Big Package of Friendship Books, Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Tsarkoye Selo

I was calling my school today because of some questions I have regarding my enrollment, and while I was on the phone... Mr. Rudy Amaya, the postman (and now you know his name) gave these..

That big package from Malaysia makes me excite... while that white piece of paper makes me so nervous.

Nervous because I have another Parcel Notice that I have to claim. (-__-)

I have Four of these in my hands, and I should claim them as soon as I can. Each parcel that I have to claim costs Php 40 or around a dollar. I could  have used the money to send 3 postcards or a letter in Europe. Well so much for that... 

I believe I have posted one like this before, but I still want you guys to see:

Now that I have my own postal ID, I don't depend anymore to my nice postman for his signature. I used to make him sign these notices so I can get my parcel... not anymore! (*^▽^*)

So for our first postcard, here's a card sent by Nordbaer from Germany. He hosted the "FIVE years of fun" in celebration for his fifth anniversary in the forum.

He gave away Five Surprise Prizes, and drew another five participants who'll get a written and stamped postcard.

He got me a new card for my UNESCO Collection. *(^O^)* 

HANSESTADT LUBECK
Burgtor

This card came from Anna (Anchuta), and shows Tsarkoye Selo... St. Petersburg. This card was sent through Walltype (#1)

Just love that stamp...the texture seems engraved : 3

Meanwhile, this is the insides of the envelope sent to me by Ate Ashley (verlustangst). It has been a long while since I got a thick pack of mail. Weighed this one out, and it was around a lumping 300 grams!

WOAH for me...

Thank you very much for these! I'll make sure they get passed soon. (Hoping you do well at work!)

Lots of friendship books and label bags here.

There's also one friendship book there made for a certain individual in the Philippines. I'm so happy that I finally saw another one again! I don't see Filipinos swap these friendship books lately, but anyways... I think that fb has been travelling for around 8-10 years.

Better return her full FB now to her.

And just recently, I was able to contact her via email and facebook.. (whoo! good thing she has an email addy), and saw that she's happily married now, with a son in the UK. :) Awww.. 

BTW, I'm giving away some FBs and bags to Filipino individuals who's into penpalling, or who would like to see what friendship books and label bags look like and be able to pass them up.

 Just leave a comment, and I'll prepare it while I still have time in my hands.

Bye bye Caroline... the stuffed bear

Today, Caroline, the toy that I have hosted, is finally going back to Germany. It has been a great adventure on being her host. I was preoccupied lately with stuff, and didn't managed to send her quickly... but at least, I still got her on a nice adventure. She stayed for almost 6 months! Sooo long.. Here's a picture together with the other stuff that I sent (as my way of saying sorry as well for making her wait for so long)

A shawl, a pen, an air bag, some postcards, her diary... and a set of Philippine coins which are not included in the picture.

Meanwhile, I also tried sending via surface mail today. I sent a birthday card today to Janice from the US, who's birthday is still in December. Currently, I am experimenting surface mail. I have experimented Surface Air Mail... and now surface mail. Wondering how long it will arrive. My guess would be 3 months.

Here are some postcards that I have sent:

I have included there 3 Chain RR Cards, but I wasn't able to send them. I'll probably send them next time. 

The lighthouse card over there is Janice's card (see picture above)

Most of them are official cards. That Pochacco letter goes to Clea, a new friend of mine whom I will get to know more about.

This is an aerogramme that I sent to Abra_Kadaver from Germany. I really had a hard time picking on what postcard to send to him. Since he mentioned that I can also send a letter, I just picked sending one to him instead. This is the back of the aerogram.

and as for the mail received.... I got two today:

One is from RBC Ministries, who always sends me good reading materials. What I found amazing is that, whatever I am facing right now... the booklet they send always seem to fit in my situation. 

They always use stamps, so I'm also happy. I have cut these stamps, and send them to the stamp RR that I am part of. I find it nice whenever I receive Philippine mail with commemorative stamps.

Kudos to the post office in Greenhills!

