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@miscellaneous (47)

Philippines • Age 56

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luzon, visayas, mindanao

giregla @giregla (148) • Philippines 10 Mar 07

which part of the philippines are you currently in? -me.. in cebu (visayas) you?

cebu

philippines

visayas

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miscellaneous I am currently in Southern Luzon (or Southern Tagalog as it is commonly referred to). I have stayed in Luzon all my life although I have had the chance to visit Northern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao at least a few times.

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what do you think of our politics today?

natslumabad @natslumabad (28) • Philippines 10 Mar 07

May elections are just around the corner and ads are springing up everywhere. You think that these candidates deserve a spot in our government?

politics

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miscellaneous Our elections today remain to be a popularity contest. In my opinion, "name recall" and populatiry are still the biggest factors for winnability. And as long as this is the case, we will still have people who are popular run for office and will most likely...

10 Mar 07

Vegetable Gardening

kathy77 @kathy77 (7486) • Australia 8 Mar 07

A good tip for growing lettuces in containers is to use one of the 'multihole' hanging pots - just plant a lettuce seedling in each of the holes. The easiest way I know to get tomatoes to grow is to mush up overripe tomatoes and...

tomato plants

vegetable

vegetable gardening

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miscellaneous Thanks for the very useful tips. I keep around three to four vegetable plots on backyard and I grow tomatoes on one of the plots. I'll use your tip on mushing up overripe tomatoes and use the seeds to grow more tomatoes. Staggering the growing period to have a...

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Reasons for LEAVING the Philippines..? You have any?

berryappleberry @berryappleberry (548) • Philippines 6 Mar 07

Have you read or received the e-mail of one youth leader here in the Philippines about the reasons why he would leave the Philippines. It was a news, a week ago. Many of the concerns in the controversial e-mail reacted over tv....

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miscellaneous I have not read the email you refer to. For me, I would leave the country if I am given the opportunity to work or migrate to another country where I could bring my family (wife and kids) along, my kids could have quality education at less cost (hopefully...

8 Mar 07

Lets hear your ways to get rid of pests using natural stuff! Here is what I do.

carolmil123 @carolmil123 (115) • United States 7 Mar 07

Hi, I mix dry yellow cornmeal with some cayenne pepper powder. Dont use any pepper mixed with other ingredients such as salt. Salt will kill your plants. I sprinkle my homemade mixture around the base of the plants. A lot of pests...

gardening

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miscellaneous Nice topic. I maintain a small backyard vegetable garden that is very susceptible to pests. I was advised to use cayenne pepper with garlic (both pulverized and then boiled in water) and then sprayed on to the plants / veggies. An Indian friend told me to use...

7 Mar 07

Do you build sites with Joomla CMS?

soulripper @soulripper (54) • Philippines 7 Feb 07

I've been using Joomla for over a year now. And I'm agree with the people who say it's one of the best CMS if not the best. Do you have techniques in Joomla? or do you have problems in implementing it? Please feel free to discuss...

cms

joomla

web design

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miscellaneous I have not yet built a site with Joomla but am thinking of converting my static websites to Joomla. Incidentally, I have for a week now started porting some of my sites to Wordpress. Do you know of any active Joomla groups in the Philippines? I would love to...

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Do you buy from CD-R King?

meleshia @meleshia (624) • Philippines 6 Mar 07

I always get my supplies of blank DVD-Rs, pudding case, even mouse from CD-R King. Their store has really evolved into a one-stop media shop for everyone. They even have flash drives, printer ink, UTP cables... And their prices...

blank dvd

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miscellaneous I have not yet made a purchase from CD-R King but am raring to make my first transaction soon. I think I'll go with a 1 GB flash drive for six hundred bucks (pesos that is) and a SD card (128 minimum) for my digital camera. Might as well get an optical mouse...

6 Mar 07

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How to manage acne

mchristine519 @mchristine519 (83) • Philippines 8 Feb 07

Post your remedies and dilemmas to acne...

acne

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miscellaneous Tretinoin is a major breakthrough in acne therapy and acts by breaking up the microcomeda (waxy plug forming within the surface of the hair follicle). See article in a derma site I am helping to manage - http://www.derma-ph.com/?p=5

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streachmarks

denise81 @denise81 (34) • United States 30 Jan 07

Im 25 I had a baby at 19 and I was 100 pounds,befor I had him. One moring I woke up and there the belly was and the marks to go with it. My ex husband always siad how ugly they were and it maid me fell like crap. now Im still...

help

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miscellaneous Have you heard of or tried kojic acid soap? My wife uses it to remove dark spots in her skin including stretch marks. Here in the Philippines, it is sometimes sold as "Exfoliating Bar Soap - with Kojic and Papain". If you are in the Philippines, I can send...

6 Mar 07

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Themes in naming children

Modestah @Modestah (11177) • United States 6 Mar 07

Do you have a theme to naming your children? if so, what is it? I have friends that follow themes. One family with 13 children has their every name start with "R" one family with 6 children has all their middle names start with...

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miscellaneous My wife and I used the following theme to name our five children. Every first name starts with "Da" and is two syllables as in Daniel, David, Darius and a second name which is single syllable only. Our only daughter is named Dana Mae.

