Office romance
December 14, 2007
Are office romances really kept secret?
I was chatting with some lady friends today about someone we knew who was having a “secret†relationship with a colleague. Secret meaning they think nobody knows when in fact, the whole office does. Secret meaning no one should know when in fact everybody does… everybody except the guy’s “official†girlfriend.
The story reminded me of another couple from years back. In fact, it reminded me of several other couples I know who have, at one time or another, indulged in this kind of a hookup. The type which we call office romance. Sometimes they are healthy and welcome, at times they are deceptive and most other times they border on the illicit or immoral.
Are We Truly Free?
December 5, 2007
True Freedom is the birthright of everyone. The freedom to choose and the freedom to achieve, to be free from worrying about money, to spend time as we like. Our hopes, and our dreams. The question is: Are We Truly Free?
From time to time, we need to reflect on our lives to see where we are now and where we are headed, just as the navigators of a sea-faring vessel does. I made a checklist to help you reflect on the things commonly held important by people.
Christmas time is at hand and it signals the end of another year. Come January, another year awaits us full of promises. This is a time to look back what happened this 2007 and a chance to plan ahead for 2008. This is the perfect time to chart a course so that we could achieve what we want in our lives.
ella
November 28, 2007
ang buhay mo, kasama sa kwento ko.
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pucha naman! bakit ngayon pa umulan?!?
kung kailan naman wala akong dalang payong saka naman umulan ng pagkalakas lakas. pabago bago nga talaga ang panahon–kanina maaraw, ngayon bigla na lang uulan. ayan tuloy, napilitan akong magmadali at tumakbo pauwi ng bahay. kung bakit ba naman kasi naisipan ko pang maglakad lakad.
teka, nasan na ba ako?
sa sobrang pagmamadali ko, hindi ko na napansin kung saang eskinita na ako napadpad. hindi na pamilyar ang lugar na ito sa akin.
sumugod sa ulan kasama si XienahGirl sa Chiksilog
7 Secrets to Real Freedom
November 25, 2007
Bo Sanchez launched yesterday at the Kerygma Conference held at Philsports Arena (formerly ULTRA) his latest book entitled “7 Secrets to Real Freedom”. The book promises to teach us how to get rid of hidden addictions and to achieve great success. It comes after very great works like “8 Secrets of the Truly Rich” and “How to Find Your One True Love”. Read more at Pinoy Seminars.
One More Chance
November 18, 2007
“She’s with me at my worst. You had me at my best. But you chose to break my heart.” Words (not exactly verbatim) came out from Popoy when Basia asked him na “ako na lang, ako na lang muli.”
There a lots of lessons to be learned from this movie. Being a control freak and not allowing your partner to decide on her/his own could ruin a relationship. Also sometimes we must get hurt for us to realize something, to grow, to mature. We could only truly love if we learned to love ourselves. Only mature people could enter a lasting relationship. Also, I learned from Popoy there is this 3 month rule. After a breakup, one should not accept or court within 3 months. That is something new!
Popoy and Basia were planning to get married after being lovers for 5 years. They were also officemates. However, Basia felt so choked by the controlling Popoy and decided to leave the company and Popoy. She was fortunate to find another job and started to live out a career she truly enjoyed. Popoy got devastated. But he was saved by a singer who became her girlfriend and just recently celebrated their monthsary.
Basia could not hide her jealousy and confessed to Popoy that she still loved him. Popoy was torn apart but later on decide to choose his true love. They talked. Instead of getting back quickly, Popoy accepted a 2 year job in Qatar to find the old Popoy in him. After that, of course, the movie ended up nicely.
Celebrating life, instead!
November 14, 2007
I wanted to blog something about suicide because of the blog of Liz about another suicide supposedly attributed to poverty, and because I want to advocate that the media should stop this media-hype because of the possibility that suicide might actually be “copied” and misconstrued that it is cool to commit suicide as what Prudence has mentioned in her blog as Werther Syndrome.
I had to refresh my psychology since it was already eons ago! I rummaged through the net and looked for theories of attribution, cognitive dissonance and suicide itself. But then, discussing suicide is in itself mind-boggling. So, I decided not to discuss suicide for several reasons:
Midnight in the garden of good and evil
November 11, 2007
Even before I finished training in medical school, I have already felt a calling to work in the world outside the hospital. The promise of attaining better and sustainable health outcomes faster by engaging populations rather than individual patients led me to the world of community development and public health. The overpowering atmosphere filled with sickness and gloom, hospital politics, and stifling routine hastened my footsteps away from hospital work.
But as I’ve began to spend more time in the university hospital again over the last few days, there’s this unshakable nostalgia of my previous hospital-based life: the flurry of activity in the emergency room; the stress of rounds and reports; the need to devour books and journals; the camaraderie among overworked and underpaid fellow health professionals; the adrenalin rush of a toxic duty in the ward; the extremely sound sleep after a toxic duty. What I miss most is the almost unbridled interaction with individual patients, as they and their families put their lives in my hands and they take on the unwitting role of my mentor and teacher.
