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[forgottenporkbun]

Alright people. Buckle up cus it's finally time i tell you the history of Animal Crossing!!!! (After putting it off for awhile)

Originally named どうぶつの森 (Doubutsu no mori) in Japan meaning Animal Forest. It was introduced at Spaceworld 2000 in Japan and many people have claimed there was a playable demo there. I believe there is a bit if footage you can find on it but I may be wrong.

Doubutsu no mori released on April 14, 2001 on the Nintendo 64 exclusively in Japan. Only 8 months later on December 14, 2001 they released Doubutsu no mori + for the Gamecube which contained extra features left out of the 64 version such as the museum and the Able sisters (along with house upgrades I believe) and used the Gamecube's built in clock.

Finally, they localised and released the game under the title Animal Crossing: Population Growing in North America on September 16, 2002, Australia on October 17, 2003, and Europe on September 24, 2004 on the Gamecube

However, on June 27, 2003 Japan release yet another version of the game titled Doubutsu no mori e+ where they added even more new features for villagers such as: extended dialogue, the best friend system, sickness, likes/hates, catching fleas, etc. In this version of the game you could use the e card reader to obtain certain items. In this version of the game you could also buy an island from Tom Nook which you could access through Kapp'n. Once you got to this island you could name it, create a flag, and download it onto your Gameboy Advance to continue interacting with your islander or even trade islands with other players.

Animal Crossing Wild World released for the Nintendo DS in Japan on November 23, 2005, North America and Australia on December 5, 2005, and in Europe sometime in March of 2006.

On June 1, 2006 a Chinese version of Doubutsu no mori called 动物森林 (Dòngwù Sēnlín) was released for the iQue Player, a Chinese Nintendo console. Dòngwù Sēnlín is the original N64 version of the game despite featuring characters from Doubutsu no mori + on the cover.

Animal Crossing City Folk was releases in North America November 16, 2008 for the Wii followed by its release in Japan on November 20, 2008, Australia on December 4, 2008, and Europe on December 5, 2008. City Folk was compatible with the Wii Speak microphone, which allowed you to talk to other players who had it- essentially a form of voice chat. Fun fact: there's an add for the game where it is featured being used!!! One feature i absolutely love in this game is the fountain , where you can throw an axe into it and a special character named Serena will appear and she is how you obtain both the silver and golden axe.

Now onto Animal Crossing New Leaf was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan and South Korea on February 7, 2013. After that, it released internationally across June of 2003: June 9 in North America, June 14 in Europe, and June 15 in Australia.

Animal Crossing Happy Home designer was released for the 3DS in Japan on July 30, 2015, North America on September 25, Europe on October 2, and Australia on October 3. This game was very different from the others and the main goal was to design houses for villagers.

In November of 2015 we were cursed with Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival for the Wii U. The game only sold 490,000 copies and was considering a failure.

Animal Crossing Pocket Camp was released on Android and iOS mobile devices on October 25, 2017 and 40 other territories on November 22, 2017- but other sources say it was the 21. Sadly, in the last year we received news that it will be shutting down, but apparently from what i know they will be making another version of it or something of the sort.

Animal Crossing New Horizons was released on March 20, 2020 internationally for the Nintendo Switch. This game introduced DIY crafting and in later updates, cooking. Eventually they added the Happy Home Paradise DLC on November 5, 2021 which essentially functions like Happy Home Designer, but unlocks new skill you can use on your island.

I must say, we've come a longggggg way with this game. It helped a lot of people through 2020- including me. Can't wait to see what's in store for us next. Hope you enjoyed learning about the history of the games and if you would like to know more (like stuff about merch or even the movie) ask away! :D

[canmom]

Animation Night 72: Yamasong/Sam Koji Hale

The Blue Blazes detour is over. We're back to our home ground: weird obscure animated films.

Recently I found out about a site called Kanopy, which lets you use a local library card to access a pretty neat library of films. I don't know if it's per-library or universal, but in any case, the Kanopy I have access to is mostly old films and documentaries - but it does have a pretty fascinating animation section including a bunch of films that are completely new to me.

One of these films is Yamasong: March of the Hollows.

