GM Experience: SCAM ALERTS AND CONS IN OUR MIDST

Recently, I was viewing one of this proliferating Facebook groups I got invited with. I was generously invited by one of the GM friends I am acquainted with and the administrators of the group accepted me. It was thrilling to see myself to be included in this group. Unbeknownst to me that there are few ladies posting their wares on the threads and I was searching someone that might interest me. To my delight was able to find this young lass looking for some opportunity with the incoming second semester in a few weeks time.

Photo of Heather

Incident Case No. 1: I was able spot this lady and immediately send a private message to her account. Her name is Heather who was looking for something exciting in her life when I saw her post looking for some attention and a possible meet up with a gentleman in her post or thread. She is a 20 year old lady from Fairview, Quezon City and is in her second year college as a Nursing student. Her description is she is 5 feet 2 inches tall, morena skin color and sexy Filipina look was totally impressed with her young looks but not yet into her. We began to chat the following day and for two days we were exchanging pleasantries. This girl really caught my attention with her wit and command of English in written form with less Filipino in our conversation which is very uncommon for ladies I meet in her age group and education. This girl got my attention as pull my guard down in my opinion was a wrong move after all and fatal mistake I made. We exchanged private message until it came to a point that we got curious with each other’s looks in real life and would probably have a possible meet that could lead to a little bit of action on a conversation over a cup of coffee or cold drinks later that day. She told me still has a class to attend to and she would send me a private message on Facebook about a possible meet up by 12 noon. It turns out this girl blocked my facebook account before lunch time and was no longer able to reply to the conversation.  Too bad I wasn’t able to get a chance to ask for her mobile phone number so that I can make a follow up with her. It was failed launched after all with me all dressed up for a date / meet and greet with this young lass. Good thing that no exchanges of materials of monetary value was done.

EBOLA: A Deadly Pandemic to the World

As of this writing, there are an probably 4000 dead people in Western Africa and counting. The Philippines is spared and no Overseas Filipino Worker including our Philippine military personnel working as UN peacekeepers in those hard hit countries were infected with the Ebola Virus. The virus already reached Europe and North America which affected a number of healthcare workers particular nurses caring for the sick who contracted the disease.

Back in college, one of my favorite topics was Virology under the Microbiology class we were taking in pre-medical college course. Ebola is considered a weapon grade bio-terrorists weapon of choice if they could acquire this deadly disease killing millions in the whole world wreaking havoc and despair. The info graphics from Center For Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA show below how Ebola Virus is transmitted, the signs and symptoms and other information pertaining to this illness.

If you care for your loved ones who are either working as OFWs in the African continent. Try to pass this information to them. Knowledge is very useful nowadays. To read more on Ebola Virus visit this link.

Keep Safe Everybody.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Silent Operator Dan, is 30 something heterosexual male. A part-time blogger, adult scene observer / patron and a frustated writer of some sort although he was a former editor-in-chief of his college newspaper. He currently resides somewhere out of the realm of the city limits and dabbles in high finance and business. You can catch him at http://theconfessionsofayoungman.blogspot.com. Follow him on Twitter or Facebook.


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HBsAG: Decoding the illness of Hepatitis B

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Have you taken your Hepatitis B Vaccine shots lately?

I am very aware of this dreaded disease since I finished college and after finishing up Clinical Microbiology subject in our junior year on pre-med. Our lecturer was a seasoned professional scientist and researcher and was delighted in discussing this matter about Virology (Study of Viruses) on the latter part of that semester on how it works and how it can affect a life of a ordinary human being. In my opinion, it is far worst than HIV/AIDS if you get in contact and inflicted with such illness. Compared to HIV/AIDS which takes three months to incubate on a window period. Hepatitis B can only take a few days to replicate and even be detected in your blood using lab tests available in the clinical laboratories and hospital. 

An Interview with An HIV Positive Woman

A few years ago, I was still working for a well respected medical institution somewhere in Metro Manila. I was tasked by one of  the senior medical resident to conduct an interview of a mid-50s woman who was awaiting for her queue outside the ICU waiting. I let her inside on one of the cubicle of the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital which was empty. Before conducting some actual interviews, I made her feel a little bit comfortable with my approach and gave her a pen to fill-out the consent forms prior to HIV/AIDS testing and so we went to room to conduct a private matter relating to her test.

She was a bit nervous about it as when I was about to conduct an interview with her personally. I did asked her some funny and outrageous questions regarding her sexuality? Like how many multiple sex partners did she slept with, Having sex with same gender? She did answered truthfully about it. Did she already had information about HIV/AIDS which transmissible through blood transfusion, sexual contact and others which is kind of a short orientation on the topic of this illness before undergoing blood collection and testing which is mandatory under the current Philippine HIV / AIDS Law (Republic Act 8504). As I became serious on discussing her a bit of the disease which still felt apprehensive. Usually an HIV/AIDS consent for testing interviews are usually conducted by either a Physician, Nurse, Medical Technologist or even a Medical Social Worker trained or oriented to handle cases like these. Still "PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY" is still practiced in order to protect the identity of the patient suspected with this illness.