Letters from the Worldwide!

Angela - The Netherlands

Tracy - Australia 

Mary - USA 

I have received some letters from the world wide in the past 3 weeks. They are from the Netherlands, Australia and USA. I was so happy and grateful to receive their letters, especially from Mary, USA.

Mary is the friend that I have met in the LetterMo in February 2014. I then written her a letter and I didn't receive her reply until 22/7/2015. Guess what, Mary is the founder of the LetterMo and she is also an author of some novels. Her full name is Mary Robinette Kowal. In her letter, she has given me some advice on the story writing as per my request. Anyway, I am really glad to receive her reply, moreover it is from an author. I really am did not believe it! 😛

The other 2 letters are from Tracy, NSW, Australia. In her letter, Tracy said that her country is very cold due to winter and she has an enjoyable trip in Sydney for a concert. Moreover, her daughter is going to England as a tutor soon and Tracy and her family are planning to visit her later and then travel to Iceland which is a country she is looking forward to visit. I am wishing Tracy's daughter all the best for her work in England.

The last letter is from my good pen-pal, Angela, from the Netherlands. Again, she has surprised me with her mail as she has sent me some small gifts and a wonderful letter. I am really grateful to Angela for her mail. I am yet to reply to Angela but I will write to her soon. I wish that I could meet Angela in person someday as I think it would be a nice meet up for us since we have exchanged letters for 2 years already.

Lastly, I would like to thank Mary, Tracy and Angela for their mails again and whenever I receive mail(s), it makes my day. Thus, a big THANK YOU to all of you. May God bless you all!!! 😀

Mails from My Worldwide Pen - Pals

I have received some mails from my foreign pen-pals in the past few weeks. They include posstcards and letters. Those mails are from AUstralia, China, the Netherlands, Argentina and Russia. Among them, the pen-pals from the China, Australia and the Netherlands, we have exchanged mails formore than 2years. They areAndrea from Australia, Angela from the Netherlands, and Deirdre from China.

Deirdre - China

The first postcard (above) is sent from Deidre, China. She has just become a college student and she is excited about her college life I think. Anyway, Deirdre has sent me a lovely postcard to me and I like it very much.

Silvina - Argentina

The second postcard is from Argentina, Silvina. We exchanged postcard. She has sent me a postcard with the view of Ushuaia, Fin Del Mundo. It is the southermost city in the world. I in returned has sent her a self- made postcard. Anyway, I would like to thank Silvina for the beautiful postcard.

Andrea - Australia

Andrea from Hobart, Tasmania, Malaysia. She has sent me the postcard with the multi-view of Tasmania. It includes Dove Lake and Cradle Mountain, Wineglass Bay and The Penitentiary, Port Arthur. Andrea has mentioned in the postcard that winter has arrived early in Australia and they had show down to 200m. The multi-view of her postcard are all listed in the UNESCO. I like such postcard very much as it is wonderful. Thank you Andrea.

The postcard below is from Irina, Russia. It is a black ad white postcard with the view of the old St. Petersburg. Irina is very interested about my beautiful country, thus,I will reply to her by telling her some of our culture or menu. :p 

The last mail is from my favourite pen-pal, Angela. The Dutch pen-pal. She always surprised me with her mail as you could see in the picture. Angela always sends me some gifts together with her letter. Hence, I am always looking forward to receive her mail. However, it is not due to the gifts, it is her wonderful letter. According to Angela, she just finished her holidays from one of the Middle East countries and she and her family were enjoyed very much for their vacation. I am yet to reply to Angela due to I am quite busy with my personal matters lately. I would try to reply to her soon.

Anyway, these are all my mails from my foreign pen-pals. I would try to reply to you ASAP and once again, thank you for your wonderful mails!!! Happy Letter-exchanging!!! :D

My New Aussie Pen-Pal! !!

Good day! This is the greetings words of the people from Aussie land. Yes, I have a new pen-pal from the Down Under, Australia. Her name is Tracy. She is from New South Wales. Tracy has surprised me with her letter in February. She has met me via the website "A Month of Letters" (LetterMo) campaign.

 

 

Both of us have participated the LetterMo campaign for 2 years. From this campaign, I have met some pen-pals from different countries, eg. Sweden. Australia, UK. It is fun to write the letters in handwritten instead of typing.

