XXXTra Challenge: Ode to the Old Dinosaur

(Second of the Three-Part Mini-Series)

ACT I: On Sale

If gay sex were an item for sale, I would be rich by now. Or poor.

Either I would be buying it. Or selling it.

And here in Hong Kong, it will always be on sale. And with free tasting.

I am not an addict. I am just a connoisseur.

And I don’t keep a black book. I have lost count in 2004.

The best items I have gotten so far have already been sold. So I never really purchased. I just borrowed. Or they lent themselves to me.

The lousiest ones were with those of highest quality. It’s like chewing on ivory. They should be reincarnated into figurines.

What is the sense in all this?

Nothing. I think I am just closing shop. Or going bankrupt.

ACT II: Easy

Actually meron. Merong sense.

Hindi madaling maging HIV positive. Kailangang alagaan ang CD4 count (or simply known as immune cells) at mapababa ng husto to undetectable level naman ang viral load (dami ng HIVirus sa katawan.)

Hindi sya madali kasi every quarter of the year ka nang bibisita ke duktor at magpapablood test. Madaling malaman ang CD4 count habang mahirap, matagal at mahal (kahit di ka naman magbabayad) sa pagdetermine ng viral load.

At maloloka ka minsan kapag lower than 200 ang CD4 mo. Ang kaso, sa maraming bansa ang threshold ay itinaas na to 350. Ang last count ko? 348. Good luck!

Once you start taking medications, you don’t stop. Parang Pringles.

I remember how I got it. Sa unang attempt at bareback, I got it instantaneously. Pero one year after ko pa nalaman when I had my urine test in Rainbow Sauna.

With easy sex comes easy everything, including HIV. So, caveat emptor. Let the buyer beware.

ACT III: Extra! Extra!

So I decided finally to give myself the greatest test. A month without sex. Or make it, a month without cum.

Hindi dahil Poz ako. Puh-leez. Hindi dahil gusto kong maging responsible or noble. Puh-leez yet again.

I just want to take control. I just want no distractions. Simple.

I am on my fourth day now.

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Well, until Joona wins the gold, I told him:

"No diving."