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Quote from: chicogon on November 16, 2010, 02:35:32 AM
MDB, I didn't or never said it's OK. All I'm saying is abuses abound, it doesn't matter where it's happening, ma Pilipinas, ma Iraq or America. What you posted here is not an isolated case, as you try to portray or explain here. That's too simplistic. Tungod ba diay kay pobre ta maong "kita ray" nagbuhat ana? I don't think so. Some people (in every place) do crime and nasty stuff kay naa na silay problema o topak sa ulo hehehe 

You never did, Father Roel. I think Dabinsi over-analyzed something that was not there.

The point that Fr. Roel is trying to get across is that torture and abuses of power are never okay; the said police abuse (clearly its in the Philippines) is not just a problem in the Philippines (and the country being catholic has no bearing or no correlation to this whatsoever) but is a problem in the world and is a trans-humanist phenomenon when there is a lacking in checking of powers. The fact that abuses of power occurs in modernized and supposed legally friendly nations such as the United States indicates that the underlying problem is not primarily a politcal, or on site defciency, but rather is more so an individual psychopathology. This was standardized by the 1971 Stanford Prison Project. Again, this is psychological deficiency on the one peforming the act, not the religious environmental factor upon which the subset took place; the latter never was an issue.
Father Roel merely reiterates the fact that this happened in the Philippnes , it does not put weight on any prejudice towards Filipino police brutality; considering police brutality is quite common even in the United States, Turkey, Russia,China and throughout the world. That was the basis and point of his remark, which I found to be rather honest and didactic.

i love , really i do, the following lines:



If you rest upon the ground,
in the warmth,
I'll become the grass.
And embrace you.
If you turn outside,
in the wetness,
I'll become the rain.
An upon your forehead, kiss you.

The article that I chose is Insomnia, Depression & Aging: Assessing Sleep & Mood Interaction In Older Adults by Daniel J. Buysse, M.D. This article appeared in the Geriatrics Periodical in its 59th volume. This article is 6 years old and is 4 pages long. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between insomnia and depression in the aging population, and thus was initiated as an epidemiological study for the benefit of health psychology and medical science’ specialty in gerontology. The hypothesis of the study was that Insomnia and depression are related to each other on the level of epidemiology, clinical presentation, neurobiology, and treatment implications; the study notes that depression is one of the strongest risk factors for insomnia in the geriatric population (Buysse, 2004, p.47).

   This journal article was an epidemiological analytical paper in that it didn’t acquire particular subjects for the study , per say, but analyzed the trends between insomnia, depression and aging through analysis of numbers and previous articles on the said subject matter. The epidemiolical findings of the subject matter is actually quite interesting in the sense that it gives us, the reader and the rest of the medical and the psychological world an idea of the natural processes of aging and its effect on the sleep process. The article discussed the 5 risk factors for the development of insomnia and includes age, gender, and previous insomnia, chronic health condition associated with insomnias such as arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, and depression; the findings also noted how prevalence of insomnia was inversely proportional to socioeconomic status (Buysse, 2004, p. 48-49). The article also noted that the specific complaints that older adults experience in sleeping are how there is a change in their early sleep patterns, a change in their REM sleep, NREM sleep and REM latency, which translates into changes in napping schedules, increased sleepiness. The article notes that past epidemiological studies have noted how about 20-40% of older adults have complained of sleep disorders.

   Buysshe also notes the rising correlation between cases of depression and insomnia cases in the aging population by indicating how these two conditions rose as population groups aged. Epidemiological studies that he notes indicates that persons aged 65 years and older comprises 13% of the US population, but accounts for over 19% of the completed suicides, attributed to depression. Buysshe notes that the highest group of this are older adult men over 85 years of age, who have a suicide rate of 64.9/100,000 as compared to the overall US population that has a suicide rate of 10.6/ 100,000.

   Buysshe continues to write how the treatment of insomnia is similar for the treatment of depression and that the most effective way of treating insomnia would be to treat the underlying depression. Buysshe further elucidates the reader by discussing the different types of anti-depressive medications out there and the different combinations between tricyclic antidepressants, and trazodone, as well as using anxiolytics such as alprazolam etc. Bussye stresses the medical importance of treating the underlying depression first as the most effective means of treating the symptoms of insomnia. This, therefore, actually strengthens his claim that depression and insomnia are quite interlinked and that the former is a risk factor for the latter (Buysse, 2004, p. 47-50).

   The benefit of this journal article to the world of psychology is extensive and provides the behavioral psychologist, health psychologist etc the understanding of how many of the neuroses that older patients experience are interlinked with each other. The risk factors that Buysshe indicates also tell us how genetics, and environment, namely the stress factors, contribute to the manifestation of chronic depression and the eventual appearance of insomnias in the adult population. This is essential for us as psychologists because it allows us to be aware and ready of the possible medical problems of older patients when they come to us for medical guidance and counsel. With an interest in the psychological functions of the human mind and how this is affected by the circadian rhythm , which is itself dependent on the sleep cycle, this article truly helped me to understand the strong relationship between the changes in sleep patterns in older adults help in manifestation of sleep disorders, insomnia being one. Reading this article I am rather amazed how integrated medical science and health psychology is in treating this subset of the human population.



Reference:
Buysshe, Daniel. (2004). Insomnia , Depression & Aging: Assessing Sleep & Mood Interactions In Older Adults. Geriatrics Journal, 59(2), 47-51. Retrieved from http://geriatrics.modernmedicine.com/geriatrics/data/articlestandard/geriatrics/072004/84701/article.pdf

Luoy pood intawn. Rest in peace, manong.

Quote from: wolfpack823 on November 15, 2010, 03:23:54 PM
All my life God is not tired sending me angels, good people that helped me manage life with ease (mind you there are devils too, to test my sanity), now that I am capable, it is now my turn to fulfill God's wishes to do the bright side of life.

maka hinumdum pood ta sa parable of The Lowest Seat when reading your life experiences.

there is a verse in Luke 14:10 that Jesus tells us, "But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you."

In this case, Wolf, you are now being told by God to come up. Pariho rapood diay imong experiences ni prophet Job; suffering at first, but because of his faith, God poured Heaven's Graces on him...


God Bless you, Wolf.

Quote from: wolfpack823 on November 15, 2010, 03:44:55 PM
I have a mixed feelings about population control. Abortion is a great No..No to me, but I am leaning on the positive side of contraceptives.

Back to China, according to google, its population is 20% world's total. That means 1 every 5 people is a resident of China. Whewwww!!!!

The Chinese are an example of human growth throughout the histories. Its rather interesting to see that China has grown to such epic numbers (population ranges) , but then again the land of China has existed for more than 5000 years (older than ancient egypt or even israel). The Chinese have been agrarian farmers throughout most of their vast history, fishing the waters has been almost instinct for them, as well as development of land and the basins around the Yangtze.

