benallos

@benallos (88)

Philippines • Age 53

Joined myLot 18 years ago

www.etravelpilipinas.com

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Responding to 100 discussions in a single day.

rameshkumaar57 @rameshkumaar57 (5908) • India 13 Dec 09

Do you think you will be able to respond to 100 discussions, in a single day. Have you ever tried it? I do not think it is possible to do 100 responses in a single day.The maximum I have done is about 20 responses. What is the...

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benallos I think it is possible to people who don't do nothing but only mylotting for more than 16 hours a day. To people who are busy and using mylot to met people then responding 100 discussions in a single day is not possible. It is not also possible for me to...

15 Dec 09

Boracay...A Paradise

drakesuyat @drakesuyat (1063) • Philippines 21 May 08

I was in boracay 3 weeks ago and i just cant explain the feelings being there. it's so different! walking on white sand, views of the dawn and sunset, isolated islands, and almost everything you see is truly refreshing. ive been...

boracay

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benallos Hopefully me and my family will go to Boracay next year on April 2010. Boracay is one of the most popular island paradise in the world that business and leisure travelers want to visit. I haven't there yet in Boracay but I know that it offers a lot of...

15 Dec 09

Where did you learn the idea that you can make money online?

berryliciousme @berryliciousme (1003) • Philippines 14 Dec 09

Where did you learn the idea that you can make money online? More than two years ago, when we had our internet connection at home, all I did was browse about celebrities and entertainments, play games online until a friend told me...

blogging

earn money online

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benallos When internet was born, it comes to my mind that you can make money online especially in advertising but my problem at that time is how. When I work as a technical support engineer in one of the ISPs in my place, there I came to know how to make money online....

15 Dec 09

My discussion has been copied and plagarised!!!!

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 14 Dec 09

I was shocked to see an article on a networking site which had been copied verbatim by a mylot member from a recent discussion that I had posted here on mylot. While my reactions range from disbelief to anger, I am wondering how...

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benallos This happens all the time and there are many people out there are doing this kind of nonsense for their own good. We cannot do something about this because these kind of people don't respect the rights of others. I have experience this a lot that articles...

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Do you always answer your phone?

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 14 Dec 09

Today my phone has been ringing, ringing, ringing... And since I don't recognize the numbers that are coming up on my caller ID I don't answer them unless they are local numbers. I run my own small business and I answer all local...

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benallos Yup, I always answer my phone when it rings. But when I'm home, I let my wife answer my phone. Caller IDs is a great phone feature but it is very useful. But lately, my phone seldom rings and its good. My phone is working fine but I don't know why they are not...

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Is it true that drinking warm water will help you lose weight?

ncrc15 @ncrc15 (17) • Philippines 27 Nov 09

This is something that I really don't get. Ive heard some people give advise to drink warm water in the morning. Maybe this has something to do with digesting food faster or better? I've heard that there's this banana diet craze...

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benallos I can't relate warm water to lose weight and it has not been proven yet. The best thing you can do to lose weight and be in shape is to do exercise with a good and balance diet. This is a better and natural way to lose some weight. One step at a time. You...

15 Dec 09

Are you diet conscious?

mobhomeir @mobhomeir (7558) • Philippines 14 Dec 09

Yes I am guys but not to the extent that I hardly wouldn't eat almost a day. What I mean is I am only particular on some kind of foods that I would eat or not. Sometimes if I can't stand looking at it, I would pinch a little to...

health conscious

self descipline

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benallos I think I'm not. I love to eat. I love food. But I'm also particular to what I eat. I select the food that I eat. I always have to put limitation when eating. I don't have that much urge to sweets but I love to eat salty food. I also wanted to eat a balance...

14 Dec 09

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Christmas, Do you travel to get there or get away?

Downwindz @Downwindz (2537) • Netherlands 14 Dec 09

Christmas is closing up fast now, and most people will spend some time with their beloved families, some may even have to travel a bit of a distance to visit their families for Christmas, where other choose to travel away from all...

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benallos Me, my wife and kids live in one of the major cities in the Philippines that is far away from my hometown and also my wife's hometown. Every Christmas, me and family travel to my hometown to spend Christmas there and travel back home in our house to spend our...

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how is your weather today?

chiumee @chiumee (850) • Philippines 14 Dec 09

have you noticed any changes of the weather in your place? comparing it from last year. how about the other year? it's kind of threatening to me finding that the weather is changing in its time of coming, duration, and if i may...

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benallos Yeah I have notice the change of weather every year. I live in a tropical country that on has two season, rainy and summer. In December, it is suppose to be cold but yesterday weather was very hot. Now it's change drastically into a colder temperature. That is...

14 Dec 09

long list of children's presents to buy!

squaretile @squaretile (3778) • Singapore 13 Dec 09

I just did a count, and goodness! I have tons of children's presents to buy! I bought 4 last week, and have 11 to go! The thing about christmas is that, once you have a child, most people will buy presents for your child....

