This Is The Life Of An Alcoholic...

Warning. This is an 'R' Rated post.

The blogger wishes to advise the general public that what you're about to see is depressing, heart wrenching, mind boggling and very hazardous to any mental state. However, it is only a reenactment performed by a professional actor and was under the supervision of professionals.

Accordingly, Blog Blog Blog and the blogger must insist that no one attempts to sue the blogger as the actor was not harmed during the filming.

He's perfectly fine.........

.......in the Betty Ford Rehabilitation Centre with Britney Spears.

OMG!!!!

It's been five months since I last posted something here( apart from the one yesterday and this morning). Been too busy. My blogsite almost became exterminated from the cyber world, took me almost an hour to remember my password to login!!!

Anyway, I am back and I have lots of photographs taken the last six months which I am going to share with all of you in the next few days... Naka leave po ako from work until the 2nd of January, kaya maraming time to do all the abobots here in the house. After which, I am set to endeavour more responsibilities at work pag balik ko. I am excited but at the same time apprehensive. But...The heck with it!!!! Right now, I will enjoy the remaining 5 days of my christmas break.

My son graduated from grade school a couple of weeks ago. BHUHUHUHUHU!!! He's no longer a baby. The reality of him being now a teenager hit me when he started asking me awkward and shocking questions a month ago....then I came to realise na tumatanda na talaga ako.

Prior to his graduation, he had an emergency operation and got hospitalised, with which, he was unable to attend their Christmas concert in school. But thanks God, as always, he's now ok and fine as ever. I also had my own share of operation three months back. Don't ask me what for...Hindi po cancer. Basta I'm well and good.

I was also able to improve the aesthetic value of our house these past few months. I've been working out and sweating like crazy doing my garden. Unfortunately, none of the extra kilos disappeared. Sayang naman, yong baboy nga por kilo, tao pa kaya... The heavier, the more expensive di ba???

I've also made a rose bed in my back yard. The flowers sa mga flower vases ko inside my house are all from my garden. See di ba? Nakatipid!

Then I customised some of my own Christmas decorations. Out of some drift woods my Mum picked up from the boat ramp last year na gustong itapon ng huband ko, na i-save ko pa (and he likes it na!!!). OMG, my Mum and Dad were here for Christmas last year....Ang bilis!

I managed to put some of our precious photographs in picture frames na and hanged them sa wall ng living room. Sa katagalan ng pangongolekta ng picture frames, sa wakas, nailagay na rin!

I have so many more projects I need to do in my house. God willing, I might be able to do all these this coming year. Sana I will have the strength, the health and of course the 'PIRAH' to do lahat yon...

Most of all, I wish God will grant all my family here, Pinas and in Dubai, and of course all my friends here, sa land down under and all over the world , a great, healthy and happy year ahead.

Watch out friends and families for my future posts...your pictures might come up on this site. I have so many embarrassing photos ninyo...BWWAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

CAT OUT OF A HAT

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLFRIEND!!!!!!

Smile...sexiness comes with age. Ala vintage wine na tayo!!!

Benazir Bhutto 1953-2007

1953-2007

I pay tribute to one, if not the bravest person the world has known.

Oftentimes, liberalism, education and fostering of western ideals are considered to be the core of iniquity, specially in Islamist extremism. Benazir Bhutto is the very representation of all things against the later. A beautiful, smart, young, well educated, pro democracy, bold and valiant woman. Her fortitude is known and widely praised by the Western Democratic Countries and all the other peace loving countries thereof, but may very well have been considered a threat to anarchistic ideologues. Her steadfast faith to save her country from the brink of destruction posted an inevitable fate.

I am very much inclined to say "What a waste....what a waste..."

On the other hand, it never is. She has shown what a woman can do in a male dominated region. She's shown the world that there is still an existing moral spectrum in a land ravaged by terrorism and sexism. She's shown the world what PATRIOTISM really means. Most of all she has embodied the very essence of being a woman...not to be simply beautiful and pleasant in the eye, but importantly, living to have a cause and dying for that cause.

