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Oct 15
Wednesday
Migs Speaks
The Greatest Poverty

Today, October 15, 2008 is Blog Action Day and bloggers are being asked to take a stand on the subject of Poverty. Migs the Manila Gay Guy is one with all participating bloggers on this, and here’s my take on poverty:

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. (Mother Teresa)

Do your share, and let someone feel wanted, loved, and cared for today. World Peace!


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22 Responses to “ The Greatest Poverty ”
  1. It will all start if we become more selfless… we sometimes look only at ourselves as the one being unloved, unwanted, and uncared… thus, being selfless becomes the last thing on our mind.  When we are selfish, we tend to look more on what we don’t have and what we can’t have (i usually experience this, looking at myself as the one who is more miserable) and eventually, we become unable and unavailable to others who might just be needing some of what we can give… take time to see how blessed you are, and there you’ll be able to see those who see you as a blessing….

  2. After posting CAMBOY CHAT you expect us to believe you want someone feel wanted, loved, and cared for and  World Peace!??? OK KA LANG. Choose a side and stick with it. Wholesome ka ba o Balahura din

  3. What’s wrong with having different sides? its not like he says he’s straight and do gay things on the other, being sexual should not limit a person to sex… like in a relationship, it should never be defined only by what the couple do in bed. “Choose a side and stick with it”? That statement is so limiting! Life is not about choosing a single path, there are a lot of things that can make a person happy and complete. If Migs enjoys his sexuality, yet finds good in doing charity, it simply shows that he’s evolving. Besides, I don’t consider the post camboychat as balahura, it may have used language that you may consider foul, but in essence, its just a metaphor about the funny yet sad realities of life…

  4. this blog tackles morethan just sex stuff, gosh what’s wrong with that? life isn’t just all about sex

  5.  
    “Gusto mo bang isubo ang burat ko sa ilalim ng puno sa may Roxas boulevard? Game ako diyan!
    May jowa ka ba? Gusto niyo ba ng threesome, tirahin ako habang sinusubo ang titi ng jowa mo? Go ako diyan!
    Orgy ba ang gusto mo, lahat tayo nakahubad sa loob ng isang kuwarto ng hotel, kanya kanyang dakma kung sino ang type mo, kanya-kany kanyang luhod sa lalakeng gusto mo, okay tayo diyan!” - Camboychat MGG post

    “Do your share, and let someone feel wanted, loved, and cared for today. World Peace! -Migs”

    Quoting Mother Theresa after posting an obscene and foul languaged article is a paradox. Its like saying the essence of being gay is being promiscuous while promoting world peace on the side. I know I am being hypocritical but I often looked up to Migs for his points of view  and being wholesome and respectable and I guess  a lot of gays look up to him as a role model as how they ask for his advice. I guess now I know the reason why people look to as us sex starved maniacs especially there in the Philippines. If the post Camboychat is not balahura. then i dont know what is.

  6. But let us not forget that one cannot love another, if he does not love himself.
    That’s the common problem we people have. We constantly look for people
    to love and be loved, however, more often than not, we do not know how to
    love ourselves back. That’s why whenever our partner leaves us, it’s always
    so hard to be okay because we forget to give love to ourselves, thus we have
    no home (self) to go home to. Love always starts from within.

  7. “Dahil alam ko namang hindi laging ganito ang buhay natin.
    Isang araw magigising tayo, hindi na natin kayang maghubad sa harap ng sinuman.
    Mag-iiba na ang hubog ng ating balat at katawan
    Ang tawag ng ating mga laman, papatahimikin na ng panahon.
    Mauubos ang ating sarap, siningil na ng bawat minuto at taon.”

    -this caption is also part of the camboychat MGG posted… In fact this is the last verse. If you won’t read it in its entirety, then you might find it vulgar. But as a whole, I think what the post wants to say is that there is always a limit to what we can do. We may be caught up in all the sex and pleasure we experience in this life, that we may have forgotten that there are certain realities, we cannot escape, and that is getting old and dying. As simple as that. And If you find just vulgarity in that post, then Im sorry for you, what a sad way to go thru life…

  8. Carl I am 29, accepted by my family and loved, I am fairly good looking and have saved a fair amount of money. I am in California. I am saying this because of your post. Now look in the mirror and ask yourself, do I have the right to say to someone “Im sorry for you , you have a sad way to go thru to life?” If you find that camboychat applicable to your life, and it portrays your homosexuality, then seriously, LOOK IN THE MIRROR.

  9. Now I’m more sorry for you, I am also 29, an architect, in a loving relationship and yeah, loved by my family as well, I may not have the same amount of money as you have or a bit as goodlooking as you are, but I don’t look at those things as measure for my existance. Have you ever read the poem ‘Richard Cory’, by Edwin Arlington Robinson? Seriously, try to search for that poem and read it. I may not have the things that you have but I am happy and content with what I have and wouldn’t trade it for anything else. And you don’t have to be in California to be happy, I am happy, where I am. And for someone who claims to have a good life, you seem to be so negative in your views of others… I always look at the MIRROR, and I love what I see…

  10. You are right you are so positive when you judged me that I have a sad life. Anyway, Im over it so dont bother replying to this message. For me that post is  trash and it will always be trash.  

