Day 4: Thrifting Fun

Fourth day without facebook, I am doing great!!
This morning I went for a ride along to do observation work for my Operations Management project. It was a lot of hard work, props to people doing deliveries!! It requires a large amount of strength & endurance. Motivation is important to maintain doing a mundane task. However, the perks are seeing different people's homes & seeing smiles on their faces when service is provided :)

After tagging along the morning shift, I went to MCC Thrift Store (at Fraser & 43rd) to find Postcards. So far I've been to the Dollar Rama, Dollar Giant, Baker Dozen Antique and couldn't find postcards that has a unique characteristic to it! But today, I bought 9 postcards for only $1.35! (super good deal!!) Usually, the cheapest I've found is 5 Vancouver scenery postcards for $1.00 (in Gastown). But here, they have the most different designs! Time for post-crossing =D

Seal the deal!

Getting back to writing.

When I was little, finding penpals have been an exciting journey. The very first time was through a column in a comic book. Then moved on to internet, where they have sites with users who post their address, hobbies, and etc. As I got focused to school more, my writing routine have slowly died out... Till when I started using twitter and started looking into getting back to writing. There are two amazing sites I found recently and really wanted to share with everyone:

1.Show the world how to love

2.Write & Mail postcards!

(picture taken from the site's blog)

For the first one, its created by a group of passionate people who spreads love to the world. By gathering people from around the world, strangers from different parts of the world will write letters filled with love and encouragement, to help those through difficult times. Sometimes we are not as strong as we look. The little thoughts strangers take, makes a big difference. For Christmas, I have signed up for "12 days of Christmas" mission. Due to my finals, I chose two specific dates for which I will express my love to those who may need it to get through obstacles. Please sign up! 

Help others and tell them "you are a brave individual, you can get through this! There are many people who stand by you, look and reach."

(Picture taken from the site's blog)

Found this site from twitter, you basically mail your postcard to anyone! When the person receives it, you can request one back from another stranger :) How it works: Everyone is given a code & they write it on the postcard. The receiver then writes the code on his/her account to signify they have received it. A very creative interaction between people of different places! 

Its really amazing how we use advanced technology to going back with "pen & paper". I personally like writing a hard copy than typing into the computer. Feels less of a robot, more of a "human".