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Cont ents 12/13

[80]
KING OF
PARTIES
The legend speaks.

[90]
CAREER HIGH
Footballer to kid’s
book author.

[60] [92]
MY THAI STAGE STARES
FHM Thailand’s Girl Do not look into his
Next Door winner. eyes. Ever.

ON THE COVER
Vampy Bit Me wears lace bra and thong, by
Simone Perele. Stuffed toy hat, model’s own.
Art direction: Tony Law; Photography: Joel
Low; Styling: Cheryl Chan; Art direction
assistance: Dannii Choo; Photography
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[30]
BREATHE
EASY
With fashion for
all weather.

Fashion/Tech/Stuff
18 Opener We love red-hot
sneakers.
22 Snips The latest style
news that you can wear.
26 Grooming Gift sets
for men.
28 Opinion Animal prints:
Too loud for a tiger like you?
40 Sync More watches
to buy.
44 Hardware Only
the hottest for this
festive season.

Sorting out your

pleasure
[04] 86 Music DJ Alesso —
remember his name.
88 Games Addictive game.
88 DVDs Deep-sea monsters.
89 Blu-ray Blockbusters
90 Man Frank Lampard, an
The bit where you author? You bet!
come in 91 Sports The real
04 Talent Hello Ophelia Wan. fight club.
10 Nine Things… That 91 TV More good stuff
shouldn’t be scary but are. 92 Comedy Warning: Don't
12 Big Question Does look into his eyes…
everything tastes better 92 TV Catwalks and
with bacon? cat fights.
16 Men’s Essay Driverless car. 93 Books We love doodle.

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Words: Gladys Goh
Art direction: Pyron Tan
Photography: Kelvin Chia

Heart
Styling: Cheryl Chan

to Heart
FHM Models 2013 finalist Ophelia Wan spills the beans on men and dating.
Letters/
Party Time/
Countdown/
Big Question

TH E S ECTION YOU CONTROL

Lycra bikini, by Manggis.

Hair: REDS Hairdressing.

Makeup: Michelle
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Make Up For Ever.

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S
he’s a sweetheart but
catch her at a bad time
and she may not be as
friendly as she looks.
Luckily for us, we
caught Ophelia at a
great time, and even
scored tips on how to plan a
perfect date.

Tell us something interesting

about yourself.
I can be very sociable and anti-social at the
same time. When I’m alone or with my significant
other, I’ll be less friendly to everyone else.
However, if I’m out with my friends, I’ll project a
different personality!
What do you find sexiest about yourself?
My eyes because my lashes are really long even
without mascara.
What drink represents you?
I really like green tea; it’s low in calories and I
don’t like drinking water.
What is the worst way a guy has
introduced himself to you?
A guy once approached me dressed like a
beggar and each time he spoke, his saliva would
spit all over my face. I ignored him and walked
away. It was such a turn-off.
Describe your perfect date.
I’m very easily contented so as long as there’s a
fine dinner, it’ll do!
What’s the most unforgettable date you’ve
ever gone on?
My most unforgettable date is definitely the one
I had on my birthday. My boyfriend surprised
me with an all-expenses-paid trip to Hong
Kong. He even booked a residential suite and
brought me to Disneyland and Nu Ren Jie
(Ladies’ Market), my favourite!
Do you have any weird habits?
I’m a perfectionist and a clean freak. I love to
clean my stuff and have to bathe before going
to bed.
What would you be doing if you
weren’t modelling?
I’d always wanted to be an actress when
I was younger, and my friends always say I
could go and act because I’m very dramatic
and expressive!
What is the biggest sacrifice you’ve
had to make being a model?
I’ve had to sacrifice a lot of time, because
we have to always go for events, and some
of the events can be really last-minute.
If you could have a photo shoot with
anyone in the world, who would it be
and why?
G-Dragon, because I like pretty guys and
his look appeals to me. FHM

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 Talent

“My eyes are the

sexiest because
my lashes are
really long
even without
mascara.”

Lycra bikini,
by Bikini Star.

Opposite:
Lycra Maillot,
by Bikini Star.

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Managing Director Jessie Sng

Group Editor Corinne Ng
VP, Business Development & Operations,
Lesley Ngai

Editor’s
Letter
EDITORIAL
Editor Dennis Yin
2013 is drawing to a close, and what a blast Writer Janine Lee
we’ve had spreading good cheer through Editorial Administrator Farlinzah Mahmood

very-sexy girl spreads, very-useful man ART DESK

advice and anyone-will-find-’em-cool Creative Director Tony Law
Associate Creative Director Joan Lim
features. We’d also crowned a new FHM Associate Art Director Dannii Choo
Senior Designer Pyron Tan
Model, stamped our mark on local
highlights such as the Tokyo Auto Salon SUBS DESK
Singapore and First XI, as well as got the Chief Sub-Editor Jerena Ng
Executive Sub-Editor Heidi Yeo
thumbs-up from 150k (and counting) Senior Sub-Editors Tan Wei Lin, Caroline Francis

Facebook fans. Of course, there is always PHOTOGRAPHY

stuff that we can do better — and we will. Chief Photographer Steve Zhu
Executive Photographer Ealbert Ho
Looking ahead, 2014 promises more Senior Photographer Kelvin Chia
bottoms-up moments, with a few sure Photographers Roy Lim, Hong Chee Yan
Stylist Cheryl Chan
reader-approved announcements, but we’ll
leave it to the coming New Year to unveil CONTRIBUTORS
Words: Elena Lin, Gladys Goh, FHM UK
them. For now, let’s set our sight on the Thanks to: FHM UK, Avenue, Mannequin, Looque, Diva Models,
festive season with buxom cosplayer Phantom, Upfront Models, Eleganz and our FHM Models
finalists. We worked very hard to get the feature stories done,
Vampy Bit Me, who gets tongues wagging organise the shoots and sort out all the great gadgets and pop-
culture stuff for you to enjoy. There’s no need to read this section
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FHM Thailand’s Girl Next Door 2013 ADVERTISING
Head, Group Sales & Marketing Irene Lim
winner and Brit reality-TV darling Lucy Vice President Stephanie Tay
Mecklenburgh. Assistant Vice President Derek Tan
Senior Account Directors Xylia Lim, Priscilla Lim
And what is a year-end issue without a Account Director Celine Sim Szkon
Senior Account Managers Garant Pang Chee Seng,
look at the future? We put the spotlight on Calvin Wan, Tan Mui Kian
Nine Life-Changing Inventions and The Account Manager Clara Chan
Associate Account Manager
Next Big Sport: Competitive Gaming, plus Porter Christopher Andre Jin Xiang
Assistant Account Manager Charmian Choo
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legend Didi Hamann. To add: Support our AD ADMIN
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hottest ball players in our country.

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008 12/13
 Weird World

would’ve worked on paper. But the

result is pure nightmare fodder: A
disturbing vision of frozen-faced
half-people enacting a sickening
facsimile of life. Tack så mycket, Ikea.

05 Venus Flytraps
A brawl between you and a Venus
flytrap would be over pretty quickly:
You flick its little head off, The End.
But it’s hard not to witness one
murder a fly — by crushing the life
from it, then gobbling it like a
python — without getting the
total heebie-jeebies. It’s a
carnivorous plant — s**t don’t get
creepier than that.

04 Mould
We’re not talking about the green
spots you get on a fortnight-old loaf
— we’re talking about the sort of
fur-lined, burbling, kaleidoscopic
super-growth that probably has a
brain and a surname. It’s a steely

NINE THINGS THAT

man who can stare into a long-lost
coffee mug filled with fungus and not

SHOULDN’T BE SCARY
worry, just for a second, that it’s
going to leap out and attack him like
a Facehugger from Alien.

(BUT TOTALLY ARE) 03 Stupidly Loud Bikes

Once you’ve grown pubes and
started tertiary education, it’s no
longer acceptable to be frightened
Cellars Thanks to movies like The Conjuring, by loud noises. With one exception:

09
there’s no man on Earth who can descend into The sickening nneeoowwrrgh of a
a darkened cellar without getting the tummy 5,000,000cc super-bike flying past
wibbles, or exit it without jogging slightly at nine times the speed limit.
too quickly up the steps. We’re always half- Faced with that out-of-nowhere din,
convinced there’s going to be a murderous sex- all your panicked brain can think is,
maniac clown lurking down there, rather than “OMG a giant robot wasp from the
a broken exercise bike and an ironing board future is coming!”
from 1983.
02 Moths
What, pray tell, is the purpose of a
moth? Why, this wretched beast is
08 Henry Thia frozen maniacal grins and those little more than the butterfly’s evil
WORDS: JOE MADDEN AND JANINE LEE, PHOTO: TPG IMAGES/CLICK PHOTOS

Thia seems nice, and we really wish dead eyes — it’s hard to imagine twin; a hell-spawned mini-bat with a
him all the best with his cinematic that these figures weren’t sculpted heart of pure malevolence and
career. But look at him for a moment by the Devil himself. We also hear blackened wings of the devil’s own
— really look. Can you imagine him that staring too long into the eyes of cackling design. Plus, they move all
appearing at your window at 3am, a wax Tom Cruise will cause your crazy and it really freaks us out.
dead-eyed and grinning, calmly soul to start haemorrhaging. Good
scraping a knife along the glass? luck sleeping with that image
01 Cosy Country Pubs
If you couldn’t before, you probably burned into your retinas for the We blame The Wicker Man and An
can now. rest of eternity American Werewolf in London. It’s
impossible to enter an isolated rural
07 Wax Figures 06 Ikea’s One Room pub during your holiday without
Anyone who’s visited Madame Paradise Advert feeling like you’re going to gaze
Tussauds has found out the hard way Ikea’s recent ad campaign (YouTube around the walls and notice that, oh
that it’s always a good (and less it) was meant to depict a whimsical dear God, all the trophies are human
traumatising) idea to avoid tourist scenario in which a doll house heads. Then, suddenly, the doors
traps. Between bearing an comes to life, and the mother and lock — and the locals shuffle
unsettlingly eerie likeness to their son within get up to all kind of towards you, grinning and undoing
celeb human counterparts — their cheery hi-jinks. We can see how it their trousers…

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 Bacon Jelly Beans Baconnaise Bacon Hot Sauce
Bored with the usual jelly beans? Ruin your It sold 40,000 jars in its first six months of Set the world on fire with hot sauce laced with
sweet culinary experience with 70 of these. existence, and with backing from Oprah, does it smoky rashers. If not the world, then just the
Sayer: “Imagine a fire at a paint factory live up to the hype? roof of your mouth.
— this is what these smell like. The bad taste Sayer: “It smells like nice dog food — dog food Thomas: “Chilli sauce shouldn’t be messed
won’t go away either because they’re stuck right I’d consider eating. Shame it’s not bacony — it with. This is okay, but even a medium Nando’s
in my back teeth.” tastes like regular mayonnaise.” blows my head off.”
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FHM tries every swiney product available to see if bacon
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date with popcorn that tastes of sweet meat.
truly is the ingredient of champions. Sayer: “It’s definitely more sweet than bacony,
but that makes it way easier to eat loads of.
Luke Thomas, award- Chris Sayer, FHM
The This one is a proper winner.”
Panel winning 20-year-old UK editor and $5, www.portlebaypopcorn.com
head chef bacon lover

Bacon Soap Bacon & Cheese Bacon Sticks

Brushed teeth? Check. Showered? Check. Crick-ettes The bacon-in-bread partnership has been a
Rubbed scent of pig on your face? Er… They’re billed as the food of the future, so success since the dinosaur era, and these are
Sayer: “It’s definitely heavily scented, but with you may as well knock a few back now to no different.
flowers more than pig. It gets really stuck get the taste. Thomas: “When I make breadsticks, I keep
between the teeth, and doesn’t leave. My gosh, Thomas: “Crickets are quite tasteless. them simple; maybe Parmesan or seeds on the
it’s really not leaving.” Bacon and cheese ones don’t work.” outside. These, though, are fine.”
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 The Big Question

Gummy Bacon Bacon Frosting Bacon Mints

Uncle Oinker has a whole range of piggy Bacon cakes? Don’t be a madman. But A bacon mint. A bacon. Mint. Yep, it
products, but the dungareed porker has missed bacon frosting on top of a cake? It works! makes absolutely zero sense.
the mark here… It really works! Sayer: “This tastes like the smell of a
Sayer: “Strawberry flavour? Maybe a bin Thomas: “You’d need a really herby flavour grandma’s bathroom — sort of
bag that once had a strawberry in it. to serve this on. I’d probably experiment with a medicinal and, er, sort of odd. I don’t
Too plasticky. Nice and thick, though.” basil sponge.” want to eat a bathroom.”
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Because when you’re trapped in the Arctic According to the supplier, “heat-activated aroma Bacon Milkshake
tundra with the wind blistering your face, technology” means the scent of swine will last It’s not the stupidest thing we’ve heard
PHOTOGRAPHY: ANDY PARSONS. LUKE THOMAS IS THE CREATOR OF RETRO FEASTS DINER IN MAYFAIR (RETROFEASTS.COM)

the first thing you think of is pig fat. for hours. Oh, good. of, but it’s damn near up there
Sayer: “This has made my mouth really glossy. Thomas: “Why does this exist? I guess Sayer: “It’s delicious. The fruit holds up
Even water won’t wash it away. S**t, how can I it’d whet your appetite before breakfast… shave with just a hit of smoke from the bacon. Use a
get rid of this?” with it, then eat a bowl of eggs.” thin straw to avoid lumps of meat.”
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Ice Cream with Bacon Sprinkles Bacon Sandwich Bacon Candy

If it’s good enough for English celeb chef It’s the sandwich many households were Let’s face it: American candy isn’t all it’s
Heston Blumenthal, it’s good enough for built on, a staple for success. But how cracked up to be. Is this the sweet that’ll turn it
FHM. Hopefully… will it fare against the pretenders? all around?
Thomas: “Heston’s egg and bacon ice Thomas: “I love them. Cook your bread in Sayer: “These are really stressing me out
cream is better. He serves it with eggy bread the same griddle pan as the bacon to soak more because I don’t know what the taste is. It’s not
and strawberry jam.” flavour up and always add ketchup.” bacon, and it’s really hanging about.”
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 Party Time

GOLD
STANDARD
In the midst of F1 frenzy, the Johnnie
Walker Circuit Lounge struck gold
with a glitzy showcase.
The racetrack was not the only place with action
aplenty during the Singapore F1 weekend.
Several fancy invites-only parties painted the
town red, but one dazzled with the colour of gold.
An evening to remember, the Johnnie Walker
WORDS: DENNIS YIN. PHOTOS: JOHNNIE WALKER SINGAPORE AND GREG TAN

Circuit Lounge was a multi-sensorial celebration

of the high life, featuring performances by
graceful aerialists, a Grammy-award violinist and
crowd-moving DJs; plus an array of novel
cocktails inspired by Johnnie Walker Gold Label
Reserve and prepared by Diageo Reserve World
Class alumni bartenders. Thirsty guests sipped
concoctions such as a raspberry cocktail
solidified in liquid nitrogen and a warm cocktail
simmer at 60 deg C (torched before serving).
To round off the intoxicating night on a high,
guests who pledged to never drink and drive
using hashtag #imnotdriving received
complimentary rides home in luxurious SMRT
Chryslers. One elated partygoer was even given
a lift home by Formula-One racing legend Mika
Hakkinen, as part of Johnnie Walker’s Ultimate
Chauffeur Service.

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 DRIVERLESS CAR:
THE WORST-EVER
INVENTION
FOR MEN
Taking your hands off the wheel for good might cost you a hell of a lot
more than just an adrenaline rush.

