erikagrant

@erikagrant (21)

Philippines • Age 39

Joined myLot 15 years ago

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mixed marriages with different religions

advokatku @advokatku (4033) • Indonesia 13 Sep 10

A friend once lamented about his love story. He had a relationship with his girlfriend for over three years. Both are want to strengthen their relationship in a more serious level, namely, the marriage. However, their desire hit a...

love

mix marriage

religions

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erikagrant here in my country where christians and muslims have some serious issues and at some point,majority of the muslims are discriminated in the capital because of the belief that muslims are all terrorists and somehow unsuitable to marry a christian and vice...

14 Sep 10

What book turned movie is the best/worst in your opinion?

chiyochan @chiyosan (30181) • Philippines 8 Sep 10

We all know most movies nowadays are from best seller books, right? Which perhaps book turned movie was done tastefully and really well? Of course there are those that are made into movies, but turned out really bad in the big...

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erikagrant Harry Potter books are way better than the movie adaptation.Twilight books have interesting characters and plot but it wasnt well written.full of inconsistencies and unnecessary side story. The movies and books are both mediocre.

8 Sep 10

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What do women/girls want from men/boys and viceversa?

rappeter13 @rappeter13 (8608) • Romania 8 Sep 10

I always thought about why the relationships between men and women so complicated are. Why don't they tell each other what they want, what kind of attitude they need so that everything should be clear. Many relationships are based...

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erikagrant from girl's perspective,its quite embarrassing to stipulate as to what we want from our counterparts.it has been practiced that males do the initiative to please girls and girls would just wait for the men to do something.it has been ingrained in our minds to...

8 Sep 10

I hate my job!!!

angelface23 @angelface23 (2494) • United States 26 Aug 10

I have been saying this for way too long now!! I am still at my dead end job 5 years later. I will never advance or get a raise. I try all the time to get a beter job but nothing pays me at least what I am making here and it's not...

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erikagrant though you hate your job but still your one of the lucky people who has a job.unlike me who is still striving to find a decent job out of my chosen course in university but couldnt and i would most likely end in a job that is far from what i have studied back...

26 Aug 10

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Where is the best continent to travel?

juneramir @juneramir (334) • Philippines 26 Aug 10

Europe is a large and very diverse mass of land, that ranges from the west coast of Ireland to the eastern coast of Russia and from the northerly climes of Iceland to the sun-soaked beaches of the Mediterranean. Certainly there...

continent

europe

travel

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erikagrant ASIA because asia not only renders scenic spots but it has myriad of cultures that will surely awe everybody.In asia,we can all see variety,from architecture to different asian attributes to food to climate to technology to whatever.plus the cost is not...

26 Aug 10

Mayor Sarah Duterte....(please share your views)

juneramir @juneramir (334) • Philippines 8 Aug 10

Her greatest ambition when she was a child was to become a doctor, but Inday Sara Zimmerman Duterte ended up being a lawyer and eventually emerging as the first-ever elected woman mayor of Davao City. Guys, do you think she can...

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erikagrant I believe that the ideals & leadership skills instilled by her dad and her innate goodwill will make her a good leader in our city.she may be a woman but she is one heck of a woman!! she is someone who has substance,the tenacity to lead and backbone.

9 Aug 10

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what book have you read recently and will you suggest it to other readers?

genevy04 @genevy04 (793) • Philippines 7 Aug 10

The last book I have read was the twilight saga 4th book Breaking Dawn. I was really fascinated with that book because of course it was the last from the saga and it has the most of the details and happenings and endings of the...

books

reading

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erikagrant I've recently finished The Secret by Rhonda Byrne.I would really recommend it to all because it is really enlightening.It gave me inspiration and motivation to stay positive in life and there's nothing that can't be accomplished if we just have the firm...

8 Aug 10

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What's the point in loving? When they know they'll be single!

vooturi @vooturi (157) • India 7 Aug 10

Hello mylotters, My friend has a girl they both are in love from the past 4 years.They know that they'll never get married to eah other What's the point in loving! I dont understand Is that true love? Or Just attraction...

love

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erikagrant maybe,your friends just don't want to pressure themselves and would just like to play it cool. I mean,that situation is very similar to a friend of mine,who has been cohabiting with her bf for years.They don't have any plans of getting married though they...

8 Aug 10

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Personal Hygiene.

ledifdynasty1994 @ledifdynasty1994 (184) • Saudi Arabia 7 Aug 10

Each and everyone of us have a personal hygiene and sometimes we exercised more to be presentable other.For me as a regular human being my only routine is taking a bath everyday, brushing teeth, putting some lotion to my face and...

guys

personal hygiene

personal sanitation

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erikagrant Hygiene is very very important.Not only for my outward appearance but also for health purposes. I normally take a bath twice but during super hot days or super active events I take a bath more than the usual.I make sure my clothes are very clean especially...

