tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post2315160165384900102..comments2024-02-26T04:58:54.276+08:00Comments on Sarawakiana: Pen Pals and Red Pillar Boxes - 1950 - 1970I Am Sarawakianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-85998318338451866712008-10-29T13:53:00.000+08:002008-10-29T13:53:00.000+08:00I am so sorry to hear about this and it makes me f...I am so sorry to hear about this and it makes me feel that it ever so important for government servants or any one for that matter to be honest.<BR/><BR/>I hope the "pillar box" will keep the secret and as it is "buried" we will never know....Some trees can whisper secrets to the wind.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-38545304417858221442008-10-29T09:05:00.000+08:002008-10-29T09:05:00.000+08:00I think I was in F1 or F2, my brother later waitin...I think I was in F1 or F2, my brother later waiting at the Mail Box and ask the postmen to check, but it was missing......天鵝江畔https://www.blogger.com/profile/09311878358938426840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-58807708339896539562008-10-28T12:53:00.001+08:002008-10-28T12:53:00.001+08:00Oi Yo....you could have paid 10 - 30 ringgit to th...Oi Yo....you could have paid 10 - 30 ringgit to the Postman to retrieve the envelope with the 1000 ringgit....at the collection time. <BR/><BR/>That's a huge mistake a small boy ( I suppose you were a small boy then) could make.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-51157710437070428442008-10-28T12:53:00.000+08:002008-10-28T12:53:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-65767937682519873442008-10-28T12:35:00.000+08:002008-10-28T12:35:00.000+08:00Once I mistakenly put an envolope with RM1000 inst...Once I mistakenly put an envolope with RM1000 instead of my penpal's letter into the Red Pillar Box in the junction of Island Road and Bank Road......The money was donate by a neighbour who win the 4 digit for the Methodist Children Home, so my Dad need to pay for it finally! Sh....pls don't tell anybody abt this malu matter,Hahaa天鵝江畔https://www.blogger.com/profile/09311878358938426840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-80634991824138044822008-10-27T21:08:00.000+08:002008-10-27T21:08:00.000+08:00TumiYes without our realising it these red pillar ...Tumi<BR/><BR/>Yes without our realising it these red pillar boxes have disappeared!<BR/><BR/>Could we have some in Sibu to mark part of our history? One day I would like to bring my grandchildren nieces and nephews to see the red pillar boxes and tell them stories ....:) :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-14377161937605656682008-10-27T21:06:00.001+08:002008-10-27T21:06:00.001+08:00HiPeople continue to have pen pals . Many people w...Hi<BR/>People continue to have pen pals . Many people write to prisoners for example. The Christian websites all over the world also encourage Christians to write to each other.<BR/><BR/>Have you read Geraldine Brooks' "Foreign Correspondence" which relates some of her own experiences of having pen pals? G Brooks received the 2006 Pullitzer Prize for her book "March". She is Australian-American.<BR/><BR/>cheers. Enjoy your studies.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-66554302581548572792008-10-27T21:06:00.000+08:002008-10-27T21:06:00.000+08:00是的,那些红色的邮筒。。。我们还来不及察觉,就那么自然的不见了。是的,那些红色的邮筒。。。我们还来不及察觉,就那么自然的不见了。tumi荼蘼https://www.blogger.com/profile/06986358667389833369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-63509778817180339262008-10-27T20:04:00.000+08:002008-10-27T20:04:00.000+08:00people nowadays dont have pen pals anymore.. even ...people nowadays dont have pen pals anymore.. even when i was younger, the whole concept was never presented to us in school, or anywhere elseKai Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095952168729024825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-18767053699163586332008-10-27T12:50:00.000+08:002008-10-27T12:50:00.000+08:00Dear P, How nice of you to write. I am sure you ar...Dear P, <BR/><BR/>How nice of you to write. I am sure you are busy at all times doing the balancing act well.<BR/><BR/>It is wonderful to know that pen pals did get married in the past. God must have played match maker. the story of Bi and You.<BR/><BR/>Some of us never thought of getting an opposite sex pen pal...:) :( because we had to read aloud the letters! <BR/><BR/>May be See Hua can run a series on marriages which resulted from Pen Pal-ing! That would be interesting.I Am Sarawakianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200800879915444217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546144304817504265.post-49523387519567215072008-10-27T11:22:00.000+08:002008-10-27T11:22:00.000+08:00Many of my friends married their "pen-pals". One c...Many of my friends married their "pen-pals". One couple who were pen-pals and married later even named their children "bi" (Chinese, pen), "you" (Chinese, friend) to remember that their marriage came as a result of "pen-pal-ling" :)Yanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01469410555556500811noreply@blogger.com