Last week my wife went to Langkawi with her friends. So she bought me some local postcards.

Today, 3 Feb 2018, I am able to write some postcards:

Postcrossing A = 11 postcards
Postcrossing B = 9 postcards
Poscard United = 5 out of 20 postcards

Today, after a long outstation works, I finally completed writing postcards to various countries around the world.

FINLAND
1. Terttu
2. Tiina

POLAND
3. Agnieszka
4. Zuzanna
5. Paulina
6. Aleksandra
7. Izabela

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
8. Julia
9. Amanda
10. Austin C
11. Matt

CANADA
12. Lori

INDONESIA
13. Ade Resha

THAILAND
14. Naina

SOUTH KOREA
15. Gina Lee

CHINA
16. Huili Su
17. Shiwei Lai

TAIWAN
18. Chia Chi

HONG KONG
19. Sandy Suen
20. Vincent Chow
21. Kwan Wing Yee

INDIA
22. Arpit Thakur

MALAYSIA
23. Melinda Wong

CZECH REPUBLIC
24. Ing Jiri

JAPAN
25. Nahoko
26. Yuniko
27. Yumi

NETHERLANDS
28. Gizmo
29. Desiree

FRANCE
30. Monique

SPAIN
31. Conchi Robles

GERMANY
32. Ulrike
33. Claudia
34. Laura Ochs
35. Daniel

NORWAY
36. Jo Vermund

RUSSIA
37. Lesia
38. Sofia
39. Natalia

CROATIA
40. Ivan

BULGARIA
41. Kristiana

TURKEY
42. Demir
43. Jeannine

Note. Writing on Pixajoy postcards is a hard thing to do bcoz the card surface is so slicky. So, today I bought a new artline pen which get both 0.4mm and 1.0mm points so that I can write it easily on the postcards.

After a very long week of Hari Kebangsaan and Raya Haji holidays, so today I managed to complete writing postcards to be sent out.

Postcard United = 8 nos
Postcrossing #1 = 8 nos
Postcrossing #2 = 3 nos

Total postcards = 19 nos

1. Sanirodina Natalia, Russia
2. Zheng Weihua, China
3. Tongtong Wang, China
4. Xiao Mi, China
5. Du Xin, China
6. Ewelina, Poland
7. Gabriela Pflug, Germany
8. EKaterina Kurochkina, Russia

9. Jing Yuan Zhang, China
10. Matej Polak, Czech Republic
11. Rainer Maaser, Germany
12. Veronica Budzon, Illinois USA
13. Cinkie You, Texas USA
14. Christa Klerks, The Netherlands
15. Klaus Notzke, Germany
16. Jeanne Goethais Strijker, The Netherlands
17. Valentina Budanova, Russia
18. Elva Osterreich, New Mexico, USA

19. Isaac Wang, Wollongong, Australia

So after a long week of raya festival, today I am going to send few postcards.

1. Thoralf Kraft, Hermsdorf Germany
2. Sean Lanham, Petaluma, CA, USA
3. David G MacDonald, Naper Ville, IL, USA
4. Kiyoshi Fujino, Chiryu Aichi, Japan
5. Djuneidi L. Djaya, Jakarta, Indon.
6. Ritva Aaltonen, Paimio Finland
7. Amy Wong, Guangding, China
8. Yuriko Sasagawa, Shimizu Shizuoka, Japan
9. Zhang haochen, Shanghai, China
10. Kah See Min, Sandakan, Sabah
11. Cathy Vedder, The Villages, FL, USA

I hope they will receive my postcard safely.

This morning I managed to prepare and send out postcards to:

1. Soti, Hungary (köszönöm)
2. Cheng, China (xie xie ni)
3. Audrey, France (merci)
4. Janice Fang, Taiwan (xie xie ni)
5. Awhe, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia (terima kasih)
6. Lana, Germany (danke)

I hope the postcards would arrive you all safely and soundly.

Today I got 4 postcards. Hurray!

1. Sharon, New South Wales, Australia
2. Christine, France
3. Heike, Germany
4. Maria, Belarus

Thanks you all.

Yes! 3 days in a row I got bunches of postcards and I like it!

1. Zaynab, Netherland.
2. Thomas, Ludenscheid, Germany.
3. Irene, Germany
4. Niina, Finland
5. Paivi, Finland
6. Anke, Germany

Thanks to all of you!

/Wak
Malaysia

Attention: please hover your mouse on top of the postcards on this entry to see the back written by the sender. TQ !