This is a puppet film from 2016. The premise as I understand it is a fantasy world full of turtle people and robots, that's currently destablised by a conflict between the mechanical Hollows and beasts called the Tricksters, threatening all the other strange species that inhabit the planet. It falls to a cyborg called Nani and a turtle called Shojun to try and resolve the conflict. I don't know how this film never crossed my radar because the designs are fantastic - of course a puppet film brings to mind Dark Crystal, but equally it's got that Moebius sorta flavour, have a taste...

In an interview, director Sam Koji Hale describes how he took inspiration from Tezuka's Pheonix and ukiyo-e artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi alongside the usual suspects like Kon and Miyazaki, trying to bring together images from multiple cultures - omnipresent kami and Matryoshka dolls.

The concept began as a short film that appeared at a handful of film festivals, inspired by the music of Shoji Kameda and his On Ensemble. Although this was successful at festivals, not a lot of studios were keen to back a feature-length puppet movie. The break came when one Sultan Saeed Al Darmarki, the owner of puppet studio Dark Dunes Production from the UAE, met up with Hale and offered to back the film as its producer.

Although certain sources like Wikipedia call it stop motion, I believe that may be incorrect - I think this is genuinely a puppet film, with puppeteers manipulating the figures in real time, draped in green to allow digital compositing...

And besides Hale, the film brings together a bunch of other notable American puppeteers, notably Heather Henson (daughter of Jim Henson) and Toby Froud (behind the recent Dark Crystal reboot, whose parents worked on the original). Puppet animation is something I'd like to cover more on here, especially Strings (2004) which still sits in my memory from many many years ago.

More recently, Hale worked on a Chinese film called 12 Zodiac, in which a group of animals must unite to remind the Jade Emperor that they exist. It sounds fascinating, but unfortunately I have not been able to find any more information than that IMDB page. If anyone knows a way to see this movie, let me know!!

So, if that sounds interesting, I hope you'll join me in checking this one out. I'm really curious to see what I missed! Animation Night will be going live momentarily, and the film will begin in about 20 minutes (22:40 UK time) at our usual twitch.tv/canmom - hope to see you there!

[fycarmensandiego]

WOEICS upscale status, and a request

The request (plea, to be precise) up top: If you have any recordings (including VHS) of WOEICS off TV, or from Yahooligans! TV, and are willing to send them to me, please get in touch. The reason why below.

So, I realize it's been a year since I upscaled any episodes. Basically my workplace got rid of the computers I'd been using and I've never remembered to start again on the new ones.

The other day, however, I tried installing a newer version of the upscaling software (Topaz AI Video Enhance) on my own computer. The old version didn't work, which is why I did it at work, but by God, the newer version does! So I'm beginning work on upscaling the show again.

I am, however, starting from scratch. I realized that part of why the episodes didn't upscale well is that there's a lot of color noise around the lines. It's present as far back as the Shout! Factory season 1 DVDs, but not on my VHS (the original four releases), nor my off-air recordings of two episodes ("Curses, Foiled Again" and "The Stolen Smile") in syndication. I'm fairly certain that Dic either lost or junked their masters, and that everything from that Shout! release forward - including the Tubi uploads - has been sourced from copies, or copies of copies, which have degraded the picture and made it harder to upscale. Copies from TV broadcasts - Fox, Fox Family, Pax, or syndication - don't seem to have those artifacts, presumably because they were derived from the master. Although they tend to have more flickering noise, that's very easy to remove with Topaz.

So, what I'd like to do is source every episode from off-air recordings, if possible (and if they don't have channel or E/I bugs in the way). If you have any recordings on VHS, or for that matter DVD or via DVR, and you'd be willing to send them to me, please get in touch. I can keep them or send them back, if you wish.

In addition, I know that copies of the show from its time on Yahooligans! TV (a sort of primitive streaming service... iykyk) were circulating online at the time. I'm not sure what the quality of those is, but if you have them, I'd like to have a look.

(This is true even of the episodes I already have. For instance, the original broadcasts of Moondreams on Fox, Fox Family, and Pax had subtitles when the henchpeople speak in Chinese, but the retail release and all subsequent broadcasts don't. My copy of Curses, Foiled Again is cut off at the beginning, and there are weather alerts marring both it and The Stolen Smile - which is the broadcast version with the alternate theme and title card.)

Thanks for reading, and don't forget to stan Ivy.