8 Aug 10

Have you lost one through death in your circle of friends or family?

carpediem17 @carpediem17 (1315) • Singapore 7 Aug 10

I have seen death close up a few times - in the extended family. But my earliest memory of death of a friend was a classmate many years ago when I was in my teens or thereabouts - even at that young age I heard she died of a...

cancer

remission

sickness

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erikagrant Losing someone important feels like a part of you has died and would never be alive again.I lost my beebee papa (my endearment to my dad) 31 days after 2010 has started.Minutes after he went away,I received positive result in the board exam.What hurts the most...

8 Aug 10

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Money can't buy happiness...

erikagrant @erikagrant (21) • Philippines 6 Aug 10

Indeed,it is true that happiness cant be store bought but what really makes people happy?does it really have nothing to do with money? i mean,though money cant buy happiness but it can buy the opportunity for a person to be...

happiness

money

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No Man is an Island...(please share your ideas)

juneramir @juneramir (334) • Philippines 6 Aug 10

No man is an island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends...

island

man

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erikagrant Definitely,either we like it or not, we cant live in solitude.people are interdependent with one another.we are part and parcel of this world and can never be complete without the missing parts.

6 Aug 10

Why do people idolatrize stars?

rappeter13 @rappeter13 (8608) • Romania 2 Aug 10

My opinion is that nobody should be treated like gods, because everybody is human. Of course, stars have something special but they are only humans. We should only love their work and give them appreciation but not humiliate...

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erikagrant i share your thought.honestly,i really find it pathetic when people idolize stars to the brink of insanity, obnoxiousness and blindness.Like a certain fan clubs will go to any lengths just to give their idols a cute memento,fight for their idols and turn blind...

3 Aug 10

Too Young or Too Old to Marry

JoieGahum @JOIEMARVIC (2334) • Philippines 2 Aug 10

Nowadays, people are either getting married at a very your age or at a older age. There have been an enormous increase in the percentage of young adults below 20 years of age are getting married.There has also been an increase in...

age

married life

relationships

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erikagrant i think when you're in love there will be no such thing as too old or too young to marry,as long as you are matured enough to acknowledge that marriage is a big step that entails great deal of maturity,dedication and stability in terms of...

3 Aug 10

The repetitive tasks of everyday life

stealthy @stealthy (8181) • United States 2 Aug 10

Do you get tired of doing the repetitive tasks of everyday life? Things like washing the dishes, even in a dishwasher in my case, then just getting them dirty again and having to wash them again. Doing laundry just to have to do...

life

repetitive tasks

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erikagrant it has been a year since i graduated from college and is currently not successful in finding a suitable job that fits my credentials.it also has been a year that i'm. stuck up in the confines of our home,doing things repetitively and not seeing new things as...

3 Aug 10

Love Makes life easy or Hard?

sonalvs @sonalvs (159) • India 3 Aug 10

There is no perfect answer about this question because wheather love makes life hard or love makes life easy because falling in love in the which situation boys and girls are nobody knows in which situation you fall in...

bus

fall in love

love

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erikagrant i think love, like life is a combination of struggles and happiness.Being in love also entails everyday decision and sacrifice.not all honey and roses when in love. as long as love is the right love all the hardships in life will not fall categorically to...

3 Aug 10

I hate it when watching a movie with family and there is a hot scene.

smilepleeeaz @smilepleeeaz (784) • India 3 Aug 10

I dont know whether it happened with you ever or not, but this thing irritates me a lot. So many times when i am watching some movie with my younger bro or parents sometimes, some hot scene comes and I feel really embarrassed...

watching movies with family

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erikagrant LOL!!!!!!!i was also caught up with a situation like that.it was so off and awkward for me especially watching hot scenes with the whole family.Like i was trying to make my expression bland and as expressionless as i can be.whheeww,i dont really know what to...

3 Aug 10

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Why do you think foreigners married Filipina woman?

laniekins @laniekins (4579) • Philippines 3 Aug 10

There are a lot of foreign guy married Filipina woman. I have 2 friends who is married to American and Icelander( is it the right word?) man. My friend's 2 sister are both married to American guys. I remember my bf told me that he...

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erikagrant I am quite saddened with your bf sneer towards Filipina beauty and like comparing a neanderthal to modern people.Its like this caucasians are sick and tired of the look of caucasian women.like in phils you are sick of filipina beauty because that kind of...

3 Aug 10

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Why does Girls care about Friends more than anything??

Albert1989 @Albert1989 (372) • Malaysia 3 Aug 10

When i mean more than anything, i mean why do they care about friends more than a relationship, more than starting a relationship? Recently a girl i know for 3 years , whom i like, and she liked me. But she told me this :...

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erikagrant I'm a girl and I can understand where you're coming from.You're predicament is not far from any of my sisters'situation.I mean, a girl could envision herself with her boyfriend to be her husband and be with him forever then out of the blue the guys cheats and...

3 Aug 10

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Beauty or brains

erikagrant @erikagrant (21) • Philippines 3 Aug 10

This has been a perennial topic buzzing around tinsel town but still I find myself questioning.Is having brains really better compare to having a beautiful face or is it vice versa? We now live in a world where people judge you on...

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