padma84

@padma84 (98)

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Did your country get a place in the Beijing Olymbics medal list?

smilyn @smilyn (2967) • United States 12 Aug 08

My country won a gold medal and got a position in the Beijing Olmbics medal tally..How about yours? Which country do you reside in? Has your country won a medal till date? Does your country have a place in the medal list?

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padma84 I am from India. After a long spell of almost 28 years, We won a gold in shooting by ABHINAV BHINDRA..CHAK DE.......... CHAK DE .........CHAK DE INDIA........ APROUD FOR ALL OF US

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Do you review your behaviour and wish you had not behaved like that?

naseeha @naseeha (1382) • India 12 Aug 08

When i am in a good mood i always think of my actions and debate with myself whether i did was right or wrong. Or whether there was a better way to have tackled the situation. Sometimes I feel that what I did was right and there...

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padma84 I do indulge in retrospection sometimes.But not too deep.somewhere in the corner of my mind I resolve not to encounter a such a situation. Thankfully Iam a person who let go things as they are hoping that the adding years would mellow...

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When family members take just the advantages from you and badmouth you at back!

subha12 @subha12 (18441) • India 12 Aug 08

It is the situation I have seen. There are many family members who will take all monetary and other helps from you. they will also show how contended they are when you support them with help. But at your back they just bad mouth...

family

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padma84 Touch wood... I have never faced such a situation so far... and hope I don;t ..It is unfortunate that you have faced this unpleasant situation.Since you have understood their intentions, be careful hereafter and steer clear out of their company...Say a firm...

12 Aug 08

What is the most important ingredient of happiness ?

nayiying @nayiying (83) 10 Aug 08

happiness formula is defined by positive psychologist Martin Seligman,where H(happiness)=S(your biological set point for feeling happy )+C(the condition of your life)+V(the voluntary choices you make?.I think the condition of our...

psychologist

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padma84 I think it your mental make up and the choices you make . The mind in its place can make a hell out of heaven and a heaven out of hell Secondly it is the sense of contentment which is very important. MAterialistic gains do not give us lasting happiness)

10 Aug 08

head ache

vidhyagowri @vidhyagowri (1973) • United States 6 Jun 08

What do you guys do when you have head ache? I will drink a cup of coffee and apply vicks vaporub and some days I apply Navratna oil in my scalp and sleep for an hour or two. This helps me a lot.

head ache

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padma84 I have read that there are more than one lac reasons for head ache..Most of them are due to stress and tension.sometimes hunger too triggers of a head ache...I try to figure our the causes otherwise I come out in the open for a whiff of fresh air which...

10 Aug 08

If you can't sleep what do you do?

leenie50 @leenie50 (3992) • United States 9 Aug 08

Good early morning everyone, I woke up at 5:30 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. Too many things going through my head. So, if you wake up during the night and can't sleep, what do you do? I had a disagreement with my...

sleepless

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padma84 I really can go mad if I don't get my quota of sleep and sometimes when I wake up. I feel fidgety and restless.I get up walk about and start busing myself with this and thatbut NO WATCHING THE TV OR MOVIES.You may think me crazy, but sometimes I cut vegetables...

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Do you drink water before meal or after meal?

agent_alice @agent_alice (448) • Philippines 6 Aug 08

Do you drink water before meal or after meal? I usually drink water before eating my meal, so I would eat less, and to maintain my weight. What do you usually do?

meal

water

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padma84 It is a good practice to drink water after half an hour after any meal. This is what I practise.

7 Aug 08

How can you get a word in?

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 3 Aug 08

How do you manage to say anything to a person who talks non-stop? I usually let them talk...but sometimes I need to stop them to correct them or give my opinion. The principal at the school I work is one such person. 2 days back...

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padma84 I would try as far as possible to avoid confrontations and if things get worse... I would just ignore....

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My Sister

Jenny1976 @Jenny1976 (28) • United States 2 Aug 08

Hey everyone My sister just found out she is pregnant. She has been trying to get pregnant for over a year now .She already has 2 girls from her previous marriage. I am so happy for her. She had a miscarriage. about three months...

sis

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padma84 let us pray for a normal delivery and a healthy baby.....touch wood,,,

2 Aug 08

Kindergarten

vidhyagowri @vidhyagowri (1973) • United States 23 Jul 08

My girls are now 4 year old and as you all know they are ready to go to kindergarten next year. But since, they are reading words and all the first level books. they are also doing math. Their principal called me yesterday and...

student

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padma84 I think you could give a try..... see whether they are able to take the burden...or else let them spend some more time at home with you...All the Best to your kutties...(that is tamil for little ones...)

