Postcard #5, US-1873256

The fifth postcard just arrived today from USA again! So, this is my second card from the USA. Its journey to my home is the quickest compared to the other postcards. It only took 9 days to reach Indonesia from USA! The record holder yet! :D

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 At first I thought that it's a picture of some baby seals gathered around together, but when I looked at it more closely, I realised they are rocks... (silly me!). I found it difficult to read the name, I figured out it's Marlsne, but it turned out to be Marlene (Sorry Marlene!).. Maybe because of the unique handwriting and because the ink is rather blurred... The stamp has beautiful scenery and it's in a form of sticker.. I wonder when we will have sticker-type stamps here in Indonesia...

Marlene told me about the activities she enjoys at the lake, and I think I would like to do those too, if there's a lake like Lake Tahoe in Jakarta, or even Tangerang! :D

Facts:
Sender: Marlene,USA
Distance: 14,003 km
Traveled: 9 days

Postcard #4, HK-81754

The fourth postcard was sent by Jim, a foreigner lives in Hong Kong. This card arrived quite fast, it only took 11 days from Hong Kong. It's a picture of a famous landmark in Hong Kong, the Convention & Exhibition Centre. I've visited Hong Kong several times, but I've never been to this building. Maybe because we are just interested in shopping? :p

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What thrilled me while reading this postcard is because Jim has ever lived in Jakarta! No wonder he knows the greeting 'Apa kabar?', my city Tangerang, and Jakarta's traffic. I replied to him that he's lucky to have moved out from Jakarta because the traffic is getting worse here :D

The handwriting is typical of a middle-aged man. I'm not sure though :D The stamps are simple but nice. The picture gives me new knowledge. That's why I like postcrossing. It gives us information about more places even though we have gone to the country!

Anyway, thanks Jim for the postcard!

Facts:
Sender: Jim, Hong Kong
Distance: 3,248 km
Traveled: 11 days

Postcard #3, CN-696968

The third postcard is from Pan in Suzhou, China! It arrived after 27 days. This actually supposed to be the second card (based on the sent date - 23 Aug), but I don't know why the postman delivered it late. They even crossed 2 long lines on my address! I wonder why?

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I love this postcard very very much! The picture is very cute and colorful! She even put some cute stickers to add its cuteness! And the stamps are nice, as well. I wonder when Indonesia can create beautiful stamps like these... The handwriting is typical of people who write kanji (Chinese and Japanese)... Pointy, small, and neat.

By the way, see the lines? Yes, that are the lines I'm talking about... Confusing, right?
Anyway, love this postcard! Thank you Pan!

Facts:
Sender: Pan, China
Distance: 4,402 km
Traveled: 27 days

Postcard #2, BY-580132

The second postcard just came today from Vitebsk, Belarus. It was sent by Natali and it reached my house after 14 days journey (quite fast, huh?)

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 It is a painting of country houses. Beautiful and soothing. Also, Belarus' stamp is very simple indeed.... The cursive handwriting is nice ans easy to read, too. I like this kind of handwriting :) She included a kind of proverb in Russian (I guess), although I can't figure out how to read it :p Anyway she has provided the meaning, so it's okay! Thank you Natali!

Facts:
Sender: Natali, Belarus
Distance:  9,728 km
Traveled: 14 days

Postcard #1, US-1827387

The first postcard came from Taylor in Austin, Texas, USA. Received on 8 September 2012 (18 days after it was sent).

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It is a lovely map of Texas. This card will be special because it's the first postcard I've received since I joined Postcrossing. Neat and tidy handwriting, for a man :) Love the stamps too!

Facts:
Sender: Taylor, USA
Distance: 16,305 km
Traveled: 18 days

Postcrossing~

My re-encounter with postcards came when the native teacher I'm assisting decided to give the students a project of sending postcards to his parents in Scotland, since almost all students never go to the post office in their life and he wanted them to experience it even if just once. I happened to come across an exchanging-postcards site called Postcrossing when I was googling for a place to buy postcards for the project.

I remembered when I was in high school, I used to visit the main Post Office in Jakarta, since my school is located just beside it. The Postcrossing project really brings back memories. In the past, I used to have pen pals, but I sent letters, not postcards. I usually sent postcards only for quizzes. This is why I decided to join the project, since I love to get acquainted with people all over the world as well.

I created this blog for the sake of memories. I will upload all my received postcards here, as a safe-keeping in case they're lost (hopefully not!).

I look forward to getting more postcards! :)