At 59, Kim Atienza is not sentimental about aging. Instead, the well-known television personality, weather forecaster and former public servant talks about it the way he talks about most things that matter to him today — plainly, practically and with hard-won clarity.

That much was clear on April 13, when The Sunday Times Magazine saw him at his contract renewal as brand ambassador for health and wellness brand Santé Barley. The “Kuya Kim” in attendance was familiar: animated, curious, quick on his feet and ready with facts.