Fir instance, it's already been 2 months since I started working as a teacher, I had an annual performance at school, my best friend is getting married, (almost) all my close friends are engaged and I've been living a healthier life this year. It goes so fast and yet I enjoy it, days turn into months.
I can't believe that the year 2016 flies by so fast. Don't you guys agree?
Fir instance, it's already been 2 months since I started working as a teacher, I had an annual performance at school, my best friend is getting married, (almost) all my close friends are engaged and I've been living a healthier life this year. It goes so fast and yet I enjoy it, days turn into months. Last Saturday, I did muaythai with some of my friends. Our instructor had been sick for the past 4 weeks, so it was his first day back in the gym. As we worked out, we asked him a few questions about his illness. He got typhus and had to take blood samples, then he said that based on his blood test, he was HIV positive.
This story is about David, a HIV positive man who became a Program Educator/Consultant and a successful HIV empowerment blogger.
"The feeling of being alone had been festering deep within me, it began after I was diagnosed with HIV. As soon as I was diagnosed I knew that unless I loved myself first, I would never find true love. Have you ever felt disappointed over something? I bet you all had that feeling before. A few weeks ago, I went to a tailor to have a kebaya (one of Indonesian traditional outfits) made. It was my first time asking this tailor to sew something for me, but my sister said that she is good. So I trusted her and went along with the sewing.
The world is in the middle of a breakdown, do you guys think the same thing?
Why? Because all I see is inhumanity. Earlier today, Jakarta's main street was chaos, it was being shut down by a taxi drivers protest. They're protest any ride-sharing applications, seeking to stop ride-sharing apps from strengthening their foothold. I've been thinking about how to be a better me. In order to achieve that, I have to know from other people about me in their perspectives. So I asked some close friends of mine to tell me their opinions and they answers made me smile.
This is a story about Greg'ry Ravenj, who was diagnosed with HIV in early 2014.
"I had usually been very safe when it came to having sex, but for the first time in my life, I trusted a partner; that decision changed my life forever. Six weeks and two days after we slept together, I began to wake up in the middle of the night covered in sweat, and when I say covered, I mean it was as though someone had poured water all over me while I was sleeping. I had no idea what was wrong with me, so I googled “night sweats.” The first and only word I remember seeing was HIV. My heart sank, my vision blurred and I put my phone down. I fell back asleep, but when I woke up the next morning, I knew that the night before hadn’t been a dream. I needed to face what had happened, whether it was HIV (I learned that night sweats are a symptom of the seroconversion process), or if there was something else wrong. I needed to settle my heart. Have you ever been extremely fed up with everything?
These pas few weeks was the busiest and mind blowing time I've had and I felt like I was like crazy... Despite all of that, I enjoy every bit of it. I remember the last job I had before I became a teacher; I liked the job actually but I don't know why, but I never let my self step out late from the office. Pretty much crazy, huh? But that's the truth. And after 2 months of working as a teacher, I can't count how many times I went home late because... It's just like that almost everyday! For the past few weeks, the weather in Jakarta has been so unpredictable. We could have a sunny day with heavy rain in the evening, it also could be raining all night until early in the morning, sunny in the afternoon then raining again in the evening. This unpredictable weather causes immune system to be weakened.
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Enter our territory and follow the days of the lives of the protagonists of our project. On this page they will tell you everything about their work with Bali Against Aids. This blog will be their online diary: an opportunity for them to share their experiences and to give you a sneak peak into their life.
Enjoy the ride! WELCOME
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