The Dalai Lama

"Whenever I meet people I always approach them from the standpoint of the most basic things we have in common. We each have a physical structure, a mind, emotions. We are all born in the same way, and we all die. All of us want happiness and do not want to suffer. Looking at others from this standpoint rather than emphasizing secondary differences such as the fact that I am Tibetan, or a differenct color, religion, or cultural background, allows me to have a feeling that I'm meeting someone just the same as me. I find that relating to others on that level makes it much easier to exchange and communicate with one another." -The Dalai Lama

Riley, Simply A Beautiful Transgender...

I watched 20/20 early this week about a heart wrenching story of transgender kids and the arduous challenges ahead of their yet burgeoning lives. I was so impressed with the way Barbara Walters portrayed the story. I've always thought of Barbara Walters as cold hearted, overly opinionated and hard, physically stoic almost. But she's shown a different side of her when she interviewed a beautiful girl named Riley. It wasn't a portrayal of a JUST-ANOTHER-SCOOP-kinda story. It was human and it was real.

This beautiful girl was actually born, Richard, a boy, with a twin sister, Allie.

Richard is convinced that he is virtually a girl...Sounds common? Not entirely. What makes his case so interesting is the fact that he showed this dilemma at a very tender age of two. Shortly after that, he became unperturbed of the fact that he is definitely a girl with a wrong body. He would even tell his mother, "I'm so mad at God, because God made a mistake. He made me a boy, and I'm not a boy, I'm a girl, Mom. Every night I pray that God gives me a girl body but when I wake up I'm still a boy. God won't take back His mistake. He won't make it right,"

"I want a dress. I'm a girl, Mommy, I'm a girl", she'd tell her mum. In what depth of decision-making-abilities should a two year old have? At two, we might be convinced we will become a Pokemon Master/trainer, or spider man or wonder woman...But who in the world would have such a strong conviction that he is a girl given a wrong body at two??? Feasible at 15 or 16 years of age... Maybe after several years of soul searching...But not at two.

While his sister Allie grew up with a very outgoing personality, Richard became very withdrawn. He exhibited interests in girl toys and dresses. He didn't quite get the same excitement that most children show when Christmas comes. He knew that on Christmas, he'd be getting boy stuffs which does not interest him in anyway. His sister would be getting all the cute girly stuffs he wanted.

All these are far too common for me having known so many gay men in my life. But his strong conviction from the age of two is far too unusual for me.
When he showers, he'd wash his hair with one hand while covering his genitals with a washcloth on the other as if he himself is disgusted with the penis that he shouldn't have. He even tried to cut it with a clipper. Richard eventually developed anxiety attacks and breakdowns. His mum later on allowed him to play dress-ups when hid dad is away. He was in a notion that one day he will give birth and become a mommy himself.

After talking about killing himself and wanting to jump out of the window, His parents were directed to see a gender specialist, who diagnosed Riley with a 'Gender Identity disorder'.

It is actually real...There is in fact a scientific name for it.

At seven years of age, Richard legally became Riley, adapted a female persona and started dressing up as a girl. He finally transitioned to become a girl. Indeed Riley is such a beautiful girl than a boy.

I have nothing but utmost respect for the parents of this child. They love her for who she is, accepted her decisions even at a very young age and supports her in every direction she chooses.

Now, Riley is already ten years old and I feel their pain as Riley is striking the difficult stage of puberty. They have far too much heavy and big big big decisions for Riley's future. A doctor advised that Riley should start taking the female hormones this early to hinder the development of facial hair, Adams apple, etc and to allow her body to develop more as a woman. But this might cause him to have a breast cancer one day. Riley would like to have a sex reassignment surgery in a heartbeat. Obviously with his conviction, this will happen sooner or later. So should the mum and dad instead have that done now and skip all the teasing that's about to come her way?

They are also faced with the fear that hate groups would hurt their daughter as we've known from several infamous transgender murders such as that of Gwen Araujo's. I could just imagine the Bullying coming from all angles. Some nasty kids at school call Riley a 'Girl With A Dick'. No doubt, withdrawal and isolation will come easily for a helpless child exposed constantly to this kind of taunting.

