Is Circumcision The Basis Of Manhood?

According to the World Health Organization, 30% of adult males all around the world (aged 15+) are circumcised, with about two-thirds are from our Muslim brethren. Muslims around the world, especially in Israel, have this religious belief about circumcision.[1]

According to Wikipedia, Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin from the human penis. In the most common procedure, the foreskin is opened, adhesions are removed, and the foreskin is separated from the glans. After that, a circumcision device may be placed, and then the foreskin is cut off. Topical or locally injected anesthesia is used to reduce pain and physiologic stress.[2]

Circumcision takes a week or two to heal the stitches and wound from the penis’ forehead. Here in the Philippines, they are using guava leaves to alleviate the pain.

Circumcision According To Bible

According to Genesis 17:10-14, Our Lord God asked Abraham to be circumcised as part of the covenant to the Lord. According to the Bible, circumcision is a symbol of being cleansed or blemish.

The laws commanding circumcision are said to come through Moses (e.g. Leviticus 12), however, the Children of Israel abandoned circumcision during Moses' leadership (Joshua 5: 4-7). According to Exodus 4: 24-26 tells us that Moses had not circumcised his own son. This was a quite issue way back then.

Benefits Of Being Circumcised

According to some studies and to some experiences by adult men, circumcision oozed their pleasure to sex. Circumcision may help reduce the risk of penile cancer and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as HIV. In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, adult men don’t want circumcision in recent decades while these countries have a higher epidemic of HIV.



Circumcision: As A Sign of Manhood

Here in the Philippines, it is a shame of not cutting out your penis’ foreskin or will called “supot” or afraid of being circumcised. People may consider you a gay (bakla) if you are uncircumcised. But understand why some people from other countries do not want to circumcise because it is their choice and they do not care about other people’s thinking about them. For me, being circumcised is not a sign of being an adult or manhood. The sign of being an adult or manhood is how you respect others and being a good citizen of your country.



Endnote

It is OK to be uncircumcised but think of it. You may feel that some people may stay away from you because of your foul smell produced from your penis called Smegma. Smegma a sebaceous secretion in the folds of the skin, especially under a man's foreskin. You may also experience pain from your penis foreskin because of irritation. I am not scaring you guys or letting your down but based on my experience, it is totally disgusting sometimes and unhygienic.

Sources:

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevalence_of_circumcision
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision
http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/glass2/
https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/az/c/circumcision/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-circumcision.html

Say Goodbye To Your HDD… Say Hello To SSD

Freelancers today are wondering how to end the mess of working online while their personal computers or laptops and running like a turtle. Some people will recommend reformatting your computer but this won’t work.

Image courtesy of PCExpress

HDD or Hard Disk Drives is cheaper than the SSD or Solid State Drives however, there are some differences as you try to test run your computer.

Crawls Faster

As I have said above, SSD is faster than the HDD. The clock rate of SSD is 2 to 3 times faster than the hard disk drives. You can do multi-task, play games and watching movies without experiencing lags. But you may also upgrade your random access memory and your video card for the smoothest performance.

Durability

Solid-state drives made up of flash memory that delivers excellent performance and durability. Unlike a hard drive, there are lots of small, moving parts inside — magnetic heads, spindles, and spinning platters — and may damaged at any time and may wipe out all the stored data. Actually, SSDs are more durable, run cooler and use less energy.

Data Transfer

SSD’s are known for their fastest tool in transferring data from internal and external storage devices. You don’t have to worry about waiting for a long time or experiencing lags while transferring data.


Video Courtesy of Youtube

Lifespan

SSD has a short lifespan. According to some blogs, SSD’s may only use for 3,000 cycles or 1 to two years.

Indeed SSD’s are now more powerful than HDD. But before you buy an SSD online, make sure that you will look for the good reviews. Or if you are going to buy in the market, make sure to make a run test to make sure that works well.

Sources:

https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/store-ssd-benefits
https://www.avast.com/c-ssd-vs-hdd

Why Children Should Watch Superbook?

