And we're back...

Now that Google/Blogger has decided to stop implementing their policy change which affects this blog, I guess I should continue using blogger (with the addition of Tumblr) for my dear blog-buddies/readers/viewers.

What's next for goseegeo?

Hi blog-buddies/readers,

Thanks for all the emails showing support to my blog.

I have taken into consideration all your suggestions and so

I have decided to keep goseegeo.blogspot.com

private starting 22 March 2015.

Don't worry, I won't leave you.

I will continue posting via the platform tumblr.

Please do add me up at goseegeo.tumblr.com

I have started migrating all the posts from blogger to tumblr

so please bear with me. I am tumblr-virgin so to speak.  :)

Thank you for all those who have already followed me on tumblr.

See you soon!

Thanks Blogger for giving my blog

more than a million views

during my stay here.

I need your help, guys...

To my dear blog-buddies/readers,

I started ... go see GEO ... some time in January of 2012 as a personal blog with mere 100+ views regarding my interests on men, fashion, celebrities, music and the arts. Not long after, it became a weekly habit with the intention to share these interests to the whole world and to open the eyes and minds of my blog-readers to the fun, interesting, quirky and rainbow-colored world of LGBT. I have to say that it has been a fun journey and learning as I was a blogger newbie when I created this.

Then one day, I got an email from The Blogger Team/Google telling me that my blog may be affected by their new policy change basically banning 'explicit' adult content from blogs. To quote, "In the coming weeks, we'll no longer allow blogs that contain sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video. We'll still allow nudity presented in artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts, or where there are other substantial benefits to the public from not taking action on the content. The new policy will go into effect on the 23rd of March 2015. After this policy goes into effect, Google will restrict access to any blog identified as being in violation of our revised policy. No content will be deleted, but only blog authors and those with whom they have expressly shared the blog will be able to see the content we've made private."

So there... I have to admit, I still don't have a clear plan on this. The new policy change caught me off guard and I don't know whether I should just keep the blog private or just transfer it into a new blog platform. Honestly, it will be hard for me to stop this blog but I am not that powerful to stop Google.

If you're reading this, please give me your views and suggestions by emailing me at geogeosy@gmail.com

Looking forward to your voices, blog-buddies.

Thanks for the fun 3 years, guys!

Happy Hearts Day!!!

Happy Hearts Day, blog-buddies!

let's celebrate this day with full of love from Marlon Teixeira. :)

Click HERE for the raw version of the photo

New Blog Sequence 2.0

Hi Blog-buddies!

We have a reformat sequence. Sorry if I wasn't able to update the sequences lately. I've been busy with  stuff. Anyway, starting next week... This will be our new blog sequence. Tell me what you think. I'd love to hear from you...

In Model Monday Mayhem, I will feature models that I fancy.

Tasty Crushie Tuesday is where I will feature my "Crushie."

Anything that makes me say "WTF! Wednesday"

Thursday Teaser is a guessing game where I will feature a teaser picture of the personality.

Fierce Friday is a collection of fierce magazine photos of celebrities.

A day of bias, where I will feature a random spam of my celebrity crushes or idols..

Need I say more? Shirtless photos yummy as 7-Eleven's Slurpee...

"The Most Enormous Big Gay Rainbow" Speech

To all those people who still believe that gay marriage is a disaster and the destruction of the world's order... listen up. Below is the speech given by a NZ lawmaker during the Third Reading of the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill.

Maurice Williamson, a minister in the conservative National Party government, joked ahead of Wednesday's vote that he had seen "the most enormous big gay rainbow" over his electorate and taken it as a sign to back the change.

And I do believe what Minister Williamson said that if this gets passed into law, "The sun will still rise tomorrow... you will not have skin diseases, or rashes, or toads in your bed, the world will just carry on. So don't make this into a big deal."

Two words for this speech... "SIMPLY BRILLIANT!"

