recent mail from friends and family around the world
I’ve just got to say it…no matter how much I love technology and email, I still absolutely LOVE sending and receiving snail mail.
From choosing and buying a card, postcard or scented stationery or tearing out a page out of a notebook, to picking out a pen (I’ve got several kinds), to hand-writing a note, to pasting stamps, to walking down to the mailbox or driving to the post office to drop them off…there’s just a certain quaint feeling and a different excitement that I feel when I send something through the post.
And for me, what’s even more thrilling than sending mail is getting them - the anticipation that something is on its way over land and sea and sky specifically to and especially for me, the pleasant surprise of finding an envelope or package in the mailbox that isn’t a bank statement, utility bill, or marketing flyer, the excitement of opening that envelope or box, and finally, reading a hand-written note or holding items that friends and family took the time and effort to send across the vast physical distance that separates us.
I just love it!
thank you, sisters! (from L to R): my taste.manila t-shirt,
markie and me with our loot, markie’s pinoy heroes t-shirt,
me “modelling” a team pacquiao cap and a boy bawang
garlic-flavored cornick pack
Whether it’s cards and letters from my family (my Lola and younger bro Am-Am are enthusiastic card-senders, sometimes sending a couple of cards each per occasion, to the hubby’s great amusement), or a care package of fun items such as Pinoy snack foods and Filipino-themed clothing from “the sisters” (my sis-in-laws), or books, comics and magazines from Markie’s best bud Budj, or postcards and letters from as close as Los Angeles and as far as the Philippines and Australia, and even, most recently, a Korean emperor & empress magnet from my new friend MJ - everything is received with “whees” and “woohoos”, expressions of excitement and gratitude.
magnets from MJ, a.k.a. the wandering deity -
not only are they super-cute, they helped me learn
a mini lesson in korean imperial history (up till now i
thought south korea has always been a republic)
Whatever shape or form they take, and no matter that it takes days, weeks or even months to get to where they need to go, I simply love, love, love snail mail! 
How about you?
- Do you like email more than snail mail, or the other way around?
- Do you still send and receive personal letters and packages through the post?
- If you and I can exchange stuff via postal mail, what would it be? (for example, MJ and I exchange fridge magnets)
Sige, share your thoughts ha! 
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