Penpal friends?
@barbiesacol88 (202)
Philippines
September 3, 2012 7:40am CST
I wanted to have a pen friend. But I don't know a lot of people, especially foreigners form other countries. Could there still be some people who would be interested to write letters the old way? I understand that it's much easier to write emails but I think that there is something very nice about writing a letter. It can be more personalized and I could imagine the person more clearly. What about you?
8 responses
@challs12 (548)
• Malaysia
3 Sep 12
I do have penpal somewhere back 7 years ago. But now no more. I remember writing a postcard or a letter once a while to my friend in Sweden and UK. Yes, when people start using email and sms, we don't write a lot except for signature. But I still do some writing about song lyrics in my scratch book. I love to see my own writing using water ink in italic. My writing skill is very nice. Maybe I will start writing a postcard again if there's someone want to do the same thing to me.
@barbiesacol88 (202)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
that's nice. I haven't experienced having a penpal but I really wanted to.. People are too lazy to write a letter these days.
@barbiesacol88 (202)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
you can send me your email address if you want and i'll write to you.. how's that for a start?
@barbiesacol88 (202)
• Philippines
7 Sep 12
Hello! wow, i'd love to share emails with you.. just send me a message if you want to ask for my email address. It's nice to have friends all over the world.
@barbiesacol88 (202)
• Philippines
7 Sep 12
Oh yes.. I already sent an email to you.. thank you so much!
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
7 Sep 12
I used to have a lot of penfriends. It was before the internet and we always sent eachother handwritten letters via snail mail. I loved writing to them and when I returned to my home I was excited to pick up the mail because I was hoping that there would be a letter from one of my penfriends from around the world. We told eachother about our thoughts and experiences and exchanged pictures, postcards and small presents like souvenirs from our countries. Sometimes I miss that time. Today I don't send or receive handwritten letters anymore. I only write emails.
@barbiesacol88 (202)
• Philippines
7 Sep 12
Good for you that you were able to experience that kind of friendship.. It makes you cherish the letters because you know that the people who made them really made an effort.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
4 Sep 12
Electronic mail has really taken over the traditional mailing of letters through post mainly because you get instant reply via email than having to wait for an answer via post for about a couple of days to a week. But I guess, you can try sending letters through mail and that would be something special for that person. A personal touch always give an edge. Good luck!
@barbiesacol88 (202)
• Philippines
4 Sep 12
Oh yeah. I tried looking in the internet and luckily I found some people who are also interested in being pen friends and writing letters. :)
@barbiesacol88 (202)
• Philippines
4 Sep 12
I actually searched in the internet and found a lot of sites that has a lot of people who are also looking for pen friends from other countries. I'm now exchanging emails with someone I saw in that site.
@litvillegas (1274)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
Hello friend
I have two pen friends from America. We are still connected each others. We exchanged ideas and experiences. I appreciate their time and effort even though they are both busy but they still try to answer my letters.
Try it and I'm sure you will enjoy!..
Have a great day..^_^
@barbiesacol88 (202)
• Philippines
4 Sep 12
Wow, do they do snail mails and write letters by hand? Good for you!
@litvillegas (1274)
• Philippines
5 Sep 12
Yes they do! I tried to collect the stamps and put it in the album. It's fun,but I guess these days they're quite busy because I didn't receive any letters from them. :(
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
I used to have a pen pal from London when I was very young. We wrote each other for two years then she just stopped.
I love getting letters from anybody, but nowadays, email is the most convenient thing without paying for the stamps and all.
@barbiesacol88 (202)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
oh yes, I think email is also the fastest and convenient way to write to other people. But there's something nice about receiving letters, stamps, pictures form pen friends.