[terroremarium]

☆ﾟ.*・ ◞ auli'i cravalho / female / kānaka maoli, puerto rican, portuguese, chinese & white / she/her ——— is that blossom rosza on bourbon street ? the 20 year old banshee who stay in the downtown district ? i heard their adoptive parents are josh rosza &. aiden. they are notoriously known for being meticulous, forbearing but also tractable, self critical. which is probably why they are considered the quiescent around town.  i wonder if they had their tarot cards reading, yet? either way, the cards on the table will reveal their fate soon enough

faceclaim: auli'i cravalho. height:  5’1. build:  slim. eyes:  brown. hair:  dark brown. piercings:  standard earlobe, right ear cartilage piercing.  tattoos: (x) on the inner of her right arm, she felt a pull to get it. . style: a lover of baggy jeans baggy tshirts, vans. nothing too fitting and shops mainly in the men’s section of clothing shops. sexuality: pansexual

P E R S O N A L I T Y

traits: (+)caring, creative, soft hearted (-) easily influenced, stoic, daydreamer

M I S C E L A N E O U S

a cherished item:  the last birthday card her birth parents wrote to her. it was given to her a few days before their death.

B A C K G R O U N D

blossom was born to alexander and isabel garcia. she was adored by her parents. themselves constantly moving around. both her birth parents having lost all their family young, but that was due to her mother being a banshee.

life was normal, but blossom showed early signs of her death sensing, often waking up with nightmares, but blossom cannot remember much about them even now.

her parents both were murdered when she was five years old, in front of blossom. that scene still haunts her to this day. luckily the police came in time before anything could happen to blossom.

she was taken to New Orleans and shortly after she was taken in and adopted by aiden &. josh, both believing that she was human as there was nothing to question it at all.

she is often seen drawing, it’s a way to keep away her death sensing and other banshee powers. most of the therapist put this down to the trauma of witnessing her parents passing.

she often has nightmares, especially recently. she’s has put it down to stress of being a college student and assignments when it really isn't that at all.

she is a very soft girl, always happy to help where she can with anything and will be there for anyone who she sees as friends or family.

can be quiet at times and always has her head in her sketchpad to let her feelings out. they are often dark drawings of death / related to death which is due to her banshee ability but again, the girl doesn't know that that is what it is.

bit of a dork as well.

[themculibrary]

Jimmy Woo Masterlist

A Damn Good Team (ao3) - Enigmaforum T, 1k

Summary: They weren’t the Avengers but they were a damn good team all the same.

They could do this. They would do this.

First meet contact. Second save Darcy.

Beyond Our Control (ao3) - cluelessrebel1988 T, 2k

Summary: An extended scene with Monica and Jimmy during and after the events at the end of WandaVision episode 6

Breaking All The Rules (ao3) - DGCatAniSiri scott/jimmy G, 1k

Summary: Jimmy is in Scott Lang's bed. That's really not how this is supposed to work.

choreography (ao3) - manic_intent scott/jimmy E, 9k

Summary: The alpha stood carefully by the biggest window in Scott’s house, keeping his hands to himself. Fate had just decided to fuck with Scott in a major way and the only comfort Scott could take from the mess was that Agent Jimmy Woo looked as freaked out as Scott was. Of course the first perfectly compatible alpha Scott had ever met in nearly five decades of his life on earth would be his goddamned case officer.

first date (ao3) - ChookTingle scott/jimmy M, 2k

Summary: Scott finally asks Jimmy out then turns up late for their first date. This doesn't end even half as badly as he expected.

First Move (ao3) - calatoria darcy/jimmy T, 3k

Summary: Post-Hex, Darcy and Jimmy keep dancing around each other. Who makes the first move?

Green Tea Panna Cotta with Cookie Crumble and Brûléed Plums (ao3) - derevko_child phil/melinda G, 3k

Summary: They both smell like they just came out of a coffee shop but Coulson smells like coffee and May smells like tea, and if twenty years ago, someone tells him that one day, he’ll be sitting in between the two of them, eating Chinese takeout for dinner, knees touching, watching tv and bantering like old friends, he’d probably think they’re crazy

Agent Jimmy Woo gets a surprise visit from old friends.

Hints (ao3) - amitiel, RikuKingdomHearts3 darcy/jimmy G, 1k

Summary: Darcy realizes that she has a crush on Jimmy so she figures that she'll drop some hints and get them talking about it so she can properly tell him. After all, no one can be THAT dense... right?

Normal People (ao3) - manic_intent scott/jimmy E, 43k

Summary: “Dating is a security risk,” Phil said. He patted Jimmy companionably on the shoulder as he said it.

