the blog on lesson from a match-box in yesterday.sg makes me take a look at my own collection of match-boxes. i have decided to feature some of the 'kopi how' mentioned in chun see's blog. the pictures of these coffee houses may help him recall the names of some of the those that he used to visit during his courting days.
it was a friend who started me on this collection of match-boxes. do not assume that i had visited or patronised all those places of which i have their match-boxes. to enlarge our own collection, we often asked our friends or colleagues for assistance. we let them know that we were into this 'hobby' and asked them to get and pass to us match-boxes of places they have visited.
my collection of match-boxes were not just from local establishments, quite a number were from hotels which we or my friends and relatives have stayed in.
you do not have to be a smoker to collect match-boxes. both my friend - the one who started me on this hobby - and i are non-smokers.
