Opetellaan Suomea!

It’s time for another linguistic post! What we have now? Finnish! :D I love cards with text of some foreign language written on it.. can be poems, quotes, songs.. but I don’t have any in Malay here (Notice: Malaysia is BORING when it comes to postcards selection..). I’d better move to Finland!

From Mingshu. (Thanks Essi for translation)

“Tips for lonely men
To a singing class,and quick
A guitar or a horn in the hand,
or any kind of fluit
something that beeps even a little
A player boy with red cheeks
is welcomed
even though he just drove all the other men out of the door”

FI-53938  from Jaana.

“Nightless night colours the surface of the lake
Night and morning go side by side
Don`t let the moment slip away,
treasure it,carefully save it in your mind”

From Wilma.

“You don’t always have to be excellent,
if you just have a little bit of luck”

From Ultzi.

“To a bokworm
your walls don’t seem to need wallpaper
You could cover them with books.
Though noticed I have,
you could turn your mailing address to the library.
But I would, if I was a writer
weite a bestseller of our friendship.”

From Mingshu.

“The most important thing in life is not where we are but where we are heading.”

From Kuaka.

“Good moments are even better when you share them.”

FI-14619 from Niko.

“Summer without be summer without strawberries,
without wisps of clouds and daisies.”

From St-Angel.

“Water seeks strand, bird seeks branch, human seeks friend” :)

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Arab men

Among the Saudi Arabia postcards that I received there are some with people on them. However, I noticed that they are only men on the pictures.. no single woman! Though obviously, Saudi Arabia does have female population, I have come to realize that they don’t really expose their women for a reason or another. So until I ever get a postcard showing an Arab woman, here are the men first..

From Deepdowne. This is a leisure view at the Janadriyah Souq market where they have carpets, accessories and clothings on sale. I was amazed to see that women do not work in business field in KSA.. even the cosmetics shops are taken care by male shop assistants!

From Deepdowne. I am not sure what kind of social meeting they have under a tent like this.. on this card it says “Hail maountains: “Welcome to Ughdah!”"

This card was among a bunch which my ex-classmate Reema bought for me during vacation in her hometown in Medinah in 2007. These blades are handmade daggers in Najran. Okay, regarding the costume these men are wearing.. it’s the traditional dress they usually wear all times in the country.. either as formal or non-formal dress. There are many Arab students in my university sometimes you can see them wearing like this especially on Fridays… well, minus the headgears. So if you visit KSA, you’ll see most men in white and women in black :D

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I found this picture that may help you know the name of the dress and accesories.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is a state in the northeastern of USA and it was nicknamed as the Keystone state, because it was located in the center among the original “Thirteen Colonies” which were the states of British America in 1783. OK nevermind the boring history fact.. Hershey’s chocolate is originated from here! Hershey was originally named Derry Church, Pennsylvania. It was renamed Hershey in 1906 because of its growing popularity of the yummy chocolate! Hmm but I don’t have a postcard from Hershey.. yet. Oh and if you must know, Philadelphia used to be the capital of the United States between 1790 and 1800.

From Rissyrissy. I don’t have information on the card about where in Pennsylvania is this country view with cornfield is located.. but look at the balloons!! This is surely a lovely postcard that Rissy sent me for my 24th birthday! :D

From Zmrzlina. This is the Fort Roberdeau, which was constructed in 1778, under General Daniel Ruoberdeau’s supervision and sits on 47 acres near Altoona. It’s also known as the “Lead Mine Fort” as it protected mining operations for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary war. Well nowadays people like forts as there are usually places to picnic :)

From Krhocevar. After the country views, now comes the big city. Pittsburgh is the second largest city in Pennsylvania. And this is the Golden Triangle where the Allegheny and Monogahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio River, hence the largest inland port in the US! There are over 700 bridges crossing these rivers and valleys. I always love waterfront cities like this.. especially on this postcard with the reflection of those buildings in the water! And look at the fountain! Pretty, isn’t it?

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