Message in a Bottle

One beautiful card from Hanna! Love it!

100 Years of the Titanic

One hundred years ago, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. To this day, My fascination with the Titanic's maiden voyage hasn't faded at all. I come across a website with so many interesting information and photos.. I'm sharing some here :)

The British passenger liner RMS Titanic leaves from Southampton, England on her maiden voyage, April 10, 1912. Titanic called at Cherbourg, France and Queenstown, Ireland before heading westward toward New York. Four days into the crossing, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m., 375 miles south of Newfoundland. Just before 2:20 am Titanic broke up and sank bow-first with over a thousand people still on board. Those in the water died within minutes from hypothermia caused by immersion in the freezing ocean.(Frank O. Braynard Collection) 

Captain Edward John Smith, commander of the Titanic. The ship he commanded was the largest afloat at the time of her maiden voyage. Titanic was a massive ship - 883 feet long, 92 feet wide, and weighing 52,310 long tons (a long ton is 2240 pounds). It was 175 feet tall from the keel to the top of the four stacks or funnels, almost 35 feet of which was below the waterline. The Titanic was taller above the water than most urban buildings of the time. (The New York Times Archives)

This is believed to be the iceberg that sank the Titanic on April 14-15, 1912. The photograph was taken from the deck of the Western Union Cable Ship, Mackay Bennett, commanded by Captain DeCarteret. The Mackay Bennett was one of the first ships to reach the scene of the Titanic disaster. According to Captain DeCarteret, this was the only berg at the scene of the sinking when he arrived. It was assumed, therefore, that it was responsible for the sea tragedy. The glancing collision with the iceberg caused Titanic's hull plates to buckle inward in a number of locations on her starboard side and opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea. Over the next two and a half hours, the ship gradually filled with water and sank. (United States Coast Guard)

Though Titanic had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, she lacked enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard. Due to outdated maritime safety regulations, she carried only enough lifeboats for 1,178 people – a third of her total passenger and crew capacity. This Sepia photograph depicting the recovery of Titanic passengers is among memorabilia set to go under the hammer at Christies in London, May 2012. (Paul Treacy/ EPA/PA)

R.M.S. Titanic's bow in 1999. (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology)

Source: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/04/the_titanic_at_100_years.html

Off to Work

Atos Lombardini summer top
€138 - lindestore.com

Oasis pleated denim skirt
$70 - oasis-stores.com

Banana Republic platform wedge
$120 - bananarepublic.gap.com

Croc handbag
$318 - lodis.com

Wet Seal flower hair accessory
$7.50 - wetseal.com

Necklace
cxlondon.com

Madewell belt
$42 - madewell.com

Summer Fun

Ruffle dress
90 AUD - forevernew.com.au

Plus size short sleeve cardigan
simplybe.com

Faith shoes
£52 - debenhams.com

Christian louboutin handbag
$895 - net-a-porter.com

Lipstick
$25 - lancome-usa.com

Amazingly Unique!

received this via official postcrossing.. :) Message in a bottle...

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/FI-1373774

Message in a Bottle

Thanks Leena for this awesome card!

Message in a Bottle

Thanks Shizuru for this beautiful card! Love the quote too!

Candy Candy

Candy Candy is a manga that I used to love and read when I was young.. I never thought there was a postcard about it!

 I was so lucky to swap it with Amandine, Anita and Tzu Feng Pang... Yes, I have 3 copies of this postcard.. 

The more the merrier.. lol :)

The Candy Candy manga is a "slice of life story" in the shōjo genre. Candy is an abandoned orphan taken in by the orphanage Pony's Home near Lake Michigan around the start of the 20th century.^[3] 

She spends the first years of her life at the orphanage, where she will often return to repose and decide her next course in life. Growing up she gets adopted twice, first by the Leagans who treat her poorly, and after that by a wealthy benefactor whom she does not meet until the end of the story. But he is heir to an important estate, and a relation of her first love Anthony and his cousins the Cornwell brothers. 

After Anthony dies, Candy gets an education in London where she meets the rebellious Terry, her second and grand love (in the words of the author Keiko Nagita/Kyoko Mizuki in the essays found on Misaki's website,^[4] "the great love that cannot bear fruit"). Circumstances seem to constantly divide the pair. 