WORDS: FHM UK. PHOTOS: CORBIS & TPG IMAGES/CLICK PHOTOS

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 Men's Essay

R
ight now, inside an unassuming While you might not take Brin’s prediction much more important than Fast & Furious-style
two-storey building in a small city in seriously, the car industry definitely does speed kicks at stake here. It’s the jobs.
California, a group of men and women — perhaps worried that Google will do to Former newspaper editor Will Hutton recently
are working on a project that will them what it did to poor old Ask Jeeves. wrote in UK’s The Observer that increased
cause a seismic shift in your life. Like most Nissan, Japan’s second-largest car maker, automation may mean the death of mass
workshops, they have lots of diagrams, fancy has just announced plans to put a driverless employment as we know it. Quoting Thomas
graphs and, no doubt, some really lovely looking car into production that will roll down Frey, a senior futurologist at the DaVinci Institute,
overalls. But that can’t distract from the truth that assembly lines by 2020. Audi, BMW, Volvo he lists taxi, bus and truck drivers as soon-to-be-
these great minds — geniuses in their fields and virtually every carmaker going are working extinct occupations — along with all forms of
— are out to destroy one of our greatest on similar prototypes. home delivery, waste disposal, traffic police,
pleasures in life. It all spells the beginning of the end for driving petrol station workers and more.
This is Google X, a secret facility run by the as we know it. The thrill of hurtling round a tight It’s the cold, hard future of an automated
search engine behemoths, and a few kilometres corner, then ploughing your foot down into the world that sci-fi films and novels never warned
down the road from the main Googleplex campus. straight; of whizzing down a countryside with us about. The dramatic dystopian destinies we
Behind its red brick walls, over 100 projects are one hand on the wheel and the other out the were sold by the likes of The Terminator and
rumoured to be on the boil, from the admirable window; of navigating tight lanes or endless The Matrix are looking increasingly like
(green energy from kites) to the improbable highways on a roadtrip. Those days are bulls**t. Yes, we’ll be run by machines, but
(invisible bike helmets), and yes, the much- numbered. These life-affirming experiences are we won’t be enslaved by them in jelly-filled
derided Google Glass — Internet-connected destined to become nothing more than cocoons or be all but wiped out by having our
specs that will be making an appearance on anecdotes we’ll repeatedly force on our own nukes turned against us. They’ll just be
streets everywhere imminently (see below left). grandchildren as we sit on our fat, futuristic a***s pouring our pints, fighting our wars, flying our
While a pair of high-tech glasses may do little in an autonomous car that’s delivering us slowly planes and driving us to MOM where we can
more than alter how we flirt or our ability to back to our geriatric containment facility. plead for work with employment agents
multitask on the toilet, there is another project That’s not to say Google’s project is not (automated ones, of course).
nearing fruition that has Google’s head honchos highly admirable in its intentions. Since the It’s already creeping in now, from self-service
twirling the pointed ends of their manicured facial world’s first recorded automobile death in check-outs to unmanned aerial vehicles
hair with glee: The driverless car. 1869 in Ireland, it’s reckoned that globally pulverising suspected terrorists in Afghanistan.
The prototypes look pretty much like any 1.2 million meet their fate on roads each year Meanwhile, on the sedate streets of
normal motor, with one crucial difference — that’s the equivalent of the 9/11 attacks Staffordshire, UK, a quiet buzz overhead could
— they’ve done away with the unreliable, happening every single day. Google claims that be a police drone searching for suspects and
error-prone bit of driving (you) and replaced it autonomous cars will not only reduce these saving on costly man-hours in the process.
with cameras and sensors that communicate figures, but eradicate road fatalities all together. But we can resist, and there’s no need to strip
with other vehicles to ensure it can pick you up Then there’s the huge reduction of emissions, an down to a sweaty vest or form a band of
from the pub, take you home, and park itself end to clogged, polluted city centres, and of freedom fighters do it. We can start small
without anyone getting bent round a lamp post. mind-numbing traffic jams. Getting anywhere — stick it to the automated man by brazenly
“You can count on one hand the number of will become quicker, safer and less stressful putting unexpected items in the bagging area at
years it will be before ordinary people can than ever before. the self-service check-out at NTUC FairPrice, by
experience this,” said Google’s co-founder So, in spite of all the good self-driving cars will boycotting staff-free ticket booths and by not
Sergey Brin recently, at the public signing of achieve, why are we still arguing that they’re a topping-up online or choosing to pay at the
a bill that allowed normal licensed drivers to bad thing? Surely no one can value the thrill of pump. And the next time you’re in a posh car,
test the cars on Californian roads. Similar screeching round a hairpin bend 16kmh over the think of your children and their future red-
trials will take place on British streets by the end speed limit more than the importance of saving blooded desire to belt inadvisably fast down the
of the year. human lives? The truth is, there is something CTE, and leave the cruise control well alone.

Google Glasses: You’d smile too if This is what the future looked Unmanned aerial
you’d made $60 billion in revenue like in 1999. vehicle.
last year.

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 Red Hot
UF F
CH /ST
TE
HI ON/

Confidence
FA S

Every man should own a pair of flamin’ sneakers.

Not only do they shout confidence, but careless
drivers will see you when the nights get darker…

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Saucony Grid
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TIPS

It’s scientifically
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testosterone levels
in the wearer, Huf Choice,
by Urbanindustry.co.uk.
making them more
likely to succeed
(creating the perfect
excuse to wear
trainers to work).

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RULE

THE
DOS &
Puma Blaze of Glory,
by Puma.com.
DON’TS
Avoid the pitfalls
of rocking red
shoes with these
five simple tips.

1
Do lace them
up simply
Banging in fluoro laces
is a step too far. Your
shoes are bold enough
without amping them
up further. Go for a
simple white or black
lace instead.

Lacoste Berrick,
by Asos.com. 2
Don’t over do it
Keep the rest of your
outfit subtle and let
your feet
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3
Do match
your colours
Choose trainers with a
secondary colour on
them — like the blue on
the Saucony pair — and
The Hundreds bring that colour into
Johnson mid, by the rest of your outfit.

4
Soleheaven.com.

Don’t go green
This colour combo is
always going to be
associated with
Christmas, so unless
Vans Vintage Old you’re gonna give
Skool, by Vans.com. us a present, avoid it
at all costs.

5
DC Unilite Flex, by
DCShoes-uk.co.uk.

Don’t leave them in

the sun
Left in direct light,
these puppies will just
fade. While we’re cool
with pink creps, we’d
rather buy them that
way to begin with.

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Step Up
Your
Game
The latest adidas gear maximises
your training and propels you to
your full potential.

365 TEE, $49

ADIC GRAPH TEE, $49

365 FZ-HOOD, $109

Defeat the Heat

The heat can’t touch you with the Clima365
range, designed to keep you ultra-cool, dry
and comfortable. Crafted in lightweight fabric
365 3/4 PANT WV, $69
that features Climacool+ technology, the
temperature of your gear stays low as you
train. The material also provides ventilation
and moisture management, wicking away ESS 3S F SH KN, $55
sweat and keeping air circulating freely, to
produce a cooling effect even in the hottest
conditions. Available in track tops, hoodies
and pants so you perform at your peak even
as the competition heats up.
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Rule the Tarmac

Featuring minimal construction with strong focus
on support and cushion, the adipure 360 trainers
provide all the physical benefits of barefoot
running, without putting additional strain on your
muscles. By mimicking the anatomical structure
of your feet, this shaved-down trainer minimises
the amount of material between you and the
road, resulting in more power being driven to the
foot during training. The decoupled midsole also
encourages flexible, natural motion for extreme CC A.T 360, $149
freedom of movement like no other.

ADIPURE TRAINER 360,

$139

PRIME FZ HOOD, $99

Kings of Comfort
Made from material that is softer and three times
more breathable than cotton, the Prime series
is designed as fuss-free workout gear that lets
you get down to business. Focused on comfort,
the range features anti-odour tees, shorts and
PRIME TEE, $29
hoodies outfitted with Climalite technology that
repels sweat, keeping your body dry. Available
in a variety of sporty colours for sportsmen who
care about their appearance as much as their
365 COOL SHORT, $69 clothing’s functionality.
 Dapper Leather
Italian leather accoutrements brand,
Araldi 1930 ups the luxury level of
leather goods with its fine

OR’S
craftsmanship and top-notch quality

EDITC
control. Implementing the Tamponato

PI K
technique, an exquisite art form of
tanning natural leather by hand, it
has produced flawless results
including the iconic hand-finished

Feelin’
organic look of unevenly shaded
leather, which gives depth and
texture. The way Barney Stinson
prides himself in suiting up, take

So Fly
things a step further and “leather up”
with the finest leather goods in town.

From Araldi 1930 at #02-26

Orchard Central.

If you’re not big on the military trend

because of overdone camo prints,
fret not because the NHIZ Fall/
Winter military-inspired Collection
ensures you’re not going to look like
you just booked out from camp.
Embellished with Neighborhood’s
signature skull head and eagle prints,
as well as other military emblems,
basic apparel transforms into
tasteful, easy-to-wear garments.
Complete the look with its black-
leather footwear with red interior
lining and a pair of aviators, and
you’re all set to fly.

From i.t Labels at #03-15

Wisma Atria.

The New Black

Blckchrm bags are like the black
DARK
TROOPER
troops of bagdom. They’re stealthy
looking, combat-ready and get the
job done. Equipped to resist the
on-going abuse of everyday life,
these tough guys are constructed
from military-grade truck tarpaulin
lining, hypalon exteriors and a panel
of leather. And much like every
badass in history has his battle
scars, these bags take on a
personalised touch as they start
showing wear. So bring on the next
apocalypse, because these babies
are here to stay.

From $200, www.blckchrm.com

022 12/13
 What’s Up, Doc?
In an epic throwback to the days
of Sunday-morning cartoons,
London-based cult label Lazy
Oaf teams up with Warner
Brothers to release the collection
we’ve all been secretly nostalgic
for. The Looney Tunes Fall 13
collection captures the maniacal
spirit of our childhood superstars
featuring crazed prints of Bugs,
Daffy, Taz and the rest of the
gang. Guaranteed to garner the
approval of any ’80s kid, rock In Time
these threads to up your street
cred by 256 points. Never be late for a meeting or date
again with classy timepieces from
$39 to $155, Actually at Clout 9. The new kid on the block at
313@somerset. Wheelock Place boasts an array of
choices from 13 international
designer labels with the likes of
Baby, It’s Cold Cerruti 1881, Kenneth Cole New York,
Outside Nixon and more. If you still can’t kick
the habit of being late with your newly
Whoever said you couldn’t wear bought watch, at least you’d be
pullovers in tropical climate is fashionably late.
proven wrong by Pull&Bear’s
latest launch of fleece pullovers. Clout 9 is at #02-08 Wheelock Place.
Whether it’s a plain hoodie or an
eye-catching patterned sweater,
these snuggly garments are all
you need this (hopefully) cold
December. And if the heat is too
unbearable to brave in your new
jazzy pullover, you can always stay
indoor with the A/C on full blast. A
cup of hot cocoa is recommended
to better simulate the “it’s cold out
there” experience.

From Pull&Bear boutiques.

Friends of Fred
The Fred Perry look can be spotted Flippin’ Fantastic
from miles away — the polo shirt,
twin-tipped details and, of course, its So you’ve already got tickets to the
laurel wreath logo. For AW13, it craziest beach party of the year, a
collaborated with other iconic labels neon tank that says “Beer Diet”, and
such as Gloverall, Corgi Socks, the stamina to party for 48 hours
Carradice, Sunspel, Tootal, George straight — and you’re all set for
Cox and London Undercover to put ZoukOut 2013 right? Negative. Not
together a complete outfit that’s until you get your hands on these rad
quintessentially Fred Perry. From Havaianas X ZoukOut 2013 flip-
socks with the original 1950s classic flops featuring electrifying glow-in-
polo shirt colour blocking, to a the-dark prints that scream “party
swanky umbrella with the distinctive animal”. To sweeten the deal, each
twin-tipped details, being decked pair comes with a special ZoukOut
head to toe in the same brand might commemorative pin and matching
not be such a bad idea after all. sling bag to dump all your party
essentials into when you want to get
From Fred Perry Laurel Wreath your mosh on.
Collection Shop, #03-08
Mandarin Gallery. $49.90, Havaianas stores.

12/13 000
023
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BY4001, From $480

BALLY
When a company has been around for 160 years, you know it must be
doing something right. Long-time producer of exquisite leather goods,
the luxe European style and vintage appeal of Bally is translated onto

CLASS
its eyewear collection in the form of sophisticated details — from
aviators with leather accents at the bridge and temple, to sportier
numbers embellished with its signature red-and-white Trainspotting
stripe. And as always, they are crafted with timeless elements such as
the Bally Crest and “Block-B” logo that are more likely to stand the
Crafted by gentlemen, for gentlemen. test of time than some of the wackier styles around.

BY4002, From $498 BY4004, From $410

BY4005, From $410 BY4007, From $618

BY4010, From $390 BY4008, From $390

 ADVE RTOR IAL

PORSCHE DESIGN
FOR MEN
Sporty, flexible and super tough.
At some point in life, you’ve either accidently sat down on your sunglasses
or decided it’d be a good idea to toss them into your gym bag without a
case — resulting in what now resembles scrap metal. Porsche Design
understands that men aren’t the most careful creatures, hence the
development of some seriously sweet shades that are built to last. The
P´8583, From $490
Autumn/Winter Collection sees a combination of flexible and lightweight
materials that make the frames resilient and comfortable, while the
shapes are elegantly sporty to match anything from a classy suit to a pair
of board shorts.

P´8566, From $360 P´8569, From $490

P´8554, From $490 P´8584, From $490

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White-washed
1) Aesop Intensity 2) Crabtree & Evelyn
Set, $130 Tarocco Orange,

Christmas
Best for fitness fanatics, Eucalyptus & Sage
this collection contains Duo, $55
post-workout goodness Lift your spirit with the
that revitalises and invigorating, citrusy scent
purifies. Set includes body of orange, bergamot and
cleanser, post-shave lotion neroli. Blended together
As festive-season essentials, these grooming and deodorant. with eucalyptus and sage,
sets contain everything you need to look the Tarocco Orange body
smashing. And the best part? They double as wash and moisturiser
keeps skin supple and
awesome last-minute gifts, too. deeply hydrated.

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4
5

6
WORDS: GALDYS GOH; ART DIRECTION: PYRON TAN; PHOTOGRAPHY: KELVIN CHIA

3) Sultans of Shave 4) Biotherm Homme 5) Kiehl’s Gift of 6) b.liv Ultimate 7) Victorinox Swiss
(SOS) Christmas Cigar High Recharge Asia Appreciation Set, $75 Hydration Liberator Army Classic Set, $89
Box Set, $159 Christmas Set, $81 Grooming is as easy as Set, $45 The only thing as sharp as
Hop on the organic Equip yourself for all parties singing “Jingle bells…” with Keep complexion dewy a Victorinox Swiss Army
bandwagon with this range with this anti-fatigue this invigorating facial and supple with this knife is this Victorinox
of hair-care (facial hair grooming set. Made with routine in a box. Efficient hydrating trio set. With Swiss Army Classic
included) products. The ginseng and oligo-vitamins, and energising, it not only hyaluronic powder, fragrance. With refreshingly
shampoo, conditioner, you can now eat, sleep, rave cleanses but also refreshes moisturiser and an over- spicy top notes and a
shaving cream, shaving jelly and repeat while still looking weary, lacklustre skin. Set night leave-on mask to combination of lavender,
and after-shave are made fresh-faced and recharged. includes facial wash, keep dry, flaky skin at bay, cypress and geranium,
from herbs, fruits and plant Set includes cleanser, toner, shaving cream, toner, and who needs Santa? masculinity for men is
extracts. Set includes moisturiser and eye gel. moisturiser. encapsulated in a perfume
shaving brush, badger brush bottle inspired by the
and $50 SOS voucher. army knife.

12/13 027
 How HERON!
OPIN
I

do my
animal AUDREY, 19 WENG YAN, 17

prints
Maybe if they tone it down with If girls can wear animal prints,
some black or white, but I still why can’t guys? I think they
think guys who wear animal are okay and look fine when
prints look gross. paired with pants or jeans.

look?
(She’ll let you know…)
These flashy prints are bold and will get you
noticed for sure − but is it the right kind of
attention? FHM finds out what the ladies think.
WEI HAO, 20 MARYSS, 17
It’s all right for guys to wear printed Not many guys will wear animal
Harry Styles’
animal instinct. clothes, but animal prints are too prints and not a lot of guys can
fanciful. They should just stick to actually pull off animal prints
patterns like Aztec prints. without looking gay.

MHARYA, 19 MARIANN, 25
It’s pretty daring for guys to pull off I think animal prints are only for
the look. But I don’t think they should girls, and guys should just
INTERVIEW & PHOTOGRAPHY: GLADYS GOH; PHOTO: TPG IMAGES/CLICKPHOTOS

overdo it, maybe just an animal print continue wearing more basic
top and a plain bottom. stuff like a plain top with jeans.

