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

Last week, I already asked my good friend to buy a bunch of drawn local postcard at Kinokuniya KLCC (top image). One piece is rm2.20 which is considered expensive to the local poscard standard.

Today, I managed to go to Kota Iskandar JB to buy some postcards (bottom image). Actually on 2 arts are available, so I bought 5 pieces for each art. One piece is RM1 only.

PIXAJOYS - a new online printing company which I tried to print out my photography postcards. As promised, it took only 3 days to deliver to my doorstep. I am so surprised because of its efficiency.

However, after unpackaging it, I am quite upset because of the shiny and glossy of the written side of the postcards. It's hard to write on it I believe!

Other advantage I found out about Pixajoys is that I can choose and select any number of photographs per package, unlike the Gogoprint postcard only one art per package of 100 pcs. In this order, I chose 54 cards per package of RM49, whereas, the gogoprint cost about RM44 for 100pcs. This makes a lot of differences.

Link to my previous order of Gogoprint: MALAYSIA POSTCARDS FOR SALE.

A few day ago, after seeing my postcrossing fb friend found Sekinchan postcards, I managed to go to Pantai Redang and bought 2 packets of postcards too.

Thanks Cikgu Charlie_Dale. The fb link.

However, the postcard side of the written one is so shiny and hard to write on it.

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.

For the last few days I got batches of postcards.

9 June 2017, Friday.
1. Emily, USA but using Japan postcard.
2. Isabella Fong, Sarawak, swap postcard.

11 June 2017, Sunday.
1. Chloe Lo, Taiwan
2. Kow & mom, Japan

12 June 2017, Monday.
1. Zanna, Latvia
2. Irine, Russia, wrong ID ;( got it!
3. Olga, Russia

Thank you all.

Jeram Beach, Selangor

Malaysia Postcards for Sale.

Art 1: Blue lake of Masai, Johor
Art 2: Masjid Beijing, Kelantan
Art 3: Pantai Jeram, Selangor

Unit price: RM1.20, minimum order of 10 pcs, can mix the 3 arts
Until stock last.
Postage: RM6 per order
Please visit my FB page: I Want A Postcard

Blue Lake of Masai, Johor.

Masjid Beijing, Kelantan.

This is a short video clip on how I normally write a postcard from my home.

Thanks for watching.

Last weekend, I visited Penang after fetching my son from his college's dorm in Alor Setar. Unexpectedly I saw a bundle of the street arts postcards from Leboh Armenian and Leboh Ah Quee, Georgetown. Hence, I bought 20 postcards for RM10 - it's very the cheap. The old man who setup his souvenier gift mini shop selling not only postcards but also other memorabilia things.

Nice.

The postcrossing meetup held at Amcorp Mall on 17 April 2016. Actually I was supposed to join the meetup, but life was so busy. So I missed it.

However, our good postcrosser who remember me would like to give me the special event postcard. Thank you cik kak Hazurai.

Majulah Sukan untuk Negara. ;D

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

TODAY I prepared a new batch of postcards to be sent out.

1. Maria Liisa Paksunemi of Kittila, Finland, (MY-304857, vmy The Royal Museum of Seri Menanti)
2. Robert v.d. voort, Eindhoven, Netherlands, (MY-305021, KL Tower)
3. Tony Ambris, Ohio, USA, (MY-305017, monkey drinks coconut juice)
4. Elinor Sadowska, Derby, UK, (swap-bot, wet market Kota Bharu)
5. Burano Xie, Auckland, New Zealand, (swap, Johor Country Club sketch)
6. Hermina Grum, Preserje, Slovenia, (swap, local fruits)
7. Norazlin, Plentong, Malaysia, (swap, Levis Type 1)
8. Mihail Peleah, Istanbul, Turkey, (swap, Panda sketch)
9. Abderrazak Chabane, Biskra, Algeria, (swap, Johor Bahru skyline sketch)
10. Chuan Hua Wen (Saxman), Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, (swap, Orchid Valley sketch)
11. Andrea Galdames Garrido, Concepcion, Chile (swap, royal mausoelum sketch)
12. Lyko Alena, Minsk, Belarus, (swap, local fruits)
13. Julie Didriksen, Oslo, Norway, (swap, istana bukit serene sketch)
14. June Chez Cecile Garros, Foix, France, (MY-305076, Johor Bahru city drawing)

I hope they will get my postcards very soon!

