LOVES OF MY LIFE ….

It’s been almost four months now that we have our babies (puppies) in the house, and to tell you - it is one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.  

The constant toilet training, cleaning up after their poos and pees,  feeding, bathing, and just playing with these two daemons - are all plain and simple hard work - but these just gets paid everytime I see them peacefully at sleep.   I said to myself,  this is just the feeling of being a Mum or Dad! Priceless …

RAFFY AND SKIPPY

Raffy is growing up to be sooo cute! Adorable boy!  He has that large brownish eyes that looks at you and seems to say “I LOVE YOU!”.  Being a boy puppy - he is the more gregarious one.  Running everywhere whenever he got a chance and stealing my socks or shoes.   Kiss,kiss,kiss - can’t stop kissing me whenever I arrive home. 

Skippy is the cutest little girl pup I’ve seen.  She has a lot of character. Very smart.  She knows how to distract Raffy whenever he is into something mischievous.   Whenever she makes an accident (like peeing on the floor and not on the designated area outside the house), she looks at you with that ”sorry i did it again look” and instead of getting angry my heart would just melt.  Can’t stop cuddling her like a baby.  And yes, she likes being fuzzed about too! 

 

 

The Adventures of

Raffy and Skippy at the Melbourne Park

Me:   Raffy, Skippy … strike a pose!

Raffy : Woof, woof

Skippy:  werf, werf

 Raffy and Skippy on top of a reclining pine tree. Opps, careful!

 

 Raffy sniffing (again) Skippy’s bum.

Me:  Raffyyyyy…… NOOOO !!! 

They fell down like Humpty and Dumpty!

 

ADS OF THE TIMES … ARE WE THERE YET ???

RECENT GAY ADS PROMOTING TOURISM IN AUSTRALIA

They are really sexy, alluring, seductive!  No way, we would have these kind of ads ten years or twenty years ago! …. But now, COME TO OZ, the land of beautiful beaches and beautiful gay guys (and drag queens, isama na!) …  O diva ???  kakainggit sila … Nakaka inlove ang mga Papa ???  Come nahhh…. biliz!

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PHOTO PROMOTING PEOPLE TO BECOME VEGANS,

ADVOCACY OF CRUELTY TO THE ANIMALS AND SAVING THE PLANET

O dava ??? Cabbages and Lettuce lingeries, very effective and mga green leafy vegetables na ito! You can wear it and eat it too! … Healthy and sexy ka na you save the Planet pa!  What are you waiting for?  Stop eating baboy na, poultry, beef and all the other meats …. :)  Can you just imagine  the chicken we eat at KFC and Nando’s were subjected to torture and debauchery for us to eat.  etc …   (By the way, the gurl with the black jet hair looks like a drag queen, dava?) 

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And this one, I really like ( I took the photo from the billboards here)

WHO ARE YOU?  

A thought provoking question as to our identity, our purpose in life, our destiny.  Hope that at the end of this century, we would know the answer or answers to this question.

 

THE UGLIER, THE BETTY-IER, CHE!

At long lust…  my favorite TV sitcom is veckkkkk (na resolve na ba ang writer’s salaries, etc?)…. sana mas nakakatuwa ang mga bagong episodes ng Ugly Betty.  Sa mukha pa lang ni Betty - tawa na ako ng tawa, kasi nakatawa siya …. ewan ko vah?   And then what is it about going to New York raw ang set?  

PHILIPPINE’S GAY MARDI GRAS: SANTACRUZAN OR FLORES DE MAYO

 From this …………….

To This….

(Photo borrowed on request from Connie of the House on a Hill)

Ayaw, paawat ng mga Vadings … 

What do gay guys in the Philippines do best and are known for?  Diba beauty contests, fashion, entertainment, the arts.   That is why beauty parlors, movie and fashion industries are mostly dominated by gay guys.   Needless to say, nothing is wrong with that, and it is now a solid aspect of the society.    

Search for beauty and the arts are second nature to Filipino badings and it is their way of expression, and they really excel and are usually referred to in this field.  And so in every community and religious events, there would always be one or more gay organizers to do all the beautification, stage decoration,etc.  Santacruzan and other fiesta events are definitely one of these activities. 

