Be kind

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” — Ian Maclaren

 

If you have sent me a postcard but haven’t been thanked by me, please be patient with me and know that I cherish every postcard I receive. <3

I’m afraid I’m not very well of late. Please forgive me for my long absence.

 

On life:

《故事》

(by Soda Green 蘇打綠)

 

秋風，推開緊閉的門扉；

階前，秋水孟浪逼上眼。

 

梧桐，吹亂漫身黃雨煙；

歸雁，揉碎無邊豔陽天。

 

浮生願，不曾解，我還有，一些念，

向桃花的盡頭追；

一葉舟，一蓑煙，丟了槳，也無悔，

任江水漂流我飛。

 

我唱，我寫，我藏，我找，

這綿延的故事還未了；

我愛，我恨，我哭，我笑，

人生一場大夢，葉落知多少？

 

(人生一場大夢，知多少？)

(人生一場大夢，夜落不覺曉。)

 

生活，幾莖頭髮幾莖愁；

飄過，恰似天地一蜉蝣。

 

曲終了，燈未盡，月積水，帶露去，

衣袖沾溼不要緊；

人不見，數峰青，東籬下，一身輕，

繽紛落英，忘了路遠近。

 

醒來，也無風雨也無晴；

睡去，已忘言語已忘我。

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Eat World

Should I feel embarrassed to admit that I still listen to the band I listened to as a teenager? :P

I would like to dedicate this song to our Hong Kong :( The world we love. The world with freedom.

And this song goes to those salad days that everyone shares –

Finally, this song is dedicated to John Watson by Sherlock Holmes (with love, of course):

I can’t stop teasing them. >_< The great love story of the century. :P

But I love you so much, Sherlock. You are such a weirdo.

A new member from the US! :D

The first birthday gift I received this year – a lovely surprise from my sweet friend. :D It arrived a few days before my birthday. A new member to my post box collection. :D

謝謝你，安哲！:D 你的中文寫得很好啊，請繼續好好學習下去吧！

So beautifully wrapped up: （很喜歡看那封用中文寫的信！）

What could it be? :>

一打開盒子，就看到一個漂亮的美國郵筒！:D (Do you know the sentence pattern “一….就….”? :P)

我很喜歡啊！我的郵筒系列現在色彩繽紛，不但有紅有綠，現在連藍色也有了。:D 太好了！

非常謝謝你！:D 謝謝你記得我的生日。很高興有你這個好朋友。<3

馬年快樂！:D Happy Year of the Horse! :D

I know I haven’t updated my blog for ages. I’ve been very busy with something these days and I hope my effort won’t be in vain. :)

I would love to wish everyone a lovely Year of the Horse full of joy, good fortune and most importantly, good health! 馬 (horse) 年 (year) 快樂 (happy)！

(Among those I’ve seen, I like this horse picture most!)

Been listening to ErPeche every single day:

More on: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1tx51MHN0OuHqmPD3e2N8g

The guitar at the beginning…. <3

My birthday month :D

January is my birthday month. ^O^ I received a birthday postcard from the Hong Kong Post on the last day of 2013. :D

The card shows the Hong Kong Post car and the HK postman’s uniform nowadays. :)

Thanks for the efficient and reliable postal service you bring to us, my dear Hong Kong Post. :D

Happy New Year 2014! :D (Full of smiles and mails)

Here comes my first post for 2014! :D Happy New Year to you! (Thanks for visiting my blog, by the way :D)

2013 has been a year full of smiles, tears and mails (mostly postcards from Postcrossing! xD) for me. Hopefully 2014 will be full of even more mails and surprises!

This new year is romantic for the Chinese because the numbers 1314 sound like “forever” in Mandarin and Cantonese. :)

2014, please bring more lovely mails to me! :D

 

Snail mail never dies. xD

In 2013, I used one of the keys to open my first P.O.Box for words from all over the world. In 2014, the same P.O. Box thirsts for more mails. :D

 

Thanks for making my mailbox happy! :D

 

(FINALLY!!!) Lovely Postcards of Hong Kong Vintage Posting Boxes! :D

I don’t remember for how long I’ve been waiting for their birth! >_< I finally stumbled across them at the Central Post Office shop on 7 Dec 2013 – what a lovely surprise! :D

There are 16 postcards in total and some of them show the unique green vintage posting boxes in Hong Kong. :D

Hong Kong used to be a colony of the Great Britain so in the past we had lots of red British posting boxes. After the handover in 1997 there are still some vintage posting boxes left. The ones that have survived were all painted green and are still in service, except for the ones displayed at the Central Post Office, the Hong Kong Museum of History, etc.

