astreadido

@astreadido (608)

Philippines • Age 44

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educational videos for babies and toddlers.

ferianneful @ferianneful (148) • Philippines 26 Sep 12

I have a one year and seven month old baby boy and I want him to start learning his alphabet and numbers earlier since he is now responding to what I teach him. Do you have any ideas on how to teach him at this age? I would love...

babies

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astreadido You can let him watch Brainy Babies. it has alphabet, animals, shapes, etc. My kids love watching it over and over.

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When you are affected by the economic crisis

hayate13 @hayate13 (37) • Indonesia 26 Sep 12

What will you do when your country is hit by the global economic crisis as in 1997-1998 and 2008-2009,then the crisis impact you tremendously. Where the crisis is making you fired from your job, or you run a business that went...

problem solver

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astreadido I'm from a third world country and I think every economic crisis form a first world country affects us easily. Primarily because we rely so much in foreign investments and foreign debts. So our economy fluctuates as well. Debts are so common nowadays and the...

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Hypnagogia

Porcospino @Porcospino (31366) • Denmark 25 Sep 12

Right before I fall asleep I often experience visual hallucinations and as well as auditory hallucinations. I see a lot of different pictures and the pictures don't make sense they simply appear and disappear. The auditory...

hypnagogia

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astreadido Wow. So it actually has a name. I'm not sure of visual hallucinations but i do experience auditory hallucination, but i thought that was just me loosing focus because of sleepiness.

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Making a house a home

jugsjugs @jugsjugs (12967) 25 Aug 12

or more to the point your home.When moving into a new house, there are sometimes things that you do not like, so it is then when you try to change it to your tastes. My friend popped into see me the other day and she said that...

home

house

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astreadido Taste in homes really varies from one person to another. Making it feel like a home though is not just that simple. Choosing decorations and furniture may be the easiest part, because for me making a home requires the love and understanding within the family....

26 Sep 12

What age is potty training time?

tangleddreams84 @tangleddreams84 (581) • United States 22 Aug 12

My daughter turned two in end of May so she is 2 and 3 months. She has potty trained off and on. My eldest was done at two and a half. What are the statistics on the average ages. What are your experiences if you had an off and on...

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astreadido We started our daughters with potty training before they turned two years old (3 months before they turned 2). It was messy at first when they were still adjusting to the feel of not wearing diapers and having to tell the elders when they need to pee or poop....

23 Aug 12

What's the best "book find" you've ever had?

inkyuboz @inkyuboz (1392) • Mandaluyong City, Philippines 8 Aug 12

I mean in garage sales, second-hand bookstores, and the like. I've had my share of good "book finds" but the best one is when I found all 7 The Dark Tower books in one store for sale. It was roughly $10 for *all* of the books and...

amazing

book finds

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astreadido I love rummaging through Book Sale when I have extra money. The best purchase I've made there was a hard bound "The Da Vinci Code" which was sold for only PhP150. It was in the best possible condition, almost brand new that I couldn't let it pass.

23 Aug 12

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What's the best "book find" you've ever had?

inkyuboz @inkyuboz (1392) • Mandaluyong City, Philippines 8 Aug 12

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astreadido I love rummaging through Book Sale when I have extra money. The best purchase I've made there was a hard bound "The Da Vinci Code" that was on sale for just PhP150. It was in the best condition almost brand new that could let it pass.

23 Aug 12

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Is it right to quit a job at middle age?

susanzhl @susanzhl (10) • China 22 Aug 12

this question has haunted my friend for a long time. She has ever dreamed to study abroad,but she gave up for economic reason.Even though the economic problem still here,she said she can't wait anymore. And the job she has now...

dream

middle age

quit job

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astreadido For me it is not a big issue if you want to transfer to another company or change a career path during middle age. It is about finding that opportunity that will allow you to grow even more career wise and hopefully make you stay until retirement. It's all...

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jealousy cannot be eaten; but it will eat you up

missjahn @missjahn (4574) • Philippines 22 Aug 12

jealousy means a feeling of resentment against your rival or mental uneasiness from suspicion or fear of rivalry (according to the dictionary). would you allow that jealousy would eat your system to make your mind unhealthy...

jealousy

meaning of jealousy

reasons to be jealous about

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astreadido For me jealousy can come from insecurity, lack of trust in your partner, and low self esteem. If one is confident in you love for your partner and vise versa, there's nothing to be jealous about. And if you are confident with yourself that you can reach all...

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Criticism can be constructive?

didi13 @didi13 (2926) • Romania 17 Aug 12

Unfortunately we live in a society and can not do everything alone, teamwork is becoming more common. Inevitable occurs - should they criticize others. It is not a desirable solution but we know that criticism can be constructive...

criticism

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astreadido Criticism can be constructive depending on how you react to them. If you see them in the positive light, take all the lessons from them, then it is constructive.