Having their own version of the Santacruzan or Flores de Mayo, is therefore imperatively NORMAL.  Nothing is mocked,  nothing is lost in the spirit of celebration.  (Ang Manila Bishop thalaga, ang tagal tagal nagsasagala ng mga vading sa atin eh - oh, sige po,  baka gusto nyo join na lang kayo para mas masaya!, oh dieva??? or gawing Mardi Gras/Santacruzan ang theme ng mga geygash… :) Sayang naman ang mga gowns pag di ginamit!!!)

Gay guys would not to be crucified anymore - they want to be celebrated and be part of the greater majority.  The new meaning given is LOVE and TOLERANCE towards everyone including the gay guys.  Therefore the church should accept this Gay Santacruzan ownership, if they (the church) want to maintain their relevance in today’s world.   People are not blind anymore.  They possess moral compass that is beyond processions, rituals, and blind faith. 

So carry on girls …. Have fun in the celebration of the Santacruzan or Flores de Mayo, but make sure your foundation matches the color of your skin

I just love the photos and the write up of this here — >  HOUSE ON A HILL.

 

 

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Manila bishop says against gay men in May parade

Mon May 5, 2008 7:09am EDT

MANILA (Reuters) - The head of Manila’s Roman Catholic Church has frowned on the participation of gay men in the “Santacruzan” flower festival held across the Philippines every May in honor of the Virgin Mary.

“Gays should not be allowed to participate in Santacruzan since it defeats the true meaning of the celebration,” Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales told the church-run Radio Veritas station on Monday.

“I am not angry at gay men. But, I am against what they’re actually doing.”

In the past, Rosales said, he has refused to say mass to any parish that allows gays in the Santacruzan procession.

Danton Remoto, leader of the pro-gay activist group “Ladlad”, protested against the cardinal’s statement, saying the participation of gays in the May flower procession was not amined at mocking or desecrating the church.

“In the eyes of God, everyone is equal,” Remoto told Reuters. “Some of these gay men have saved a lot of money for their gowns (to be worn in the procession) and they were doing it because they believed in the Virgin Mary. They need understanding, not condemnation.”

 

HURRY SOON … (at your favorite theatre!)

Was chickas, but my sexiest GUY on the planet (except my partner of course),

is not Brad Pitt,

not Jared Leto,

nor Julian McMahon,

nor Ashton Kutcher, nor Josh Harnett.

It is not even Prince Harry, not OBAMA…. or EMinem. Yuck!

 

He is my ultimate HERO, the dream of my dreams, the father of my lost crusades and unborn sons and daughters (sorrry na lang ke madam Calixta of Brothers and Sisters).  He is no other than …

HARRISON FORD

(when he was still YOUNG OR YOUNGER and even now in his Sextagenarian Age!)

O dieva ang guapo guapo ng Papa, papang papa thalaga siya (forgive me na lang), hi,hi,hi !!! Naloloca aketch ….. hu,hu,hu!!!

What made me think about him lately ????  Because he is coming back again as Indiana Jones in the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull- the Great Grandpapa adventure! Aym sooo excited and I just can’t hide it…. I know, I know, I know … I want you!!!  Ha,ha,ha….

Mind you 65 na ang Papang Harry, oh yeis! But then go pa rin siya!

He is just soooo serious kasih, very manly thalaga, and walang blood ever na vadingash!  And I can just imagine that In his arms, you feel like a 100% woman.  Kaya pala kinulam siya ni Madam Calixta Flock-less heart na dating Ally McBealbell (favorite ko pa naman siya.  Or baka naman talangang tipis ni Harry ang mga blobchinang kulang sa growth hormones.  And then love na love rin siya ng Tita Steven, o dievah, may decades of affair to remembah sila starting from all Indiana Joneses…  Chicka lang

I’ve seen all the Indiana Jones Crusade a hundred times ovah. I love Star Wars because of him. I discovered him in Blade Runner, recently.  And the only action films that I like like are all of Papa Harry - like Fugitive, Clear and Present Danger, Frantic.  And other films like What lies Beneath.  My favorite of all is the romatic comedy Working Girl and SABRINA.  Feel na feel ko siya, charotzzzz….

But then Papa Harry is so private with his life …  fully guarded ang personal life niya huh.  And Lola Calixta is very good with this too…. Imagine na lang Kitty-Kat of Brothers and Sisters.