One of them I will never, ever forget. Here’s why.
JK Rowling Says Dumbledore is Gay, Ee-hee-hee-hee-hee!
October 31, 2007
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. — John 15: 12
Billionaire author JK Rowling sparked a bit of controversy two weeks ago by revealing that Dumbledore, the headmaster of the school of witchcraft and wizardry, and Harry Potter’s mentor, is gay. Gay rights activists all over the world are rejoicing over the revelation. And why shouldn’t they? Throughout history, we have seen literary greats transform the attitudes and the consciousness of entire generations by using stories and lessons we can all relate to and understand. Literary greats, the likes of Shakespeare, Plato, Homer, Cervantes, Montaigne, Bacon, Samuel Johnson, Goethe, Emerson, Nietzsche, Freud, Proust, St. Augustine, and now, JK Rowling will forever be remembered for their stories and their revolutionary values. They not only entertain us with their tales, they also enlighten us with their values.
Enlighten?
It may not be too obvious to a lot of readers that JK Rowling’s books are meant to enlighten, but if you read her books carefully, you will find that JK Rowling has embedded a lot of values in the story of Harry Potter. Click here and continue reading…
E-flowers/prayer campaign touches Inquirer.net
October 24, 2007
This just came in!
Earlier I have called for prayer and sobriety, which was followed up by my call for photographers to post a flower for Glorietta victims and their families.
It was not expected, but fellow blogger Erwin Oliva, who happens to be a PDI writer, too, noticed my blog. Honestly I did not know how I could show these photos of flowers (read: show of sympathy) to the family of the victims. Rhodora, who posted a really nice prayer suggested television. But I guess, that would be self-promoting. Erwin Oliva is a blessing in disguise.
Below is the link to the article he wrote, entitled:
Virtual flowers offered to Glorietta mall blast victims
This is already a great leap from this lowly blogger to get the message accross the country and the entire globe. You are still welcome to share your prayers and keep on posting your flower photos (even if it was taken only with a celfone camera).
God Bless
Pitstop
October 20, 2007
It has nothing to do with the Glorietta Mall Blast Explosion… I just feel bad for days and stuffs… 
18th of October supposed to be the 7th month anniversary of me and my tar… I have to admit that he was never the kind of man who remembers everything about “US” - he was never the sweet one though he used to be one…
We started out as friends. I was his confidante, his friend, and I was the only person whom he trusted with his deep dark secrets. I was the one who listens to all his heart problems. I was even the one who taught him that “Time will heal all his wounds.”
Whenever he’s hurting it’s me who’s beside him. I did give him my shoulder for him to cry on. There were a lot of times that he feels like shit and unworthy to be loved. But I made him feel that maybe that one person he fell in love with isn’t the right one for him…
Not The Only Gay in the Village!
October 5, 2007
As we mentioned earlier this week, the National Coming Out Day is almost here. It’s a time of freedom, individuality, self-realizations and acceptance. It’s time to be out and proud!
You see our dear friends, it may have been the fault of this blog why some people haven’t yet come out or don’t want to come out. We are surmising that this is about our use of the term bakla, we have identified ourselves as bakla and some people associate the word bakla with the author of this blog or this blog. (feeling sikat no? feeling? We’re just kidding, you know that, right?)
Well it’s about time we came out and reached out with open arms and open legs to all our dear gay friends out there! baklang aj is not the only gay in this village! we don’t have a monopoly, nor do we have the intellectual property rights to the term bakla.
You too can be gay, you too can be Bakla! Bakla ka, bakla ako, bakla siya, bakla tayong lahat!
Kaya’t halina kafateed, makibakla, huwag matakot!
If you’re not gay but have gay friends and family members, or if you consider yourself a fab hag, or if you are straight and believe in the causes of the gay and lesbian community, this is your chance! Come out and support gay bloggers! You can do this by posting an entry about YOU coming out to SUPPORT the causes of the gay community (e.g. enactment of anti-discrimination bill) or just post any of these images below.
We’re all in this together! Come out, come out!
Don’t believe in a thing called Pinoy Gay bloggers? Check out this list of gay bloggers Read the rest of this entry »
The Rape of Marimar
September 17, 2007
The other day in Fiction class, we were discussing how men have taken advantage of women throughout history and how this has been documented in various types of literature. A classmate said, “oh, like Marimar!” Her comment made me giggle as I remembered my childhood days when we were such fanatics of the Mexican telenovela. Then my professor said something interesting:
“Come to think of it, she was raped… Marimar was raped!”
Continue reading ‘The Rape of Marimar’ >>
OFW SEX SLAVES!