I did visit the vintage pillar box at the Central Post Office in August 2013. :D It still looks fabulous! >_<

You can see “VR” on the pillar box. :) VR stands for Victoria Regina (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901).

Upon my request, we painted the pillar box in our August watercolour class. :D (One of the pillar boxes was painted by me xD The prettiest one was painted by our teacher :D)

I love vintage posting boxes so much that I decided to join the HK old postboxes checkup team to help preserve these lovely posting boxes. :D Many thanks to our Lemonhead leader. xD (Here is the blog of our team: http://hkoldpostbox.wordpress.com/)

I checked 4 posting boxes in Cheung Chau on 9Nov2013. :D —> http://hkoldpostbox.wordpress.com/tag/rabbit%E9%9A%8A%E5%93%A1/

Anyway, it’s time to show you the lovely postcards that I’ve bought recently. :D

Their size: 14 cm x 24 cm

HK Posting box 01

Posting Box no. 55

KGV 佐治五世 (1910-1936)

Location: Yau Yat Chuen, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon

地 點: 九龍塘 又一村 高槐道 ∕ 玉蘭路

Link: http://hkoldpostbox.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/55/

HK Posting box 02

Posting Box no. 91

KGV (GRV) 佐治五世 (1910-1936)

Location: Crocodile Hill, Kwun Tong, Kowloon

地 點: 觀塘 鱷魚山 康利道 康利苑

Link: http://hkoldpostbox.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/91-2/

HK Posting box 03

Posting Box no. 110

KGV 佐治五世 (1910-1936)

Location: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Kowloon

地 點:中文大學崇基學院巴士站

Link: http://hkoldpostbox.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/110-2/

HK Posting box 04

Posting Box no. 143

KGV 佐治五世 (1910-1936)

Location: Lantau Island

地 點:大嶼山石壁監獄停車場外

Link: http://hkoldpostbox.wordpress.com/2013/11/20/143/

HK Posting box 05

Posting Box no. 227

KGVI (GRVI) 佐治六世 (1936-1952)

Location: School Road, Cheung Chau

地 點: 長洲 學校道/山邊路

Link: http://hkoldpostbox.wordpress.com/2013/11/09/227/

HK Posting box 06

Posting Box no. 235

KGV (GRV) 佐治五世 (1910-1936)

Location: Lei Yue Mun Praya Road, Yau Tong, Kowloon

地 點: 鯉魚門 海傍道15號

Link: http://hkoldpostbox.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/235/

HK Posting box 07

Posting Box no. 239

Location: Central, Hong Kong Island

地 點: 香港 中環 遮打道/皇后像廣場

Link: http://hkoldpostbox.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/239/

HK Posting box 08

Posting Box no. 256

KGV 佐治五世 (1910-1936)

Location: Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island

地 點: 南丫島 – 索罟灣

Link: http://hkoldpostbox.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/256/

HK Posting box 09

Posting Box no. 401

KGVI (GRVI) 佐治六世 (1936-1952)

Location: Sai Kung, New Territories

地 點: 西貢 對面海 明順村

Link: http://hkoldpostbox.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/401/

HK Posting box 10

HK Posting box 11

HK Posting box 12

HK Posting box 13

HK Posting box 14

HK Posting box 15

HK Posting box 16

My rabbit doodles in mid Nov :D

I felt relaxed doodling on a sunny Saturday afternoon, especially when I got to draw one of my favourite animals. :D

Rabbits are such sensitive animals. I would love to have a pet rabbit after I retire, when I have more time to dedicate to taking care of one. :D

My tiny post box collection :D

It all started on a sunny day in April. xD I got my first two British post boxes! :D

So pretty! >_<  *LOVE*

 

Yes I even got a Hong Kong post box USB. :P

 

Just a few days ago I bought 2 more lovely post boxes! :D (HK & Japan)

 

So that’s my cosy little post box collection. Thanks for reading, haha! xD

 

Hong Kong History in Stamps (book :D)

(Note: It’s not an official English translation…>_< just my own translation of the Chinese book I’m reading!)

I’m crazy about stamps & postcards. :D Even the book I’m reading is about stamps. :P

I doodled in the book too. @@