Anywayz, here si Papa Harry ooooo… when he was still in his younger years…

O dieva, di naman siya kaguapohan - kaya lang ang veauty niya ay from within… maybe he’s born with it  - Maybeline … it’s in his lashes ? or in his eyes dava?

At ito pa…. si Papa Harry thalaga, di putagenic…. but then Dakota Harisson nga ba siya? Matanong nga si Kitty ???

O yan … sey nyo?

 

Very natural lang thalagas si Papa Hurry, dava??? 

 

 

 

 

 

THE “DIVAS DOWNUNDER”

(Please play this while you are reading the post - This is the group finalee number of the show)

DIVAS DOWNUNDER

There is no stopping the DRAG QUEENS conquering AUSTRALIA and the world! 

As we bid goodbye to Priscilla - which is leaving Melbourne very soon (or has it???), a new show-extravaganza has been capturing the audience in the suburbs of Melbourne. 

Gathered are an assortment of drag queens doing impersonations of celebrities like Kylie, Dolly Parton, Bette Midler, Celine Dion, Dusty Springfield, Barbra Streisand, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Anastacia, Madonna, Cher, Diana Ross, Gloria Estefan … etc.  I could not believe that all my favorite drag queens would be in one big big show like this.

I was luckY enough to be invited by one of the showgirls, Shireen Sequins, (the only Asian drag queen in the group) who was doing Tina Turner. to be on the opening night.  I was more than excited to see a show that promised glitters of Les Girls and Priscilla.  Numbers after numbers - like non stop of beautiful drag queens and their selected numbers … the show was indeed breathtaking!    Exceeding my expectations,  I thought this is how drag performances should be -  classy, very glittery, very dramatic.   It was more than fabulous, fabulous show!  It was over the rainbow - with the best performers, best costumes, choreography, wigs, jewelry etc.   A gastronomic feast of your favorite drag performances!  Any drag queen worthy of her wig should watch this show!    

And I wish I could be one of these girls …. someday !

The introductory number was superb!  One Night Only was the best choice - with all these sequined gowns of different colors, and the sexy choreography!

 Kylie Minogue impersonation was perfect - from the face, costume, moves!  Millie Minogue is perfect as Kylie!

 Miss Paris - as the compere extraordinaire - is just the epitome of a classic drag queen!

My favorite of all the drag queens are:

Shireen Sequins as Tina Turner and Whitney Houston

Millie Minogue as Kylie Minogue

Vivien St James as Diana (my favorite number - Touch me in the Morning!

Tina Sparkles as Celine Dion

 

Paris for her wonderful costumes and classy performance as the emcee of the show!

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I was thinking… how should you become a member of this cast.  Most of them are quite are really famous, a bit older and really experienced drag performers?  Can I see myself in the picture?  Ohh, well

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I think, I will audition for the next show! (if ever there is any)   What do you think?  Who should I impersonate?

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Suggestions please ….

 

 

 

LUMO - LOBO

With my monthly subscription to TFC of around AUD $35/month (and growing!), plus of course the initial installation costs, I should be expecting a lot of quality shows and tele-movies from the Philippines.  But all I am getting are all these wasteful nonsensical shows, sad to say!

All these game shows like - Wah-wah-Weeee!!! and Game Ka na Bah (with pathetic Edu Manzano’s victory dance, etc),  Big Brother Pinoy Editions (and now with teen edition), etc., are all waste of time!!!

Yes, they are quite enjoyable (entertaining when you are a little bit depressed or homesick) but they become annoying and playing like an old record over and over again.  I am getting sick of these howling, shreiking, gyrating girls in Wah-wah-wee.  It is like a big mental asylum…. Like there is no end to it.  And all these supposed to be funny characters - are not funny anymore!  They actually reflect the very sick and already decaying state of the nation and the people’s mentality.  And ABS-CBN, being very commercial, is capitalizing on nationalistic feelings and logos like “kapamilya”… etc… and making people from overseas pay heaps of dollars for substandard shows - and just about the Philippines.

What I would like to see more are more of the programs about Filipino culture, food, interesting places in the Philippines, etc … and of course Sharon Cuneta Show and the Buzz!!!   

Regarding the tele-novelas, lahat talaga puno ng kakornihan - like Palos (na tapos na), Kung Fu Kids (super corny copy cat talagah) and Princesa ng Banyera (typical pinoy dumb telenovela).   Everything is copied or recycled and I am getting over the idea that since it is pinoy - we should watch and support these. 