The former Chinese leader, Mao Zedong, once said that the strength and treasure of China are not its non renewable/ renewable natural resources , but its people. It is the people of China that produce and make up the state, and it has always been the people to give the mandate of heaven (confucian political thought) to the emperor and or similar governmental unit (in this case, the communist government).

The implementation of the one-child policy will probably be done away with after some generations considering that the Chinese population will begin to fall when the gerontology will die off (a considerable part of the Chinese population are those >60 of age). It will be a necessity that China does away with the one child policy.

In Chinese culture (and i speak because my grandmother was Chinese, and my own mother raised in a Chinese-Filipino household) glorifies children and motherhood as well as fatherhood; especially the male child (for practical and cultural reasons; to carry the family name {Tan being the family surname of my maternal grandmother ; my Lola's line hails from Guangzhou Province, CHINA..}). It is looked kindly by relatives and family friends when a mother and father bear children, especially many children. Children and the abundance thereof represents the wealth and health of a nation, in Chinese culture. In regards to the Philippines, our strong and healthy birth rates (seeding processes) represents the fertility and the longevity of the Filipino and the Filipina. We have always been a prodigious and abundant race.

When the Spaniards arrived, our population was no more than 500,000 as documented by the Augustinian and Dominican missionary priests. By the end of the 19th century, the population had skyrocketed to some 8 million.

In my personal point of view, the racial homogeneity of the Filipino and our healthy birth index represents our growing nation. As compared to many countries in the west (which experience a negative birth index; meaning more people are dyng than being born), the Philippines is the antithesis. We produce 2 million Filipino babies a year, which soon will take up their role in society when they reach of age. I don't see this as a hindrance, but come in accordance with Mao Zedong's thought: "The people are the natural resources of the nation. The People are the future."

The Healthy Birth Rate of the Philippines manifests the longevity and the strength of the Filipino Race. We , unlike many nations, will survive the tests of time, and only through genetic processes can the population of a nation survive climactic events. In biological processes, the more population you have, the greater competitive variance, the higher , more likely for a said species to survive an event.

Life, throughout its forms in biology and in life science will want to procreate. Will want to multiply. The very act of trying to 'limit' a population and actively killing population is in itself unnatural and self-defeating.

lol, ha ha ha. Father, laughing and coffee is such a bad combination.

I remember one time when i was watching the clip of clinton denying that, and then the subsequent admission "i did have sexual relations..." oh man. patay ang limod.

LOL!!!

I repeat, "i did not have any sexual relations with that woman..."

 

Quote from: wolfpack823 on November 15, 2010, 01:37:52 PM
Ohh yeah, rough, but I worked harder to have a good life and worked even harder to be a good person. I experienced one day one eat, and who cares, the world is too busy to notice me.

Struggle is the name-game. But, that does not mean I have a bad life, I have fun as I grew up. I don't regret anything whatsoever.

Wolf. Sometimes life tends to throw a ball curve our direction, sometimes we fall and have a hard time getting up, sometimes past pains are hard to heal or are constantly in the subconscious and affects actions (and it really does). I in no way am trying to mitigate your personal experiences and am sure it hurt, but i would like to also add that through your efforts in regional build-up, and life sustenance efforts (from reading about your projects and involvement in the grassroots) you have made changes (definitely) for the better and lives were definitely touched through your works.

Please know that you are definitely appreciated, and your experiences are as human as it gets. I hope you are feeling better, wolf.

Keep on smiling.

Quote from: wolfpack823 on November 15, 2010, 01:39:24 PM
Of course, things happen for reasons. I always believe that.

OT: am going to bed now, GN Lorenz.

Good Night, Wolf. Sweat dreams.

ha ha ha, guapa man gud , Father. Tanaw lang pero wa ning hilabot.

Well, wolf, let's just say that it is his loss. You deserve better than that, anyway. Truly.

In general with dealing with problems alone. Sometimes, it can be hard.

That must have been very traumatizing, wolf, at such a young age (13 being such a highly sensitive time for a woman, considering the maturation process, and all that entails for a woman). So in part, your friends (close friends, i mean) have effectively taken up the role of parent and close guardian in your life. It must have been hard for you, wolf. Truly, it must have been.

puahaha, i love that coined term, "balance of trade"!

I have a friend , a very beautiful curvy white woman (she has a very curvy body) and was telling me that the man who she liked was taken; taken by a small sized asian woman. She asked me if there was anything wrong with her. Luoy pood intawn. Guapa ug sexy raba ijang lawas...

ahayyyy~ 

Quote from: luckybelle on November 15, 2010, 01:04:20 PM
Huh! Hala ka, ka-relate jud ko ani vah... swear!
Mas comfortable ko pag ako lay solve-solve sa kadramahan and puzzles of my life.
Hekhek... Ika nga... Smile and the world will smile with you. Cry and cry alone.

Luoy pood ka, Belle. Pero okay na ang situwasyon sa imong pamilya karon?

Quote from: wolfpack823 on November 15, 2010, 01:01:42 PM
There are so many reasons why people build walls instead of bridges. When you are deeply wounded, you prefer to isolate yourself, you shy away from people that connect to the pains and anything that reminds you of that awful feelings are oftentimes shut off from your life.

I for one built walls against my family, owing to the fact that I grew up without them. But, I take care of them (well my money does), however, I refused to let them come into my life entirely. I have set the limitations. My parents don't even know that my marriage was over. It is wrong, but I am more comfortable sharing my problems to my friends than my family. It made me sad at some point but that's is best I believe.

Interesting. So you have effectively used the 'wall' as a buffer mechanism, wolf. Has your family tried to reach out to you in any way as of late?

lol! a white woman (who i used to date) once told me that she finds asian women annoying. When asked why , she lamented:

"because you (referring to me) seem to have a racial preference for asian women! that and the fact that asian women are stealing white american men!" i could not help from laughing.

This reminds me of the 1971 Stanford Police Experiment. tsk, tsk, tsk...

Quote from: wolfpack823 on November 15, 2010, 12:48:59 PM
What a coincidence because last Thursday I was discussing with my partners, a white American and Hispanic from Ecuador, about this racial distribution in the United States starting the year 2040. According to that research, though am not sure if it is official, that white Americans will be starting to become a history in the US. That Hispanics, black Americans and Asians will become the dominant physical appearance of the people living here, because the whites stopped producing children. The current white people will become old and no new generations will replace them.

Based on this premise, maybe Clinton has some logical explanation at the back of his head. With the influx of inter-marriages happening now to Filipinos, time will come that the Philippines will be converted to different color... and the living brown people will be the minority if we stop making children.

Maybe 100 years or so. That what happened to New Zealand when they adopted "o" population growth way back then. NZ reached to a point, that they don't have enough productive population, even now it is roughly 50% in the labor force and the increase rate is still less than 2%.

There is a saying of the Philippine playboys: " Di bale maubos ang salapi nungka ang lahi."

Having a falling population is also quite counter-intuitive for highly socialized states. Take for example: Germany and Spain.

