No, it’s not the cake!! But cards!! :D Yes, the lovely Postcrossers have always cheered me up regardless I hate the fact that I get older on birthdays! :) In this post I would like to thank a heaven to everyone who spent some time writing and sending me your lovely wishes, you have no idea how much it means to me!! :) BIG BIG HUGS!!! (well yeah, I’m featuring cards from past years first, as this is officially the first birthday post for this blog – which only started this year – and in a few days I’ll be posting the cards which I have got for this year’s birthday :)). And actually, I have put several other birthday cards that had already fit in regular posts before, and they are equally special to me as well!!

Hugs to Anu!

Hugs to Mimma!

Hugs to Syairah06!

Hugs to SilentNight89!

Hugs to Wespe!

Hugs to Rwidiani!

Hugs to Ipuenktchen!

Hugs to Kungli!

Hugs to Seetas!

Hugs to Indirama!

Hugs to Anzuume!

Hugs to Ketupat!

Hugs to Padme_chandra!

Hugs to Wilma!

Hugs to Panarea!

Hugs to empty_mailbox!

Hugs to Newrule!

Hugs to rosnah!

Hugs to Taxingwoman!

Hugs to geeanuar!

Hugs to Swan!

OKAY that was  a postcards SPAM -______- but I can’t help it coz I did receive alot of birthday cards in past years!! (and of course, a portion of them are thanks to the fact that I put a “tiny advert” about my birthday on my forum signature once, well, hence those expected surprises :P and a few from Birthday tags and RR as well.. so I did not receive all these merely because I am a total celebrity or anything :D though it’s good if I were one lol). And still my dear friends Postcrossers, you are the best!!

This is Haris. A cool kitty, can be naughty at times and likes to eat alot! No wonder he looks as if he gained weight after one month traveling to Paris last February! Well, he started his journey on behalf of imajica (who wishes so hard that she could fit an envelope to travel Europe too -___- ) and has been to Paris, Rome, Budapest recently and now is staying with Essi in Lappeenranta, Finland! He will soon probably be visiting Poland and Macedonia!

Please see Hari’s travelog on ToyVoyagers for his journey diary and loads of photos! And here’s the map showing his path (before Finland)

And what does this kitty toy have to do with Postcards, you ask? :) Now let’s take a look back at my previous postcards of Paris (and Eiffel Tower!), Budapest, Rome, and Finland all featuring Haris!! :D It’s really good to know (at least) I have some postcards with places he went to!

Happy PFF from Haris and imajica to everyone!! xx

Photo by Szirmaik

This awesome-looking building is the Great Market Hall, it’s a famous spot in Budapest! And I have actually got a card from there!

This is a really huge indoor market! I mean, it looks like the market consists of many rows of stalls inside, and these kinds of covered stalls are usually built outdoors in Malaysia, which we call Pasar Tani (dont know how it translates to English.. Agro market, maybe?). There are various of things you can find here, from fruits and vegetables, milk, meat, bread to folk embroidery and souvenirs. Garlics, peppers, and paprika are among Hungarian traditional spices. Hungarians also like plums, watermelons and apples!

Another Budapest card that I did not put previously, this is the interior of the Matthias Church. The current building was constructed in the 14th century, and was the second largest church in medieval Buda.

HP F4280 3-in-1. I’m lovin’ it :)

Okay in the meantime I just realized that this very very VERY special postcard has been missing from the Flickr regardless I received it in 2007!! (HUH??). Well it’s totally a crime not to show off this postcard, because it was exclusively sent from the  INTERNATIONAL POSTCROSSING MEETING 2007!!!

Budapest! I just made an entry about Budapest postcards a few days back (including this bridge) but this one is nothing usual! This postcard, which put a big smile on my face right the moment it arrived in my hand, and it was a total surprise! :D Hugs to Athena125 who went to Budapest all the way from Slovenia and had everyone to sign postcards, and sent one to me – yes ME, imajica, who was dying to go to Budapest to attend the Postcrossing meeting but had to face the fact that I lived thousands miles away (sigh, if only I was rich..). Okay here you go, people who attended the IPM 2007 (maybe there were some more who didn’t sign the postcard):

Wow, doesn’t that look cool? ;) Many Postcrossers from all over come sitting in one place to do nothing but write and send postcards! And oh, take pictures too. I hereby wish International Postcrossing Meeting 2010 to be held in Kuala Lumpur!! YEAH.

Budapest 1 from Haju. The river down the Budapest city is called Danube, which actually cuts half the city: left side is Buda and right side is Pest. See that there are 3 bridges crossing this river. And the middle bridge is the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, which the most famous and oldest bridge. Let’s zoom in and focus yourself to the area where that bridge is located.

Budapest 2 from Satsuma. Oh now you can see a closer look of Széchenyi Chain Bridge! :) The marvellous bridge was opened in 1849, and became the first permanent bridge in the Hungarian capital. In this postcard the House of Parliament is clearly seen at the back. See that building, okay?

Budapest 3 from Sterika. YAY now we have got a close up look of the Hungarian House of Parliament! :D I just love this building. I looks more a gothic church than a parliament, at least in this picture. Cool isn’t it? (You have no idea how boring Malaysian parliament building is :P) Anyways. This Hungarian Parliament building was built from 1885 to 1904, and it really was built in gothic revival style. And one interesting fact from its Wikipedia, the architect of this building went blind before its completion. (Huh?)

Alright. Now you have seen how postcard 3 is “inside” postcard 2 and postcard 2 is inside postcard 1! :) It’s called chain-relation, isn’t it? Okay whatever :P That’s all from Budapest!