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, I got another two postcards coming from Natsumi (bunnyonaise) of New Zealand and Sara (ssk) of Doha.

Natsumi wrote:

"Hi Wak,

How are you? 

Hope this sunset picture 

with a lighthouse from 

New Zealand is to your 

liking! NZ is full of nature 

and beautiful marine life!

Take care! 

Cheers,

Natsumi (Bunnyonaise)"

While Sara of Doha wrote:

"Dear Mr Wak Tiga Lalat, (marhabah)! 

I hope this card finds you 

well, happy and in good health. 

Thank you for expressing an 

interest in Qatar. My family 

and I hope to visit Malaysia 

soon! I'm jealous of all the 

areas you travelled to especially 

Japan. I have to go there. 

Saudia is right next door so 

I hope you visit one day! 

Wishing you the best, Sara"

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:

FINALLY, after waiting for almost 2 months, my ordered Lego tourist minifigures have arrived on my lap today. Thank you ebay for the excellent services although the parcel delivery is a bit delayed due to the year end season.

Although ebay informed me that there are 2 different suppliers sending the minifigures, but I got all of them in my parcel.

Previous entry on "My experience shopping on Ebay".

TODAY I am going to send out 10 more postcards to my penpals around the world.

1. Nyuralskaya Elena, Russia (swap, Shah Alam mosque)
2. Kelsey Poole, Nevada, USA (MY-301642, Melaka shophouses)
3. Hellen Magi, Estonia (MY-301289, Kuala Lumpur skyline)
4. Katherine Williams (MY-301291, Kuala Lumpur city scenery)
5. Noa Garcia, Birmingham, UK (swap, GF Malaysia)
6. Ute Breiter, Lhlow, Germany (swap, GF Malaysia)
7. Marge Nadeja, Georgia, USA (swap, Muzium Negeri Sembilan museum)
8. Anastasiia Vlasova, Russia (MY-301673, State Secretariat, JB drawing)
9. Marc Migge, Germany (swap, Desaru beach drawing)
10. Jarai Carter, Illinois, USA (swap, local fruits drawing)

I hope they will receive my postcards very soon.

The 2012 TD Bank Philadelphia International Championship postcard from Juanita.

TODAY I received 3 beautiful postcards from:

1. Juanita, Philadelphia, USA (US-3779836)
2. Marc Migge, Ellern, Germany (swap)
3. Jarai Carter, Champaign, Illinois, USA (swap)

"January 10, 2016, 43 deg F, Yeadon PA - USA. US-3779836 Lots of stamps No space to write Juanita

Postcards from Jarai Carter (left) and Marc Migge (Germany)

Jarai wrote, "Hello Wak, I hope your year has started off great. Chicago is the biggest city in Illinois. It has wonderful museums (history & science) and a great aquarium. It also has a Shakespeare theater built like the ones in England in real old times! Happy Postcrossing, Jarai Carter.

Marc wrote, "Hello Wak, I hope you like this amazing sunset over Mainz. The colours are so beautiful and the silhouettes of the buildings are a nice contrast, dont you think? Best wishes, Marc"

Aurora Borealis, from Outi, Finland

TODAY I received one postcard from Outi of Lapland Finland showing Aurora Borealis. It's so beautiful and coincidentally, my brother in law and his family are going to visit Norway this week on a cruise to view the Aurora.

Anyway, I am also preparing 4 new postcards to:

1. Elena of Moscow, Russia (MY-301211, paddy farmer)
2. Ulrike Jonas, Gottingen, Germany (MY-301212, paddy farmer)
3. Dyaz Ayoe Septia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (swap, Muzium Tokoh Johor)
4. Hana Kane, Christchurch, New Zealand (swap, Muzium Tokoh Johor)

Outi's handwriting, from Finland

To Elena & Ulrike Jonas

To Dyaz Ayoe Septia & Hana Kane

aQi infront of Pejabat Pos Masai mailboxes.