The two countries are highly socialized, yet both countries have a falling (rapidly) population; considering the majority of the population are adult or are of the geriatric (meaning, will soon die off), this is negated with the offset of having a low birth rate. This translates in a reduced seeding process (the generation that will replace the one dying off will be limited in number) and thus will lead to a reduction of productivity, and thus, in turn affect their socialized system of government.

Reasons: financial feasibility ramifications.

Explanation: With reduced workers, reduced tax payment, social programs will be minimized.

Quote from: wolfpack823 on November 15, 2010, 12:48:59 PM
What a coincidence because last Thursday I was discussing with my partners, a white American and Hispanic from Ecuador, about this racial distribution in the United States starting the year 2040. According to that research, though am not sure if it is official, that white Americans will be starting to become a history in the US. That Hispanics, black Americans and Asians will become the dominant physical appearance of the people living here, because the whites stopped producing children. The current white people will become old and no new generations will replace them.

Based on this premise, maybe Clinton has some logical explanation at the back of his head. With the influx of inter-marriages happening now to Filipinos, time will come that the Philippines will be converted to different color... and the living brown people will be the minority if we stop making children.

Maybe 100 years or so. That what happened to New Zealand when they adopted "o" population growth way back then. NZ reached to a point, that they don't have enough productive population, even now it is roughly 50% in the labor force and the increase rate is still less than 2%.

There is a saying of the Philippine playboys: " Di bale maubos ang salapi nungka ang lahi."

hehehe they say that by 2050, the minority will be the majority in the United States of America. This country will no longer be a 'white' nation.

Again, it only strengthens the already internationally accepted understanding that the United States is a multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multi-cultural nation state. Our racial demographic will be akin to that of Brazil, which is highly amalgamated nation-state.

In the United States, wolf, the minorities tend to have a higher birth rate , child per family, as compared to the white-american demographic.

hmmm, one can tackle this in two directions.

(pardon me if i will answer this in a medical point of view, specifically psychiatric analytical point of view)


1. Walls as a defensive coping mechanism, placed in part in a patient's cognitive processes so as to deter past traumatic negative stressors

2. Isolationism , per se, introverted nature as an effect of adult developmental delay or inhibition of sequential steps for proper development of said processes; normalized retrograde development.




Best,
Lorenz

Quote from: chicogon on November 15, 2010, 11:02:56 AM
Bwahahaha.... repost man jud gikan sa FB. Di man lang kay sa Pinas ra ang abuso sa mga kapulisan or military. Even in so-called super power nations mas hadlok paman gani sila kay e salvage lang ka. Wa na dayoy balita. Mismo sa capital sa United States, one of the worst in the world. New Orleans is another. 

Lain pod, kung moundang tag gamag mga bata, gamay na lay magminyog mga Amerkano/Europeans nga mahilig ug Asian or Pinay, or kadtong mga Pinay nga gusto mag minyog mga Amerkano or any other nationalities. Gamay nay maka abroad

Hmmmm, basin mao nay ulterior motives ni Clinton da... kay uwaganix ra ba pod to, bwahahaha! 

PEACE!!!

Well said, Father. In cases like the said video post, which is an example of abuse of authoritative power, this is not prejudiced only towards developing nations, but is a psychological delinquency that are seen in all facets of society and civilization, irrespective of cultural diversity as it is a humanistic phenomenon (albeit being a Psychopathology) . In fact, this is standard behavioral psychology theory/ psychiatric cognitive deviance.

In the field of human behavioral science/ neuroscience & psychology, this is seen in the Stanford Prison Experiment , which addressed the following questions (which became standardized in the field of psychology, psychotherapy, and included in the subsets of psychiatry):

What happens when you put good people in an evil place? Does humanity win over evil, or does evil triumph? These are some of the questions we posed in this dramatic simulation of prison life conducted in the summer of 1971 at Stanford University.

What a beautiful blog about Bohol Island and the Boholano People!

Thank you for sharing this with all of us.

lol, Fr!

Interesting comments.

The point of the matter: population is not a hindrance, but rather a source of strength.

India. By the time India gained independence from Britain, her population was at 350 million. Since then, her population has more than tripled. And is one of the largest economies of the world, and rising. The same goes for China, who since the Great Cultural Revolution, the population has risen to some 1.3 Billion and rising (tho minimized due to the one-child policy).

China and India is considered part of the third world, however, rising through heavy modernization. The Philippines falls in this same category. This century , the 21st century, is supposedly orient the world order towards the Asian-Pacific Axis.

Did you also read the news report? China , this year alone, purchased more automobiles for domestic use than the United States.

Father Roel, tell Dr. Byrdz that what he said was not only poignant, but speaks truth (also tell him that he has an amazing voice!) lol.

Truly, not all the poor deserve death nor should they be told to limit themselves. Who are we to tell them what to do? We can't even solve some of our own problems in our lives, let alone telling who should be born or not born!

Friends, brothers and sisters, Our Savior Jesus Christ was born poor. In fact, he was considered poor of the poor; he was not born in a hospital, but in an animal's manger. He was chased with his mother and earthly father, Joseph, escaping the sword of Herod. By telling the poor that they have no right to have children, let alone use such degrading words about what they should and should not do, one is condemning life. Who are you to condemn life? Is life given to you? Of course. As it is , given to those who live and have the right to live an honest and good life.

Jesus Christ, did not choose to be born amongst the rich, or an earthly king,...but amongst the poor.

Quote from: chicogon on November 15, 2010, 06:13:55 AM
In my humble opinion, the poor masses (children included) are not the cause of poverty... rather, they are the biggest victims of dire poverty.

Kung akong ig-agaw pa pasultion (Dr. Brydz), who I've heard many times and made me reflect many a-times, moingon man jud to ba, "Magbuot ba diay mog manganak pod mi bisag pobre mi... kamo ba diay nipalit ug gatas og bugas para ipakaon sa among mga anak?" "Nganong kami may basolon nga mangisda pod sa dagat, injo ra ba diay nang dagat? Nganong moingon man mo nga gamay nay nahabiling isda o uban pang seafood... para sa mga dato ra ba diay na o sa mga na tawo sa una?"  

We can't blame poverty alone to over-population. It's a phenomenon we can't control (although many have tried). Lami god unta kong ma control pa ang over-population because it would be big help sa mga nasud nga nagka lisod2x... but to say "babies born out of poverty and irresponsible actions of irresponsible parents" are the cause of our present poverty is just as absurd.

Kung naa pa lay voice ning mga bataa, in effect mao ni ilang isulti:

"Ngeee, pasanginlan ma mi ninyo!"  

"Kamo ra gani naay sweldo (piece of the pie), not us!!!  

Uwagan pod, not us!!! (kay mga bata pa mi)"  

The Holy Spirit speaks in this post. Praise be to God!

