… except please do not send me anything with glitter or plastic confetti or references to pregnancy/parenthood — thank you!

Lí-hó!

Pronouns: she/her.

I sincerely appreciate all happy mail sent my way! But if you’d like some inspiration, please keep reading.

Current Special Requests

• I especially love to receive anything related to Taiwan and/or temples.
• And I’m very interested in opossums!

General Preferences

• I collect maxicards (postcards with a related stamp and related postmark), but otherwise love all types of cards equally. You can find me on Instagram @plushmail and see most of the maxicards I currently have available to exchange at #plushswaps.
• I collect stamps and pictorial postmarks, and love interesting stamps and postmarks (especially featuring Chinese-style temples or ‘Year of the..’, COVID-19/essential workers etc., mailboxes, fountain pens/snail mail/stationery in general, unusual materials, cats, or otters). If it happens to be an option, I’d be especially thrilled with any of the 2022 Europa ‘Stories & Myths’ stamps to add to my collection.
• I also collect Pokémon cards (including in foreign languages) with my young niece, so am very happy to exchange those too.
• I read (traditional) Chinese (Mandarin and Hokkien) and am always very happy to receive things written in it.

Some things I love are:

• animals, especially cats, opossums, otters, highland cows, native Australian birds like galahs and cockatoos, and pandas;
• fountain pens and fun inks;
• snail mail, mailboxes, stamps, envelopes, etc.;
• flowers, especially wild-flowers;
• cute and/or kawaii things. My favourite character is Charmmy Kitty (Hello Kitty’s kitty);
• 90s nostalgic themes like Tamagotchi, Gameboy, and Furby;
• film photography, and instant photos in particular;
• comics, especially horror and I really love Harley Quinn;
• video games, especially horror and cute Nintendo;
• (vegetarian) food;
• travel. I especially miss Scotland and Taiwan (and my absolute favourite thing in the world is Taiwanese or Chinese-style temples);
• illustrations and art;
• Pride/Queer flags and art, and especially commemorations of marriage equality;
• languages; and
• true crime.
• My favourite colours are gold, purple, black, pastels, and bright colours. The only colours I’m not particularly fond of are orange and silver.
• My favourite books are A Dictionary of Maqiao by Han Shaogong and Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell. I’m a big fan of George Orwell’s works.
• I am not big on movies, but my favourite TV shows are Unforgotten, Peep Show, SVU, Madam Secretary, Braindead, The Good Fight, Taskmaster, The Great British Bake Off, and Sailor Moon.

Things I don’t enjoy are:

• glitter (including glittery cards);
• plastic confetti;
• and references to pregnancy/fertility/babies/parenthood (as I’ve had a difficult time and unexpected reminders are tough).

Possible Writing Prompts

• How would you describe where you live to someone who has never been? Does it feel like home?
• What is something in your culture or society that you’ve seen change?
• What is your favourite word (in any language) and why?
• Do you have a favourite pen you could tell me about?
• If you collect stamps, can you tell me about your collection or some favourites?
• Do you have any thoughts about opossums?
• Why are Dutch seagulls so big? And do they seem big to people who grew up with them, or do they just think they’re normal-sized seagulls?
• What’s a hobby or interest that you have/love but no one else around you seems to care about?
• What’s a food that makes you happy and why?
• Do you have any podcast, book or TV show recommendations, and why do you recommend it?
• Do you have some advice or a positive quote to share?
• Can you tell me a joke?
• Is there a secret you’d like to tell?
• What’s something you’re looking forward to and why?
• Why did you choose this card for me?

Thank you for thinking of me!