Body Talk with Vin Abrenica

Not his brother’s keeper

Although he and his Kuya Aljur are as close as other brothers are not, Vin Abrenica is mum about Aljur’s current situation. Aljur is living-in at his own home (bought from Kaye Dacer and newly-renovated) with his girlfriend Kylie Padilla who is three months pregnant, while Vin is staying alone in his own place. The brothers used to share not just a room but confidences; they even swapped clothes and shoes.

But these days, they don’t talk much.

“We haven’t talked about it,” admitted Vin in a one-on-one after the presscon for T-Rex Entertainment’s Moonlight Over Baler which is opening nationwide today, directed by Gil M. Portes and also starring, among others, Elizabeth Oropesa, Ellen Adarna, Daria Ramirez and Vin’s ex-girlfriend Sophie Albert. “I get updates about him only from social media. He’s being bashed and I don’t want to add to the mess. It’s a new phase in his life and I’m waiting for the right time to discuss it with him. I give him my all-out support. All he needs is call me and I run to him. About Kylie, kasundo ko siya; mabait siya.”

Vin added that Aljur has beaten him to the draw.

“Our dad used to say that if ever he had an apo, he wanted it to come from me,” added Vin. “Inunahan ako ni kuya. I’m excited to see their baby. Excited ako mag-alaga ng baby nila.”

Career-wise, though, Vin is getting ahead of Aljur. In Moonlight Over Baler, his second movie with Gil (after Hermano Puli, with Aljur in the titular role), he plays a dual role: as a soldier killed in World War II and as the soldier’s Japanese photojournalist lookalike in present times.

Vin stands 5’10.5”; weighs 148 lbs.; and wears small-size shirt, medium-size briefs and size-11 shoes.

What kind of diet do you follow?

“Occasionally, I eat a lot, as in maraming-marami. But if I’m preparing for a shoot or a pictorial, I observe what I call an ‘intermediate fasting,’ a 16-hour diet with a window of eight hours when you can eat anything you want. For example, if you have your last meal at 7 p.m., your next meal should be at 11 a.m. the next day. Otherwise, on ordinary days I take three meals a day.”

What’s usually for breakfast?

“Bread, as many pieces as I can, with eggs and coffee with cream or sugar. Or cereals. For lunch, mostly beef or chicken breast. I have stopped eating pork. For dinner, I eat as much as I can kasi payatin ako so I need to gain weight.”

Favorite food?

“A lot — pancit canton, spam, noodles.”

How much water do you take per day?

“Not much. I drink only after every meal. But I take a lot of buko juice. My ref is full of bottles of buko juice. I order 10 bottles every three days.”

What vitamins do you take?

“Solid multi-vitamins and solid vitamin C.”

How much sleep do you get per night?

“Five hours.”

Favorite sleepwear?

“I sleep alone, so I prefer to sleep in the nude. Nagtitipid sa laundry, hahahaha!!! I sleep with the aircon turned on full blast. I cover myself with a comforter.”

How many pillows do you sleep with?

“Four. Two on either side of me, one under my head and the one I hug.”

Last thing that you do before you go to sleep?

“I pray the Rosary.”

First thing that you do as soon as you wake up?

“I recite the prayer in my Mt. Carmel scapular. I wear it all the time.”

Do you snore?

“No.”

Do you talk in your sleep?

“I don’t, but my siblings do.”

Do you sleepwalk?

“Sometimes.”

How do you cope with stress?

“I pray, honest!”

What workout do you do?

“When my schedule permits, I work out every day a minimum of 45 minutes and a maximum of one hour. I alternate my exercises. If I lift weights today, I do aerobics the next day, such as swimming, jogging or sports.”

What part of your body needs improvement?

“My legs. My legs are solid, matigas na matigas. Maliliit talaga ang legs namin, mahirap mag-mass, even those of my dad’s. He’s tall, with great abs, but his legs are medyo payat. It runs in the family.”

What part is most vulnerable?

“My lower back. I have slipped disc. I was injured when I was in high school.”

What part is your favorite?

“My jaws.”

And what part of a girl’s body is your favorite?

“The eyes. And the brains. She should talk sense.”

What else in a girl turns you on?

“When she makes me feel like para akong bobo…na ganoon siya kagaling at kahusay mag-diskarte.”

And what’s in a girl that turns you off?

“Those who are vain. When they know that they are beautiful and they boast about it.”

How’s your love life?

“Fine, thank you.”

Do you have a girlfriend?

“I’m single now, for more than six months.” (He has broken up with Sophie Albert.)

How’s your sex life?

“It’s okay…ah, wala pala! None.” (Vin’s manager butted in, in jest, “Ask the towels! Ask the laundry woman.”)

Lights on or lights off?

“Lights on. I like to show off. Hahahaha!!!”

Did you ever take any video shot of your private moment?

“When I was younger. Noon pa yon. Now no more.”

When did you lose your innocence?

“I was 14. I was in high school.”

To a younger woman, older woman or a woman your age?

“A woman twice my age. Pinag-laruan ako. She was the one who introduced me to the birds and the bees...Siya ang nagmulat sa akin. All of my relationships are older than me. I fell in love with her. Where is she now? Married to somebody else.”

What about Sophie?

“She’s older than me by one year.”

Three women that you find sexy?

“Liza Soberano, Maja Salvador and Emma Stone.”

Using only body language, how would you make a woman know that you admire her?

“I don’t look at her, hindi ko siya pinapansin…kunwari hindi ako interested.”