Feeling out of place

By Toni
@toniganzon (72281)
Philippines
January 9, 2013 3:40am CST
Mylot has always been a home. My comfort zone. My diary. My very own little space in my home. From the time I left my home country, finding myself in mylot is quite difficult. Not because I am busy because I only work 5 hours a day, four times a week; but it's more because I was finding it too slow to get into this site for quite some time and i didn't have much patience for waiting and waiting only to get an error flashing before my very eyes. A few days ago, things changed. I gained access to mylot again and here I am, feeling like a newbie, wandering like a stranger as new names with new discussions are laid in front of me. I'm feeling out of place again in mylot and I can't seem to find my dear old friends. Have you ever felt like this?
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22 responses
@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
9 Jan 13
How long were you gone for to feel this way? I was gone for over two weeks, but I did not really feel like a newbie when I'm back. I think I briefly logged in once during that period and the last time I earned for participation is on 22-12-12.
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• Philippines
10 Jan 13
hey sishy, lots of 2's in there.. hehe.. just noticed..
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
10 Jan 13
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
I'm talking about months and not just weeks.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
9 Jan 13
Hi toni! Nice to see you on board. I try to be here on mylot as when possible. It has always been great pleasure and fun here to connect with friends through their discussions. At times I remain pre-occupied with my off line and office commitments during those periods, I miss mylottings. However, as soon as I get an opportunity to come here even for half an hour, I do not miss it. Have a grt day.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
14 Jan 13
Hi toni - Yes, mylot will not interesting without some good friends.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
Thanks Dee. It's really good to see you here. Mylot will never be the same without old friends here.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
13 Jan 13
Well, there are times I have not been able to be here as often as I would like due to Medical issues, or being so busy, and it does seem awkward when I first come back as their might be people here who have forgotten about me, and people who have left. Or then there are the newbies here. But no matter what this continues to be a Great place to be, and one I would miss if I had to leave.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
You're absolutely right Tina! this place is a great place to be and though i'm hardly here, i still keep coming back. You're the one person that's hard to forget, so i'll always remember you.
• United States
23 Feb 13
No matter the amount of time we can spend, or that we do spend, myLot will always be a great place to be.
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
don't panic i'm here already!!!!
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
i was solving the problem in the interwebs... did you put out the bat signal? that woudl have gotten my attention...
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
nice new avy by the way... how's thailand been treating you toni?
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
Where were you when I needed you?
@MandaLee (3760)
• United States
9 Jan 13
Toni, Welcome back! I also have trouble getting in mylot. We missed you!
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
Thanks MandaLee! Nice to see you here again and hope to see more old friends on mylot. it won't be the same without old good friends.
@allknowing (136089)
• India
9 Jan 13
Many come and many go. I have not been away per se but I too miss many myLotters who used to be regular participants here and now I come across many new names. They too will I am sure with time become as absorbing as those who have been here for a while. I noticed your absence.
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@allknowing (136089)
• India
13 Jan 13
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
Thank you for noticing my absence. It means a lot to me. Wish i could try to be here more each day.
@flagella08 (5065)
• Philippines
10 Jan 13
you can always tap your old friends here. how long have you been gone here. i experienced being away for three months and i don't feel that feeling you mentioned. the mylot community members are always accommodating and as friendly as ever.i also know people here who comment that often in my posts and i appreciate their efforts. this is why i love mylot much!
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
Beeng one for several months on and off. There was a time when i was gone for almost a year, then came back, then was gone again for several months. And may friends from way back are nowhere to be seen. How long you've been here?
• United States
23 Feb 13
Unless the friends have left.. that would be unfortunate.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Jan 13
hi toniganzon welcome back and yes I have noticed a lot of new users come responding to my discussions as well as some old friends like you. I just had not seen your n ame much lately. I am on my fifth year here so must like a lot of stuff about our mylot.Yes a few days back I had problems getting on too and a lot of run time errors bu t seems okay now.I believe when you see some of your old friends here you will get back into uour groove. lol
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Jan 13
hi all this time I thought you were on mylot friends list as I did respond a lot to you but you are mot. so may I be your fri end,hatley here?
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
Oh my harley! How i've missed you. And all these years i never realized we're not friends. I thought we were. We're already friends and you know my answer to that question of yours.
@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
9 Jan 13
No worry, I was also like you these few days, I can't find any topic to comment on, mostly because they are not my friends lists. But today I am eager to comment on more and more discussions because some of my friends are here today, right now.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
It's been like this for a year already. It's nothing new and the discussions that are started by newbies are not actually new and they no longer attract me.
