HIV/AIDS

Researchers were saying before that HIV/AIDS in the Philippines was "low and slow", but now, its going the other way around. While the rate of infection for the rest of the world is going down, we are trending up. I think that we failed to anticipate how social media - access to internet, mobile technology became an engine for the spread of infection. We knew that it was gonna happen, but we lack the forsight to use our previous successes in prevention programs to translate it to new innovation. I know that this is not a blame game, and im not pointing any finger. What im saying is that we can do better, and we are, right now. As more people, and more sectors get involved, it will be done.  

Repro Health

Its about time congress passes this measure. The RH bill will address a lot of issues, including adolescent health, STDs/HIV/AIDS, men and women's RH concern, access to services which includes education, counseling and medical health. Only good things will come out from this measure. Giving people an informed choice, and letting them decide for themselves what they want to do with the size of their family, how to best protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases, learning lifeskills for the youth - on peer pressure, saying "No", preventing teenage pregnancy. I know the catholic church would raise hell, but this is gonna be heaven for our poverty stricken country. Its a necessary measure to bring hope to the next generation.

Change has come.........

Change is gonna come.......
Its been a while since i blog about what has been happening about me. I have been really busy lately, trying to make ends meet, along with millions of people who's also doing the same. But i can't complain. Life has been really good to me, so i thank God for all the blessings. Sana di sya mag-sawa. Well, right now, i think, i have to reinvent myself again. I have a lot of dreams still not realized. This time, i wanna dream for myself, for my aspiration, for what I want. I still want to pursue higher education, maybe pursue a masteral degree, or maybe become a doctor. I want to travel the world, and experience different culture and enjoy life. I wanna be involved in advocacy work again, like on HIV/AIDS. I want to build my own business, maybe a PT rehab center, or a sari-sari store. I'll cross my finger, and hope for the best. But of course, i have to do the hard work and not wait for it to happen. Im gonna make it happen, somehow. Kaya im trying to write it here in my blog, so that anytime, i can read what i have written, and syempre this will motivate me in the end. So, let me tell myself, go go go!!!!

Bakit.....?

Tanong ko sa sarili ko yan, bakit? .......i did fulfill my end of the bargain. Bahay, sasakyan. Appreciated naman yung effort ko ng mga tao, pero bakit iba nangyayari ngayon? Bakit kailangan naman ng tatay ko na patirahin yung kabit nya sa bahay na pinagpaguran ko? Bakit kahit sobra na yung mga perang pinapadala namin kulang parin para sa yo? nanggaling naman tayo sa wala before, bakit kailangan mong gawing complicated, at pahirapan ang nararamdaman ko? I sacrificed 5 years of my life para maging maayos buhay nyo. Hindi nyo lang alam yung sobrang pagod ko, just to make ends meet, dito at dyan, paying the mortgage, paying my car, at yung sasakyan dyan. On top of that, mga bills ko here, construction ng bahay dyan, baon na baon ako sa utang. Halos araw araw patayin ko sarili ko sa pagtatrabaho. Malas ang mga kabit. Anyways, just want to let you know, somethings gonna change.