sandymay16

@sandymay16 (1617)

Philippines • Age 51

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Are you employed? do you like your job?

chiyochan @chiyosan (30188) • Philippines 18 Feb 11

are you currently employed? So how is your work?? Do you love it, is it close to your dream job - if it is not already is the kind of job that you planned for since you were a kid?

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sandymay16 Yes I am currently employed. My work is very much related to my profession. I love my work because it is not so stressful and not so demanding in terms of time, etc. But I don't love the surroundings and the I really don't hate the people around but most times...

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rest, respite, relax, rejuvenate...

asiamooner @asiamooner (418) • Philippines 21 Feb 11

have you ever been emotionally, physically, psychologically, mentally and physiologically drained at the same time after a day's work? the feeling is more than exhausted to the point of wanting to burn the town black? and do the...

how

relax

rest

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sandymay16 Oh yeah, I've been there sometime ago. And what I did? I quit. Did nothing but eat, sleep, stare at nothing, sit at the bottom of the stares and I would walk. That went on for days then I enrolled again studying again for one semester then after that I went...

21 Feb 11

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At the check out counter...

sandymay16 @sandymay16 (1617) • Philippines 21 Feb 11

At the check out counter in most grocery or supermarket there are things displayed like candies, magazines, batteries, razors, toothbrush and so on. While waiting for your turn, do you check out these items and somehow buy them...

check out counter

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anyone working in ngo i w ant to know how they work

qamarep @qamarep (4416) • Pakistan 20 Feb 11

anyone working in ngo i w ant to know how they work can you guide me about that

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sandymay16 Hi, I have worked in several NGOs that is non government organizations. Well, NGOs really work for different sectors for different people depending on it's programs and services. Most NGOs exist due to funding from other big NGOs or donors international or...

21 Feb 11

How do you pass the time while waiting for something?

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28867) • United States 17 Feb 11

We spend a lot of time waiting for things. Sometimes we're waiting for a specific day to come like Christmas, or a vacation, or a birthday. Sometimes we're waiting for news, like results from a test. Sometimes we're just waiting...

waiting

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sandymay16 Depends on what you are waiting for or where you are waiting. It happened to me while waiting for my turn in doctor's clinic, just doing nothing and staring into nothing being tense. Then There's a time that I was waiting for someone in the mall, I checked...

18 Feb 11

Different Flowers -Different People

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 17 Feb 11

Talking to my family and friends I found that each of them had a flower they really liked and then there were also flowers they did not like. - My brother in law is a gardener and hates roses. One of my friends does not like...

flowers

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sandymay16 I love different kinds of flowers. I like the roses except of course the thorns [em]wub[/em. Then there's the anthurium because it doesn't wilt fast. Then also mums, chrysanthemums, sunflower and even the wild ones a smaller version that grows everywhere in...

18 Feb 11

Rant time!

Redeye95 @Redeye95 (19) 17 Feb 11

What annoys you from people? What do people do that irks you? Any particular thing that really annoys you? I can't give any specific thing for me but I've had things that just get under my skin. Typically I'm in a bad mood when...

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sandymay16 What annoys me? What irks me? A lot really. Things like the street sweeper does. He sweeps the streets of leaves, plastics but where does he put those, he dumps them inside the lot adjacent to the office. At first I thought he was the keeper of the lot but he...

18 Feb 11

on being alone...

Hazel Funcion @Zelmarq (12553) • Cebu City, Philippines 18 Feb 11

I hate being alone, it drives me crazy, i often do things that are nonsense and sometimes go somwhere just to beat being alone and with nothing to do. But Charles Ringma on his book said that we need to alone and be still. Its...

alone

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sandymay16 I don't hate being alone and I have more moments being alone. I sleep alone, I eat alone most days especially breakfast and dinner. I live alone in a small space enough for being alone. Sometimes I go out just by myself, walk around town and come back with...

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Birthday Parties back then

zenki08 @zenki08 (700) • Philippines 11 Feb 11

How was your Birthday party when you were a kid? How was the celebration. Compared to the present wherin it is more techie and colorful. My parties had a more Filipino touch. With the palayok and the pabitin. Now I seldom see...

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sandymay16 I haven't done a kiddie party back then because we don't have the funds for that. I can remember having a sorta birthday party when I was in grade school with my mother's summer students as my visitors and some neighborhood kids. The kids in the neighborhood...

17 Feb 11

How many people need to still work after work

cinguo @cinguo (76) • China 17 Feb 11

Because we are common person, we should work hard for meeting the need of our whole family. Some one hunts a comfortable and high salary job, but most of others can only find ordinary jobs.Everyday there are lots of tasks to do....

common person

have to work

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sandymay16 I know of people who still need to work after work to earn extra income. I don't work after work to earn. I am taking care of myself and helping out to other members of the family. Although I earn just enough, luckily I don't need to work after work. If I have...

