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TODAY I received postcard no. 10 with ID: JP-764176 from Yumiko-san of Tokyo, Japan.
"Greeting from Japan. Hello!
I'm Yumiko. And I live in Tokyo.
This is "Tokyo Sky Tree".
It's a downtown symbol in Tokyo.
The highest tower in Japan.
(It has 634 meters.) An
aquarium, a shopping mall and
a planetarium are in the tower.
It's a fun place. Hope you like
this postcard.
14/Dec/2015 from yum12 "
Hi Yumiko-san, konbanwa., ogenki desu ka?
watashiwa Wak desu.
Watashi wa utsukushī Tōkyō tawā no hagaki o okutte kurete arigatō gozaimasu.
Actually, I like your beautiful, clean and neat handwriting! Ganbatte kudasai.
Thank you and happy postcrossing!
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| Stunning sunset over the Andaman Sea at Tanjung Rhu, Langkawi, Malaysia. |
**First of all, I want to give thanks to Ms Lenny (my blogger friend) who shows me the postcard crossing project. Thank you! :)
ALHAMDULILLAH. After a long holiday weekend, today I received 2 postcards inside my mailbox. The most anticipated postcard I ever received so far after almost 3 months in the Postcrossing project, finally I got a postcard from Malaysia. As my mentor and aspiration postcrosser, I introduce you Ms Lenny of Seremban. "Terimakasih cik kak Lenny kerana memberi tunjuk ajar untuk wak mulakan projek poskad ini. Tanpa cik kak Lenny yang baik hati, siapalah wak yg ini kan? Cik kak Lenny kannns."
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| "Hahaha feeling hantar ke oversea yer wak" - Lenny of Malaysia |
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| 20 sen and 30 sen stamps of Malaysia (2015) |
At the same time, I also received postcard from Ms Mariana Lino for my first Direct Swap.
"16/12/2015
Hello, Ola!
Hope you like this
view of Fatima Church
that I visit several
times and
located about
40 kms from
my hometown.
All the best - Mariana."
Note. Link to the sending off the postcard to Ms Mariano can be found HERE.
Ironically both postcards (from Ms Lenny & Mariana) shows the sunset view on the postcard which is very beautiful and mentioned on my postcrossing profile.
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| Fatima Church, Portugal. The name of the town and parish is a rendition of the Arabic given name Fatima ( فاطمة Fāṭimah), reportedly the name of a Moorish princess who converted to Christianity (and also the name of a daughter of Muhammad). - Wikipedia |
Note. On my way back home, I managed to post my 'direct swap' postcard to Ms Charne Van Eck of South Africa:
Last few days during the Christmas festival, I got postcrossers who are interested to swap postcards with me.
1. Gapongpang, Thailand (fruits)
2. Michelle, Colombia (Kertok)
And I got 1 address with postcrossing ID to Russia (above).
3. Nuralskaya Elena
SO today I send again another batch of direct swap postcards to Brunei and Thailand. Those are our neighborhood countries which I dont receive or send any postcard yet.
1. Ara Ahmad, Muara, Brunei (A man and his monkey)
2. Khwanruan Uamchuk, Sanburi, Chainat, Thailand (Kuala Lumpur scenery) Updated. 11.1.16. Received by Tle.
However, I forgot to snapshot the Khwanruan's postcard. ;(
LAST WEEKEND while I was on my way to the south, I found these old postcard for sale at RnR Pagoh. So, I bought a few of them. I hope the other postcrossers across the globe will not mind to get one of those.
Hence, I prepare 4 postcards to be send to:
1. Gloria Keung, Hong Kong Received 8.1.16
2. Michelle Kwong, Washington, USA. Received 11.1.16
3. Yanok, Hong Kong
4. Hannah Schoeps, Germany
TODAY I just sent another 3 new postcards for direct swap. The first postcard is a special one to my dear country lady for the inspiration. Kak Lenny, dah tak surprise kann ;=p
1. Lenny Zackariya, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia (Kampung Cina, Terengganu)
2. Lyo Inuyama, Tokyo, Japan (Masjid Jamek, Kuala Lumpur) - Updated. received 2.1.16
3. Carolina Ruiz, Neuquen, Argentina (The traditional Chinese house, Melaka)
4. Jarai Carter, United States of America (Georgetown, Penang) - added 18.12.15
Later, in the afternoon I am able to send a postcard to a postcrosser:
1. Vladimir Volkov, Riga, Latvia (KL Tower, Sultan Abdul Samad building, The Petronas Twin Tower, Kuala Lumpur) - Updated. received 19.1.16
And later, when I get home, I received a new postcard from Finland with a Moomin characters by Tove Jansson. Thank you Ms Pirkko!
"Hello!
I hope you'll
enjoy this
Finnish card!
Best wishes, Pirkko"
Please note that Ms Pirkko's postcard was travelling from Finland to Malaysia in only 10 days! This is superfast, considering the normal postcard delivery is 21 days.
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| Updated. 6.1.16. Received by Yuki Kimura, Japan. |
TODAY I send another three new postcards to our post-crosser.
1. Yuki Kimura of Japan . Updated. 6.1.16. Received.
2. Jussara of Brazil
3. Anastasia Nikita of Indonesia
Hopefully they will do the same to me. Lol.
Note. The postcards I used for this batch are featuring Thaipusam festival in Batu Caves.
