ireneortiz

@ireneortiz (272)

Philippines • Age 47

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Drinking Water can help reduce hypertension

angel_platinum @angel_platinum (197) • Philippines 2 Nov 07

I'm a student nurse. And I have always been telling my mom to be careful with her blood pressure and to always remember to take her medications to avoid hypertension. She always complains that the medicine bills are driving her...

water and hypertension

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ireneortiz hi angel, i just posted a while ago my need for what to do with my hypertension and here ive read your suggestions as well the others additional inputs. I will try the water therapy and hope it will help me lower my bp. I'll tell you if i will be successful....

5 Mar 08

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Do you eat while you're on the computer? Do you spill stuff on the computer?

whittby @whittby (3072) • United States 13 Feb 08

I've given up eating while I'm on the computer. I don't even put a cup of coffee on the desk beside it anymore. I'm sick of sticky keyboards from kids spilling stuff and dribbling crumbs on it. And I ruined a keyboard with a...

computer food spills

eating by computer

keyboards

munching while online

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ireneortiz Me i eat when im in a computer , i dont see anything wrong with it. atleast you dont have to leave your workplace when you are starving.

17 Feb 08

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is tht ok i still feel some emotion for the gal i like 4 yrs back ? plz help

arman123 @arman123 (24) • Bangladesh 17 Feb 08

i dnt knw it was my mistake or her but still wen i meet some where around i feel a bit frustrate coz why my relation end ? plz help

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ireneortiz Sometimes its too late for us to realize how important a person to us. You have given up and put an end on it. What you are feeling might be some sort of regret for letting her go. but if you are now in a new relationship you must find out within yourself what...

17 Feb 08

How many cups of coffee do you drink a day?

sanpedro @sanpedro (48) 22 Oct 06

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ireneortiz Hi I drink i think the same as you 5 cups per day. It has several benefits aside from staining our teeth. One benefit of drinking a daily cup of coffee is improved mental performance. Coffee helps improve alertness, attention and wakefulness that can actually...

29 Jan 08

How to gain weight easily???? i need to know how..hELP!!

frozen24 @frozen24 (9) • Philippines 29 Jan 08

i want to add some weight... who can help me??

how

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ireneortiz Do you eat a lot of junk foods? Increasing your intake of junk foods and greasy foods is not a good way to gain weight. Junk foods usually contain unhealthy trans fats or saturated fats. Even though you need to increase your calorie consumption to gain weight,...

29 Jan 08

Hate my job but cannot afford to quit

ibsnita @ibsnita (16) • United States 28 Jan 08

I have been at my current job for a year and it is getting to where I don't even want to get up in the morning to go. I need my job in order to pay my bills. We live from paycheck to paycheck. I have to drive an hour one way to...

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ireneortiz So many people is in the same situation as you do. I think that is also up to you how you think you can get out of this situation. If you like you can try to look for another job i believe that you will be able to find job that will suit you and will give you...

28 Jan 08

Do you exercise?

crazylife @crazylife (855) • United States 28 Jan 08

I don't think that you have to be over weight to excerise, I think that excerise is good for your heart and your health, I excerise like 3 times a week every week, do you excerise too?

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ireneortiz Hi, yes exercise is good for our health and it has lots of benefits even just a few minutes of it a day. It can help you lose weight which every body knows. It also reduces stress, relieve symptoms of depression and anxiety. Study also showed that it reduces...

28 Jan 08

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Gosh! I get so tired of washing dishes!

marciascott @marciascott (25529) • United States 28 Jan 08

I hate to wash dishes, then when I wash them my husband comes back and dirty of every dish in the house, he makes me mad with this, Do you think he helps to wash them? No he doesn't I told him I need a dishwasher. Or We need to...

dishwasher

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ireneortiz Hi actually here in our country washing the dishes is a wifes task and it is very seldom that husbands wash the dishes. They can help but they are not obliged to do it. For new married couple sometimes sharing task.

28 Jan 08

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If you could change your life....

Sonnenschein @Sonnenschein (159) • Germany 25 Jan 08

with an other person. Who would it be? Someone famous, your mother or father? Or would you never change it with someone others life? I never would change my life with someone others, because I do not really know enough about...

change

life

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ireneortiz actually, me i have regrets but i learned to accept what i have now and i am trying to work things out between me and my husband. If i could change my life i could have listen to my parents when they say that i will not have a better future with him but since...

