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This is my new site where I write about, rant on, and chronicle the adult culture and entertainment of the Philippines.  The topic is SFW but is intended for mature audiences.  If you are below 18 years of age, please leave now.

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Tuesday
09Mar2010

Mails

Sheesh, I just discovered that several people have tried to contact me through email but Google has been relegating them to my spam folder. My apologies for that. I am now trying to respond to these emails.

One thing that I really have to do (aside from tweaking the junk mail settings) is to finalize an FAQ page.

Monday
08Mar2010

Fuusia

Of all the spas and MPs that I have tried, Fuusia is one of the most unique---if not the most unique---spa. It is one of the rare spas that allowed me to view the therapists, albeit from a booklet of pictures. But what sets it apart is that the amount you pay up front already includes the "tip" for the "extra service!"

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Thursday
04Mar2010

Church vs Condoms

The CBCP is an easy target. There is no fun or challenge in taking potshots at their lunacy. But while I was home having breakfast, sipping a nice hot cup of brew, I was assaulted by this idiocy.

So this is my rant. It may not be as organized as my other posts. Some expert writers have said that one should write with the heat of passion and then edit with cold objectivity. I don't think I'll get to the "cold objectivity" part.

Such is the story. The first part of the news item is the usual moral blathering of the Church--- condoms "desentisize the youth's delicate conscience" and "weaken their moral fiber as future parents."

To their credit, they are correct that condom manufacturers put a warning that “condoms may fail to protect from AIDS [Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome] and other sexually transmitted diseases." They are also correct that "consumer groups should insist on the right to know the real characteristics of products they use, and that corresponding labels be conspicuously displayed in packaging." Using a condom isn't a 100% guarantee that you'll be protected against STDs. There are studies that have shown that condoms do fail. The failure rate can be considered small---maybe even infinitesimal---but there is a failure rate. Many have speculated that the failure rate is due to misuse rather than actual condom failure.

But what infuriated me was the statement that “given its high failure rate, the condom cannot really put a stop to AIDS."

Say what? "High failure rate?" Where the frak did they get that? Ok, I guess the word "high" is subjective. For example, a 1% failure rate may be considered high. If we debate and argue on the phrase "high failure rate," we will never hear the end of it.

Here's another statement from CBCP: “It is unjust that the taxes of the people including Catholics are used for purposes against their moral beliefs."

This statement pre-supposes that the moral belief of the general population is against condom use. Has the Catholic Church even bothered to check? I know that the Church champions against condom use, but what do the people believe in?

The other obvious questions:

Do condoms weaken the "moral fiber?"

Is the use of condoms ineffective in combating AIDS and other STDs?

These are questions that probably can be scientifically answered. These are questions that nobody should answer without some hard evidence. The Church, with all its pompous arrogance, should provide the answer in a logical rational fashion without invoking the usual pontificating God-fearing, fire-and-brimstone statements.

It's actually not that difficult to present at least some hard factual numbers. One can, for example, cross-reference the countries with high condom use and their crime rates. Or their instances of spousal abuse. Or their numbers for teenage pregnancies, adoptions, and abortion rates. Or even correlate countries with low condom use. I would believe the numbers are there.

Coincidentally, I was also reading a book by notable physicist Richard Feynman. He gave a talk at Caltech in 1956 about the relationship of science and religion. He astutely mentioned this:

The typical human problem, and one whose answer religion aims to supply, is always of the following form: Should I do this? Should we do this? Should the government do this? To answer this question we can resolve it into two parts: First — If I do this, what will happen? – and second – Do I want that to happen? What would come of it of value – of good?

Now a question of the form: If I do this, what will happen? is strictly scientific. As a matter of fact, science can be defined as a method for, and a body of information obtained by, trying to answer only questions which can be put into the form: If I do this, what will happen? The technique of it, fundamentally, is: Try it and see. Then you put together a large amount of information from such experiences. All scientists will agree that a question – any question, philosophical or other – which cannot be put into the form that can be tested by experiment (or, in simple terms, that cannot be put into the form: If I do this, what will happen?) is not a scientific question; it is outside the realm of science.

I claim that whether you want something to happen or not – what value there is in the result, and how you judge the value of the result (which is the other end of the question: Should I do this?) – must lie outside of science because it is not a question that you can answer only by knowing what happens; you still have to judge what happens – in a moral way. So, for this theoretical reason I think that there is a complete consistency between the moral view – or the ethical aspect of religion – and scientific information.

Wednesday
03Mar2010

Gone

If there is one thing that saddens me, it is when a regular---and a favorite---PSP calls it quits.

Some end up being a FUBU of mine. But there are a few who simply vanish. They shut off their mobile phone numbers. They leave the metropolis and move to their home province or out of the country. It saddens me because a rapport has been built. I am an extremely meticulous person and finding a PSP with the right chemistry, the right attitude, and that sensual look that stirs my loins is difficult. My favorite PSPs tend to shower me with attention and also allow me to reciprocate. Conversation is easy. And when the playtime comes, there is no fumbling, no tentativeness, no embarrassment. There is just the primal lust that both of us want to assuage.

I guess it is inevitable. The PSP cannot go on being a PSP for the rest of her life. For me, all things---be it good or bad---do eventually come to an end.

Thursday
25Feb2010

Sex on the iPhone

Apple Bans Overtly Sexual Content from App Store

Many may not know it, but iPhone applications are available for download here in the Philippines. And yes you can charge it to your local credit card. Music and video downloads, unfortunately, are still unavailable here.

One thing that used to puzzle me was the plethora of iPhone applications that feature sexy, bikini-clad models. These applications would appear consistently in the list of top applications, and I've always wondered what satisfaction people get from viewing scantily-clad females enough that they would pay. If ever, it is a testament that sex sells, in whatever form, no matter how banal or how mediocre.

And now Apple has banned these applications. I say it's about time they did so. It's not that I am being puritanical about it. It's just that these apps are cluttering the top ten lists that it has become tedious to locate good applications. Until Apple creates a "adult-oriented" category, I cast my vote in keeping these sexy applications off the iTunes store.

But one application I have found that is at least moderately useful is the Kamastura app. iTunes-1.jpg It lists many sexual positions and what is amusing to me is that someone actually took the time to name these positions. Standard fare like "69" and "Cowgirl" are listed. But then there are positions named "Plough" and "Wheelbarrow" that have piqued my curiosity. The app does feature raunchy sex positions, but they use toy figures and not actual human beings. As something to give you a hard-on it is definitely not. But if you want to have some fun with your partner, browsing through the positions while lying under the sheets, and then trying them out, the Kamasutra app is a great entertainment app. Moreover, it's free!

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