***Oh btw, last 17 April 2013, New Zealand became the 13th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage today after their parliament easily approved an amendment to their 1955 marriage laws. The country is the first in the Asia-Pacific region to allow gays and lesbians to walk down the aisle. Hooray! for New Zealand. Hooray! for gender equality and gay marriage.

Video Courtesy of inthehouseNZ

John & Paolo Wedding [Featured at Miong21@Blogspot ]

Thanks Miong21 for this blogpost! You can check the entire post by clicking the link below.

This is a dream for most of us... not just because they're two guys marrying each other but the fact that they were able to see the perfect person to marry in each other... without any boundaries.

Miong21 @ Blogspot: John & Paolo Wedding: This is beyond words...tears automatically fell from my eyes... I hope someday I'll get to wed my partner in a similar ceremony...

New blog sequence...

"Hear ye, Hear Ye!" Starting today, I will be having this new sequence every week.

So... enjoy!   :)

REPLY: "Dear Geo: Dating an HIV+ guy..."

I have finally received approval from the advise-seeker to post my reply to his letter. So here it is...

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Dear Confused HIV Dater,

Thank you for seeking my advice on this. Though I am not a guru in terms of relationship and stuff, I am glad that a blog-reader would actually trust me in their problems.

First things first. Never ever blame anyone just because of their disease. What they need now is support and care. One thing you have to understand though is that you will have to sacrifice a lot of things.

You have to bear in mind that as of today, there is still no cure for HIV. According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the medications being taken by the patient and the treatment itself “do not cure people of HIV or AIDS. Rather, they suppress the virus, even to undetectable levels, but they do not completely eliminate HIV from the body. By suppressing the amount of virus in the body, people infected with HIV can now lead longer and healthier lives. However, they can still transmit the virus and must continuously take antiretroviral drugs in order to maintain their health quality.”

You also have to understand the risks involved. I took the following information from the NIAID website as well for your benefit.

HIV Risk Factors

HIV is found in the blood, semen, or vaginal fluid of someone who is infected with the virus. You may be at increased risk of becoming infected with HIV if you: 

1.      Engage in anal, vaginal, or oral sex with men who have sex with men, multiple partners, or anonymous partners without using a condom 

2.      Inject drugs or steroids where needles/syringes are shared

3.      Have a sexually transmitted infection, such as syphilis, genital herpes, chlamydia, gonorrhea, bacterial vaginosis, or trichomoniasis 

4.      Have been diagnosed with hepatitis, tuberculosis, or malaria 

5.      Exchange sex for drugs or money 

6.      Are exposed to the virus as a fetus or infant before or during birth or through breastfeeding from a mother infected with HIV 

7.      Received a blood transfusion or clotting factor in the United States anytime from 1978 to 1985 

8.      Engage in unprotected sex with someone who has any of the risk factors listed above  

Quick Facts About HIV Transmission 

·        HIV cannot survive for very long outside of the body 

·       HIV cannot be transmitted through routine daily activities such as using a toilet seat, sharing food utensils or drinking glasses, shaking hands, or through kissing. 

·         The virus can only be transmitted from person to person, not through animals or insect bites 

·         People infected with HIV who are taking antiretroviral therapy can still infect others through unprotected sex and needle-sharing

Lastly, there is currently no vaccine to prevent HIV infection nor is there a cure for HIV/AIDS. To reduce your risk of becoming infected with HIV or transmitting the virus to others, one must observe the following:

·         Get tested regularly for HIV

·         Practice abstinence

·         Remain faithful to your spouse or partner

·         Consistently use male latex or female polyurethane condoms

·         Do not share needles

Understanding all of these may help you better appreciate your relationship with your soon-to-be-partner. Also understand the strong advise of practicing abstinence. Though you may be protected by using latex condoms, it is still highly suggested that abstaining from any sexual activity will lessen the risk of getting infected. I hope that I have enlightened you in one way or another. Thanks for writing.


