THE IMPORTANCE OF CHICA FRIENDS IN A GAY'S LIFE ...

. . Lovers and boyfriends may come and go, and you CAN really live happily "without them" (speaking of experience!) ... but not without a true gay friend or a group of gay friends that you can talk to and have "chika" time forever and ever .... . And forgive me for saying ..."The true meaning of a faggot is to have a true faggot friend or friendz!" . Sadly enough, I have only found this kind of friends when I was working overseas - and that was more than ten years ago .... and though our gayship survived (the test of time and distance) through highs and lows by mails, emails and infrequent phone calls, this genuine friendship keeps going strong and matures as we grow older - and could be ignited over and over again by one screaming email or a surprise phone call .... and prank photos...!!! . A mix of Steel Magnolias, Thelma and Louise, Sex in the City, and Charlies Angels ... our friendship was made in Hell and Heaven ... Best Friends Forever !!! . Beyond envy, contempt or competition - We have become truly happy for each other's successes or depressed for each other's falls but NOT without those wonderful sarcasm and and colorful expletives that would shame Jessica Zafra! These are the friends that you can be super shallow, super carefree and super happy! And yet still see - your heart! . Just like Barbie (or Bratz) - - - although these friends are certainly not made of plastic - "you can certainly brush their hair, undress them anywhere ....!!! And then talk about Kafka or Dostoevsky ... and our constant common source of depressions! . I MISS ALL OF YOU! . XOXOXO

MODEL MAYHEM : APRIL 09 EDITION

(warning: this is not a true story)

BAREFOOT in MELBOURNE

"THE DOMESTIC (HOUSEMAID) FLIGHT 747"

After being held captive underground for six years by her corrupt Oz Sicilian mafia boss, Lucinda Dimayacyac (not her real name) finally found freedom !!!

She was recruited from a far flung province of Leyte, Philippines to become a nanny in New York but her flight was rerouted to Melbourne where she was kept in the city's dungeon and was repeatedly raped and molested by the underbelly clan, for days and nights ...

She was a sex slave ... sex slave for six years! And haven't got a single cent out of it.

She has given birth though to a sextuplet ... which ultimately saved her life from hell!

When she came out of that horrible dungeon, she was stunningly skin and bones, just like the finalist of the Miss Universe Australia which was recently concluded ... (afterthought: she could have easily joined if she was only an Oz citizen ... and we personally think that this girl is not anorexic or bulimic as what people say ... this is just her natural body structure!)

Anyway ..... back to Lossy!

Six months of having good food (of eating Oz beef and burgers, fish and chips) changed everything... This is how Lucinda or Lossy (her nickname) looks today!

SHE LOOKS FABULOUS !!! HEALTHY AND HAPPY AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE FAT SIDE !!! :)

Now that she has seen the light - she plans to lose some weight and become a famous FHM MODEL, just like Kate Moss or Giselle !

She has to update her poses though .... having been locked underground for six years - without television or magazines or internet is a bit of a dag!

Fortunately, Lossy is a fast learner! And she has that fierce look that we all wanted in a model...

Is that right ???

Yeh, yeh !!!

Finally, Lucinda appeals for her flight back to Leyte and thus imparts from her experience: "It is better to be on Top and not Bottom, always!"

XOXO

I KNOW YOU HATE ME !!!

(Watch for the May 09 Issue)

THAT POSE ....???

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Everyone's into modelling mayhem - and the virus is getting

everyone into fashionizing ... and so

it wouldn't be a big suprise at all if I did this POSE (without even knowing it!) ,

as featured by Kawadjan in Thailand,

only a few months back ....

for a mowdelling ek-ek in Melbourne !!!

And I did not even have my pink blushed on ... (I have to rush at lunchtime to my drag queen photographer and climbed upto nine floor to get this required shoot

on top of one of the buildings in the CBD) ...

.... just me and Sasha fierce!

(FYI ... My photographer, needs more practice though - but with my photo his portfolio surely beefs up! Thanks for TFCD - and that's not an acro for transexual crossdresser!!!) XOXO

I know you LOVE ME !!!

GOSSIP GIRL AND AUDREY ... MOONRIVER AND ME ....

