April 14, 2009
At the point where we started talking about Sesame Street, I told her we had to stop this, I knew we wouldn’t be going anywhere. I should’ve told myself I could never compete with Karen Pamintuan; after all, she hosts the lifestyle show “the Chill Spot” on ETC, has done DJ-ing on the radio, and does events hosting gigs, and to try to out-talk her would be stupid of me.
Article by Nick Azarcon
Photography by Juan Caguicla
Styling by Norman Crisologo
Make-up by Ria Gamboa
Grooming by Ricky Diokno
Shot on location at Taal View Heights, Batangas
I actually didn’t have to try too hard to get the interview going; what did we talk about? Ok, there’s Sesame Street, Katherine Heigl, horses and riding them competitively, blueberry cheesecake, clowns, CSI, Obama…
“Obama’s my president now though, I’m so excited!” She was practically gushing when she said this. “He’s from Hawaii, and my home state is Hawaii, so he rocks!!! And he plays basketball.. I love Obama!!!… did you know that the Wizards are possibly sponsoring his basketball court in the White House?” I’m a big fan of the US prez, but not the NBA, but still, it’s nice to get these small pieces of information from Karen. Your typical TV host? I don’t think so. “I always know weird facts, it’s either about Obama or Animal Planet,” and she goes on to tell me that Obama’s just not black, he’s a lot of things, like him being half white, and having an Indonesian stepfather, growing up in said country, and later in Hawaii, and so on. “I know that, cause I’m a mutt…I’m a lot of things… when people ask ‘are you just this?’ I say, ‘no, I’m a bunch of stuff…”
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She was hunched over at a corner table of the Mexican diner, sipping her post-yoga smoothie. Spy-eyeing the plastic cup, one sees that it’s strawberry, but she will prove to be much sweeter in the succeeding minutes (incidentally, sometime even later, during one of her free-association jibes, she will inadvertently compare herself to citrus fruit).
Article by Aldus Santos
Photography by Dix Buhay
Styling by Mara Reyes
Make up by Ria Gamboa
Hair by Dimple Callada
Shot on location at Victoria Court, Pasig
Her pretty, angular face renders her open, almost welcoming, and, when her mouth cracks to a smile, it is like there is no hunger and war in the world. She met my extended hand more than halfway through, like there was an unspoken politeness sprint and she clearly wanted to emerge the victor. “Honestly, I find it really uncomfortable being interviewed. When you’re being interviewed, essentially, you’re talking about yourself—and it’s not my favorite thing to do,” she greeted. For a media celebrity, Sam Oh has her feet firmly on the ground. “I’m a little flabbergasted realizing that people actually want to know more about me,” the Korean host added, sounding almost embarrassed.
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April 8, 2009
Made available in the latter part of 2009′s first quarter, the Sony Ericsson W760i Walkman stands by the elegance and functionality that we expected from the Japanese. Compared to other spec-heavy phones out there with maxed out cameras and touch screens, the W760i brings together the good old fashioned features that work, while subtly adding a bit of new technology without screaming too loud at about P16,000.00.
I’ve had this phone for roughly a month and a half, a little bit before it came out to the retail spaces. Here are my thoughts
What’s to like:
Camera: This isn’t a megapixel war. It’s a war on clear photos, and the humble 3.2MP camera beats most of the higher end competition. Remember, a good camera phone
Tracker: In the Philippines, I never really found a good use for a GPS tracking device for navigating the streets of Makati. The W760i comes with built in GPS and A-GPS (assisted GPS) which is put to practical use by a built in application called Tracker. If you’re the type who uses a Nike+ to run
Sound: It’s a Walkman isn’t it? The W760i comes with two booming stereo speakers that are very visible on the front face of the phone.
Track ID: This is a new feature available in most music phones. It goes by different names but it does one very interesting thing — your phone becomes a mini Gracenote DB. When a song is playing on the radio, you can turn on Track ID to let your phone listen to the track sample. It then connects to the Internet and matches the song with the artist name and song title.
What needed improvement:
Earphones set up: I always found it frustrating that whenever Sony Ericsson advertised a phone under the “Walkman” brand it would mean that the unit should come with a 3.5mm jack. This is a half truth — most entry to mid range SE Walkman phones do come with good 3.5mm earphones but the jack doesn’t plug straight into the phone. Rather, the headphones have to go through an adapter (the same slot for the charger) and not directly to the unit. If you lose the adapter, you’re screwed.
For the price you pay, you get a very good music phone that’s built to last. Perhaps my only gripe is the exclusion of WiFi, but that obviously wasn’t the target of Sony Ericsson. But you know what, I can go rambling on all day about this phone — I want to hear what you think, and get your name and review published on the tech section of the magazine!
If you own a Sony Ericsson W760i, this page is for you.
We’re building a new section in UNO and it’s kicking off with tech. Going online presents new possibilities in marrying the joys of sexy, printed paper with the here-and-now of the Internet. We call this section RevYOU and it builds heavily on the wisdom of many people who own a particular piece of technology — yet oftentimes don’t agree with the one guy who wrote the gadget review on the glossy. So yeah, as both UNO’s tech editor and online editor I thought of bringing the community of readers together to review a particular product and come June ’09, I’m going to compile and publish this inside the magazine — with your name beside the one liners of user experience you have with the Sony Ericsson W760i. Tell us what you like about it. Tell us what you don’t like about it — you can use the comments section at the bottom of this page.
