PC #0040 / NL-592326

Postcard #40 | Just a Note greeting card

NL-592326 from lyd

Kumusta!

@greataplomb

Hello blog that I've put on hold for almost a year and a half! It has been so long. I bet you didn't miss me. /sobs

It's so nice to be back to the world of snail mailing! I really missed the feeling of receiving and sending something. Not gonna lie, I felt like there was something missing during my one year hiatus. But I really needed to take a break and work on my life since it's not like as I planned it to be.

Oh yes, hiatus. I've been meaning to update the blog up to the latest postcard I received as of the last post but honestly I don't know what happened. Maybe I got caught up with moving and put aside updating the blog that I slowly forgot about it. Or maybe I thought it was useless to update the blog as I was already planning on taking a break from Postcrossing and snail mailing. But whatever it is, the important thing is that I'm already back! It's true what they say, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." It is even applicable to this situation!

I got back and started being active at Postcrossing again last December. I swear, I was like an excited kid when I went to the post office to drop the postcards. I have this habit of posting random things at Instagram, so of course my outgoing postcards were posted and I put the #postcrossing hashtag. Lo and behold, I discovered that people actually made accounts solely for posting about their mails. My personal account was added by a few mail enthusiasts because of my hashtags and it's quite silly that they're seeing my randomness so I decided to make a separate account. I've been enjoying it! So if you're there too, my snail mail account is @greataplomb!

I'm slowly taking in swaps and tried not to get swamped with confusing ones. I haven't even ventured the PC forums again. I missed it, but I'm not yet ready for the intensity there. Lol. I've had a few swaps that I haven't received from the forums before so I made sure to be really careful this time.

I moved back to the province for a semi-career change and I'm still waiting for my first batch of postcards to arrive! I bet my name will ring a bell at the post office again. They'd be saying, "Oh! Pauline is back and so are her postcards."

Many changes are coming and also updates! But it will be painstakingly slow because huhu I've only posted 39 postcards out of 150+ cards and there will be some major back tracking. Wish me luck!

Outgoing Mail: 01

3 official Postcrossing cards (ETA: +1)

2 for Birthday RR

1 for Weekly Wrap Postcard Swap

Weekly Round-up 2

 [ Walltype #1 ]

From: Hopalong

Highlights of Hawaii. The Hawaiian islands feature special offerings - a spectacular active volcano, majestic humpback whales, delicious shaved ice and Kona coffee, and countless, enchanting beaches. Each island has its own unique personality and provides a landscape full of adeventure and sightseeing oppotunities. 

Liarnie, also a fellow snail mail enthusiast, recommended this site called Walltype. It's a postcard exchange community where you can choose different topics, depending on the postcard you are going to send. It's really easy once you get a hang of it and here's the great thing: NO LIMIT.  This Hawaii mapcard from Hopalong (Glennys) is my first one through Walltype. It's quite adorable, isn't it?

Glennys used a Grand Teton National Park stamp.

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 Thank you card!

From: Corina (corin)

Dated: July 26, 2011

I sent Corina an official postcard months ago and she was very nice to send me a thank you card in return. She also chose this one out of my favorites album! Maraming salamat Corina!

Stamps used:  Queen Beatrix, 15c, Kinderpostzegel Nederland

Back!

Oh wow! It's been months since I last updated this blog. I've received loads of postcards and mail while I was gone and I think I've lost count of them already. To be honest, I don't know where to start if I start posting them each.

A lot has happened within these past 5(?) months. Hospital training has drained all of my energy and I find it hard to keep up with snail mails, etc. Now I have a very lousy record over at my Postcrossing account. I'd rather sleep and take a rest than make a run to the post office. Shift schedules also prevent me from enjoying the hobby. I've also been a very bad pen pal (Sorry Sarah!).

Now that my training is over, I'm slowly easing back into the hobby. It's so nice to have that excited feeling back and it made me regret the 5 month hiatus I took from snail mailing. I also tried joining Swap-bot and Walltype, great sites you should check out.

See you soon!