GetToKnowUSFirst.org

Thanks to Otto for bringing this site to my attention. Hope that you guys like it as much as I do. Do check out the rest of the heartwarming ads in the series by visiting their site.

"In the wake of California's passage of Proposition 8, a group of gay and lesbian families are taking to the airwaves, with five 30-second Public Service Announcements (PSAs) that are airing on daytime and prime time television throughout the state.

They ran in urban and rural markets on broadcast and cable channels during the Presidential Inauguration and will continue through the spring. Their purpose is to capture the hearts and minds of people who do not understand why marriage is so important to us.

Our message: Marriage promotes families. Support marriage equality Get to know us first."

WII Fit Hula Hoops... Bringing gameplay to another whole new level!

Something I came across by accident and I cried while laughing my head off... Not that its relevant to anything... just something I thought should be shared!

A Note To Share From Action For Aids

This information was relayed to me by SaltWetFish from TBP. We feel that this message from A.F.A. is important, especially crucial to partners, friends and family who are sexually active. This is just a reminder to all that the very least we can do is to be responsible to ourselves and our love ones, by USING PROTECTION at all times.

The Message from A.F.A.

*Community Announcement from Action for AIDS*

Dear members of the Singaporean Gay community

Action for AIDS received an email last week about a possible case of
infringement of the Infectious Diseases Act (IDA). The complainant emailed
to AfA and the Singapore Police Force, stating that he is able to provide
pictures and contact number of the accused. (See email below)

We are unable to ascertain the facts of this case at this point of time.

However we would like to highlight this incident and for you to consider the
following -

· Under the IDA anyone who knows that he has HIV, or has reason to
believe that he has been exposed to HIV, should inform his sex partners
before engaging in any sexual activities, and that there might be a risk of
contracting HIV from him. Failure to do so can result in criminal charges.

· Unprotected anal sex carries the highest risk of transmitting HIV.
If you are not absolutely sure of your sex partner's HIV status, you need to
protect yourself by using a condom during any sexual activities.

· Promotion of unprotected anal intercourse under the influence of
recreational drugs whether it be on the Internet chat lines or through other
ways should not be condoned. It is a sure way of increasing HIV transmission
among our community and works against all our interests. AfA would like gay
websites to take down such postings

· While most HIV+ gay men have taken measures to protect their
partners and themselves, there remains a small number who make deliberate
attempts to spread HIV. It is very difficult to identify and pin-point this
group of individuals. If you have information about such activities, you
should post them on the Internet channels.

There are many reasons why people still engage in unprotected anal sex.
While
we will try our best to educate and inform, we also hope that other
socially-conscious and informed members of the gay community will help to
spread the word as well.

We would like to encourage the community to stay vigilant to help curb the
spread of virus. Together, we can stop AIDS now.

Action for AIDS
==============================

*Email from complainant*

From: (deleted) [mailto: (deleted)@xxx.com]

Sent: May 2008

To: - (deleted)

Subject: HIV Infected in Singapore

Hi there,

I am from (deleted). I was tested HIV positive in Singapore last January
2008. I had my two tests before that: September 2007 in [another country]
and December 18, 2007 (DSC Clinic in Singapore.); both negative results.

I had unprotected sex with male Chinese Singaporean on December 14. Then
tested HIV positive for my employment requirements in end January. I was not
able to inform the guy about my health condition because I deleted his
contacts in my mobile phone after that meeting. I know it was him who
infected me.

Today, I came across him in gay site for singaporean men with this message:

"hi me flex chn (details deleted)..ru into raw chem fuck?"

I would like to believe that he's out there in Singapore trying to lure
everyone for an unprotected sex and not telling them about their HIV status.

Though nothing will change my HIV status right now, I believe I will save a
lot of guys from further destruction if he's really HIV positive. With
Singapore's small population there's a big chance of meeting an HIV positive
person like him.

I am willing to provide his photo and mobile number for proper action by
concerned authorities.

I love Singapore. I am looking forward to have a good life there but all was
lost. I am not blaming anyone nor him but at the end of the day... it will
be good if I spare others from the stigma of being HIV positive guy.