Well the only thing that could make me tune in for awhile among the telenovelas at the moment is LOBO.  What gets me though is not about the movie but this song that is really beautiful.  I really don’t know what LOBO movie is TRYING to be.  May mga kakatuwang mix ng high fashion love story (kuno like House of Elle),  mga soldiers na may mission, may mga X men pa, and then may white dog na mukhang German Shepherd na LOBO nga! Juice kohh, nakakaloka talaga!   Oo nga the only redeeming factor is this one …. 

 

VANDA SANDERIANA

  

One of my earliest and greatest passions are orchids and cultivating them  - especially the exotic types that grow only in the Philippines.  And should I say, even more than food, music and even men for that matter!

They would come blooming in Blue, Mandarin, Pink, Fuschia, Fire Red, Orange, and combinations of colors.  I could stay and stare at them for hours and would not get bored at all.  I really love orchids!  There is that undefined connection that gives me pure joy and satisfaction, even peace, when I see them.  My favourite of all is Vanda Sanderiana (Waling-waling) and all its families!

When I was still studying in Davao, I usually visited small orchid shops that were selling varieties that bloomed with exhilirating, fabulous and colorful flowers.  I fell so in love with them and sometimes just visiting these orhid shops just made my day!  I scrimped and saved my allowances, just to buy and collect these babies.  I used to have our house sorrunded by pots and dead trunks of trees and fern’s roots with different types of orchids attached or hanging on them. They look beautiful.  And there was a point in time that they were really in full bloom and it was a wonderful achievement.  So I became a serious collector.  When I left, no one was really taking care of them as passionately as I did and the last time I visited only the sturdier ones survived …

Recently in Melbourne, I could not stop myself from buying a two baby sanderiana varieties (with satin blue and pink flowers), to add to my native collections. (I dreamed of one day, having a flower shop just selling orchids !!!) Though they are quite expensive, and honestly, I am not sure whether I would be able to take care of them in this cold climate - with sometimes less than 8 degrees temp.  I have to create a more or less tropical environment to make them survive - maybe a glass house!

Hope someday, I would be able to produce one of these …… OMG !!! For now I will just be content with collecting photos

 

 

 

 

A GAY GUY’S GUIDE ACROSS THE UNIVERSE!

(Photo courtesy of Pedro Virgil’s book - Naked for a Cause, Oz rugby players gone naked!)

To be GAY in the 21st century and beyond is to become a superhero, like the X-MEN.

No one has ever asked or ordered to be born GAY - it is a GIFT and nature’s way of creation.  As to why people are born gay is to ask why there are angels, fairies and spirits and demons.  Gays, I believe are created in order to advance the arts, the sciences, and all the finer and beautiful things in life.  To create magic.

The thing that should really be produced by the older gay guys of today is a UNIVERSAL GUIDE FOR YOUNG GAY GUYS TO THE UNIVERSE.  Just like a bible or a survival guide.  Something that will teach them basic human principles and their rights in order not to be lost and defeated in the world.  A guide that should strengthen them - whenever they feel rejected or being rejected.  A book that would empower them and guide them to discover their worth and purpose in the world.  Something that would not only teach them how to avoid, handle, and cure clamydia, syphilis and gonorhea or HIV and crabs,  but greater and beyond life and sex itself.   A gay guy’s guide to success and happiness across the universe … that would make them one of the greatest creations of GOD, and not as FREAKS as they are now described.

I believe that unlike every “normal, straight” human beings, most GAY guys have vast superpowers (hidden talents) that need to be discovered, explored, developed and expressed …

JUST like the X-men,  although they are unique and different from each other,  they too have to STAND together in order for them (us) to be accepted and recognized by the world. 

There is so much that gay guys could do to be counted in the STAND.  Being OUT in the open (as the biggest hurdle and challenge many of them would/should face) and leading a life of example - thus excelling in their fields of work whether they are accountants, doctors and nurses, architects, engineers, laborers, teachers, etc.  

Some have very strong physical powers - and being gay should not deter them from being in the strong league of men and women - in sports.  

