Gravity Games 2010 Highlands Chase
1.25 kilometers of butter smooth asphalt. 75km/h.
nothing but gravity.
for more details about the race, go to www.gravitygamesasia.com
Live The Dream
On the 13th of November, 2009, following ten rounds of bantamweight division boxing versus Colombian Luis Melendez, Filipino fighter Z “The Dream” Gorres hit the canvas of the Mandalay Bay House of Blues ring in Las Vegas, Nevada, just minutes after being announced the winner of the contest—the very contest that would have lined him up for a championship rematch with reigning WBO Bantamweight champion Mexican Fernando Montiel.
The 27-year-old Cebuano will spend his next days in coma after undergoing brain surgery at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, suffering from subdural hematoma or blood clot in the brain. He will not get to do the rematch that would have catapulted him to world boxing stardom.
Photo by Dong Secuya
Z is one of the most humble and kindest boxers I’ve ever met. I’ve seen him at training and he’s such a disciplined hard worker. What he may give up in length at times in the ring he makes up in speed and ring smarts. He lost a close controversial (split decision) title fight to Fernando Montiel in Cebu in 2007. Many thought he won that fight. I do too. In my eyes, he’s one of world our champions, too.
—TJ Manotoc, ANC Sportscaster
Buchoy might have lost his shot at a world title but I would rather see him as a champion father to his four kids and a champion husband as well.
Buchoy is a highly-skilled boxer and would have made it as a world champion. But I guess God has a better plan for Buchoy, who can now tell that boxing might be a way to rise from poverty, but it remains as one of the most dangerous sports.
—Chino Trinidad, Sportscaster/Columnist, GMA 7
Z is now awake and in recovery stage; financial help would be greatly appreciated by the Gorres family. You may send your donations through the PAYPAL account of Datches Gorres, Z’s wife, at datchesgorres@yahoo.com.
The Tipping Point: Voting for Miss Twitter Philippines
The odds have been mostly a tie in the past few hours till Helga posted this on Flickr. Malcolm Gladwell calls this the Tipping Point. We call it WINNER.
It’s really simple. You can go and vote for whoever you think qualifies for Miss Twitter Philippines. Check out @helga. You may just like her. She blogs here.
Add us on Twitter — @unomag.
ACER Timeline Size Comparison
ACER sent us their latest line of notebooks, the Timeline. The design philosophy for this new line inculcates a discless portable computer in an era where USB flash drives are more commonly used than CD’s or DVD’s.
We have a little size comparison vs. the current line of MacBooks (the one I own) and as you can see, in terms of size, the Timeline and unibody MacBook are almost the same in terms of dimensions, except that ACER wedged the end of their unit by just a wee bit to make it easier to type. In terms of weight, the Timeline is significantly lighter as well. Of course, you have to take into account that the MacBook was able to cram a DVD writer inside its beautiful aluminum body.
We have a pretty comprehensive review of the ACER Timeline up against the MSI X-Slim and the “industry standard” MacBook Air inside the pages of our July issue. Do grab a copy of our July 2009 issue when it hits the stands. If you’re planning on getting a next generation discless laptop, you may want to check the full review out.
Team Manila’s “Sisa” Shirt takes Yahoo! Messenger approach
There’s a rather cool partnership between Yahoo! Philippines and Team Manila. The city-wide Project Purple Hunt that spawns forth kick ass prizes such as mobile phones, purple Krispy Kreme Donuts, and a graffiti-ed Honda Jazz now introduces their latest PR move — fashion.
These are limited edition shirts in two designs, both have cuts for men and women. Shirts sell for P550.00 and are available starting today.
If you’ve been a good grade school student, you probably tackled that required reading from school — your Noli and Fili. Sisa is the mother of Crispin and Basilio who goes bonkers after knowledge of their slaughter, convent walls bloodstained with their blood.
A little dark humor there for Team Manila and Yahoo! Philippines.
How To Win in an Election
By Ricky Carandang as told to Erwin Romulo
Ricky Carandang is an anchor for the ANC News Channel as well as host for The Big Picture. One of the country’s most respected broadcast journalists, his most recent program, Buy The Numbers, exposes the ways Philippine elections can be won as well as tackling the issues surrounding the planned automation for the 2110 polls.
IF YOU’RE RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE…
The first thing you need is a lot of money. This is what I’ve heard. Assuming you don’t get the votes, then you have to figure out a way to manufacture them. Some of it might be considered improper or unethical, but not necessarily illegal. Well, some of it is plainly illegal, but most of it is in a sort of grey area.
People tell me that local elections actually have a lot more integrity than the national because it’s so closely fought. If you’re a national candidate, you’ll also end up depending on these local guys to bring in the votes and guard them. They basically run the elections—manage the elections in their municipalities on behalf of their candidates, watching each other like a hawk, knowing everybody around. These informal checks and balances on the local level are much more effective. But these guys are gonna be fighting for themselves, you’re secondary if you’re a national candidate. Their concern for you is secondary to their own election. So chances are, they tend not to watch your votes as closely.
WHO GETS PAID?
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Kaskade at Embassy Superclub!
June 1, 2009 by Jayvee
Filed under Press Release
Ice Cream Bar: Out in the Cold
A cool, but non-pretentious place to bring a first time date who you want to get to know better. At the ice cream bar, you can sit back, relax and enjoy each other’s company over your favorite ice cream flavors. If they say that alcohol loosens the tongue, ice cream indulgence has a somewhat similar drop down your defenses effect, without the dreaded morning after hang over.
Since they open till late at night on Fridays and Saturdays, the Ice Cream Bar is quick getaway for a midnight snack for a sugar rush to satisfy a nocturnal craving for ice cream.
The Ice Cream Bar
Joya at Rockwell, South Tower
Joya Drive (between Plaza Drive and Estrella Street)
Tel: +632 403-0891
Words by Ana Santos
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Sarah Gaugler is Making Her Mark
“I knew from my first line that I loved it.”
Words by Ivan Tan
Photography by J.A. Tadena for Fotomojo
Styled by Sidney Yap
Make up by Ning Tadena
Hair by Marie Tan
Special thanks to Quark Henares and Nena Belo
Sarah is wearing a white v-neck tee by Trunkshow, dog tags by d! at Tresorie and fatigue distressed vest from Eairth by Melissa Dizon.
Sarah Gaugler is known in music circles as the chick that does album covers. Her work on Orange and Lemons’ Moonlane Gardens won the NU Rock Awards for Best Album Packaging in 2007 and the Awit Award for Album Packaging Excellence in 2008. She did the illustrations for Kami nAPO Muna Ulit, the Apo Hiking Society’s second tribute album. Her art is cute and strange and compelling, so much so that they have found their way onto people’s skin. Literally.
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Grendel Alvarado inside our May 2009 pages
Nick Azarcon interviews 2007’s Philippines Next Top Model winner Grendel Alvarado and wonders how such a beautiful woman could have the name of a monster.
Oh wait. Why isn’t this photo in the magazine?
… Because it’s an online exclusive!