Superbook is one of the best anime series for me because of the message they implicate to all children and child-at-heart. Most of the 80's and 90’s kids can relate to this TV show not just to spread the word of Christianity but also to good values that a child should be.

Image from https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/21269-superbook

Superbook also is known as Animated Parent and Child Theatre was initially produced at Tatsunoko Productions in Japan and Christian Broadcasting Network.

Superbook: It’s All About the Bible

Superbook is all about Chris, Joy, and Gizmo who will travel way back in time via Superbook. The protagonists will look up and discover how great our Lord God is.

You will not just enjoy the show by looking back at the time but you will also realize good things that God is there for us whenever you will go. Who has never thought about the story of the Holy Bible; the incredible strength of David and Samson; the adventure of Moses to save the Israelites from Pharaoh’s hand; the birth of Jesus Christ; and the beginning and the end of the world. Just sit back, relax and enjoy the show and Superbook will do the rest.

Superbook: It’s All About God’s Awesome Presence

Superbook shows how God is a powerful just has faith in Him. The show implicates how God exists as He used many people to spread His words and good deeds to His nation, Israel. As the episode goes on, it assures you that your child will learn great things about God – to praise and worship Him; to ask trust and obey Him.

Superbook: It’s All About You

Superbook also implicates so many lessons in life to become good men and women. This is to boost our morals, value our self-worth and obey and trust God at all times. Children today should watch Superbook so that they can uplift their faith in God and learn some lessons that they may encounter in the future. Parents should also urge their children to watch this show because of the moral lesson that they can learn from each episode.

I remember my childhood when I was thinking about Superbook. It brings back the time that I learn to trust God for His promises are not to be broken. Unlike any other anime series, Superbook is not just to entertain the children but to bring them near to God’s awesome presence.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbook

Alita: Battle Angel Movie Review

Alita: Battle Angel is based on a Japanese manga series written by Yukito Kishiro. This movie was produced by James Cameron and under the direction of Robert Rodriguez. Cameron is also the producer of Avatar (2009). Alita: Battle Angel was released on January 31, 2019, in the United States and February 6, 2019 in the Philippines. The movie earned almost $400 billion in box-office sales.

Casting

Alita: Battle Angel starred by Rosa Salazar as Alita, Christoph Waltz as Dr. Ido, Jennifer Connelly as Dr. Chiren, Mahershala Ali as Vector, Ed Skrein as Zapan, Jackie Earle Haley as Grewishka and Keean Johnson as Hugo.

Synopsis

The story is all about Dr. Ido, who is a very compassionate cyborg doctor and found abandoned Alita in the scrapyard of Iron City. Alita was successfully fixed by Dr. Ido in his clinic but her memory was gone nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in.

Until Alita met Hugo, who just met in the Motorball. Hugo is secretly working for Vector who robs cyborg parts. Hugo introduced Alita to motorball, a battle royale racing sport played by cyborgs. Hugo helped Alita to regain her past and found out her own cyborg parts.

Alita showed her cyborg parts to Ido and he revealed that those parts are from URM (United Republics of Mars) technology. But Ido does not want to reunite with that cyborg parts to Alita’s. Ido does not want Alita to get involved in slaying Cyborgs or being a Hunter Warrior. But Alita urged to become a Hunter Warrior and disobeyed Ido’s advice. Until Grewishka, who works with Vector/Nova, slashed Alita into pieces. Alita’s severed head was reunited with her nanotech body parts from URM technology.

Having fallen in love with Hugo, Alita enters a Motorball tryout race for the prize money to send Hugo to Zalem, where Vector attempts to have her killed. Hugo's relationship with Alita leads him to decide to quit his secret job. He confronts his partner Tanji, but Zapan appears, murders Tanji and frames Hugo. Hugo escapes and calls Alita for help; she abandons the race and finds him just as Zapan does, but Zapan mortally wounds Hugo. Dr. Chiren offers to help save Hugo by attaching his severed head to Alita's life support system. When Zapan sees through the trick and attempts to stop Alita, she seizes his prized Damascus blade and slices most of his face off.*

