menctomas

@menctomas (278)

Philippines • Age 46

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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menctomas's Responses

Health Supplements

wdiong @wdiong (1815) • Singapore 17 Jan 11

Studies show that a whopping 89% of adults in the US do not get the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables each day, making the regular use of nutritional supplements more compelling. Although I do not live in the US, I...

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vitamins

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menctomas Hi Wdiong, I'm the same. I take calcium as well as multivitamins. Apart from that I try to eat lots of fruits and vegetables. :)

18 Jan 11

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Do your sites seem to payout at the same time?

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28717) • United States 13 Jan 11

Today must be payday for most websites! I got my Mylot payment today, and recieved my Amazon Gift Card from Swagbucks which I requested last week. Triond paid out recently as well, and I heard Squidoo just paid out yesterday,...

pay out

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menctomas You are gonna have a lot of money for Christmas this year then! good luck to you. But yes, most sites pay during this time I think... the article sites i write for all pay the 15h of the month.

14 Jan 11

I am SO excited, I have just been invited to a party!!!!!!

gemini_rose @gemini_rose (16264) 19 Jan 09

I know it might not be much to some of you that read this, but this to me is a really big deal. Some of you who are my friends here may know that I do not have any friends in my real life and that I have currently been trying to...

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menctomas it is really nice to be invited to anything!!! i know the feeling, it is crazy but you feel like you belong... i use facebook as well... if you like, add me... i mean, even though we dont see each other, that doesn't mean we cant be your real friends in real...

19 Jan 09

Is there a scent/aroma that brings you back to a particular time in your life?

bananarit @bananarit (12) • Philippines 27 Oct 08

I was on my way home the other day when I smelled lanzones (a fruit popular in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia) peelings being burned. I was suddenly transported back to the time when I was still in elementary and my mom...

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menctomas whenever i smell "pamada" i remember my granddad. he used to wear it all the time. May he r.i.p. so it brings me back to the days when i wait for him to come home, i dont really know where he went those days but he always brought with him a chocolate bar...

14 Jan 09

I'm doing the Snoopy dance right now!

Katlady2 @Katlady2 (9904) • United States 13 Jan 09

As some of you know I've been fighting with the city electric company for the last several days trying to keep from having my electricity shut off because I got behind on my bill. I had tried all sorts of different avenues to come...

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menctomas i am with you in this one... recently, my dad had a heart attack. and i thought we were going to lose him. but through prayers, miraculously he is alright now!!! apart from losing a bit of weight and taking it easy, he is ok. without anything wrong with him....

13 Jan 09

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When should I start dating again and how do I go about it?

Aurone @Aurone (4755) • United States 13 Jan 09

My husband walked out on me about 2 months ago. He wants a divorce and will be filing soon, and refuses to see or talk to me. So when do you think it would be ok for me to starting dating again? Now don't get me wrong, I love my...

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menctomas my advice is that you should find yourself first. it seems that you have never been alone in your life... i am sorry about yours split up. cant imagine the pain. however, it is true what they say that time heal all wounds... and you need to give yourself time...

13 Jan 09

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where do you put your change?

sapphiresilk @sapphiresilk (1) • United States 12 Jan 09

I have been stuffing change everywhere all in my closet for months. In jars,old purses,boxes, and so on. I have even found change in my jewelry boxes and shoes,under the beds, in my car ashtray! I gathered it all up and dumped it...

beds

shoes

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menctomas i used to have a piggy bank at home when i was little. mind you, i used to be soooo organized before. however, nowadays, it is hard to keep up. with work, with the kids, with our home. so at work, loose change are just everywhere. in my table drawers, on the...

13 Jan 09

Breastfeeding in public!

sanuanu @sanuanu (11235) • India 13 Jan 09

Recently, I was traveling in a train. There was a couple with a new born baby with them. That baby is really cute. I don't know it was a baby boy or a baby girl. So, after sometime, the baby started to cry and the mother needs to...

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menctomas well, breastfeeding is a natural thing to do really. the only problem nowadays, since humans have become "civilized" it is uncomfortable for others to see it. but, if the woman doesn't feel uncomfortable breastfeeding in public, and she is not harming anyone...

13 Jan 09

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Do you grind your own coffee?

jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 10 Jan 09

I used to grind my own beans so that the coffee grounds were fresh. Then I quit drinking coffee except on rare occasions. Now I have began to drink it again after making it for company over the holidays. I bought a can of coffee...

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menctomas I've never tried my own. it will be a terrible mess i bet for me!!! i drink instant coffee. but when we went to baguio, we got this grounded coffee with flavors!!! have you ever tried them?

