PostCrossing & BookCrossing
May 24, 2006 at 4:58 pm (Everyday)
I ripped these PostCrossing and BookCrossing links off Yvy's and needless to say, I signed up almost immediately! I said "almost" because I followed the links, told myself what interesting projects both were, went out for lunch, came back from lunch, re-visited both sites and then signed up for PostCrossing.
The concept behind PostCrossing is very interesting. Or is it just me?! Its tagline reads "send a postcard and receive one back from a random postcrosser somewhere in the world". Simply put, it allows you to send postcards to random members and in return, you will also receive a postcard from another random member. Apparently, "random" is the "in" thing these days, heh.
And since I collect stamps, I thought I might as well collect postcards AND stamps. Speaking of which, I think I need to get myself more stamp albums because mine are filling up very very quickly, thanks to everybody who remembers my "primary-school-hobby" and keeps them for me. Thanks again :))
On the other hand, BookCrossing is also a worthy mention. Its concept is even newer and rarer. You label a book with the necessary information, then leave it somewhere (Starbucks, Coffee Bean, your family doctor's clinic etc) and when somebody picks up the book, he/she will need to "report" it online.
The "problem" with BookCrossing is that the chances of losing the book is very high. You may leave it at Starbucks, somebody who does not have an Internet connection may pick it up and bring it back and the dog may play with it and then spoil it, and the book gets thrown away.
There are about 1,630 members who registered in Malaysia but only 21 books have been "released" so far, which means, there are only 21 books that Malaysian users have "placed in strategic places" and the last I checked, 14 books were released in KL, 6 in Penang and 1 in Langkawi. And I guess I will NEVER have a chance of spotting a book in Kuala Terengganu :(
Anyway, if you are free or would like to indulge in a new hobby, try these two links, OK? *smiles*
moz monster said,
May 24, 2006 at 6:33 pm
I wanna start a new program called MoneyCrossing … I'll tell people where I'm going to go and people can leave behind random amount of money. Foreign Currencies are strongly encouraged !!! =)
pelf: You never failed to amaze me la.. :))
Yvy said,
June 2, 2006 at 4:50 pm
Hey!!! I didnt know u took this off my blog. :) Glad I managed to 'recruit' one more member. Hehehe…. :) Good for u. I so far have 4 card from postcrossing. Give u some motivasi lor. :)
pelf: I like ripping things off other peoples' blogs, heheheh :)) And yea, thanks for the motivation *winks*
Yvy said,
June 6, 2006 at 4:33 pm
:D
pelf-ism is contagious » Blog Archive » Postcard #1 said,
June 14, 2006 at 8:02 pm
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