• It was only a four day break and now I find myself back to the old grind again. But looking back ... at least ... during those four day supposed-to-be-retreat - I did achieve a lot of different things. And it was stress free ... gluten free, fat free!
• CAMPING. We thought of going for camping first, as we have planned and kept on postponing this activity ... somewhere in the Lakes or mountains, but decided otherwise since that would involve time wasted on travelling and with our two kidz (Kitty Minky - new name of Skippy and Teddy Blair - new name of Ruffy), it would be a lot of hassles. Plus, I dreaded the thought of not getting proper sleep in a tent and missing my daily long hot showers. Plus we were not sure what the weather would be like - which turned out to be perfect for the past four days! .... Anyhoo...there are definitely enough convenience at home that you would not like missing and I was planning on doing heaps of cleaning up in preparation for the winter ...
• ORGANIZING. I finally found the motivation to organize and clean up the toilet drawers and cabinets which were all filled with various beauty products which I collected over the years and now the are in total chaos and disarray .... Throwing stuff that were never used and are out of date and organizing them into labels and different categories like toiletries (shampoo, conditioner, soap, etc), face and beauty products, hair products, mouth and teeth, eyes (contact lenses) .... My mantra was "Less is Best" and "You have to be cruel to be effective!" ..... So I found stuff that I had been looking for (like that Kiehl's coconut shampoo and La Mer Eye Cream) and it was a nice feeling of control knowing NOW that you know exactly where the effective and favorite stuff are when you need them, especially when you are in a hurry! With that mantra in mind, it was so easy filling up our one week garbage recycling bin! I can't believe priceline shopping can bring all sort of problems ....
• WALKING. Words that Kitty Minky and Teddy Blair responds to with utmost excitement - "Let's go for a Waaaalkkkk!" So we walked in the botanical gardens, rivers, parks, and Bridge Road (shopping district!). But the highlight of our walking expedition is the accidental discovery of a lease free dog and puppy beach in Brighton during the Easter Sunday morning .... I could not believe the number and variety of dogs running around the beach with their masters! And our little two had the best time of their lives, and they were dead tired and sleepy the whole night through while we were movie marathoning. And they dreamed about the day with their new found friends in the beach, aww, awww! .... Surely, we will visit this place again soon!

• MORE MOVIES AND BOOKS. Good thing about staying at home during holidays is that you can just opt to stay in bed and watch movies as many and as long as you want. So I had the choice of watching Knowing, Doubt, The Reader, Vicky Christina Barcelona, Easy Virtue, Spirit and Breakfast at Tiffany's (where I cried with both eyes at the end!). For the two munchies, we put on Beverly Hills Chihuahua which they totally relate to .. And before going to sleep, I gorged on my Gossip Girls series which I am totally hooked on at the moment .... I guess my favorite character is Blair Waldorf as I could relate to her OCness, her movie mindset (like she is relating her life to movies in her mind), her funny stubbornness, and bitchiness plus the fact that she totally adores Audrey Hepburn .... so that's the reason why I rumamged for that Breakfast at Tiffany's, although I have seen it long time ago - and played the first ten minutes introduction five times - I can totally see why, Blair Waldorf is crazy about this movie and all about Audrey Hepburn - - my longtime forgotten obssession about AH was just rekindled - - - so I guess, my next DVD collection would be all movies with Audrey in it ... ! :) I know you'll love this too!

• KNOWING. You will be greedy to say that all you want is everything, as one of the GG book's title suggest! But Knowing exactly what you want - is all that matters - and leads you to a lifetime adventure that you would never regret .... and in my case "moonriver and me..." as Holly Golightly or Audrey crooned!

THE GIRL WITH THE GREEN SCARF ....

