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Several months ago, after a discussion on the manliest subject possible (Temptation Island the Joey Gosiengfiao classic), Erwin Romulo asked me if I could write for the Philippine edition of Esquire that he was putting together.

I said, Sure.

He asked me what I wanted to write about.

I knew I didn’t want to write about movies, books, cats and myself because I already cover those in my columns in the Philippine Star and interaksyon.com. And there’s no point in writing yet another column unless you’re entertaining yourself. So I said, Uh…sports?

Erwin said Okay.

Esquire Philippines launches officially on October 5, but it’s out in stores and newsstands Now. (Cover price: P195)

My column is called Wide World Of Pain, or WWOP. If you’re surprised at the subject matter of my first piece for Esquire, you are not a regular reader of this site OR you are trying out the word “disingenuous”.

Thanks to my editors Erwin Romulo and Jerome Gomez for allowing the article to seriously overrun the 800-word requirement. The photos are by Brewhuh23, the chronicler of boredom and myself.

Those are my glasses Oliver Saunders is wearing. Revenge of the Nerds part 13: Make the jocks wear geeky glasses.