We're almost in the middle of summer and honestly-----I have yet to see a blue sky in Beijing. It's all been smog since the start of summer heat. Last week, we had 39C but a clear sky was nowhere in sight---not even an immaculate-cotton cloud. It's freakin' hot and boy, I took a bath three times on that day ( Read more... )

Here's some new gay terms:

Fauxmos: Straight guys who act gayer than Kylie on a Mardi Gras float. It's easy to spot a fauxmo in their natural environment; the fringe is perfectly coiffed, they've spent more money on their outfits than anyone else in the club and they cleverly court the attention of both sexes. Just watch out though, fauxmos may ( Read more... )

yesterday evenin', the philippine embassy here called for a meeting regarding the latest developments about some filipinos being detained by the beijing police security bureau (psb) for reasons which i hate to say---illegal chuvaness.

most problems presented were passport-related and I, yes, ME, opened up about the illegal recruitment problems. I ( Read more... )

The photo which I submitted for a photo contest won the Darika Award for the gayest photo entered. The judges dubbed it as "Wig on the Wall." The same photo also placed Runner Up for over-all judging out of almost 350 photos submitted.


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The bitch in meI admit, I'm not happy with the kind of celebration the Philippine Embassy in Beijing had in mind to celebrate the 109th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence ( Read more... )

INDEPENDENCE DAY
today is the philippine's independence day. the embassy here chooses to celebrate this saturday with the bayanihan dancers who they invited for the celebration. nah, it's gonna be dance, dance, dance and dance---from appari to jolo. whatever.

BIRTHDAYand today, too, is my sister's birthday. i called my mom yesterday and she gave ( Read more... )

it must have been my catwalk that instantly caught the attention of a fat gay guy at holiday inn hotel this afternoon. after buying the june issue of reader's digest from the hotel's business center, i proceeded to starbucks for, what else, a cup of espresso ( Read more... )

I don't like the results of the Miss Universe this year. Miss Japan won. And what the f***? Oh, please, why was she even there at Top 5? She's not that really stunning nor intelligent nor hot! She's just one of the girls, you know.

The Miss Japan last year was far better than this year's.

Politics within the pageant is so unpredictable. Donald ( Read more... )

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last week, out of boredom and lack of better idea, i decided to squeeze the creative juices of my students by letting them create a fashion statement out of paper trash. the activity actually coincides with our lesson about jobs that require creativity and i decided to spend two hours for such artsy-fartsy etching.


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