Today I wrote a postcard and an introduction letter for Lizelle, one of my new pen pals that I met through this awesome Facebook group. She's from South Africa, and my first pen pal from that mysterious continent. I don't know how long will it take to arrive there, but I hope it won't be so long. But I'll try something: I'll send the postcard as "normal" mail, and the letter as "certified" mail, to see if it makes a difference.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
4 things #1
I've seen this on many blogs, so I decided to give it a try. This week, I want to do these 4 things:
1.- Start reading a new book.
2.- Wash my car.
3.- Throw away a lot of old and useless stuff from my desk.
4.- Take some pictures to try the Harris Shutter Effect.
I think I'll be able to do it :) Next Sunday I'll post the results of this.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Outgoing mail (Updated)
Today I finished replying some letters from my new pals, all of them are introduction letters, so they're shorter than usual, because the first 1 or 2 letters are the most difficult for me. Also, I wrote an introduction letter to another pal, and I'm sending a couple of postcards for another friend. Tomorrow I'm going to the post office to send letters to Manuela (Germany), Mariell (Norway), Andreea (Romania), Barbara (Finland) and Linda (Italy). I hope to not have any problem at the post office with one of the letters, because I enclosed something else on the envelope (and I hope it will arrive in one piece, too).
Talking about postcards, tomorrow I'll be sending the last two I had at home, so I'm going to buy some more during the weekend.
Update: I just came back from the post office, and I decided to send them certified, because I think it will be a little bit faster and safer (and it isn't as expensive as it's on another countries).
Update: I just came back from the post office, and I decided to send them certified, because I think it will be a little bit faster and safer (and it isn't as expensive as it's on another countries).
Monday, October 22, 2012
Venezuela postcard
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| Venezuela postcard |
This is one of the postcards that I got from Postmuse, as part of her Orphaned Postcard Project. I won't say here why did I choose it, instead I'll write it on the postcard and mail it back to her. Although I'm Venezuelan, this is the first time that I get a postcard from here.
USA postcard
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| USA postcard |
This is one of the postcards that I got from Postmuse, as part of her Orphaned Postcard Project. I won't say here why did I choose it, instead I'll write it on the postcard and mail it back to her.
Argentina postcard
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| Argentina postcard |
This is one of the postcards that I got from Postmuse, as part of her Orphaned Postcard Project. I won't say here why did I choose it, instead I'll write it on the postcard and mail it back to her.
USA postcard
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| USA postcard |
This is another postcard that I got from TheSnailMailer. I love it !!! It's a picture of Cindy Sherman, one of my favorite photographers.
USA postcard
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| USA postcard |
I got this beautiful postcard from the USA, from TheSnailMailer. She went to Washington in the summer, so she choose this beautiful view of the Washington Monument.
USA stamps
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| USA stamps |
Another nice set of stamps from the USA. I love those on the right, specially the one with the bull.
USA stamps
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| USA stamps |
I love these stamps from the USA, specially those on the right: Miles Davis and Edith Piaf.
New mail, mixed feelings
Today I got two letters from the USA, one from TheSnailMailer and another one from Postmuse. I really love getting new mail, it's exciting to arrive home and find some letters in the mailbox, but this time I have some mixed feelings about these letters: besides being happy for getting them, I'm kind of sad because I won't be able to reply to them until December 25th (remember this post). I don't like to make my friends wait for such a long time, even it isn't my fault. Well, I'll take my time to prepare some good letters for them, and mail them as soon as the service works again.
I almost forget to say that you should check Postmuse's project: Orphaned Postcard Project. She has LOTS of postcards, you choose those you would like to adopt, and she sends them to you in an envelope, you write anything you want on it, and send them back to her. Check the project here.
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| Today's mail |
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Germany stamps
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| Germany stamps |
A nice pair of stamps from Germany, I really like the one on the right.
What I got this week
This week I got 3 letters, and that's awesome because our postal service is really slow and I don't have many pals, so it was a great surprise to get them. All of them are first letters/introductions. It's one from Italy (from Linda), one from Finland (from Barbara) and one from Germany (from Manuela). I really enjoyed reading them, and I already started writing the replies, and also a letter/postcards for another friend (Andreea, from Romania).
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| This week's mail |
Also, it was a great surprise to get some tea samples from Linda. I love tea, every afternoon I drink a cup of it after arriving home, and this Italian tea is delicious.
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| Italian tea |
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Done with the archives
Well, those that I posted in the past days are the stamps and postcards that I've received since I started penpalling. I didn't post all of the stamps, because some are repeated and some aren't "real stamps" (instead, they're a seal). From now on, I'll post stamps and postcards as soon as I get them (it won't be too often), and updates on the mail I get.
On the next few days (surely during upcoming weekend) I'll post about 3 nice letters that I got this week.
Finland stamps
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| Finland stamps |
Although this stamp from Finland might look blurry, it isn't. Actually, it's a kind of 3D stamp: the skier moves when you move the stamp, it's really awesome, and one of my favorite stamps ever.
Update: I just found that this is called "lenticular printing"
Update: I just found that this is called "lenticular printing"
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
China postcard
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| China postcard |
A while ago, I received this postcard from China. It's pretty strange, and I'm still asking to myself what's in the bottle.
Monday, October 15, 2012
A new update on Venezuelan postal service
As I said in a previous post here, last month Venezuelan postal service decided to stop mailing to all of American countries, during a 90 day period. Also, I wrote that I think it's a problem that could extend to other countries, or be longer than 90 days, so a few days ago I sent an email to a regional manager of IPOSTEL (our postal service), and she told me that it will be only for 90 days, and it won't extend to any other country or continent. Is that the true ? I don't know, but I really hope it is.
Serbia stamps
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| Serbia stamps |
These stamps from Serbia are absolutely beautiful, I like the design of the one in the middle.
Germany postcard
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| Germany postcard |
I really like this postcard from Germany, specially because I like taking night pictures, with light streaks from cars passing by.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Czech Republic postcard
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| Czech Republic postcard |
This is a very nice multiview postcard from the Czech Republic.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Germany stamps
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| Germany stamps |
A nice set of stamps from Germany. Although those on the left are quite common, the one on the right is a very beautiful one.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Portugal postcard
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| Portugal postcard |
This is a nice postcard from Portugal, showing many castles around the country.
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