Jimmy pointedly shrugged off Phil’s hand. “Seriously? Is this really the time?”

Phil shaded his eyes against the sun. They were both wrapped heavily in parkas, knee-deep in snow a couple of miles out from Mt. Lussari village. Nothing but brilliant blue sky, mountains, and the wreckage of a military plane with all the bodies suspiciously missing. “It’s always a good time. Especially if you insist on using unsecured apps.”

Only in a Sitcom (ao3) - ForASecondThereWedWon darcy/jimmy T, 26k

Summary: Darcy has no idea what the hell's going on with this WandaVision thing, but neither does Jimmy. It's kinda fun to have somebody to binge-watch alternate reality TV with.

Initiative (ao3) - manic_intent scott/jimmy E, 6k

Summary: “Hello again,” Scott said, as cheerfully as he could.

Standing by the holographic deck in the middle of the shiny new Situation Room in the shiny new HQ for ATLAS, Jimmy stared at Scott. “Did you need something else, Mister Lang?”

Scott winced. The past year since the Ghost Incident hadn’t changed Agent Jimmy Woo much. Same wary expression, as though Scott was going to cart off the TV if Jimmy turned his back. Jimmy was still looked perfectly folded into his black suit with the neat tie, his collar pressed to sharp edges. “No uh. Just want to say. I’m happy to be here?”

jurisdiction (ao3) - manic_intent scott/jimmy E, 5k

Summary: “Let’s say that I met someone kinda cute,” Scott said as he and Luis sat down for tacos in Taqueria El Farolito, hunched over their burritos against the bright yellow and orange wall. “But we didn’t meet in the best of circumstances, and they probably hate me. How would I fix things?”

never the wrong card (ao3) - manic_intent scott/jimmy E, 4k

Summary: Scott peeked in. He was a little late thanks to traffic. On a quick sweep of the place, he thought for a moment that whoever he was meeting was also late. Or had stood Scott up. No such luck. In the corner of the restaurant, checking his phone, was a guy in a suit with a white tulip pinned to his lapel.

Huh. Scott felt a little embarrassed for snipping a wildflower off the sidewalk now, but he’d genuinely forgotten about the flower thing until he was on his way. He sidled over to the table and sat down. “Paxton’s friend?” Scott asked, then added awkwardly, “er, hi.”

superheroes (ao3) - manic_intent scott/jimmy E, 7k

Summary: “Just gimme the chicken soup,” Scott said, once Agent Woo ran out of breath.

Woo blinked and handed over the plastic soup container. It was lukewarm to the touch and smelled rich and oily and herby in a way Scott didn’t recognise. Strange wrinkly red raisin-like things floated on the surface among odd white shards, and the chicken was a weird charcoal colour through the clear plastic lid. “Err. Is this really chicken soup?” Scott asked, trying his best not to sound suspicious and failing.

“It’s obviously chicken soup,” Woo said, a little defensively.

the mistimed bing (ao3) - Siria scott/jimmy T, 3k

Summary: “Oh, whoa, okay, wait, hold up.” Scott came to a halt in the middle of the sidewalk, clutching his bag of tacos to his chest. “I think he actually was asking me out.”

Wooing Bruce (ao3) - Blizzard_Fire jimmy/bruce T, 2k

Summary: Jimmy performs card tricks to calm Hulk down. In the year that follows, he and Bruce get to know each other.

[vexic929]

💡🌈🛏️🐈🦎 with Rodriga and E-63 plzzzzz

💡LAMP: Talk about a scene you are working on—is it easy or difficult? Why?

I have been editing Rodriga's death scene for months now I can't figure out why I'm not happy with it (you know, besides her dying lol) I think I need to stop futzing with it and try writing it from scratch again instead at this point

🌈 RAINBOW SLOTH: Wild card! Share one thing about your WIP that you have been waiting to be asked about!

the numbers are different! this is literally just a worldbuilding thing that may or may not even end up being relevant to the storyline but it was also the first thing I knew for sure about Earth-63; instead of using Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3, etc it's much closer to Chinese 一，二，三

🛏️ BED: What do your OCs dream about?

Rodriga usually dreamt about equations or space or her family, sometimes writing equations in space with her family - you know, the usual brain processing everything you did during the day kind of stuff

🐈 CAT: Does the world of your WIP have any superstitions or folklore?

