franseman

@franseman (516)

Philippines • Age 68

Joined myLot 12 years ago

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Discussions (19)

franseman's Discussions

Teaching English online

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 11 Mar 13

Last month I started a course (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and am ready to start teaching others now. So I wrote a smal blog, advertised on Craigslist and went flyering in Baguio City. Untill now I got no responses and...

foreign

second language

teaching english

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2 people

Looking for the right solution

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 16 Jan 13

For some time now I try to see if there's online work. But wherever I go, it's all small amounts or you need skills. Sure I like to write. So I read about writing blogs. But does that really make money? What kind of blogs? Do I...

making money online

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All those abbreviations (shortenings as I name them) drive me crazy

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 27 Dec 12

It seems to be the way to do these days more than ever: using abbreviations. PPV, CTP, PSP, CP etc. etc. There's absolutely no system in it because a laptop is staill a laptop instead of LT. So here I am 56 yo always having to...

abbreviations

gadgets

modern times

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My dog bit me!

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 16 Dec 12

Last night after we got back home from having a nice dinner, our dog Bantay came under the car. He cried and screamed so I jumped out of the car. He was crawling from under the car and then was attacked by his friend, our other...

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1 person

When does this madness of shooting stop?

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 14 Dec 12

Just got word of another shooting in America. This time in an elementary school. At least 18 kids got killed. This is happening more and more lately. Also today 22 kids got stabbed in a school in China. Why don't governments...

killing

over population

shooting

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Is there life outside McDonalds??

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 13 Dec 12

Lately I made lovely chicken croquettes for someone's birthday. It is time consuming but I liked to doe it for my good friend. At the party someone asked me what I made and what was in it. So I explained. The woman looked at me...

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1 person

Going onstage for the first time ever!

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 3 Dec 12

A friend of mine lives in Aringay, La Union. He's a singer. Right now it's the town's fiesta and wednesday evening is going to be a BIG event/ My friend will be master of ceremonies. Kind of jokingly I asked him if we can sing...

big audience

singing on stage

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2 people

priorities in housekeeping

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 20 Nov 12

Since I am a fulltime houseman I have my own priorities. My housemate has them too: completely different. We agreed that I will do housekeeping since I am good in it. Sometimes I wake up a bit late and find out he already started...

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Do designers ever use their own products?

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 13 Nov 12

It's hard for me to believe they do because if they did they would make more user-friendly designs. We have this regfidgerator for example. When I want to clean the drawers I have to pluck up courage. Why? Each drawer has trenches...

annoying designs

designers

housekeeping

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Reading the lines on products

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 12 Nov 12

Ever since I was a young kid I never had problems with my eyes. I could see perfectly well. Getting older now I am facing problems and so I'm wearing glasses. But no matter what glasses I use I always have a hard time reading the...

older people

reading ingrdients

reading instructions

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Online banking. If possible!!

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 11 Nov 12

A few weeks ago I made a mistake trying to log in on my bank account. I guess the mistake was made because I had a terrible pain from an infection in my ear. Anyway, access was blocked so I had to ask for my data wich were sent in...

being blocked

guidelines

online banking

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3 people

How low can people go?

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 9 Nov 12

A few minutes I got a mail of a friend in Florida. In it a link to a blog where I found this disgusting scene on a picture. A doll of a black man (obviously Barack Obama) that holds a big sign "pray for assassin". It makes me...

disgusting attitude

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2 people

Good causes

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 6 Nov 12

Thanks to the internet we can do a lot for other people, our environment and animals via online petition letters. For several years now I sign petitions to fight injustice. And I've seen some results: it really helps. It's easy...

good causes

justice

online petitions

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Who read discussions that are none of your interest?

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 1 Nov 12

Yesterday somebody replied on one of my discussions in an agressive way. The message was: I don't understand this discussion. You just make something up because you want to earn some moeny. D'OHHH! After almost 2 weeks on Mylot...

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3 people

What inconveniences are some people talking about?

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 31 Oct 12

During my short stay on Mylot -9 days now- I noticed that some foreigners mention the inconviences they face. Frankly I don't understand it. No matter what country you're going to, there will always be differences. For me those...

adjusting

inconveniences

relocating

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2 people

blogs on mylot

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 30 Oct 12

Hi fellow mylotters, Since I like writing very much I'd like to write blogs here. But then I have to fill in a feed- and a view URL. And I haven't got a clue what that is all about. Somebody to fill me in please?

blog

url

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I moved to the Philippines

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 29 Oct 12

In febr. 2007 I left my motherland Holland to start a new life in the Philippines. Actually I knew nothing about the country. I had been there for a vacation to meet a friend I met on the internet. And we decided thatI could live...

adjusting your life

moving to another country

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4 people

Cyndi supports Equal rights

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 24 Oct 12

Does anybody know that Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Fund started the campaign Give a Damn? The campaign was basically started for parents of GLBT children. It's all about equality. Personally I think Cyndi does a wonderful job....

cyndi lauper

equal rights

true colors fund

Why Diana Ross always makes me happy

franseman @franseman (516) • Philippines 22 Oct 12

Shortly before I turned eleven years old The Supremes had a hit record with The Happening. I loved the song so much that as soon I heard the first notes, I ran to the radio to put my ear on it (at that time we had a distribured...

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