  11. the point is, there’s no perfectly good nor perfectly evil… Life is not black and white, not everyone is extremes in their point of views. Everyone of us has a little of everything, even this blog site, it has funny stuff, naughty stuff, and yeah, even wholesomely nice stuff. I wont go on defending the post camboychat, it won’t win pulitzer for sure, but hey, I may not be able to totally relate to it, but I find it interesting in the sense that to me, it sounded more as a wake up call. I almost broken up with my boyfriend thinking that I can find better. Remembering how successful I am when it comes to dating, and how accessible hook ups have become with the advent of the internet and camchat, I know I can find someone else to replace him. But after reading that article, I realized that I don’t wanna be in that vicious cycle anymore, and I’m not that young either, so instead of working on that new conquest, why not work on what I have? So yeah, amidst the vulgar words chosen by the author, I was able to find a redeeming value in it… TOO BAD some self righteous folks just saw rubbish, and even used it to question someone’s sincerity in promoting love and world peace…

  12. you cant tell me what to do, what I did to you is no different from what you did to Migs and the author of the post CAMBOYCHAT… don’t judge others if you don’t want to be judged… TRASH is what TRASH sees…

  13. tama ka jan carl….may mga tao lang talaga na isang panig lang ng mundo ang nakikita..can’t blame him…anyway, migs posted that blog for us(gays) to be able to realize the reality and journey of life..

    Go GO migs and you have my vote..

  14. poverty is such a complex problem requiring complex solutions depending on geography, climate, calamity, lack of resources, diseases such as AIDS and malaria, civil wars, politics, corruption and over-population. the main causes of poverty in the philippines are uncontrolled population growth (because of the church’s influence), limited land and resources, limited industries, education not focused on science and technology, vast majority of wealth and land controlled by a tiny but wealthy minority, corruption and thievery, political inaction and lack of leadership. i think most people already know these. some can be done now and some will take time. ask your politicians to pass the proposed legislations that will help curb the population growth. this is a civil problem, not the church. this can be done now. the government will have to subsidize both education and contraceptives for this to work. poor people can’t afford to buy contraceptives. food production will have to be improved to the point that we won’t need to buy food, especially rice, outside of the country. this means that roads, storage and drying facilities, seeds and technical help to farmers will have to be manifested. the other causes will take time and a lot of determination to resolve, and that only the population on this country can provide. be very wise when voting for your political representatives. remember, it is you who put them there.

  15. Carl please stop contradicting yourself. First you said I had a sad life when you dont even know me and then you call me trash. Keep telling yourself how perfect you are. Now go ahead and look at the mirror.

  16. Excuse me, when exactly did I contradict myself? I didn’t call you trash either, but its up to you to presume that I did… And I never said that I’m perfect, I may have implied that you’re a freakin MORON, but no, I never said I’m perfect… And before you say anything further, read all your earlier comments and analyze, it was you who started the negativity in here, but now you seem to be the one who can’t stand the heat! For a 29 year old living in California, it feels like I’m talking to a 12 year old living in a closet!!!

  17. Thanks so much for proving my point Carl. According to you, I have a sad life I am trash, I am a moron and im a 12 year old living in a closet.  As I have said the Camboychat post is trash and it contradicts the whole world peace, anti poverty mother theresa eklavu.  No wonder you liked it so much.

  18. Well, no one else proved my point here but you… no wonder you hate it so much… you hate yourself… and please, stop putting words in my mouth, read my comments, when did I say that I like it so much? All I said was I found it interesting and I hate the way you used it to judge others. Please all you have to do is read, is there anything that you can do aside from being so negative? Grow up!

  19. Life is full of contradictions and ironys, you have to learn how to accept it. If you will judge people insidiously, then no one will measure up to your high standards and you would never agree on anything. The late Lino Brocka was a famous director here in the Philippines, he directed the movie Macho Dancer in the 80’s, full of vulgarity and sex scenes but with great redeeming values, then he went on to direct the Ruffa Guttierez starrer, Nakausap ko ang Birhen, a religious movie about miracles, now you may consider that a big contradiction, depends on how narrow your line of thinking is. But to most people, it would just show the depths and versatility of one’s artistic expression. So would you say that after directing Macho Dancer, Lino Brocka shouldn’t have directed a religios film? Did he lose his credibility after he directed a bold film? Cause as far as I’m concerned, he directed both movies marvelously. So before you rant about how I judged you, read your first comment and tell me what’s redeeming with it. Regardless of whether the post camboychat is vulgar or not is beyond the point here.

  20. Generally speaking, I feel that if  there’s one group of people who can be categorized as  poor in the saying of Mother Theresa, then it would be the gays. All our life, we are stiving to be loved, cared and wanted to belong. Unfortunately, many of us experienced the opposite due to society, individual and other group’s biases and misunderstanding of who we are. As I browse the cyberspace and read the different gay blog entries, my feeling goes out to all of us who are still striving to be accepted and loved. How I wish there are persons like Mother Theresa who can let us feel that we are loved, cared and accepted.  In my life as a person, I always have that drive to be someone to others especially to all gays who are really in need of my  understanding and help. In this way too, I can stand before my Creator and say that I have done my part and that being gay was all part of His purpose, benevolence and love for me and for the world. Lastly, I would like to repeat what has been said many times but can also be spoken to all gays, “love one another”.  With this, maybe we can have a full understanding of the meaning of our own exiistence.

  21. Carl, obviously you hate yourself and the people around you. You never stopped and looked at the mirror. Keep telling yourself you are so perfect. If I were you I would stop saying bad things about other people. Karma might get back to haunt you. Spread world peace according to Migs and try to be more loving. Read all your posts. You are so hateful.

  22. hahaha, are you kidding me? Me hateful? haha! Nice try! No need to explain myself to you! No one else seems to agree with you here but your imaginary mirror!!! Besides, I thought you don’t agree with Migs? How come you’re quoting him? tsk tsk tsk. You have lost your point, now you lost major credibility!!! No wonder you’re so unloved, uncared for and unwanted! But in hindsight, You should thank Migs, he made this post for you. hahaha!!!


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