ABIGAIL, 21 ASHLEY, 19
It’s too bold and too loud. I Someone who wears animal prints is
would prefer guys to wear very flamboyant; too “out there” for my
something that’s more liking. I’m fine only if it’s small details
smart casual. like the trimmings or shoe insole.

028 12/13
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 Art direction: Dannii Choo
Photography: Kelvin Chia
Styling: Cheryl Chan

Strong
Looks for
All Weathers
Nothing can stop us from looking our
best — not even the hazardous haze,
burning heat, drowning downpours or
hurricane winds.
 FA S H I O N

Camouflage print sweatshirt

and cotton twill pants, both by
Neighbourhood x Izzue from I.T.

Opposite: Cotton long

sleeved top with
paisley bandana panel,
by Izzue from I.T.
Cotton sweatpants, by
Club Monaco. Leather and
nylon high-top sneakers, by
Puma by Mihara Yasuhiro.

Styling assistance: Margarita

Martinez. Grooming: Sha
Shamsi/9628-7035 using M.A.C
and Sebastian Professional Hair
Products. Model: Adam B/Ave.
FA S H I O N

Cotton/linen polk-dot
shirt with plaid cuffs
and paisley-print
cotton shorts, both
by Springfield.
Cotton T-shirt, by
Neighbourhood x Izzue
from I.T. Mirrored
sunglasses, by Topman.

Opposite: Striped
cotton tank top and
mirrored sunglasses,
both by Topman.
 FA S H I O N

Nylon parka, by
Neighbourhood x Izzue
from I.T. Nylon motorcycle
jacket, by J. Lindeberg.
Cotton shirt, by Springfield.
Jeans, by Uniqlo.

Opposite: Zombie-print
nylon raincoat, by Puma.
Nylon hoodie, by Calvin
Klein Jeans. Cotton
pants, by Puma by
Hussein Chalayan.
 FA S H I O N

Nylon raincoat, by Puma by

Hussein Chalayan. Cotton
canvas parka, by Topman.
Embossed tweed blazer and
linen shirt, both by
J.Lindeberg. Cotton pants,
by Calvin Klein Jeans.
Cotton knit polka-dot tie,
by Club Monaco.

Opposite: Waxed cotton

trenchcoat with chambray
panels, by Izzue from I.T. Wool
blazer, by Club Monaco.
Vintage-print cotton shirt,
by Uniqlo. Embossed tweed
pants and leather boots, both
by J. Lindeberg.
NAUTICA TI M E PI ECE S S PECIAL

1 3

Join the
Marine
Snap on a NAUTICA timepiece and brave the ocean deep .
 When it comes to finding the right fit,
Nautica’s line of masculine watches is
the ideal choice for men who understand
sports and style.
For an action-inspired timepiece, wear a
Nautica BFD 105 Chrono. The collection
combines earthy colours with well-defined
design elements, such as oversized hour
markers that offset contrasting dials and
perfectly positioned chronograph indicators,
giving it a look of precision associated with
military gear.
If it’s unique details that matter, the Nautica
NST 15 Chrono features interlocked subdials
with the middle eye overlapping the adjacent
5 indicators; this creates an engaging geometric
pattern that centres the design.
Prefer something that truly exemplifies the
nautical theme? The Nautica NST 17 Multi
(with nylon strap) is probably your best bet.

1. NST 15 Chrono, $359.

2. NST 15 Chrono, $389.
3. BFD 105 Chrono, $299.
4. NST 17 Multi, $299.
5. BFD 105 Chrono, $339.
6. BFD 105 Chrono, $299.

Nautica watches are available

at Nautica Boutiques, OG
Orchard Point and People’s
Park, Tangs Orchard and
VivoCity, Metro Sengkang
and authorised retailers.
 Holiday Countdown
Wait no more; give yourself the gift of time this festive season.

OR’S
EDITOICE
CH

Enjoy dual time zones in a scratch- Essential time gear for Big and pointy in the right
resistance case. Rado HyperChrome speedsters. Luminox Limited place. Longines Avigation
UTC, $4,990. Rado boutique and Edition Tony Kanaan Valjoux Oversize Crown, from $3,420,
authorised retailers. Automatic, $4,264, Tangs. Longines boutiques.

WORDS: DENNIS YIN

Celebrate the re-launch of a A great leisure-diving An all-terrain watch for all wrist
footwear icon with this handy companion that looks just types. Nixon The 48-20 Chrono P
accessory. Adidas Stan Smith as good on dry land. Tissot (A2781426), $659, Nixon at Ion
Limited Edition Watch, $1,010. PRC200 Chronograph, $710, Orchard, Tangs, Robinsons and
Adidas Originals stores. Tissot boutiques. other authorised retailers.

040 12/13
 See time differently; it does triple- A tough watch for tough guys. Police Just enough glitter that can still be
duty as a wristwatch, a table Raptor, $375, Clout 9 at Wheelock Place, filed under “masculine”. Kenneth Cole
clock and a pocket watch. Calvin Metro at City Square, OG at Orchard Point Rock Out (IKC9286), $245, Clout 9 at
Klein Exceptional, $440, Tangs, and People’s Park, Robinsons at Jem and Wheelock Place, Metro at City Square,
Robinsons The Centrepoint and The Centrepoint, Takashimaya, Tangs OG at Orchard Point and People’s Park,
Raffles City and Takashimaya. and selected City Chain stores. Robinsons, Takashimaya, Tangs and
selected City Chain stores.

A bright (and strong) new face in the local Get into the holiday mood Simple yet ridiculously stylish. Komono
watch retail scene. Offshore Limited with this cheery timepiece Magnus Black Cognac, $149.50, Tangs,
Force 4 Shadow, $800, check out Swatch Red Knit, $167, Alcoholiday at Orchard Cineleisure,
www.toggle.sg/shop for promo deal. Swatch boutiques. Cumulus and Define Happiness.

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Underwater Fix
Go deep with the right watch — choose the Luminox Deep Dive
Automatic series.

Scott Cassell Deep Dive

Automatic, $2,991
This sturdy timepiece features all the
essentials that make keeping time
underwater an effortless task —
500m water resistance, a
continuously glowing (Luminox
Light Technology); high-contrast
dial that keeps the watch visible in
the murkiest depths; and a
polyurethane strap with an extension
for use over a wetsuit. And to honour
its namesake, marine conservationist
Scott Cassell, its dial is marked with the
Sea Wolves (Cassell’s anti-poaching
unit) emblem, while the case back
depicts Cassell’s submarine.

Super-LumiNova Deep Dive

Automatic, $2,991
This pro-diver’s choice with 500m water
resistance, helium release valve and Professional
Divers Norm ISO 6425 certification, offers
unparalleled visibility during night dives. This is
made possible through two innovative luminous
technologies — Luminox Light Technology
(continuous glow for 25 years) and Super-
LumiNova on the indices.

Mariner BlackOut,
$895-$1,760
This masculine collection may be awash in black,
but telling time is still easy due to its tone-on-
tone look and the Luminox Light Technology that
glows in indigo blue.

Luminox watches are available at TANGS

Orchard and VivoCity, Robinsons Orchard and
Centrepoint, OG Orchard Point, and other
authorised watch retailers.
 Hot Metal
Star buys for the holidays.

Braun Cool Tec

Why’s it good? Literally taking the
heat off shaving is this breakthrough
dry shaver. It reduces shaving irritation,
such as burning, itching, redness and
skin tension, by cooling the skin during
the grooming process. Creative Aurvana
Gimme: $289-$369 (depending on Platinum Wireless Headset
model); authorised retailers. Why’s it good? When black, white or red just doesn’t make the cut
anymore, choose brown. This premium headphone also comes with Near
Field Communication (NFC) connectivity, ShareMe capability (links two
headsets to a single device) and Active Noise Cancellation.
Gimme: $399; sg.store.creative.com and authorised retailers.

Olympus Stylus Tough TG-2

Why’s it good? A tough camera for active men — or
guys who are just plain clumsy. It’s waterproof to 15m,
freeze-proof to -10 deg C, and shock-proof to 2.1m.
Also equipped with essential features for outdoor
photography, super-macro mode, GPS and
electronic compass.
Gimme: $568; authorised retailers.

A-Jays Five
Why’s it good? It’s the world’s first
earphones aimed at enhancing the
smartphone experience. Enjoy high-
quality music with tangle-free cables
in three distinct versions, each made
to match your iOS, Windows and
Andriod devices.
Gimme: $138; Challenger,
Robinsons, Isetan, OG Orchard,
HMV, Harvey Norman, Gain City,
LG Curved OLED TV SingTel Hello shops, Apple
Why’s it good? Like having an Imax screen in your living room, resellers and other authorised
this 4.3mm-thin, gently curved 55-inch flat-screen TV offers a retailers.
WORDS: DENNIS YIN

different dimension to your home-entertainment experience.

Gimme: $14,999; Audio House at Liang Court), Best Denki at
Ngee Ann City, Courts Megastore, Gain City at Marina Square,
Harvey Norman at Millenia Walk and Mega Discount Store at
Kallang Leisure Park.

044 09/13
 Philips
WardrobeCare
Integrated Ironing
System GC9940
Why’s it good? Okay, so we do our
own ironing… No shame in that. Get
this easy-to-store, all-in-one ironing
system that makes the chore a
breeze. Its unique OptimalTEMP
technology lets you iron any fabric
without having to change
temperature settings.
Gimme: $3,988; Tangs.

Lenovo Yoga Tablet

Why’s it good? It’s amazing how a seemingly
simple design tweak changes the way a gadget
can be used. Lenovo’s latest tablet features hold,
tilt and stand modes that offer a better way to
read, browse, watch and interact with content. But
it isn’t just a cosmetic improvement; Yoga’s battery
lasts up to 18 hours and you can use the tablet to
charge your smartphone, too.
Gimme: $449 (8-inch), $549 (10-inch);
authorised retailers.

Dell XPS 12
Convertible Ultrabook
Why’s it good? Transform your laptop into a tablet without
having to unplug its keyboard from the main frame — just swivel
the touchscreen and flip down the device.
Gimme: From $1,799; authorised retailers.

SodaStream Source Slash Signature

Why’s it good? Make your party tipple extra special with Rosso Corsa Les Paul
this fizzy-drink maker. All you need is water (tap or filtered) Why’s it good? You may not play like one of rock’s
and flavoured concentrates (available in packs), and it’s hottest riffers, but you can strike a pose like him with
good to drink. Plus, it reduces your carbon footprint. this Slash-approved six-string baby in dashing red.
Gimme: $298; authorised retailers. Gimme: $4,300; Swee Lee Music Company.

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 Words: Janine Lee
Art direction: Tony Law

Dressed
Photography: Joel Low
Styling: Cheryl Chan

to
Thrill
FHM finds out how celebrity cosplayer
Vampy Bit Me is bringing all our geeky
fantasies to life.

I
t’s an irrefutable fact sexy cosplayers like some alone time with to three costumes a month. I wake
that second to sex Linda Le (otherwise the talented woman to up and go to sleep thinking about
and a sandwich, known as Vampy Bit see what lies under costumes — it’s pretty much my life.
guys really like Me) are giving that latex. How’d you get the name
comic books and previously 2D “Vampy”?
video games. And characters a run for Hello Vampy, why did you I don’t really like the name, but my
sure, while plot, their money. But aside decide on Psylocke for your friends have been calling me that
action and violence are from being just a hot first FHM shoot? for years because I don’t sleep at
all essential components girl dressed as your I love Psylocke; it’s a costume I night. I’m nocturnal, so I figured I
that fuel this universal favourite anime feel fits me the most and she’s might as well keep it.
love, there is one other character, Vampy is been my favourite character since What was the first costume
aspect that stokes the also a prominent figure I was 12. Also, she’s a ninja and I you made?
fires. From Lara Croft to in the US comics love ninjas so I had to wear her. I It was Rainbow Brite and then
Jean Grey, it’s the feisty, convention circuit, have many versions of Psylocke, I did some GI Joe stuff, because
weapon-wielding costume designer, too; I make all the costumes that my mum would dress us up as
heroines in their barely mega-fan of comics, she has, including every new boy characters, it was really weird.
there outfits that have and could probably version that comes out. My mum liked to dress up her kids
captivated men for beat you in more than How long do you take to make in silly outfits, and that kind of
decades — and probably a few video games. a costume? stuck with me ever since. She
starred in many of your While here for the It depends; some of my crazier also taught me how to sew when
teenage fantasies. Singapore Toys Games ones can take six months to a I was four years old, and that’s
Now with the rise of and Comics Convention year. I work round the clock and what spawned this whole interest
cosplay and fandom, 2013 recently, FHM got this is my passion, so I make two in costumes.

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Costume, model’s own.

Art direction
assistance: Dannii Choo;
Photography assistance:
Alfie Pan; Hair: Alicia
Tey/Mosche Hair Salon.
 VAM PY B IT M E

What was the most ambitious to wear, so I have full control. This is Have you ever cosplayed as a tape. What can I say? Well-made
character you’ve played? something I’m really passionate male character? costumes. I try!
Morrigan from Darkstalkers — she’s about and I get to do it for work. I’ve done Vegeta from Dragon Ball. I Does a guy need to be a huge
a succubus with green hair. That What’s the weirdest thing a fan wore a wig and teased it to make it fan of anime or video games to
one was ambitious because I had to has asked you to do while in stick really high up. Then I had to stand a chance with you?
build the armature around my waist costume? push my boobs down and tape Yes, because otherwise they
for her wings, and make her wings I always get the ones that want me them. I play both guy and girl wouldn’t understand a word I am
look natural so you couldn’t see the to “kill” them in a photo, like slit their characters but I prefer male saying. I think I connect with people
joints. It hurt as I wore it and, throats; when I have a sword, they characters. I like their designs who are fans the most, because it’s
sometimes, I had to wear it for six want me to decapitate them while better; it looks cooler. my life. If I say something and they
hours at a go. Since there were so they feign a pained look. I don’t Does it ever bother you that don’t get it, there’s no
many elements to that costume, I really feel comfortable doing that tons of strange guys are taking communication. And also if they
also had to make sure each piece but I do it anyway because it’s what photos of you? didn’t like these things, I couldn’t
looks good and was not falling off fans want. As long as they don’t touch me, it’s bring them to shows. They would
constantly. I love that costume the And the oddest costume fine! I don’t think it’s that strange, hate it and I’d feel very sad for them.
most, it took me about seven request you’ve received? because if I saw something They don’t have to be super-nerdy
months, working 10 hours a day, to It’s always the sexier ones with interesting, I would take pictures of — but kind of nerdy is good.
construct. It was like a full-time job, barely any clothes on. It’s not super it, too. If you had no choice, would you
with unpaid overtime! odd but the almost-naked Kasumi Since you practically live in rather cosplay as Spongebob
Are you paid for your trouble? from Dead or Alive. I understand costume, what do you do on Squarepants or a frankfurter?
In the beginning, I wasn’t hired but Psylocke doesn’t wear many clothes Halloween? Spongebob! I’m already thinking
now it’s become like my job. The either but the ones I get requests I stay home and give out candy to about how I would make the
comics and game conventions hire for are not very strong women, and I kids; it’s like my day off. And my costume. It’s kind of creepy. I’ll do it
me to work but I still get to pick my don’t really connect with that. friends ask me to help with their someday and send FHM photos.
costumes and choose what I want So you only cosplay characters costumes, too. Do you travel with a bodyguard
you have a connection with? What do you do outside of to avoid harassment?
Oh, definitely; the ones that I cosplay? I usually have an escort with me, but
like, and who are strong I’ve got a clothing line, with rocker I think a lot has to do with the way
or kickass. clothes called Fiend or Foe. I also you carry yourself. As long as you
design Vampy character toys so I know not to get too close, then
have a few coming out. It’s the “art” nothing will happen. And it helps
life, very creative. that I’m always playing a badass
When you’re not in costume, character carrying a weapon, so
you dress like a rock chick? people know not to mess with me.
Yeah, I pretty much wear T-shirts These conventions can go on
that I’ve ripped up, every day. for pretty long, have you ever
Ever had a wardrobe considered making a costume
malfunction? with hiding places for snacks?
My wig always falls off; other I’ve done it. Sometimes I have belts
than that, I’ve never really and accessories like that, and I’ll put
had any major issues. food in them. So I pretty much eat
Everything’s kept while I’m in costume.
together with In a complicated costume, do
lots of you take ages to use the
bathroom?
When you have to go, you have to
go. I usually just ask someone to
help me undo the zipper in the back
and I’m good to go! FHM

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 Stuffed toy hat, by
Otaku House. Lace
panties, by Chalone.