13 Jan 09

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when you're totally drunk, you don't know the meaning of pain...

secretbear @secretbear (19448) • Philippines 25 Sep 08

i was drunk last night and it was one of those rare drunk days that i couldn't help but throw up. ^__^;; well, i really couldn't help it because after drinking beer, we followed it with a brandy and that's always baaadd....

drinking

emotional pain

physical pain

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menctomas The last time I got soooo drunk was about 12 years ago. i literally passed out in the bathroom floor. got home, went straight to the bathroom to take my contacts out, of course, dropped it because i was so drunk, bumped my head on the toilet sink, of course...

12 Jan 09

Has anyone ever asked you what your income is?

jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 5 Jan 09

And if they did what did you say to them. I have never asked anyone how much money they make from their jobs or any other source of income. But I on ocassion do have people ask me and it really gets on my last nerve. I usually...

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menctomas hey jill, where i work, supposedly, our salaries are confidential. however, everyone knows everyones paycheck except me i think!!! when people ask me what i earn, i tell them enough. but wouldn't mind an increase. you can tell when people are just...

6 Jan 09

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would you love me if i have no money?

cocoyip @cocoyip (86) • China 6 Dec 07

i wanna tell you something.i fell in love with a man who being regarded as a rascal in other's eyes.that's,he has no money,no formal job but just idled about bars n rinks day by day.BUT HE TREATED ME RIGHT.BUT I JUST FELL IN LOVE...

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menctomas hey coco, it is alright to love and let go and move on. you say that HE TREATED YOU RIGHT, when your response above to another comment is that he is still staying with his ex and just had a baby. i am so sorry that this thing is happening to you but what don't...

6 Dec 07

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Will you use the cane?

whyaskq @whyaskq (7523) • Singapore 6 Dec 07

especially to discipline a child. There is this old saying "Spare the rot and spoil the child" especially when it involves parenting. I often heard my sister screaming at her kids 'You want the cane?' whenever the kids get...

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menctomas i only believe in this saying "halfish." the spare the rod part. i will never use a cane, on my children. my opinion is that it is barbaric and violent and will leave marks on any kid not just phusically but mentally. but i never spoil my two boys. i really...

6 Dec 07

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this is probably a cliche.. but we should read the DETAILS of a discussion.

secretbear @secretbear (19448) • Philippines 6 Dec 07

i am saying this because one of my discussions elicited different answers, different from the main idea. and i can't help but be confused if i wasn't clear on the details of it and if my English is failing me. ^__^;; have you...

mylot discussions

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menctomas hi bear. well things like this are prone to happen a lot. once i started a discussion about the law of attraction and one response was that he believes in it because he gets attracted easily!!! when i read that, i thought, WHAT THE ****?!! but then, you have...

6 Dec 07

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How did you know your husband was "the one"?

xreesex @xreesex (114) • United States 4 Dec 07

At what moment was it clear to you that you would marry him? I'm not talking about the moment you were proposed to, but way before that. For me, I knew the day we met we would be together, but it wasn't until thanksgiving of that...

love

relationship

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menctomas hey xreesex. when this topic comes up, i only have one memory in mind. when my husband first said that he loved me, those weren't his only words. he said that i will be the one he will spend the rest of his life with. i guess he knew it before i did. it is...

4 Dec 07

Draw me a fish with a tongue (snake-like)! -Silly things kids make you do.^__^;;

secretbear @secretbear (19448) • Philippines 3 Dec 07

yesterday, i was reading an e-book and was writing an article at the same time. my 3-yr old nephew went up to me and snatched my pen and would have started writing on my paper if i didn't stop him right away. ^__^;; so i gave...

children

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menctomas hey secret bear. children have really wonderful imagination. my two boys are like that. once, they made me draw a motorcycle with 3 exhausts!!! LOL. and yes we can really learn from them. they are so pure and innocent that without knowing about it, they spread...

3 Dec 07

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Can a man be a good mom, too?

beautyqueen26 @beautyqueen26 (16030) • United States 28 Nov 07

Do you think that it's possible for a Dad to have the same caring qualities of a Mom? Do you think that men can be just as good moms when caring for their own children as a woman would be? Personally, I do think that it's...

can a man be a good parent

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menctomas i believe so too. during my childhood days, my mom worked abroad, so my dad was the one that really did all the "mom" stuff. he was even the one that put my hair in pigtails and picked out my outfits and the like. then during my teenage years, it was my mom's...

28 Nov 07