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The masculine name "Orlando" is Spanish in origin meaning "famous country." On the other hand, "Sol" is the Latin name of the sun, and the modern word for "sun" in Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Icelandic , Danish, Norwegian and Swedish languages. Photo above shows Orlando Sol, basking in all his glory, perfect for the summer heat.

Orlando Sol used to be known as Chomo Sol, a talented theater artist before joining the boy-band M-Gage. The 22-year-old native of Remedios T. Romualdez town in Agusan del Norte went to the Northern Mindanao College of Arts, Science and Technology in Cabadbaran, Agusan before transferring to Manila at the PMI Colleges. Orlando Sol was a revelation in the three-act Filipino pop musical Quiapo, where he played one of the male leads. Which means, guys, the kid's got talent. And sex appeal too. And the body....


It's that Christina Aguilera song Dirty ringing through when I see this photo: Oh, I'm overdue/ Give me some room/ I'm comin through/ Paid my dues/ In the mood../ Wanna get dirrty/ It's about time that I came to start the party/ Sweat dripping over my body/ Dancing getting just a little naughty/ Wanna get dirrty/ It's about time for my arrival. Orlando Sol is ready for the big-time as the 21-year-old member of the boy-group M-Gage has lately been getting noticed. With a solid background in theater plus a good singing voice, the boy's got talent to take him to greater heights. It's about time, really, for his arrival!

After the momentum gained by singer-theater actor Orlando Sol in a sexy magazine spread, nothing much has been heard about him. Too bad, because here's one talented 22-year-old: he is a member of the boy band M-Gage [which means he can carry a tune fully well] and he was a member of a theater group [which means he can act]. Of course, Orlando Sol is utterly sexy with a lot of promise. Remember those hot buns?

I confess a predilection for models of the Chinese-looking or dark-skinned [bordering on the nigrescent] varieties. As I've had my post recently on the former [see Ernesto Calopez ], here's another example within the other spectrum of my preferment - the dark brooding alpha male. His name is Abel Jimeno, a 21-year old model from Paranaque City [originally from Tabaco, Albay in Bicol Province]. He's no ordinary model-wannabe as Abel Jimeno came from good schools - San Beda High School and Mapua Institute of Technology [taking up Mechanical Engineering]. Born in Saudi Arabia, the 5'9" tall Abel has done ramp shows in between school break. With modeling merely as a part-time job, he is determined to finish his course and be a licensed Mechanical Engineer soon.

Abel Jimeno doesn't look happy in those images above. Nevertheless, he still looks sexy in tiny briefs. Abel Jimeno was first runner-up in the recently-concluded Mr. Sexy Body 2008 sponsored by Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall. The 22-year-old Mapua Institute of Technology student [taking up Mechanical Engineering] is also a bikini contest regular. He was born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Tabaco, Albay.

I had a dream last night and it was all about 23-year-old half-Swiss male model Raphael Kiefer prancing in his underwear with some gauzy robe, similar to the one pictured above. Waking up, the dream got me thinking why the freak would, of all people, it involve Mr. Kiefer from Cagayan de Oro. And then I recalled that the guy's a practicing pesco-vegetarian. For the past few days, I have been seriously thinking of converting to pescetarianism, a semi-vegetarian diet that includes veggies, fruits and nuts plus fish and invertebrate seafood, and excluding mammals and birds, of course. Now, I think my dream is telling me something....