Thanks,
[name removed]

More information can be reached here:

• Anonymous HIV testing, (DSC Clinic) can be reached here at the AFA website.
• MOH's HIV Infection Statistics
• MSM 2006 Survey (By Dr. Stuart Koe, Interesting article)

- Asimov_22

Future OS

This is pretty cool! A great future OS for messy people like me :p Thanks to Universek for bringing this to my attention, and of course, he has me in mind :) Check it out!

Frequent Monkey Spanking May Save Your life!

Here's an interesting article brought to my attention by Cub4U33. So go ahead to spank the monkey, beat the snake, choke the chicken!

Frequent masturbation may help men cut their risk of contracting prostate cancer, Australian researchers have found. It is believed that carcinogens may build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly, BBC News reported on Wednesday. The researchers surveyed more than 1,000 men who had developed prostate cancer, and 1,250 men who had not. They found that men who had ejaculated the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to get cancer. Men who ejaculated more than five times each week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer.

Sexual intercourse may not have the same effect because of the higher risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, which could in turn raise the risk of cancer. "Had we been able to remove ejaculations associated with sexual intercourse, there should have been an even stronger protective effect of ejaculations," Graham Giles of the Cancer Council Victoria, who led the researchers, said in the article.

The prostate produces a fluid that is incorporated into ejaculation, which activates sperm and prevents them from sticking together. Studies on animals have shown that carcinogens like 3-methylchloranthrene can be harbored in the prostate. Frequent ejaculation encourages the cancer-inducing fluids to "flush out."

(taken from "The Advocate")

The Japanese Tradition : Shazai

here's something Universek sent me which i thought was totally hilarious and would like to share... in case you visit a japanese sauna and you accidentally ejaculated onto someone's legs and you need to apologize :p you'll be able to find the appropriate "shazai"... i especially like the deep bow where "Effeminacy is key" hahaha :) Enjoy!

American Idol Season 7 - Week One

People who know me would know that I LOVE AMERICAN IDOL! :grin: So i'm starting this weekly thread. Would like to hear what the rest of you guys think about it. This season is pretty good so far, quite a good group of talents. I have not spotted one that's really bad like previous seasons... think Anthony Fedorov from season 4, Kevin "Chicken Little" Corvais from season 3 and definitely Sanjaya Malakar from season 6. However this season, no one has really blown me away so far like Fantasia, Melinda Doolittle, Jennifer Hudson or Elliot Yamin from previous seasons. Well, a few come close, I really like David Archuleta for the guys and Ramiele Malubay for girls. Frankly judging from the past weeks, I'm going to make an early prediction that David is going to win this season unless he really screws it up later.

After the first week with the 60's theme, here's my faves:
Top 3 guys: David Archuleta, Michael Johns, Jason Castro (Danny Noriega comes close... think he has the voice and talent, just chose the wrong song this week... someone to look out for... plus he's gay and proud of it!)
Top 3 girls: Ramiele Malubay, Carly Smithson, Alaina Whitaker

What do you think? Hope to hear your comments! :p Here I have embedded my two fave performances of this week. Enjoy!

Randy Paush: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Thanks to Otto for sending this to me. It's a really inspiring and meaningful lecture, so thought I should share with everyone.

Do spend some time to watch this, you won't regret.

British Gay Travelocity Commercial

Thanks to Cub4U33 for sending this to me, just wanna share with the rest fo you! FUNNY!

Asian Divas Singing "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going"

I've always thought asians can never sound like Divas, until i saw these two clips! My jaw totally dropped! Saw Charice on Ellen today! She's superb considering she's only 14! Well, you gotta ignore the pronunciation.

Kick ASS Human Tetris Game Show

you can count on the japanese to come up with the funniest game show! this is so funny, saw it on Ellen :) The outfits are kinda HOT!

Asian Idol – Indonesian bear

Alaskan contributed this:


well, he's definitely so much better than our singapore idol! Wow, he can sing!

*Drool...*

- Contributed by XiaoYao

A Celestial Event!? (Lunar Eclipse @ 7pm-ish, 28th Aug)

Hey Astro-bears,

Apparently it has come to our attention (information was passed from a member, MnMs) that on the 28th August 2007, there will be a lunar eclipse. This is the 2nd eclipse that will happen in this year alone.