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I feel bad that I lost a good friend on my lot?

ramyashreesk @ramyashreesk (1021) • India 25 Jul 08

Hello friends, I had made a very good friend on my lot and his name was avid. Few days back my ranking came down low from eighty nine to eighty one, so my star came down. I felt very sad and not coming on my lot as frequently as...

friends

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padma84 If he is your good friend, he would never have marked you negative.. so give him some time and I am sure he 'll come back to you.you never committed a blunder... just let things cool down....

25 Jul 08

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How desperate are women to find a partner when they get older?

koharukusumi @koharukusumi (1539) • Malaysia 24 Jul 08

Hey there, in the world I live in, most women get really desperate to find a partner when they reach 20. Some will resort to measures they wouldn't think of when they were younger. For example, some might try to contact boys that...

desperate

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women

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padma84 in 20's and that is being older? can't understand. I thought women would start loking for apartner only when they cross 25 or so..may be things are different...Iam confused over the fact that it is a maturing process or a pathetc act of despair

24 Jul 08

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Tantrums

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 23 Jul 08

Recently, I read two different theories of handling a child (especially a toddler) when they are throwing a tantrum. One theory said that the toddler throws a tantrum when they are frustrated. And the best way to deal with it is...

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padma84 you have to be both many a times.. You can't always comfort nor always ignore..the best is to distract the child.. and then every child is unique by himself.. only his parents know what is best method.. by the time you realise the right(!) method, they would...

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Responsibility

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 22 Jul 08

If your boss asked you to lie to your customer/client, would you do it? Is your responsibility towards your boss who pays you or two your customer/client who trusts you (or has a decision to make based on what you say)?

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padma84 The boss is ALWAYS RIGHT..... SO YOU SEE

23 Jul 08

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Do you add sugar to milk when you drink it?

naseeha @naseeha (1382) • India 22 Jul 08

I personally feel that milk has its own taste when you drink it plain. Adding sugar would spoil that taste so i usually dont add sugar to it when i drink it plain but if i am adding some cocoa powder or something then i add half...

drink

milk

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padma84 i lke to take milk without sugar at bed time.... it just lulls me to sleep......

23 Jul 08

Why peopel just start discussion about anything?

subha12 @subha12 (18441) • India 23 Jul 08

I know this is public forum and we are supposed to discuss about everything under the sun. Today it hurt me when i saw a friend from my list starting very very nasty topic? why people don't think before posting those? I think...

any thing decent

start

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padma84 just ignore it , my dear... There are many things of interest that you can write.. why feel for others which is not of any worth at all

23 Jul 08

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Do you drink milk?

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 22 Jul 08

You are supposed to drink 3 glasses of milk a day. Do you drink this much milk? I don't, but I'm going to start. I have learned something new about milk that might interest those who don't know it. You know how they say that if...

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padma84 yes, I like to drink milk with no sugar at bed time.Its so soothing and relaxing... Can't bring myself to drink 3 glasses of milk.... Anyway, All the Best... Drink your way to good health

23 Jul 08

Will you give seat to a pregnant woman when you are in a bus?

yenwie84 @yenwie84 (1344) • Malaysia 18 Jul 08

I saw this incident three days ago. When I was in a bus,I could not find a seat. There was a pregnant woman came up to the bus, no one had the intention to offer her a seat. I felt very sorry for this woman,being pregnant like...

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padma84 YES... Why not? It is the most natural thing to do, isn't it? at least those of us who have gone through that period...I know what it is to travel standing when you are pregnant.Thankfully, I was always offered a seat.

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To tell or not to tell

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 13 Jul 08

I'm a kindergarten teacher and I usually send out a note to the parents(once a week) about how the child behaves in the class so that the parents are aware of what's happening. Now there's this little girl who is a little...

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padma84 Iam also a teacher. I teach children from the age group 11 to 15. I resort to talking which helps. Why don't you try talking to the parents?...I feel the parents are doing wrong by spanking the child. The outcome? the child will become stubborn and later...

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