 

 

Tracy has written to me by introduced herself. She is a mother of 3 children and both of us are having same hobbies, like pen-palling, reading and exchanging postcards. Tracy has never visit my country, so she would like to know more about Malaysia.

 

 

I have replied to Tracy last week and introduced her about my beautiful country, and given her a recipe. I hope she would like it. I am looking forward to receive Tracy's reply and hope that we could be long-term pen-pals. :) 

The European Mails!

I have received 2 European mails on mid of March and beginning of April respectively. They are from the Netherlands and Portugal. Both of the mails are from my favourite pen-pals.

 

The Dutch mail is from Angela. She has given me surprised again! :P Besides the letter, she also has sent me some lovely gifts, e.g. Dutch postcard with the picture of Dutch clogs and windmills, tea bags, soft stickers, and some wooden gifts. I would like to thank Angela for the mail very much.

In the letter, Angela has written that her son would be finished his primary school and she is busy looking for a new school for him and his son is excited to go to the high school too. Besides, looking for new school, Angela and her family would go for holidays too. Well, I hope they would enjoy their holidays!

Dutch Mail -- from Angela

 

 



Lovely Letter & Gifts from Angela



The second mail is from Edith, the Portugal. She has sent me a registered mail. Edith is a person who likes the Asian culture very much. She is attending the classes of Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. Guess what?! Her boyfriend is a Chinese too. J  According to Edith, she is enjoying the both classes very much and has received good results. But she prefers Mandarin Chinese than the Japanese. I am glad to hear that! J By the way, she is a university student who studies as a veterinary doctor.

Sometimes I wrote to her about our Chinese culture and she is very interested to know about it. Edith would visit my blog regularly as she mentioned as she would like to know what I have been blogging about! Hehe! :P Thanks for visit my blog, Edith! J

In the letter of Edith, she has written that she would go to holidays at Amsterdam, London Berlin and Venice with her friends for a week in the beginning of April. Well, I wish she would have enjoyed her holidays. Well, the places that she would visit are the places that I was looking forward to visit too except, Venice that I have visited before.

 

 

The Portuguese Mail from Edith

 

Anyway, I would like to thank both Angela and Edith for their wonderful mails as I yet to reply to them. However, I promise to write back to them soon as both of them have exchanged letters with me for more than 1 year now as both of them are in my favourite pen-pal list. :D

OK, I think it is the time for me to reply to them now. May God bless you all!!! :)

Swedish Christmas Gifts!

Hi all! I am sorry that i have taken some time to update my blogs for the past 2 months. The reason was due to I was busy with my family matters and then followed by the Chinese New Year celebration. Anyway, i am back to my blog now.

Today i would like to thank my Swedish pen-pal, named Sophia, who has sent me some Christmas gifts and letters which I have received in the early days of January. Sorry that I only post about it now! :P

Anyway, Sophia has sent me her self-made Christmas card, 2 differ types of flavour of tea bags, a set pf cute sticker and my most favourite mini snow globe which she bought from the Ireland. No doubt, that i was happy to receive her letters. :)

I like the snowglobe very much as it has different types of views from the different angles you see. I think it is lovely and i would like to thank Sophia for all those lovely gifts. However, i would like to apologise to her as I yet to reply her letter as at todate. :P

Since Sophia has mentioned that she has moved to a new house, I think I would send her a gift as the new house moving celebration. Of course, it must be something represents my beautiful country, Malaysia! :)

Ok, that's for now. I have to look for Sophia's gift. Bye!!! 

New Year Gifts from my Dutch Pen-Pal!

 

My Dutch pen-pal, Angela has again surprised me with her mail! :) She has sent me some Egyptian gifts that she bought from her Egyptian trip in last year. However, I would like to apologise to her as I have received her mail for more than 1 month and now only I manage to blog about it. The reason is that I was busy with my family matters for the past few weeks as I was hardly having the time to update my blogs.

 

Anyway, Angela's mail came with a beautiful package as you could see from the pictures. I was really glad to receive it. Among all the gifts, I like the sand bottle key chain (as picture shown below) from the Egypt the most. The reason is that I think it is symbolise the Egypt and it is very beautiful with the colorful sands. Of course that makes me the happiest is the wonderful letter of Angela! :D

 

 

Well, I have replied letter to Angela which enclosed a festive season card in this morning. I wish Angela and her family to have a Happy and Prosperous New Year of 2015! FYI Angela, this year, the Chinese New Year is fall on 19/2/2015 and it is the Year of Goat!!! :) Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!

