I Prefer It Free, Sorry

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The other week, my self-esteem was crushed by a small piece of paper. I was fixing my bag outside a convenience store in Tagaytay City when somebody gave me a piece of paper with a short note on it. Without looking at the stranger and the paper, I pocketed the note and expected the guy to leave me alone. Unfortunately for me, he was there for business. "Massage, sir? I can massage you, sir, while you're here in Tagaytay," the stranger said. "No, thanks," I declined. "I'm on my way back to Manila." I was still busy trying to put all the pasalubongs into my backpack. "I also do … [Read more...]

Keeping Them Straight

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"What's wrong with me?" cried Celine, a friend and colleague. Moments earlier, she mastered the art of using all the functional muscles on her face to signal that there was a hot, goodlooking male behind me. Drowning in excitement and a deadly sin, she watched the guy behind me like she was ready to mate. "Yeah, he was behind me in the queue earlier. He's tall. He smelled really nice." I told her. "And he's gay." "No, he's not." First stage of grief, denial. "Don't you sense it?" I added. "Look at their body language, Celine. The other guy is his boyfriend." "Really? That's … [Read more...]

It Gets Better. So FCKH8!

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Something beautiful happened over the weekend. Last Sunday afternoon, October 24, 2010, members of Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA), along with their friends and supporters, came together at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles to work on a project. They were to touch lives with the best way they knew --- singing. That afternoon, they produced this incredible video. I must say, I haven't cried this much in front of my computer monitor. And I'm in the office for crying out loud. I am moved by this. You can say whatever you want about the song but it expresses perfectly what … [Read more...]

The Writings on the Wall: Funny Posters around the Philippines

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Sometimes when we feel so alone and sad, all we need to do is look around us. Many times, the things that will make us happy and forget all our problems for a moment are just around the corner, written or posted on a wall somewhere. I was organizing my gallery when I stumbled upon some old photos that really made me ROTL. I took these pictures at different places across the country and  with the intention of blogging about them but they kind of slipped my mind. Good thing I love organizing files in my laptop. PLEASE BEAR WITH US LITERALLY First up, there's a building being constructed … [Read more...]

Sam Milby for ‘Folded and Hung’ Mediterranean Summer 2010

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Thank you, Lord, for this food we are about to receive from Thy bounty. May we use it to nourish our bodies, and thee to nourish our souls. Make us ever more mindful of the needs of others, and the needs of our planet. Amen. It's not a secret that I love Sam Milby. I don't care about what other people say about his acting skills (or to some, the lack thereof). I just love him. (And by "him," I mean his body and all that comes with it, wahaha). I blogged about his Bench Blackout billboard here and now I'm blogging about him again. When I first heard he left Bench, I was pretty upset. … [Read more...]

Protected: A Not-So-Straight History: Top 10 Great People in History Who Might Be Gay

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Protected: Top 8 Ways to Come Out to Your Parents

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Ruining Relationships. Worldwide.

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I was just about to post the third part of the Top 25 Local TV Shows I Miss when I noticed a Facebook message from my former boss based in Victoria, Canada. The mail contained a link to one of the lists I produced while working with her --- Top 10 Signs that Your Boyfriend is Gay. This post was cross-posted to Crunkish.com, where it received a couple of comments that somewhat challenge my morals. Haha. They go: Honestly, I just don't know what to say to them. I feel sorry but I think I have made it clear in that entry's introduction that these signs are not absolute. ...You have to … [Read more...]

Doubtful Girlfriends

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"Lahat na lang ba ng gwapo ngayon ay bading? Wala na bang straight na cute ngayon?" A friend was hysterical (I think) when she asked me this through Multiply. She was starting to doubt the sexuality of the guy she had been flirting with. Almost two years ago, I posted a blog entry entitled Top 10 Signs that Your Boyfriend is Gay. It was December 2006. But due to its popularity, I reposted it April this year. If you have time, check it out here. In fact, the two posts have been viewed about 3000 times already since I installed the views counter plugin just last week. The post ranks third … [Read more...]

The Winding Road

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"I think you're 80% straight." I was startled by these ridiculous words from my friend Chemae. We were walking back to the cottage at a resort in my hometown in Batangas. The conversation went like this: Yoshke: Well, that remaining 20% makes me totally gay. 1% can make someone gay, you know. Chemae: I think in time, you'll go straight again. Yoshke: You think so? I doubt that. Chemae: Aila (our common friend) warned me about you. Yoshke: Warned you about me? Chemae: She thinks you're just pretending to be gay when you are really straight. Wahahaha. That was officially the most … [Read more...]