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Post crossing feedback  by 112 11 莊筑馨

        When I received the two post cards, I felt so happy that I jumped and run.

Because that is my first time to receive post cards from other countries, I was very excited. The yellow chick card is from a country named “LIETUVA”. I didn’t know the country before I receiving it. So thank to the project let me know more countries in the whole world.  

Postcrossing is very interesting to me. When I know the project, I felt excited, but I also felt troublesome. Because I can only write with English. That is difficult to me, I was worry about the people can’t understead what I write. However, when I sent the first postcard. I felt very nervous and excited. I can’t wait to receive my first postcard! I hope and expectation my postcard everyday! However, about ten days ago, I did’t receive any postcard. I felt a little disappointed, so I sent a G-mail to Postcrossing with my poor English, and ask why I didn’t receive postcard. The Postcrossing reply me quickly! And it said it already give my address to someone. That is great for me! Then my postcrossing trip was beginning!

I received the first postcard from Germany. The postcard is a butterfly. And have many sticker in it. It is so cute!  

Second, I received the postcards from Hong Kong and Russia. To my surprise, the person is from Hong Kong who is good at paint. His/Her painting is beautiful!

Happy Postcrossing! 

Few months ago, my English teacher told us to do a new project, “Happy Postcrossing”.  At First, I thought that it was a boring subject because I used to repel sending a postcard to a stranger, I considered that it was a meaningless behavior. I have been maintained the negative thoughts for a long time until I started to do this project.

First, I bought a beautiful postcard which has lots of pictures of Taiwan on it. Then I pressed an icon and got a long address from a young woman named Maria, who lives in Russia. I wrote her a few words and also asked about her country. What a fantastic experience!

Few months have past and I am still crazy for Postcrossing, although I just did the project once. I often talks with my classmates about it and I surprisingly heard that some girls have sent a lot of postcards but received nothing. I was ashamed that I only have sent one postcard but fortunately received two, which are from Malaysia and Brazil. I felt so excited and happy when I received them!

I couldn’t imagine the day I started to write postcard.

Dates back to March, I was so surprised to know about this extraordinary project. It is said that you can get postcards all around the world, but randomly. I was really curious about this, so I wrote a postcard as soon as I got the ID.As the result of the first one, I made an effort to think about what I should write and sent it as I finished right away. I have looked forward to getting one postcard; however, one week passed, the mailbox was still empty. I thought I was too anxious about it, so I started to consider whether the postcard was sent successfully.

Fortunately, my first postcard arrived two weeks later. Take a look about it!

I have started "postcrossing" this activity about three month. During the three month, I received 12 cards! I can't wait to check the mailbox everyday. They were mailed from many countries like Nederland, Russia, Czech, Belarus etc.

March 28th, I received my first postcard from Germany. But I feel little disappointed cause there only have few words on it......

I usually write postcard in my free time. This is the first card I wrote. I sent it to Anna, a desigher from Russia.

  I like postcrossing a lot.  It gives me the chance to know people from all over the world, and even make friends with them. Actually I have always wanted to have pen-pals, so I have been addicted to the program from the very beginning.

  But I am afraid of writing, so it took me all day or even two days to finish a postcard because I was wavering in the content, and I  wanted to tell all the things in English in a little postcard. However, as I wrote more and more postcard, I realized that postcards are  very easy and free way to communicate, we don't have to be that serious and try to explain all the things in very detail. I'm vaquishing my fear of writing now, and I just tell the story of the postcard simply or share some music I like or share some little things in my life, so it takes less time for me to write a postcard, and I enjoy postcrossing more right now.

Some of the postcards I've sent:

        Thanks to this project, people get a chance to know others from the opposite side of the world. Take me for example, through Postcrossing, I’ve sent and received postcards from other countries for the first time, which I’ve never dreamed of before. It’s an unforgettable experience. Up till now, I’ve received 12 postcards and sent 10, but one is still on its way to the USA.

120 days.

A long time passed, and I got a lot of difference in my life, too.

Whenever I got the postcard from my mailbox, I always think, "Thank you."

Whenever I'm so tired and helpless, those postcards always save me, give me a lot of supports.

I love all of them, and I've recorded them in my album.

120 days.

A long time passed, and I got a lot of difference in my life, too.

Whenever I got the postcard from my mailbox, I always think, "Thank you."

Whenever I'm so tired and helpless, those postcards always save me, give me a lot of supports.

I love all of them, and I've recorded them in my album.

Postcrossing(2014/6/23)

        Before I wsa a member of postcrossing, I had never thought I would receive letters from someone that I didn’t know. However, I have joined postcrossing for more than three months. I’ ve sent seven postcards to foreigners and received eight other ones from all over the world. This activity actually added many unforgettable memories to my life.

        In the beginning, I thought sent postcards was a trouble because it would take up my time, but when I sent the first one, I started to enjoy it. After that, I continue writing more postcards and liked waiting for other one’s reply. I was curious about what kinds of postcards I would get. I expected it everyday.

        I always took delight in receiving postcards. I had a lot of academic pressure, but the postcards from other countries always could reduce my stress and comfort me. Furthermore, I also could learn grammer and vocabulary from them. Once, a Singaporean girl written a long word which was‘‘supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’’ in the letter and let me guess what it means. I searched the answer on the Internet and finally knew it means‘‘unbelievable’’. How interesting it was! Sometimes I thought the content of postcards were so funny and let me learn more things.