Here is a link from the NASA website, to understand better about the Lunar-eclipse happening on the day itself.

So people, MnMs is kind enough to head the astro-bears to experience this once in a lifetime event. (He'll be bringing his Telescope) He mentioned that any open area (preferably with little light-pollution) will be good enough to see it. He did suggest that either we can go to a multi-story car park thats facing the eastern side or East Coast Park. His concern is that people who don't drive might have difficulties getting to East Coast...

So please drop your suggestions so that we can come up with a compromise on locations and then gather up to watch it. How about that?

Garage Sale @ 26 Geylang, Lorong 34! (CLOSED)

This garage sale has ended! The organizers want to thank those who went and look see look see... :)


Here are some of the highlights of the sale:


Hello Bears,

A friend of mine had asked for help to put it out there for their garage sale at the above mentioned address. There are lots of stuff to go, some items include plates, ceramics, ornaments, display racks and a very new 'Simmons' Mattress all willing to go at a low low price.

What: Garage Sale! (Yes its a PLU couple...)
When: 18 & 19 August, 07
Time: 1pm-6pm
Address: 26 Geylang, Lorong 34 (Its a white conservation house, with bamboos on both sides)

So if you have the time and want to look for some 2nd-hand bargains, do go and check it out! Any other questions, you can just post it under comments and the organizer will respond to your queries! :)

yours lovingly,
asimov_22

Fabulous Sundays @ St James Powerhouse

I'm not sure if most of you would have already know about this, but apparently if you do not have a print-out of the invitation form you will have to pay about $15 for entry to St James Powerhouse on Sundays. Its themed as a 'Private party'. Guess they wanna keep the crowd gay coming and leaving those straight people high & dry on a Sunday night hahaha...

Heres the link to the invitation form, do print them out if you want to go there on a sunday night. Also visit Fabulous Sundays(St James Powerhouse) for more information.

cheerios,
asimov_22

I thank thwl for his helpful information, will save us lots of money on entry, lots on booze! Haha

What's Your Fave Buffet?

How can our Bear outings not include a Buffet trip?

Do let us know what's your fave buffet, then we can take a poll and we will organise a buffet trip! It can be hi-tea, ala carte buffet, whatever, just let us know! So keep it coming! Food glorious food!

Date and place will come later of course. We can even couple it up with a Zoo trip before that! :)


Yum Yum,
vitalauto

Our Progress So Far...

Just want to share with all of you guys about the type of visitors that come to this blog. All thanks to thwl who shared this website counter, StatCounter.com with me :)

Putting a 'Face' to the Nicknames...?

Updated 4:03pm

From the comments and responses, I agree that the anonymous should remain as they are and it is entirely up to them to identify themselves as what they like... & I agree that there are stalkers and fairly desperate people out there who are waiting to do weird things as part of their livelihood or just out of plain interests! We have a few examples haven't we VitalAuto? *Muahahah...*

Ok, case closed! On to the next...
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All hail to the sexy bears and all the hot guys that love 'em!

It has come to my attention that some of our fellow bloggers had queried about putting a 'face' to our screen-names/nicknames. I'm not too sure about this idea though, but I'm quite sure that many of us might not want to disclose identities now, cos after all the whole world's watching! I guess the whole issue of being anonymous is a privilege to everyone who uses the internet and I'm in no position to put anybody in the spotlight... *Unless you requested to...*

However, since Fridae.com is where we have most of our profiles, why not do a 'nick-link'? I got confused a few times by the nicknames fellow bloggers use here. Besides, you can control what you want to show on your Fridae.com page, so I think there's flexibility there, a system of control.

I don't know, what do you guys think? :)

yours happily,
Asimov_22

Weird Email... Anyone received this?

Received this email this morning... Must be some kind of a scam... maybe a scam is an understatement... besides, US$4.2 Million is not alot what. 15% of this is... $630,000? Maybe trying too hard to be modest... anyways, if you guys have anything interesting to share, let me know :)