Christmas Card from UK

Jodie from UK has sent me a Christmas card and I have received it on 6/1/2015. I would like to apologise that I have updated this post so late. The reason is that I was busy with my family matters in the past  few weeks. But now I could do the blogging again.

Anyway, Jodie has sent me a Christmas card with a picture of 3 dogs, named, Goldie, Frankie and Merlin respectively. I think it is a lovely card. Thus i would like to thank Jodie for the mail. Anyway, Jodie said that she was having a quiet Christmas in last year.

Well, i wish Jodie that she would have a good and prosperous new year of 2015! I have replied her with a Chinese New Year card as I am celebrating the CNY, the year of Goat on 19/2/2015. I hope Jodie would go to her Chinatown of her  country on the CNY day to feel the merry atmosphere of our Lunar New Year! :)

Since Jodie and I are met via LetterMo in last year, I wish we could continue our pen-friendship! Ok, I wish Jodie and her family to have a nice and happy 2015 year!!! :D

Surprised Birthday Mail from Down Under!

Wow! Another surprise for me from my pen-pal of Down Under. Although my birthday has passed, I still received birthday gifts from my foreign friend, Andrea. She is from Tasmania, Australia.

Well, Andrea has surprised me with a birthday card, 2 fridge magnets, which are in Boomerang shape and another one in the night view of Hobart, Tasmania. Moreover, she has also sent a mini badge of the Beatles to my niece. Last time, Andrea has sent 2 large posters of The Beatles to my niece for her birthday in May and now another little surprise for her. Andrea is just so lovely.

Anyway, both my niece and I would like to thank Andrea for the lovely gifts and my niece likes the badge very much as she is surprised to receive it! Haha! As for me, I am also happy to receive such lovely gifts especially the fridge magnets as I would stick them on my fridge.

Wow! The night view of the Hobart makes me would like to travel to Hobart someday as I only visited the Launceston in Year 2000 for my university convocation. So, my next destination would be Hobart and then to meet Andrea. Haha! J

Lastly, I would like to thank Andrea again and hope that we could meet in person someday. I would like to wish Andrea and her family to have a Happy and Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!! J

 

 



My Birthday Gifts from Foreign Pen-Pals!

Hi all! If you have been followed my blog, you should be known that 19th November was my birthday. Well, I have received some gifts from my foreign pen-pals before and on the day of my birthday.

 

The first birthday gift I have received from my pen-pal is from my Dutch pen-pal. Her name is Angela. She has written a note on the back of the envelope and told me "Do not open the mail until the 19th November". So, I was waited until my birthday and then to open it. Wow, a 3D birthday card together with a letter set. They are lovely and I like them very much. Thank you Angela! :) I kept my promised, I really opened the mail on my birthday! :)

Gifts from Dutch friend, Angela

The second birthday gift was from my pen-pal which is sent from Japan, by Kimmy. Well, actually both of us were swapping birthday card as we are having the same birthday. :) I like her birthday gifts for me as the gifts were "sweet"and lovely. Kimmy has sent me green tea bag and Japanese coffee stick. As you can see from the picture below, there were also the staff of Hello Kitty, which is one of my favourites, a lovely stationery set, a red fish bag a lovely calendar of Year 2015. Wow, I like her birthday gifts to me very much. I hope that she would like the birthday gifts that I sent to her too! :) Thus, Arigato Gozaimazu to Kimmy-san!!! Thank you, Kimmy!!! :) I hope we would do it again in our next birthday! :P

 

Gifts from Japanese Friend, Kimmy

The other 2 postcards are a surprised to me. They are sent from New Zealand and Russia respectively. I have received these 2 postcards on the day of my birthday as I really appreciate them. The first one was from Gordon, New Zealand. He has sent me a postcard with 2 Guardian Angels. I was wondering if it was a coincidence or was it a faith that 2 Guardian Angels have came to me on my birthday after I have suffered from my hospitalisation. Anyway, I would take the Guardian Angels to protect and guide me in my future! Thus, thank you Gordon for the lovely postcard. I will appreciate it very much! :)

 

The another card was sent by Yana, Russia to me. It is a lovely art postcard. I think it is cute as I like it too. Thus, thanks to Yana!