Sincerely,

Happy Halloween!!!

One need not be a chamber to be haunted;
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.

~Emily Dickinson

If you haven't noticed, GOSEEGEO has a new layout, which means...

I'm BACK!

For all those who prayed for me, thank you so much!!!

In the following days, you'll see more new posts for everyone to enjoy.

Btw, for those who stayed loyal to my blog, I'm really touched.

For almost a month, I was gone and now, my blog has more than 71,000 views.

Woot woot!!!

So, once again, thank you. Here's Nichkhun sharing his Halloween greeting to y'all.

The moment I lost you...

Al perderte yo a ti, tu y yo hemos perdido.

Yo, porque tu eras lo que yo mas amaba,

y tu, porque te amaba mas.

Pero de nosotros dos, tu pierdes mas que yo.

Porpue yo podre amar a otras como te amaba a ati,

pero a ti nadie te amara como te amaba yo.

~ Ernesto Cardenal

TRANSLATIONS...

(Filipino)
Nang mawala ka sa akin, ikaw at ako'y nawalan.
Ako, dahil ikaw ang minahal ko nang lubusan,
at ikaw dahil ako ang sa iyo'y nagmahal nang lubusan.
Ngunit sa ating dalawa, ikaw ang higit na nawalan
dahil pwede kong mahalin ang iba tulad ng pagmamahal ko sa iyo
ngunit ika'y hindi mamahalin tulad ng kung paano kita minahal.

(English)

The moment I lost you, you and I both lost.

I, because you were the person I was loving the most,

and you because I was the one who loved you the most.

But between two of us, you lost more than I did

because I'll be able to love another person the way I loved you

but no one will love you the way I loved you.

Stop Kony! Make him Visible!

After seeing the film KONY2012, I have decided to take part in making him visible. To all my readers, let us all join in this quest to make Ugandan cult and militia leader, indicted war criminal and International Criminal Court fugitive Joseph Kony globally known in order to have him arrested by December 2012, the time when the campaign expires.

You maybe asking why such a fuss on him is spreading... here is the answer.

Joseph Rao Kony (born sometime between July and September of 1961) is the head of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan guerrilla group. While initially enjoying strong public support, the LRA allegedly turned on its own supporters, supposedly to "purify" the Acholi people and turn Uganda into a theocracy.

The bulk of Kony's foot soldiers were children. While estimates of the number of children conscripted since 1986 vary, some put the figure as high as 104,000. Kony has been accused by government entities of ordering the abduction of children. When abducting the children, Kony and his army often killed their family and neighbors, thus leaving the children with little choice but to fight for him and be child-soldiers and the abducted girls to become child-sex slaves. These child-soldiers are often tasked to mutilate their captives even children and to kill their own parents.

Kony was indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2005 but has evaded capture. The LRA operates in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan.

*** Watch the videos after break to know more about the "Stop Kony" movement.

#LSS : Everyday it will rain, rain, rain...

♪ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫
Cause there’ll be no sunlight
If I lose you, baby...

There’ll be no clear skies
If I lose you, baby...

Just like the clouds
My eyes will do the same, if you walk away
Everyday it will rain, rain, rain...

♪ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫

I'm just plain happy to have received a DM from someone I really miss and I just remember everything we had before and I miss the old "us" and the old "me"

I had to include Tom Daley in the rain for aesthetics.. Teehee :)

Dear Geo: Dating an HIV+ guy...

Before I reply to this letter, I will post it first and hear people's comments and then try to make an intelligent response by including as well other readers' comments... So please speak your mind out guys. It will mean a lot to the letter sender.

Dear Geo,

First and foremost, sorry if I want to keep myself anonymous for the reason that I promised I wouldn't tell anyone but I really have to talk to someone about this. 

We've only just recently met. We started talking for a few weeks and then that night happened where he told me he was positive. He said he initially didn't tell me because he didn't want to scare me away but he felt that it was unfair not to. 

