our essential to a country’s development. habit of indifference, do not relapse, and It gives an affordable, greater access to eventually clean ourselves up. talk to us on Facebook and you just might win a special prize from us. Visit www.facebook.com/southernlivingmagazine now. Follow us on Instagram This magazine was printed responsibly using and twitter at @slivingph. We’d love to hear from you. recycled papers with biodegradable inks. southernliving 02 ALVeO HEALTH superstition. Think of this as a signal to be extra cautious— growing pains when your immune system is down, after all, you can pick These health myths aren’t always true just up a fever, a cold, a cough, or a virus from virtually anyone because your lola said so you come into contact with. TEXT chinggay labrador illusTraTion alfred donoso myth: Hilot what it is: The ancients used this method to heal all you’ve probably heard them from an old aunt, yaya, or your ailments through massage and chiropractic manipulation. grandmother back in the province. Whether you subscribe It was also sometimes infused with herbal remedies brought to superstition or not, these folk tales need to be taken with by arbularyos. a heap of salt—as well as a modern science-based perspective science says: A deep tissue massage can bring much in order to determine if they actually exist. needed relaxation to stressed muscles, and today’s modern patient is often seen at the spa for a similar treatment, or myth: Paglilihi even at the chiropractor to help reset joints and receive what it is: Craving for certain types of food while pregnant spinal realignment. These local practices aim to restore directly relates to what your baby will look like. balance to the body through energetic healing that also science says: While pregnancy cravings do exist, most goes beyond the physical. They offer a different approach probably due to the hormonal shifts in the body, an towards the same end goal that more scientific methods inexplicable taste for balut, for example, does not mean aim to reach. you’re going to end up with a kid with a full head of hair. Physical attributes are largely based on genetics after all. myth: Pasma what it is: When the muscles are rife with “hot” energy, myth: Usog it shouldn’t be brought down by anything too “cold” too what it is: Someone who carries the evil eye can curse a quickly. This causes undue tremors or spasms to the body. child with a simple greeting. to undo any hexes, the greeter science says: hot and cold energies are vague and not needs to say “puwera usog,” then lick his finger and rub it on easily taken to by the scientific community. Instead, they the baby’s abdomen or forehead. attribute the shakes that pasma is known for to possible science says: There’s no scientific evidence to dispel this nerve conditions or dysfunctions in the body. SOUTHERNliving 04 BEAUT Y CLaSSIC HITS The defining names and faces of Philippine entertainment’s Golden Age text beverly dalton illusTraTion danica condez gloria romero Fernando poe, Jr. was the First Lady of Philippine At the peak of Gloria Romero’s career, Known as “Da King” and famed for show business. her peak came in she was acknowledged as the queen of his action roles, FPJ started in the film the ’50s when she was featured in Philippine movies. She was introduced industry as a messenger boy. he got countless films, mostly produced by to the scene by her uncle, who worked his big break in the 1957 hit movie Lo Sampaguita Pictures. She may not as chief editor at Sampaguita Pictures. Waist Gang. One movie led to another, have garnered a lot of acting awards It didn’t take long for Romero’s beauty with Poe in roles that pictured him as unlike others, but to this day, she has and talent to put her on top, and she the champion of the poor, and his most retained her star status. Roces still was soon snagging award-winning roles iconic role is the notable character appears in teleseryes; Sana Bukas Pa in blockbuster movies such as 1955’s Flavio in the 1980 film Ang Panday. Ang Kahapon is her latest one, shown Dalagang Ilocana. get the look: The late actor is known on ABS-CBN this year. The ’50s weren’t the end of her for his short curly hair and sideburns, a get the look: Roces got her good genes golden years, though: Romero went look that was a distinct representation from her French-American mother on to become one of today’s most of the ’70s. Though they seem old- and her Filipino father of Spanish and respected actresses. fashioned, sideburns are slowly Chinese descent. her beauty is simple, get the look: Born to a Filipino father resurging through hipster culture. Men soft, and quiet—the kind that grows on and an American mother, her refined of today can sport them by letting you. She always looks poised, with every “mixed” beauty defined a decade. her their facial hair grow for about four strand of hair in place. her bouffant in deep-set eyes and wide lips were what weeks. Once the desired hair thickness the ’50s, although not as big as Imelda’s, people took notice of, and her standard is achieved, shave accordingly. If your was just as iconic, even reminiscent of makeup was clean, with impeccably face is long and skinny, go for long and Jackie O’s. to cop her look, start by shaped brows and red lips. The trick thick sideburns; if you have a rounder backcombing your hair. Lightly pull the to get this look is to keep the brows as face, shave them short and thin. teased sections back and use your fingers thick as possible but well groomed. For to style them in place. to create a neat the lips, opt for a matte red shade rather susan roces finish, apply a holding spray and lightly than a glossy one for that old world feel. Da King’s widow, actress Susan Roces, smoothen the top with your fingers. SOUTHERNliving 05 FIXTURE pOCKETFUL OF ROMaNCE Love stories in paperback, Pinoy style text aJ ELICAÑo illusTraTion ALFRED DONOSO From shelves full of cheesy titles to online serialized which had previously carried similar American lines. novels and movie deals, it cannot be denied that Filipino From there, the genre diversified across different labels romance novels are a cultural force.