 

So, these are my foreign birthday gifts for this year. Although there are not many or any valuable stuff for some people maybe, for me they are very precious to me as I would appreciate them very, very much. Once again, thank you to Angela, Kimmy, Gordon and Yana for your beautiful gifts! THANK YOU!!! :) May God bless you all!!! :)



Postcard from Kiwi friend, Gordon



Postcard from Russian Friend, Yana



Chinese Mail

Ni hao! I have received a surprise mail from my Chinese pen-pal on 30/9/2014. I did not hear from her for sometime due to she was busy with her studies and travelling.

Deirdre has written in the letter that she has just celebrated the Mid-autumn Festival and ate mooncakes. She was enjoying and celebrating the festival with her family.

Besides the lettter, Deirdre also enclosed a beautiful card and some scenery view of some Chinese places to me. The scenery views are beautiful. I like them very much.

Lastly, I would like to thank Deidre for the wonderful mail. Thank you, xiexie,(谢谢)!

My Wonderful Dutch Mail

Dutch Mail



I have received my mail from my Dutch pen-pal, Angela in last week. As always, Angela has given me surprise with her wonderful mail. From the pictures, we could see that Angela has spent much effort for the mail, for example, the packaging.

 

Angela is always enclosed some gifts to me besides the letter. She would enclose the Dutch tea as usual, and this time, she has sent me a Dutch birthday card, a mini toy and a bad hanger. Of course she has enclosed her wonderful letter too. I am really appreciate her kindness.

 

Angela has written in the letter that she and her family have went to Dubai for summer holidays for she did not enjoy so much. The reason was she has lost some of her friends in the flight #MH17 which was happened on 17/7/2014 that the plane was shot down by the missile. She was feeling sad to hear the news.

 

However, she has written in the letter that Dubai is a wonderful city and it is really luxury. They had stayed on the palm Jumeirah hotel which called Atlantis. In the hotel, there is a big aquarium and an aqua park. People could feed the sharks, dive, and swim with the dolphins. It is like a fairytale and so spectacular beautiful.

 



Dutch Gifts

According to Angela in the letter, Dubai has 35 malls and they had visited 3 of them. They also went to the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa with 839 metres high with 124 stories. The view was fantastic and they had seen the Water world show and boats in the Marina.

 

I am so jealous of Angela's Dubai holidays as I had been to Dubai for transit when I went to Italy for my trip in few years back. However, I have no idea that Dubai is such beautiful. Anyway, I would like to thank Angela for her wonderful mail and gifts. 



Dutch Letter and Gifts

Lastly, to Angela, thank you for your wonderful mail and wish we could be a long-term pen-pal.Once again, thank you. :)



Mail from Portugal

My Portuguese  pen-pal, Edith, has sent me a mail which included a postcard of the Notre Dame of France and a transportation card from Lisbon. Edith written that I could use it for the bus or metro if I visit to Lisbon with that card.

As for the Notre Dame postcard, she was having the cruise trip with her family and visited Paris, London and Amsterdam. She     got it from the  Paris. Anyway, I would like to thank her for the beautiful postcard and as I like very much. 

Edith likes Asian and anythings about Asian, thus I have introduced some Malaysian culture to her. She is a master degree student of veterinarian. I wish her all the best in her study. Frankly speaking, I like Edith as my pen-pal as I think she is a nice and fun lady, thus I am happy to exchange letter with her.

Anyway, I would like to thank Edith for the wonderful mail, especially the lovely postcard. Thank you Edith!!! :)

Backview of the Lisbon Transportation Card

Notre Dame view Postcard

Mails from Swedish Pen - pal!

I have received a letter and a postcard from my Swedish pen-pal, named Sophia. She has sent the letter to me which enclosed with the lovely writing letters. A few days later, I have received a postcard from her which is she sent from the Iceland during her summer vacation there.

In the letter, Sophia is interested to know more about my country, thus I replied her with some nice info about the Truly Asia, Malaysia! As for her postcard, she told me that she has walked on the glaciers. OMG! I am so jealous of her! Hehe! Just kidding! :P But i am wondering what is the feeling of walking on the glaciers. 

The Iceland postcard that Sophia sent to me is with the view of a 10th century longhouse unearthed in Aoalstraeti 16 in Reykjavik. The longhouse is on display at the Settlement Exhibition Reykjavik 871+_2.

