Rhian Ramos Graces the March Issue of Rogue

 

Jessie Mendiola for Esquire March 2013

Jessie Mendiola is one of the beautiful faces in Philippine show business today.  

She entered in 2007 as one of the 18 new talents of ABS CBN's Star Magic Batch 15 and has gone on to be featured in many TV and movie projects.  (I'm sure the Batmans would remember her in Katorse, Sabel, and Isla.)  

At 20, she has grown to be one captivating lady and her Esquire magazine spread shows you why.

Kwentong PEYUPS

It has been a while since I last came back to my alma mater, University of the Philippines or PEYUPS as she is fondly called.  So when I saw the ad for the Rev UP:  The 18th Diliman Motor Show it presented an opportunity to finally get back to the roots of my college education (6 years of it) and at the same time indulge myself with a couple of cars and a bunch of car model shots.

First stop---the Oblation Monument!  Believe it or not but this is actually the first time that I came up close and personal with this naked man.  Truly!  I spent six years in the university and the only time I was at this building was when I was courting the Chancellors to consider my extended stay and finish my degree.  (Yep, I almost got myself booted out for overstaying but that's for another story.)  Anyway, so there I was standing in front of the naked rendition of Fernando Poe Sr. and I had this feeling of closure that I have now completed my PEYUPS experience.  

My PEYUPS experience is now complete.
Me and Mr. Poe, Sr.

It was a surreal feeling going back to the university.  It was as if I was back during my college days going about the daily business of school, seeing the familiar places that I pass and while a way my spare time between class intervals.

Being an Art Studies major I was at the College of Arts and Letters a lot.  We have a library there and it's an ideal place to shut off the hustle and bustle of the hallways concentrate on studying or simply chill on a hot day.  Ok, it's more because of the airconditioning that I go there!

CAL is the second building after the Vargas Museum and the second jeepney stop after the Administration Building along Roxes Avenue. 

This is the pathway from the CAL building (right side)
and Palma Hall (left side) where the street vendors ply
their wares.  Fishball is my favorite.

These Acacia trees provide shelter when the sun
is high and during a slight drizzle.

Joggers are a common sight in UP.

And then there's Palma Hall.  I believe I have spent majority of my college life in the different classrooms here.  Some of my notable classmates were Chuck Isidro, Wency Cornejo, Sarah Jane Paez, and Dong Abay.  Art Studies classes are held at the second floor of the left wing (if you're facing it) of this building. 

On a school day, I'd be the one doing this.

The CAL Registrar's Office.  I can still remember the time
when I first went here after I did not make the quota for
Philosophy and was advised to take on Art Studies instead.
That was 25 years ago.

This pathway at the back of Palma Hall
gave me the creeps---still does!

Hindi ka taga UP kung di mo alam ang Casaa Food Center.  After the CAL Registrar's Office, Casaa was the next UP establishment that I was introduced to some 25 years ago.  Being the premiere canteen of the university, it is always packed with students on break.  Needless to day, after my first introduction, I did not eat here anymore.  I'm not into crowded places (if I could help it) so this is not a place for me.  

I did have my own place of solitude where I eat and read.  Along Roces Avenue where the Sunken Garden can be found is an Acacia tree where I would sit, eat, read and sleep between class intervals.  Actually, this is the only place where I can do all four activities without being reprimanded.  One time I was on my break I felt sleepy after reading the newspaper and decided to take a nap.  I lay under the tree and put the paper on my face for a little privacy (and as shield for that occasional bird dropping that might adventurously drop straight in my open mouth!).  After what seem to be a restful sleep I awake and find my newspaper drenched with perspiration as the sun shone directly on my personal space.  When I took off the newspaper I saw a couple of students staring at me.  I guess they might have thought that I was a salvage victim!  

If I just wish to read, chill, and get a shut eye, the Library is another place I go to.  Of course mas masarap pa din sa Art Studies Office sa CAL building kasi may aircon!

Haaaaayyyy!  Buhay PEYUPS!  Masarap balik-balikan!

Kwentong Panaderya

Eksena kaninang madaling araw habang nagiintay ng jeep papasok sa opisina:

Masarap kumain ng mainit na pandesal sa umaga lalo na kung sasabayan mo ng kape.  Yan ang nasa isip ko kanina ng ako'y mapadaan sa Princess Kulit Hot Pandesal sa Lagro.  Nagkataon kasing sa abangan ko ng jeep ang puwesto nila at nagkataong sa mga oras na iyon e medyo matumal ang biyahe kaya't may katagalan ang pagintay ng masasakyan.  

Bagamat ako'y nag almusal na, tila akong aso ni Pavlov ng matapat ako sa harap ng 24/7 na panaderyang ito at tila nananaginip na nakaupo sa aking lamesa sa opisina at ninanamnam ang mainit-init na pandesal habang humihigop ng kape.  Kulang nalang na tumulo ang aking laway sa pagnanasa!  Sa madaling salita ay di ko napigilang bumili.

Ako:  Pagbilan...

Tindera: Zzzzzzzzzz

Ako:  Pagbilan...

Tindera: Zzzzzzzz

Ako: Pagbilan %&()#$!

Tindera: Zzzzzzzz

Aba'y 24/7 nga bukas pero ang nagtitinda e tulog!  Ang saya! 

Jodi Sta. Maria Bares Some Skin in Preview Magazine's March 2013 Issue

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Marian Rivera Sexy in Cosmopolitan Philippines

After her sexy debut for FHM last January, here's another Marian Rivera sexy spread for the March issue of Cosmopolitan Philippines.

Rawrrrrr indeed!!!

Anne Curtis' Beaver Peek

Magicians use illusion and slight of hand in their ruse to make us believe that what they are doing is an act of magic.  Apparently, Anne Curtis' wardrobe coordinator had the same thing in mind when she did her rendition of Rihanna's "Diamonds" during her ASAP bday bash last Sunday.

Batmans (Batang Manyak) nationwide and in TFC covered areas found themselves salivating at the sight of what seemed to be a panty-less Anne Curtis! 

This prompted the do-gooders of the MTRCB to summon Anne to a "gender sensitivity investigation".   Anne clarified in an interview that it wasn't another wardrobe malfunction (remember when her boobs suddenly made an appearance in an ASAP dance number?).  In order for the panty-less illusion to materialize, a two piece get up was required---a high cut tangga and a wrap around skirt.   

 I guess this sort of gimmick is necessary to compensate for Anne's lack of singing talent.  Bottomline is to ENTERTAIN and ENTERTAIN she did!  Forget the off key rendition!  I take my hat off to Anne for her SHOWmanship (at least the illusion of it)!

Unfortunately, the original uploader of the Youtube video has already made it private, there is another one I found for the benefit of those who missed watching this spectacle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWItQneavtE