100 reasons to snail mail #6

WRITING SKILLS

When you write a letter, you need to describe your little world to a friend who can’t see it him/herself. You need to choose the right words to write about yourself, your life, your surroundings, thoughts and memories. Letters come and go all the time, so it’s a constant “task”. Therefore, you constantly exercise and strengthen your writing skills! Not only the way to describe things, but also the right structure of the sentences, the right spelling of the words, the speed of writing. Have you ever thought that a common person’s hand would hurt veeery quickly because it’s been too long time since they actually held a pen in their hand?;) It might turn out a very useful skill some day:) You also might have less problems with writing school essay, a story or a letter on a language test!;) You write about different issues all the time so when the need comes, you shouldn’t have troubles with gathering your thoughts. 

Sooo, what are you waiting for?

Grab a pen and write a letter!

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High in the Sky

 

 

100 reasons to snail mail #5

GEOGRAPHY

However weird this reason sounds, penpalling teaches geography. If you have penpals in foreign countries you can hear about the place they live in, places they've been to, check them on the map, hear the details... learn about fauna and flora typical in their country, the climate, the natural disasters that occure there. Of course you can learn many of these things in your geography lessons, in the TV, Internet etc. but isn't it more interesting to hear them from the "eyewitness"? Have you ever noticed that despite lectures about climate in school, we still imagine some countries to be hot or snowy all year long while the truth is totally different? Penpalling helps to break these "stereotypes". It's easier to remember what's typical for some region if you hear about it from a friend than if you read pure facts in a book, it's easier to remember places if you hear some story connected with them. Snail mail concerns also postcrossing. By swapping postcards with people all around the world you can get to know places you've never even heard about and see things you wouldn't even hit on an idea to search for. So, you see, penpalling can be pretty educational;)

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Have a nice mail day!

Maybe, you can never be sure, there'll be knock (knock knock)
ring, (ring ring)
Letters through your door! he he!

People I ♥... Corinne!

As people show sometimes in their blogs their admiration for people they love, I thought to introduce my biggest love, my godess, gorgeous and owning the sweetest voice in the entire world (don't argue with me about it;P)

Corinne Bailey Rae♥

The first song of her's I ever heard was her first single Put Your Records On after which I imediatelly fell in love with her^^ This song and the video always make me smile and warm my heart.

Another song which I must show you because I love it so much as well and together with the video is extraordinary is If I Don't, which Corinne sings with another great artist Amp Fiddler. What do you think of this video?;)



And one more song, from her last CD - Paris Nights/ New York Mornings



Isn't she gorgeous?