Upon her return to the US, she trains and gains experience as a nurse in Chicago, around the time of WWI,^[3] while Terry tries to become a Broadway actor. A member of his theatre troup, Susannah, hopes to get between Candy and Terry.

 Eventually both have to make a decision to sacrifice their own happiness as a couple for the sake of a third person. With the revelation of the identity of her guardian, Candy also discovers who her childhood Prince of the Hill is.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Candy

Stairways to Heaven

My personal Collection of postcards features garden steps / stairways..

Thanks Yvi for this beautiful card!

Thanks a lot for the amazing card Clarissa!

Shizuru , I love this! Thanks!

Another Great card from Yvi!

My 1st Garden Stair postcard!! Thanks to the fab Sally!

Will travel on 19th March 2012

Okay, this is my first time ever to organized such RR.. Hopefully it will travel fast and safe.. :)

 
Group 1 - Bird / Flower / Nature stamps  (water activated stamps)

1. Erica Chan (Malaysia)

2. Ria Cabral (USA)
3. Choonjong Park (Korea)

4. Abran Ochoa (USA)


Group 2 - Animals & etc stamps


1. Erica Chan (Malaysia)



2. Mandy Inglis (UK) = completed :)

3.  Alba Nogueira (Spain) = completed :)

4.Chloe Osano (Phillipines)

Purplicious Weekend

Purple shirt
$60 - pyramidcollection.com

Citizens of Humanity high waisted wide leg jeans
€199 - jades24.com

Call it SPRING flower handbag
$40 - jcpenney.com

Product Details - Branch of Leaves Wall Decor
$80 - pier1.com

Jingle Bell Garland in Home Accents | Crate&Barrel
$20 - crateandbarrel.com

Silver Twinkly Twigs Christmas Holiday Urn Decorations
$7.99 - jamaligarden.com

Beauty Tips

Beauty Tips from Audrey Hepburn ♥

Happy Woman Day!

08th March.. Happy Women's Day to all the women around the world ! ♥ Thanks for being a part of my life my dear amazing friends..

Chain Postcard RR

THE MEANING OF THIS RR

1. You have to take a big card (a card you like, because in the end the card returns to you) and divide the back of the card into 4 columns. (depending on the number of participants)

2. In 1 column you write the address of the next participant and paste stamps on it.

The other columns you leave empty.

3. Please REMEMBER to write the name of the RR on your postcard.. for example : ERICA'S 3RD CHAIN POSTCARD RR..

So for your postcard : You can just replace my name to your name.. e.g RIA'S CHAIN POSTCARD RR  etc ... please write it somewhere on the postcard :)

4.Then you send the card to the next participant.

5. When it arrives there, he or she will cover his/her address with stickers or COVER UP THE ADDRESS WITH STAMPS .

6. In another column he/she will write the address of the third participant ,  and send it to the next person.

7. The last participant finally sends it back to you and you’ll have your own card back, full with stickers and foreign stamps.

You’ll also receive the cards of the other participants. The only thing you’ve to do is cover up your own address, write the address of the next participant in an empty column put stamps on it and send it through.

Rules:

-If you like to join,  send me a pm with your address.

-Please send cards within one week.

-If you have received or sent cards please make update in this notes.

- The cards in this RR travel a few weeks/months, so only join this RR when you are active in this topic for a while!

Thanks!

NOTE: This is an example of the back of the postcard you will receive at the end of this Chain Postcard RR :)

March Received Postcards

March 2012 (Took a break from swapping)

• 02.03.2012

Thanks to Pascal for the 10 recipe cards, Jiaqi Sally for the card from the scene of "Gone with Wind", Bridget for the 2 amazing cards, Anemieke for the Thomas and tank and Adam Levine cards, Maryana for the awesome 5 cards, Regina for the delicious Black Forest recipe card and Ro Hsieh for 2 great odd shaped cards..