It's always without hindsight does one think that poverty can be totally defeated. Why even in the United States, as a 1st world nation (hyperpower) and one that has the largest economy in the world (14 Trillion Dollar Economy), still we have poor and destitute people in the nation. In fact, poverty is not something that will be done away with, many political ideologies that claim to solve the poverty issue are not only lying to themselves and to the masses. Soviet Communism , which began with the Bolshevik Revolution claimed to bring a new hope and end the poverty of the masses and to deliver the people from the authoritative regime of the Romanov Dynasty (Russian Czarism) , however, did such a utopia ever manifest? No. Russian Communism brought backwardness, unhindered industrialism to the states, abuses of power by those in the communist party, so bad that the very political system that the Russians had lived in collapsed by the end of the early 1990s. Political agendas are never constant ; neither are their promises.

In fact, Communism claimed to curve poverty and exterminate it from its borders. Rubbish.

Poverty, my friends, is something that will always will be. Jesus Christ was born , himself, into poverty, lived with those who were poor (some 2000 years ago) and the truth of the matter is that poverty will never disappear. It cannot. It will not.

I'll end this a biblical verse that best coincides with what Father Roel is saying, and I thought it pertinent to add, for those who are open to biblical verses (of course)


Nevertheless, just as YOU are abounding in everything, in faith and word and knowledge and all earnestness and in this love of ours to YOU, may YOU also abound in this kind giving.

8 It is not in the way of commanding YOU, but in view of the earnestness of others and to make a test of the genuineness of YOUR love, that I am speaking. 9 For YOU know the undeserved kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich he became poor for YOUR sakes, that YOU might become rich through his poverty.

--2 Corinthians 8: 7-9

Manong Virgil,

Diba it is better to be money wise and have something to show when the time comes, than being gastador and showing showing pero when it comes to the bank account, wala man diay sulud.

hehe, belle and others, i agree with you, especially in what Manong Virgil said as "Money wise..."

It reminds me of an old aesop fable of the ant and the grasshopper.

During the early 19th century, the United States of America, experienced what many of my colleagues in the field of American History , and World History, would say as a national transformation. The beginning of what American Historians would call as “The Great American Manifest Destiny”. During this time period, the United States was not considered a world player, as of yet, most of continental Europe were the key players. The British and their overseas empire, which at the time controlled over 1/4th of the world’s land mass, the French with their empire in Indochina, and the heartlands of Africa and parts of the Caribbean; The Dutch and their empire in Africa as well as in the Dutch Malacas (Present day Indonesia).

The United States at this time period was experiencing a rising immigration rate; from Russia, Prussia (Germany), France, Austria-Hungary, Norway, England, Italy and this translated in a massive population boom. Considering the time , there were no such birth agendas, population-check agencies as now, and thus the United States’ population doubled , then tripled in number within the successive generations.
The increased population lead to demographic problems at first, however, were the basis for the industrialization of the country. The population was utilized to build and settle the uncharted areas o the country, colonizing most of Midwestern America, as well as the western basins of California. The building of the railway systems during the mid to late 19th century not only connected continental America for the first time, but allowed the transportation and facilitation of growth in the fringe locations of the country. Agriculture and the agrarian system was utilized in unison with industrial and manufacturing that steamed the United States towards a global role. And it was the population, the natural resources, that allowed the country to transform itself as a 3rd world, backwards former-colony into the leading economic, military and political hyperpower that it is to this day.

The Philippines’ population, natural resources, our rich and expensive islands and coastal areas are all factors for our potential for national greatness and growth.

I do not see the Philippines as a ‘sick man of asia’ and do not see it as a paralytic as what many of you would mention in your descriptives. On the contrary, I see the Philippines as a nation that is on the verge of national growth and future greatness. I believe that the Philippines, like most countries in the world and throughout history, has not yet experienced its ‘time in the sun’. The Republic of the Philippines has the potential, with our innate richness (population, healthy population, active work force, educated populace, cohesive characteristic of Filipinos in general, immense natural resources), to be come a regional and possibly a global power.

As nations such as Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Bulgaria and many western countries, are suffering from a falling population, the Philippines is reaching the 100 million mark. Our country is not weak, not paralytic, but growing, fertile, and ready to boom.
I have been to the Philippines for the first time in 12 years and with my own eyes have seen how much it has grown, improved, and modernized since I was last home in 1998. The country is not as poor and destitute as what others would say. It is growing. And thus following the common trends on national progression towards 1st worldom.  

Quote from: chicogon on November 14, 2010, 02:30:39 PM
Everything is ideology, in a way, including our respective opinions. The question is how is our opinion formed. Dili man pod basta2x pwede ipadaplin ang religion, because on my part I was formed mainly by my religious faith, not by political nor any other ideology. If you are formed by your secular outlook, that is how you will also judge things. I said my "informed" opinion and you said yours.

Absolutely, and Totally, Father Roel. Every philosophical thought/standing follows some kind of ideologue. Why even secularism is in itself an ideology. Voltaire once taught to his students in the penny coffee shops of pre-revolutionary France on the importance of thought and ideology. Religious thought, secularist thought, republican thought, royalist thought etc all follow an ideology.

In fact, humans, by the basis of our moral reasoning, thanks in mind to the breadth of our anatomical structure (namely, the cerebral cortex), will always follow an ideology.

Those that try to counter by claiming anarchism as an answer are themselves deaf and too closed minded because anarchism is also an ideology. An ideology that teaches the unimportance of government etc.

If we array the countries of the world according to population density, and then look at the rate of economic growth, we see that it is the more densely-populated countries-such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Holland, Japan-that are growing faster, and that the less-densely populated countries-such as those in Africa-are growing at slower rates.

The view that I have expressed to you thus far is precisely the view held by experts on these topics. Every agricultural economist knows that people have been eating better since World War II, the period for which we have data. Every resource economist knows that natural resources have become cheaper rather than more expensive. Every demographer knows that life expectancy in the wealthy countries has gone up from under 30 years at birth 200 years ago to over 75 years at birth today. And life expectancy has risen in the poor countries from perhaps 35 years at birth only 50 years ago to 60-65-70 years at birth today. Those are the facts which are known by the economists and demographers who study these subjects.

Malthusian common sense is a very attractive idea. But the heart of the growth of civilizations and economies is the non-Malthusian adjustment process that is inevitably complex, and indeed counter-intuitive. The common-sensical Malthusian view sees only the short term rather than the long term. But in the long term these adjustment processes tend to produce opposite results to what the short term results happen to be. Here we should note that science is only interesting when it produces results which are the opposite of common sense.

we have solid statistical evidence about the determinants of economic development. What could only be said on economic faith 30 years ago, we can now document scientifically. We now know statistically that what David Hume wrote on the subject in the 1700s was exactly right. When identifying why Holland was the richest country in Europe, Hume said that “Liberty, necessity, and a multitude of people” were the causes.

A free society with social rules enables people to exercise their talents for their own sakes. This inevitably benefits others by bringing forth prodigious productive efforts which cause growth. And each generation creates a little bit more than it uses. Hence each new generation is richer than the previous generation.