There's another new card here sent by Juho, a grandfather, one of the most active Finnish senders, and a postcrossing supporter from Finland. He sent a Moomin card, with a matching Moomin stamp. Another card for my collection : D

FI-1433518 has travelled 8,894 km for 10 days. Finland really has quick post.

I sent him a long message expressing my thanks and how he reminded me of my past granddad, and I feel so blessed that he replied.

Toivon kaikkea parasta sinulle! He said. 

That means "All the best to you!"

 He even ended his message with the title "Lolo" before his name.

Lolo Juho from Finland

*Lolo is the Filipino term for grandfather.

*Apo for grandchild

So sweet :)

Featured Blog: The Little Girl from the Big City

Scrapcards,
Sewing and Knitting,
Making cakes and cupcakes


That's what's Denise's blog is all about. Here you'll see the creativity of this 22 year old Dutch gal posting about her passion in her hobbies. 


She makes scrumptious cupcakes and cakes like these:

Some of her handmade cards:

Isn't that talent? I hope I could also learn how to bake a cake. Wonder when will our oven work again...
What I find great is that she's a student, and she manages her time to make these. :)

Do follow Denise here in her blog:

The Little Girl from the Big City

Her blog is written in Dutch, but since there's the Google Translate... that will make it more easier for you guys to read her blog posts.

#All pictures are credited to Denise Carlier.

Friendship Books from Morgan :)

Today's mail, I got two envelopes of friendship books and bags from Morgan of Australia. She's so nice to send me the following:

Meanwhile, these are the friendship books and bags that I'm sending to Shira of Israel. We agreed to swap 50 grams of FBs and bags for 5 fbs and a profile surprise.

Since it rained really hard today, I didn't got to visit the post office today... so I just bought these instead. I have been craving over them for a long time, and got a chance to buy them:

There's Milk, Strawberry, Blackcurrant, and Chocolate.

Petronas Twin Towers from Malaysia, Chain Card, Anime and Gotochi card from Japan

I won this postcard from the lottery hosted by Matthew07 entitled 

Lottery: Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers.

He had a short vacation and was kind to share this to 6 other postcrossers.

I like this style of postcard. It just makes me want to collect other styles like this of the Petronas Twin Towers. 

Next is this Chain Card from whitedog... Just reminded me that I haven't sent my Chain Card yet.

Kewl stamps :)

and finally... from the another "wishlist" tag in the forum, with very special thanks to sugarm89/mai722.

She sent these postcards:

My first Gotochi Card!! She mentioned that her sister is from Yamanashi... and thus is the card.

AND this anime card from Fullmetal Alchemist:

This is the second postcard I received from Fullmetal Alchemist. :)

Thank you so much for sending a very nice surprise. You're so generous to send another wishlist card!

And about the Chain Card... I'm planning to send this one:

See this post for my first Chain Card!

Vancouver Postcard for Monday's Mail

Received this postcard from ADJ. I sent him a message before saying that he's one of the Filipino postcrossers who has high ranking when it comes to sending postcards within the country. Until I realized that he's not in the list anymore, and discovered that he's in Vancouver, Canada now.

He's so nice to send me this postcard. Thank you for this one Tito Alf. :)

LIONS GATE BRIDGE AT DUSK

Vancouver, B.C., Canada

This is the largest suspension bridge in the British Commonwealth. It is 4,977 feet long, the suspended section is 2, 778 feet long. The height of the towers is 380 feet. The bridge connects Vancouver proper with the Municipality of West Vancouver and the City of North Vancouver over the entrance of Burrard Inlet. The North Shore Mountains form the background for this spectacular night view.

Photo by: Rolly Ford

Some postcards from the 2nd Postcrossing Meet Up :)

I just attended my first postcrossing meet up today, and got these awesome pcs from there:

I also got a few stamps from Tita Jane (cabbie), stationery from Ate Raine (renren16); tea, Kit Kat chocolates from Tita Clarissa Candido, and these postcards from Tita Willa (FickleMinded) and peterahon.

From Tita Willa (FickleMinded). They're from this place.. Windsor.

These are from peterahon.... he got this card from South Korea where he worked before.