Ido transplants Hugo's head onto a cyborg body and tells Alita that Vector's offer to help Hugo reach Zalem was a lie; as an exiled citizen of Zalem, Ido is certain that citizens of Iron City cannot enter Zalem without becoming a motorball champion. Alita storms the Factory and confronts Vector, who reveals that Chiren has been harvested for her organs for her betrayal. Vector summons Grewishka, but Alita's new nanotech body allows her to easily destroy him. She forces Nova to speak to her through Vector. When Nova threatens to harm her friends, Alita fatally stabs Vector.*

Dr. Ido tells Alta that Hugo urged to climb in the cargo tube in Zalem. But Nova shreds Hugo’s body and Alita tried to save her but failed. Months after Hugo’s death, Alita strives to be a Motorball Champion and make it to the top of Zalem where Nova resides.

Review

Alita: Battle Angel is a cyberpunk movie, violent yet worth to watch. This movie implicates the difference between rich and poor. Society insists that rich people are more powerful than the poor. Poor people strive to become rich and because of the crab mentality of some rich people, they will do everything just to let those poor people down.

The main character or the protagonist of this movie emphasizes the woman empowerment. Women are known as the most emotional than men. Women are called weak but this movie implicates power and gender equality. This movie shows women's awareness in determining decisions through the different problems in society.

The movie is open-ended and how Alita can avenge against Nova – we will never know. There are rumors that there will be a sequel with the title “Alita: The Avenging Angel.” Just like any sci-fi film, we are looking forward to a more empowered and exciting movie like Alita.

Sources:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alita:_Battle_Angel

The Never-Ending Stories of “Puting Van”

The school vacation is now fast-approaching and the never-ending stories about puting van or white van are once again splurged all over social media. This news brings terror to all children, especially parents. Some of the netizens are worried about the puting van because they don’t know when and where they will attack. However, some netizens said that is a kind of fake news and this is only to bring terror all over the country.

An Offering to Newly-Build Roads

I heard some people’s reaction regarding the puting van or white van news and they said that those abducted children were the sacrificial lambs as an offering or alay. The blood will be poured out to the new-build road to make it durable all throughout the years. However, some people said that story is just a myth or not real.

Image from https://tnt.abante.com.ph/puting-van-kinatatakutan-sa-camsur/

The Fresh Organ Hunters

There is also some news that the puting van or white van aims to abduct children or even healthier person to take out all their organs, especially the kidneys and the liver, and sell it to the black market to those who need organ transplant – this black market said be part of a syndicate.

Child Trafficking

Puting Van is also accused of child trafficking wherein they will abduct a child for money. The abducted children will be offered to those parents who does not able to bear a child with the capacity to pay them a huge amount of money. These syndicates may also use those children to work for them – like pickpocketing or begging on the streets. Believe it or Not?

Believe it or not, we should not be comfortable in our surroundings. Criminals will not choose who will be their victims. Please do not bother to report them to the authorities to end their illegal activities.

If you have comments, suggestions or any reactions, you may leave a comment below and let your voices be heard.

What TV Programs And Movies That You Miss During 90's

Do you ever wonder what TV programs and movies that you miss during 90’s? 90’s kids will actually relate to this article. So let us list some of them and bring back time.

Japanese Metal Heroes

Japanese Metal Heroes introduced here in the Philippines during late 80’s and ’90s. The most popular Japanes Hero is Shaider, played by the late Hiroshi Tsubaraya and Naomi Namonaga (known for her yellow panty during fight scenes). Shaider aired and tagalized (translated to Filipino Language) by ABS-CBN, IBC-13 and ABC 5 (TV 5, now).

We can’t also forget Kamen Rider Black or Mask Rider Black in Filipino version. The 90’s kids will remember how they cried for Robert’s death and the very exciting fight scenes against Stephen.

Robocop

After the success of Japanese Metal Heroes, the United States created its own kind of metal hero, Robocop. Robocop is a 1987 American action film played by Peter Weller. The story is all about a cop who is being killed by a gang of criminals and revived his body as a cyborg or a body made of metal.