I'm fairly inexperienced at life and have never been involved with anything especially in things like this so I don't really know what to do/say. He asked me to think about it and then tell him if I still want to continue with the whole thing. 

I also don't know much about HIV. After our first date, I looked it up and I admit that I am a bit... it's hard to describe... not worried about the whole thing or maybe I'm still unaware of the gravity of the situation. I don't know, it's just because I'm very inexperienced in matters such as this. I do very much like this person and even before our date, we kind of "clicked," much more so when we dated on that one particular time. 

He said that he didn't even know how he contracted HIV but he had himself tested and three months ago, his CD4 count is 50.  

I'm not sure where I'm going with this but as I said I need to talk to someone... anyone... about this. 

If I continue dating this person I know it's always going to be inkling at the back of my mind that I may too get infected. 

I'm mature in some ways but in the life experience department I'm still sort of a child. This will be something that I won't be able to have down-packed right away so I'm going to work on it. 

I'm not going to turn anyone HIV+ away or treat them differently just because they have HIV but as I've said I've never come across anything like this so far. I do really like this person, and by that I mean a lot, and apparently he likes me too. 

*sigh* I have no idea what to do, if I do start dating this person I feel like I should inform my friends and family. I'm not sure why but it feels like they should know, as long as this person will allow me. That being said I'm not going to want to keep it a secret from them if we do date. I'm not an independent person yet, meaning that I live at home still. And I'm not sure how my family would take it if they knew. Especially my mum seeing as how she likes to think that she still has a say in my life. 

Like I said, I don't know what I was trying to say now but I need to say something and ask anyone for some advice/support? 

I hope you will reply. I've read some of your posts on rants and rumblings before and I think you can give me an insightful advice. I'm not worried about the whole situation... just inexperienced. I'm confused. I really hope you can help me, Geo. 

I am looking forward to your reply. 

Regards, 

Confused HIV Dater

Why Mark Mabasa, #XFactorPH ?!

Darn!! Why do you let good artists go??

I just don't understand it !!!

Cheryl Cole, a former judge on the UK version of The X Factor, The Xtra Factor, on its 23 November 2009 episode described the title  "X Factor" to refer to the undefinable "something" that makes for star quality.

I agree... UNDEFINABLE "SOMETHING" is what we are looking for from the XFactor Contestants be it in the UK or in the Philippines.



But what really is that "something". I will put it this way:

1. Whenever you see someone perform and you are suddenly placed in an environment different from where you are at that precise moment.
2. Whenever you feel what the artist is trying to convey at his/her performance
3. Whenever you utter the words, "He IS good!" right after the performance
4. Whenever people makes a fuss about the contestant throughout and after the show

These are just some indications that the performer/contestant in the XFactor has THAT XFACTOR. Now, why am I blogging this??? You have to first watch the videos you will find after break.

Model Monday Mayhem

Starting this day, I will start to feature models every monday, which I will call...

  "Model Monday Mayhem"

Never text and drive...

Over 440,000 people are killed or injured every year by distracted drivers.
Don't let a text be your last word. Take the pledge.

Go to http://textthelastword.com/ to take the pledge today.

A Perfect Father...

There are no perfect fathers.

But a father will always love perfectly

This video made me cry...

I love you, Dad...

Sorry if I've been a bad boy..

Hope someday I'll learn to tell you how I really feel inside...

Hope someday you'll understand why I'm like this.

I know I'm disappointing you so much now,

but I believe that one day, you'll accept me.

Sorry if I can't say it to you yet.

Someday...

Next year, I'll participate in this event..

goodbye...

"The most effective way of saying goodbye is not by saying the word but just by letting go of that one thing you thought was true.

It really hurts to let go when from the start you have clung on to the belief that someday he'll learn to hold you back and that you eventually realized that it will never happen.

And even when the time comes he learned how to hold you back, you're probably already somewhere far."