Quote from: chicogon on November 14, 2010, 08:49:54 AM
I'm just happy to hear that for once Clinton said something "right" - at least from my perspective. The Catholic Church thinks the same way: "Babies are no mistakes!" They deserve to live just as all of us. I lived in the slums of San Jose Resettlement Area (1980) and Bagong Bayan, Dasmariñas, Cavite (1982), and 3 months in Tondo (during my regency year in 1980) and among fishermen of Cavite City during my activism and/or part of my apostolate days as a student. Yes, these are very poor.. and often, a product of irresponsible parenthood and/or arratic government/s... but nonetheless they are still human beings who deserve to live with dignity and respect. They are not all bad (although many are victims of circumstances). Many of them have been successful to this day. I'm still in contact with a few of them who now live in the U.S. (who are not poor anymore). Dili baya na sila tanan k******n, drug victims, etc. just because they are poor and basically come from families who have nothing. In other words, dili pod nato ma generalize as altogether "bad" by-products of poverty. Kung sinagoyon pagkasulti... on the contrary, daghan pod gikan sa mga maayong pamilya and affluent classes... pero ang mga kanahan man hinooy big time "k******n" "drug users" who are sitting in big offices and sometimes along the hallways of our capitol buildings or Congress, bwahahaha. If you know what I mean. 

You said it all, Father Roel. All and more.

Hi Tito Ben,

Perhaps it is my love for Bohol that makes me overreact to any jests about our island and people. Even my colleague, who is Cebuano, when asked where he got that stereotype from, told me that --that is what they say about Bohol. It was my first time to hear such a stereotype and told him that Bohol is a beautiful province and the people kind and inviting. It's good to hear that Cebu is becoming metropolitan and cultured , and I do hope that such negative generalizations about our island and people subside. It is the same as how some people in Bohol stereotype Illongos , Ilokanos and even Pampangenos. From my view lang, i just wish the regionalistic tendencies of Filipinos would dissipate. Instead of pointing each other's flaws and weaknesses, why not focus on the strengths ?

Actual incident:


July 27, 2010. Cebu.

There was an incident where i overheard a cebuano talking down on bohol. The incident was in a restaurant where one customer (that we were with) was asking about the crispy pata and lechon being served. The waitor (normally, waitor is supposed to treat a customer with respect), was describing. The person who i was with said, "oh naa diay mo ug crispy pata? the last time i had one was in bohol, an it was great". The waitor responded, "yes ma'am, but the crispy pata here in cebu is better than in bohol, bohol is probinsya ...."

i really had to hold my tongue in that event. how very crass. is it so common for cebuanos to talk down and belittle bohol?

hehehe, mao. I agree with you on the wise spender, savings part. Para nako, i like to save and invest instead of blowing finances away. Mas maajo pa mo save ta kaysa kalingaw gastador.

Kining amigo nako nga hambugero kaajo, mo comment nako, "ngano di man ka mo palit ug bagong sapatos nga Ferragamo, ngano di man ka mo palit ug Bvlgari watch? palit pood kanang mahal oy, doctor baja imong profession, ngano mag pinabarato man ka? "

I don't like how some Cebuanos downgrade Bolanons.

I reminded him that we are still interns and are thus 'slaves'. Spending something that one does not have is bad. It causes debt.

Nano mo ingon man ang Cebuano, "Ah, taga Bohol man na siya, ignorante na sila..." ?

Para nako, when I was home in Pinas, mas moangay pa ko sa Bohol kay sa Cebu.

Baho pa kaajo sa Cebu, daghang tulis, ug tawo nga mo take advantage.

Suko jud ko sa ilang commento sa Bolanon.

Buotan man jud ning Bolanon..ngano i joke-jokeon man nila oy.

Bu-anga...

You see this person (who goes to work with me) thought that I was a Cebuano (since I said i was from Valencia; he thought that I was referring to Valencia, Cebu) lol.

After he said that comment, I told him, "Bai, dili baja ko Sugbuanon. Bol-anon baja ko."

Na hilom dajon sija.

Mga Higala,

Adunay situwasyon that a Cebuano told me that Bolanons are "Kuripot". How distasteful and crass.

What do you feel about this?

Ate Lumine, I'm so sorry to hear this, I will include the little baby in my prayers tonight during the novena for Senor Santo Nino.
Please know that the profound Love of Father God, knows no bounds. We are praying for you and the little one.

Virgil, do you say this to your dear wife?

and what does she say back?

Don Juan DeMarco

     "There are only four questions of value in life. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made of? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love."
     "Have you never met a woman who inspires you to love? Until your every sense is filled with her? You inhale her. You taste her. You see your unborn children in her eyes and know that your heart has at last found a home. Your life begins with her, and without her it must surely end."

Title: Death and Dying in Adulthood, the psychological processes within Medical Psychiatry
by: A. Lorenzo Lucino Jr.
Medical Report


   One area of adult development that is different from other stages of development that retains a sense of finality and irreversibility is the stage of death and dying. Death is a rather universal human quality in that it has physiological causes and consequences, as well as a psychological aspect to it , which is shared and felt in all cultures of human civilization. That said, death is not just a physiological processes of human anatomical failure, but also a psychological reality that results in the loss of self, the eventual cessation of thoughts, the procurement of memory, acquisition of new memory, emotional experiences, basically all things that makes life worth living. It is the state that is devoid of life, devoid of emotional feelings, and aspects that are studied in the field of psychology. There are multiple phases of death and dying, and these are necessary for the individual who is dying to accept death. As well as those that are closely related to the one dying, to give a sense of permanence and acceptance to the notion of death.

   In the anatomical and physiological sense, death is the state when the body ceases all afferent and efferent senses, there is cessation of the neural activity, which results in the eventual multi-systemic collapse of the organ systems of the human body (De Graff, 2002).

   When one thinks about the anatomic death, one cannot help but wonder to ask, “what does an individual who is dying going through?”. How does one embrace, let alone accept the fact that one is dying and will ultimately lead to the termination of life, as one knows it? This is answered by Bjorklund and Bee in what they describe as the four meanings of death. The four meanings are death as an organizer of time, death as a punishment, death as transition and death as a loss (Bjorklund and Bee, 2008). These four meanings of death are seen in most adults and play a role in an individual’s concept of death in relation to the self, which leads to one developing a sense of anxiety of death, which is the emotional fear of death (Bjorklund and Bee, 2008). Bjorklund and Bee teach us that this anxiety towards death is due to the “fear of the loss of experience, sensation, relationships; fear of the pain or suffering or indignity often involved in the process of death, fear that one will not be able to cope well with such pain or suffering, fear of whatever punishment may come after death and a fundamental fear of the loss of self,” (Bjorklund and Bee, 2008, p. 325).