25 May 2017, Thursday.
Today I received 3 postcards.

Postcard no. 1 from Maggie, Singapore. It was travelling in 8 days, not 69 days as calculated by postcrossing. When I checked the date on the stamp is correct. The distance is 12km only. Updated. Later I reckon she may procrastinate for 2 months to send the postcard to me. OTL

Postcard no. 2 from Mitsuko-san, Japan.

Postcard no. 3 from Benedict, Germany.

Thank you all.

Today, it's time to send a new batch of postcards to:

1. Jessica Rodrigues, Massachussetts, USA.
2. Lyudmila Cherednichenko, Alushta, Russia.
3. Sonja Severloh, Uelzen, Germany.
4. Selleng Gallery, Wajo Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia.
5. Christian Kruger, Nurnberg, Germany.
6. MJ Slehmer, Hengelo, Netherlands.
7. Nadejda Zincenco, Chisinau, Moldova.

Hopefully they would get the postcards very soon and safely.

"Hello Wak, I am Silvia, 53, from Brazil. I chose a sunset view of the Ponta Negra beach, on the coast of river "Negro". Yes, the beach is not close to an ocean, but a river! Hope you like it. Best Wishes - Silvia." Yes maam, of course I like it very much. Thanks!

Today I receive another new batch of postcards.

1. Barbara, Canada
2. Christa, Germany
3. Sandra, Luxembourgh
4. PostcardPal, Canada
5. SilviaRegina, Brazil
6. Stephan, Germany

Thank you all, I really appreciate your postcards!

Today I received 4 new postcards which the postman (or postlady?) put them on my house gate. I reckon later that he (or she) couldnt put them on the proper mailbox due to my daughter's car blocking the access to it. It's okay, but luckily it was only a grizzly rains.

For the postcards,

1. Florian, Austria, "Best wishes from Austria!"

2. Simone, Germany, "Dear Wak Tiga Lalat, this is the only sunshine postcard which I had at home for you. I hope you will like it. At the moment the meadows and forests look diffrently. It's winter over here and we have minus temperatures and frosted trees. Many greetings from Germany, Simone.

3. Jacinta, France, "Hello, I like to travel. I will soon leave in Lisbonn. I watched documentaries that made me think a lot - Earthlings and conspiracy. Do you know? They are very hard videos but I think we all look. I wish ou the best in 2017. Jacinta.

4. Jill, Canada, "Greetings from NE Ontario. WE are a way from seeing this scene, as the lakes are frozen. We have some snow on the ground but generally it has been a mild winter, so far. I have postcrossing for over 2 years, so enjoy seeing what will be in the mailbox. Hope your mailbox is full of great cards! Jill"

Thank you guys! I appreciate it very much.

/Wak
Malaysia

A new batch of postcrossing postcards to oversea penpals. Location: Masai post office.

It's been a long time I didnt update my postcard's blog. Pardon me.

These are the expired postcards on my postcrossing portal.

Portal 1 got 5 expired postcards.
MY 338394 Piiiline, France, 12 Sep 2016 expired 125 days.
MY 333953 Misa015, Czechia, 17 Aug 2016 expired 151 days.
MY 333949 Wilma84, Nethterlands, 17 Aug 2016 expired 151 days.
MY 331372 Angelthecat, Germany, 2 Aug 2016 expired 166 days.
MY 327964, ermolin 56, Russia, 13 Jul 2016 expired 186 days.

Portal 2 got 5 expired postcards.
MY-344497 ladygirl, Netherlands, 15 Oct 2016 expired 92 days.
MY 338413 KateSemenas, Belarus, 12 Sep 2016 expired 125 days.
MY 334091 Julia Zakharova, Russia, 17 Aug 2016 expired 151 days.
MY 317502 Ting Jui Shao, Taiwan, 9 May 2016 expired 251 days.
MY 311439 Dangira, Lithuania, 1 Apr 2016 expired 289 days.

I hope they would read this message as I also sent them reminder emails.

Salam my blog readers, if there is any? Lol.

Today I prepared some outgoing postcards. No more direct swap. Life is too busy now. I hope you understand.

1. Joana Nitschke, Germany (swap-bot, Not Perfect Postcard, SG50)
2. Pashkovskaya Yelena, Belarus (postcrossing, MY-314461, fruits)
3. Aylin Yalin Yali Mah, Turkey (postcrossing, MY-314462, sandy beach)
4. The Peace-Ruiz family, USA (postcrossing, MY-314463, sandy beach)
5. Anna Vancurova, Czech (postcrossing, MY-314468, Perak gallery)
6. Annika Siegers, Sweden(postcrossing, MY-314466, Penang Town Hall)
7. Ekaterina Trusova, Belarus (postcrossing, MY-314467, Perlis Gua Kelam)
8. S E de Gooijer, The Netherlands (postcrossing, MY-314464, Kedah paddy field)
9. Ivy Chang, Taiwan (postcrossing, MY-314469, Kelantan Masjid Kampung Laut)

I hope they will receive my postcards very soon!