• 04.03.2012

Thanks Bridget for the 2 amazing cards! I love it.. will send you more cards soon :)

February Received Postcards

FEBRUARY 2012

•  07th of February = 42 postcards

Today I received 42 postcards ♥ Thanks to Ewa (8), Abran (1 Bruce Lee), Yvonne (5 awesome cards & Wow! That was fast ^^) Ciel (5), Cikgu Mazelan (18), Heather (1 cute dolphin shaped card), Jelena(1 Croatia shaped card), Monika Bebenek (1), Maryana (1) and Anne (1).. ♥ Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! ^^v

• 08th of February = 10 direct swap postcards & 1 Official postcard 

Thanks to Abran Ochoa (San Francisco's card), Luci (Czech's Flag), Neil (Statue of Liberty), Sita (Mumbai view card), JA Rek (Pope John Paul II's card), Ute (Claudia's sister - 1 Van Gogh & 1 Waterhouse's art cards), Melanie (1 map & 1 seashell cards) and 1 surprise card from Antje Kiss (from Heather's game at Heather's Haven) ♥ Thanks a lot! trully ♥ it!

• 12th of February  = 7 postcards

My mom come to Sandakan for a visit and she have 7 postcards for me ♥ Thanks to Akiko for her 3 Hello Kitty cards, Vikki for her 3 Maxi cards and Hilarie for her New York night view card! ♥ Thanks a lot!

• 18th of February = 91 postcards

Thanks to Jade Toh(23), Jiaqi Holiday(1), Tanja Hermann(1), Ola Majewska(2), Sylvie Orsini(3), Angelique Pavy(2), Madeincanarias Postcards(3), Clarissa Candido(1), Carrie Courter(1), Neil Hajba(5, thanks for the extra surprise cards ♥) Margherita D'amato(1), Patrycja Jasinska Postcards(1), Micaela Rosenberg(1), Alma Lee(1), Stefanie Langenberg(1), Aguanita-Anita Chen(1) and Mandy Inglis(1).. I ♥ all the cards! Thanks a lot!

Special thanks to my lil Sister - Michelle for the absolutely amazing 41 postcards of Rome, Italy.. Thanks a million

• 24th of February = 56 postcards

A mailbox full with letter and postcards! ♥ I received 56 postcards, letter and used stamps, stickers and mini calendar! Thanks to Patrycja Jasinska Postcards (1), Hannah Trott (2), Alyona Bunina (10), Suzanne Lee (1), Nina Kramlinger (1), Lene Schwartz Christensen (1 rose, 3 maps of Israel, Thanks for making my dreams come true ♥), Douglas (1), Nicole Ko Jung (1), Alma Lee (1), Bernard Loh (1), Paoli Lee (1), Heather L Ward (1) and ‎Jodes Naughties (3), Nicole Hansell (5), Christel van der Ree (2), Domenico Calà (1), Patrick Schot (2), and also Laura Hall (17 amazing cards, finally it's arrives ♥) and a long and sweet letter with a postcard and many used stamps from Roy Aasheim.. Thanks a million for your postcards and friendship! I'm blessed to have all of you in my life. ♥

• 27th of February = 3 Chocolates bars, 35 postcards,14 Maximum cards and 1 beautiful Fairy Bday card

I LOVE ♥ Monday!! Why? Because I received 2 precious & awesome envelopes from Katrin with a lot of treasures inside! 3 Chocolates bars, 29 postcards from my wish list, 14 Maximum cards and 1 beautiful Fairy Bday card.. ♥ Thanks for being so kind and so thoughtful.. Thanks my friend ^^

I also received 3 amazing Odd shaped postcards from Yongshan, 1 beautiful multi-view card of Istanbul from Serkan Eker, 1 Official flag card from Canada and 1 yummylicious Carrot cake recipe card from Zina Boyd.. Thank You so much my friends. I'm blessed to have you as my friends ♥

Happy Ash Wednesday! ♥

Happy Ash Wednesday! ♥

January Received Postcards

JANUARY 2012

• 04th of January = 26 postcards

Thanks to Mike Z (1), Hilarie H(1), Paoli Lee(1), Leon (1), Jueimei Ma (1), Akiko Watanabe (1 super cute Doraemon), Kirsten Wilbrand (1), Yen (1), Bernard Loh (1) , Ea Hakala (2) and Cikgu Mazelan (15!)

