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It’s just 2 days before the year 2009 comes to a close, and I thought, how has this year changed me? How different am I now, compared to the same time last year? What are the events in 2009 that greatly impacted me? Who are the key people in 2009 that most contributed to my growth and expansion as a person? And perhaps, one last question, what decisions did I make that made me much different now than who I would be had I not made that decision? (In short, how did I change myself in 2009?)

It would be great if you could share your own year-end reflections here. (more…)

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Enjoy the second and last part of our Cold Christmas discussion — here we tackle what excites us in 2010. And as we end 2009, let me say: World Peace, and Teeeeenk yuuu!

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It’s timely and fitting that we acknowledge the people who have contributed to the many fabcast productions we had this 2009 — to our dear peanut gallery (sa inyong lahat, we enjoyed having you in our fun, fun sessions), the Fabcasters (alam ninyong I always look forward to our Fabcast meet ups, I love you guys to bits!), special mention to McVie (who each and every time works more than anyone else in making the fabcasts fabulous by editing and mixing, you’re a master podcast producer and editor my dear Joel!), and last but not least, to all of you who download and listen, our dear silent peanut gallery (currently we have 72,000+ podcast downloads and growing! PALAKPAKAN!) We look forward to meeting each of you, perhaps have you as part of a live peanut gallery in one of our fabcast recordings in 2010. Mabuhay tayong lahat! (Group huuuuuug!)

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Malamig daw ang Pasko ng mga bading na walang jowa. Join the Fabcasters and their peanut gallery as they attempt to discuss how it is to be single during the season of love. Go!

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Smile! Wag seryosohin!

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Hi Migs!

I am fond of reading your blog.
I am Ayan. Straight ako when I was in high school, I’m sure of that. Marami akong naging girlfriend nun. Until one time, I need to have a tutorial in Math because of my low grades. so i went to my tutor’s apartment at around 6pm. he is one of the best math teachers in my school by that time, but he didn’t handle our class. i am well-known in our school, that’s why he offered me his help. Malakas ung ulan nung gabing nun, i didnt bring my umbrella so i got wet.. when i entered his apartment, he told me to take off my clothes baka daw sipunin ako. hinubad ko naman kasi ok lang naman siguro un parehas naman kaming lalake, walang malisya un. (more…)

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Here’s the 2nd part, and conclusion of post-Pride March fabcast featuring McVie, Gibbs, and their rowdy, funny peanut gallery. Listen:

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Naging makulay at buhay na buhay ang taong 2009 para sa akin, at napakalaking parte noon ang pagkakaroon ng blog na ito. I realize how lucky I am for having such a big audience for my stories, my thoughts, my frivolities, my follies, my triumphs, my silence. Lucky not for anything else, but for being able to share my life with such a wide audience. It’s as if my life has richer meaning and is indeed bigger than just living for myself. Mas may katuturan, may kabuluhan. (more…)

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This fabcast was recorded after the Pride March (so I was still in the US, thus I’m not in this recording). Let’s hear it from co-fabcaster Gibbs Cadiz:

Recorded a couple of weeks ago with a fairly frisky and opinionated peanut gallery, who trade thoughts and ideas with us on the then just-ended Pride March and the earlier outrageous Comelec decision disqualifying Ang Ladlad for party-list accreditation on grounds of “immorality.” The opinions run the gamut–from those who think marching and seeking a place in Congress isn’t needed anymore (or at least not what they can relate to for now), to those who think it’s the next crucial step toward further acceptance, and not merely toleration (more often condescension), by society. I lay down my position quite early, with much sardonic laughter but also every word meant: Kung moralidad lang naman ang pag-uusapan, wala na sigurong matitira sa Kongreso. At sa Comelec. Change “wala na” to “konti na lang”, and I’d also include the Church. Whee. Do join the hearty huddle.

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I met Rod last year, in April 2008. He’s a regular here in MGG, he claims, and he so wanted to meet me. In one of our earlier email exchanges, I asked him, “Rod, why do you want to meet me?” He answered:

Parang ikaw si Kris Aquino, you influence us.

I think it would be interesting to meet you. What’s with Migs? How is he in person? Constant reader ako ng love story mo with the actor, the basketball player and this recent guy who appeared in cc’s blog. And even that Boracay EB. … and now, it’s more than a year.

Pinarinig ko rin with my straight friend, all your podcasts, which discussed long distance relationships.

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Dear Migs and all MGG readers,

Bunga lang ba ng malamig na temperatura sa panahon ng Pasko at may mga tao na bigla na lang gugulo ng buhay mo o sadyang mahilig lang talagang mang-asar ang tadhana?

Itong nakaraang linggo ay sunod-sunod ang mga di inaasahang pangyayari na sadyang nagpa-tambling ng isip ko’t damdamin. I have been seeing someone for almost several months now and have been quietly developing a deepening relationship with him. All the proper steps toward furthering the relationship are already there. We see each other almost every day and we still feel na kulang pa. He knows my family, I know his. We’re total opposites. I, an independent and self-employed individual in an extremely creative job and he, a pencil-pusher and is upwardly mobile in a corporate job. He’s highly-strung. I am as laid back as a feather flying freely in the soft wind. Despite the differences we’ve slowly built a good harmony. I am his ying, he’s my yang. Last week, I already gave him a copy of the keys to my apartment. (This is something I have never done before and is a huge step for me.) Things are going smoothly until… (more…)

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