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Warm Up With Cardio, Then Go To Weights. Right? Wrong.

Many would find this a story of make believe. But I don't care, because this was my true-to-life story that only I can retell. It was April 18, 1994, right after lunch, in the middle of cassava fields, my first taste of same sex experience happened. It was the day that I lost my virginity. Barangay Magtangale is one of the 11 barangays in my hometown, Anao-aon, in the west coast of Surigao del Norte province. This remotest barangay in the south section of the town's land area was the venue for my cousin's wedding that day. It was one summer after my first year in college. The first time I went out after I personally embraced my homosexuality. Yet not totally and openly declared to my whole clan that I am gay. I still stayed reserved, although with obvious hints, in their front. I remembered wearing a tight-fitted jeans then, with a loose white with brown-striped shirt, when I along with cousins readied the lunch tables while waiting for the newly-weds ...

Remembering high school life, now that I am old adult, made me realize and appreciate the struggle of adolescence. The need to define oneself amidst peer pressure. The desire to belong despite the lifestyle differences. The dream to love and be loved in return although queer and tabooed. I am the third son of a farmer. When my father rested from driving, which I did not know for sure whether there was no more slot in the fleet he was once part of or he was finally resolved to go back to farming, we relocated to the farm he was entrusted to as peasant. We kept our house along the highway, but we basically live in the farm. He built a small nipa hut enough to accommodate the four of us: Papa, Mama, my younger sister, En, and me. My two older brothers were in Tacloban City; the eldest found the job in an automotive mechanic shop, and the second followed to study in college there. Living in the farm was a struggle. My little sister and myself were at the age when we wanted to play with o...

"ANG TATAWID DITO, PATAY!" maybe is the appropriate MMDA signage to warn all Filipinos of the danger in crossing the highways. The signages I knew are properly placed in selected center islands but I believe it would be better place at most densely populated areas. I live in Commonwealth, Quezon City, at the infamous Manggahan. It is where the killer highway (Commonwealth) stretched so long and so wide from the QC Memorial Circle to Fairview. The whole curve of this highway is highly populated; where most subdivisions, most crossings, big wet markets, huge supermarkets, crowded squatters are situated. Long before its notoriety, a couple of footbridges were provided for commuters to safely cross the street; one was in Philcoa, another in Central Avenue, more in Montessori, Ever Gotesco, Batasan, Commonwealth Market and in Litex. When the total widening of the said highway happened, footbridges are rehabilitated, elongated and replicated in numbers. O...

What Crisanto Gastardo Jr means? I did not question this until I encountered birthday calculator and a link popped up with the subject question. The numerology tells the following: There are 18 letters in your name. Those 18 letters total to 77 There are 6 vowels and 12 consonants in your name. Your number is: 5 The characteristics of #5 are: Expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom. The expression or destiny for #5: The number 5 Expression endows with the wonderful characteristic of multi-talents and versatility. You can do so many things well. The tone of the number 5 is constructive freedom, and in your drive to attain this freedom, you will likely be the master of adaptability and change. You are good at presenting ideas and knowing how to approach people to get what you want. Naturally, this gives you an edge in any sort of selling game and spells easy success when it comes to working with people in most jobs. Your popularity may lead...

9 January 1976 is the date of my birth. I did not know what that day like. Of course, my parents and my older brothers would know. But I did not bother asking them about it. So I resort to numerology; with the aid of the birthday calculator, I learned many things about that date - on the day I was born. 1. My conception was on or about 18 April 1975 which was a Friday. 2. I was born on a Friday under the astrological sign Capricorn. 3. My life path number is 6 (?). 4. My fortune cookie read: Decide what you want and go for it. 5. The Julian calendar date of my birth is 2442786.5 6. The year 1976 was a leap year, which golden number is 1 and the epact number is -1. 7. I was born in the Chinese year of the Rabbit, which year began at 2/11/1975 and ended at 1/30/1976. 2011 is a Year of the Rabbit. 8. My Native American Zodiac sign is Goose (so noisy!); my plant is Bramble (so thorny!). 9. I was born in the Egyptian month of Famenoth, the third month of the season of Poret (Eme...