• 09th of January = 14 postcards

Thanks to Maria Kalyuta(5), Laura Hall(2), Neil Hajba (1) , Patrycja Jasinska Postcards(1), and Angela Witter (1) as well as an envelope with 4 great cards from Andrew Humphries

• 12th of January = 24 postcards

Thanks to Saya Kitajima (1super cute Hello Kitty), Neil Hajba (3 awesome cards), Zina Boyd(1 Florida map), Jiaqi Holiday (2 great cards), 려붕파 (1 great card from Korea). Annerie Meijer (1 beautiful art card) and Steffi A (1 cute cartoon card for my sons).

I also received 4 envelopes ,Thanks to Lene Schwartz Christensen(4), Saya Kitajima (4), Kristie Evans (4), Jiaqi Holiday (2)  

• 16th of January = 46 postcards

Amazing Mail day ! I received total of 46 postcards today!! 9 official postcrossing postcards, 16 postcards from FB direct swap, and 21 postcards in 5 envelopes.. Thanks a million to Nalini Mohammed (2 amazing map cards and a new country for my collection), Ave (1 great map from Spain), Heather (2 maxi cards and 1 Waltzing Matilda), Margherita D'amato (1 flag card from Italy), Serkan Eker (1 beautiful card from Turkey), Annerie Meijer (1 odd shaped flag card of Netherlands), Bärbel (1 yummy card), Wilma van Vegten (1 flag card Netherlands), Sebastian (1 map of Nowe from Poland), Ines (1 flag of Germany), Amy Lai (1 Taipei City card) and Dani (1 awesom Van Gogh - Field with poppies), Marta (1 New Zealand flag card), Katrin Witzmann (11 awesome cards), Christel van der Ree (2 amazing Van Gogh - Irises & Vase of Irises), Bridget Matthews (4 wonderful cards), Ana Serodio (2 beautiful cards) and Angeligue (1 multiview from France). Thank You so much my friends ^^v

• 20th of January = 17 postcards

Thanks to Mandy Inglis 10 postcards & 1 M/S, 2 postcard from Alba Noguira, 1 awesome Pope John Paul II postcard from Nimfa Vedrero, 1 great map of Luxembourg from Anne Dahm and 1 Grand Canyon card from Amy Genberg as well as 2 Mount Rushmore cards from Laura Hall!!

• 26th of January = 35 postcards, 1 letter, 1 surprise card, 3mint stamps, and 5 m/s

received a total of 35 postcards, 1 letter, 1 surprise card, 3mint stamps, and 4 m/s received!! I received a registered mail from Jonathan Blaza (19 postcards +1m/s), a letter from Ria Cabral, 1 Croation flag from Yvonne Zowalla, 1 surprise Nemo/Clown Fish Card for my sons from Wilma van Vegten (my sons love it, Thanks!), 4 awesome Dragon's New Year postcards from Midori Lee, 1 postcard from Kanina Sista, 3 Mucha postcards from Alexandra Kuropatova, 2 great postcards Elsayed Kassem, 1 postcard for my sons from Toni Rose Antonio and 1 envelope with 4 postcards, 3mint Christmas Island stamps, and 4 m/s of Australian Joint Territories Issues from Vanessa Crouch.. Thank You so much my friends!! ♥♥♥

• 30th of January = 31 direct swap postcards, 4 official & 1 FDC

Thanks to Kerrie, Ping Hoong Lim, Sherry Chiang, Kieran (2), Heather Massese, Andrew Humphries, Wilma van Vegten, Keni Xiaoo, Gilly White, Hilarie, Maryana Hoshovska (2), 1 FDC from Thitar Aung, Ria Cabral, Desiree Fleming, Ashley(3), Luci M. Kraus, Hanna K. Jonsdottir(5 postcards & stamps - new country in my collection ^^V), Yenny Rere Andreastuti, Ton Salendab Pinkihan(1 cute comel from Dubai - new country in my collection), Mehdi (1 map from Tunisia - new country in my collection), Saya Kitajima, Ana Serôdio Fernandes (2)

Favorite Saying

I WILL TRY! :)

2012 New Year Resolution

2012 Resolutions (^_^)♥