   How adults cope with death is essential, in fact, it is necessary. It is evident that coping with death is necessary and that this psychological buffer against the morbidity of bereavement. Coping with death is not only important for adults who are dying, but also those who personally know someone who is dying or dead, this also applies for children who are bereaved of a parent (Black, 1998). Psychiatrist and child developmental specialist, Dr. Dora Black, emphasizes that coping with death, especially the death of a parent is necessary as it can reduce morbidity after bereavement and any lack in family support can lead to a child’s vulnerability to psychiatric disorders later in life (Black, 1998). Dr. Black indicates that children who experience a loss of a parent or primary caretaker are more opt to develop psychiatric disorders later in childhood, specifically a five-fold increase as compared to the general population. Studies indicate that adults who were bereaved of a parent during their childhood were more likely to develop depression, anxiety, and attempt suicide as compared to the general population (Black, 1998).

   As seen in cases of pediatric-adult cases of bereavement, there are psychiatric consequences with the loss of a family member. This illustrates to us that it is indeed important to go through proper phases of death, which is provided in the Kubler-Ross Model. There are five phases of death reactions, which are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance of death (Bjorklund and Bee, 2008).

   The reaction towards an impending doom is natural, and sometimes one’s religious faith can help cope in that regard. In a study by Splitka, Minton and Sizemore, it was noted that there are two types of religious expression involved in coping with death, intrinsic committed religious expression and extrinsic-consensual religious expression. In their hypothesis, which was substantially supported, the intrinsic committed faith was positively associated with viewing death in terms of an afterlife of reward and courage. And negatively with a variety of undesirable death views. Extrinsic-consensual faith viewed death in terms of loneliness-pain, indifference, unknown, forsaking dependents and natural end (Spilka et al, 1977). Interestingly Bjorklund and Bee also discuss religiosity and death and talk about similar results, specifically, they say that there are two forms of religiosity, extrinsic and intrinsic religiosity.

   Data results indicate that extrinsic religiosity was helpful and effective during early years of life as well as middle-adulthood to create bonds with other like-minded extrinsic religious people; whereas intrinsic religiosity became effective in coping with death for those who were elderly (Bjorklund and Bee, 2008). Whatever the nominal religious faith, either one being Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu etc, it is evident that religion, does in fact play a role in one’s acceptance of death and affects the level of fear of death.

   In a personal point of reflection, dealing with death has always been a sensitive issue. Death has tremendously affected my life three times already. The first, the death of my paternal grandmother in 1995. This shocked me because of my father’s reaction to her death. My father, who throughout my memories of childhood and young adult life was always a stern, reserved, reticent man who showed very little emotions. Watching him break down in tears  the summer of 1995 when I was 12 years old surprised me. I had never seen this emotion he strongly displayed. The second instance of death occurred 3 years later in 1998 when news came on the passing of my maternal grandmother. The third and most traumatizing for me was the unexpected demise of my best friend, Robert M, who hanged himself. This was a very low point in my life.   

       When the one dying finally passes, the farewell and the funeral procession is rather important for the family of the deceased. These so called rituals are necessary for the grieving process and helps the bereaved come to terms with the death of the loved one. It is important to note that death and dying is composed of dichotomy of the one dying and the family and friends of the one dying. The dying individual and the bereaved family members all have to deal with the aspect of acceptance. The dying individual proceeds with farewells, and emotional feelings with loved ones, so as to allow the dying to disengage and thus reach a “point of acceptance” (Bjorklund and Bee, 2008, p. 329).

      Rituals are almost similar in the fact that it helps with the acceptance of death, which in this case, is solely for those who are still living. Bjorklund and Bee discuss about the Bowlby Theory of grieving, which includes the stages of numbness, yearning, disorganization, despair and reorganization (Bjorklund and Bee, 2008). The kinds of rituals groups of people have for the dead varies across cultural lines, ranging from Jewish in shiva rituals, to Catholic prayers for the dead, to Protestant prayerful rituals, to Islamic reserved mourning etc. All of these, despite differences in techniques, play a role in the metamorphosis of mourning into acceptance and eventual progression of life that we have. Bjorklund and Bee best ends it with the saying in page 342, in regards to death and dying, “Let us go forth and celebrate life!” (Bjorklund and Bee, 2008, p. 342).

   In regards to the topic of death and dying, this issue is of great importance for the proper counseling of patients that are experiencing the trauma of bereavement. To be effective in this field of interest, namely in psychology and in cases, psychiatry, one has to understand the environmental factors that plays a role in the manifestation of the psychological, psychiatric symptoms of the patient. Death, as a natural process, is not just the physical state of death, but in the study of psychology. It allows one to understand that there are mixed emotional feelings involved; to the one dying and those around. The feasibility one has in understanding these said processes, the better one can address the patient dying. Although at times difficult to separate the self emotionally, we try to our best to handle each situation with care. Our facial expressions, empathy and condolences are all we can give once the anatomical architecture has failed. It is this gesture that becomes meaningful to those who have lost a loved one. And in the field of psychiatry and clinical psychology, this is pertinent in the processes at hand.

That's impressive to hear that the Philippines produces 2 million Filipino babies per annum. We are a nation maker. The population of Sweden is 9 million, the population of Israel is 5 million, the population of The Netherlands is 15 million.

Within 4.5 years, the philippines can make Sweden. Within 2+ years, the Philippines can create an Israel. Within 7.5 years, the Philippines can create a Netherlands.

hahaha. assured lagi, dili puydi nga di ko mo uli.

What a response! Interesting.

Good to see that the Philippines is enforcing its laws , especially taking terrorist threats seriously. If this woman was in the United States and said that in American Soil in American airport premises, she would not only have been surrounded by American security, and anti-terrorist task squads within the airports. And subject to heavy punishment. This country is intolerant of terrorist threats.

How very unbecoming. She would joke like that in front of her countrymen and in front of her child. Does she not know the psychological processes of observational learning? Stupidity!

You reap what you sow. And she sowed idiocy, she reaps the justice of Philippine Law! Good!

Good!

Quote from: thatsmyboy1992 on November 12, 2010, 02:19:56 PM
i look forward to gyud ani na event kay at least naay 3 months advance notice, you know naman may sched, very hectic just like yours hehehe. naka swimming ko balik ana when i was in college or graduate na ba ko with my friends from PAL, got to wear our swimming trunks gyud adto na time kay skinny pa man hahaha

hahaha tell me about it. ako galing balik na ko sa gym kai gusto ko mo balik sa ahong old size. hectic bitaw, mikey, pero maayo pood if maka attend ka. ako, basin busy ko diri sa hospital sa chicago, gusto ko mo balik jud para sa fiesta. tagaan pood ta'g grasya sa Ginoo. hehehe!

Kaw? kamusta naman ka? Enjoyed Bohol much?

some pictures of the post-celebration (sa among balay) : 2007 Fiesta








aguy, wa na yamo, hurut tanan ang kanonon. puahahaha!


(from left to right): Tita fides (borja), tita janette galido (her father was the former mayor of garcia hernandez), some kid, tita bing, tita arlene, and my mom, mrs. liza salvo lucino (valenciana).










my dad and his kumpares; all engineers. lol.

hahaha! palit ug ticket so maka kita kita ta. ah mao ba, valenciana diay imong lola, bro?
mao bitaw kai ingon man ahong lolo kono that sa unang panahon, ang mga taw sa valencia, ning move out sa valencia --ning settle sa tagbilaran ug sa gawas. naka adto na diay ka sa badjiang springs, Mikey? hehehe.

