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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 12 Nov 12

I've had ophidiophobia or fear of snakes eversince I was a kid when I unknowingly touched a snake thinking it was a hose for watering plants in our garden. Yesterday, I was playing with my dog when I thought of bringing him to...

fear of snakes

ophidiophobia

phobia

snakes

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bingskee i do not like snakes and i do not know if i have a phobia. what i do know is i feel fear seeing one. snakes, as i have learned, do not attack when not threatened. it maybe an initial reaction to kill it because of the fear but why hunt it down when it...

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 12 Nov 12

I've had ophidiophobia or fear of snakes eversince I was a kid when I unknowingly touched a snake thinking it was a hose for watering plants in our garden. Yesterday, I was playing with my dog when I thought of bringing him to...

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Sukeena1961 I would have caught the snake and tossed him in the woods or put him in an aquarium. There are plenty of snakes around where I live. I caught several small snakes this summer and killed one. It was non poisonous, but they eat eggs, young chicks and I have a...

21 Nov 12

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 19 Oct 12

I used to have a motto which was posted on my blog: I'm living life with no regrets. That is my gamble. And true enough, I've done a lot of things, made a lot of decisions in my life that didn't go well and even put me in...

guilty feelings

regrets

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bingskee i think it's more about the guilt feeling and not regret. most offspring, that include me, feel guilty of the things that could have done for the parents who had died. i believe there is no way for us to compensate for the neglect of doing the right thing...

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 12 Nov 12

I've had ophidiophobia or fear of snakes eversince I was a kid when I unknowingly touched a snake thinking it was a hose for watering plants in our garden. Yesterday, I was playing with my dog when I thought of bringing him to...

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Ladycwells You seem to be making steps to overcome your fears...congratulations on that!! I am terrified of snakes also and try hard not to go anywhere I think they could even be in the summer months. Your looking for him and wanting to kill him says alot. Good luck to...

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 12 Nov 12

I've had ophidiophobia or fear of snakes eversince I was a kid when I unknowingly touched a snake thinking it was a hose for watering plants in our garden. Yesterday, I was playing with my dog when I thought of bringing him to...

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Sindelle I cannot stand snakes either. It didn't take a childhood experience for me to not like snakes I am just naturally afraid of them. They're gross, sneak up on you, bite, and many are poisonous. Especially where I live right now they're tons of snakes and other...

14 Nov 12

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 12 Nov 12

I've had ophidiophobia or fear of snakes eversince I was a kid when I unknowingly touched a snake thinking it was a hose for watering plants in our garden. Yesterday, I was playing with my dog when I thought of bringing him to...

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hereandthere when you ran away, i was instantly worried about your dog, that he might sense your fear and be on the offensive against the snake which, in turn, might bite him. (how did he react?) i'm sure the next time you see it, your reflexes will be...

14 Nov 12

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 12 Nov 12

I've had ophidiophobia or fear of snakes eversince I was a kid when I unknowingly touched a snake thinking it was a hose for watering plants in our garden. Yesterday, I was playing with my dog when I thought of bringing him to...

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Nitin Nair Hi :) do you know the state named 'Kerala' in our country 'India'? Killing snakes in not considered good there and it is believed it will cause bad luck to us.

14 Nov 12

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 12 Nov 12

I've had ophidiophobia or fear of snakes eversince I was a kid when I unknowingly touched a snake thinking it was a hose for watering plants in our garden. Yesterday, I was playing with my dog when I thought of bringing him to...

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Patsie Hatley hi lsilent will if its not poisonous let it go bu t if it could hurt your aunt or any of your fam ily then go ahead and hunt it d own,But I have an idea to get over your fear of snakes when you find it just stand there and do not run off,.You will see you...

14 Nov 12

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 12 Nov 12

I've had ophidiophobia or fear of snakes eversince I was a kid when I unknowingly touched a snake thinking it was a hose for watering plants in our garden. Yesterday, I was playing with my dog when I thought of bringing him to...

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RUBESH Good. it shows your humanity and I am not the same when I saw a snake.

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 12 Nov 12

I've had ophidiophobia or fear of snakes eversince I was a kid when I unknowingly touched a snake thinking it was a hose for watering plants in our garden. Yesterday, I was playing with my dog when I thought of bringing him to...