Yesterday, after a week of leaving it, I returned to my hut and found out that I have 24 postcards on my mailbox! I am so surprised, happy and delightful. These are the list.

THE POSTCROSSING IDs :-
1. Janine of The Netherlands, NL-3309905 (36, above), "Hi, many greetings from the Netherlands. Wich place do you visit. When you was here? Have a nice day!" Note: Hi Janine, I visited Netherlands (work) 15 years ago, in 2001. It was nice!
2. Varvara of Moscow, Russia, RU-4401605 (37), "Greetings from Moscow, Russia. I hope this note finds you doing very well. This cruiser is symbol of Revolution 1917."
3. Niky of Czech Republic, CZ-812114 (38), "Hello! I am Niky. I am ten years old. I run ? I like read detective stories."
4. From Russia, RU-4401624 (39), "Greeting from Russia! I wish you happiness and a lot of wonderful cards ^^)"
5. Arja of Finland, FI-2627692 (40), "Hello! In Finland cows roam free on pasture during the summer season, but in winter there is sow too much and too cold. I have been a caretaker and milked lot of cows. It was quite fun. :) "









GF CARDS:-
6. Noa of United Kingdom, "Hi Wak, how are you? Thanks for this swap, your postcard was really nice. I am trying to collect all GF postcards from origin, but it is so difficult! For now I have almost 20, I will keep trying to get them all! Have a nice day "
7. Julie of Norway, " Dear Wak! :) I hope this card finds you well! I live in Oslo, which is the biggest city in Norway, with a population of almost 650,000 people. Despite this, 2/3 of the municipal is actually forests and lakes (they surround Oslo). This means Oslo has a rich plant and wildlife. Between the years 1624 and 1925, it had another name: Christiania. Akerselva is a river that travels from all the way up north in Oslo, through the city and ends by the Paulsen docks."



SWAP CARDS, I am too tired to retype their notes, so sorry ;( :-
10. Bev, California, USA
11. Bruno Xie, New Zealand
12. Hermina 2, Slovenia
13. Margie Diamante, Texas, USA. She put all 5 Texas postcards in an envelope which I dont prefer ;(
14. Mihail Peleah, Istanbul, Turkey
15. Abderrazak Chabane, Biskra, Algeria
16. Anjum ur Rahman, Faisalabad, Pakistan
17. Hermina 3, Slovenia
18. Saxman, Taiwan
19. Andrea, Chile
20. Julie, Norway
21. Alena, Belarus
22. Norazlin, Plentong
23. Gita, Indonesia
24. Hermina 4, Slovenia

Note: I received 3 postcards from Hermina (Slovenia) on this batch.

Thank you very much to you all!



Updated. Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016.
Today, I only received one postcard and it's coming from Dyaz of Jogjakarta, Indonesia. Thank you Dyaz.



Updated. Thursday, 25 Feb 2016.
Today, I also received one postcard from Martin of Slovenia. Thank you Martin.

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!

Eight postcards I received before 2016 Chinese New Year holiday.

