Day 50



Day 50 - SNAIL MAIL

 

  Technology had affected, is affecting and will affect our lives greatly as this generation of android phones had emerged. 

The way I remember it, there's no such thing as "snail mail" before in the thesaurus. It's just simply  "mail", and by that, it meant "by post' automatically. But since internet had given birth to e-mails, instant messages, skype sessions and alike, mail by post had to be categorized as "snail mail". As the name suggests, it gets delivered slower than the other types and is now less preferred. As a matter of fact, it is quite rewarding to receive something from the mailbox nowadays and that's what my friends had thought of doing today.

OK, a background is necessary. 

When I was still in high school, I was a stationery freak. Meaning, I collected all sorts of stationeries: anime, floral, scented, printed and plain, all kinds and I mean all kinds! I even made a business out of it. In the Philippines, Divisoria malls are homes of buying "ANYTHING" in bulk! So, this is where I purchased dozens of stationery sets as they are prices so low then sell them in our classroom with a much cheaper price as how our canteen, mini bookstores, or stationery stores in and outside the campus offer. 

All of these are just some of the stuff you would see in Divisoria.

Because of this, an outbreak of sending off letters, either a love or a friendly one, had happened from classrooms to classrooms. Taking into consideration how special was the stationery used, or which kind goes with who, it had become an unforgettable part of my youth and I wonder if the future generation will have something similar to this hobby I hold so dear to my heart, to carry on until I had grown up.

You know what I think, I guess none. Something different will evolve I'm sure.

But we have considered a "Project Snail Mail" just to rekindle the joy of receiving something by post. My former stationery mates had come up with this idea and it made me think of the friendships that had emerged thru it. Expression of self this way was all better back then since confrontations are controlled unlike how different social media now let you vent out anything involving people who shouldn't know about your problems. I bet they don't even have the slightest idea of what you were talking about. "Anything" can go out of control. Venting out on your handwritten letters somehow directs what you are supposed to say "only" to the person who is rightful to know about it. That being said, I really am happy reminiscing about how it was in High School. God knows what this could bring us to and all of these are making everything exciting.

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