September 10, 2007
The figures presented in Karlo Mongaya’s site concerning human trafficking of Filipinas is very disturbing! The video depicting how two senior citizen Americans traveled 6,000 miles away from their home, Mr. Troop Edmunds and Mr.Jerry Hawe, to rescue Lani, a Filipina from an alleged sex slavery syndicate in Malaysia was so moving. It shows how helpless Lani were, under the dictates of her ward. She went abroad in the hope of finding greener pasture only to be, allegedly, enslave through fear, intimidation, duress and, maybe, even drugged to become a puppet of her ward. What she earned out of her sweet, flesh and tears is not even enough to repay her indebtedness for food, clothing and shelter, if her ward is to sum it all. I thought that the Filipina rescued by Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Hawe from the alleged syndicate, is just among the 30 women allegedly held against their will in Limbang, Malaysia.
Research made by Karlo based on the studies conducted, however, revealed that Lani and her 30 other former companions still left in Malaysia are just part “of about 400,000 women trafficked within the Philippines annually, according to the US State Department’s Human Rights Report in 2005.” Are these Filipinas considered part of our OFWs? Are they protected by OWWA? If not for this two senior citizen Americans who stopped at nothing to recover Lani, these incident could not have been publicized. I wonder, however, what has happened to that maid in the Middle East who was allegedly raped by her ward.
The Fortune Tellers of Quiapo
September 4, 2007
They are self-proclaimed mystics — diviners who provide uncanny insight to those craving for a glimpse of the future. Their fees range from 100 pesos at the start of the session to 500 pesos and higher at the end.
Skeptics, however, regard them as mystic misfits — a gang of crackpots or fakes afforded with equal scorn as those document counterfeiters of Recto.
Nonetheless, these fortune tellers of Quiapo’s Plaza Miranda manage to remain in business; attracting a steady stream of customers who regard them with a strange mix of caution and reverence just in case they turn out to be true seers.
And in response to the public’s ambivalent attitude, they maintain a closely-knit association amongst one another for self-preservation, though adhering to a loose hierarchical order — the tarot card readers on top, the numerologists and palm readers next, and everybody else at the bottom. As with any pecking order, those on top think and act with utmost superiority; hence, the tarot card readers regard the powers of those below their rank as less potent and whose readings may lack accuracy.
Read complete entry here.
Facebook Dickery: My Purity Test App
September 3, 2007
The last two installments of Facebook Dickery was all about good clean fun. Now, it’s time to get dirty! Time to be naughty! Time to unleash all your impurities! Behold, the My Purity Test app!
Are you a naughty little emo devil, a boring J-Pop starlet, or a pure-hearted angel on Earth (who might just be a transvestite)? You can determine that (yeah right) and more with this app. Let’s start with the Purity Profile:
Continue reading ‘Facebook Dickery: My Purity Test App’
Pleasure in giving
September 1, 2007
Is it me or does people have the sudden instincts for generosity? Maybe I’m weird in some benevolent way, but somehow it gives me a light feeling when giving something away is added to your list of values.
Sex is overrated
September 1, 2007
Is sex really overrated? On the other hand, is any kind of physical intimacy between two people overrated?
This guy is going out with this girl. Let’s just say that he is courting her (courting in the old fashioned way I must say). So they go out, have lunch or dinner together, they watch movies, or go to the mall together. However, they are not “exclusive”. Ok fine - the girl has not yet said yes to a commitment with him. That should be ok right.
So its now a couple of months into the courtship and it has evolved. The couple gets closer, they hold hands, sometimes they kiss or hug. Eventually, they become intimate. But the words “I love you” have never been released from the girl’s mouth. The commitment is still a no-no. The guy gets confused. How come with all the skin thats touching - he could still not call it a relationship? How come, he couldn’t call her his gf? Show her off to his friends?
Movie: 10 Days of Conversations with Hong Kong Workers
August 29, 2007
A featured world premiere at the 31st Hong Kong International Film Festival, a social drama about the stark realities behind Hong Kong’s secret trade.
Happy 27th!
August 27, 2007
I was having dinner with the wife a couple of nights ago and I realized that the anniversary of when we became a couple was coming up.
“Hey, the 27th is coming up,” I told her.
“Really? Cool.”
Continue reading at Faded Boxers.
Video: Interview with a Japanese Male GRO
August 19, 2007
Jake Clennell casts an avidly curious but scrupulously nonjudgmental eye
at the Japanese Phenomenon of “host bars”… read more… >>
I’m No Beauty, So Don’t Expect Me To Be
August 17, 2007
It always annoys me whenever some guy pretending to be smart and funny and a gentleman, who hasn’t seen me yet, tells me this one line:
I don’t care about your looks.
Ahh. Never fails to earn my ire, really. One word, though: overrated.
Or, the not-so-subtle one: LIAR!!! *imitates Elle Woods in Legally Blonde*
What Women Really Means: Deciphering Her Talk
August 9, 2007
Find out what she really means…
read here… >>
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