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Saturday, August 09, 2008

IYS - Those were the days..

Do u still remember those times when u were still in primary or secondary schools, where u were asked to fill up a form to search for pen pals? Just pay around RM3 (if am not mistaken, forgot already), u can get 10 friends from all over the world in exchange. International Youth Services (IYS)--The joy of receiving letters, getting new friends, exchange lil' gifts. I still remember 1 of my pen friends, he was from Korea. One thing i like abt him is -- he like to fold his letter in a creative way, like an origami. It was so cute! I didnt rem how much longer i was connected with him, and other pen friends. Even had one from Norway, Italy etc. Wonder where are they now? Thot of searching for them in d internet but i forgot every details abt them :P even i forgot where did i put all those letters.. sigh. And now, i juz googled abt IYS n found the site.. but it shocked me tht they have been closing the service.. i was late. They has been operating since 1952, over 56 years now and finally closed it since June 2008. Wow..so long. Why? Now we have internet, no more writing n replying letters. Feelin' kinda sad though, missing n remembering my IYS days..

11 comments:

dzu . said...

haha..yups..
ingat lagi tuh..pen pal..hehe..

Ann Khatib said...

aku pun adaaaa....UK pal.one and only yg aku tulis a letter to..haha..OMG.kau still ingat benda2 nihhhh...

Shahrom Othman said...

Cayalah ieja..still remember those lovely days...brings back so much memories with all those stamps(collecting)....Thanks!

Ieja @ Ariza Mohamed Saleh said...

hehe. tu la. mana pegi dh kengkawan dulu tuu..ilang ditelan zaman.

Ieja @ Ariza Mohamed Saleh said...

tetibe aku cam nostalgia tuh yg teringat. hahaha. ye ye taim aku teringat IYS dah stop service dia plak.asal aku tak teringat taun lepas ke.. awal taun ke.. bln 3 aritu ke. :p

Ieja @ Ariza Mohamed Saleh said...

ha'ah.. one of d reason was nak collect all d stamps jgk kan..jaman2 dulu kan glemer kumpol stem je..ehehehhe

dzu . said...

zaman skola dulu pun ada gaks yg wat cam name card tu..
tau tak..yg leh pilih design..

pastu letak message..

wujud lagi ke eyh skang..dunno what it's call now

Ieja @ Ariza Mohamed Saleh said...

Ha'ah..sorang mesti jd ejen,kutip duit sesape nk wat name card.pastu pos kt kompeni dia kt penang tu. Design hello kitty la, fido dido, dragon ball. Paling glemer fido dido kot..hahahaha..windu seh! Skang dh jaman tenet bebudak skolah dh advance, main myspace jek. :p

dzu . said...

hehe..
dedulu takde internet..
gaya hidup kini dah berubah..hehe

Ieja @ Ariza Mohamed Saleh said...

tapi bile pikir kita beruntung la sempat merasa benda2 ni sume.. bebudak skrang tak sempat.. rugi. heheh.

dzu . said...

bebudak skang exchange emails..hehe