We Pinoys also created our own Filipino metal heroes named Bobo Cop (1998) played by Joey Marquez. This is a comedy film directed by Tony Y. Reyes.

That’s Entertainment

That’s Entertainment is one of the longest-running shows of GMA 7 hosted and managed by the late German “Kuya Germs” Moreno. That’s Entertainment aims to create home-grown talents like Ara Mina, Piolo Pascual, and Vina Morales. The show concluded on May 3, 1996, with a total of 3,200 episodes.

Marimar

Before the K-Dramas invaded our Philippine television, Mexicanovelas was the first to hail in ’90s. Who would ever forget Thalia’s Marimar and her love, Sergio? Their characters are unremarkable and you will never forget the storyline. In 2007, GMA remake Marimar starring Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes as Sergio.

Anime Shows in GMA Primetime

90’s kids will never forget Ghost Fighter, Monster Rancher and Fushigi Yuugi aired and tagalized in GMA and ABC 5. Dragonball Z is one of the most-watched anime that time and today as well. I remember the 3-4 weeks episode of Son Gokuo’s fight with Freeza. We are so excited that time how Gokuo can defeat his nemesis.

Villa Quintana

Who will never forget two of the most popular loveteams in the 90’s – the Villa Quintana Stars Donna Cruz and Keempee De Leon. Donna Cruz now has a private life in Cebu and happily married to Potenciano "Yong" Larrazabal III.

Lion King and Pocahontas

Lion and Pocahontas were both animated movies produced by Walt Disney Pictures. These animated movies were among the movies that marked in the memories among the 90’s kids.

If you have comments and suggestions, you may leave a comment below so we can hear your thoughts.

Ways To Stop Overthinking

Overthinking means thinking too much instead of making some actions. Overthinking is a kind of mental illness and a mental instinct that he or she repeatedly thinking about the future or his or her past. That person cannot move on or thinking that he or she cannot do it alone. He or she is creating imagery of fear and other kinds of emotion. The person who is suffering from overthinking is like creating a whole new world or putting themselves in a box to hide their feelings.

Signs That You Are an Overthinker

Overthinking can be linked to depression and anxiety. According to the American Psychiatric Association:

“Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s ability to act at work and at home.” While anxiety is a kind of fear or trauma registered in someone’s brain."

Here are some signs that you are a overthinker:

1. He or she is worried about the past and the future. The so-called “what-ifs” was the mentality among those overthinkers.

2. He or she is creating their own world or they don’t want to interact with other people. They do not want to share their thoughts with others.

3. They have trouble sleeping because their brains do not shut off and still bringing the stigma to his or her body. 4. He or she overthinks about making mistakes even though he or she did not make some actions. They are bit shy and had some fear from any mistakes that they may commit.
So How We Can Stop Overthinking?

Those signs are very alarming so many psychologists suggested some ways how to stop overthinking. You do not have to take medicine. All you have to do is to enjoy your life to the fullest. Being happy is the best medicine. Talk to your friends and people around. Please do not create your own world – do not do self-pity. You are killing yourself little by little.

Distract yourself from happiness by changing your lifestyle or hobbies in life, like plating some herbs in the garden or playing piano or guitar – things like you make so busy.

Also, you do not need to become perfect, because nobody’s perfect. Tell your mind that it’s OK to make some mistakes because it’s part of our lives. The best way is to move on ad go forth. As some people say: “fall down seven times, stand up eight,” meaning, always strive for more and never give up.

Hopefully, this will help you a lot.

Sources:

https://www.inc.com/amy-morin/10-signs-you-think-too-much-and-what-you-can-do-about-it.html

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/depression/what-is-depression

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/depression/expert-q-and-a

https://www.successconsciousness.com/blog/inner-peace/what-is-overthinking-and-how-to-
overcome-it/

https://www.inc.com/amy-morin/10-signs-you-think-too-much-and-what-you-can-do-about-it.html

https://www.inc.com/lolly-daskal/10-simple-ways-you-can-stop-yourself-from-overthinking.html