25 Jan 08

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Depression:Being over weight

bigfrank1 @bigfrank1 (114) • United States 24 Jan 08

Does anyone feel that being overweight ahs a lot to do with being depressed? I lost about 75lbs. and I feel somewhat better although I am still suffering from depression. Please feel free to check out my posting at...

check it out

feeling better

overweight

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ireneortiz well its really depressing when you are overweight but after getting better and you are still depressed , there must be something wrong. It could not be on the weight issue, it could be about something else. I am also overweight but i am not depressed because...

25 Jan 08

....is life to short...?!

hanreq @hanreq (1444) • Philippines 24 Jan 08

...is it true..?!and why..?!....is it because of time is fast/so fast...?!....whats your opinion about it...?!.....:)

life

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ireneortiz I guess it depends on the person how he sees life. It is too short if you have lots of things you wanted to do in your life but it might be too long for a person who does nothing at all and just watching days go pass by. Its like when u are busy, you will not...

24 Jan 08

Would you marry someone who is divorced and has kids?

Magikrose @magikrose (5429) • United States 2 Aug 07

Seriously think about it. If you met someone and found out that they were divorced and had kids would you still consider marrying them. I ask because my husband married me and I had 2 kids prior to him and he didnt care he still...

love

marriage

relationship

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ireneortiz For me it doesnt matter as long as he really assured me that its finish between him and his previous wife, for kids- i will accept them as my own because they are still part of him. As long as you love each other you should accept that person even with...

3 Aug 07

We all like talking about ourselves, right?

wooitsmolly @wooitsmolly (3613) • United States 17 Jul 07

Okay, so in this discussion we are going to talk about ourselves! I know that we are all beautiful and charming people here on myLot, but I'm sure we can find at least a couple flaws among all the greatness. What is one thing...

flaws

love

people

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ireneortiz Me, i dont like my teeth theres a gap infront and it ads to my insecurity especially when talking face to face with people. But I love that i am still able to have more friends despite of that.

17 Jul 07

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Have you ever thought life would be easier if you had more money?

jbb316 @jbb316 (1779) • United States 15 Jul 07

I think it would be easier. The bills would be paid and that would be one stress out of your life. Plus they say most couples argue about money and that would be one less argument. But I have to think that having more money would...

life

money

relationships

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ireneortiz For me it will really be a lot easier if we had more money because we can get staff that we want. Now for money to become a problem it will be depending on the person handling it. It is his choice if he wants to have a problem or not.

16 Jul 07

What the hell is my friends problem???

Saskmommy @Saskmommy (55) • Canada 15 Jul 07

I have this friend who never seems to be happy for me... Recently when my hubby purchased a new car, she commented on how nice it was, but she wondered if we could really afford it... Then we were looking at renting a house,...

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ireneortiz My first question would be- How long have you been friends? If she really is your friend she should be happy for whatever achievement you would have. Or she might be jealous of what you are having , I think you really better talk to her and tell her how you...

15 Jul 07

What you don't like about the Philippines?

tombiz @tombiz (2036) • Philippines 3 May 07

Philippines is a great country populated by gentle, peace-loving and ever-enduring people. A smiling and happy people despite of many tragedies (both man-made and natural), we are known as the only Christian nation in Asia. And I...

nega pilipinas

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ireneortiz What i dont like here in the Philippines is poverty. So many squatters and beggars around , I dont know what government will do about it but it is something we should not be proud of specially if we have foreign visitors, i remember when the Pope came here...

3 May 07

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Woo Hoo..CashCrate and Treasure Trooper paid me today!!!!!

nascar_girl_4jr @nascar_girl_4jr (315) • United States 24 Apr 07

I just recieved my first checks from CashCrate($76.85) and Treasure Trooper($32.75). I was so excited. I only worked on it for a few days to make sure that I actually got paid before wasting my time. But I am here to tell you all...

make extra money

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ireneortiz If this is true, how long did it take you before receiving such amount? did you spend any amount of money in here? Just curious, i also looking for extra jobs.

25 Apr 07

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Would you mind getting divorce?

Augustta @Augustta (1850) • Poland 24 Apr 07

I mean who knows about these things you can never predict the future. No one goes into marriage thinking that they will divorce.People marry thinking that they will not divorce so anyone thinking about this before hand will say...

getting divorce

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ireneortiz I dont mind getting divorce, because you are right that if a relationship is really impossible to work out then you dont have to suffer your entire life. Dont stick in a marriage wherein you will loose not only love for yourself but respect for yourself as...

25 Apr 07

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