Da! Valencianon diay pood ka! sige, ha, hope to see you in the Fiesta. PM lang ko i will forward you the address, and the event program.

hope to see you soon. sure ko mo attend pood si tito abe (borja) ug si tita fides and probably ante angene. hehe she is having a bday party raba karong 13th sa november, di ko ka attend kai naa man ko diri sa chicago.


regards,

For sure Mikey. Si tito eddie, he was trying to find me a girl when i was in bohol, lol. relative pood nija. haha.
pero, di lang ko ning dayon kai naa naman ko ug interest, haha. pero, i must say, tito eddie is a good guy, very good man.
in fact, the borja family are good people. indeed, we have similar circle of friends, and if you are ever in jersey, adto jud sa among balay.

in fact, this coming january 15, my  family is hosting our annual Valencianon Association of the East Coast Fiesta for Senyor Santo Nino ; over 40 valencianon families in the 'states and friends, relatives will be coming. you are invited to come. if you come, i'll see you there.

Viva Santo Nino!

Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

Psalms 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

the faithful lighting candle prayers.

The site of intense devotional pilgrimage.

I had the joy of taking part of the pilgrimage to see the Holy Image of the Santo Nino in July 2010.

A joy within my heart that cannot be described in words.

ah indeed, indeed.

Quote from: wolfpack823 on November 12, 2010, 04:48:07 AM
The Infant King Church in Cortes according to my grand-aunts, is a miraculous church. They told me when I was still a baby, they used to offer me to Sto. Niño in a dancing ceremony because I was very sickly as a child, that takes place during the town fiesta which is 16th of January.

They told me also that during the war, there were several attempts to drop bombs on the church. howver, it landed on Abatan River. The old folks believed that the patron blew those bombs away.

the image of the santo nino in Valencia Church is also from the late 18th century, and i was able to visit it when i went home. miraculous bitaw kaayo. i can speak out of personal experience. when i visited the basilica de santo nino in cebu, i was touched.

I went to buy flowers across the street and was about to buy a big bushel of roses from an and adult for 90 pesos, but something told me not to. instead, some little child from the corner tugged my shirt to buy the three roses for only 20 pesos. the child's face was very innocent. i gave the child 20 pesos and turned around to get my wallet to give him a tip, when i turned around he was gone. disappeared.

i told my cousin about that incident and she said kono that it was probably the santo nino.

Yes, brod Ray, The Image of Senor Santo Nino is indeed very miraculous.
For me, he has been integral to my study and my success and my understanding, wherever i have gone, to undergrad college, medical proper, and now in chicago, he has always accompanied me. The same Image of Senor Santo Nino.

This week started our novena for Senor Santo Nino. Hapit napood ijang fiesta, this coming january 15.

sa new jersey. same area as us.

ah ah , and Solomon was indeed wise, Mike.

4 Your neck is like the tower of David,
  built with courses of stone;
on it hang a thousand shields,
  all of them shields of warriors.
5 Your breasts are like two fawns,
  like twin fawns of a gazelle
  that browse among the lilies.
6 Until the day breaks
  and the shadows flee,
I will go to the mountain of myrrh
  and to the hill of incense.
7 You are altogether beautiful, my darling;
  there is no flaw in you.

8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
  come with me from Lebanon.

-Solomon 4: 4-8

Mike, great examples of fresh lubi!

Nice.

The Spaniards referred the Philippines as its 'bastion' in Asia and the stepping stool for Spanish operations in Cathay (China). The Manila-Acapulco Galleon trade sent to Spain silver (from China), chinese silk, hemp from the philippines, spices, and a warm part in asia to conduct trade with the rest of the empire. This is why the Manila is considered the first 'Asian' city to be integrated into the world market. It literally was a major city , an integral one, in the boosting of the Spanish Empire's economy. The trade between manila and mexico was critical to the empire's growth in the east, and integrated the philippines extensively with the rest of the Spanish Empire, governed exclusively as part of Viceroyalty of Nueva Espana (Mexico) for almost 3 centuries.

one incident will not mar the paradise that is the Philippine Islands.

do you also know attorney abe borja and mrs. fides borja? they are my younger brother's godparents (maninoy/maninay).

Are they? small world, indeed. I met Eddie at ICM (he is the younger sibling of my mother's good friend, Angene Borja). He's a good guy.

by: Marvin Gaye


Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing

Sung by Scar of Lion King.


Lion King: Be Prepared

one of my favorite disney songs.

way sapayan, bai aquarius!

creativity and foreplay is half the game, or in this case, half the play. lol.

Quote from: aquarius on November 11, 2010, 09:49:28 AM


Doc. Lorenzo..

unsay idea nimo aning kape, tsokolate ug baby powder when it comes to sexual encounter.. unsaon ni pagamit?... .....  

bai aquarius,

chocolate has always been known as an aphrodisiac, it increases sexual drive in women (hence always give a girl chocolates! lol) as well as in men. Chocolate and coffee are high in sugar as well as in caffeine. This drives and provides energy for sex (diba ma luja luja ta after our 3rd or 4th round, lami pood ug mo kaon ta ug choco og mo inum og kape kai ma re-energized pood ta ba). as for the powder; lami ni i rub sa baji so ma soft ijang lawas ug mo higda ta. mo angay man gud ning mga baji i pa hiluton first before action. it builds up the anticipation, and makes the release all the more stronger. trust me.


lorenz.

hehe interesting answers. 

Good to hear this!

my favorite. in a Spanish burlesque regalia.

Quote from: taga tigbao on November 11, 2010, 03:12:54 PM
Wow! Jennifer's BODY! 

Diha koy nadunggan nga kani kono si Megan Fox duha ang kinatawo? Tinuod ba ni?

false rumors ra man tingali na, brod.

she said in a quote that she has 'a libido of a 15-year old boy, my sex drive is so high..'

truly interesting. 

a pretty a day by E. E. Cummings



a pretty a day
(and every fades)
is here and away
(but born are maids
to flower an hour
in all,all)

o yes to flower
until so blithe
a doer a wooer
some limber and lithe
some very fine mower
a tall;tall

some jerry so very
(and nellie and fan)
some handsomest harry
(and sally and nan
they tremble and cower
so pale:pale)

for betty was born
to never say nay
but lucy could learn
and lily could pray
and fewer were shyer
than doll. doll

-L.M Montgomery

I

A wide-spring meadow in a rosy dawn
Bedropt with virgin buds; an orient sky
Fleeced with a dappled cloud but half withdrawn;
A mad wind blowing by,
O'er slopes of rippling grass and glens apart;
A brackened path to a wild-woodland place
A limpid pool with a fair, laughing face
Mirrored within its heart.


