WHAT I like about The September Project of 2015 (that became this season’s The Boyfriend Project) is the complete Peter Solis Nery package in it.
There’s the very practical start that may have turned some boyfriend materials off.
I mean, money talk is vulgar.
But I want to be upfront about finances.
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I want my future boyfriend to know that I am not poor.
But also, I want people to know and understand that I’m not going to be one of those gay men who “buy” their boyfriends.
I can afford to buy a boyfriend! That’s for sure.
But I’m not willing to do it.
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I also like the progression of the blog.
How it reveals the romantic side, the hopeful side, the trusting side.
Then, there’s the revelation of the heart of hearts: service to the world and fellow passengers on this planet.
There’s the commitment to education and helping the world.
There’s the vision of community service, and becoming a partner in a power couplehood.
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I’m glad that I’ve written about God and my faith in the blog.
So, it’s not just lust and horniness.
At first glance, people think that I’m just all about sex.
I can’t blame them.
I am a sex-positive person.
I am a shakti.
And I look the sexy part. Haha.
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I love the evolution of my addresses in the blog.
Dear Potential Boyfriend, Dear Future Boy Friend, Dear Future BF, and now, we have come to Dear FBF.
So, if you are not onboard with all these changes, I’m sorry that you have no learning, and no growth.
As for me, proof of my growth, evolution, and development are right there on the page. Haha.
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Sept. 20 –
Dear FBF,
Do not, for a moment, think that I have forgotten you yesterday.
I’m not abandoning the search for you until the end of the month.
Then, I could say that I have truly given you enough chance.
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I am not giving up so easily.
I am not letting go so soon.
Ten more days starting today.
I am punctual. I am prompt.
I can live up to deadlines.
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Yesterday, I spent some time talking to God.
If there is going to be an “us”, it has to involve God.
That’s how I would really like it.
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Sept. 22 –
Dear FBF,
I’m beginning to think that things go very slow in this country.
I’ve welcomed the change of pace since coming home last month, but I need to get moving again.
If you still don’t show yourself in the next few days, I’ll probably pick up something stupid to do like weightlifting.
I’m getting really bored.
I can’t find someone to teach me pole dancing, or even gogo dancing.
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Sept. 22 –
Dear FBF,
I went to the beach this morning and frolicked in the water.
(I really don’t want to claim that I know how to swim!)
It would have been nice if you were there, but because you weren’t, I made do with the sea, the rising sun, and the song on my heart.
I hope you deal with life with the same optimism that I have.
Take care of yourself until I find you!
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I did some traveling in September 2015.
Not necessarily to look for a boyfriend.
I was in Manila to pick up my Palanca Award, a gold medal for Poetry Written for Children.
While in the national capital, a friend suggested that we visited some hot springs in Los Banos, Laguna; so, we did.
In fact, a lot of ideas for The September Project were clarified in the hot springs. Haha.
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Then, I touched base in Iloilo.
And was promptly invited to talk and give writing workshops to students in Negros.
Because we now have a RO-RO to and from Dumangas, I was in Bacolod at least twice that month.
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And seeing that I was making trips to see friends everywhere, I was invited to visit Antique.
And I did. And totally enjoyed it.
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There are some gaps in my blogging.
In the sense that I didn’t blog daily.
On hindsight, I am thinking that it’s probably just because I love meeting people face-to-face more than just entertain many virtually. (To be continued)/PN