4 is the most commonly known unlucky number, don't gift a person a clock or watch, don't clean anything on the first day of the new year, red is a lucky color (The Flash is considered a very lucky superhero to meet or see and some people refer to her affectionately as the lucky rabbit because of her speed), Batwoman and company are considered yaoguai, most people think STAR Labs is legitimately cursed

🦎 LIZARD: Who is your most untrustworthy OC? Why?

you'd think it would be Eoland but I'm actually gonna say Mallorie, reason being Eoland is evil and you can't trust her as far as you can throw her BUT you know what her endgame is, her goal never really changes - Mallorie, on the other hand, is a wild card; she has all of Eoland's deceptiveness and none of her consistency

[demospectator]

"Clay St. West of Kearny SF 1873 - First Cable Car in the World" In this elevated view west on Clay Street to the Clay St. Cable RR cable car at Kearny Street Terminus, Portsmouth Square can be seen on the right. Signage for the R. Cutlar Dentist, H. Traube watchmaker and jeweler at left.   This photo is a detail from Carleton Watkins' stereo card number 2368 (Variant) under the original title: "Clay St. Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet. Worst grade, one foot in six"  (from the Marilyn Blaisdell Collection).  

Chinatown at the Advent of the Cable Car

This year San Francisco marks the sesquicentennial of its cable car system.  In the late 19th century, San Francisco experienced rapid urbanization and faced the challenge of its hilly terrain. Traditional horse-drawn streetcars struggled to navigate the steep inclines, necessitating an innovative transportation solution.

In the predawn hours of August 2, 1873, Andrew Smith Hallidie introduced the first successful cable car system in the world. The cable cars utilized an underground cable mechanism to propel the cars along tracks, overcoming the city's hilly landscape. This new mode of transportation revolutionized urban mobility and played a pivotal role in San Francisco's development.

Historian Phil Choy wrote about the Clay Street cable car terminus at Portsmouth Square as follows:  

“Following Andrew S. Hallidie’s successful test-run of the first cable car on August [2], 1873, horse-drawn cars were replaced with a cable car  on Clay Street.  Thereafter, the Chinese called Clay Street ‘Mo Mah Lie Ch’eh,’ which literally means ‘no-horse-drawn-car’ [冇馬拉車; canto: “mou5 maa5 laai1 ce1″].  Starting from the top of Leavenworth Street, the line ended at a turntable at the bottom of Clay and Kearny Streets, to send the car back up the hill.”

California and Montgomery streets, c. 1889.  Photographer unknown (from the Martin Behrman Negative Collection / Courtesy of the Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives).  The view is west on California across Montgomery, as an Omnibus Railway Co. horsecar #11 passes the Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams) seen in background.  A Chinese man is walking south at the northeast corner of the intersection.  The signs for the offices of Equitable Life and Dr. William F. McNutt at 405 Montgomery are visible at right.  

The introduction of cable cars in San Francisco had a profound impact on the Chinese community. Several cable car lines conveniently passed through Chinatown, allowing Chinese residents to access transportation. The cable cars provided a reliable means of travel for the community, connecting them to other neighborhoods and employment opportunities initially for domestic workers serving the mansions atop Nob Hill and eventually throughout the city.

Clay Street Cable Car, c. 1873.  Photograph by Carleton Watkins and published as “Pacific Coast. 2369″ and by Taber Photo (from the Marilyn Blaisdell collection).  In this startling image, patrons and car operators can be seen posing on or alongside cable cars on Clay near Jones Street, except for at least two Chinese men seated in the car at left.  Their faces were lost to history because one man placed his hat over his face, while the other inclined his head to avoid the camera’s lens. Watkins' image may be the only extant image showing urban pioneer Chinese actually riding an early cable car, possibly to their jobs as domestic servants for the mansions on Nob Hill.

Watkins' stereo card bears the legend: “Clay Street Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet.  Worst grade, one foot in six. 2369”  Photograph by Carleton E. Watkins (from the collection of the San Francisco Public Library).

