Thelma

@thelme55 (76108)

Germany

Joined myLot 6 years ago

Hi! I am Thelma, a Filipino expat living in Germany for more than 3 decades. I am a writer and I write in many writing sites.

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Discussions (956)

Thelma 's Discussions

I Declined

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 22 Sep

to make 30 pieces of blueberry muffins. I have to make them this coming Sunday and they will be collected on the following day, Monday. I have no time for that day as I have to work in the morning and have a doctors’ appointment...

life

busy

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19 people

I Was Baking Again!

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 15 Sep

I got a cake order last Monday for a 20th birthday celebration today. I was glad that I still had time to buy some of the ingredients and had time for baking. I was also glad that the weather was no longer hot or else I wouldn’t...

baking

mocha cake

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24 people

I Have Many Things to Tell You

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 12 Sep

but I don’t like to post everything I do every day. So I just write a special list of what I have done since I last posted my discussion. 1. I went walking with my best friend again at the Rhine and watching the sunset. Of course...

life

kimbap

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27 people

Have you been travelling lately?

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 2 Sep

The month of August was a travelling month for me and my best friend. Both our husbands couldn’t cope up walking / travelling with us due to their knees and back problems. So, my friend and I ended up travelling alone inside...

koblenz

travel

germany

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28 people

Do You Know How to Eat with Chopsticks?

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 7 Aug

I don’t but I have tried my best to be able to use them. I have chopsticks in my kitchen drawer but I am not using them. My husband and son know how to eat with them so they can use chopsticks whenever we go to a Chinese...

korean dinner

food

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30 people

Are you sometimes confused?

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 12 Jul

I don’t know what is happening to my brain. It happened often times that I spoke to my husband or to my friends in many languages. I mean that is okay if I spoke in English, German, Tagalog or in Bisayan language in the whole...

languages

language

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Do You Love Lasagna?

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 10 Jul

Me, not too much but hubby does. He bought a huge pack of frozen lasagna from Aldi. I only had to bake it in the oven. As I don’t like Lasagna much, I made veggie salad with lettuce and tomatoes but I added Krautsalad and Kimchi....

food

lasagna

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Visited Giethoorn Village

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 3 Jul

At last I have been to the small village of Giethoorn in the Netherlands yesterday with my hubby, my friend and her daughter. It was almost 2 hours drive from where we live in Germany. We drove early in the morning that the...

travel

giethoorn

netherlands

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10 people

Happy Weekend!

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 26 Jun

Good morning everyone! It’s weekend again and it started well with me and my friends last Friday late afternoon. As what I have told you on my last discussion that I would make purple yam ice cream for them. Mind you, they were...

friends

ice cream

ube ice cream

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Made Ube Ice Cream

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 21 Jun

Last Saturday was very hot here where I am. It was 34C and very sunny. I was not in the mood to go out but I was in the mood for making something that cool me down. I made an Ube (Filipino word of purple yam) ice cream. I got an...

ube ice cream

filipino dessert

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27 people

Tortilla

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 31 May

Filled with salad and avocado was my dinner today. It was very delicious. Next time, I will fill the tortilla with another ingredients which I have not tried yet. Like shrimps. Have you tried making your own tortilla filled with...

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24 people

Travelling is Fun!

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 29 May

Hello fellow Mylotters! It’s been a while since I have been here. I was travelling again but just in the neighbouring country, The Netherlands. We were on a weeks’ vacation and stayed in a hotel at the beach. It was wonderful. The...

travelling

netherlands

kinderdijk

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24 people

How Are You Keeping?

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 7 May

It’s been a while since I was last here on Mylot. I hope you are all fine and in good health. Nothing much going on here except that life is getting busy that I just relax in my free time. Tomorrow is Mother’s Day again here in...

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21 people

Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte / Black Forest Cake

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 15 Apr

Is my favourite German cake. I love it very much as it is so delicious for me. Gladfully, the German Black Forest cake is not so sweet compared to the ones I have eaten in another countries. I can tell immediately if that cake is...

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13 people

The Philippines President

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 12 Apr

Duterte was in my hometown this evening. He was in the school plaza where I was studying in elementary grade. The plaza is only 10 minutes walk from my house. How I wish I have been there tonight to see him and the other people I...

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11 people

Happy Crossing the Border

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 2 Apr

I didn’t have an April Fools Day but a happy day crossing the border to the Netherlands. Just 38km from where we live. The other side of the street is Germany while the other side is The Netherlands. We went to Dinxperlo open...

netherlands

open market

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18 people

I have lost my time!

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 28 Mar

For exactly an hour. I hate it when my time is “stolen” but anyway I will get it back this winter when the night is longer again and the day is shorter than in summer. Do you like the daylight saving time? I was busy last...

time

changes

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23 people

Tulips are growing!

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 24 Mar

On my balcony pots. I have planted the tulip bulbs last November and they are coming out now. Soon, they will be showing their full beauty. The tulip in the photo is pink. Some are in white and red. I am happy seeing them...

tulips

plants

flowers

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18 people

Craving for Filipino Food

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 22 Mar

I was about to take a nap when I thought of listening a relaxing music while trying to sleep. I can’t get rid of the music that stock up in my head like the one in my last discussion. I am listening to some of the relaxing music...

menudo

filipino food

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15 people

The Wall Song: At My Worst

Thelma @thelme55 (76108) • Germany 20 Mar

Have you heard about this show? When I was scrolling down my fb account, I found this posted and I was hooked. Now I keep on repeating listening to this music. As what he German says, an "Ohrwurm". I still have to search what...

the wall song

at my worst

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14 people