        I was very lucky to learn the website of postcrossing. Because of it, my life was filled with expectation and fun. I could saw many beautiful pictures from evey colorful  postcard. I will continue to write more postcards in the future because this activity is so meaningful.

I received 19 postcards.

U.S.A.

I still remember that when I received this, I wrote the thanks message to her. But I made a big mistake- I misspelt her name. So I quickly wrote her again to say sorry by email. After that, I didn’t guess the name which spelt unclearly anymore.

  I’ve been a member for 119 days. I’ve sent 20 postcard, 13 arrived, and received 15 ones in the passed few months. Since I sent my first postcard, I had kept looking forward to receive one. Because I was so curious about the postcards and information from other countries. However, Mr. Peko, who got my first postcard, told me that it would take a long time to wait for one. But when you send more and more postcards, you would stop worrying about it. What’s more, he even told me that he would send me one if I gave him my address. How nice he is!

Now I received postcards ones a week on average.

   I like this activity so much that we can communicate with those who we don’t know with the postcards and little information. Fly in the ointment, most of the postcards arrived with scribbled handwritings that I only identify “Hello Joyce: ” and the ID. But I still thank them very much.

Moreover, I ask them to write “hello” in their own language. Though I don’t know most of them, it is still a good way to learn new words. Now I know that “hallo” in Dutch, “labdien” in Latvia, “hola” in Spanish, “こんにちは” in Japanese and “11नमस्ते” in Indian which I totally can’t recognize.

Finally, I will keep sending postcards and looking forward to new ones.  

I’ve been a member for 119 days. I’ve sent 20 postcard, 13 arrived, and received 15 ones in the passed few months. Since I sent my first postcard, I had kept looking forward to receive one. Because I was so curious about the postcards and information from other countries. However, Mr. Peko, who got my first postcard, told me that it would take a long time to wait for one. But when you send more and more postcards, you would stop worrying about it. What’s more, he even told me that he would send me one if I gave him my address. How nice he is!

Now I received postcards ones a week on average.

   I like this activity so much that we can communicate with those who we don’t know with the postcards and little information. Fly in the ointment, most of the postcards arrived with scribbled handwritings that I only identify “Hello Joyce: ” and the ID. But I still thank them very much.

Moreover, I ask them to write “hello” in their own language. Though I don’t know most of them, it is still a good way to learn new words. Now I know that “hallo” in Dutch, “labdien” in Latvia, “hola” in Spanish, “こんにちは” in Japanese and “11नमस्ते” in Indian which I totally can’t recognize.

Finally, I will keep sending postcards and looking forward to new ones.  Plus, hope my postcards can arrive faster, and then I can send more ones.

Have you ever sent and received postcard from all over the world, but you don’t know who the person is. In this semester, we really have a good memory in Postcrossing.

The mail idea of that is to send a postcard to a foreign country and then you will receive another one from a different country. In the beginning, I was filled up with expectations. Because it’s so exciting when checking your mail box and find the postcard lying there. So after our teacher told the project to me, I prepared for the project at once. At first, I didn’t what I should write to my pen pal because before joining the project I didn’t have the experience to write something to a person who I’m not familiar with. I was confused and searched for the information how to write a postcard. Some people suggested me to talk with my pen pal and shared the interesting things happened to me with them. I took their advice and writing the postcard to my pen pal just like talking with my friends. I was so delightful after seeing the postcard putting in the mailbox. I wished my pen pal will be joyful to received the blessing from the other side of the world.

During the process, my English has been improved a lot. I learned how to write the postcard. It’s so useful for me when I want to share my happiness with my foreign friends. I will no longer feel perplexed about that. I not only received joys but also learn something practical. I will still use postcrossing sending and receiving blessings from all over the world.

Time flies. It has been three months since I first got on the website of Postcrossing.

In these few months, I have sent eleven postcards and received five other ones. As a matter of fact, I was very nervous after a month of starting this project because the first one I sent traveled more than one month and I was worried about having lost it. Fortunately, I got my first postcard from Moscow after one and half month of sending my first postcard, and it was unbelievable! Even though she did not write a lot on the postcard, I felt so exciting that I could not help thinking about it all the time only because it was from a country far from mine.

The day after that, I got my second postcard from China. This card was quite special for me on account that the owner of it was a high school student who wanted to travel to Taiwan after graduating. Getting a postcard from a person at my age was great. That made me feel I have more in common with her, and even with the world.

The most important of all, I would like to talk about a cute postcard, which is my favorite one so far. The back of it is a dog wearing a tie and a pair of glasses as well as gloves. Actually, I don’t like dogs. I am even a little afraid of dogs, but this postcard makes me think about keeping a cute dog. This card looks funny and I smile at it every time when I see it, even now. The owner of this card likes to write quotes, and what she wrote was “Dance as though no one is watching. Love as though you’ve never been hurt. Sing as though no one can hurt you. Live as though haven is on earth.” I consider this quote as a very positive one and I am glad to get such a cute postcard from such a positive person!

  I think I will continue sending and getting postcards through this platform after I finish my homework. It is so interesting that I can not stop doing it even though my mom always ask my why I have to use the Internet so frequently. Keep going and happy postcrossing!