Opposite: Lace bra and

lace thong, both by
Simone Perele.

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“To stand a
chance with
me you don’t
have to be
super -nerdy
— but kind
of nerdy
is good.”
 “I’m always
playing a
badass
character
carr ying a
weapon, so
people
know not
to mess
with me.”

Stuffed toy hat,

model’s own.

Opposite:
Stuffed toy hat,
stylist’s own.

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WIN!
This
autographed
feline head
gear worn by Vampy Bit Me during
her photo shoot. Visit Singapore FHM
Facebook page for more info.
 INVENTIONS THAT
ARE ABOUT TO
CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Your food, your car, your dreams and, most importantly,
your sex life are about to be transformed forever.
Welcome to the future.
Words: Matt Blake, additional reporting: Bob Palmer
Illustrations: [email protected]

Y
our grandad grew up in simpler cloud. If he’d had the power to see into the
times. Sure, there were future when he was your age, his mind
crumbling empires and world- would have been blown. Now it’s your turn.
scarring wars, but he never had FHM spoke to some of the best and
to “unfriend” an ex, retrieve a dropped brightest minds in science and technology
phone from the toilet or sync his to discover how a day in your life will
gramophone collection to some kind of unfold when tomorrow comes…

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1.
CONTACT
LENSES
THAT
LET YOU
CONTROL
YOUR
DREAMS
Your alarm goes off. Monday
morning, 7am.
Moments earlier, you were
relaxing on a sun-drenched
Caribbean beach, sipping cocktails
as you sifted the white sand with
your toes. It’s your favourite dream.
And you chose it specifically
before going to bed using “active
contact lenses”.
Sitting in your eyes just like a
normal pair of contact lenses,
these fire three tiny lasers into your
retinas via a micro-mirror, beaming
high-resolution images into your
brain. Before going to sleep,
you had downloaded the beach
scene from an online dream
database containing innumerable
templates, from famous battles to
space travel to FA Cup finals.
“These are already being
developed,” says futurologist Dr Ian
Pearson, who first came up with
the concept for active lenses all
the way back in 1991. “In the
future, you will be able to play
video into your eyes while you
sleep to influence your dreams.
“You will even be able to play
the images to your girlfriend and
share dreams with her. Of course,
how you each interpret those
images will be up to your
subconscious, but it will at least
give you something to talk about
over breakfast.”

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 3. BOX
THAT
MEANS
YOU WILL
NEVER
HAVE TO
COOK A
MEAL
AGAIN

With no milk in the fridge, cereal is out of the

question. But you can always print out a fry-up
instead. Sam Cervantes, founder of start-up
Solidoodle, has designed the world’s first
affordable home 3D printer. In short, he’s a man
who can make anything. Using a digital
blueprint, an object is formed by squirting

2. DEVICE THAT TURNS droplets of plastic layer by layer via a carefully

controlled inkjet nozzle.
YOUR HOME INTO ITS “If you can squeeze it into a syringe, I can
print it,” the one-time aerospace engineer tells
OWN COMPUTER us at his factory in Brooklyn, New York. “You
want a printer that can print you a hamburger?
It’s possible. Just give me a year.” The principle
has been around for more than a decade, and
You climb out of bed and shuffle zombie-like into You point at the kitchen cabinet and say, “TV has already been used to create jewellery, toys,
the kitchen. First, you want to see the morning’s news.” Immediately, CNA materialises on that very furniture, cars and even parts of a gun.
news headlines and check your e-mails. In the spot, beamed from projectors mounted on the US scientists have also developed a “3D
future, there’s no need for a television or ceiling. Tiny cameras inside them sense your bioprinter” able to print raw beef, squirting
computer. Your home already is one. movement, knowing exactly where you want the hundreds of thousands of live cells (“bio-ink”),
“Imagine pulling up information anywhere you screen to be. It follows you around the room as you which fuse to form living tissue. “I see a future
wanted — on a table, a wall, anywhere you go,” investigate what’s for breakfast, then you swipe it where every home has a 3D printer,” says
says Mark Rolston, chief creative officer for away with a wave of your arm, Tony Stark-style. Cervantes. “I want the world to embrace the
design firm Frog, whose RoomE concept does “We have spent the last 20 years adjusting to Star Trek view of the future, an all-inclusive
exactly that. “So the house, office, building or city computers,” says Rolston. “They are good enough world-view where we employ technology to
is the computer.” now that they can adjust to us.” create, not to destroy.”

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4. CAR THAT
DRIVES YOU
TO WORK
WHILE
YOU NAP
“In the future there’ll be a network of self-drive
cars that you simply book; they’ll arrive and
take you where you want,” says Martin Spring,
the Lancaster University professor who
co-authored a paper on the potential of
self-driving cars. Because they’re run from a
centralised network, you’ll never crash, never
have to find a parking spot and never be
caught in traffic again.
“When you remove the need for someone to
sit there driving, you can completely rethink
what a ‘car’ is,” says Spring. “You won’t need a
driving seat, a steering wheel or any driving
paraphernalia whatsoever. Instead, you’ll be
able to get dressed in the car as it whisks you
to work, guided by cameras, lasers and GPS
maps downloaded from the Internet as you go.”

5. TATTOO
THAT TURNS
SKIN INTO A
COMPUTER
SCREEN
After a breezy journey, you pull up at your office.
Your workplace looks nothing like today’s offices.
6. ONE-PIECE SUIT THAT
There are no monitors, in-trays or papers to leaf
through. Instead, send e-mails, surf the Net or
GIVES YOU SUPER-HUMAN
draw up a spreadsheet on the surface of your arm.
Silicon-silk membranes will turn your body into
STRENGTH
a potential computer screen through miniscule
LED circuit boards implanted beneath the skin.
“Our devices are about the thickness of a hair On your lunch break, you want to get out of the “Electroactive polymers can combine with soft
and can laminate onto the skin surface, so you office, so you slip into your power suit and hit electrodes so when you apply a voltage, they
won’t even feel it’s there,” says Illinois University the local park. Electroactive polymer muscles in change shape and size, turning electrical energy
professor John Rogers, who has led development future-tech clothing are five times stronger into mechanical motion like a human muscle,”
of implanted electronic membranes that transmit than natural ones, giving you super-human says Federico Carpi, professor in biomedical
medical data, such as blood pressure or blood strength. Imagine leaping between buildings, engineering and biomaterials at London’s Queen
sugar. “We could even build an epidermal fuel cell hammering nails into walls with your bare Mary University. “This tech is gaining momentum
that would operate on glucose, so all you need to hands or kicking a football 1km — all without and I think the next few years are really going to
do is eat food to power your device.” breaking a sweat. see some changes.”

COUNTDOWN TO THE FUTURE

3D printer Driverless Synthetic RoomE Augmented Electronic Active contact Strength Active
car alcohol reality tattoo lenses suit skin

NOW 2-3 YEARS 3 YEARS 4 YEARS 5 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS 10 YEARS 10 YEARS

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THAT
ENSURES
YOU NEVER
HAVE
ANOTHER
HANGOVER
AGAIN
It’s 6pm: Time to go home. But you were 8. SPECS THAT TELL YOU
reprimanded by your boss for not CCing him on
an important e-mail to a client and now all you ABOUT A GIRL BEFORE
want to do is go to the pub. Unfortunately you
have to give a presentation first thing tomorrow YOU EVEN ASK HER OUT
morning. Not to worry. Synthetic booze is at hand.
Scientists at Imperial College London are ON A DATE
closing in on a formula for synthetic alcohol that
will get you almost as sozzled as regular booze
without the side effects. All you need to do at the Four beers later, and your eyes are being drawn programme your appearance to be however you
end of the night is to pop a pill to sober up. increasingly towards the girls in the pub. How want it: You can wear virtual jewellery, virtual
“The aim is to swap ethanol for something less many of them, you drunkenly ponder, are single? clothes, even give yourself a virtual six-pack or
toxic,” says professor David Nutt, who leads the So you slip on your augmented reality (AR) have butterflies flitting around your head…
development team. “It’s mad to think that people glasses — think Google Glass on steroids — and Just as long as people around you keep their
drink something so toxic that [artist] Damien Hirst survey the bar. Instantly, your world morphs into glasses on.”
pickles cows in it.” a dazzling array of data and graphics, like the Out the corner of your eye, you spot a pretty
Professor Nutt is even looking for ways to make Terminator after too much wine. But instead of babe standing at the bar. Facial-recognition
alcohol less addictive and remove the part that killing, you just want to love. technology makes her Facebook profile instantly
makes drunks want to fight. “You’d be able to have “The possibilities of AR are endless,” says pop up next to her, telling you her interests,
as many drinks as you like, then take an antidote futurologist Dr Pearson. “Your device will link to hobbies and relationship status. You decide to
and drive home safely within 10 minutes,” he adds. everyone else’s via a wireless network, so you can “poke” her from across the room.

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THE FIVE LIFE-

CHANGING
INVENTIONS…
…that changed nothing.

Philips CD-i (1991)

A next-gen console before its time,
the powerful Phillips CD-i was meant
to revolutionise gaming and steal the
market away from Nintendo and
Sega. Unfortunately, its release was
met with overwhelmingly negative
reviews that criticised its price,
games and controls. Best stick to
electric toothbrushes.

SEGWAY (2001)
Steve Jobs once claimed the
Segway was “as big a deal as the PC”.
Cue much disappointment when it
was unveiled as nothing more than
a sluggish, gimmicky micro-scooter
for adults — not to mention its eye-
watering price tag and the fact that
it wasn’t even legal for use on
most roads.

BETAMAX (1975)
VHS’s main contender in the
video-cassette market, Betamax,
was rolled out as the next big thing

9. GADGET THAT by Sony. But despite tech experts’

view that Betamax was superior to

ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE its rival in many ways, manufacturing

costs and the porn industry’s
THE BEST SEX EVER… preference for VHS saw the format

WITH SOMEONE WHO IS

fall by the wayside.

MILES AWAY RABBIT MOBILES (1992)

Rabbit was an early
telecommunications network that
allowed subscribers to carry phone
It’s midnight. Things have gone well with the girl That’s right, he’s talking about sex. You handsets around with them and make
at the bar, but she says she’s got to get up early download the girl’s details from the flash drive outgoing calls when they were within
and can’t come back to yours. Instead, she and — like a physical phone call — throw 100m of a Rabbit transmitter. Just
suggests you meet up later when you both get yourself hard-drive-first into a night of 10,000 of these phones were sold and
home. She hands you a flash drive and sashays “e-passion”. This feels no different to a regular the network folded after 20 months.
off into the night. one-night stand — the only difference being that
Back at your flat, you turn on your “active skin”. you’re on opposite sides of the city. SMELL-O-VISION (1960)
These are microscopic capsules that sit between When it’s finished, you pop your active lenses
In the 1950s, people began to look for
nerve endings wherever on your body you choose. back into your eyes, programme a dream and
the next big thing in the growing world
They can pick up the electromechanical waves doze off to the gentle hum of self-drive cars
of cinema. Step forward Smell-O-
sent between nerve cells and record them, outside. And before you know it, you’re back
allowing you to play back physical sensations from on that Caribbean beach, sipping mojitos with Vision. Widely regarded as one of the
the past or experience new ones remotely. your grandad. worst ideas of all time, the distracting
“Active skin will let you literally feel something “All of this may sound like something cooked and unpleasant nature of the scents
that isn’t there,” says Dr Pearson. “You’ll be able to up in a smoke-filled Hollywood boardroom, but being pumped into the cinema meant
record sensations and replay them, whether it’s this kind of technology is closer than you think,” that Smell-O-Vision never made it past
shaking hands with a business partner or says Dr Pearson. “We are heading towards a its first film.
something altogether more sensual.” tomorrow that has endless possibilities.” FHM

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Styling
assistance:
Hongsarot
Deeglun.

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Photography: Gasalong Kumjing
Styling: Chanchayathit Jannoy

The Thai
That Binds
FHM Thailand’s Girl Next Door 2013 winner, Nuch Nantapak
Polwarattana, is an instant hit with her spunky look and
sexual instincts. But it’s her friendly disposition that has men
blown away.

How does it feel to be feedback from the spectators the fun. Some even want to two-and-a-half years on the
crowned FHM Thailand Girl during the final. “battle” me. social-networking service,
Next Door (GND)? Why did you opt for the What sort of dance moves? Multiply. He’d post messages
I’m shocked — totally dazed and spunky look? The Harlem Shake or Gangnam like how he missed or loved me
confused. It’s such an I wanted to change my Style! [ Laughs ] It should be — okay if it was part of a
overwhelming moment. appearance holistically. When dancing that makes someone so fan-club posting. But he stalked
Why did you decide to join you’ve done something like this, impressed he wouldn’t take his me even before I’d won the
the Girl Next Door contest? not only do you change the way eyes off me. GND contest. I didn’t even know
I felt that it was a good challenge. you look, but it also boosts your Have you made the first move until a photographer I worked
People have always thought of confidence. on a guy? with alerted me on it. The
me as a conservative girl; there’s What’s your poison of choice? Yes. It was quite embarrassing. I messages were weird and
no way to show my sexiness. I love wine, both white and red. saw this guy that had everything I’m freaky — “Why don’t you come
Why do think the panel of But I usually stick to white, looking for in a partner, and I didn’t to see me as promised?” and
judges unanimously voted because just two glasses of red want to miss the chance. So I “I’m your f**king boyfriend, how
you the winner? wine would make me totally walked up to him and said, “Do you dare you treat me like this?” It
Probably because of my sloshed. want to woo me? Because I do.” gave me the creeps.
confidence, plus hard work and How much white wine can Fortunately, he took my bait! How did you handle the
practice — I gave everything I you drink before you go under Do you have any of groupies or situation?
had to the competition. the table? followers? I answered one of his messages,
How confident were you Four to Six… Bottles. Yes. We did a number of road but it just got him more frazzled.
about winning the title during What! shows leading up to the final and, Eventually, I just blocked him
the final moments on stage? Seriously, I can drink all night long each time, there’d be a lot of from my page!
I was 80 per-cent sure that I’d without getting drunk, especially people who’d scream and vote for What if that freaky guy was
win, but when you’re on stage, with seafood. me. It’s quite surprising, especially actually your real boyfriend?
you have to be 100 per-cent Can you describe yourself for a girl with short hair. Huh? Are you just kidding me?
confident. I was also fortunate when you do get drunk? Ever been stalked? [ Laughs ] If so, I’d make him tell
enough to get positive I will dance until onlookers join in A guy hounded me online for me why he did such a thing. FHM

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thought of me as a
conser vative girl; so I
joined Girl Next Door to
show my sexiness.”

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“I can drink four
to six… Bot tles of
white wine in a
night without
get ting drunk.”
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“I walked up to this guy I

fancied and said, “Do you want
to woo me? Because I do.’
For tunately, he took my bait!”
 Words: Matthew Hussey

I S T H IS
T H E FUT UR E
OF SPO RTS ?
Competitive gaming has gone
from a geeks-only affair to a
multimillion-dollar industry. FHM
meets the pros gunning for
gaming’s biggest prize and finds
out if you could be next.

PHOTOS: CORBIS

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F
or the last 10 years, Will Johnson, 21, has spent five to eight hours a
day in his bedroom playing computer games. His palms are calloused
from button bashing; he has pallid skin and social skills best
described as adequate; and he has a pay check at least quadruple
the size of most people his age.
“This year, I bought my mum a new car,” he tells FHM. “And I got
myself a Hyundai Genesis. The plan is to buy a Ferrari next.”
The American, nicknamed BigTymeR, is a Call 0f Duty ace who enters
tournaments for money. Lots of money. Johnson’s won more than $166,000
at recent events. In the burgeoning world of professional gaming, otherwise
referred to as eSports, he’s a Ronaldo or a Messi.
If that sounds strange now, it might not in the future. The average young
person now racks up 10,000 hours of gaming by the time they hit 21 — a
figure that technically makes each of them an expert. Gamer bars have
started to appear in several countries, streaming “live” feeds of professional
tournaments on large screens. South Korea, a leader when it comes to
technological trends, hosts tournaments held in 120,000-seater stadiums
(twice the size of the new National Stadium). Fans buy DVDs of their
favourite players’ most exciting matches, teams actually live together in
barracks-like training facilities and there’s even been match-fixing scandals,
featuring lifetime bans for pro gamers caught accepting bribes. Gaming is
not just a hobby any more — for an increasingly large number of people, it’s
a career.
FHM travelled to the international Call of Duty Championship in Hollywood
to find out if going to a football match could one day be replaced by watching
people play Fifa. What are professional gamers like? And more importantly,
could you earn a fortune simply by being bloody good on an Xbox?

