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20th March 2009 [Friday] 10:07pm
Hello to all readers. These days i have some personal problems to handle. Thus I have no time, or rather no mood to blog. Please hang in there ok? I'll try to blog after solving my problems.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
12th March 2009 [Thursday] 7:00pm
I've received my results. Thankfully it is not bad.
This week's post shall be short. I've been attending extra lessons in school so there was hardly time to post any updates.
Hence, I'm not very sure whether i could post alot or not..
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Friday, March 6, 2009
6th March 2009 [Friday] 7:14pm
It is indeed not easy trying to upkeep a blog. Especially one started for assignments. Despite it being holidays, I still have extra lessons. Thus not being able to update very often.
Here's a short post about using phonecards. Basically, one would have to look for a payphone that charges via phonecards. First insert your phonecard into the card-slot. Then enter the phone number of the person whom you wish to contact. Most public payphones charge 10 cents every 3 minutes for local call.
Once call has been completed, caller hangs up the phone. The card will be ejected from the card slot. What is different, is that now a hole is punched on the line at the rear of the phonecard mark the value that is left in the card. It is only a very tiny hole, and hence will not pierce through to the front of the card and affect its frontal appearance.
If i'm not mistaken, once the card exhausts its value, a larger hole will be indented on the value-line of the card. However, this hole will still not be deep enough to cause a through-hole. Hence benefitting card collectors greatly.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
25th February 2009 5:50pm IT IS AFTER EXAMS!! I dont wish to talk much about it, but just... I feel... I DID QUITE WELL.Now back to topic.People collect phonecards differently. Most hobbyists' main aim is to increase the quantity and variety of their phonecard collections. However, some would collect phonecards because they have sentimental values. Some would focus on the beautiful pictures on the phonecards, while others may focus on phonecards that commemorate special occasions.I forgot why I started phonecard collections, but it probably started off with MRT cards instead. I am a transportation fan. This also explains why most of my phonecards are transport-themed.This picture is of the first page of my phonecard album.Figure 1a - Main page of Main Phonecard Album
As you can see, all of them are vehicles.I will now focus on some of the cards.Figure 1b - Austin 7 Meteor.
This card, as with the other 2 identical cards, features the Austin 7 Meteor, a 1927 vehicle.The stored value in this card is $10. The reason why i put them together, is for ease of exchanging.Figure 1c - Ferrari and Lambo
The card to the left features a Ferarri F355. While the one on the right has a Lambo Diablo VT. The stored values are $5 and $3 respectively.
Figure 1d- Shell Cars
These are a series of advertisement cards for the petrol company/brand "SHELL". The wordings on top are : " We've got the power". They each have a $2 stored value.Sadly, I could not find many phone cards that feature locomotions/trains, which are actually my favourite. I only managed to find this card....Figure 1e - MRT and New Town
In this picture, you can see that in the foreground, there is an MRT. However, the main focus of this picture is the New Town. In the background, you can see an MRT station. I presume it belongs to the west side of Singapore because the architectural design of this station cannot be found on the east side other than Eunos Station. However, I know the landscape around Eunos Station so i can safely say that this station is not Eunos.
Enough of vehicles, the next series of phone cards are of very special values. They commemorated the years of National Day Singapore had.Lets start off with 1996
Figure 2a - Singapore National Day 1996
It shows the majestic Merlion, at Marina bay, with the towering buildings signifying Singapore's growth. There is also the motto: " My Singapore, My Home" printed on it. This card has a stored value of $3.
Figure 2b - Singapore National Day 1997
This card has a Merlion grayscale in the foreground, with my favourite, transports, in the background. It has a stored value of $5Figure 2c - Singapore National Day 1998
Its the National Day Parade, with various events taking place during the parade.
The stored value is $5Figure 2d - Singapore National Day 1999
This card also has National Day Parade as its picture. It has a motto: " Moving towards The Next Millenium." Stored value is $5The last series that I am showing in this post, is of highly precious values. Very memorable indeed. They are Calendars. Yes. Multipurpose cards. Not only are they phone cards, they also function as calendars.Again, I apologize for the bad quality of my photos, as I am unable to purchase a good camera. I am in the process of saving up.