• MOST of us, especially those with overly OC personalities, are obsessed one way or another ... hmmm... with something! That something could be anything - from compulsive eating, starving, smoking, drinking, sex, shopping, etc ... that almost hungry insane look (as above which I really luv ... ), the over dramatic shaking fingers, really sweaty cold palms, constant cravings (for sex) are all manifestation of some form of addiction. Really !!!
• It's the thing you do obsessively that provides excitement, some high or euphoria or even meaning in your boring existence, and thus you crave for more, to have it, to do it, to feel that emotion again !!! ... and as Rebecca (Isla Fisher) said in Confessions of a Shopaholic - "When life becomes ugly (depressed), shopping makes it beautiful again!" and ... the way she describes Shopping is that ... "You know that thing when you see someone cute and he smiles and your heart kind of goes like warm butter sliding down hot toast? Well that's what it's like when I see a store. Only it's better!" .... Well yes, until the debt collector starts stalking you .... This post is not about the movie - but one thing I can say about it is that - The movie sucks big time! The only thing I like is that green scarf! However ....
• I personally believe that we have to live passionately and even obsessively! But we should also be able to rise above it and face its consequences. Like, it's most likely that a very rich person becomes shopaholic - and there's no problem with that. But for one who has limited supply of funds, compulsive shopping would surely bring catastrophe .... and what would you do with all the 800 pairs of shoes and growing collections of gowns and bags ...?
• Being obsessive complusive, I've got some mini addictions over the years - - And as you would know, one of these is becoming and being a drag queen and everything that goes with it .... buying and collecting more and more drag outfits, gowns, lingerie, stockings, jewelries, wigs in different styles and colors, hair pieces of different colors, make up and make up bags, shoes and high heels, tiaras and headresses, feathers and boas, eye lashes of different size and colors, etc - and rationalising that I could use them one of these days in one of the asian shows, has become a habit. A cycle. An emotional trap. An upper ...
• Aside from the fact that I have used one whole room and converted it into a "Drag Room" - I have used all the spaces and cavities of our house in order to stock these ever growing and unstoppable "trash" drag related collections. But the ever growing question is - when? When would I become a STAR Drag Queen who would use all these fabulous stuff in all these unstoppable shows or beauty pageant every week ??? I don't even have the time to practice anymore. All my time is spent arranging and re-arranging all these stuff for easy access. But it only take one show, and the Drag Room becomes a big trash and treasure chaos again! And I console myself at the thought that such and such has more stuff than meh ....
• This normally happens to Drag Queens. I know one who lives in a big four bedroom house and one big garage filled with her drag costumes ... and she only have been called once every quarter.... So I am not that bad afterall .... but still! Could I have spent my money and time in better pursuit ???
• When our obsession rules and destroys other aspects of our lives - to the point that we lie, borrow and steal - and end up doing other major mistakes - then, it is time we need someone to slap us with a frying pan!

I MISS MYSELF, REAL BLOGGING, ETC AND LTE CHURVA!

I miss the adrenaline rush! . When I started blogging a few years ago, my creative juices were pouring out like ripe lemon. . As in doing anything new for the first time - like reading a book that excites you, or having a new bf, etc - - - blogging wuzzz the "IT" thing! . I could not get myself off the computer! . But the interest wanes at time went by ... and you find it a bit of a challenge to keep the fire in your posts going. . Obviously, most of the blogs that we love before are now goneeee or what? . My posts are also becoming very uninterestingly stale, generic, and sometimes just echoing those of others ... not reflective of my inner thoughts, real experiences etc. . Why? . It is supposed to be the place where I could be the most honest to myself. Some sort of a diary - that I could re-read and return to in the future .... But time and everything in between somehow lead you astray from what blogging is supposed to be - I mean, in your personal reasons! . I found blogging to be enervating. . It keeps me sane and insane at the same time. . It has became the mirror and memory keeper of things I have gone through - like becoming a drag queen, for instance. I started it while blogging and blogging has even fueled me to do more drag. How can one obssession fuel another one, like this? . Years and years from now, I would sit down and read through all my posts - and surely I would find things assuming, pretentious, yukk, creepy and downright corny! But some of it would be real me! . Too much of it becomes an obssession, mirroring my insecure self. . On the other hand, blogging allows you to connect with bloggers of the same feather - kindred spirits, of that kind .... with similar conditions, sickness, obssession, etc. Friendship may blossom and come to a fruition... But as with all things - nothing lasts forever! . And so with friends that you met through blogging.... I wonder where they are now? Last one to go is the Las Tres Estrellas? Has it become a private blog now? Does anyone know? Or did I miss something important? . Advise me ....

EASTER BREAK

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