alokn99

@alokn99 (5717)

India • Age 57

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Genuine earning sites vs fake ones

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 11 May 12

As I was searching for work-at-home jobs, I found innumerable websites - all with genuine promises and many with payment validation. Having said this, I know that most do not live up to your expectation. Some would want money...

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alokn99 It's not easy to distinguish, especially the new sites. You come to know about the sites being scams only after someone gets scammed. I have spend hours on the internet trying to figure out sites that are genuine. I try googling them and looking up discussion...

12 May 12

How do you survive the downtimes?

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 9 May 12

There's been a downtime in everyone's life. Family problems, health issues, financial crises - and sometimes all of these hold hands and knock your door together. However difficult, we survive the trying times. Some just manages,...

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alokn99 Positive Thinking Mimpi, no matter how hard it is. You have to believe in yourself and believe that things will get better. Sometimes, things are not in our control and we try our best without seeing much success. But things do turn around in unexpected ways ....

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My computer not starting up in one click of the power button..

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 4 Apr 12

The problem started on March 13th. I remember the exact date since my sister was visiting then. Anyways, the problem with the computer since is that it would not start off in one go. When I switch on the power button the light...

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alokn99 I had this problem a while ago with Vista and decided to change the O.S. This is a known bug of Vista known as the black screen of death. The simplest fix that I used and worked temporarily was to restore the system to a date before the problem started....

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday - Are you shopping?

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 25 Nov 11

I heard a lot a about Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The retailers offer various promotional sales to kick off the shopping season before Christmas. Are you a potential shopper during this festive promotions? Here, we have similar...

black friday

cyber monday

shopping

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alokn99 As you have said, we have similar seasons here when the shopping activity reaches its peak during the festivals. From the little that I know, the shopping activity on the Black Friday in the US hits the ceiling and that has to do with the holiday spirit and...

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When a dear friend makes you feel helpless

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 25 Nov 11

How do you feel when someone very close unfriends you and do not even reply to your mails and FB messages? That's the only way you can contact her, since you have never seen her and she belongs to a different country. We share...

depression

friendship

helpless

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alokn99 If facebook is the only way you can interact with her, I suppose, one way would be send a warm and uplifting message and hope that she comes out of the depressive phase quickly. It’s your genuine wishes and friendship that will prevail. As much as I would be...

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Motivating the teenagers to eat right, exercise more and live healthy

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 9 Nov 11

It's hard to keep your cholesterol level OK with all those burgers, hotdogs, pizzas, cheese, chocolates, fries. Things get even more difficult for the children, teens to be specific. They are not really grown ups but they think...

health

healthy living

teenagers

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alokn99 I see an example of this everday at home in the form of my nephew. And the last time someone tried to give him some advice on this, that person was reprimanded by his mother. It's undoubtedly motivation that is needed. It's not that they don't get it. but it...

9 Nov 11

Doing interiors - bugdeting, planning, executing: not easy!

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 6 Nov 11

I have been planning to do interiors for my house. I have planned many things, many times over the years but it seems a whale of a task to actually start doing it. Money, time and planning and more money - we need all. And only...

doing interiors

planning

renovating

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alokn99 The last time we took up an exercise of doing up the interiors of our living room, it was quite an event. I had accumulated a few ideas that I had picked up while doing some research and visititing some friends houses and wanted to do something on those lines....

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The ATM declined the transaction but the amount got debited!

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 5 Nov 11

Today I tried to withdraw money from ATM. The transaction was declined and I came out of it and returned home. Later I received one message saying that the amount has been debited from my bank account! Thankfully, I had the...

atm

transaction

withdraw

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alokn99 I faced a similar problem a few months ago with my debit card. Honestly, It got me all worked up. I made the call to the customer care center and they took the complaint and got it rectified in 3-4 days times. A colleague of mine reported the same problem a...

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Are you really happy in life?

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 4 Nov 11

As the bus moved through the crowded road with multi layers of people, all busy and a few slow, my mind took a detour through my not so rosy past. I realized that I have been immensely lucky in life to have whatever I have today....

content

happy

life

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alokn99 After reading your discussion, I sort of wandered into an evaluation. I can say a lot on this, but would keep my response short and concise. Fortunate-yes, Content:- not really. Happy:-No. I’ve never really found myself always happy. It’s those moments of...

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Hair health: What to do and what not to?

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 19 Oct 11

Just had a lovely hair wash. My hair is still wet and I can feel the aroma of the conditioner. It's feeling beautiful. All is not lucky to have beautiful nourished hair and I am one of them who is trying out all means to look...

beautiful hair

hair health

healthy hair

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alokn99 In addition to all conditoners, shampoos, drying, it's important to make sure that we maintain a healthy diet which is rich in protiens and vitamins. At the same time keep a check on stress. Air pollution and water pollution too have a detrimental effect on...