“At the Corner of Dupont and Jackson Streets” c. 1896 -1906.  Photograph by Arnold Genthe (from the Genthe photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division).  A cable car on the Jackson Street line can be seen at right.  “Two girls wearing embroidered holiday wear are crossing the street,” as historian Jack Tchen wrote in his book about Genthe’s Chinatown photos.  “The store behind them is a ‘Chinese and Japanese Curios’ store located at 924 Dupont Street, southwest corner.  The good-quality, expensive vases in the window display and the sign in English indicate that the store catered especially to tourists.  Some such stores were owned by Japanese, but the main reason that both Chinese and Japanese goods were sold in the same store was that the general public could not distinguish between the two cultures.”   (NOTE:  Tchen’s location of the address at 924 Dupont appears incorrect, as the photo depicts the west or odd-numbered side of the street. The building bearing an address of 943 Dupont actually occupied the southwest corner of the intersection with Jackson Street.  Directories of the time indicate that the Tong Yuen Lai confectionary operated at the 943 address during the 1890’s.  By the 1905 publication of the Chinatown phone directory, the Jong Mee Cigar Store had either co-located or operated solely at the address.)    

The cable cars, particularly the Clay, Sacramento, California, and Jackson street lines, had played a significant role in fostering economic growth within Chinatown. 

“B 3096 Clay Street Hill, Chinatown, San Francisco” c. 1886.  Photograph by Isaiah West Taber (from the Marilyn Blaisdell Collection).  In this view east on the south side of Clay Street, and just above Dupont, the trees of Portsmouth Square can in the distance at left, a horsecar can be seen on Kearny and an original Clay Street cable car.  The large billboard for Globe Business College and Conservatory of Music in distance. The large vertical sign in Chinese denotes an herbalist or apothecary store.

The view east on Clay Street, c. 1888. (Photographer unknown from the collection of the California Historical Society).  A cable car is in the process of crossing Dupont Street and heading west up the hill.  The balconies of the Yoot Hong Low restaurant appear at left. 

“161 Street Scene in Chinatown,” no date.  Photographer unknown (from a private French collection).  A cable car can be seen traveling west on Clay passing Stockton Street. 

“Chinese Quarter, San Francisco, Cal.” c. 1891. Photograph by A.J. McDonald (from a private collection).  A cable car is seen passing the 800-block of Clay Street between Dupont St. and Waverly Place.  The decorated balconies of the Yoot Hong Low restaurant can be seen at center.  

“B 2807 Lotta’s Fountain, and junction of Market, Kearny a& Geary Streets, S.F.” c. late 1880s.  Photograph by Isaiah West Taber (from a private collection). A Market Street Cable Rail car appears in the right foreground. Two Chinese men can be seen in the background at left on the sidewalk  between the two lampposts and under the Philadelphia Lager sign. 

“Carrying New Year Presents” c. 1900-1905. Photograph by Arnold Genthe (from the Genthe photograph collection, The Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division). A cable car can be seen on the hill just behind the head of the young woman in the photo.  She appears to have been a servant to the family of prominent merchant Lew Kan. The boy in the photo is Lew Bing Yuen, the older son, who also appears in Genthe’s well-known photo “Children of the High Class.”

After transformation of post-1906 Chinatown into the “Oriental City,” this urban transit network remained crucial the neighborhood’s integration with the citywide economy.  Tourists and locals utilized the cable car system, and Chinese-owned businesses along, and in proximity to, the cable car lines experienced increased patronage. This urban mobility represented by the cable car system, even after its reduction to only two lines, has sustained the Chinese community from it pioneer beginnings to this day.  

“San Francisco Cable Car Lines at the Fullest Extent of Operation (1890s)”  (courtesy of the Cable Car Museum). As the Cable Car Museum advises here, “Clay Street Hill Railroad was the sole cable car company for 4 years. A former horsecar company, Sutter Street Railroad, developed its own version of Hallidie's patented system and began cable service in 1877, followed by California Street Cable Railroad -1878, Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railroad -1880, Presidio & Ferries Railroad -1882, Market Street Cable Railway -1883, Ferries & Cliff House Railway -1888, and Omnibus Railroad & Cable Company -1889.”  At its peak, the San Francisco companies had laid “53 miles of track stretching from the Ferry Building to the Presidio, to Golden Gate Park, to the Castro, to the Mission.”

Published in Germany under the title “The Plaza, near Chinatown, San Francisco, U.S.A.” c. 1890. Photographer unknown (from the Marilyn Blaisdell Collection). In this northwesterly view toward the 700-block of Washington Street, a man walks a child through Portsmouth Square, and a cable car can be seen in the background. By the 1890s, a cable car line had been built on Washington Street, running along the northern edge of the square.