Updated. Later I received a message from Mariana Lino of Portugal that she agreed to swap postcards. I will send this postcard to her by today. Updated again. 30/12/15. I received her swap postcard. Thank you Mariana.
THIS entry has no photo on it. I am a bit disappointed to receive a message from a postcrosser in Czech Republic. After agreeing to directly swap postcards, she suddenly declined. She said,
I assume because of her status as a student maybe not enough money to purchase a postcard and stamp. But is that really expensive to send a postcard from Czech Republic?
Then I replied,
Updated. 16.12.15. Another message from a student in Indonesia saying that she can't swap with me right now due to her busy schedule with her study. She will only swap after her finals on January. I concurred.
"Hello, sorry, bu I'm not still
sure if I want a next swap,
because the Post is very
expensive here and I've got
currently 3 penpals and I send
postcards a lot... Z."
I assume because of her status as a student maybe not enough money to purchase a postcard and stamp. But is that really expensive to send a postcard from Czech Republic?
Then I replied,
"Hi Z, thanks for the reply,
I'm sorry to hear the post is
very expensive in Czech
Republic. Or rather u want me
to sponsor the postcard and
stamp?
Cheers ;) "
Updated. 16.12.15. Another message from a student in Indonesia saying that she can't swap with me right now due to her busy schedule with her study. She will only swap after her finals on January. I concurred.
TODAY I sent another postcard for 'direct swap' to Briz Margarita of Bashkortostan, Russia.
YESTERDAY I got another postcard from Paula of Czech Republic.
"Hello my name
is Paula (17).
I'm from Czech republic.
I live in Kromeriz.
Good luck. Happy
postcrossing."
YESTERDAY for the first time I got a message from a postcrossing member (Nora of Hungary) requesting to swap postcards between us. I agreed. Updated. 10 Jan 2016. Noraa received my postcard ;D
And below is another new postcard I send to Germany. Yes, things are getting busy with this postcard project. And I love it!
Updated. Today I got a reply after requesting a postcrossing member (Hiroko of Japan) to swap postcard. And I am preparing one right now. Updated. 5 Jan 2016. Hiroko-san received my postcard ;D
TODAY I got 2 postcards, from Ms Lauren of Seattle and Mr Mukund of Pune, India. Both postcards have their own special appearance. While Ms Lauren's postcard is in wide size, Mr Mukund's description of the postcard is wrong and not accurate, and I think it supposed to be for other receipient. But I would like to appreciate both of them to send me the postcards.
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Hello Wak! I thought this was a neat postcard & thought you may like it with your interest in photography. This is a newstand at Pikes Place Market in Downtown Seattle. One of my favorite places in the city. Lots of vendors selling their wares & an occasional fish being thrown "=)
I hope you are enjoying Postcrossing. I love getting cards from places I hope to visit some day. We live about 20 miles west of Seattle and enjoying hiking, geocaching, music & movies. Happy postcrossing. Lauren ")
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Note. I dont want to write the message Mr. Mukund typed to me on the postcard since all the information is wrong and not correct. Anyway, thank you for sending me the postcard.
Postcard from India:
Today I received another new postcard from Ms Michiko of Chiba, Japan. She has been a member for over 4 years (1495 days).
"Hello!
Greetings from Japan.
I live in Chiba
on the east side of
Tokyo. This picture
is a Japanese wood
block print called "Ukiyoe".
I hope you like this postcard.
Have a great day! ;)
2015.30.Nov Michiko"
Michiko-san, ogenki desuka, I like your lovely postcard and the stamps are wonderful too.
私はあなたの素敵なポストカードを好きなスタンプがあまりにも素晴らしいです
Watashi wa anata no sutekina posutokādo o sukina sutanpu ga amarini mo subarashīdesu
TODAY I am going to send two postcards to Gerrit of Netherlands and Tiina of Finland (Updated. 7.1.16, Received by Tiina). I hope the postcards will reach them by early next year of 2016.
And my handwriting style still looks terrible. But the good thing is - I can still write it!
The above title is about "My experience shopping on Ebay".
Beside postcards, my other hobbies are photography and blogging. Currently I am a bit obsessed with Lego minifigures. Although this blog is about postcards, I will include some other hobbies too.
Yesterday, I bought 2 minifigures of photographers (male and female) as tourists with cameras and tripod. Since there are from 2 different sellers, so the shipping costs are charged differently too.
According to the ebay, I will get the merchandise (Lego minifigures) earliest by 16 Dec and until 30 Dec. Hopefully the merchandises I bought will be arrived safely.
Updated. 5 Jan 2016. Still no news on the ebay order ;(
Updated. 31 Jan 2016. Finally the minifigures arrived safely on my lap today! Link.
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Hello!
My name is Vasil.
I live in Belarus, in
Vitebsk. Vitebsk is a
native town of Marc
Shagall. I work at the
railway. Happy postcrossing!
Vasil 10.11.15
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| Top: To: Liang Liming (China), Bottom: To: Audrey Shen (Taiwan, ROC) |
YESTERDAY I managed to send 4 new postcards to China and Taiwan as well as to Czech and Belarus. I hope they like my postcards.
Happy postcrossing!
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| Top: To: Martinek Matuska (Czech Republic); Updated. Received 6.1.16 Bottom: To Lyko Alena (Republic of Belarus) |