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benallos You are right. Right now me and my wife will go shopping for presents. There are lots of them that are asking for gifts this Christmas not only my kids but also my nephews and nieces. And also for the exchange gifts of my kids at school, during Christmas...

14 Dec 09

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Are you aware of the risk of the Antartic melting?

jennybianca @jennybianca (12912) • Australia 14 Dec 09

As I live in the southern ocean, we are quite near to the Antartic compared to other countries. The Antartic ice shelf has been melting for years. Last week a huge ice chunk was found that had broken off the Antartic and was...

antarctic

ice

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benallos Our species is in great danger.

14 Dec 09

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Have you ever cancelled Christmas?

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 14 Dec 09

I've made that threat to my kids everyday for the past month or so! They are far too wound up lately! Constantly fighting, picking on each other, never getting along even for a second, ignoring their chores, taking things from...

cancelled christmas

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benallos No, I haven't cancel Christmas. But if I were on your feet then I would also do the same. I have 2 kids but I'm very fortunate that they are behaving well.

14 Dec 09

what kind of town do you live in?

kylanie @kylanie (1204) • United States 14 Dec 09

The reason I ask that is that I live in a small town in kentucky and when they do drug bust they kill the signal to all the cell phones so that you can not call anybody or receive calls I found that out the hard way.

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benallos I live in one of the major cities in the Philippines. Cebu City is the Queen City of the south of Philippines where you can find lots high rise buildings, luxury hotels, world-class beach resorts, tourists attractions, many universities and hospitals and many...

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What is your effective way to lose weight?

magic9 @magic9 (980) • China 14 Dec 09

My way and my only way that I have tried and worked is to walk, long walk. In the year of 2005 or 2006, in summer, I used to walk from my work to the business center to have my dinner every day. It took about 40 minutes. After...

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benallos I have a very effective way losing weight right now together with my wife. Since our kids are engage in Taekwondo, training is very essential so that our kids are prepared all the time for sparring and tournaments. In this, we think that this is a good way to...

14 Dec 09

Where would you want to spend your vacation holidays in ASIA?

benallos @benallos (88) • Philippines 24 Jul 09

If you want to go to Asia to spend your vacation getaway holiday, where in ASIA will you want to go? As we all know, there are lots of beautiful and awesome places in Asia with lots of tourist...

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share tourists spots and wonders from your country

skylovergirl79 @skylovergirl79 (148) • Philippines 5 May 09

In Philippines, is also well-known because of its white sand and crystal clear water beaches and resorts also like Boracay Island, Anilao Beach, Puerto Galera, Hundred Islands, Camiguin Island and a whole lot more. There are...

tourists spots

wonders of the world

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benallos Philippines is a great place with lots of tourist spots and attraction. There are many foreign tourist who wants to spend their vacation getaway in one of the beautiful tropical island paradise of the Philippines. Philippines have lot to offer in terms of...

24 Jul 09

what do you put in your adobo?

Gorillafootprints925 @Gorillafootprints925 (3586) • United States 23 Jul 09

this mightsound weird but i put sugar on my adobo. one time i added ketchup and it was good. so what is your personal ingredient? im just curious what people put on their adobo

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benallos I also cooked my adobo same as yours. And its delicious. But I put sugar in my adobo ... :)

23 Jul 09

To all Filipinos out there: please post in this discussion

NarcyzaProspera @NarcyzaProspera (154) • Philippines 23 Jul 09

I want to know how many Filipinos joined mylot already. I want to know what are you doing round here. Let us share some of our experiences online.. Let us brainstorm ideas guys.. I hope you will jump in with me. :)

filipinos in mylot

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benallos Hello Nancy, First of all, I wanted to say that I'M BACK again here in MyLot. It's been a while that I haven't roam around here in MyLot ... hhmmm .. maybe 5 to 6 months. But anyways it's good to be back again. There are lots of Filipinos that joined...

23 Jul 09

The Importance of Mulching

benallos @benallos (88) • Philippines 23 Jul 09

Plants love mulch and the benefits of mulching is it reduces evaporation from the soil surface which compete with the plants for water and nutrients. Here is an article that I want to share with you. Hope that this information...

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Have you tried buying/selling items in ebay Philippines?

dorisday1971 @dorisday1971 (5657) • Philippines 7 Mar 09

I am thinking of selling my daughter's clothes which have been piling up in her dresser and I consider selling it through ebay philippines. I am not sure though if there are many ebay buyers in the philippines. Any one who...

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benallos I haven't tried yet but a friend of mine have. She bought 2 canon digital cameras. One is a Digital SLR. At first my friend is afraid that the items will not arrive or a damage one. But to her surprise, it is a brand new one and the price is much cheaper.

9 Mar 09

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