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new life.. new chapter..

corinai28 @corinai28 (32) • Philippines 17 Aug 12

i will share to you my experienced last August 12,2012.. i just labored a baby girl. and im so happy cause i thought i couldn't made it.. it's very painful, i couldn't walked that time.. the people surrounded me was very rushed....

life

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astreadido Congratulations! I know giving birth is mix of emotions but very gratifying especially once you see your bundle of joy. It's motherhood as we know it. Enjoy and be ready for sleepless nights. Welcome to the world baby Xeanna Summer. I love her name by the...

17 Aug 12

54 years married today

savypat @savypat (20216) • United States 16 Aug 12

Hubby and I did that together. Was it easy, not often, but the times I look back on and remember the most were the hard times. Just the challenge of putting food on the table and shoes on the kids was a game for me. If I made it...

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people

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astreadido Wow! Congratulations! Enjoy your retirement because you both deserve it. More happy years to come!

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Long weekend yipee!

jazel_juan @jazel_juan (15746) • Philippines 16 Aug 12

As for those in the Philippines, i guess most of you by now know that we will be having a very long weekend as there will be no work on Monday and on Tuesday. Yipee! I am actually expecting it and been...

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astreadido I'm looking forward to the long weekend too. I'll be reading 50 Shades of Grey (just to know what the fuzz is all about this book). TGIF!

16 Aug 12

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What if our son will start asking about...

angelkarah050182 @angelkarah050182 (4980) • Philippines 16 Aug 12

I have a lot of questions in mind. Few years from now, our son will be a teenager already. What if he's going to ask us, his parents, about the act of making babies? How should we answer him? He's our first and only child so far....

curiosity

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astreadido I think developing an open communication with your child may help minimize the awkwardness of those topics. If at a young age parents be able to establish that communication, our kids will open up to us and seek our advise rather than obliging us to preach on...

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I just located my baby sister.

LinSmith430 @LinSmith430 (11) • United States 14 Aug 12

My sister is 62 years old and I am 64. I just found her after searching for 7 years. We just met in June and had a wonderful reunion. We are trying to make up for lost time. She and I were adopted to separate families in the...

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astreadido WOW! This is really amazing. It had been a long time of being apart and searching for your sister. A sister's bond is indeed for a lifetime. Happy reunion to the both of you.

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Why do Parents sometimes favor a particular child?

delfajumamil @delfajumamil (62) • Philippines 13 Aug 12

Do you feel this is necessarily unfair?

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astreadido This is one aspect of parenting that every parent must be conscious about. We must always to be best that we can give equal attention, love and nurturing to our kids. This is sometimes hard especially if one of your kid is really getting on your nerves with...

13 Aug 12

They steal our church equipments

debbygirl @debbygirl (213) • Philippines 8 Aug 12

This morning as early as 5:30, our church temple keeper came to our house and told us that some of our church equipment is already gone. Someone forcibly took it from our church. We are shocked because those are valuable things we...

church

equipment

steal

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astreadido Those thieves. Don't worry if justice cannot be put on them by the police, karma will. What goes around comes around.

8 Aug 12

Is there a rule you don't have to go to work when there is a serious typhoon?

youless @youless (112561) • Guangzhou, China 8 Aug 12

A few weeks ago there was a terrible typhoon in my city. Now there is a big typhoon in Shanghai. However, we don't have a rule to protect the workers well yet. Namely you still have to go to work even if there is a big typhoon...

work

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astreadido That typhoon currently in your place passed by the Philippines a week ago and aside from the storm itself, it heightened our monsoon rains that flooded cities and several provinces. I work in a government office so we always wait for the announcement for all...

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Cyber Bullying is it still freedom of speech?

EvanHunter @EvanHunter (4026) • United States 14 Jan 12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq7wsvK-Wuk&feature=endscreen&NR=1 Detroit: Girl, 9, who was taunted on Facebook for her illness,...

cyber bullying

ignorant people

politics

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astreadido I think every state should have anti-bullying law to draw the line between opinion, freedom of speech and those excuses from the abuse cause by bullying. If she has her right to freedom of expression, then we should also have our freedom from any form of...

30 Jul 12

how can i prove to them that i get over him

gerlieann @gerlieann (73) • Philippines 19 Jul 12

My ex boyfriend got married already and honestly I'm happy for him and his wife. I'm glad that he found his true love and true happiness. Past few weeks ago a cousin of him visited me in my previous workplace and i have not seen...

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astreadido If telling them don't suffice, you'll just have to show them that you're happy now. It doesn't matter if they believe you or not, it will show if your happy or not.

19 Jul 12