About Me
- Name: Bino/Geno
- Location: Malabon, Manila, Philippines
The most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you find someone to love the you you love, well that's just fabulous.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
It has always been a dream of mine to be a teacher. There's something about educating people that excites me. Sharing information is a bliss.
However, sometimes it's difficult to tell people what's on the book if they are convinced otherwise. Just like I what I have always told people regarding cross-dressers, transgenders, etc.
Everyone has reduced the term gay and homosexual into the typical parlor gay they see in the streets. Some of us know better, that there are also those who are discreet gays. That's fine. Being gay is a broad thing. We have our own preferences, beliefs, fashion sense.
But somehow, we have to draw a line. Mental health professionals have already removed homosexuality as a mental disorder. That's correct. But there's something more important that people don't know. It's Gender Identity Disorder.
Gender identity disorder (GID) is the formal diagnosis used by psychologists and physicians to describe persons who experience significant gender dysphoria (discontent with the biological sex they were born with). It is a psychiatric classification and describes the attributes related to transsexuality, transgender identity, and transvestism. It is the diagnostic classification most commonly applied to transsexuals.
Filipinos would commonly think that gays want to have pussies and hate their penises. That's so false. On the contrary, those gays who want to be in the opposite gender typically has Gender Identity Disorder. It is classified as a severed mental disorder by the APA.
In fact, for you to have gender reassignment in the US, you have to resolve first your GID before you can proceed with the surgeries. Sad to say, mental health is neglected in the Philippines that's why we have seen transsexuals who underwent gender reassignment and wanted to go back.
So why put so much emphasis? First, lay men should understand that the stereotypical Filipino gays they have in mind do not represent the real gays. Two, GID has been tagged as severe because of the depression and suicidal tendencies that usually accompanies it.
There is nothing with disorders that discriminates those who have them or condemns them like the church. But we put them there so that people would be guided and we can give them better care.
However, sometimes it's difficult to tell people what's on the book if they are convinced otherwise. Just like I what I have always told people regarding cross-dressers, transgenders, etc.
Everyone has reduced the term gay and homosexual into the typical parlor gay they see in the streets. Some of us know better, that there are also those who are discreet gays. That's fine. Being gay is a broad thing. We have our own preferences, beliefs, fashion sense.
But somehow, we have to draw a line. Mental health professionals have already removed homosexuality as a mental disorder. That's correct. But there's something more important that people don't know. It's Gender Identity Disorder.Gender identity disorder (GID) is the formal diagnosis used by psychologists and physicians to describe persons who experience significant gender dysphoria (discontent with the biological sex they were born with). It is a psychiatric classification and describes the attributes related to transsexuality, transgender identity, and transvestism. It is the diagnostic classification most commonly applied to transsexuals.
Filipinos would commonly think that gays want to have pussies and hate their penises. That's so false. On the contrary, those gays who want to be in the opposite gender typically has Gender Identity Disorder. It is classified as a severed mental disorder by the APA.
In fact, for you to have gender reassignment in the US, you have to resolve first your GID before you can proceed with the surgeries. Sad to say, mental health is neglected in the Philippines that's why we have seen transsexuals who underwent gender reassignment and wanted to go back.
So why put so much emphasis? First, lay men should understand that the stereotypical Filipino gays they have in mind do not represent the real gays. Two, GID has been tagged as severe because of the depression and suicidal tendencies that usually accompanies it.
There is nothing with disorders that discriminates those who have them or condemns them like the church. But we put them there so that people would be guided and we can give them better care.
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written at : 5:30 PM
Friday, April 24, 2009
There's something about summer in the Philippines that you won't see anywhere else. It's the operation tuli (circumcision). Every summer, surgical missions like this would spring up everywhere and little kids, usually from classes C, D and E, would line up to be circumcised. It's like a rite of passage for young boys in the Philippines. But that's another story.
I participated in an Operation Tuli last summer even before I become a first year medical student. Although I was in the medical school already, I barely know anything about medicine at that time. And so do my groupmates. But they let us do everything. The anesthesia, the cutting, the suturing, everything.
