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Our story does not start in a queue, Nor in a lovely view. We started in a simple "hi", Then everything feels high. My world is in chaos, But then you bring peace. You have given me love, Love I don't deserve. You have brought sunshine, And keeps the stars near me. You keep the darkness away, And given me the milky way. You showered me with hugs, And planted lots of kisses. You are my savior, though not in shining armor. Our story does not start in a queue, Nor in a lovely view. In a place where there's a pew, I hope our story start anew.

When we are young we are taught that sexual activities (sex) such as kissing, masturbating and anal/vaginal penetration are a big no - no, but as we grow older, we learn that those things are part of our lives. Yet, even as we are old enough to understand it people around us especially parents are cautious to drop the word "sex" or to even talk about it, but why? Because parents are not receptive. According to Popcom - National Capital Region director Lydio Espa ñ ol (as cited from Philstar, 2019) that Filipino parents still refuse to discuss and teach the rudiments of sexuality to their adolescent children, and they are not open in discussing about STI (sexually transmitted infections) HIV/ AIDS, about teenage pregnancy and a stigma with premarital sex. We are already in the age of digital media and people are more knowledgeable and more understanding, yet knowledge about these things are being deprived and ideas about it are labelled as taboo. We had also t...