Tom Daley

My tumblr and twitter know how much I fancy British platform diver (and divers, in general) and adorably hot bundle of cuteness Tom Daley.


Remember this from last year's London Olympics.

among others?

At around 2 A.M. UK time (I'm guessing before he slept), Tom Daley took to twitter to post a home video 

Got something I need to say...not been an easy decision to make, hope you can support me! :) http://t.co/oOrDEiChGd

— Tom Daley (@TomDaley1994) December 2, 2013

 and confess

I'm not even that surprised -- yet I'm of course happy for him.

I opened the second door on my advent calendar and Tom Daley came out. Seriously @TomDaley1994 congratulations. So happy for you.

— Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) December 2, 2013

Ugh, labels: Gay or not (Via Mirror UK last September: “I’m not. But even if I was, I wouldn’t be ashamed. It wouldn’t bother me in the slightest what people thought."),

bi ("Of course I still fancy girls") or not, he's just dating a guy, a  lucky guy, ok? Let him be. 

Oh, since there's another less lonely person in the world, let's just rejoice and be glad!

Manila is getting more spoiled

In 2008, I read an article in Philippine Star's On The Radar where Cecile van Straten a.k.a. Chuvaness opined,  "Only SM can  meet the space requirements needed by H&M."

Too late for this though

Fast forward to 5 years later: H&M will open its first store in Manila, Philippines next year at SM Megamall.

December 1st is

World Aids Day.

Photo by Oliviero Toscani

Highest monthly HIV cases recorded in October - PhilSTAR

Int’l SOS on travelers, casual sex, and AIDS - Inquirer

Suu Kyi urges 'freedom from fear' on World AIDS Day - Yahoo! PH

Addendum (25 days 'till Christmas Day)

Just another bunch of things and then some:

• 2014 Butt Calendar. Perhaps for my gay friends too. Enough said.

Via

• That or the cheeky calendar starring the Warwick University rowers (segue: rowers are easily my kind of sexy athletes -- alongside in this collective are platform divers). It's for charity -- a cause against homophobic bullying.

Both please!!!

Both please!!!

• a Canon PowerShot 
• a portable turntable (so hipster, I know!)

Via

• I really want to take a trip with friends outside Bicol and explore a new place

• I've always wanted a hedgehog

• I wish more success to Mr. Kengkoy PH and its endeavors 

• I really, really want to hear news about construction of houses for Yolanda/Haiyan survivors

Maybe the design of what's above is too much, but a city of shipping container house is better than a tent city and seems right on the budget. 

What's on your wish list?

Awww

awww 
Definition by way of Urban Dictionary: Used to express a sentimental reaction to warm fuzzy experiences. (The number of W's at the end is arbitrary, but at least two or three normally occur in this word.)

Today, I saw this on tumblr: 

Via

Congratulations are in order

Although I still couldn't believe the fact that the one who wins the crown didn't actually answer the question thrown at her.

The question was "what is your biggest fear", and her answer was "if we overcome our fear we can face any challenge" blah. Wrong! Luto!

Congrats, Ariella Arida! Keri na. She finished 3rd Runner-up.

Anyway, congrats as well to Nonito "Filipino Flash" Donaire for winning the boxing rematch against bokalbs Armenian.

Because of these two people, we were able to smile for a couple of hours. The Filipino waterproof spirit has been more uplifted.

Aftermath

I didn't realized the weight of the damages (thus the devil-may-care post) until I was eyes and ears on an ABS-CBN News Special last Saturday afternoon on the hard-to-swallow truth that has befallen in Leyte and nearby areas (directly) hit my Haiyan/Yolanda.

Quotang-quota na mukha ni Atom Araullo sa CNN. 


Seriously now, it's becoming more heartbreaking each time I switch to news channels (Aksyon, GMA News, wala pong ANC ang Caceres Cable). Some of us are just lucky that we are not in the our kababayans' soiled slippers.