Anyway, i am happy to receive the mails from my Swedish pen friend and I would like to thank her for the wonderful mails. Once again, thank you Sophia! :)

Orange Flag Surprised! !!

I have received an Orange Dutch Flag and some wonderful gift and letter from my Dutch pen-pal, Angela in last month. This is the first time that I have received the flag of the foreign country. The Netherlands, the Tulip country and also the third place for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014. 

Anyway, i was surprised to receive such wonderful gifts on the day of receipt of my mail. Angela is the one who is always gives me surprises! Haha! 

Well, now i have to think of sending her something which represents Malaysia as this can be considered as exchange cultures. Anyway, once again, I would like to thank Angela for her wonderful mail! :) Thank you!!!

Lovely mail from Canada :D

Mail from Canada

Laminated Maple Leaf

 

I have received a lovely mail from Kim, Canada. Wow! I love it. She has sent me a beautiful card together with some maple leaves which have been laminated. They can be used as bookmarks or decorations.

 

Kim is a very nice person as I recalled that I only mentioned to her once that maple leaf is my most favourite leaf and that is the reason I named for my blog too. She remembers my words and then here she has sent me the beautiful leaves. Kim written in the card that she has picked those maple leaf from her house garden, and then dried it and laminated.

 

Anyway, I am very grateful to Kim for the lovely gifts and I would like to say THANK YOU!!! :)

Surprised Dutch Postcard

A surprised Dutch postcard is received in last week from Esther, who is from the Netherlands. In the postcard, Esther written that she loves writing letters with friends all over the world, similar to me! :P

 

Esther is a mother of 4 daughters and lives in a small town in the middle of Holland, surrounded by fields, park and wildlife. There is a tiny beach with small harbour. Wow, it seems like a very comfortable place to stay. Esther likes to cook, draw, knit, and letter corresponding.

 

I like the postcard that Esther has sent to me as it is lovely, a yacht. I will reply to Esther soon as I like to write to friends from all over the world. Once again, thanks for your lovely postcard, Esther!!! :)

Hello Kitty Letter

A Hello Kitty letter has received from Helena from Japan. Helena is originally from England and she is staying in Japan for about 2.5 years as an English teacher.

We met each other via the project of the LetterMo, this is the 2nd letter from Helena to me. I am really happy for it. She has written about the Hokkaido info to me in the letter. This makes me want to visit to Hokkaido someday as it is one of the places that I wish to visit in my life! :p

Anyway, I would like to thank Helena for the lovely Hello Kitty mail and I will reply to her soon. Thank you and Arigato Gozaimasu!!! :)

Suprised Letter from UK

After paticipated the "LetterMo", i have received many lEtters from different countries. This time, I have received a surprised Letter from Becca, UK. She is from Yate. 

Becca has sent me a peacock postcard with a long letter. The content of the letter is about her self introduction, hobbies and lifestyles. Becca is a housewife and enjoys reading. She is a mother of 2 children.

Anyway, i would like to thank Becca for sending the letter to me. I am sure will reply her a letter as I like to meet friends from all over the world. Thank you!!! :)

Surprised Letter from America

A surprised letter is received from America after I participated in "Letters of the Months" campaign in February. This letter is from LIttlefield. She is from Texas. 

Littlefield has written in the letter that I reminded her of to send more actual postcards as she has many from her trips. Littlefield likes riding bikes, dogs, and  photography. She likes cooking too.

The letter that Littlefield sent to me is written in a very lovely card as shown in the picture above. Moreover, the stamps on the envelope are beautiful too. I like them very much.

Lastly, i would like to thank Littlefield for the lovely letter and I will reply to her soon. I hope we cold become good pen-pals!!! ^.^

Lovely Disney Postcard

Haha! A really very lovely Disney postcard has surprised me in last week. It is sent by Jae who is from California, USA. The postcard shows the "Princess & Villains" of the Disney animation movies. They are from "Sleeping Beauty", "Snow White" and "Cinderella".  

 

This Disney postcard is really very lovely and I like it very much. It reminds me that I have visited to the Disneylands of Tokyo and Hong Kong. However, I wish to go to the origin Disneyland, which is the one in the USA. Yes, I wish my dream would come true that I will go to the USA Disneyland soon!!!

 

Once again, thank you very, very much to Jae for the lovely postcard. Thank you!!! :D