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The role of SEO in getting traffic to your writings and earning from it...

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 26 Jul 11

The basis of most money making programs, as in blogging, content and creative writing, is the amount of traffic we manage to get for our blogs/ articles etc. However, it's not everybody's cup of tea. As much as SEO sounds easy...

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alokn99 1.Use of the item/topic in 3-4 places throughout the article, start, middle and end 2. Title must contain the item along with common words associated with it. 3. Use of keywords These are the basics, which most would know and the little that I know. I...

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Is love really self less?

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 22 Jul 11

Love is supposed to be self less, giving and unmoved. Why do we crib then when we get little attention or time from our lovers? Why do lovers fight over things like I love you more, you spend time less time, you are too busy...

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alokn99 Ideally speaking love is supposed to be selfless, but really speaking, it does not happen that way. My reasons for saying so are many and involves dwelling into detail about what we understand as selfless, human nature, our desires, influences of family and...

22 Jul 11

Your dream destination right now..

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 21 Jul 11

Dreams change and so do our places of likes and dislikes. I dream of traveling to the remotest parts of India - the places the tourists haven't spotted yet. I will go to the darnest backwaters or the untrodden hills. Right now,...

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alokn99 An absolutely still lake with the backdrop of green top montains. A leafy carpet under the shade of tall trees, with only the sounds of nature. Where time comes to a standstill and one is lost in the tranquility and captiveness of the breathtaking scenery....

21 Jul 11

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Six things you love about yourself ...

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 6 Jul 11

I read somewhere that getting to jot down the things you love about yourself is the hardest part of self evolution. It is a great exercise though, and in my endeavor to write down 6 good things about myself, I did struggle. 1)...

exercise

love yourself

self love

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alokn99 This is a tough one indeed. Had you asked for a list of things that I dislike about myself, I probably would have listed them pretty fast and long. Well, here goes, after having pondered over for some time.. 1.Patience, in many respects not only when...

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My hair texture is changing from ultra straight to not-so straight...

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 28 Jun 11

I used to have very straight, shiny, tangle free hair. That's been since forever. My hair texture has been ultra straight and silky. Of late, I have been noticing that my hair is getting slight curves if I am not brushing it after...

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alokn99 The reasons could be to do with the weather, water, pollution and also how well and often we take care of our hair. Of course I can’t really give you much advice on this subject and especially the last part, as one look in the mirror at the slowly receding...

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Making the best use of Samsung Galaxy Tab...

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 20 Jun 11

Recently I got myself one Samsung Galaxy Tab. I have just started to like it. It's fun getting into a gadget like that. I haven't gotten the www connection yet. Just wondering what would be the best connection for Galaxy and also...

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alokn99 Firstly Congrats on the new Galaxy Tab. The best way to enjoy the features of this device is to get a 3G enabled mobile sim card. I've seen some colleagues making the best use of it for videos and also for video chats with other people who have 3G as well....

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Taking sick leave when you are not sick..

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 18 Jun 11

I have never gotten an opportunity (since my boss has been wonderful and he insists that I take leave sometimes) and I am not sure if I would do it or not but my friends do that. Like the other day a peer took sick leave when she...

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alokn99 have an understanding boss, and he does not question me much on my reasons to take leave. On the other hand in my previous job, I did not have the liberty to take leave for reasons of wanting to just relax or spend some time with friends. I would be called on...

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Desperate Housewives, Friends,How I met your Mom..Your favorite TV drama series?

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 9 May 11

I have never liked 'Desperate Housewives' so much before. Season 7 has been beautifully done with intricate story line, indepth drama, realistic suspense and sensible peek into human psyche. The relationships are most beautifully...

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alokn99 I've do get to watch or have watched a dome of the episodes the TV series that you mentioned, and I've enjoyed all of them. Nothing like lazing around on a couch and enjoying a comical scene with Joey of Friends or some of the more engrossing scenes of some of...

9 May 11

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Earning online could be fun or could suck..

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 8 May 11

We have redefined the way we earn through web. Earning money is more fun here since we get to choose from hordes of internet activities that suit us. However, there are many who have to do it out of compulsion. It's like a...

earning

fun or compulsion

online job

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alokn99 My experience is that when it's compulsion driving it, then its bound to get monotonous over a period of time, because you are not doing it to express your creativity, only doing it becuase you need to. The only thing that can make it in ways interesting is...

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How to remove eye makeup most effectively?

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 7 May 11

I love eye makeups. Nothing beats the dark kohled eyes and a touch of natural lip gloss. I mostly use eye pencils and love it. However, removing it is quite a thing. We have to be careful since eyes are most sensitive and the skin...

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alokn99 I can't give you much advice on this, but I had read somewhere that using baby shampoo, baby wipes and small amount of olive oil dabs should be able to help.

7 May 11

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