oceandefender

@oceandefender (23)

Philippines • Age 59

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Save our Mother Earth..It's the only one we've got!

Discussions (16)

oceandefender's Discussions

Will you stay in a childless marriage?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 26 Jan 07

My friend has been married for almost 15 years now. Happily and content. The first years have been a blissful one, according to her. But lately, boredom seems to occupy their hearts and minds. The couple have been childless for...

marriage

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1 person

To Tell or Not to Tell ? That is the question...

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 20 Jan 07

Where do you draw the demarcation line between an AIDS right to confidentiality and the right to know of the patient's significant others? Opinions vary on this issue. But medical authorities calims AIDS is a complicated...

marriage

In your own opinion, what can stop the violence in Iraq ?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 20 Jan 07

It has been three years since the Bush administration send its troops together with other coalition forces. Since then, a new government was installed through an election and hundreds of insurgents and crime offenders were...

war

Damning Mass Media...

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 20 Jan 07

It has been said that media plays an integral role in either uplifting or degrading morality and psyche of our kids and youth. Accessible everywhere with the advent of modern technology, parents seem helpless restricting what...

media

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How does men deals with infidelity?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 19 Jan 07

Time and again we often hear that famous ( or infamous ) saying of men being polygamous in nature. Apparently,( as experts have explained ) its more of a biological need on their part and/or psychological set-up. Well, I know...

relationships

Given the chance, how will you write your own epitaph?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 19 Jan 07

It may sound a bit morbid or depressing. We can always equate such emotions everytime the topic of death would cross our minds. But death is inevitable, we all know that. It's the balance of nature. But if given the chance to...

death

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1 person

Which of these govern our lives? DESTINY or OUR CHOICES

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 19 Jan 07

This question often sets me thinking. Through the years, my life has been a multi-colored portrayal of my personal idealism, my metamorphosis. The frontline has been a mixture of triumph and failures, tears and laughter, pain and...

psyche

1 response

A Grandma's Shocking Advice to her Budding Grandchild ...

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

Attending the wake of a neighbor with my elder sister, it became an opportunity for me to refresh ties with our locality's older set. Knowing them since I was a kid, they as well saw me grow up and fellows would love to hear...

trafficking

1 response

Will fear allow us to be racist?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

I was on my way home that afternoon and rode a commuter bus. After reaching a certain terminal, a group of moslem brothers hopped in and took the back seats which stir some hush reactions from the other passengers. Audibly, some...

organized crime

racism

1 response

Men say I am living in Dark Age!

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

This is nothing but a personal choice. Whenever men would know that I am leading a quite conservative view on the sanctity of marriage and other moral issues, they would say I should grow up because I am still living in Dark...

personal belief

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11 people

Death Penalty : The Best Crime Deterrent ?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

With so many news of heinous crimes being committed lately, jails are already cramped with convicted criminals. Arguments between those supporting the implementation of capital punishment to curb crimes and pro-life activists...

capital punishment

5 responses

Single at 41: A Curse or a Blessing ?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

Friends keep telling me I should be thankful. With the current economic crunch, having a family of your own prove to be extremely difficult than ever. And the freedom that goes with being single is more of an advantage and that I...

personal affairs

Caring for Parents : An Obligation or An Act of Gratitude

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

My father is now 86 years old and looking back has done a great deal of single parent responsibility to take care of his 8 children through farming. Widowed during his forties, he has since remarried for companionship I guess......

elderly

parents

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6 people

An Inconvenient Truth or Political Propaganda ?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

I have seen the movie and was not even surprised of the facts stated there. As an online campaigner for some environmental groups,global warming has been a regular topic and debated upon on regular basis. And the documentary...

al gore

1 response

How would I deal with my daschund's mange?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

Kichiro, my 2-year old daschund is inflicted by mange and has to undergo several visits to his vet. Subjected to usual shots supposedly effective to treat his skin problem, he would feel better and his skin conditions improved...

dog skin problem

petroleum jelly

What causes spina bifida?

oceandefender @oceandefender (23) • Philippines 18 Jan 07

The family was not fully aware that such birth defect exists until my niece gave birth to a healthy baby girl with such spinal abnormality. Borm with a huge lump on her waist, Anyanka has to undergo surgery on her third day and...

spinal defect