“Call of Dut y ace Will

KILLING FOR CASH ‘BigTymeR’ Johnson has won
Outside a window, the Hollywood sign glistens in the distance as California
bathes in the sunshine. Meanwhile, hundreds of young men are filing into a more than $120,0 0 0 at recent
dark, crowded arena. They’ve come to the 3,700-capacity Hollywood tournaments — in the world
Palladium from as far afield as Asia and Africa, hoping to out-kill each other
for a share of the $1.2-million prize pot.
of pro gaming, he’s a Ronaldo
The building, which usually functions as a turbo-glitzy nightclub, is filled or Messi.”
with massive screens. It’s impressive — a bit like being in one of those
throbbing futuristic war rooms you see in sci-fi movies. But after a while, we Gollum-like competitors — guys who eat, drink and breathe Call of
notice that, despite plenty of pro gamers strutting around and the presence Duty (when they’re not eating, drinking and breathing Doritos, Sprite and
of camera crews, there doesn’t appear to be all that many spectators. Major cigarette smoke).
League Gaming (the guys who want to make eSports massive) founder “We’re going in as underdogs,” says McLure’s teammate Jordan “MeLo”
Michael Sepso tells us it’s because they’re all watching at home. Riley, who works at a bar in London. “There’s not much pressure on us.”
“At our last event, in Dallas, we had 2.6 million viewers in 175 countries Although the amount of money at stake in these tournaments has
watching online,” he says. “Over three days, they consumed 6.7 million hours skyrocketed, competitive gaming has been around for a while. Sea Wolf in
of video.” Who are these millions, we wonder, baffled that a person could take 1976 was one of the first games to use the term “high score”, although it was
enjoyment from watching someone they’ve never met in a place they’ve Space Invaders in 1978 that revolutionised gaming by saving those scores,
never been to, playing someone else they don’t know? “As you can imagine, allowing strangers to compete against one another. The idea of thrashing
it’s still targeted at men, but there are a huge number of women watching, your mates in a smoky arcade exploded, and in 1980 Atari held the Space
too,” says Sepso. Invaders Tournament — the world’s first gaming contest — attracting more
He’s not exaggerating: According to a 2011 survey, 55 per cent of online than 10,000 participants and birthing the eSports monster in the process.
gamers are women. Despite this, the only girls FHM sees at the tournament FHM asks if any of the Dragons have been to the US, and they excitedly
are occasional gamer Wags, standing awkwardly behind their boyfriends as tell us it’s a first for all of them. McLure, who works in a supermarket by day,
they sink into a trance-like state while playing. Gender equality in the gaming seems dumbfounded that they’re in LA to play a game for cash.
world still seems some way off. “It’s like being a Sunday-league team,” he says. “Except the team gets
flown to LA.”
So how does someone go from being just good on their Xbox to getting
WHO'S GAME? paid for it? Alexander Korf, the businessman who founded and finances
“If we place eighth, we’re in the money,” says AJ “aMaZe” McLure, the Fariko Dragons, explains that to join such an outfit, you need to check online
22-year-old captain of British team Fariko Dragons, “And that’s enough to forums to find gaps in teams or see if a new team is being assembled.
sort me out a car.” “Within each country, I have one elite, or ‘yin’ team, and lots of amateur
Unlike many of the pro gamers at the event, some of who look as though ‘yang’ teams,” he says. “By default, all the funding goes to the ‘yin’ team, but
they might melt or burst into flames if they enter direct sunlight, McLure and when a ‘yang’ team outplays them, they take their place and get all the
his mates are refreshingly normal. To get to the finals, they’ve had to win money.” It’s Korf’s cash that allows the Dragons to travel to tournaments and
numerous qualifying tournaments across Europe, but they freely admit compete. In exchange, he gets his company logo flashed in front of the
they’re probably not even the best team in the UK. The fact they have lives millions watching online. It’s like a 21st-century equivalent of financing an F1
beyond gaming means they’ll never be as good as some of their speccier, team (except it costs way less, for now).

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 STARCRAFT II CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II
The daddy of RTS (real-time COD players are known for their
strategy) games. Korean StarCraft marathon sessions. The world
player Hong Jin-Ho’s fingers are record belongs to Australian
insured for $76,000. Okan Kaya, who played for an
eye-bleeding 135
consecutive hours.

The lads slink away into the sea of teens in tracksuits and caps. The
prospect of spending the next three days in a badly lit, air-conditioned
hall suddenly seems about as appealing as a long-distance bike ride with
no saddle.

TIME TO PLAY
The build-up to matches in the world of eSports is mio Stadium
programming-like. Roving reporters catch-up with players before and
after games, ex-pros provide insight and the “guys in the studio” stitch the
whole thing together. Most of the teams have coaches to prepare them. In
the case of the Dragons, that responsibility falls to David “Dinge” Miller, a
25-year-old who also doubles as the Dragons’ “hype man”. That’s right
— gamers have hype men now.
“I’m one of the best in the UK at phasing out other teams,” he says,
flashing a gold tooth. A quick YouTube search of some of the Dragons’
previous performances reveals that, yes, his job is basically to make the
opposition play worse. How do you do that? “You make the other team
feel like they’re not good enough,” he explains. “Comment on their tactics,
stuff like that.” Essentially, he’s a cross between Flavor Flav and
Simon Cowell.
The Dragons’ first game is against Team Curse, an elite, all-star team
handpicked by the massively profitable San Francisco web company
Curse Inc. The Dragons look nervous. They’re just four mates who are
good at Call of Duty and now they’re going up against the gaming
equivalent of The Expendables — if Sly and co wore corrective lenses
and had bum-fluff facial hair.
The action begins immediately, with the four screens above each player
relaying the frenetic fighting. Despite our best efforts, we can barely work
out what’s going on — the gamers’ reaction times appear to be about 10
times faster than our own. We watch one screen, wondering if a black
smudge in the corner is an enemy or a bush. Before we’ve even
processed that piece of information, the player draws a sniper rifle, aims
down the sight, pulls the trigger and moves on to another part of the map.
The Dragons talk to each other through headsets, but you can’t
understand what they’re saying — it might as well be French. In a little
over four minutes, the game is over and the Brits have lost.
They rally in the next game but still lose the match. Before they have
time to digest the defeat, they’re already strapped in for their second
battle. Despite fighting hard (and Miller’s best efforts to psyche out the
other team) they lose again. They’re out of the tournament. These guys
“Black Ops II grossed $1.2 billion
are among the best in the UK and they’ve just been thrashed. within 15 days of release, while
analysts think gaming will be a
$112-billion industr y by 2015.”
A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME?
If you listen to the perma-tanned people who run Major League Gaming, then
professional gaming events such as the one we visited represent the future film. It’s all about graphics now. Big developers set up ‘asset houses’ in
of sport. There are others, however, who suggest the outlook for console China, which pump out designs for car or football games. How can small
gaming is far from rosy. Yes, Call of Duty: Black Ops II grossed $1.2-billion companies compete?”
within 15 days of its release. And yes, market analysts reckon gaming will The result is that soon only big beasts such as EA and Activision will be
become a $112 billion industry by 2015 (roughly the GDP of Slovakia). But able to afford to produce games for consoles. Experts fear this will bring
much of that huge slab of money increasingly goes to a shrinking pool of about a situation similar to Hollywood’s ailing film industry, where the only
giant corporations. bankable movies are long-running, blockbuster franchises. If independent
“The games world is in flux,” says one anonymous industry insider. “To make developers can’t afford to endlessly churn out the gaming equivalents of
games for the Xbox One or PlayStation 4 requires a budget similar to a major the Fast & Furious series or Avengers Assemble (so that’s Fifa and

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DOTA 2 LEAGUE OF LEGENDS

A free-to-play RPG (role-playing Overtook StarCraft to become the
game) that has exploded in China. most popular game in South Korea.
Developers Valve have made Currently 12 million people play it
millions by selling hats and every day.
clothes in which players can dress
their characters.

JUST HOW GOOD ARE

PROFESSIONAL GAMERS?
AND COULD YOU CUT IT?
STARCRAFT II
StarCraft is a military sci-fi strategy game. Players’ skills are measured
in terms of actions per minute (APM). This relates to how many
commands they can fire off on a keyboard in 60 seconds.

Casual player Lim Yo-Huan

(ex-world champion)
50-70 APM
400 APM
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II
The undisputed king of competitive gaming. We stopped playing online
when we found ourselves being whooped regularly by children from
Alabama. But how high would your score per minute (SPM) have to be
to make it pro?

Casual player Will “BigTymeR”

Johnson
250 SPM
1,000 SPM
DOTA 2
This strategy role-playing game has you team up with four friends
to battle against other groups of players. Your success in the game
is gauged in terms of win ratio — how often you emerge from
battle victorious.

Casual player 12800584

(yes, that’s his name)
Call of Duty), they’ll slink off to make cheaper (but extremely profitable)
40% WIN RATIO
titles for smartphones.
“When the iPhone came out, Sony laughed and said it would never be a
90% WIN RATIO
proper gaming device,” says David Darling, co-founder of British game
developers Codemasters. “Now the Sony PSP is dead and the iPhone has LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
taken over. Sony and Microsoft have to deal with the cost of producing The biggest game in South Korea also boasts the largest cash prize
physical media. Google and Apple don’t have that problem. Sony in particular in the world. The last League of Legends champion took home a
is just a reflection of what it used to be.” cool $1.2 million of the $2.4 million pot. Players are judged on their
Back in sunny Los Angeles, the coming crisis set to engulf console kill/death/assist ratio (KDA). If your KDA is less than 1, it means
gaming is being kept out of sight and out of mind. For the moment, the Xbox you’re dying more than you’re killing.
is still making money and Will “BigTymeR” Johnson, the world’s highest-paid
Call of Duty player, is enjoying the ride. Casual player Jakub Grzegorzewski
(top-ranked in EU)
“I remember playing online games on my PS2,” he reminisces. “I could only
3-4 KDA
use it when my family weren’t on the phone because it was a dial-up. Now
you can go into an online store, pick up the Guinness World Records and see
8 KDA
me in there. I love it!” FHM

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L u c y ’s
on
the
Role
The brunette that beat
Rihanna and Jessica
Alba in the battle of
bikini bods...
Words: Stu Hood
Photography: Zoe McConnell
Styling: Kylie Griffiths

Cardigan, by New Look.

Dresses, by American
Apparel and Blitz Vintage.
Shoes, by Dorothy Perkins.
Pinnacle California bike, by
Evans Cycles.

Hair and makeup:

Natacha Schmitt using
Smashbox Cosmetics and
Eylure Lashes.

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I
f you have no idea who
Lucy Mecklenburgh is, now
is the time to get
acquainted with the rising
star. The 22-year-old
screen siren of UK reality
TV series The Only Way Is
Essex recently beat the likes of
Jessica Alba and Rihanna to the
title of Best Bikini Body 2013
(thanks to eating well and hitting
the gym, rather than flashing the
cash and going under the knife);
and has more than 1.1 million
Twitter followers. It’s for this
reason that barely a day goes by
without her face being splashed
across UK tabloid newspapers,
celebrity and gossip magazines
and the Daily Mail website. But
this isn’t just the old FHM Lucy
Mecklenburgh that her fans are
familiar with. This is Lucy
Mecklenburgh version 2.0 — a
bold, new star with a bold, new
look. Tight-fitting American
Apparel dresses and heels?
Check. A minuscule cardigan
falling off her bare shoulders?
Yep. Riding a bike in her panties?
Sure thing.
But before you study
Mecklenburgh’s bike handling
too closely, settle in for a frank
conversation covering topics such
as yoga, a supposed sex tape
and partying hard in Vegas. But
first of all, we need to discuss
Lola, her dog, and, by our
estimation, the first poochie to
ever grace FHM …

We like Lola but could you please

explain the, erm, “gift” she left us in the
photo studio?
I’m so sorry about that. She’s usually really well
behaved, but when we got to your shoot, she did
a poo within about 10 minutes. It wasn’t even in
the corner, it was right in between the
underwear and makeup stations.
We’ll forgive you. How’s the fitness
regimen going?
It’s great. I’m much stronger and more flexible
than I used to be and as a result, I’m really
happy with my body.
Some newspapers, magazines and
websites say you’re too thin…
They do, but I’ve come to realise you can’t win
with the media. Before I started working out,
they were like, “Ooh, look at Lucy’s cellulite.”
And now they’re like, “Ooh, look at how thin
Lucy is.” But they can say what they want. I’m
really happy with myself. I have a little waist but
I’ve still got curves and I’m still womanly. I love
the way I look.
 “I definitely don’t
have a sex tape out
there… Honestly.”
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 What’s your favourite workout move?
It’s got to be a squat, because I like having a nice
bum. I put a quote on Twitter the other day. It
said: “I work out for my health so I can live long…
Who am I fooling? I work out so my ass will look
banging in jeans.”
We hear a rumour that you’re trying to
conquer Hollywood. Is this true?
It is. I’ve just been to LA to meet a film director I
first met during the Cannes Film Festival. He had
a film on and one day he came over and said
hello. He said he was writing a horror film and
thought I was the type of person he was
looking for.
That means he thinks you look like a
psycho or would die nicely…
I know. I didn’t know whether to take it as a
compliment or not, but he sent the script over, I
read it and then went out to meet him. Fingers
crossed, but we’ll see what happens.
Any other film roles you’d fancy?
I’d love to be a Bond girl because, well, who
wouldn’t want to be one? It would be amazing.
It would require you to put on a bikini,
a skill that you have clearly mastered.
Congratulations on being voted Best
Bikini Body of 2013!
Thanks! It is ridiculous, mad and flattering to
think I beat people like Rihanna and Beyoncé.
But you know what? I work really hard for this
body, so I’ll take that award.
Some people have said nasty things about
you on the Internet. How do you cope with
strangers criticising your life?
There are two ways of looking at it: One is that
it’s a bit pathetic that people who don’t know you
want to comment on your life; and the other is
that they’re taking time out of their day to
comment on you, so you must be quite important
to them. I just have to let it go and remember that
I am happy and know the truth.
What’s the truth about a sex tape with
co-star Dan Osborne? Did you make one?
Obviously, that isn’t true.
We heard you celebrated your birthday in
Vegas this year.
I’d never been to America before, so I went
up there after I’d been in LA and went mad. I let
my hair down and did it properly — gambling a
little, clubbing, and I went to massive, amazing
pool parties.
Sounds full-on. Can you last a long time
without sleep?
I’m not bad. If I’m not enjoying the night and want
to go home, then I just go. But if I’m having a
good time then I can last for quite a while. I can
always stay up late, but my problem comes in the
morning because I can never lie in. No matter
how late I get home, I will be up at 7am. So if I do
get in late, then it’s best to avoid me the next
morning as I am tired and moody.
What do you look for in a man?
My ideal man is changing as I get older. I used to
want someone who was tall, dark, handsome
and a bit cheeky. But now, the main thing isn’t
looks; it’s personality. I want a guy who can
make me laugh. You know, someone
whom I can go out with and we can
have a really good night. FHM

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“The media
can say what
they want. I’m
really happy
with myself.”
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Words: Matt Blake