Riley has a pet snake and she is so proud of it. You could see her joy when she's talking about it, but the moment Barbara brought up the topic about her gender, Riley's face changed and started sobbing so bad that Barbara Walters actually became a comforter instead of a reporter.

I honestly cried watching this program not because I feel sorry for Riley because I know she is special, but of the fact that her parents has to decide on her health or lifetime of happiness...

Being a parent, I could only imagine what her parents are going through. I personally would want my son to be healthy...but at the expense of his happiness...I don't know. All the challenges that they are yet to encounter, knowing that there are in fact narrow minded people out there who would never accept reality and knowledge. Knowledge is so powerful it opens up our minds to so many things on different levels. We learn acceptance then we adapt. Unfortunately, part of that is the acceptance of the fact that there are also people out there who would never concede to new ideas.

Jazz is also a transgender

So for Riley's sake and all the other transgender kids around the world...Please open up you hearts and minds.

For the full ABC article click on this link: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3072518&page=1

I took these photos out of fun when my son was less than a year old in the hope that one day we will look back on these pictures and laugh at it. Never did I realise that around the same time another boy, thousands of miles away is going through an all too real gender identity crisis.

Sometimes, we tend to think that what we do is funny... But for some people, It is actually a cotemplative part of their whole being.

20 Best Schools in Philippines

TOP 20 SCHOOLS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
...got this from Tristan Cafe

This statistics is a result of the study conducted by the Professional Regulations Commission(PRC) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), based on the average passing in the BOARD EXAMINATIONS OF ALL COURSES of all universities and colleges in the Philippines. This study is concluded every 10 years. Below is the result of the first study from 1992 to 2001.Eleven schools come from Luzon, two from the Visayas and seven from Mindanao.

1. University of the Philippines (Diliman Campus /Luzon)
2. University of thePhilippines (Los Banos Campus/ Luzon)
3. University of the Philippines (ManilaCampus /Luzon)
4. Silliman University (Dumaguete City / Visayas)
5. Ateneo deDavao University (Davao / Mindanao)
6. Ateneo de Manila University (Manila /Luzon)
7. University of Sto. Tomas (Manila / Luzon)
8. Mindanao State University(Iligan Institute ofTech/ Mindanao)
9. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (Manila/Luzon)
10. Saint Louis University (Baguio City / Luzon)
11. University of San Carlos (Cebu City / Visayas)
12. Ateneo de Cagayan Xavier University (Cagayande Oro / Mindanao)
13. Mindanao State University (Main / Mindanao)
14. UriosCollege (Butuan City / Mindanao)
15. Polytechnic University of thePhilippines(Manila/ Luzon)
16. De La Salle University (Manila / Luzon)
17. Mapua Institute of Technology (Manila / Luzon)
18. Adamson University (Manila /Luzon)
19. Central Mindanao University ( Bukidnon/Mindanao)
20. University of Southern Philippines (Davao /Mindanao)

The two schools I attended came 12th and 19th amongst the thousands of school in pinas!!! I should be so proud....

Congratulations Felwin!!!!

Back in uni days...Man, it was fun!!!

Congratulations Felwina Opiso (second from left) for passing the Philippine Bar Exam 2007

My dear friend,

Back then, we used to just dream.We used to plan.

we used to only hope and aim.

Now, you've finally done it. I always knew you'd make it because you were the smartest and you always will be the smartest...

Hey, I've got so many 'lawyer friends' now...Does this mean Berks, Ian and I can slap/bash/kill anyone we want now???? Heheheheheh.

Anyway, I am so proud of you. I know you'll go further and higher. This isn't it my friend, you've got more coming your way.

Berks, when is your turn?

Seems just like yesterday

My Mum and Dad were here just two months ago. Now, they're back to their humble little abode in Pinas...but hey they're coming back soon...June, isn't it mum? Don't forget my daing, the wooden falcon, vcds, white flower, dangit......


Tiger's Lair

Crocs skinned to become Paris Hilton's bags

A Croc Getting ready for a feed

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Dad said he can do this job...

I know...I know...

Ooowwwww