It is I.... Freddy! About me


My name is Freddy Willemsma and I'm 26 years old. I'm single and I live on my own in Drachten. This is also the place where I was born on February 12th 1979 during a very heavy winter with a lot of snow. I wanted to become a truckdriver from when I was very young. (Probably you have to blame Henk Wijngaard for that (He's a Dutch trucksong singer)) I grew up in a family of 5 people. Those people were: My father Wieger Willemsma, my mother Dieuwke Willemsma-de Jong, my brother Johan Willemsma who died in September 2000 at the age of only 29, my sister Wietske Willemsma and then there was me. My father has been a truckdriver too, but that was before I was born. I only know him as being a taxidriver for the company Kijlstra.



An old picture of my father Wieger Willemsma next to his taxi




Where I grew up


I grew up in Drachten in the province Friesland and I still live there. Drachten is quite a big place with approximately 43000 people, but it's not a real city but just a village. Drachten is also the mainplace of the municipal Smallingerland which includes 13 other villages where approximately 10000 people live.


Where the heck is Drachten?




My home


A small impression of how I live...


This is where I liveThis is the frontview of my house. Ok, I rent it, but I'm allowed to live here...;-)
My livingroomMy livingroom
ShackThis is my hobbyroom where I spend a lot of time. It's also known as 'shack' under radio-amateurs.




About my education


After the primary school which was called 'Prinses Margriet School', I went to the secondary school called 'De Werf' (later Liudger). This was a technical school and I chose electricity as my education. I really liked electricity and electronics. After 4 years I got my diploma and then I went to another school (MBO-college de 'Friese Poort') and I chose for electronics. I did get my diploma of this education in 1999. At that time I was really tired of going to school every day, so I ignored my teacher's advise to go to the Higher Technical School. Instead, I started to work and then I followed an education for truckdrivers at driving-school Berend Knol in the evenings. I succeeded to get all the documents I needed to drive a truck in early 2001.


Places I have worked


After finishing school, I immediately started to work. At first I continued to work at the company where I already worked during my holidays of school. This was at a place where people with a mental handicap lived. I was driving an electrical car and I had to deliver the food and the mail to all the buildings on the terrain. I've done that work for 8 months. Then I started to work for a company called Verkley in the telecommunication business. It was my job to make UTP-networks, phone-networks, cable-television, cable-internet, fibre-optics and so on. I've done that for almost one and a half year and then I got fired because there was no more work in the telecommunication business. At that time I started to work as a truckdriver for an exployment agency and that's how I started to work for the Dutch mailing company 'PTT-post'. I had to drive with the mail between the post-offices and the headoffice in Zwolle. I really enjoyed to work here, but at last they could not give me enough work for a whole week. Then I started to work for a laundry called 'De Blinde' where I had to drive with all the dirty clothes and things from nursing-homes, restaurants and so on. After two months I did quit this job because I didn't like it. Since December 2001 I started working for a transporting-company called Portena. I used to deliver almost everything that you can think of, but mainly components for central heating systems. I was driving almost anywhere in Holland. Since May 2004, I started to work in the telecommunication again for a company called: Sietsma Technisch Personeel.


This was the first truck I drove on my own for the PTT-post


My hobby's


I'm very interested in telecommunication. Especially in the wireless communication. That's why hamradio is probably my biggest hobby. I don't talk that much via the transceiver, but I like to do packetradio, APRS, RTTY, SSTV, listen to other stations, work via the International Space Station and satellites and to make or modify transceivers. You can read more about that hobby somewhere else on this site. I also like electronics, but I don't have much time for that anymore. Since Oktober 2000 I also started to do some family-research about the surname Willemsma. I also like to listen to music. I like very different styles of music, but I really like the modern Country & Western music from people like Shania Twain, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks and so on. I'm also a member of the Ilse Delange fanclub. Ilse DeLange is a very good Dutch (Country)singer. I'm also a big fan of Alan Jackson. He's a very good countrysinger with beautiful songs.


Some of my 'alltime favourite Country-songs'

Song: Artist: Album:
All The AnswersIlse DeLange(none)
Any Man Of MineShania TwainThe Woman In Me
Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans OnMel McDaniel(???)
Belleau WoodGarth BrooksSevens
Between The Devil And MeAlan JacksonEverything I Love
Buicks To The MoonAlan JacksonEverything I Love
Busy ManBilly Ray Cyrus(???)
ChattahoocheeAlan JacksonWho I Am
Cloudy DaysWaylon JenningsThe Ramblin' Man
Country RoadsJohn Denver(???)
Dance With The One That Brought YouShania TwainShania Twain
Dixie RoadLee Greenwood(???)
Don't LieTrace AdkinsMore...
DriveAlan JacksonDrive
Friends In Low PlacesGarth BrooksNo Fences
From This Moment OnShania TwainCome On Over
God Bless The USALee Greenwood(???)
Good ThingIlse DeLangeLivin' On Love
Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days)The JuddsThe Judds Reunion
Here In The Real WorldAlan JacksonHere In The Real World
HomeAlan JacksonHere In The Real World
Honey, I'm HomeShania TwainCome On Over
I'd Be YoursIlse DeLangeWorld Of Hurt
I'm Not So ToughIlse DeLangeWorld Of Hurt
I Have YouGlen Campbell(???)
I Love This BarToby KeithShock'n Y'All
I Still CryIlse DeLangeLivin' On Love
Lessons LearnedTracy LawrenceLessons Learned
Little BittyAlan JacksonEverything I Love
Livin' On LoveAlan JacksonWho I Am
Long Black TrainJosh TurnerLong Black Train
Mama He's CrazyThe JuddsWhy Not Me
Mama TriedMerle Haggard(???)
Man In BlackJohnny CashMan In Black
Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)Garth BrooksNo Fences
Oklahoma SunshineWaylon JenningsThe Ramblin' Man
Only In My MindReba McEntire(???)
Oscar The AngelRandy TravisThis Is Me
Rainy Day WomanWaylon JenningsThe Ramblin' Man
Small Town Saturday NightHal KetchumPast The Point Of Rescue
Standing Outside The FireGarth BrooksIn Pieces
Tall, Tall TreesAlan JacksonThe Greatest Hits Collection
That Don't Impress Me MuchShania TwainCome On Over
That's My JobConway Twitty(???)
The BoxRandy TravisThis Is Me
The CarJeff CarsonJeff Carson
The Hand That Rocks The CradleGlen Campbell(???)
The Rest Of MineTrace AdkinsBig Time
The TattooCountry Trail BandLabour Of Love
Three Wooden CrossesRandy TravisRise And Shine
Tight Fittin' JeansConway Twitty(???)
Took Her To The MoonTrace AdkinsBig Time
WantedAlan JacksonHere In The Real World
Where Were You When The World Stopped TurningAlan JacksonDrive
Why Not MeThe JuddsWhy Not Me
Working Man's WageTrace AdkinsMore...
World Of HurtIlse DeLangeWorld Of Hurt