@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19272)

Philippines

Joined myLot 8 years ago

freelance writer,blogger,former active journalist,environmentalist,former @simplewoman at Bubblews

Discussions (593)

@acelawrites's Discussions

Happy Mother's Day!

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 13 May 23

Happy Mother's Day, myLot mothers, and men who do motherly duties for their children! It is Mother's Day here today, May 14.There is no specific date for the celebration for mothers, but I think it is observed every second Sunday...

mothers day

children

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12 people

Babysitter should Stay For Long

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 9 May 23

Am hoping my grandson's new babysitter would stay for a long time so I can be free to do other things at home like visiting myLot. I take care of my grandson whenever there's no available nanny. It is so hard to find an efficient...

nanny

grandson

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Marigolds Are Beautiful

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 5 May 23

So happy to see my marigolds blooming! The golden and light yellow variants offer a beautiful sight, that even passers-by take notice. Marigolds are easy to maintain, just water it regularly to enhance growth and flowering. If...

marigold

flowers

pest

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After A Year, Am back!

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 4 May 23

Missed myLot so much; also the nice people I met here! Got "freed" of my grandma's duties to our first grandson, so I found the time to visit myLot. So glad it is still alive. Am hoping I can always be here to interact with nice...

grandma

duties

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7 people

I love Pink

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 13 Mar 22

These days, the color pink got a beautiful meaning in our country. People who wanted genuine change in governance chose it to symbolize something good for our country. Before, I like the color violet, a relative of pink.But now...

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Fighting Fake News

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 1 Mar 22

Reading comments on Facebook is so stressful, especially those coming from people spreading lies. Some even resort to historical revisionism which is such a big crime. It is good Youtube and other social media sites try to weed...

fake news

trolls

warrior

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9 people

Back After a Year

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 1 Mar 22

Hello myLot friends! Am back after a year of absence.Just checked my last post here and it was Feb.2021! Whew, so glad my account is still alive! So many things happened during that very long break.We had covid in the family,...

vaccine

covid

ukraine

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14 people

Love the Rains

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 9 Jun 21

It has been raining in the afternoon almost daily since last week. I love it because the air is cooler; less con sumption of electricity for aircon, and saves me the effort of watering the plants; saves water too. Had catched...

rain

plants

weather

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12 people

Am Still Alive

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 23 Feb 21

At last, I found the time and the urge to visit myLot! This is to allay fears (IMO) that you might think I could be one of those downed by Covid 19! Am happy, we are still safe.Just can not find the time to open myLot and make an...

pandemic

work

baby

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25 people

Merry Christmas!

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 24 Dec 20

Merry Christmas to myLot friends! So good I found the time to peep here to greet you all this day before Christmas.It's been a challenging year for many of us because of the pandemic. Nevertheless, it is nice to be thankful to...

christmas

pandemic

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13 people

Too Sad for Our Country

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 12 Nov 20

My heart breaks seeing people who were devastated by typhoon Ulysses! The sight of babies, old people being evacuated due to massive flooding brought me down! Could not but wish they would be fine and helped to recover after the...

typhoon

floods

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Congrats to All U.S. Friends in myLot

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 7 Nov 20

Congrats to all American friends here in myLot for having a successful election.This goes too to your new President Joe Biden. I have lots of Filipino friends and relatives there and I knew they rooted for Biden.Am happy for them...

biden

election

friends

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12 people

Pork Costs High

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 6 Nov 20

This is good news for people not eating pork or for vegans, but the rising cost of pork products is unwelcome for pork consumers. Agricultural officials say the African Swine Flue affected pig production greatly, so there was...

pork

meat

vegan

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14 people

Mylot Friends, Be Safe

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 5 Nov 20

With the current pandemic and natural catastrophies, am praying that all our myLot friends are safe. Here at home, I am worried about some friends living in the Bicol Region particularly the provinces that were hardly hit by the...

storm rolly

mylotters

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19 people

All Souls's Day Forgotten

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 2 Nov 20

It seems the usual celebration of All Souls' Day last November 2 was forgotten because of the storm and of COVID. There was a raging storm last Nov.2 and all attention was focused into it. Another was because all cemeteries were...

all soulsday

storm

covid

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12 people

Calm Before The Storm

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 31 Oct 20

When I woke up this morning, I was looking at the shadows of the plants in our wndow if they were being blown by strong winds. They were not. We are expecting there'll be signs of the strong typhoon "Rolly" by this time because...

typhoon rolly

weather

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Another Strong Typhoon

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 30 Oct 20

Another strong typhoon, as weather specialists say, is already here in our area of responsibility. People are jittery preparing while they are not yet through picking and building up their houses that were damaged by typhoon...

storm

people

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Storm "Quinta" Raged

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 26 Oct 20

Storm "Quinta" caused a lot of damage to property as it raged yesterday(Monday and Sunday night). There are no reports yet if there were people who died or were injured by the typhoon.Most areas affected had power outages,...

storm

quinta

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12 people

Saturday, Yay!

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 23 Oct 20

Am so happy it's Saturday, start of a two-day off from my babysitting duty. Husband and I had scheduled various activities like going to a niece's new home; visiting other siblings. I always love to see and talk with my older...

saturday

family

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14 people

Lost My Post

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 22 Oct 20

This morning I sneaked on here while my grandson sleeps to write a new discussion. Am using a cellphone, and I need to check the meaning of a word so I hit the exit button.I could not get back/retrieve what I had written.It was...

post

write

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9 people