As a Media Studies student with a natural interest in communication and meeting people, Putri Maysara Binti Muslim never expected that a hobby she discovered during the COVID-19 pandemic would eventually lead her to build a community of postcard lovers. Putri discovered the world of penpalling and postcard swapping in 2020, when her parents bought her first laptop for hybrid learning during the pandemic. Spending more time online introduced her to an unfamiliar hobby that allowed people from different places to communicate through handwritten messages and postcards. What began as a simple curiosity gradually became something much more personal. “At that time, I was quite introverted and struggled with my…