At the moment, some gay guys in the field of sports, (swimmers, footy/rugby players, etc)  would choose not to come out of the OPEN but in the future (as we advanced our rights and contribution in the society) - gay guys would excel as themselves (gay guys) in the field of sports. 

 

A lot of GAY guys have very sharp mental abilities - that could create, mobilize and lead a new undiscovered world.  Just in the blogging world for example, there are so many creative and unique blogs that are created and written by gays.  Gay guys are known for their discipline in the fields of ideas and knowledge - as well in the arts and sciences.

And figuratively speaking, some have undiscovered abilities to fly and defy the laws of nature ….

Others have talents to change their physical attributes and  become anyone they want to be and become.  Examples of these are the DRAG queens of today - do you think they would stop just being showgirls with these out of these world creations and would not evolve into something heroic in the future?  Drag queens have super healing powers - by just making people die of laughter  

Whatever it is - GAY guys (faggots, lesbians, transexuals), though they might not be biologically pro-creating, are re-creating, evolving and multiplying - to become HEROES across the world and the universe !!!  All they need to do is to COME OUT in the open - as strong, forceful, and united individuals - and concentrate in exploring their fullest POTENTIALS!

We need to write that book - A GAY GUY’S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE !!!

 

STOP GAY VIOLENCE, NOW!!!

 

With the recent anti-gay, homophobic, gay bashing, verbal and emotional violence that happened recently in Cebu Philippines - when a video of a gay guy’s operation had been uploaded in youtube and scandalously made into a national joke of epic proportions (read Kiks, Maruja, and Jericho), we gay guys are sadly faced by the fact that there is still a long long way to go before total acceptance and tolerance for LGBT people in the society.  And my recent experience with gay bashing attest to this fact.

It happened a thousand times before, it is happening right now and it will happen again in the future - to our family, friends and acquintances who are gays and lesbians.

• How many gay guys will still hide in the closets because they are afraid of coming out.  Afraid that coming out will affect their careers, their jobs. Afraid that their families and community will reject them if they are found out?
• How many LGBT people will suffer from imprinsonment, and even death sentences because being who they are active crimes against religion?
• How many still will be laughed at, ridiculed, and bashed to death?
• How many gays will just consider these violent acts as mere facts of life and even make further joke out it?
• How many brilliant gay guys will choose to live in safe mediocrity to avoid all these?
• How many will choose and accept to live a life as the joker or clowns (drag queens), as this seems to be the only way society can accept them as gay guys?  
• How many gay guys will become homophobic themselves and join the so called “mainstream” society and try to reject and dehumanize homosexuals?
• How many will deny their sexuality and even try to convert/heal themselves thinking that homosexuality is a disease.
• How many will succumb to live a quite life of desperation and defeat?

Ten, thousands, millions … ?

This is not a time for singing somewhere there’s a place for us, a time and a place for us (while lighting the candles and holding our hands) … it is a time for action and revolution that should happen in politics, in religion and the society. Now!

 

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From Wikipedia …

Gay bashing is an expression used to designate verbal confrontation with, denigration of, or physical violence against people thought to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered (LGBT) because of their apparent sexual orientation or gender identity. Similar terms such as “lesbian bashing” or “queer bashing” may also be formed. A “bashing” may be a specific incident, or one could also use the verb “to bash” e.g. “I was gay bashed.” As there is no foolproof way to detect a person’s sexual orientation, people sometimes fall victim even if they are not LGBT, should they be perceived to conform to the relevant stereotypes.

A verbal gay bashing might take place on any street corner and use sexual slurs, expletives, intimidation, or threats of violence -— or, it might take place in a political forum and include one or more common anti-gay slogans. Passionate invective fits more closely into the general idea of gay bashing than does a calm, intellectual justification for anti-LGBT attitudes or policies. However, some people would include any expression of anti-LGBT sentiment in one or another category of “bashing”.

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From Dignity USA

I will work for civil and human rights for all people, including gays, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgender. Civil rights are not special rights.

I will seek to stop jokes and unkind language about anyone, including gays, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgender when spoken in my presence. Words that hurt and bigotry are not funny.

I will speak out against any slander, debasement, lies or dehumanization of anyone, including gays, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgender, including when spoken by political or religious leaders. Violent speech leads to physical violence.

I will work to stop physical violence against anyone, including violence against gays, lesbians, bisexuals or the transgender. Violence against any person is violence against all people.