A Break-up Letter


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The New Yoshke.com


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Sometimes We Burn to Live


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Fireworks, Hormones, and this Blog Post


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Do They Read Blogs in Heaven?


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Unusual Breakfast


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Top 10 National Stereotypes


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Why Nursery Rhymes Are So Violent


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Top 10 Worst Things to Say During Sex


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The Promil Kid Drops the Bomb


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Family

I Saw a Star Praying

Posted on by Yoshke in Family, Oddities, Travel |

Status: Gluttonous
Music: Dangerously in Love
- Beyonce

Just like every Holy Week, I did a little visita iglesia yesterday (Good Friday) with my family. Again, I’m not a Christian but my family are. I’ve been schlepping myself lately on the road to Christianity but it’s really hard to force myself to have faith in Jesus Christ again. But so as not to disappoint my mum, I joined my family visit one church after another. It wasn’t that difficult actually, because I usually enjoy travelling. And we do this every year so I kinda get the hang of it.

Our first stop yesterday was Caleruega in Nasugbu, Batangas. This is one of my favourite churches — I like it better than the gigantic Basilica of San Martin de Tours in Taal. Maybe because of its location. Caleruega is on top of a hill. Very windy. Lots of flowers. More like a park than a church, actually.

Anyway, there was nothing spectacular that happened yesterday… other than Dennis Trillo was there, saying his prayers with us, in the same chapel. It was funny because I knew everyone recognised him yet no one, even the people nearest him, dared to approach him because hey, we were there to pray to God and not worship some star.

But damn, he was really cute.

*photo courtesy of imagesphilippines.com

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Pulling Out Some Roots

Posted on by Yoshke in Family |

Status: Desperate
Music:
Over It – Katharine Mcphee / Lost Without You – Robin Thicke

I’ve been trying to complete my family tree since 2003 but it seems like the third generation (upward) from me is a dead end. I just can’t find any more information regarding my great grandparents on my dad’s side more than what I already have.

I started trying to find out more about my ancestry when my Film 102 (Philippine Cinema) professor, Mrs. Len Pareja, gave me an irrelevant homework. She told me to find out how we are connected by completing my family tree because, she said, she was quite sure I would find her name there. I thought it was a very easy job considering that Dimen is a very uncommon name. But until now, I haven’t gotten past the third generation.

So let this entry serve as a call to everyone whose last name is Dimen or everyone who is somehow connected to any Dimen in any way. Please send me an e-mail: dimen@yoshke.com. This call goes out to any Dimen in the Philippines, and also England, Canada, and the United States. Most of my distant relatives are said to have migrated to the countries mentioned above. It also goes out to any Dimen in Germany, Hungary, and Romania who is aware of any of their ancestors or relatives moving to the Philippines between the 19th century and the start of the 20th. Please, send me a message.

My grandparents are Julio Dimen and Emeteria Antonio but my grandmother’s original last name was Zaragoza (Emeteria Zaragoza, Spanish). She just changed it because of some stupid family issues. But I’m more interested in tracking my Dimen roots (and not the Zaragoza).

Please help me build my family tree.

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Hey Jealousy

Posted on by Yoshke in Emo, Family |

Dear Yoshke,

You’ve always been the independent and the smart one. Your parents have always been proud of you. But what if, sometimes, you don’t want them only to be proud of you. God knows what you would give just to be loved the way your not-so-independent and not-so-smart siblings are.

Sincerely,
Your evil alter-ego

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Tensions for Dinner

Posted on by Yoshke in Emo, Family, Friends, Gay, Rants |

Status: At work
Music: Come to Me – P. Diddy feat Nicole Scherzinger

And yes, I already bid goodbye to my German Pride layout and to my entire blogdrive account as well. From now on, I will be using wordpress and the domain name yoshke.com. But if you still want to see my old blog, all you have to do is click this.

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Anyway, as days go by, it becomes more and more difficult for me to conceal my gender from my family. The more I lie, the more I feel guilty. It would be very easy not to let them know about my sexuality, but lately they are getting suspicious and starting to ask questions that are really tough to answer.