17 Feb 11

Do you prefer live in large city or a small town??

jricky1 @jricky1 (6800) • China 12 Feb 11

Well,i have to say that small town are quiet and comfortable than large city..But large cities also have its advantages.So how do you think of..??

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sandymay16 Between large city or small town, I rather live in the small town because there's not much air pollution and traffic. But I live in a small city not a town which is much better. Small cities are more rural like with an urban feel but not the chaos associated...

17 Feb 11

Your 10 cents are not accepted here!

jonnifc @jonnifc (1017) • Philippines 17 Feb 11

This is really weird! My sister and I went to our public market using our own car. There wasn't any more parking spaces at the free parking so we parked at this empty lot turned pay parking lot at the corner of the street. They...

pay parking

ten cents

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sandymay16 Sad to say I have some sorta experienced that kind of thing during a jeepney ride. The driver wont accept the 5 and 10 centavo coins and even the 25 centavos. He just laughed. And it happened in Manila. I said all kinds of money except of course your right the...

17 Feb 11

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How Third World Can You Get?

anne25penn @anne25penn (3305) • Philippines 16 Feb 11

Okay, I am aware of the saying to be thankful for what you have. But a lot of things have happened today and I just simply want to rant. I know that I live in a third world country, but how third world can you really get? We...

bored

ranting

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sandymay16 Oh oh, I've been to places where there's no signal whatsoever of the three different service providers. And the place I have been to recently is in the upland barangay of one of the cities here in central Philippines. Yes, anybody can get a signal when you...

17 Feb 11

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would you like to lend money to someone?

gracewindyy @gracewindyy (19) 17 Feb 11

during recently years, some my friends and relatives ask me lend money to them, I do that , but these guy are not very rich these years,so most of them not return money to me, so I have not so much money on my deposit book ,...

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sandymay16 That's a tough situation you have right there. But sure they will have to think sometime that they own you money. maybe in a most not embarrassing moment for them you have to collect even just a small amount. I have also lent momey to people I...

17 Feb 11

It's Rainy Days!

carrine @carrine (2744) • Philippines 16 Feb 11

lately its been raining day and night time. i love when it rains if i dont have work, i love to stay at home without using Aircondition or electric fan. right now, we just stayed inside the house. i do read, watch movie. but...

rain

rainy days

season

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sandymay16 I love rain as long as it foes not cause havoc in our lives. It's been sun shiny warm and a bit windy here. It's been like these for a week now after a really huge downpour a week ago but it happened in the wee hurs of the morning. So it was very good to...

17 Feb 11

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Have you changed your life to reduce your carbon footprint?

mark98 @mark98 (567) • China 13 Feb 11

Whether it's switching to public transport instead of driving, installing energy efficient light bulbs, using the clothes line instead of the dryer or buying carbon off-sets, there are a lot of things we can do in our everyday...

carbon footprint

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sandymay16 I have been using public transport all my life since I don't have any type of vehicle except for an old bicycle and I walk a lot. I have worked very near my home. Then I hand wash my clothes and let it dry under the sun since we don't have a washing machine...

16 Feb 11

do you usually change your work?

gracewindyy @gracewindyy (19) 15 Feb 11

I am 32 years old now, but I have worked at 4 company, beacuase I think there will be no good for my working career if I work at one company all along, I need to exercise my working experinece at difference company, do you usually...

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sandymay16 Hi there, I am also into changing jobs. I am almost 40 and this current company I'm working with is my 7th. The longest I am into the job is 7 years and the shortest is 4 months. At my present I am into my one year in March. I like working for organizations...

16 Feb 11

People eat ducks?

ShannyBananny @shaggin (68016) • United States 30 Dec 10

I was on facebook a few days ago and a girl on my friends list wrote that she was making duck for dinner. I guess I was a little shocked as I didnt think people really ate duck. I suppose its not really much different then eating...

eating duck

eating ducks

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sandymay16 haven't you heard of Peking duck? That's duck cooked in Chinese style. it's really like eating chicken or turkey. And it's not odd eating cooked duck Although it's like also someone who is shocked to learn that there are people who don't eat meat...

30 Dec 10

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its resolution time

SRBALAJEE05 @SRBALAJEE05 (372) • India 29 Dec 10

NEW YEAR is yet to step in in a couple of days.....Its the resolution time for us to take on the eve of new year..... have you taken any resolutions in the past?(NO need to specify), will you take a new resolution in this 2011....

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sandymay16 I have done new year's resolutions in the past when it was the right thing to do during new year's eve get together whether at home or in the church. Then when I got older new Year's resolutions are fading because no one's keeping true to make it happen. What...

30 Dec 10