Figure 3a - 1995 Calendar
This is a calendar of the year 1995. You would be able to faintly see a famous singapore bridge and some buildings at the back.Stored value : $5Figure 3b - 1997 Calendar
As the title says, 1997 Calendar. I couldnt figure out what the picture is. It seemed like some sort of food. Probably a fruit.Stored value: $5Figure 3c - 1998 Calendar
A 1998 Calendar Phonecard. The background consists of an assortment of colours that blends nicely with each other.Stored value: $5
Figure 3d - 2000 Calendar
Millenium Calendar Phonecard! How cool is that?! Of course, since it is the year of the dragon, the background consists of the word "dragon" in mandarin, pronounced as "long".Stored value : $5 Thats all for this post. I apologize for not being able to upload pictures of MRT cards. I feel that my camera is very lousy and am sourcing for a new one now. Like I said, i'm also saving up.Please stay tuned for the next post.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
here's a short post to all my readers and visitors. I am very very busy these days with my exams and will not be able to post updates. Please pardon me. I will do it once i finish my exams. I'm quite sure many of you would want to do well during exams right? Me too. I'd like to perform well for my exams and be in a good mood to post more updates to my blog. So wish me luck ok? thank you.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
28th January 2009 [Wednesday] 9:00pmFirst wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year!!Now, I will start off with some pictures since I haven't been able to upload pictures for the previous posts. This post would be mainly pictures.Here goes...
Figure 1a ~ Phonecard!
See detailed description in sections: Figure 1e & 1f
Figure 1b ~This is the front view of a conventional phone card by Singtel.
It has a stored value of $5 and its expiry was August 2004.
Figure 1c ~ This is how the card measures up against a ruler in length....
It is about 8.4cm in length.......
Figure 1d ~ and width.
and approximately 5cm in width.Figure 1e ~ Here's the front view of another phonecard.
The picture printed in front is of a scene in the sea. The text shows "Protect Our Marine Environment". The logo on the top right corner of the card represents "International Year of The Ocean". Guess the year of this card? ----1998Figure 1f ~ And this is the rear side.
The stored value in this card is $10, different from the previous card mentioned in Figure 1b.Here's what is printed on the back of the card. - This phonecard has $10 worth of calls.- Phonecard once sold is not refundable.- Do not bend, scratch, soil or place phonecard near magnetised articles.- Refer to the latest Singapore Phone Book for COnditions of Issue and Use of Singtel Phonecard & Public phone Service.This card is by Singapore Telecom.In the next post, I think I will be blogging about other types of phonecards, and let all my readers (all of you of course), to have an eye's feast. I will be uploading a lot of pictures on phone cards and describe them.
Oh and I will upload a picture of a phone album. Also, I will diversify this chapter of my blog to touch on the once majestic stored value transitlink card, also known as MRT card. AND.... of course I will be uploading pictures of them too! I guess many of you probably miss them right? here's a temptation first =PFigure 2 ~ M&M's Transitlink Farecard
Child/Student TransitLink Farecard. Haha.
DO Check back regularly!
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
21st January 2009 [Wednesday] 10:51pm
In this update, I shall continue to teach readers ways to begin the phonecard collection.
One of the ways to increase your phone card collections, or even get a first card, is to keep your mobile phone aside, especially if you are using a pre-paid card. It is the most meaningful when hobbyists themselves are contributing to the collection. Do not fret if you are using a post-paid mobile phone plan with a monthly subscription fee. You can still use the phone cards when you feel you have exceeded your monthly call limits.
One can also choose to purchase brand new cards to collect. However, this type of collection is very cost inefficient, and is recommended only to those who have the extra bit of budget allocate to leisure use. This method of collection is for hobbyists who collect the phone cards for their colours and designs. Prolonged usage/exposure of the card surface to other surfaces would result in the deterioration of the cards' surface image. Therefore, if one day you find a card whose design you really adore, it is alright to purchase it and keep it in its original state. Having said that, there are also card protectors available so that the phone cards will not be damaged when it is carried around in wallets or bags. The key idea is to handle the cards with care as you would your mobile phones and other gadgets.
If you wish to quickly increase the size/prospective size of your phone card collections, do be on the lookout for book fairs and similar exhibitions in your country. Most book fairs also have other miscellaneous items on sale such as phone card collections. Take the "World Book Fair" for example, it is held in Singapore once a year and you can often find a booth that sells hobby items such as stamps and phonecards amidst the sea of books and stationery. In addition, hobbyists would be delighted to find rare card collections at these exhibitions. However, hobbyists would have to be willing to part with their cash as these rare items do not come cheap.
In the next post, I will talk about various themes in phone cards' designs, as well as what purposes some of them have.
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