YESTERDAY I got 2 postcards with IDs on my mailbox. Marina from Tynmen, Russia wrote, "Hi Wak! My name is Marina, I am 25 years old, now I m living in Tynme, but was born and grew up to 16 years. I have in a small town Angersk, which is not far from Irkutsk. This postcard shows the Lake Baikal and its bay Makhor. In the New Year holidays, I was again in these places. Angara is not even cold, even though it was -30 C."

The second postcrosser is Leif from Germany wrote, "New Ways, ie new way is always a risk. But if we have the courage to go off, then every stumble and every misstep is a victory over our fears, our doubts and concerns."

Updated. Today I also received 2 postcards from Chang Chui (GF China) and Tracy (swap-bot) of UK. Thanks to everybody!

Cheers.






Updated. This evening when I checked my mailbox again, I saw 2 postcards inside it. The postcrossing ID BE-422623 belongs to Hilde of Belgium. He wrote, "Hello Wak, This is a view of my hometown. I like it here. Mechelen is an old city with many historical buildings. And I love history. I love reading books too and in the evening I 'm crocheting and knitting. Have a nice day!" The other one coming from Charne of South Africa.

TODAY I prepare 4 more postcards to be sent out. Surprisingly, all of them with postcard IDs, which means no direct swap. There are:

1. Debbie Taggart, Oregon, USA (MY-306869, Vespa)
2. Wong Ling chih, Beijing, China (MY-306874, muar)
3. Anke Atzler, Melle, Germany (MY-307247, Melaka shophouses)
4. Yu Chiau Yu (Katy), Taichung, Taiwan (MY-307246, Melaka church)

Meanwhile, on the other address, I got few more 'direct swap' postcards from Cik Norazlin (Plentong), Bang Bang of the Philippines and Ilkin Teymun of Baku, Azerbaijan. Also a postcrossing ID (NO. 46) postcard coming from Rachel of Taipei, Taiwan. She wrote, "TW-1870701 Hi Wak! I'm Rachel from Taipei, Taiwan. This card was bought when I travel to Macau! I also collect stamps, hope you like the ? on this card? Have you ever been to Macau? The bungee jumping is crazy!!! You should try it!! " Hi Rachel, I never been to Macau but I would like visit someday. Thank you for your temple postcard!

I also received for the first time a GF from South Korea. Thank you to Jiwon. ;p

This morning I prepare a batch of postcards using Visit Malaysia Year 2014. I retyped all those penpals addresses last night whom I contacted during November & December 2015.

1. Azka Affandi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (swap, vmy Kedah)
2. Anastasia Nikita, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (swap, vmy Perak)
3. Lyko Alena, Minsk, Belarus (swap, vmy Perlis)
4. Mariana Lino, Golega, Portugal (swap, vmy KLCC)
5. Jarai Carter, Illinois, USA (swap, vmy Pahang)
6. Yuki Kimura, Gunma, Japan (swap, vmy Sabah)
7. Gapongpang, Nakhon Pathon, Thailand (swap, vmy Kelantan)
8. Hannah Schoeps, Munster, Germany (swap, vmy Johor)
9. Varga Nora, Budapest, Hungary (swap, vmy Kelantan)
10. Gloria Keung, Hong Kong (swap, vmy Johor)
11. Khwanruan Uamchuk, Chainat, Thailand (swap, vmy KLCC)
12. Michelle Kwong, Tacoma, WA, USA (swap, vmy Kedah)
13. Hiroko Hiejima, Kanagawa, Japan (swap, vmy Negeri Sembilan)
14. Lyo Inuyama, Tokyo, Japan (swap, vmy Terengganu)
15. Maria Andrade Cotait, Sao Paulo, Brazil (MY-305478, vmy Perlis)
16. Katrin Preub, Dortmund, Germany (MY-292172 replacement, AFamosa Melaka)

Although this is not their first postcards, I hope they will receive my postcards with great happiness.

I received one postcard from Regina of Regensburg, Germany a few days ago. She wrote:

"Hallo!
My name is Regina and I live in Regensburg. I work there as a nurse. My hobbies are reading, travelling (next trip goes to Scotland), postcrossing.
Happy postcrossing! - Regina"

Now I already prepared a few postcards to be sent out to:

1. Emily Wang, Taiwan (swap, panda)
2. Tatyana or Tanya, Russia (swap, GF)
3. Yasmany, Cuba (swap, Komtar)
4. Thomas Stratmann, Hamburg Germany (swap, vmy Mt Kinabalu)
5. Sarah Lam, Taiwan (swap, Gua Kelam Perlis)
6. Nastya Zykina, Minsk, Belarus (MY-304499, vmy Masjid Kristal)

Happy postcrossing you alls!

