jcordova888

@jcordova888 (156)

Philippines • Age 59

Joined myLot 12 years ago

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Have you ever thought of buying & selling stuff like bags & scarves online?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 5 Jul 12

Have you ever pondered on running your own simple business, like buying good quality bags and scarves wholesale from reputable suppliers and re-selling them? If you had the capital, is this the sort of business you think you can...

online selling

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1 person

Have a friend or acquaintance complaining of an illness every now & then?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 29 Jun 12

Ever experienced one of those days when wherever you look -- home, social networking sites, office, etc. -- you hear of family members, colleagues, and friends complaining about feeling unwell? I have an obese friend who has a...

illness everywhere

importaance of regular physical activity

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6 people

Which feel-good movies still make you smile or laugh?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 27 Jun 12

Which feel-good movies zoom up on top of your list of favorites? Ever watched a blockbuster movie you've enjoyed at the theaters long ago which you've suddenly seen again being replayed on cable tv? In my case, I found the Austin...

1 response

Has online shopping ever given you huge disappointment?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 23 Jun 12

Have you tried shopping for stuff like clothes and footwear online and the online retailer kept sending the wrong size despite repeated clarifications made before the delivery? There's a new online fashion retailer that was...

disappointed with online fashion seller

8 responses

How do you improve your writing skills?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 23 Jun 12

There's a style of writing for every medium. Most print publications may have space for lengthy articles. TV copy writing requires brevity. Most online sites require succinct and compelling content. Being a writer has given me...

polish writing skills

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2 people

Are you addicted to internet browsing?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 22 Jun 12

Are you among those who have become addicted to browsing the web? For over three years now, I have used the internet to research topics for freelance online writing tasks, and I've deprived myself of sleep doing so. For the past 2...

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1 person

pondering on the meaning of lifetime

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 21 Jun 12

These days, so many retailers try to win over customers by offering products with lifetime benefits, but what exactly does lifetime imply? I cam across a post in a popular social networking site that "lifetime" may be tomorrow,...

thinking about what lifetime means

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1 person

Do you have friends giving you emotional and moral support for decades?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 18 Jun 12

Are you among those blessed with long-time friends who have been part of the ups and downs of your life for 10, 15, or 20 years? I'm lucky to have a few such long-time friends, and we started out as acquaintances at work and...

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2 people

Ever had a falling out with friends over business matters?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 16 Jun 12

Have you every experienced a "falling out" with a close friend over issues like money or business decisions? I have this long-time friend who sells insurance for a living, who's suddenly giving me the cold shoulder and silent...

business versus friendship

falling out with friends

test of friendship

Are you accident-prone?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 14 Jun 12

Do you have those days when bad things seem to keep happening to you and you meet an accident here and there? I seem to be a magnet for unfavorable things lately. My valued Android phone got snatched at a crowded train en route to...

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is someone in your family or circle of friends obese?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 13 Jun 12

I once watched an episode of Oprah in which the famous host mentioned that "No child is obese alone." Cases of overweight moms with obese kids were featured as guests, and the moms were interviewed on their sentiments about the...

childhood obesity

family as important factor in curbing obesity

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3 people

Do you sometimes wonder when you'd ever gain financial independence?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 13 Jun 12

Modern living requires an enormous amount of funds. With so many bills to pay and needs to attend to, do you sometimes wonder when you'd ever gain financial independence? Notwithstanding a 9-to-5 job and a few part-time...

hoping for financial independence

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2 people

how do you maintain work-life balance?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 12 Jun 12

How do you maintain work-life balance? Do you get to spend quality time with family, or in pursuits that contribute to letting you become a fulfilled and well-rounded person? People have different ways of unwinding after a long &...

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2 people

Are you a knowledge worker or do you manage a team of knowledge workers?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 12 Jun 12

Are you a knowledge worker? The term is all over business books and the web these days. It's an opt-repeated phrase. Management analysts describe a knowledge worker as someone who uses knowledge as capital, is well aware of his or...

knowledge workers

leading knowledge workers

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Do you like reading books that have been made into movies?

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 11 Jun 12

Do you like reading books that have been made into movies? I consider myself lucky to have been lent by friends good books that echo a country's historic past, like Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns....

books made into movies

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2 people

dealing with rude people

jcordova888 @jcordova888 (156) • Philippines 9 Jun 12

How do you deal with rude people at work? If a co-worker annoys, repels, or arouses a feeling of disgust with a pushy attitude that shows no respect for others, will you put that person in his or her place?

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