Monday, June 13, 2011

Interview # 5: Mark de Joya, Manila

Your name.
MDJ Superstar



How do you want to be called?
By telephone siguro…

What takes up your day?
Press release is that I do marketing strategies and brand management, but in reality I’m actually just on Twitter.

What’s your occupation?
Marketing/Advertising professional, but I would have pursued a career as a male swimsuit model except for one minor flaw – I’m both hairy and chubby.

What’s the nicest thing about your day?
Shaving my beard off. I now feel like a slightly plumper Mr. Clean, or a handsomer version of King Kong Bundy.

How’s your year so far?
Pretty good. It actually isn’t so bad being 30 years old, after all.

If you’re living your dream life, how will you spend your day?
Actually getting around to drawing my graphic novel about a brilliant but nerdy scientist who accidentally got pelted by gamma rays, and mutated into a strapping green hulk.. Oh wait, you mean that’s been done already? Dammit, I’ll just go download some porn.

If you are given 10 million pesos right now and asked to spend it within the next 24   hours, where will you spend it?
A 2-bedroom unit at The Grove by Rockwell.

Why?
So that people will think I’m rich, and not just incredibly handsome.

How do you think the purchases above will make you feel?
Like I’ve arrived. You aren’t really an adult until you’ve invested in your piece of real estate.

Back to reality, what was your most recent purchase?
Two shirts and a game for my PlayStation 3.

When was that?
Just last night, while my girlfriend was distracted by the passing male models.

From what store?
The shirts were from Zara. The game was from DataBlitz.

Why did you buy it?
I felt fat, and needed something to make me feel better. But in hindsight, it depressed me that I’m no longer a Medium.

(Teka, when were you ever a medium, MDJ???)

What led you to the store?
It’s a reflex decision – Zara is always top-of-mind for me, but only because the real fancy-pants designer stores don’t make anything in my size – Extra Chunky.

Do you think anything influenced you to make that purchase?
I saw some male models wearing similar items, and thought that having the same things would make people think I was a male model too.

How did you feel after the purchase?
The same way I always feel every time I spend on something – regretful. Also, I felt hungry, so I went to McDonald’s and bought some French Fries. And a Coke Zero.

Would you spend money on the same thing again?
Yes.

Why?
Because if I keep getting larger at this pace, I would  look like a longganisa in my current wardrobe.

What do you think will you next spend money on? 
Skyway Toll. And I still have not emotionally accepted that it now costs PhP106 to get from Sucat to Makati. It’s highway robbery, and the pun is damn well intended!

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