Greetings from Singapore postcard. Tq Kay Jin ;)

After a long week going outstation, today I returned home and found out that there were 7 postcards waiting for me.

1. Kay Jin of Singapore (swap, GF, above) - "Hi Wak, nice to meet you. So here I GF to help your collection, hopefully you get many designs to show us in the future! " Note: I think this is my seventh (7th) GF postcard so far. Btw, I met Kay Jin in Singapore during their 5th postcrossing meetup this year.

2. Fisherman, Dublin (IE-108387) - "Hello Wak, I hope you enjoy this sunset over Dublin - Fisherman"

3. Amelia, Georgia, USA (US-3821638) - "Hello, I hope this card finds you well! I live in a small suburb about an hour west of Atlanta, Georgia. All the best to you! " Note: But she gave me an Arizona postcard.

No. 34: Fisherman, Dublin, United Kingdom No. 33: Amelia, Atlanta Georgia

4. Sarah Lam, of Taipei, Taiwan (TW-1854500) - "Dear Wak, Greetings from Taiwan! This is a postcard of the Taipei red House under sunset. It is the first market in Taipei and was built in 1908. It is now transfored into a market for "creative stuff" and a popular tourist distinction. Hope you like this postcard. Happy postcrossing! Best"

5.Dean, Serbia (RS-25265) - "Hello! Greetings from Serbia. Tito is very important, but controversial person, for in history for all country from former Yugoslavia. His grave is in Belgrade (Serbia). Hi funeral drew many world statesmen. Based on th enumber of attending politician and state delegations. It is still regarded as the largest state funeral in history. Happy Postcrossing. Dean"

No. 32: Sarah Lam, Taipei, Taiwan No. 31: Dean, Belgrade, Serbia

6. Sarah Beth, USA (US-3821637) - "Greetings from America! This sunrise is from the Southwest. I went out there on a road trip a few years ago. I never knew I would love the desert so much. The canyons & dunes and sand and colors are nesarly indescribable. (I'm not a hot weather kind of girl but it wasn't bad.) I'm getting into photography so much, got a beautiful camera for Christmas and taking a couple classes. Wishing you a happy healthy 2016!"

7. Thomas of Hamburg, Germany (DE-4915180, the last photo below) - "Hi Wak, I hope you are well. The picture which you see is near the harbour in Hamburg. Hamburg is a beautiful city in Germany. You can do a lot of activities. All the best! Regards." Note: I feel strange about this postcard because Thomas put it inside an envelope. Why cannot he just write my address on the postcard, paste the stamp and mail to me without the envelope? Anyway, thank you for the postcard.

Another note. So, today I created a new label called 'Mastika: Weird & Strange' postcards I received due to the nature of not usually normal.

No. 30: Sarah Beth, USA No. 29: Hamburg, Germany

TODAY my request to swap GF postcard to Ms Chang Chui of Beijing China is accepted. However, she demanded that I shall write some Malay language on the postcard. Before I could do that, she was showing me her GF card first that she's going to send me (see photo below)! She's so one sporting lady!

Beside her postcard, I also prepared some postcards to :

2. Alberto Cadorin of Venezla, Italy (fb-swap, vmy Langkawi)
3. Bartschal Johanna, Mackenbach, Germany (MY-303416, vmy Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia)
4. Dave Krauklis, Michigan, USA (fb-swap, vmy Hutan Royal Belum Perak) - he prefers in an envelope

I hope the cards will get to them very soon.

TODAY I prepared a few more postcards to be sent out.

1. Renju Mathew, UK (swap, Sultan Abu Bakar Mosque sketch)
2. Kari Ln Heckbert Krech, Canada (MY-303102, vmy Pahang)
3. Anastasia Nikita, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (swap, vmy Penang)
4. Hermina Grum, Slovenia (swap, vmy Melaka)
5. Thomas Hilbert, Germany (swap, vmy Kelantan)
6. Siti Nurzafirah, Penang (swap, vmy Johor)
7. Martin, Slovenia (swap, vmy Sarawak)
8. Yasmany, Cuba (swap, vmy Kuala Lumpur)
9. Maggie, Texas, USA (swap-bot, vmy Putrajaya)

Later, I put them all on the Kosas Garden's mailbox. I hope my postcards will get to the postcrossers all over the world in time!