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ShannyBananny As long as its not poisionous you should just let it go. They eat mice and other things. They have a purpose in the food chain. I used to be terrified of them as well and make my dad kill them. But now I let them go. They dont bother me anymore and a lot of...

14 Nov 12

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 12 Nov 12

I've had ophidiophobia or fear of snakes eversince I was a kid when I unknowingly touched a snake thinking it was a hose for watering plants in our garden. Yesterday, I was playing with my dog when I thought of bringing him to...

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subhojit10 Thanks a ton for sharing this discussion. To be very honest i can understand what kind of emotions might have ran through your mind after seeing the snake but then i would like to recommend u never to kill any snake as it is said that if you kill a snake then...

14 Nov 12

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terry0129 @terry0129 (7) • Philippines 14 Jul 07

Anybody tell me, where in the world is there any equivalent for the Filipino's "po" and "opo"? It's uniquely 100% Filipino! It's entirely different from just the word "yes". and more entirely different when you answer with a "po"...

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GoAskAlice @GoAskAlice (5807) 12 Nov 12

Just a heads up for everyone, it seems we had another rash of spamming in members' photos. Please check your photos for spam comments and remove the comments. I am unable to remove them so you will have to do it, sorry :(

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RUBESH @Manasha (2727) • Pondicherry, India 7 Nov 12

Celebrating birthday is now become grand and popular method of self advertisement every where. Many people celebrate their birthday in a grand way to popularize themselves and this has become mushrooming everywhere. Really, I am...

happy birthday

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WakeUpKitty ????? Self advertisement???? And what do you mean by: it become now grand and popular??? Sorry but to my opinion celebrating your birthday has also to do with the culture/country where you are raised. In some it's normal already for hundreds of years. In...

7 Nov 12

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 3 Nov 12

On the second straight day I went to the cemetery, November 2, which is actually All Soul's Day, there were only a few people left visiting their departed loved ones, unlike in the previous day when the cemetery was packed and...

childhood games

toys

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bluespygirl Hello there. Nope, I didn't play text when I was younger maybe because I prefer other Filipino games like patintero, piko and taguan. Text game is now back. I could see my youngest son playing it nowadays. Yeah, filipino movies, filipino soap operas are...

5 Nov 12

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 3 Nov 12

On the second straight day I went to the cemetery, November 2, which is actually All Soul's Day, there were only a few people left visiting their departed loved ones, unlike in the previous day when the cemetery was packed and...

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LetranKnight25 Hello SilentWill, Yes i remember them, the most popular teks that i had back then was Dragon Ball Z and Ghost Fighter. it was only once i tried to play with them, then when i won something i decided not to play anymore to prevent myself from loosing more...

5 Nov 12

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 3 Nov 12

On the second straight day I went to the cemetery, November 2, which is actually All Soul's Day, there were only a few people left visiting their departed loved ones, unlike in the previous day when the cemetery was packed and...

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pheenkeesh Are you talking about pogs? Those are the round ones and usually thicker than teks.

5 Nov 12

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 3 Nov 12

On the second straight day I went to the cemetery, November 2, which is actually All Soul's Day, there were only a few people left visiting their departed loved ones, unlike in the previous day when the cemetery was packed and...

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pheenkeesh Yes, I've heard of teks. My brothers and our neighbors used to play those when we were younger. As for me, I'd start a collection so everything I had was in mint condition and properly arranged. I collected teks with anime prints (Ghost Fighter, Flame of...

5 Nov 12

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 3 Nov 12

On the second straight day I went to the cemetery, November 2, which is actually All Soul's Day, there were only a few people left visiting their departed loved ones, unlike in the previous day when the cemetery was packed and...

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beamer88 I didn't know kids still play this card game. I remember having two boxful of these teks cards. Some I won from other children, but most were given to me. I think most of them were English movies and TV shows but the dialog were in Tagalog. I had Jaws and King...

5 Nov 12

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silentwill @silentwill (1685) • Philippines 3 Nov 12

On the second straight day I went to the cemetery, November 2, which is actually All Soul's Day, there were only a few people left visiting their departed loved ones, unlike in the previous day when the cemetery was packed and...

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ardoy0731 Oh I remember this card game and used to play with it.I even used shoe box to keep all the teks that I have and I've won to other playmate.I used to play it after school and during weekend.There is also season for this game.We also went to other street to just...

5 Nov 12

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