And now all of my classmates are having a piece of the pie. Everyone is so happy going to these surgical missions everywhere playing doctors.
I won't deny it that I learned a lot in my experience but I find it disturbing that medical students who are not licensed are doing the job. The patients there, even though the service is just free, still deserves the best care. I don't think they would be happy knowing that only incoming second year students are doing these surgeries.
I find it unethical to do that. These people are not rubber models. They are real people.
I participated in an Operation Tuli last summer even before I become a first year medical student. Although I was in the medical school already, I barely know anything about medicine at that time. And so do my groupmates. But they let us do everything. The anesthesia, the cutting, the suturing, everything.
And now all of my classmates are having a piece of the pie. Everyone is so happy going to these surgical missions everywhere playing doctors.
I won't deny it that I learned a lot in my experience but I find it disturbing that medical students who are not licensed are doing the job. The patients there, even though the service is just free, still deserves the best care. I don't think they would be happy knowing that only incoming second year students are doing these surgeries.
I find it unethical to do that. These people are not rubber models. They are real people.
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written at : 8:16 PM
Monday, April 20, 2009
Just came back from a business trip in Guangzhou, China. It's like the nth time I've been there.
But this trip, I realized that I've been seeing more and more Africans going to the convention. And I don't want to sound racist but they have a bad attitude. Not far from native Mainland Chinese.
I've been cut in line twice by two different blacks at the airport. How rude.
Anyway, I just got my grades today and I'm a little disappointed. It's below my expectations. I can't wait for the rankings. I hope I get my target rank.
But this trip, I realized that I've been seeing more and more Africans going to the convention. And I don't want to sound racist but they have a bad attitude. Not far from native Mainland Chinese.
I've been cut in line twice by two different blacks at the airport. How rude.
Anyway, I just got my grades today and I'm a little disappointed. It's below my expectations. I can't wait for the rankings. I hope I get my target rank.
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written at : 10:25 PM
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Hmm... So how did you holy week go?
Well, I spent maundy thursday and good friday alone here at home. My family and the maids went to Tagaytay and Batangas but I refused to go. It was rewarding. I had some relaxation. I had the whole house to myself and silence all around me.
I had time to catch up with my high school friends. I invited them over for some pizzas and movies. It's kinda cool to see them again. Like they said, it's been years since they last saw me. They're the same cool guys that befriended me. I always have fun when I'm with them eventhough they quite horndogs. Haha.
Another thing I enjoy during the holy week are the roads in the Metro. It's one of those rare times when you get to go to cities around the Metro in just a few minutes. I drove from taft to west avenue in just 15 minutes. Gosh. Can you imagine how our life would be when it's everyday like that? That would add years to our life.
Hmm.. Having your own pad is kinda cool. I just realized that I am ready to have my own place. Hihi. For now. In just 2 days, laundry already piled up, and the dogs made a mess out of the garage, and I have to wash plates and glasses. I didn't even think that it would be that many. Anyway, I finished all my chores before they came back. The house is in pristine condition when they came home. =)
Well, I spent maundy thursday and good friday alone here at home. My family and the maids went to Tagaytay and Batangas but I refused to go. It was rewarding. I had some relaxation. I had the whole house to myself and silence all around me.
I had time to catch up with my high school friends. I invited them over for some pizzas and movies. It's kinda cool to see them again. Like they said, it's been years since they last saw me. They're the same cool guys that befriended me. I always have fun when I'm with them eventhough they quite horndogs. Haha.
Another thing I enjoy during the holy week are the roads in the Metro. It's one of those rare times when you get to go to cities around the Metro in just a few minutes. I drove from taft to west avenue in just 15 minutes. Gosh. Can you imagine how our life would be when it's everyday like that? That would add years to our life.
Hmm.. Having your own pad is kinda cool. I just realized that I am ready to have my own place. Hihi. For now. In just 2 days, laundry already piled up, and the dogs made a mess out of the garage, and I have to wash plates and glasses. I didn't even think that it would be that many. Anyway, I finished all my chores before they came back. The house is in pristine condition when they came home. =)
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written at : 10:14 PM
