Letters and postcards

Recently I've taken up the hobby of writing snail mail letters/postcards. Thanks to postcrossing. So this is my profile there. I said I speak Chinese, but really it's more like I wish I could. That is despite it being my mother tongue and all.

I really like this postcard from Finland. The scan doesn't do it any justice, really.

As much as I like to participate in the swap, I decided to take a break this December, cos I simply can't find any Christmas themed postcards, and I know they're all expecting some. Singapore is not big on postcards in the first place. It's hard enough looking for non-touristy types. Not like say, Perth, where there were so many, I was spoilt for choice. Maybe I'll need to check out those tourist attractions to find some nice ones. The postcards I bought previously were water colour paintings of places near the Singapore River from Holland V, at a dollar each.

I also wrote to a girl from the Netherlands last week. Then I realised yesterday, that people expect more than just a letter plain and simple, they want pretty stationary, stickers, letters that look more like a scrapbook than a sheet of paper. Oh dear.

I've also heard that not everyone replies the first letter. Oh dear.

On a happier note, I'll be getting my driving license soon! The actual card, which is now at the post office. Will need to pick it up sometime soon.