Malls of the Philippines
“You look just like an American movie star!” A cafe owner in the Philippine village of Sabang was very insistent on this point. On his phone he produced a clip of Russell Crowe from the movie Gladiator. “See!? Exactly the same!” His two Filipina employees looked at Russell, then looked at me, and agreed enthusiastically. Could it be that my time in Asia has been aging me into the doppleganger of 1999 era Hollywood sex symbol Russell Crowe? Or could…