And please, put your real name, a valid email address and if you have one, a blog — because we’re going to raffle off something as well before we go to print 
If you want to leave more than one comment, then go ahead — but remember, each answer must be unique!
One lazy man’s tumultuous journey to weight loss
Article by Patrick Michael Balo
There are only two periods in a man’s life when weight loss is as important to him as it is to girls of all ages: his high school years (when girls have not yet realized the importance of humor/inner beauty which is why they laugh at the nice, chubby guys and get their hearts broken by the gwapings) and the 6-8 months before he gets married to the girl who settled for humor/ inner beauty because she couldn’t land Diether Ocampo.
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April 7, 2009
A Tribute to a Great American Hero
Ushered in by Obama becoming the U.S.A.’s 44th President, the present era has been touted as one for heroes. To be specific, American ones. But before anything else, we look back and pay tribute to one of their greatest champions, whose body of work has brought us all together to celebrate one man beating the shit out of another. Not to mention very short shorts for heterosexual men.
Best Inspirational Speech:
Rocky Balboa. Funnily enough my favorite inspirational speech comes from a character that was in all the movies yet hardly plays a significant role—it’s Duke, Apollo Creed’s former manager, played by Tony Burton. By this time Rocky is once again the underdog, a total has-been who is almost a joke to his fans and the generation of boxers he inspired. He is facing his mortality, his old age, and his uselessness. He decides to go against current heavyweight champ Mason Dixon, and everyone expects him to go down early in the fight. Before he begins training, Duke tells him how it’s gonna be done —
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Tisha Silang has won beauty contests, dodged stalkers and raced all over Asia. next up: learning to cook and going wherever life leads her.
Article by Rich Herrera and UNO Editors
Photos by J.A. Tadena for Fotomojo
Hair by Marie Tan
Make up by Ning Tadena
Styling by Sidney Yap
Shot on location at Embassy Cuisine. Special thanks to Cat Arambulo for letting us use the kitchen
“I think the story has probably been told one time too many,” says Tisha Silang. She’s talking about her Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant experience―which we will get to in a bit. If there’s one thing that strikes you about Tisha Silang, this adventurous beauty queen turned TV host turned businesswoman turned Amazing Racer, it’s that she has quite a few stories to tell about her life so far, and all of them bear repeating.
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April 6, 2009
UPDATE: After one year, we decided to upload the other photos we didn’t use in the shoot. Enjoy.
On the verge of hitting the mainstream, Cesca Litton talks about getting mugged by rabid fans, lusting over a CheyTac M200, doing around a hundred things at the same time, and basically just being “one of the boys”.
Article by B. Canapi
Photos by J.A. Tadena
Styled by Sidney Yap
Hair by Marie Tan
Special thanks to Quark Henares and Nena Belo
You’d think reading up about Cesca Litton would be the easiest thing. You’d think there’d be a ton of info on someone who’s made the NCAA, the PBA and just sports casting in general just so much easier on the eyes. For once, Google disappoints.
What do we know then? Aside from her sports-casting duties, she was also an MTV VJ, co-hosted a season of “Philippines Scariest Challenges” with Jomari Yllana and has an equally stunning sibling, Issa (who was also an UNO girl herself). Apparently she can also bust a move on the dance floor. But you already knew that.
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Blame Sex and the City if you must—but whatever the reason, cocktails are popular as ever among women.
They may be the gayest drinks in the world, but knowing a few tips and tricks may just help you get social with them ladies. Read on as cocktail connoisseur Mike Canlas helps us through this whole drink-mixing business.
“I love working in the bar, and I’d often hog the station so that I would prepare everything the whole shift,” Mike Canlas tells us about his experience working at a local restaurant and café. He worked there for about six years as a barista, learning the ropes of mixology. But it was after an old friend and mentor introduced him to a salesperson from Torani flavored syrups that his fascination turned into a full-blown addiction. “They had a lot of flavor varieties and I’ve never stopped experimenting on their wide selection of flavors since then,” says Mike.
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“They wouldn’t stop us from running laps until I started to sweat. I don’t know why, but I could never sweat, even if my teammates were begging me to. Sige na Please!’
Okay, Stop. Just–stop.
Hold the phone.
Do you realize what this means? Miakka Lim will always be a girl. In any given situation she will always retain her girl-ness, as it were. Even in the story she relates about her high school volleyball team. I’m serious. I’m also not trying to be sexist here; I’m well aware of the myth that says girls don’t fart, go number 2 or sweat. But she’s living proof. Unnatural? Maybe. Endearing? Definitely.
But 100 odd words probably aren’t enough to convince you. Heck, I haven’t told you how she looks like yet (you probably know already, but you want me to tell you how she looks just for kicks). Fair enough.
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On the cover of Happy Battle is a Nintendo-era bare-knuckles fighter. He is shirtless. He is on bad-ass karate stance. He is wearing an expression that says “kill.” His face, however, does not give away his age easily. He is eternally in limbo between adolescence and full-blown adulthood. He is both fifteen and thirty. He is simultaneously twelve and forty. He is both a young teenager on Ninja Kids and a baby-faced father on Eat, Bulaga! He is Francis Magalona, and—like his likeness on that album cover—he is a superhero.
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