自从我来到中国，我开始发送明信片。在北京的时候和现在，我喜欢发送明信片到朋友们和家人，不管他们在哪儿。我从小的时候喜欢信件和邮票。在这个互联网技术的现代世界，因为人们都有email或者即时通讯，人们想当然地连通因为我们可以很快的给朋友们打的电话。

我真的喜欢买明信片。我买了大概一百张。

我最近增加postcrossing。简单的说，你发送一个明信片你能受到一个明信片。在网站他们说，“本项目的目的是让人们收到全世界各地的明信片，是免费的。哦，几乎是免费的。主要的想法是这样的：如果你寄出一张明信片，你就可以至少收到一张从世界随便某个地方寄来的明信片。”

我在北京的时候一个朋友建议我增加这个活动但那个时候我是新发送明信片，所以我的优先是送给朋友们和家人。但现在呢，我觉得我能发送不认识的人明信片。因为我是新增加postcrossing，我兴奋的等候我第一个从postcrossing成员来的明信片。

One of the things I love doing the most since arriving in China, is sending postcards. From my time in Beijing to my time here in Xiamen, I’ve loved sending postcards to my friends and family around the world. I’ve always liked letters and stamps and decided that since I live in a different country, it would be a great chance to have people receive postcards from me. Anyway, how often is it that someone you know from abroad remembers you and decides to send you a letter or postcard? In this new day and age of internet technology, people have started to take for granted communication with friends since an email or text can send a letter in a matter of seconds.

Buying postcards have been my favorite pasttime. I’ve been trying to limit my buys because postcards and stamps are a bit expensive, but on the rare times that I do find nice postcards, I tend to buy them. I’ve probably bought more or less 100 postcards since arriving in Xiamen, though maybe 20-30 of those have been sent to friends and family.

Because I love sending and receiving postcards, I decided to join this site called Postcrossing, which is a postcards exchange site. Since it’s too hard to try and explain the concept, why don’t you check out the site yourself, it has it’s own translation in Chinese. My friend recommended I join in when I was still living in Beijing, but because I had only started sending postcards and it was a bit expensive, I didn’t want to go into it. As of this post, I’ve been a member less than 2 months, and I haven’t received my first postcard yet, but I’m excited to await the day that I will get my first postcard from a complete stranger.

Postcards I’ve sent to Europe (我送到欧洲的明信片)

Imagine, receiving a postcard of another country and meeting strangers from halfway across the globe, I think it’s an amazing experience.