Those things you keep with you forever
For me is it cards (and letters too). While packing for Singapore, I came across my old cards from the last two years.
Birthday cards, postcards, farewell cards... sugar cubes. I keep them all... I even saved Christmas cards from when I was in primary school and all my birthday cards from my 21st.
Why are cards so special? Because words mean a lot... and having wonderful words written just for you on a piece of paper takes a lot of thought, emotion and time. That is why cards are special. My friends and I used to write essays on our cards to each other and fill up every single gap - so the more blank the card, the better! Birthday humour always brings out the creativity in people ;)
And in the darkest, most depressing and deeply confusing times in your life, you can open them up - wherever you are - and read what others have put into thoughts and given to you, and you get a glimpse of what they were thinking at the time, always positive, to lift your spirits. Above photos, above gifts, I love cards, but they have to be meaningful and filled with sincerity. Unlike presents, cards can never be thrown or given away, because they're addressed to you alone.
This is one of my favourite lines (I wonder if she remembers writing it). On the cover reads: happy travels, new places, new faces. Inside: "Sorry the card is a bit misleading, but at least it's HUGE!! Mwahaha...who says we forgot about your birthday, aye?"
Birthday cards, postcards, farewell cards... sugar cubes. I keep them all... I even saved Christmas cards from when I was in primary school and all my birthday cards from my 21st.
Why are cards so special? Because words mean a lot... and having wonderful words written just for you on a piece of paper takes a lot of thought, emotion and time. That is why cards are special. My friends and I used to write essays on our cards to each other and fill up every single gap - so the more blank the card, the better! Birthday humour always brings out the creativity in people ;)
And in the darkest, most depressing and deeply confusing times in your life, you can open them up - wherever you are - and read what others have put into thoughts and given to you, and you get a glimpse of what they were thinking at the time, always positive, to lift your spirits. Above photos, above gifts, I love cards, but they have to be meaningful and filled with sincerity. Unlike presents, cards can never be thrown or given away, because they're addressed to you alone.
This is one of my favourite lines (I wonder if she remembers writing it). On the cover reads: happy travels, new places, new faces. Inside: "Sorry the card is a bit misleading, but at least it's HUGE!! Mwahaha...who says we forgot about your birthday, aye?"
posted by Amy at 8:45 AM
2 Comments:
LOL - I wonder what idiot bought the card??! Hehehe.... just kidding! I remember that card!! I also remember your surprise party! Some cards are more memorable than others, eh?
yes, that card was hard to forget, the size of it! and the fact that it was attached to a wonderful memory of a surprise birthday party from one of my favourite LCs who loved me even though they didn't know me that well yet ;)
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