II

An ancient garden brimmed with summer sun
Upon a still and slumberous afternoon;
Old walks and pleasances with shadows spun
Where honeyed odors swoon;
A velvet turf with blossoms garlanded;
A hedge of Mary-lilies white and tall;
And, shining out against a lichened wall,
A stately-golden head.


III

An autumn hilltop in the sunset hue,
Pine boughs uptossed against the crystal west,
And, girdled with the twilight dim and blue,
A valley peace-possessed;
A high-sprung heaven stained with colors rare,
A sheen of moonrise on the sea afar,
And, bright and soft as any glimmering star,
Eyes holy as a prayer.

Beautiful.

Thanks, Mikey.

When I went back home this July 2010, my first time to visit the Dauis Church coincided with their Fiesta to the Virgin Mary. The Church in Dauis is beautiful , the ornaments inside, the paintings which apparently go back to the 18th century are beautiful. They have a wellspring under the church, which they say has been there since the erection of the church in the early 18th century. The church proctor allowed me to drink from the spring, which they say is apparently miraculous.

The Church in Baclayon is also beautiful; the oldest in Bohol, from what I hear.

Oy! You never told us that your birthday was celebrated in Bohol, Mikey!

Belated Happy Birthday, pare! Here's to good health, and a continued happy smile. Regards!

There is actual truth that correlates sexual activity to increased immune health and overall procreative health. 

sweet diay? hehe pariho diay sa kalamay nga taga jagna. 

Quote from: aquarius on November 11, 2010, 08:39:23 AM
Mahilig sa sex, mahaba ang buhay?
DOC WILLIE Ni Dr. Willie T. Ong (Pilipino Star Ngayon) Updated November 11, 2010 12:00 AM   


ITO ang mga nilalaman ng mga bagong pagsusuri tungkol sa sex:

Ang taong nakikipag-sex ng 3 beses bawat linggo ay mas hindi inaatake sa puso at na-i-stroke. Oo, posibleng makahaba ng buhay ang sex, lalo na kapag nagpa-practice ka ng safe sex.

Kapag itinaas mo ang iyong pagse-sex, mula sa isang beses bawat buwan at ginawa mong isang beses bawat linggo, mas tataas ang kasiyahan mo sa buhay.

Sa kabilang dako, ang unsafe sex, o iyong pagtatalik sa maraming partner ay puwedeng magbawas ng 6 na taon sa iyong buhay. Ito’y dahil sa peligro ng sexually-transmitted diseases.

Ayon sa isang pagsusuri sa Japan, ang mga lalaking nakikipagtalik sa hindi nila asawa ay mas nagkakaroon ng istrok. Ang istrok ay ang pagbabara ng ugat sa utak at napaparalisa ang katawan.

Ang mga babaing nag-e-enjoy sa sex ay mas humahaba ang buhay kumpara sa mga hindi nag-e-enjoy.

Kailangan ng babae nang mas mahabang foreplay o iyong matagal na preparasyon bago mag-sex at orgasm.

Ito ang nangyayari sa katawan habang nagse-sex. Bumibilis ang tibok ng puso. Lumalaki ang pupils (iyong itim sa gitna ng mata). Bumibilis ang paghinga at lumalaki ang butas ng ilong. Bumubuka ang daanan ng pawis (sweat glands). Lumalaki ang suso ng babae ng 25% at ang utong (nipples) ay humahaba ng kalahating pulgada. Dumadami rin ang daloy ng dugo sa labi, ilong at sexual organs.

Ang pagtatalik ng 5 minuto ay nagtatanggal lang ng 20 calories sa ating katawan. Ngunit ang pagtatalik ng 30 minuto ay nag-aalis ng 200 calories. Mas maraming ehersisyo ang makukuha sa matagal na pagtatalik.

Para malaman kung kaya mong mag-sex, subukang umakyat ng 2 floors. Kapag hiningal ka pagdating sa itaas, ibig sabihin ay kulang sa kondisyon ang iyong katawan, at baka mahirapan ka sa sex. Pero kung balewala sa iyo ang 2 floors, puwedeng-puwede ka sa sex.

10. Ang pagmamasahe ng paa ay nakatutulong sa sex. Nakaka-excite ito sa babae. Ang iba pang lugar na nagpapa-excite ay ang batok, ang mga daliri, ang nipples at ang sexual organs.

11. Para ganahan sa sex, kailangan matahimik na lugar at maganda ang paligid. Ayon sa pagsusuri, baka makatulong din ang tsokolate, kape, at amoy ng baby powder sa sex drive. Puwede itong subukan. Good luck.

hahaha, nice one.

Quote from: islander on November 08, 2010, 11:07:54 PM
butong nga gihimong lamaw?  o guwang nga lubi nga kinagod o gikibkib ra ba nimo?  interesting diet, lorenz!

dili, kanang prisko jud, gi buak ug gi inom ang sud. mouth-watering good. if you know what i mean.

perting lami'a nga priskong lubi. hehehe.

tam'is kaajo.

lol, brod, ngano na sakitan man ang usa nga saging?   

1 word comes to mind:


Prothrombic!

Philippine pres Ferdinand Marcos at the US Congress 1966

Ferdinand Marcos Martial Law Decree Speech + Reggae Beats

NINOY AQUINO: Worth Dying For (the last interview!) ORIGINAL UPLOAD

President Cory Aquino's historic speech (3 of 3) before the U.S. Congress (9-18-1986)

dear _____________,


there are times that i think of you and the happiness you gave me. we met passing by in the chapters of our lives, as two pages being separated by the reader's finger but united for just that brief moment in time. you are a joyous part of my life, you made me smile, and taught me heal old wounds.

this song is for you. i hope that God is kind to you, guiding your steps wherever they take you, may sunshine continue to fall on your beautiful head.

with fondness,
Lorenz



If You Leave (OMD/Nada Surf cover by Leah Mertz)

after one child, some men go to a urologist to perform a vasectomy or some women request a tube tying, this way they can have sex all they want without fear of impregnation / conception.

hehe. 

Quote from: islander on November 10, 2010, 12:41:50 PM
dear lorenz,

i hope this girl doesn't come back and start calling you granddaddy.  peace!

this one was a good one, really she was/is. truthful, brutally honest, considerate and quite compassionate.
in recollection, it was my age (was 20 at the time) that barred me from actually understanding the depth of her feelings and needs.
she was 2 years my senior, and at the time was a college senior; she had excellent qualities as a woman, and as a lover.
truly she was in touch with her emotions and was keen in expressing them openly without fear or hesitation; i on the other hand,
was the antithesis in that relationship. she was a kind woman, and definitely deserves the best in life. i have not heard from her since our break up some 5 years ago. 

i remember when we used to sleep in bed, she would hold my chest with her arms, grippingly. she was half greek half spanish (ethnic background), so she would whisper some greek phrases when i was trying to sleep. i would get annoyed, but she would continue to whisper all the more..very persistent. lol.

she had light brown eyes, and a very typical spanish nose. very sharp. lol.