@chuyins123 (2112)
• Philippines
9 Jan 13
You are not alone my friend. I too feel like a stranger when I try to visit mylot. It's good thing though that I get to read this post and made me come back to mylot again.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
I've missed you my dear friend. Wish we could exchange messages again like we used to. I'm going back home in the Phil in March.
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
9 Jan 13
Well, speaking of Mylot, the answer to your final question, in my case is NO. I work on Mylot every day (except when I can not because maybe I'm traveling), and every day I see my friends who post new threads more or less of my interest. I fact, I mainly use the computer, just to work on Mylot. The only thing I noticed is that in the last days, the site has a delay in payment. I do not know if this is an isolated case, or relates to everyone. You could you tell me something about it?
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
The last payment i had was when i was still in the Philippines maybe in September. I understand why you're here every day. You don't have a job to keep you busy. You have the luxury of time to be on mylot.
• Philippines
10 Jan 13
I don't notice the delay in payment, maybe because I was paid only twice last year. Haha, my earnings are not really big and not really fast.. It's okay, I'm not really logged in every single day..
@Rick1950 (1576)
• Lima, Peru
13 Jan 13
Maybe MyLot wants you to connect it only from your country and not from another place.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
Could be! Mylot wants me back home. Will be coming home in March soon.
• India
9 Jan 13
Hi friend, welcome back. Some times we will feel in this sort if we are away from the site. Day by day a lot of members are joining here as well as some members taking break from this site, so we will miss some friends and find some new friends, it is quite common in mylot. Don't worry, surely you will get back your friends soon
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
True and the new members are posting discussions that have already been discussed before. I see no fun in them anymore. I rarely participate because of those.
• China
10 Jan 13
Yes those situations did happen to me sometimes esepcially when I changed my apartment.You said you just need to work 5 hours a day and four times a week,wow,is that a full time job I mean regular job?If yes then you are so lucky and I wish I can find some kind of job like you,because I often work overtime and really feel tired.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
Yes it's a full time job. The government doesn't allow foreign people to work more than 20 hours in a government school. I'm an English foreign language teacher.
@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
9 Jan 13
I haven't really felt like this as I wasn't active back then when I joined this site 5 years ago and wasn't really close with anybody. I have just recently become more active on this site last year and have become close with a few people on here. I did feel lost at first when I was more active on here but now I feel at home again. I mylot in the mornings before work and then an hour at night when I get home just to wind down from a days of work. Hope you feel comfortable here again and can make some new friends.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
Years ago there were lots of fun here and excitement. Almost all the discussions were new to me and there were a lot of humours being exchanged! But now I see the newbies starting discussions that were discussed years ago. Now i understand why active members here started to leave as well.
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
10 Jan 13
Yes toni, some of my old friends have disappeared here in mylot. I think they are probably tied up with something else. I am sure they will be back again. About you, toni, I think you still have lots of friends here in mylots. Happy mylotting, toni.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
Well i hope you are right about it. But i couldn't see my friends who i used to exchange humours with around anymore.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
11 Jan 13
Welcome back here Toni. So what could be the problem why it's too slow for you to connect here. Maybe it's your internet connection , toni. Anyway, even if we can't find our old friends here now everyday, some of them would once and a while would up in a discussion. But how i wish just like you that the old friends can be as active as before here. This is indeed one site that we can always go back, to express whatever our situation is now.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
Will be popping once in awhile D!
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
14 Jan 13
Despite that, i hope you will still be here once in a while Toni. I miss you here.
• Philippines
10 Jan 13
Hey, I hope you recognize me. I joined your discussion before about back pain. But your avatar was different then. Your avatar was a girl before, I think in pink (or white) dress. Hope to see you around!
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
My avatar has always been me. I've never used anybody's picture.
@echoforever (5180)
• United States
23 Feb 13
Sometimes the friends we meet will disappear. Its hard when that happens cause we have to find new one's who we relate to in the site. The good thing is there are all kinds of people here so just try to get back into it as you were just beginning.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
23 Feb 13
Thats' the part that i don't really enjoy, starting as if i were just beginning.
• United States
2 Mar 13
Unfortunately none of us do. Its just a part of life tha twe have to work out. Friendhsis can hurt us too if we're not careful. I tend not to trust easily, these days.
@Hence27 (450)
• India
9 Jan 13
Each and everyone has different life.They busy enjoying their lives.New come to this site and old gone out.Communication is still going on no matter from whom,whether they are old or newbies.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
When you've been here on mylot for years and have established good friendship with people here, but you went out for a couple of months, you would learn that those people have slowly walked away from mylot too probably because they couldn't see you and there's no fun anymore. The fun i had here years ago are not as the same as now. Gone are the exchange of humours in here.