SUDDENLY I received 8 postcards on my mailbox! It's so surprising and I like it. Only 1 postcard with postcrossing ID, 6 direct swap postcards, and 1 is personal request postcard. They are:

1. Isidora & Arseniy from Prilep, Macedonia. This is postcard ID no. 25 on postcrossing. They wrote, "Dear Wak! We are Isidora and Arseniy - sister and brother from Prilep, Macedonia. We play piano, read books, collect stamps and postcards. Look at our profile how we play piano! On this card is sculpture "King Marco" from 1963. Greetings from Macedonia. MK-5805"

2. Hanis, a Malaysian student in Czech Republic. She wrote, "Salam Wak, terimakasih sebab sudi swap postcard dgn saya. Thanks jugak introduce postcrossing. ") Saya ada exam dlm 2 minggu lagi. Doakan ye. p/s - boleh makankan keropok lekor utk saya? Homesick Haih... - Hanis"

3. Saxman from Taiwan. He wrote, "Hi Wak, nice to meet you. Thank you for your postcard (MY-298032). My nickname is Saxman and I live in Taiwan. Taiwan is located in Pacific Ocean, and it is a beautiful island! If you have a chance to travel, welcome to Taiwan, you will have a different trip! Hope you'll like this postcard. Happy postcrossing! - Saxman"

4. Azka Affandi from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. She wrote, " Hello Wak, greetings from Indonesia! I have sent you a postcard a couple weeks ago but then they returned it to me, so I decided to send you a new one. Bagaimana harimu? Yogyakarta (the city where I live) selalu hujan selama satu minggu ini. I always love rainy day! Semoga harimu menyenangkan :)"

5. Judith from Austria. She wrote, "Hello from Austria! Thanks for the swap! I like photography too. At the moment, my favourite camera is my fuji X20 and my old Polaroid SX70. Too bad, there are no more original instant films available. The new ones aren't that good and they're too expensive. Wish you all the best! - Judith (Jusie)"

6. CPL from Aceh. She wrote, "Assalamualaikum, wish u happy always and good luck."

7. Hernie from Perak, Malaysia. She wrote, "Assalamualaikum! Nama saya Hernie bt Hamdan. Berasal dari Cheras, Kuala Lumpur dan bertugas di Lambor Kanan, Perak. Saya terjumpa postcard ni masa mengemas so surprise untuk Wak! Wak suka sunset kan? Ok. Terimakasih kerana sudi swap poskad. Rezeki subuh wak! Alhamdulillah, dapat GF poskad dari Wak! - Hernie"

8. Unknown from Penang Hernie from Perak. I try to figure out who is the sender. Until now still blank. Whoever send this beautiful sunset over Komtar Penang, please stand up! Timekaseh cikgu! Sorry tak cam signature mak tuuh. Jangan marah naa. ;p

A postcard from Macedonia.

Handwritten postcard from Isidora & Arseniy of Macedonia. Thank you!

A FEW months ago I was stumbled upon my own country's blogger who likes to send and receive postcards from all over the world. On her blog, I saw that she was getting a gunny of postcards (read: thousand of postcards) from Tourism Malaysia in 2014 for promotion purposes. I was unable to contact her since she is not active anymore in the cyberworld, I guess. However, I found another blogger who is also getting the same postcards from Tourism Malaysia. And when I asked her about the postcard, she told me that she's willing to give me some of the postcards, free of charge. I am so happy!

Yesterday, finally I received a bundle of Visit Malaysia Year 2014 postcards which are still beautiful and new. Thank you mak Nayfatimahrashid for her understanding. Semoga Allah membalas jasa baik budi mak itu.

TODAY, surprisingly I received 5 postcards on my mailbox. Probably because of the long weekend holiday due to the Hari Wilayah (Federal Day).

The first postcard comes from Tommy of China. This is my 21st postcard from postcrossing ID. He wrote:


Yes Tommy, I visited Beijing 3 years ago and walked on the Great Wall of China! Thank you again for the lovely postcard.

The second postcard comes from Ms Sara of Poland. I know her through her blog: sawatka. She wrote:


The third postcard comes from my own country-lady, Ms Tunteja. I know her accidentally on the postcrossing wall. She is very active postcrosser too. She wrote:




The last two postcard are GF (Greeting From) postcards from Finland and Taiwan. I like them too!

Ms Laura of Finland wrote:


Ms Emily of Taiwan wrote: