Mercedes

@mercedes2053 (136)

Davao, Philippines • Age 71

Joined myLot 13 years ago

I love writing and I admire people in the same genre...people who look at life not only on the surface, but deeper, penetrating far beyond what is ordinary...

mercita20.blogspot.com

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Mercedes's Responses

Is Mylot all about making money???

Kalebtheman @Kalebtheman (530) • India 5 Jan 12

My friend who made me join mylot told its just a money making site. only when i got here , i understood its far far more than making just money. its all about interacting with people around the world,understanding how their life...

fun

mylot

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Mercedes When I joined mylot, money making was not on my mind. It's just that I enjoy being one of the mylotters, interacting with the members here, enjoying reading all kinds of discussions, ideas, comments and reacting to some of them by sending my own comments, too....

5 Jan 12

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It is hard Waking up ... especially when your work is the night shift?

chiyochan @chiyosan (30183) • Philippines 5 Jan 12

Ah.. this is serious, my brother works the night shift... he doesn't get the right 8 hour sleep sometimes, but that is due to his always on the computer - my mom has totally lost hope he'd change and start waking up on time for...

sleeping habits

waking up

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Mercedes Yeah, there are really people who sleep deeply as your brother. This is also the problem I'm having with my two daughters. My eldest is a nurse who prefers night duty, that's why she sleeps during the day. And even if she's not night duty, she still stays late...

5 Jan 12

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Feeling unwell.... and it's new year.

neelia_lyn @neelia_lyn (2003) • Philippines 4 Jan 12

Cough, colds and flu have attacked us since new year's eve. Even if most of us were affected, we still managed to enjoy the celebration although we did not have the appetite to feast on the foods prepared and brought by friends...

celebration

feeling unwell

new year

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Mercedes Although celebrating New Year's Eve is so much fun and excitement, plus all those festive foods on the table, it can also be exhilarating. It's just one week since we celebrated Noche Buena, on Christmas Eve...Since then, probably we've been busy attending...

4 Jan 12

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There is no Limitation to Forgiveness

kaichoukebz @kaichoukebz (1190) • Philippines 27 Dec 11

My dear mylotters, is there limitation to your forgiveness? Me, there is limitation to my forgiveness. Sometimes, I cannot forgive a person when he/she committed mistake on me especially when he/she is not sincere with his/her...

forgiveness

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Mercedes Our being human does not necessarily block our capacity to forgive... or give a certain limit in forgiving an errant person. That person maybe a friend once,or somebody who just popped out into your world with the role of a villain. Of course, one of the...

27 Dec 11

Sunrise or sunset?

eljayo @eljayo (1105) • Philippines 26 Dec 11

Hi guys! We have beautiful scenes everywhere and two of my most favorite are the sunrise and sunset. Some people like the sunrise more than the sunset or vice versa. Most people would love the sunset because it is more romantic...

sunrise

sunset

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Mercedes The romantic nature in me would choose sunset more than sunrise. Because watching sunset especially with your sweetheart or special someone for me is very sweet and romantic scene. It is a solemn reality that for every person's life there is always sunset...

26 Dec 11

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do you like mylot.com? what is your purpose to use it? make friends or make ....

jakeyangchao @jakeyangchao (124) • China 25 Dec 11

what is your purpose to use mylot.com? even though i am a new user of mylot.com, i really enjoy it. now this is become one of my hobbies, when i am tired and have nothing to do then i will sign in the website and write somehing...

friends

hobbies

money

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Mercedes Of course, I like mylot.com a lot. Honestly, at first I was wondering how can a mylot member earn extra money. I didn't join mylot primarily for earning extra income. I join it because I like submitting my ideas, comments and opinions on varied subjects and at...

26 Dec 11

what are you doing for christmas?

Leocen @Leocen (178) • China 24 Dec 11

merry christmas for all mylotters~~~ yesterday night was christmas eve,and it's good time for hanging out shopping,,,many shops were on sale,always halfprice,and specialprice~~ i bought two cashmere sweater and boots~~~ what...

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Mercedes Actually didn't do much shopping this Christmas. Last night, we had just a simple 'Noche Buena' preparation. And this morning just few hours ago we had skype with my sister and her family who are now based in Ontario, Canada. It's nighttime there in their...

24 Dec 11

December 25 is Christ born...?

befrindwithme26 @befrindwithme26 (5805) • Philippines 24 Dec 11

No...!No where in the Bible that Jesus was born on that day..nothing.Some people says it was 25,but they are wrong because the Bible does not say or not listed any in the Bible that December was Jesus birth! Actually,the december...

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Mercedes Of course, December 25 is not the birthday of Jesus Christ. Even the Catholic Priests know that. It is not supported in the Bible and no historian in the past had written about it either. Anyway, what is important is that we believe that a Saviour was born...

24 Dec 11

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When do you open your Christmas presents?

secretbear @secretbear (19448) • Philippines 24 Dec 11

Do you open it immediately right after receiving it or do you wait for a special time before you open them all? I received a few gifts from people at the office and I did not open them until I came home. Well, except for the...

christmas gifts

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Mercedes Opening Christmas presents/gifts depend on my mood. If I'm so excited at the moment I receive the gift and if I sense that the person giving it would like me to open it right away, then I open it as soon as I get it. But sometimes, there are just gifts that...

24 Dec 11

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Have you ever wished that you could just "turn off" your feelings

davaome @davaome (1826) • Philippines 22 Dec 11

Like a switch for the lights, on/off.... Troubles pile up and you get stressed, frustrated, annoyed, pessimistic etc. Times that you wish that all these troubles would be gone, from loneliness, despair, ill treatment,...

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Mercedes So you wish you could turn on and off your feelings? I wish that too, if only we can put a switch on our feelings. But we know it is not possible because we are not robots. Although robots have no feelings. Maybe, wishing like this is just the result of being...

22 Dec 11

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Its so sad to me...

Jennifer @LovingMyBabies (85288) • Valdosta, Georgia 21 Dec 11

This year has been so sad to me... There are just so little houses with Christmas lights on them. My kids are always so excited to see all of the houses all lit up. This economy is just hurting everyone so not many people can...

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Mercedes This is also a sad Christmas for me..sad in a sense that I sympathize with those people who are victims of life's worst tragedies. Just like what happened to the two cities of Mindanao, Philippines..the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. It pained my heart...

22 Dec 11

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Tragedy in our country

HeartCJ1921 @HeartCJ1921 (194) • Philippines 21 Dec 11

Greetings to all mylotters, Most of us they don't care our nature or environment, they neglected our natural history, and if we have a typhoons coming are easy to become flooded in some area's because in our environment has...

tragedy

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Mercedes I am among the many Filipinos who lament at the sad happening to our people in Northern, Central and Eastern Mindanao, special mention in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City. The recent record shows more than a thousand people dead brought about by Super...

21 Dec 11

You will get sick if no water supply in your body!

befrindwithme26 @befrindwithme26 (5805) • Philippines 21 Dec 11

Water is the most need in the body,if no proper drinking of water, the body don't have proper cleansing. We will get sick if there is no water supply, and even in times of calamity like floods it is hard to find water in your...

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Mercedes Water is one of the basic needs of our body. We can survive without eating, if we only have water to drink. But if we can not drink water for one day, I think we are going to die due to dehydration. If we don't drink enough water, our body will have problem in...

21 Dec 11

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How often do you keep in contact with your friends?

ksherrie @ksherrie (891) • Singapore 21 Dec 11

I mean, everyone you know, that you consider as friends. For me, I only keep in contact with really close friends. We even go out on a regular basis for coffee, or a shopping trip. I don't usually call them to talk, probably...

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Mercedes I have lots of friends...but I only have few selected close friends. And this in only the group of people aside from my family circle, that I manage to find a time to be with them and contact them if ever I feel I already miss them...I contact my close friends...

21 Dec 11

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The world is full of bad people - or is it?

vanny @vandana7 (100531) • India 21 Dec 11

I was just considering these statistics. Lets just say 50 percent of people are good, and 50 percent are bad. Then, I would say the world is full of bad people because most people I've come across are from the 50 percent...

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Mercedes While you're still living in this sinful world, you got to expect more bad people than the good ones. Cause if you expect most of these earthly people to be good in its perfect meaning, you will just be disappointed. Even those whom you consider to be close to...

21 Dec 11

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Is this correct in English?

youless @youless (112561) • Guangzhou, China 21 Dec 11

There is a famous quote like: Think different. However, in my opinion I think it should be "Think differently". It will make sense in grammar. What do you think?

english

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Mercedes I'm also familiar with that quote, "Think Different"...Well that's okay, nothing wrong with it grammatically.Think different! that is in a passive form, in a form of an imperative sentence. It is considered that "You" is the hidden subject, while the verb...

21 Dec 11

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What is our purpose?

Charlene Sally C. @PointlessQuestions (15397) • United States 20 Dec 11

I'm in a thinking mood tonight.. and I'm wondering what my purpose here on earth is. Why was I born? Why were you born? Why are we here talking to each other on Mylot? We live, we eat, we reproduce and we die. There's a lot of...

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Mercedes When a person posts a question perhaps to God as to what is her or his purpose here on earth, that just shows, he or she's a person of worth. That means she or he is not just focused on himself or herself. Yeah, there's a lot of pains, hunger and sufferings in...

21 Dec 11

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I want to spend my life alone.

boyuancy @boyuancy (1708) • India 15 Dec 11

I have heard people say that they want to have a family, lots of friends, children, grandchildren and what not. I want to have friends but I cannot have a family. By the end of my life, I want to be alone, not with anybody,...

alone

death

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Mercedes Hey, whoever you are, you sound so desperate. I'm sure you are not the only one who got tangled with this consumming feeling of worthlessness and hopelessness. It should not be like that, although I want to let you know I respect your decision to be alone for...

15 Dec 11

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