This card came from Taiwan through Postcrossing. The sender informed me that she got this postcard during an exhibition about Egypt’s gods and goddesses. I love cards that are cartoony. It won’t fail to make me smile and it seems my inner child kicks in:)
Category Archives: Postcrossing
Postcard Perfect-Finland
My first postcard from Finland is from a very artsy Kati. I love the postcard and so far she’s the first who send me a long and chatty postcard. She has the best penmanship too. I thought at first that it’s typewritten, but it’s not! Look how straight and uniform her scripts are. Ja eikun…
Postcard Perfect: Auburn, California
Another postcard from US via Postcrossing arrived on my doorstep from someone named Debbie. She lived near Auburn.
Postcard Perfect: Michigan
Here’s my first ever map postcard from Postcrossing. It’s from someone named Linda who lived in Mt. Pleasant in the middle of the Lower Peninsula. She’s happy to come across a teacher like me because she’s also a teacher for 37 years- 29 at Junior high and now she’s retiring. According to her, Michigan is…
Bangkok’s Highest Postbox
This is one of the postcards I’m sending to my friends. This postbox is located at the 77th floor of the 84 floors of Baiyoke Sky Tower-the tallest building in Thailand!
Misia Godebska (Misia Sert)
Received this beautiful postcard from Konigswinter, Germany. It’s a poster made by the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The model is Misia Sert (St. Petersburg, March 30, 1872 – †Paris, October 15, 1950 Servais’ granddaughter)otherwise known as Misia Godebska. She’s the daughter of Sophie Servais and Cyprien Godebski. She was a talented pianist and pupil…
Postcard Perfect: Taiwan
I don’t have much to say about this postcard except that it came from Amber of Taiwan, one of the members of Postcrossing.com. The information at the back states such as this: Kunishima Suiba, “The Lust Period” (November 1930) Taiwan Entertainment and Cinema House. Could she be one of Taiwan’s legendary star? My entry for:
Deutschland ist schön – sie zeigen es!
Deutschland ist schön – sie zeigen es! which means Germany is beautiful – they show it! I love this multi-view postcard from Germany. It features St. Johanniskirche, Margarethenhöhe, Werden, Ruine Burg Altendorf, Kennedyplatz and Baldeneysee. St. Johanniskirche (St. Johannis in Lüneburg). The St. John’s Church is a five-aisled hall church from the 14th Century and…
Postcard Perfect: Prince of Songkhla University and Hatyai Town at Night
I gave you a glimpse of how our town look at night. I featured in my other blog, Her and History, the photo shooting we had with a friend in Prince of Songkhla University right there near that lake. I sent this postcard to someone in India, I think , through postcrossing. I’m still working…
Postcard perfect: Canada
Canada has a special place in my heart. My mom used to tell us stories about her days working with Canadian missionary couples who were assigned in Butuan City . They treated my mom like their own daughter and they kept corresponding to each other since mom got married and their family went back to…
Postcard Perfect: Napoli, Certosa di San Martino e Castel Sant’ Elmo
I received this postcard from someone in Italy. I couldn’t read his penmanship so I googled the background of Napoli, Certosa di San Martino e Castel Sant’ Elmo…he..he… The Certosa di San Martino (Italian St. Martin’s Charterhouse) is a former monastery complex, now a museum, in Naples, southern Italy. It is the most visible landmark…
My hobby: postcard collection!
So what kind of interesting and odd hobbies do you do or collect? No matter what it is – painting, musical , photography , pen collection, swisher sweet cigar box collections, stamps collection, coin collection, and many more, it will be awesome! This year, I’m resolved to do something a little more fun and a…
Postcard Perfect: New Zealand
A postcrosser from New Zealand named Holly Fowles sent me this postcard. It’s a photo of the largest city in New Zealand where she lived, Auckland City. Also called “City of Sails”, it has the largest number of sailing boats per capita. Auckland lies on the Waitemata Harbour. The Sky Tower is New Zealand’s tallest…
Pattaya City
This postcard will travel today to Finland. Pattaya City has one of Asia’s largest beach resorts. It’s the second most visited city in Thailand next to Bangkok. Pattaya also has Asia’s largest gay scene based around Boyztown and Sunee Plaza. The city is also famous for its flamboyant katheoy cabaret shows where transsexuals and transvestites…