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Veggie Gardens

coffeeshot @coffeeshot (3783) • Australia 3 Mar 07

At the moment I have potatoes, Italian tomatoes, lettuce, and strawberries. I'm not very experienced in the garden but the tomoatoes and strawberries seem to be doing really well! I can't really get the poptatoes growing but I...

veggie garden

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miscellaneous At present, I am growing the following vegetables in my backyard garden: "beef tomatoes", bitter melon (ampalaya), bell pepper and spinach. I am also planning to grow eggplants and okra. I live in the Philippines and our place is very conducive to growing...

5 Mar 07

Started a wordpress blog, need hosting recommendation

wsue1023 @wsue1023 (1395) • United States 27 Feb 07

Does anyone recommend anyone? Needs to be a host that will work with a wordpress blog and preferably one who's price included a domain.

blog hosts

hosting services

wordpress

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miscellaneous There are lots of web hosts who offer between $2 - $8 per month on hosting with domain name included. A simple google search (i.e. cheapest web host) will show lots of results. Try to look for a Unix- / Linux-based hosting plan (lowest possible plan will...

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Do you have a Website/Blog

RogerTheRabbit @RogerTheRabbit (1271) • Portugal 24 Feb 07

Do you have a Website/Blog? If you do why did you make it? Do you maintain it daily? What is it about? Do you think myLot give visibility to your site? Do you consider doing a new one or the one you have already give you too...

blog

internet

website

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miscellaneous Right now, I am maintaining about 5 - 7 websites. I have within the past week converted / ported 4 of these sites (previously static sites using plain html) into blog formats using Wordpress. With static (plain html-based) websites, I spend at least 10 hours...

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Do you have a BLOG?

mocanuga @mocanuga (668) • Romania 4 Mar 07

These days, blogging is the new thing for all internet users. I personally don't have a blog. I don't know how to write a blog ... write those tales articles and such ... So ... do you have one? What do you write in them?

blog

blogger

blogging

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miscellaneous I do have a couple of (a little more than 5) blog sites. They are not blogs per se but more of websites which I have converted to blog format - of course using my fave blogging tool Wordpress. What do I write on them? Random thoughts, interests, articles,...

5 Mar 07

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What's the best blogging program/software/website?

michan @michan (212) • Philippines 25 Feb 07

A couple of months ago, I moved my blog to WordPress. I've been using Blogger for three years and suddenly I just thought that I hated it already with all its downtimes and everything. At least with wordpress, I can have control...

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miscellaneous Wordpress is my choice. I have started toying around with Wordpress a couple of weeks back and have learned to love the software. Today, I have finished porting a fourth website into Wordpress (this sites were previously static sites using plain HTML). As...

5 Mar 07

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Should parents turn in their children for breaking the law?

byfaithonly @byfaithonly (10698) • United States 9 Feb 07

Years and years ago my oldest son, now 31, and some friends got caught by a neighbor stealing hood orniments off from cars. Some of the parents didn't do anything, a couple more took the loot and punished the boys. I took my son...

children

law

parents

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miscellaneous You did the right thing in the situation you described and your actions are commendable. My response to your question is YES, parents should turn their children in to the authorities if they break the law. In situations that there will be a (court) case...

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Do you have a vegetable garden?

chuckt9881 @chuckt9881 (469) • Canada 7 Feb 07

We bought our house 5 years in the late summer. One of the first things I did was dig a vegetable garden to get ready for the next spring. We have steadily been expanding the size of this garden each season. We now grow...

garden

vegetables

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miscellaneous I have a small backyard vegetable garden at my place here in the Philippines. I grow tomatoes, "pechay" (local version of Chinese cabbage), cucumber, peppers and papayas. I am trying out bio-intensive gardening (biological as opposed to chemical form of...

9 Feb 07

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how did your parents choose your name

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 4 Feb 07

My Mother told me that she was at a fair and one of the gipsies had a daughter who was very attractive and lively and she was named Sheila, and that is why she chose the name. She didn't tell my Father and his family lol. It is...

choose

name

parents

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miscellaneous Good question! My parents used one of several conventional / traditional methods by which Filipinos name their children. I am the 2nd of 3 children and all of us have names that begin with "JO". My name means "Gift of God" (go figure...) Incidentally, I...

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Hey, Filipinos are the FOURTH largest Users in Mylot

cuddleme01 @cuddleme01 (2725) • Philippines 4 Feb 07

wow! am surprised with what i saw. i thought there were only a few filipino users in mylot but the numbers showed otherwise. i would love it much if filipino members can respond to this , put their location, how long have they...

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miscellaneous Mabuhay Filipinos indeed! Congratulations to us for being #4. You think we can make it to #1 (although there is no prize for being #1 in terms of largest no. of users)? My location is Cavite. I joined only about a week ago and still a long shot from my...

5 Feb 07

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Eat Bulaga Or Wowoweee

ibulseco @ibulseco (69) • Philippines 1 Feb 07

currently, both of the noontime show is neck to neck in ratings :) if you choose between Eat Bulaga or Wowoweee, who will you choose?!? Me, im Eat bulaga for life :)

philippines

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miscellaneous I'm giving my vote to Eat Bulaga. The format of the show is more spontaneous ("natural"), flexible and offers more variety. I have had so much (countless) of a great laugh with this show. I can also cite 2 recent "shining moments" of Wowowee. One is when...

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