Back to School

After three long years that I was out of school doing stuff to continue surviving, I found myself dreaming again and looking back at my goals that I set aside eversince I failed my Bar Examination last September 2006.

'Sexsomnia' made in Canada'

I found a good article helpful for those people addicted with the pleasure of flesh. Take a look at this article I found:

'Sexsomnia' made in CanadaPosted Tue, Jul 07, 2009

This week, Jan Luedecke the Toronto landscaper who was acquitted in 2005 for sexually assaulting a woman because he was sound asleep at the time of the assault, was scheduled to appear before a panel to determine if he should have any long-term restrictions on his freedom. Instead the panel ordered Luedecke undergo a 'full and complete risk assessment' before making their decision.

'Sexsomnia,' like insulin, five-pin bowling and the term 'cougar,' is a Canadian discovery. I first heard about it at a sexuality conference in Guelph several years ago when Dr. Paul Fedoroff, a forensic psychiatrist in Ottawa presented research suggesting that stress, chronic sleeplessness, or alcohol or drug abuse may lead a person to engage in sexual behaviour while sound asleep.

The research, which Fedoroff completed with co-researchers Dr. Colin Shapiro and Dr. Nik Trajanovic of the University of Toronto first appeared in 1996 in a paper called 'Sexsomnia - A New Parasomnia?' that was published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry in June 2003.
It was good timing for Luedecke as it was the wee hours of house party in July 2003 when a woman woke up on the couch to find Luedecke having sex with her. He was found not criminally responsible for the assault because he was asleep at the time He testified that he had been overworked, overstressed, sleep-deprived, taken magic mushrooms and knocked back a whole bunch of booze, pretty much in line with Fedoroff et al's definition of 'sexsomnia.'
As bizarre as this all sounds, Luedecke's case is not the first.

In December of 2005, a British man was cleared of three counts of rape because he suffered 'sexsomnia' and wasn't conscious during the act. In August of 2007, a British mechanic was cleared of a rape charge after the jury found him not responsible for his actions when he had sex with a 15-year-old girl while asleep. And it's not just a guy thing. In 2004, an Australian woman was reportedly leaving her house at night and having sex with strangers while sleepwalking.
Any type of sleepwalking is rare, occurring in about 3% of children and young adolescents, and 0.5% of adults. According to research, 4% of adults who suffer from the condition carry out sexual behavior.

Luedecke's assessment, to be carried out at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, will be completed by Aug. 28. Based on this, the panel can then decide whether or not he should be committed to hospital, or to place certain conditions on his release such as refraining from drug or alcohol use.

What do you think? Do you thing 'sexsomnia' is a legitimate defense against sexual assault?

Calgary Stampede 2009 Memories

T'was called the Lilydale's LUCKY 9

Photo taken 4 July 2009 - (from bottom to top - left to right)

Jojo, Baby Grace, Gladys, Mar, Marvelyn, Sherwin and Sam

overlooking the bright and beautiful downtown of City of Calgary (highlighting the "City's gigantic tower" and the Calgary Flame's home court "The Saddledome")

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Several months ago, this group's friendship bond was so closed that we never thought that it will come to an end and nobody even foresee that this will happen but for a reason or another that I may personally know but not everybody in the group, others were not talking to each other anymore and that's the beginning of chaos or I call it "The Fall of Lucky 9".

It's the reality anyway. Nothing really stays compact as it is from the start, change will always come and that's maybe why they say that "the only constant thing in this world is change".

Reminiscing those moments when this group was still as close as they were, I can't stop myself but to sigh. How I wish I can bring back those good times back again.

And if ever I am the reason why we came to this situation for doing not a single a thing, I apologize for the entire group.

Lilydale's Lucky 9

The lucky 9's. From top to bottom: Sherwin, Marvelyn, Kuya Sam, Ate Gladys, Jojo, Baby Grace, Manang Daisy, Manong Romie and Manong Mar.

"From all walks of life we came together

Bound by the spirit of camaraderie

Tangled with the knot of friendship

Affirmed by the toss of wine and beer."

-ampitz

Not everyone has a good story to tell. A real good story. That's why I consider myself lucky because today I got a friendship story to tell. About a group of nine people, we call ourselves as LUCKY 9, and from our faces you could see the reason why we are bound together as BARKADA. We share the same smile...we share the same laugh, chuckle and giggle...and we share the same WINE and BEER.

A friendship that no one knows its boundary. Neither one of us knows when will it end. Maybe when there will be no more beer and whisky for sale in town. Let me clear some cloud in the air. We are not drunkard, we just enjoy the night being together with the presence and spirit of beer and wine.

Exhibit 1-A: Lucky 9's drinking Kokanee Beer, the smooth Canadian Blend Rocky Mountain Beer.

We sing...we dance...we laugh...we enjoy ourselves together until the night is over. When we're together we become careless...we fly...we don't care...we have no worries at all...we forget everything...we forget about work. And this is our own way of relaxing ourselves from the bondage of work's stress. This is our own unique way of escaping from the real world. And when we are TOGETHER...when we are in our own world...we find HOME...we become FAMILY.

Exhibit 1-B: Lucky 9's dancing time.

Ottawa: A Visit to Canada's Seat of Government

In my desperate thirst in trying to learn and understand the Government of Canada, (although others claimed that "no one can ever understand the Government of Canada"), I found myself standing atop the Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada where the famous Parliament Buildings are found.

Together with my sister we went through a guided tour inside the Parliament Building where you can find the Chamber/Halls for the House of Commons and the House of Senate.

Canada's Government follows the so-called Bicameral System of Government consisting the "lower house" or the "House of Commons" and the "upper house" or the "Senate". According to the Ms. Meredith (tour guide), the lower house or the House of Commons has 308 seats representing the people from entire nation, while, the Senate got a total of 105 members appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister.

Members of the lower house/commons were democratically elected body and they have limited term of holding their public office up to five years. Each member represents one electoral district of Canada or so-called "ridings".

Canada's House of Senate's Member came from all walks of life. A member might be a Hockey player, an artists, a teacher, etc. Previously, once they become a senator they remain as a member of the Senate until they die, but, the new rule as of now is that they remain as a senator until they retire at the age of 75.

[The Chamber/Hall for the House of Commons. Notice and compare the Chamber of Commons to the Senate, Commons got a green benches while the Senate Chamber got a red benches.]

[The Chamber/hall for the House of Senate in red benches.]

To be continued.....

Aegis and Andrew E. Live Concert in Calgary!

Caught on the live concert of Aegis and Andrew E. at Stampede Corral, Calgary, Canada last November 14, 2008.
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I did find this as funny experience (as I find him very funny) because I myself came from the Philippines and I grew up in the Philippines idolizing this guy but it happened that I only met him here in ABROAD.

I'm talking about Andrew Espiritu popularly known in the Philippines and in the whole world as well, as ANDREW E. who came out from the unknown after his first hit single and film "HUMANAP KA NG PANGET".

What made him so famous is his being comedian and his story-telling rap style. He got an amazing 28 comedy film that really had hit the major theatres in the Philippines.

Last November 14, 2008 Andrew E. together with the AEGIS Band were here in Calgary, AB for a LIVE Concert at the Stampede Corral.

Winter 2008 First Snow Fall

Caught on frame is the first snow fall of winter 2008.

Most of us hates the lovely snow. I used to say "I wish summer would be forever...", but when the first snow fall comes and the lovely glare of the white snow flooded the entire place, I just can't stop myself but to get my camera and start taking pictures and amazed with this lovely creation of the great Man up above.