Thelma

@thelme55 (53591)

Germany

Joined myLot 4 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 (725)

Thelma 's Discussions

My Rose

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 6h

is still blooming this Autumn. It has not fully bloomed yet but it is already beautiful. It smells so good. I hope it is not windy tonight so it will not be gone tomorrow when I visit it again on my balcony. Are your flowers...

rose

autumn

grocery

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15 people

I Miss My Pet

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 21 Oct

As I was reorganizing my cupboards yesterday, I have not only found my old Filipino cooking book but also an old drawing my husband made. It was a pencil drawing of our young puppy Angus who is now on the rainbow bridge for 2...

cavalier king charles spaniel

dog

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I Found My Old Book

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 20 Oct

Yay! I found my old Philippines cooking book. It is from this book that I learned cooking Filipino food in my early 20´s. When I married, I only knew how to cook simple Filipino food like Tinola and Paksiw. Tinola is a soup...

cooking bbok

filipino book

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25 people

Fresh Air

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 19 Oct

Do you let fresh air come inside your bedroom window for at least 15 minutes before you go to bed? It has become our habit letting fresh air inside before we go to sleep. We open our window a bit during summer when we are...

fresh air

sleeping

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What Have You Done Before

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 18 Oct

the internet came into your life? This afternoon after doing my 1-hour Zumba alone at home, I was decluttering my cupboard. I have found something I have done before in the 80´s. I did a lot of craftwork. I was stitching a...

hobby

stitching

craft

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Woke Up to a Wonderful Scent

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 18 Oct

in the living room. I thought my husband has a new eau de toilette but he has not. I kept on sniffing in the living room until I landed directly to the scent. My calamondin or calamansi plant that I transferred inside the house...

calamondin

calamansi

scent

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Is it Normal to Sleep 12 Hours?

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 17 Oct

Yes, I have slept for 12 hours last night. It didn´t happen to me until today. I wonder if the cold weather is making me sleepy. Thinking about my long sleep, I am glad I woke up. Hubby just let me slept. It felt like I was having...

sleep

normal

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Awake from a Deep Slumber

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 16 Oct

I was planning to be writing online here on Mylot this Friday afternoon but my plan remained a plan. My internet was not cooperating. It just went off 3 times that I gave up. After we had dinner and I have cleaned the kitchen,...

internet

online

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16 people

Another Order for My Hobby

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 15 Oct

In half an hour, it will be Friday again. Time really flies so fast and we have the middle of October. Soon it will be Halloween again but no, we don´t celebrate it here. A few days ago, I got a call from a friend whose daughter...

hobby

baking

order

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28 people

Autumn Walk

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 14 Oct

Hello everyone. Happy Wednesday! I am late for todays mylotting session. I was busy this afternoon until this evening. I walked to the city which is only 12 minutes away from where I live. It was nice to walk today although it...

autumn walk

walking

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17 people

My Ipad is Getting Slow

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 13 Oct

I am thinking of buying a new iPad as it is already old and no updates anymore. I bought it 2nd hand from a friend and it was and it is still good enough for my own use but it is getting slow although I cleaned the cookies. You...

ipad

gadget

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Beautiful, isn´t it?

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 12 Oct

I am talking about the painting of our friend. I have told you in one of my posts before that she called us as she wanted us to see the paintings that she made for a commission. We couldn´t see it though as it was already picked...

painting

creativity

hobby

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15 people

The Cracked Chocolate Cake

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 11 Oct

turned into a delicious good looking cake. As you have seen in my last post, the moist chocolate cake was so fragile. It cracked a bit that I was mending it so it would hold the icing. I cut the crusty brown top to make it...

cake decoration

cake

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25 people

Forgot to Wear Apron

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 9 Oct

Hello everyone! Happy Friday! Time is really flying too fast. At last I am done with baking 2 cakes and decorating them for tomorrow's birthday celebration of my other friend. I am also done with cleaning the kitchen. I have...

baking

hobby

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19 people

A Surprise Call

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 8 Oct

Yes, it was indeed a surprising phone call. An old friend of ours called this morning. She invited us for a coffee afternoon in her home for this afternoon but we declined as we had already plans for today and for the next days....

painting

creativity

hobby

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21 people

Zumba Time Again!

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 7 Oct

Hello everyone! I am just back home from my 2 hours of Zumba exercise with my friends. Now I am tired but I still have to be here on Mylot to clear my notifications and to interact with you. How are you doing? I have another...

zumba

exercise

fitness

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16 people

Gardening Time

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 6 Oct

on my balcony. It is time again to bring some of my plants inside the house because it is getting colder every day. At the moment, we have only 16°C. Sometimes gloomy and sometimes a bit sunny. I am glad it is not windy. Autumn...

gardening

plants

balcony

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2 Days Cooking Vacation

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 5 Oct

I have not cooked our dinner for 2 days. I was so busy and then, I was at a birthday party. Then coming home from the party, I brought some Filipino food home. Bring home food from a Filipino party is a tradition. So, everyone has...

food

cooking

international

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How I Carried the Cake

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 4 Oct

to the 4th floor without an elevator. Of course, with my hands.. Sorry, I just can´t help it to make a joke.. Rebelann asked me to share how I did it. Well, before I have done it, I did a lot...

cake

transport

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I am back but tired

Thelma @thelme55 (53591) • Germany 3 Oct

Well, I was not really gone from Mylot but I was not here the whole day yesterday Friday and Saturday. I thought I would be able to Mylot in between my baking but I couldn't do it. In between baking, I was washing the things...

busy life

baking

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28 people