Photography: Andy Parsons

What do the likes of Calvin Harris, Jay-Z and Swedish

House Mafia have in common? Aside from filling up your
iTunes and raking in millions, they owe their careers to a
DJ from Kent, the oldest county in England…
PHOTOS: TPG IMAGES/CLICKPHOTOS & CORBIS

ete Tong looks tired. He trudges into the room with the air of “I’m knackered,” he says, flumping into the sofa. “The plane back was
a world-weary quarryman after a month shifting rubble in diverted to Milwaukee by a storm and I’ve not slept for 24 hours… But you
the sun. His shoulders are hunched, his eyes framed by know what? It was a banging show and I got a ton of work done on the plane.
shadow and his voice sounds as though it might power Could someone please get me an espresso?”
down and stop at any second. Is FHM about to witness If you don’t recognise Pete Tong right away, you’ll have countless mates
the crash of the man who’s been the life of the party for who do. The 53-year-old is one of the most successful DJs on the planet.
35 years? He’s also prodigiously hard-working. If he’s not making clubbers reach for the
You’d think so, if only his tan didn’t make him look so lasers in Ibiza (where he’s held a summer residency for years, including this
bloody healthy. Instead of lifting rocks, Tong’s just returned summer’s 14-week Le Grand Bazaar stint), he’s doing it in Miami, Bangkok,
from lifting 100,000 dance lovers’ spirits at Las Vegas’ Motor Speedway on Sydney or anywhere else that can dig up the $20,000 to $252,000 a night
the last leg of a gruelling two-week world tour. he’s reportedly able to command.
 “My life is unbelievably hectic,” he says. “I come through airports two or
three times a week, doing 90 sets a year — I flew to Singapore and back
in one night recently just for a two-hour set.”
FHM was chatting to him in BBC Radio 1’s London studio, where he
has hosted his legendary show for 22 years. It wasn’t all fun and games
at first. “I still see DJ-ing as a hobby,” he says. “When it all began in the
’80s, spinning records didn’t pay the bills, so you had to have a day job.”
To understand how highly Tong ranks in the pantheon of “DJ -ing is my
stadium-filling DJs, consider that Forbes estimates his net wealth at $42
million, more than David Guetta ($40m), Fatboy Slim ($30m) and
addiction. I’ll never
Calvin Harris ($17m). stop. Right now the
Pete’s also an A&R man, brand consultant, partner at William Morris world is listening and
talent agency and record producer. His label, FFRR Records, helped
launch the careers of acts such as Salt-n-Pepa, Run-DMC, Goldie and we’ve got to turn
Armand Van Helden, and his name is even ingrained in Cockney rhyming the music up.”
slang for “it’s all gone wrong” (“it’s all gone Pete Tong”).
“It’s funny,” he says. “I’ve had people actually ask me what it’s like
being named after an expression. But it’s fine — it reminds me of the old
days when my mates at the Boy’s Own fanzine came up with it to take
the piss.”
In sum, Pete Tong has shepherded dance music from the sweaty raves
of the ’80s, to the ’90s superclubs of Ibiza, through the “wilderness years”
of the early 2000s, before emerging into the strobe-lit megadromes of
the recent US dance explosion. More than for anyone else behind the
decks, his story is the story of club culture.

It began, ironically, when Tong made his first musical outing as the
drummer of a heavy metal covers band in the early ’70s. “We were s**t,”
he chuckles. “But I was always banging or strumming things as early as
I can remember.”
Soon, he was promoting his own school discos and village-hall gigs,
hand-painting posters and sticking them around his hometown of Hartley.
But this was a doodle in the margin of his masterplan to break into radio.
“I thought radio was really sexy,” he says. “I idolised British DJs like Greg
Edwards and Robbie Vincent and realised the only way to get on these
guys’ radars was to start my own nights and book them.”
By 1986, and after slogging it on a series of Kent pub residencies,
Tong was involved in London’s underground rave scene. Continuing to DJ
by night, he took day jobs, first with Blues & Soul magazine, then with a
number of record labels. A chance encounter with fellow DJ Nicky
Holloway led him to Ibiza, and suddenly sun-drenched clubland was born.
“They were trailblazing times,” he says wistfully. “It felt like the dance
movement was finally happening and somehow I was at the heart of it.”
The call from BBC Radio 1 came in 1991, with a plan to pep up
flagging ratings and reconnect with British youth culture. “I arrived like the
Pied Piper and they let me do what I wanted because I was the only one
talking to young people at the time,” he says.
Thereafter everything he touched turned to platinum. “I was at the
Grammys with Salt-n-Pepa when Lyor Cohen (legendary record
producer) brought this very shy, smartly dressed man in a Yankees cap
over and said, ‘You’ve gotta sign this guy; he’s gonna be a superstar.’ He
shook my hand and said, ‘Hey, my name’s Jay-Z.’ We ended up signing
him to PayDay/FFRR Records on a single deal. But we didn’t see any
legs in it and let him go. I’ve kicked myself ever since.”
Fast-forward 20 years, and electronic dance music (EDM) has bundled
its way over the velvet rope of America’s mainstream club scene,
cross-fading into a global industry worth $5.8 billion, with investors
tripping over each other to get a slice of the action.
So why do tens of thousands of people each summer pay upwards of
$100 a pop to hear him play? “Simple,” he says. “I just feel the vibe and
take them on a journey, building it as I go. DJ-ing is like surfing: you travel
the world looking for the perfect wave and when you find it, the feeling is
magic — it’s like alchemy.”

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 But as everybody knows, you’ve never truly made it until you find a stalker
in the bushes. And if they’re a superstar DJ themselves, all the better. “Once
in a blue moon, you get an obsessed fan who gets more than a little keen
and it can get a bit of a nuisance,” Tong explains. “Calvin Harris used to
stalk me all over the country. He constantly sent me his demos and turned
up at gigs. Once at a festival, he came up to me, gave me his album and
said I should listen to it because he was going to be famous. We’re good
mates now.”
There can be a dark side to obsession, too. In 2011, Tong had to get a
restraining order to stop ex-Massive Attack singer Shara Nelson harassing
him. She flooded him with calls, told friends they had a child together and
even referred to herself as “Shara Tong” in court. “It was a sad time because
Shara was ill and became quite threatening. I was very concerned for my
family. So in the end, I had no choice but to call in the authorities.”

Tong knows only too well how important family is, and how easily his jet-set
lifestyle can turn a home upside down. When he’s not surfing the decks, in
the studio or championing the next stadium-filling act, he’s cooking Nigel
Slater recipes for his supermodel wife Carolina, reading Roald Dahl books to
their 6-year-old daughter Lily, or driving football-mad Natty, 14, the youngest
of three children from his first marriage, to matches.
“Family is everything,” he admits. “They’re the reason for all of this.
Travelling takes its toll, but I’m doing more things now that make money
while I sleep. Work cost me one marriage — I won’t let that happen again.”
But what’s he like at home? “A f**ing nightmare,” he says. “Carolina always
says I’m like a mouse on a wheel when I get in from work, and she’s an
expert at jamming something between the spokes — an hour in front of
Since the birth of dance music, that magic feeling hasn’t just come from the Desperate Housewives on the TV usually does the trick.”
bass drops and machine-gun tempos, of course. What about the drugs And oddly for a man whose life is music, he can’t bear to listen to anything
associated with rave culture? And which came first, the gurning chicken or when he gets in.
the egg with the smiley face on its shell? “Music for me is work, so when I’m at home, I like to just talk to my family
“Look,” he snaps. “Of course there are drugs in the scene — there always without a soundtrack,” he explains. “We bought our first-ever stereo only last
have been — but they are prevalent in society as a whole… What I do know year so Lily could listen to her favourite Disney CDs — though I secretly like
is that you don’t need drugs to enjoy yourself on a dance floor.” some of those tracks.”
Last year, rodent-headed DJ Deadmau5 raised hackles in the EDM scene Outside of his family, cycling is his passion. “I’m obsessed with it,” he
by claiming the craft is less about talent and more about hitting “play” and confesses. “There’s something about cycling past trees with the wind in my
fist-pumping to a forensically pre-planned playlist. face that helps me clear my mind.”
Tong laughs when we mention this. “Technology has certainly made it These aren’t the hobbies you’d ever associate with a man made world-
easier to DJ but it’s still easy to be crap,” he says. “Above all, you’ve got to famous by blasting the biggest tunes and uncovering the newest and
have good taste and a sense of flow — it’s not something you can teach.” coolest dance acts. Is this the beginning of the end for Pete Tong,
Another perk of being a superstar DJ, of course, is the women. While he’s international DJ?
now happily married, Tong began turning girls’ knees to jelly even when he “I have this recurring nightmare,” he says. “I’m DJ-ing and the record I’m
was covering Black Sabbath hits in his school band aged 12… When he playing begins running out. I’m panicking, trying to find another one, but
seduced, er, Vanessa Feltz on holiday in Majorca. can’t… Then I wake up. DJ-ing is my addiction. I’ll never stop. Right now the
“It’s true,” he admits. “My first kiss was [English TV personality] world is listening and we’ve got to turn the music up.”
Vanessa Feltz. When she told the world on TV a few years ago, I was And with that, he stands, grabs his wheelie case and makes for the door.
so surprised I rang my mum to ask if it was true. Mum said I had been “I’ve got to go. I promised I’d pick Lily up from school and read her the last
infatuated with this girl called Vanessa from Totteridge. She was very chapter of George’s Marvellous Medicine before she goes to bed. Like I said,
petite in those days.” my life is unbelievably hectic.” FHM

TONG’S PALS
“Tong is a legend, not just in dance, but in A&R, radio
and production. He’s a massive inspiration. He
spearheaded the dance takeover of Britain’s airwaves.”
DJ Fresh

Pete Tong is a legend. But don’t

just take our word for it. These “He’s been a huge part of the dance scene
dance kings have a thing or since day one and he’s still going strong!”
two to say about him as well… Sebastian Ingrosso

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“The ’80s
were
trailblazing
times. It felt
like the dance
movement
was finally
happening
and I was
at the hear t
of it.”

“Few leading lights have shone so “Tong has been one of the most instrumental people in
brightly and so consistently as Pete pushing dance music forward... His radio show and his
Tong. He’s kicked off so many careers, gigs have broken hundreds of groups and dance tracks.”
including ours. We did an acoustic gig Carl Cox
once in a hot air balloon and the one
person from the industry we wanted to “I took a trip to the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend in 2006 and gave Tong
witness it was Tong. He came on board and was an original mix of The Girls. He played it on his show and suddenly
blown away. Top bloke.” everyone was interested. I got that one play and it all kicked off.”
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DJ Alesso
Music

One on one with the Swede spin maestro before he rocks the beach at ZoukOut…

He’s got the Swedish House Mafia seal all that. Just to be able to see the world,
of approval. travel like this, meet people — it’s great. I like
Not long ago, Alessandro Lindblad was getting “My first gig was at a warehouse in Stockholm to explore.”
up every morning at 4am for a job at a clothes supporting Seb Ingrosso in front of 2,000 people. He’s Swedish.
warehouse he despised. When FHM met My dad wanted me to get a ‘real job’, so I took “I think [Swedes are big in dance music] because
Alesso in September, he was en route from a him along with me. Afterwards he said, ‘Son, you we have nine months a year when the weather is
private jet to London’s Olympic Park, where do whatever you want!’” insanely bad. So it’s fine that you’re spending
52,000 feverish ravers eagerly awaited him. If He’s in such demand he has to fly on hours locked in a studio instead of outdoors.”
you weren’t there to witness it, you’ve probably private jets. He’s done his share of s**t jobs.
heard him twiddle knobs with Calvin Harris on “I do it when I have to. It’s not just because it’s “I used to have to get up at 4am, jump on a train
their single, Under Control, or churning out luxurious, but because I want to play as much to be at work by 5am and fold clothes all day.
massive remixes for the likes of David Guetta as I can and sometimes that’s the only way you I certainly feel blessed to be able to do all this.”
— and all before his 23rd birthday. We spent can manage to get around.”
the day shadowing the Swede to find out why He doesn’t do it for the money. DJ Alesso performs at ZoukOut 2013 on Day 2
he’s set for super-stardom… “I don’t care about material things, I don’t need (14 December). Tickets from www.zoukclub.com.
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DVDs

Games Sharknado
Call of
Sharknado, the undisputed viral
film of the year, has chomped its
way on to DVD — but how
did we end up with this toothy

Duty:
tornado terroriser? FHM
tracks its underwater B-Movie
evolution, molar by molar…

Ghosts
Attack of the Crab
Monsters (1957)
Tagline:
“From the depths of the sea…
A TIDAL WAVE OF TERROR!”
Tooth factor:
Seven ways to tell if you’ve OD’d on the hype… Small, secondary to claws

Creature from the

Haunted Sea (1961)
Tagline:
“This gangster’s ‘silent partner’
isn’t even human!”
Tooth factor:
Small, two

Piranha (1978)
Tagline:
“Lost River Lake was a
thriving resort – until
they discovered…PIRANHA”
Tooth factor:
Small, thousands

Alligator (1980)
Tagline:
“It lives 50ft beneath the city. It’s
36ft long. It weighs 2,000lbs…
And it’s about to break out!”
Tooth factor:
Medium

Deep Rising (1998)

Tagline:
“Full scream ahead”
• toYourWorld
girlfriend has left you thanks
at War flashbacks
• The addition of female soldiers
means you can talk to girls
Tooth factor:
Large, 75-100
constantly causing you to wet without spilling food down the
the bed. front of your T-shirt.

• The prospect of attack canines

has already caused you to steal
• You’re unhealthily certain you
could defend the US from
Mega Shark Versus
Giant Octopus (2009)
your neighbour’s sausage dog thermo-nuclear war using only Tagline:
and try to train it to lob grenades a knife. And you live in Katong. “Winner… Eats… All!”
and attack any insurgents. Tooth factor:
• You’ve woken in a daze to Large, over 300
• You “strafe” sideways around
office corners to avoid
find all your beanie hats are
unrolled with skulls
ambushes, tripping over stacks inexpertly marker-penned Sharknado (2013)
of printer paper and computer on them. Tagline:
cables along the way. “Enough said!”
WORDS: FHM UK

Call Of Duty: Ghosts is Tooth factor:

• You instantly salute any man
in the street with a bushy
out now. Enormous, countless

moustache.

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Blu-ray

Blu-Ray Your
Festive Season
We’ve taken the hard work out of deciding which recent big-budget Hollywood heavy
hitters deserve your eyes most.

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The Other Pain & Gain

Guys
This actually funny kidnap comedy from
Transformers director Michael Bay stars Mark
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dunderheads (The Rock and Anthony Mackie), plan
to extort cash from a crooked businessman. Let’s A bottle of
just say it all gets a bit murdery. protein shake.

Drive Only God Forgives

Director Nicolas Winding Refn teams up yet again with
Ryan Gosling for an ultra-violent revenge thriller set in
Bangkok’s underworld. Gosling plays a man tasked by
his terrifying mafia mama with finding and murdering
the man who killed his brother. It’s Drive’s violence, and
then some. Prawn crackers.

Man of Steel The Wolverine

If Superman left you with an appetite for another
brooding superhero type, watch Hugh Jackman once
again don the sideburns and metal fist-claws as
immortal mutant Logan. He ate six meals a day for six
months to bulk up for it, so show him a bit of respect
and go see it. Monster Munch.

District 9 Elysium
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Lampard, who is engaged to Christine
Bleakley, has two daughters from a previous
relationship. He makes a point of reading with
his kids regularly. “I am a pretty relaxed parent,
but it is one thing where I do try to get them to
Ain’t read, as I find it’s a great way of focusing their
Kidding! minds. Anyone who reads can take a lot of
knowledge and satisfaction from it.”
Keeping them grounded is another
challenge. “Yes, you live and learn as you go
along when you’re a parent. I try to just keep
their feet on the ground. I never spoil them, and
it is very important that they learn the basics of
money, of respect, of manners. I’d hate for
somebody to look at them and say ‘they are
spoilt little brats’. That’s my biggest nightmare!”

“Anyone who reads

can take a lot of
knowledge and
satisfaction from it.”
As a family man, Lampard is happiest when
he’s surrounded by his loved ones. “When we
won the Champions League in Munich, my
family and Christine’s family had two days in
Munich before the final. That Munich trip was
the most amazing two days of my sporting life
— it was really special for me. We had a big

Frank
Man party in the hotel after the match and all my
family and friends came there. We stayed up all
night and when you look back, it was the
complete moment. When I look back on my

Lampard
career that will always be a special moment. It
was incredible.”