Last week, while having dinner, my mum asked, “Oy, Yoshke, when are you going to bring another girlfriend here?”

And I answered so sweetly, “How can I bring a girlfriend? I don’t have one.”

My sister butted in, “The last time you introduced a girlfriend to us was December last year. Isn’t it time for us to meet a new one.”

“But I don’t have a girlfriend,” I uttered. “I have a boyfriend, though.”

Everybody laughed. It was a joke to them. Although it’s not true that I have a boyfriend right now, I wanted to see what their reactions would be. And they just laughed because they thought I was just joshing them.

But last Wednesday night was a different case. Again, we were having dinner when my mother initiated a talk about having a relative in the workplace. My sister and I share the same opinion, “No way.” And then she demanded for a reason.

I told Mum, “I wouldn’t want to be conscious of everything I do… especially when I know that he/she would tell the entire family of the going-ons in my life.”

My sister got curious, “Such as…?”

“Nothing,” I answered.

“Like something illegal, or something gay or something like it?”

And then my mum got on her feet and asked me with an eyebrow raised, “Are you gay?”

“HELL, NO!” I manly denied.

Oh well, that’s life. The dinner ended with a smug look on my face.

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Let me take this opportunity to actually bash some of my gay friends. It annoys me that I always have to explain about my sexuality. In fact I have already talked about it in detail here. And as I said before, I don’t believe in gender. Gender is just a social construct. It doesn’t matter to me if you’re gay or lesbian or bisexual or whatever you want to call the homosexual/bisexual lot. They are just labels anyway. For me, you’re either male or female. And I don’t care if you’re a man who likes women or other men. I just fuckin’ don’t care. To me, you’re still a man because you have a dick hanging between your legs.

And yes, sometimes I use the term bisexual when talking about myself not because I accept the idea but because I want other people to understand. I may like other men but I LIKE GIRLS, TOO. And if you don’t believe me, then don’t. As if your opinion matters to me anyway.

But for a gay person not to believe that there are people who like BOTH men and women, or those who find it so pretentious, it doesn’t make sense. To think that these are the people who have always wanted open-mindedness so that they be accepted. Why can’t you accept that not all people are like you. Not all people who like men cannot love women just as well. Why can’t you understand this? I don’t know if you just have a pea-sized brain or you have some comprehension problem or you are just plain stupid. Anyway, why am I explaining this now when I know that they will never ever understand.

For the last time, I will tell you this, I love both men and women. And if you don’t want to believe this just because you’re not like me, then what can I say? Try this, just get a dick and never take it out of your mouth if it’s the only way for you to shut up.

And yes, I’m talking to you Bebs and Rex.

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Definitely Not Ready to Go Six Feet Under

Posted on by Yoshke in Family, Health, Personal Life |

I’m updating this blog using my PC here in the office. And of course, my boss thinks I’m working very hard, when in fact I’m just waiting for 6pm so I could go home. Hmmm…

Halloween is one of my favourite occasions. Actually, the only holidays that our family observes are Christmas, New Year’s Day, Holy Week, All Saint’s Day and Halloween. We usually redecorate our house to match the season. So if you pass by our sweet shelter right now, you’ll see a dummy hanging on the facade. The dummy looks horrifying that people freak out upon seeing it. I’ve seen a lot of funny reactions I wished I had caught them on cam.

I also join the children as they play hide-and-seek even up to the wee hours. (It’s the only time of the year that these children are allowed to play at night.) But I doubt if I’d have enough energy to play with the kids tonight. I’ve been terribly sick since Saturday morning. Waaaah. I feel so hot (literally, whew). And I’m just updating this blog because I don’t have anything to do even if I really don’t have much to share with you guys… (sneeze) Damn illness!

And I just hope this is not dengue fever because I’m no ready to go six feet under yet. I’m a little sure that it is not because as far as my doctor and I are concerned, there are only four types of dengue virus and once you get one, you’ll be immune to it. I already caught the virus four times, so it means I will never get this disease again (unless the viruses mutate, which I really pray not to happen).

Anyway, HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!!!

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