justdroppingby

@justdroppingby (296)

Philippines • Age 42

Joined myLot 14 years ago

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Doing Little Cartwheels of Joy Because of Helium

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 18 Jun 10

Normally I'm not a very expressive person, at least not in a non-written way. But I'm so thrilled and happy right now I'm literally bouncing off my seat and doing little cartwheels of joy in my head. I just got an email from...

helium

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4 people

$850 in 4 months... is that a nice number for freelance writers or not?

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 21 May 10

I've been doing some accounting of my budget recently (something I rarely - er, loathe - to do), and I came to realize that it's been four months since I've started looking into earning opportunities online. So I computed my...

freelance writing

freelancer

making money online

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1 person

AC gives out its final Performance Payments to international writers :(

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 29 Apr 10

AC will stop paying performance payments for international writers starting May 1. So sad. I've started a discussion detailing this, as well as Helium's apparent selective logins for non-US writers, under the 'writing'...

international writer

performance payment

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2 people

Helium Blocking Access to Writers from "Regions Primarily in the Far East"

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 29 Apr 10

Apparently, Helium has started blocking (or has long ago blocked?) users from other non-US countries from accessing the site. To read about it in more detail, kindly see this...

block

helium

international writers

Associated Content, Helium closes its doors to international writers!

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 29 Apr 10

I have sad news for all non-US writers out there who write for Associated Content (AC) and/or Helium (I'm posting it here, so I won't have to post under both AC and Helium): First, for AC writers: A few minutes ago I received...

associated content

helium

international writer

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2 people

What's your favorite computer store in the Philippines?

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 26 Apr 10

I must admit that I am a gizmo addict. I subscribe to tech blogs like Gizmodo and Engadget just so I can have sneak previews of the latest gadgets firsthand, even if I know that it will take me years to afford them. Each time I go...

computer store

laptop

philippines

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Do you write mainly for your readers, for yourself, or just to make money?

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 23 Apr 10

Hi MyLotters! I have just joined writing sites like Helium, AC, Triond and Bukisa - all at a good friend's insistence. I enjoy writing down my own musings and thoughts, and she suggest why not make money from them too. When I...

motivation

writer

writing

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3 people

First-ever video of lightning taking place outside the Earth!

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 16 Apr 10

Sometimes something happens that just humbles us and makes us realize that we might just not be the center of all existence. And the space probe Cassini just managed to do that - by capturing the first-ever video of...

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5 people

anyone has tips to tenderize meat?

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 16 Apr 10

I have a big meal to prepare for visiting friends this weekend, and I have 5 kilos of meat to prepare. I've never owned a pressure cooker, so usually it takes me about 3 hours of constant boiling before I get just one kilo of meat...

meat

tenderize

tips

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2 people

What is the longest length of time that you've gone without taking a bath?

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 1 Apr 10

It's the Holy Week, and with it some old traditional beliefs and customs have once more come to the fore. One of the weirder customs that I've heard from older relatives is the one where you're supposed to not take a bath from...

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3 people

Missing Vowels from Gmail Login Page

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 1 Apr 10

I was just about to log in to check my mail from a lesser-used email account in Gmail when I suddenly stopped dead on my tracks. The Gmail login page looked as if it was written in txt language! wch mns tht th txt lkd lkd ths. And...

april fools

gmail

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1 person

Lost in Translation

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 25 Mar 10

I was working on a project for a client. We ended up arguing, er, negotiating because the client kept on wanting to have a 'survey' done, even after the contract had mentioned that the poject does not cover the conduct of a...

miscommunication

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1 person

Can't Google on Firefox

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 25 Mar 10

Has this happened to you? For a few weeks now there are times when I can't Google on my Firefox browser. Whenever I type a search query the 'Sorry Page' comes up saying that my computer has been sending out automated searches....

The thing you hate most about being a girl/woman?

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 9 Mar 10

Before anyone flames or me or calls me a troll, this is NOT female-bashing or intended to encourage it in any way. It's just that there's already been much discussion about the good things about being a woman, and this time around...

girl

woman

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4 people

Which of the Oscar-nominated/ winning movies have you watched?

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 9 Mar 10

The winners for this year's Oscars have been declared and awarded, winner honored, red carpet pictures filtered through media. Sad fact is the only Oscar-nominated or Oscar-winning movies I've watched are Avatar and Up, which I...

movies

oscars

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2 people

What are the best reasons to stick with MyLot?

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 19 Feb 10

Hi! As you can see in my profile I'm a relatively new member of the MyLot community. I was referred here by a friend and I just signed up to check it out (hence the username). Offhand I can see that MyLot is an impressive,...

community

mylot

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1 person

What is the best movie to watch for someone with a broken heart?

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 19 Feb 10

I have this really, really close high school friend who just recently broke up with her looooong-term boyfriend of 7 years (seriously). They started going out in college and all of us friends thought that they'd end up together...

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2 people

how do you know that someone likes you?

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 18 Feb 10

My friends at work keep on teasing me with another guy in our office. He's kind of cute, and I'm mildly interested, but not really in an intense kind of way. They all tell me that he's interested in me, but I can't be sure....

relationships

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2 people

What is the longest length of tiime that you've gone without sleep?

justdroppingby @justdroppingby (296) • Philippines 18 Feb 10

I've been so caught up with a project (and of course, had to meet a deadline) that I ended up not sleeping for 72 hours straight! I feel like a zombie now...body's still clinging to wakefulness but I feel like my head is turning...

sleep

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5 people