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Footballers often rely on that support around
them, and Lampard is no different. “At any level
in England, there are pressures, and if you
have a bit of a bad game, you will get
Chelsea’s golden boy looks to life after football criticised,” he nods. “That comes with the
with the release of his third children’s book. territory. And that is when you need to go
home and have people there for you. My family
and Christine have always been there for me.”
Still, with a career that’s seen more highs
than lows, Lampard knows how lucky he’s
been. “Looking back, I feel pretty fortunate,” he
smiles. “I thought there wasn’t really anything out smiles. With England I had some tough times;
there that was football-based, educational and fun. with Chelsea it’s all been pretty good. There
Where professional sportsmen are used to I was 29 or 30 then, and I had a lot going on in haven’t been too many bad times. There were
fielding criticism that they’re just one-trick ponies, my football career, but as you get older you get times when England fans were getting on my
every now and again someone comes along to more time and you start to think about different back and I didn’t like it, but if you do stick with
score a beauty out of nowhere. That could be a things. You think about life after football, so it was and try to turn it round, those people will go
fitting description for Chelsea/England star Frank a great side line for me at that point.” with you again. If you throw
Lampard. The 35-year-old has now successfully And so Lampard, already a role model to the towel in, no one wins.
entered a new sphere — writing children’s stories. millions of children worldwide, is now encouraging And I’ve learned that along
In his five-book Frankie’s Magic Football series them to fulfil their literary, as well as sporting, the way.”
— the third of which, Frankie vs The Cowboy’s ambitions, too. “I wanted to make it football, but I
Crew, has just been published — readers are wanted to make it educational as well so there’s a Frankie’s Magic Football:
whisked away on adventures with the titular moral lesson in there for the kids, and the way Frankie vs The Cowboy’s
schoolboy hero, his friends and pet dog Max, they are travelling backwards and forwards there Crew by Frank Lampard
taking part in a real-life Fantasy Football League is a historical lesson in there too,” he enthuses. is published by Little,
against the most unlikely teams from “I think there is an element as a footballer where Brown Books for Young
extraordinary times and places. you can use a bit of your influence and use it in a Readers. Available at
“I came up with the idea while reading and positive way. This is something I have put a lot of leading bookstores,
watching TV with the kids,” the Chelsea legend time into doing and I think for the right reasons.” including Kinokuniya.

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Have you been hypnotised before?

Alan
Comedy Great question; the answer is no. My
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and they have not experienced the

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hypnotic-trance state either.
What’s the most interesting
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FHM learns a thing or two One that I often get is they are afraid to
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Very often when people meet me, they
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was not the direction I wanted our date company of a beautiful girl, but I prefer
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minutes. I agreed. Within five minutes, to do?
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When I asked what he had done, he the show’s interval, he went to the police
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safuwan
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05 PULSE
Safuwan Baharudin
Top Singapore footballer on
his ball game.

12 Wong Wei Long

Basketball ace on his Sea
Games hope.

16 Jorge Lorenzo
MotoGP world champ
exclusive.

18 Didi Hamann
Football predictions from the
Liverpool legend − but not
before knocking back a beer.

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Contents 22
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 PULSE
REAL SPORTSMEN WHO LOVE THEIR GAME

Words: Gladys Goh

Art direction: Dannii Choo
Photography: Mark Teo

SAFUWAN
BAHARUDIN
ALL CLOTHING AND SHOES, BY NIKE SINGAPORE.

The Singapore LionsXII defender is all

geared up for his third Sea Games outing.
And you know what they all say — third
time's a charm.
"Whether the
[football
career's] end
result turns out
negative or
positive, I'm
happy with what
I have now."

06
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 PULSE
F
ootball is really about a
bunch of guys chasing
after a ball on a field, but it
also involves passion,
discipline, skill and integrity — not
"It has always been
forgetting, thousands of supporters
behind you — particularly for 22-year-
my goal to make
old Safuwan Baharudin, who was Singapore proud."
introduced to the game when he was
only three years old. He may have
suffered a couple of painful injuries
along the way but has always
managed to bounce back stronger
each time. FHM catches up with the
national defender, as he shares with
us how he tackles his obstacles and
sends them past the goal line.

How does it feel to

represent Singapore for
the upcoming Sea Games?
It’s an honour to represent the
country and it has also always been
my goal to make Singapore proud,
especially since this is my third and
[possibly] last time.
Which team do you think will
provide the toughest
competition to the Lions?
There are a couple but I think the one
to look out for is Malaysia because
it’s been crowned champions for two
consecutive Games. If it were to
make it through this year, it would be
a milestone for the team.
When did you realise
football was going to be a
life-long passion?
Halfway through my teenage years,
I knew football was something I
wanted to pursue professionally.
Though there were periods of good
and bad, I had the support of family
and friends, and this is something I
really worked very hard for.
What is your ultimate goal
in football?
To be recognised as one of the top
athletes/footballers in Singapore.
What keeps you motivated?
There are ups and downs because
there’s no way you can be at your
peak all the time. During the down
times, you can’t be alone and cry
about it; you need an outlet to
express your feelings. I do that by
taking time out from football to be
with my family and friends.
What is your training
schedule like?
The squad heads to the gym in the
morning on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays; we have afternoon
sessions, too. Our field training starts
at 6pm and ends at 8pm daily.
Do you have a strict diet
that you need to follow?
Sportsmen rely on healthy eating
habits to keep them in shape. Yes, we
do have a strict diet but I find it hard
to follow closely because eating
makes people happy.
Just as many people
support local football,
there is a large number
that don't. What's your
opinion on that?
It’s sad because it doesn’t just apply
to our football league, but also to
other sports. People are just not there
at the games to support us. But when
you win or are recognised, people will
start to talk about you and show their
support. Hopefully, in years to come,
Singaporeans will adapt to the local
sports culture and have a sense of
pride towards local athletes.
What has been your
greatest setback?
Last year, I sustained a couple of
injuries. The worst was my thigh
injury, which took me almost four
months to recover from and get back
to playing football. It’s a situation no
sportsmen or women want to be in.
But that’s sports for you — you may
be healthy but an injury will hit you. I
motivate myself by training even
harder and, eventually, come back
even stronger.
Was there a time when that
injury made you think twice
about continuing to play
professionally?
Yeah but not to the extent where it
sat me down to think about quitting.
It’s my mum and girlfriend who were
more worried but they understand
that football is my passion and rice
bowl. Whatever it is, I make sure to do
my best to make them proud.
Does football affect
your relationship with
your partner?
LIke me, my girlfriend flies a lot; our
schedules are really tight. We don’t
know when our off days
will be, so sometimes we have to
make sacrifices for each other
whenever we have off days.
Which is more important:
The journey or end result?
The journey because you will
achieve your end result eventually.
I’ve spent 18 to 19 years playing
football; this is something I really
want, so whether the end result
turns out to be negative or
positive, I’m happy with
what I have now.

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 PULSE
"Hopefully, in
years to come,
Singaporeans
will have a
sense of pride
towards local
athletes."
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WEI LONG
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The 25-year-old Singapore Slinger player shares

how he keeps everything in play between school
and basketball, and the balls that bounce his way.

12
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 PULSE

"This is my second
Sea Games
participation; I'm
going to go there
to achieve
some results."

W
hen we think Sea Games participation; I’m your studies and What motivates you?
basketball, we going to go there to achieve basketball? Playing hard and performing
think of the some results. I’m aiming for a I’m struggling right now actually. well for the spectators who
legendary silver medal; we’ll see how it I’ll be going to the Sea Games on show support for our sport.
Michael Jordan and his iconic goes from there. 4 December and the last day of Is there a diet that
I-believe-I-can-fly slam dunk Who would be your my exams is 3 December. I have you have to follow in
moment. But for Sea Games toughest competitor no idea how I managed to handle order to perform
participant Wong Wei Long, it is at the Games? the workload and make my way better?
more than just a ball through the It would be one of the players to my third year in NTU, but I just Yes we do; we have to eat more
hoops. We shoot some from Philippines. Right now, work my way through and rely on proteins and carbohydrates
questions at him about his I’m trying to work my way the free time that I have. because it gives us plenty of
professional basketball journey through, to build on my Ever felt like giving up on energy. But it really depends on
so far. strength and my explosiveness either one? each individual; we’ll try our best
to keep up with him, so that if I had thought of giving up to follow the diet because
Do you feel pressured coach entrusts me with the studying but I want to become a usually when we’re done with
representing Singapore work of guarding him, I would teacher in the future, so I’m trying training, it’ll be past 10pm and
at the Sea Games? be able to perform. to work my way through NTU, we don’t have many food
Not really, as this is my second How do you cope with followed by NIE. options to choose from.
 How do you make yourself
feel better when you don't
perform well?
There’s one time I was quite
demoralised even when training so
during my rest time, I spent a few
hours working out; playing alone in
the court; figuring out what to do
next or how to counter-attack
defenders who are guarding me.
These are some of the pointers I give
myself to work on.
What sacrifices did you
have to make to play
professionally?
Time and family. I haven’t been
spending enough time with my family
throughout the years because the
basketball season lasts six months
and it would be followed by national-
team commitments. I have studies to
cope with, too. Every now and then,
I’d train till 10pm, reach home at
around 11pm and study till 3am, and
then wake up the next day. It’s
routine over and over again.
What is more important:
Hard work or talent?
Both, but I’d rate hardwork first.
What is the biggest
takeaway from your
basketball journey?
I value the experiences I had with the
import players. We learn different
cultures and get to know different
people with different characters.
What do you always do
before a game starts?
Usually, we have two hours before a
game starts. We reach our
homeground, the Singapore Indoor
Stadium, perform our routines, gain
composure, and just try to shoot as
many shots and get as much sweat
as possible. Then it’s game time.
If you could choose any
celebrity to have a game of
basketball with, who would
it be?
Tony Parker from San Antonio Spurs;
he represents France now. He’s an
amazing point guard and plays the
same position as me. I like the way
he plays; very daring. Plus, he’s not
very tall — about 1.8m (considered
one of the shortests in NBA). I’d
definitely love to play with him.
Ever thought what you
would be if you weren't a
national basketballer?
No, but when I was growing up, I was
introduced to different sports so I
might have become a badminton or
soccer player, because they’re my
two other better sports in life.

14
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 PULSE
"I value the experiences I
had with the import players.
We learn different
cultures and get to know
different people with
different characters."
 HANGING
OUT
WITH THE
CHAMP!

SPEED IS IN
Valentino Rossi is one of your
fiercest rivals. How is your
relationship with him?
It’s good, normal. Let’s say it’s better than what it

HIS BLOOD
was before. We are both older now. It was different
before because I was just a kid when I joined
motoGP. But it’s good like this and I hope it
continues being the same.
Do you see similarities between Rossi
and your closest title challenger,
Marc Marquez?
Two- (and possibly three-) time MotoGP world Marquez might be more explosive right now (he
champion Jorge Lorenzo on his fiercest can be faster than Rossi in a single lap), but Rossi
rivalries and taking risks. is more in control in all situations.
How do you win against riders like that?
By going faster than them; there’s no other way.

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Which is the toughest circuit
you've raced?
Valencia — it requires a lot of accelerations and
" My father built
has a lot of slow corners that are a bit tough for
our bikes. But we believe we can overcome that.
my first bike with
Do you need more brain or balls for his own hands; we
this sport?
Balls are important, but so is brain. The most had no money to
important, though, is understanding the correct
moment to use either. buy one."
What's your state of mind before
each race?
I stretch a lot, listen to music and am a little more
serious than normal. I stay very focused.
Has your racing style matured over
the years?
I take lesser risks now because I know how to
stay close to my limit and not pass it. Before, I
didn’t know my limits and, sometimes, I went too
far and crashed. In the last few years, I’ve had a
maximum of three crashes per year. Before, I had
10 to 15, so the risk of injury was higher.
Having won the championship more getting better, too. They’re producing more and opinion, we need more severe penalties to make
than once, who is your toughest more riders every year. reckless/risky riders change their mentality.
opponent? What do you think of the F1 How did you go from riding for
I’ve raced against a few very strong riders like racetrack in Singapore? leisure to riding professionally?
Rossi, who’s got an intense riding style; he was For the moment, you don’t have a track for bikes. I was riding in Majorca in different competitions,
difficult to beat. Marquez, too. I’d say these two The F1 track is too dangerous for bikes because but without a manager or strong competitors
are the toughest in terms of fighting in the last there are lots of walls. We need more space or — until I raced in Barcelona. I was about 13 years
lap. But when it comes to talent and speed, Dani we’d smack right into the walls. To be honest, I’d old then. I started riding when I was three years
Pedrosa is very fast. like to race in Singapore; it’s a beautiful country old. My father built my first bike with his own
How do you calculate risks on and it would be great for our sport. And it’s no hands; we had no money to buy one.
the track and gauge if they will problem competing in the night if you have Ever considered joining a four-
pay off? good illumination. wheeled motorsport?
It’s about taking the same amount of risk but In terms of safety in the sport, I’ve arrived too late for that. No chance because
going faster. The objective for the engineers is to what else can be done? the car drivers have been training in cars since
make a better bike; my goal is to improve my The responsibility lies with the federation to they were little kids. At 26 years old, I’m a
riding by going faster but taking more or less the enforce more measures. I’m a simple rider and little late.
same risk. Our races are already dangerous have my own opinion, but not everyone thinks the Do you feel like you've already
enough without incidents; with incidents, it same way. Obviously, for spectators, witnessing achieved all that you can in
becomes worse. So the only time you change fights and accidents are better because it’s more this sport?
your riding style is when you get penalised. If you exciting. But for riders, it’s not much fun when Well, I’ve already won two titles in MotoGP, which
don’t, you don’t see a need to change. If you are you are hit by another rider and get injured. This is the highest class in motorcycling. To get
being risky and it pays off and you don’t get is one of the most dangerous sports and, in my something bigger is difficult. The only thing you
penalised, you continue being risky. can do is to repeat it, but that’s not so simple. It’s
Who has the final say when it comes going to be very complicated, and also the riders
to decisions on the team? now are really strong. Every year, I get older so it
It’s about everyone on the team. Obviously, the will be more difficult. But this is life. It’s a
chief mechanic has a big responsibility and the challenge and you have to accept it and fight
rider should also speak with him to choose a against the age, your rivals and yourself.
direction. But we talk about it together and How do you motivate yourself?
usually arrive at a unanimous decision. Also, no Like everyone, sometimes you wake up
crew means no win. You need the best crew to motivated, with more energy to struggle and be
be on top of the podium. better. And sometimes you wake up unmotivated.
Is there a reason Spain continually Normally, I like to work and improve myself so I
produces such good riders? don’t find that many difficulties with motivation.
The federation has been putting in a good We’re human after all; we have feelings and
word about the sport from long ago, producing sometimes it’s harder than other times.
a lot of competitions for the kids and helping How many more years do you see
them to grow up in the best way. We also have yourself at the top of your game?
WORDS: JANINE LEE

the Spanish championships, which is the next- I don’t know, maybe this is the last year. We hope
best competition apart from the world to be at the top as long as possible and
championships. So for Spanish kids and especially to keep enjoying this wonderful sport.
amateurs, the country’s the best for starting out But it’s not simple; we have to keep humble, keep
in motorcycle racing. But other countries are working and to keep pushing.
 enough. But I do know of locals who go to the
festival for 16 days straight.
How do you pace yourself in a
festival like this?
It’s hard obviously because the music and
atmosphere make people drink more, and the
beers are also stronger. So if you’re going early,
be sure to leave early; and if you want to stay
late, go later.
How similar was Oktoberfest
Asia (Hamann was the event
spokesperson) to the original
festival in Munich?
It was very authentic, right from the set-up and
“live” music to the original beers and food. Even
though it’s 13 to 14 hours’ flight away from the
one in Munich, it’s as close as you can get to it.
Did our hot weather affect the
party mood?
It can get pretty warm in Munich, too, but not as
hot as in Singapore. Good thing, then, for the
air-conditioned set-up at Oktoberfest Asia.
Let's talk football: Liverpool is
exceptional form this season.
Should fans be getting all excited
now, or is it really too early to bring
out the champagne?
You can get excited, because it’s been a long
time since Liverpool has been near the top of the
table. But you got to keep your [feet] on the
ground; it’s a long season. But I’m feeling very
optimistic, as Brendan [Rodgers, Liverpool
manager] has really made a difference in the last
year and the signs are very positive.
In recent interviews, you predict
Manchester City to "run away with
the league" this season. Do you still
stand by that claim?

OF BALLS
Yeah, it may not “run away” but it’s got the
strongest squad; it has the quality. I still expect it
to win the league.
Which teams have surprised you the
most this season?

