The Pregnant Man

Believe it or not, Thomas Beatie, 34 year old and happily married man, is six months pregnant, doing the job of pregnancy for his wife, Nancy, who can’t have a child as of the moment.

Although Thomas Beatie was born a girl, he has undergone Double Mastectomy and has taken male hormones that made him look like a real man. During the process, he decided to keep his female genitals with him. A lucky decision in fact, now that the couple wanted to have a child, he could use his as a spare.

His pregnancy, according to his OB-GYNE, is normal. Mr. Thomas is expecting a baby girl.

Playboy in the Philippines - A change in the Philippines' image

Playboy, an American adult magazine company, has just launched its Philippine copies. This would be a mark of another change in the image of the Philippines as a nation. Although indirectly, but I’m sure it will receive many criticisms and may even trigger protests. Not to mention the would-be reaction from the Catholic Church and the women societies.

Things do change in time. Launchings like these would have not been permitted if this had happened 10 years before our time.

The Philippine issues, however, wont show full frontal nudity as promised by its editors, “We’re adjusting it to local conditions” says Editor-In-Chief Beting Laygo Dolor. As Playboy had already ran into difficulties way back April 2006 on Indonesia, when their operations were temporarily suspended because of Muslim Protest against their magazines.

With Playboy’s brand name on the market, surely many readers would be already lining up for a copy. Not only for the Masculine Minded individual but I am sure many curious minds would grab one at least.

Where is the bunny?

Sushi Chef Francis at your service!

Im Sushi Chef Francis at your service!

Making and preparing sushi has been my way of life now for years. Making your own sushi is easy, however, to be in par with the standards and cope up with ever changing trends, one must master the art of sushi making.

Different techniques should be learned, new ideas should be discovered and continually enhance your experience (that is to listen to people's advice and comments).

Sushi is a delicately prepared food, made of vinegared rice, topped with ingredients like fish, fruits, and vegetables (cooked or uncooked).

There are various types of sushi, however the most well known are the Nigiri Sushi and Maki Sushi.

Nigiri Sushi is a hand-formed clumps of sushi rice topped with desired topping of fish, vegetable, fruit, and sometimes it could be a mixture of stuff.

Maki Sushi is sushi rice rolled using a bamboo maki matt with choice of stuffing inside (seafood, meat, fruit, or vegetables), then cut into bite size pieces.