AND BEER
Everton — I thought it would find it hard after
David Moyes left for Manchester United, but it’s
doing very well. And Tottenham Hotspurs, too. It’s
spent its money very wisely; it’s got some good
deals in the transfer market. The club will be very
hard to keep out of the top four, and will be a real
force this season.
Liverpool legend, Dietmar (Didi) Hamann talks What do you miss most about playing
to FHM about men's best loves - after professional football?
women, of course. Nothing. I enjoyed every second that I played and
I’m happy that I don’t have to train and play
anymore… I was very fortunate to have played
Oktoberfest is perhaps the only that lasts 16 days. There may be other festivals with some great teams and players, but I’ve not
culture-specific beer-drinking- with beer and tents, but the most globally known got any regrets in my career; and I’d rather watch
and-merrymaking festival that's is Oktoberfest. It has changed a lot over the than play these days.
celebrated around the world. What years; when I was younger, there weren’t too But if you were still playing
does that say about Germans - that many people from abroad, but today you get professionally, which club (apart
you guys really know how to have a partygoers from New Zealand, Australia, Italy from Liverpool) would you love to
good time? and even Asia. play for?
Yeah, I think so. If you’re not convinced, try What's the longest you lasted at a Barcelona — it’s a team that I’ve always followed
attending the original Oktoberfest in single Oktoberfest? All 16 days? closely. I like the way they play football and how
Munich, Germany. It’s a big party Oh no, at most between two and four days. That’s the club is run.

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Left: Didi Hamann

enjoying a cold one
at Oktoberfest Asia.
Top to bottom: The
prolific footballer in
the different colours
of Liverpool,
Manchester City
(away jersey) and
Germany.

You managed Stockport County FC

briefly in 2011 during a period when a
" I don't miss match-fixing trials that have been going on and
managers getting banned, it will be a while before
Liverpool-based businessman
attempted to take over the club.
anything about it comes back. At the moment it is behind, the
league is quite far behind Spain’s, Germany’s,
What was that experience like? playing professional England’s and even France’s.
It was good. We didn’t have that many players Would it make a difference if an
then and I had to bring in a number of them in football." Italian team won the Champions
a short span of time. I learnt a lot in the span League?
of three to four months. It was a great The national team won the World Cup in 2006
experience and gave me the impetus to have a chance it may happen in the 2013/2014 and it didn’t really change anything, so I’m not too
another go at managing. season again. But you have to be careful with sure about that. Apart from Juventus, I don’t think
So will we see you as a manager the assumptions that the Bundesliga [German there is any other Italian team that can go far in
again anytime soon? league] is the best, because we’re judging based the Champions League.
Hopefully, there is a lot of competition right now on German teams’ Champions League results. Do professional footballers get the
and a lot of managers are out of work. I’m busy Although it was obvious the two best teams best-looking women?
doing media work at the moment, but if there is were from Germany, that doesn’t necessarily You should be asking the young players; I’m the
WORDS: DENNIS YIN; PHOTOS: CORBIS, OKTOBERFEST ASIA

chance, I’m definitely up for it. make its league the strongest. In terms of wrong person to ask. [Laughs] I’ve always played
We also shouldn't forget that you competitiveness, I think the English Premier football and never got involved in the other stuff.
started your senior career at League is the strongest. Whichever club you play And when I have time, I’d spend it with the family.
Bayern Munich. The club, German against, be it Crystal Palace, West Bromwich Lastly, what are your predictions
league and national team are major Albion or Hull City, you know you’re always in for for World Cup 2014?
powerhouses. Is it fair to say that a game. And that’s not always the case in Germany has every chance to win it. The
German football is the best in the Spanish or German league. downside is the team had four chances already;
world right now? How about the Italian Serie A the last four tournaments, it went far but didn’t
If you look at German players at the moment, League? Do you think it will make it. For England, it will be tough. I can’t see it
they have a lot of talent coming through. So yeah, recapture the glory it once had going past the quarterfinals. I don’t think it has
German football has made a big step forward, before the match-fixing scandals? enough quality in the team.
because 10 years ago, it would have been Very hard; I think it will take a long time. The
unthinkable to have two German teams playing in league made a lot of money in the late ’80s and This interview was conducted in October during
the Uefa Champions League final — and there is ’90s with several star players. But with the the Oktoberfest Asia 2013 weekend.
THE HOUSE
THAT FUN
BUILT
A picture is worth a thousand words. Here are more
than 10. See what you’ve missed at Playhouse’s first
anniversary bash in October.
Playhouse is located at Clarke Quay. For its weekly party listings,
visit www.facebook.com/PlayhouseSG
 TAKE-HOME
TOASTS
Year-end house parties aren't quite the
same without these mood-boosting spirits.

LIMITED-EDITION SONDEK LP12

TURNTABLES FROM
HIGHLAND PARK AND LINN
For the handful of you who have spare change from your
Koenigsegg Agera S purchase, get your hands on this premium
gift set. It includes a bottle of Highland Park 40 Years Old and a
Sondek LP12 Turntable (crafted from solid oak casks used to
mature Highland Park whisky). Then invite us over.

About $50,000, from Edrington Singapore, Tel: 6653-2000.

MOËT & CHANDON

THE GOLDEN GLIMMER
Instead of lugging your Moët &
Chandon to a house party in a
humdrum wine carrier — or worse, a
paper or plastic bag — carry it in
style in a golden insulated gift box.
LIMITED-EDITION
(BELVEDERE) RED VODKA $99, from wine retailers and
Get the party started with not one, but selected department stores.
three (or more) shots of this smooth luxury
vodka, distilled from Dankowskie gold rye.
Part of the proceeds goes to Global Fund,
a leading backer of programmes to
combat HIV/Aids in Africa.

$75, from Tangs.

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 HEDONISM
2013 CLOUDY BAY
SAUVIGNON BLANC
Your lady guests will enjoy clinking their
glasses to this white that is produced during a
season that offered a “generous level of fruit
sweetness” in the finished wine.

$55.60, from Cold Storage, Jasons and

selected wine retailers.

THE
LADIES
GET IT

PIPER-HEIDSIECK
CUVÉE BRUT WITH
PERRIER-JOUET LIMITED-EDITION LIGHTBOX
BELLE EPOQUE Just for this festive period, the popular
A new floral dress for the French cuvée but a champagne comes with a chiller box that
tad too girlie, you say? Not if the bottle is a gift transforms into a candleholder. Gimmicky but
for your partner or a table of hotties. still fun to have in the season of cheer. Besides,
the booze rocks, too.
Price unavailable, from selected wine shops
such as The Wine Gallery, Le Rouge, The $76.90, from 15 December onwards at selected
Standish and World Wine Vault. Cold Storage and Market Place.

JOHNNIE WALKER BLUE

LABEL LIMITED-EDITION
COLLECTION DESIGNED BY
ALFRED DUNHILL
Call three of your best buddies over, open this
fine bottle and enjoy it slowly over FIFA 14.
(Hey, guys just want to have fun, right?)

For pricing, contact Moët Hennessy

Diageo, Tel: 6838-0243.
WORDS: DENNIS YIN
BELLY UP
FOR A FEAST
Can you stomach these six?
Because we can.

THE POWDER ROOM

Feel like a million bucks when you unwind at the opulently designed
mezzanine floor of The Black Swan, reminiscent of the 1920s (Think flapper
and The Great Gatsby). For a classy after-party to your meal at The Black
Swan, this swanky lounge offers bespoke cocktails and exclusive bar bites
from favourites like calamari to fancy soft-shell crab sliders. With resident
DJs spinning every Friday and Saturday night, this place makes a good start
to an awesome weekend.
Order: If you love a glass of prosecco with a little more edge, order Escape
to Amalfi (mixed with vodka and finished with a scoop of lemon sorbet. In
the mood for something a little more dangerous? Try Moral Hazard, a smooth
concoction of apricot-infused 15-year-old bourbon with orange zest and
honey water.

Opens Tue to Thu, 5pm to 1am; Fri and Sat, 5pm to 2am. 19 Cecil Street (via
Market Street), Tel: 8181-3305, www.theblackswan.com.sg.

L’ENTRECOTE
If you value the sacred connection between a
man and his steak, it’s time you head down to
L’Entrecote. Celebrate this union by chowing
down its only main course — steak drenched in
a savoury secret sauce accompanied with free-
flow fries. Now, the only problem is choosing
from the variety of quintessentially French
appetisers and desserts.
Order: The steak and fries comes in three
servings sizes (light, classic, large) to suit any
appetite. And with desserts at $8, for either its
zesty lemon tart or its chocolate mousse.

Opens daily, 11.30am to 9.30pm.

#B1-128, Suntec City Mall, 3 Temasek
Boulevard, Tel: 6690-7569, www.lentrecote.sg

NUVO
Celebrate the marriage of Italian and Japanese Served with grilled corn
cuisine at this 155-seat contemporary kernels drizzled with classic
restaurant, featuring an open-concept kitchen romesco sauce, the tender
and long tables. Enjoy dishes such as pan-fried lamb saddle is also available in
salmon and Parma ham served as crispy a bigger portion — because
savoury bits in soup, along with cocktails by sharing is caring.
award-winning mixologist Ethan Leslie Leong;
plus desserts like Earl Grey crème brulee with Opens daily, 11am to 11pm.
refreshing bergamot. #02-100 Marina Square
Order: If you’re a fan of melt-in-the- Shopping Mall,
mouth meat, the grilled lamb will dull 6 Raffles Boulevard,
any other meats you’ve had lately. Tel: 6822-2097, www.nuvo.sg

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 HEDONISM
E!GHT KOREAN BBQ
We know what you’re thinking: Not another
Korean BBQ eatery? Trust us when we say
E!GHT is different. Dedicated to a hassle-free
dining experience, you no longer have to worry
about oil splatters or BBQ smoke because they’ve
got everything covered — from handy
compartments to keep your backpack, to special
grill pans that allow excess oil to flow into waste
traps, to a staffer assigned to each table to do the
cooking for you. Coupled with lunchtime favourites
such as bibimbap and chul pan (a tower of thinly
sliced meat of your choice stir-fried with red
pepper paste and assorted vegetables), it’s time to
put the diets on hold and unleash the meat-
chomping monster in you.
Order: The eight different flavours of Berkshire
pork featuring marinades like wine, red-pepper
and ginseng. The set also comes with
complimentary Korean appetisers and a pot of
seafood bean-paste stew.

Opens daily, 11.30am to 2.30pm,

5.30pm to 11pm. #02-79/90 The Central,
6 Eu Tong Sen Street.

SENOR TACO
If there’s one thing people always underestimate, it’s the importance of
pre-game stomach lining. Don’t want to end up an emotional wreck on the
floor of some club after your fourth Flaming Lamborghini? Then pack in a
proper meal before your night out. And, honestly, we can’t think of a single
dish more complementary to an alcohol binge-fest than a well-stuffed
taco. At this Mexican taqueria, they do it the authentic way with fresh
ingredients, corn tortillas and all of that muy bueno flavour.
Order: One of each taco, seriously. It’s got everything from pork belly and
grain-fed rib eye, to beer-battered fish smothered in an array of dressings
and picante salsas — and they’re all really tasty. To kick start your drinking,
try the epic Corona Rita, a bottle of Corona shoved upside-down into a
frozen lime margarita because, why the heck not?

Opens daily, 5.30pm till late. #01-07/12 Clarke Quay, 30 River Valley Rd,
www.senortaco.sg

BROTZEIT
From grilled meat to cold beer, nothing is manlier than having a hearty meal
at this German establishment. The folks at Brotzeit really know how to dish
out the goods, leaving tons of satisfied bellies in their wake. Debuting a new
outlet in the chilled-out Katong neighbourhood, patrons can expect the same
good eats in a more relaxed environment. So round up the guys after work,
bring an appetite and head down to this joint — you’ll thank us when you end
WORDS: JANINE LEE & GLADYS GOH

the night sinking into a blissful food coma.

Order: The Brotzeit Platter that comes on an impressive (and slightly
intimidating) slab of wood, piled with its signature sausages, pork schnitzel
and the crowning glory: A crispy golden-brown pork knuckle. Pair with any of
the imported German-brewed beers on tap for a meal fit for a king.

Opens daily, noon to midnight. 126 East Coast Road, Tel: 6348-2040,
www.brotzeit.co
 IMPRESS ME
WITH YOUR BASH
FHM Girlfriend Lois tells us what we
need to do to get her to our party.

01 03 05
Forget About Hiring a Venue Want Me to Come -- But Have "Live" Music
“House parties are always so much Not That Much “When bands play at a house
cooler than anything held in venues “It’s always nice when someone party, it’s awesome. I far prefer
like a bar, club or function room.” really wants you to come to a party, but don’t get listening to “live” music than a monotonous
too pushy. Ask me once, not 15 times.” dance playlist.”

02
Think About a Theme

04 06
“Like most girls, I love dressing up Invite My Friends Provide Cool Booze
and themes that are out of the “No offence, but no matter how “Parties that have free beer
ordinary always intrigue me. For example, a cool you are, I’m not going to come and cider are fine, but I’m far more
bar near where I live did a zombie prom to your party unless my mates are invited, too. So interested when there are free vodka jellies and
night and it was brilliant.” make sure you do that.” an experimental cocktail bar.”

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 GIRLFRIEND
“Hey Doc, I Think I May
Have a ProBlem”
How to speak to your doctor about premature ejaculation.
Women have no problem saying “I just saw doctor will secretly laugh at me.”
my gynae yesterday” to her friends. Now, if a
man utters, “I’m have an appointment with
• “Lots of painful tests need to be
carried out.”
my…err… urologist before I head out for
street soccer”, you can expect a deafening
• “There are no effective treatments and I’m
destined to suffer for the rest of my life.”
locker-room silence.
BEST WAY TO BROACH THE SUBJECT
In a recent study, one in three men in Asia OF PE TO YOUR DOCTOR
suffer from some form of Premature “Be frank and upfront with your doctor.
Ejaculation (PE). Other reports showed that Some men prefer to come alone without
men like to “fix” problems; not listen to it. his partner and some prefer to see a
Now, combine the two… Surely PE is male doctor.”
something we would be (pardon the pun)
bursting to act on and consult our doctor, no? WORST APPROACH
“Seeing your doctor with an unsympathetic
If you wish to speak to your doctor and annoyed partner. It makes the encounter
about the condition, what then is the best very embarrassing and stressful for the guy.
way to do it? You could either wear a T-shirt He will not likely open up and share the
with the words: pertinent points of his condition.”

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO TACKLE PE

“The guy must first acknowledge that he has
PE, and that it is a serious-enough problem
to seek medical advice. During consultation,
he will be asked some questions and a
simple physical examination will be carried
out (urine and blood tests may be required)
before treatment is initiated. Treatment may
be singular or in combination, and
comprises of behavioural therapy, sex
therapy, counselling and drug therapy.”

PARTNER'S INVOLVEMENT
“It is very important for the partner to ‘have a
hand’ in the treatment. It will be more
bearable and likely to continue if the partner
understands the condition and treatment
required. She can then participate in the
behavioural and sex therapies, and provide
psychological support — very crucial to the
treatment’s success.”

SUCCESS RATE
“If the man persists with the various
treatments, it is very likely that he will be
able to delay his ejaculation to a more

07
Pimp Your Dessert acceptable duration.”
“For your ice-cream sundae Or you can follow the advice of Dr Simon
topping, try my recipe — it’s a Chong, Consultant, Department of Urology To find out more about premature
PHOTO: TPG IMAGES/CLICK PHOTOS

favourite with all my girl friends. Toast some Tan Tock Seng Hospital. ejaculation and the treatments available, visit
walnuts or pecans in a frying pan, add a little www.ministryofmanhood.com.sg or call
sugar and you get sticky toasted nuts. Or make COMMON PE MISCONCEPTIONS 6684-8000. The Society for Men’s Health
a fruit compote by putting a bunch of berries in
a pan with a little water and simmer till it’s
• “PE is very uncommon and it's just my bad
luck to get it.”
Singapore (SMHS) is a body that develops
and implements training programmes for
PHOTO: CORBIS

slightly soft. Add some sugar to taste, then • “There is no one I can talk to about this.” medical professionals, nurses and others to
some herbs — mint with strawberries or black
pepper to give spice.”
• “Once I let the cat out of the bag, the promote men’s health and ageing.
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