For the Chinese families who began to populate the eastern slopes of Nob and Russian Hills (and the garment workers in the small sewing factories along Pacific Avenue west of Stockton Street), the cable cars served as their principal transit system until the establishment of bus routes such as the Pacific Avenue shuttle (championed by Phil Chin and his Chinatown Transportation Improvement Project crew a half-century ago), and now known as the no. 12 Folsom/Pacific line.  

A group of women (at least one of whom has bound feet) disembarks from a cable car in 1908.  Photographer unknown (from the collection of the Chinese Historical Society of America). For women with bound feet (including great grandmothers on both sides of my family), the cars represented not only convenience but a necessary travel option for the residents navigating the hilly topography of San Francisco Chinatown.

The clang of cable car bells and the snap of the cable in the tracks remain an integral part of the soundtrack for the several generations of Chinese children who grew up in the greater Chinatown area. 

Cable cars symbolized the vital role of urban transportation in fostering connections and opportunities -- providing convenient travel options for the residents of Chinatown, maintaining the neighborhood’s economy during hard times, and tying the segregated Chinese community to the larger city.

“Convergence of Cultures” oil painting by Mian Situ.

[updated 2023-8-14]

[sweetmastermind]

hey! can you read abt clc members? yeeun gonna debut next year, sorn is doing some singles (newest nirvana girl with yeeun) and traveling, yujin in kep1er, elkie doing some little things in chinese apps, eunbin, seunghee e seungyeon just living their lifes... Can you read about they career, personal life and if in the future have chances of a ot7 cb? Since seungyeon said they didn't disbanded and all 7 is really close, so i would really appreciate if you do some reading about it <3

Based on tarot. Done 28/12.

Yeeun (4p - king swords - queen pentacles)

at the moment things are really slow, she is working hard and everything is trying to get the best and organizing everything. In the future, once she is able to comeback, a lot of projects at the same time and new opportunities for her.

Sorn (ace swords rev. - ace cups - strength - empress rev.)

It's interesting the cards she got, a lot of contradictions between the emotional and the reality, because she is fulfilled on the emotional side and has the freedom to experiment with her creativity but is not seeing the results she wants, she has what takes but she is doubting if this path is for her and if she made the right decision

Yujin (10s rev. - fool rev. - 4c)

She feels a little more relieved to make it to her current group, she was under so much stress, and being on the final lineup lifted a weight from her shoulder. But even though, she is not feeling that things are fair, it feels like she is containing a lot of things for the sake of the group and to give the others more opportunities, and that is making her push herself aside and not look for more opportunities for her and dismissing all the hard times she went through to reach were she is

Elkie (tower - justice rev.)

A mess, things are not going the way she wants and expected, it feels like she is not finding her place in what feels right for her, and some people are taking advantage and not being the nicest about business. Probably we would hear about her soon.

Eunbin (6w - moon rev. - chariot)

This in a way feels like she came victorious out of something, Did she terminate her contract or got a solo opportunity? (super contradicting but leaving cube could be a blessing) it looks like she is moving and looking forward to things, she might be planning a project and she is really enthusiastic about it.

Seunghee (high priestess rev. - 9c - knight wands)

She is quite disconnected from her job it feels like someone was not the most honest with her and promise something that is not fulfilling. I feel like she is going to start a solo project soon, her own business, or something she will be in charge of (producing maybe? something a little more behind the scenes).

Seungyeon (emperor - 4p - 6s rev.)

Things are a little difficult because there are a lot of obstacles in front of her, but she is working steadily and hard to bring something good to the table, a lot of stability for her after the rocky moments.

Clc will have a comeback in the future? (sun - 10s rev. - tower - star): There is a possibility it could happen, they want it to happen but it feels like they are banned from doing it? at least for the moment, things are not in their favor

[manwalksintobar]

Mugging (I)  // Allen Ginsberg

I Tonite I walked out of my red apartment door on East tenth street’s dusk— Walked out of my home ten years, walked out in my honking neighborhood Tonite at seven walked out past garbage cans chained to concrete anchors   Walked under black painted fire escapes, giant castiron plate covering a hole in ground —Crossed the street, traffic lite red, thirteen bus roaring by liquor store,   past corner pharmacy iron grated, past Coca Cola & Mylai posters fading scraped on brick Past Chinese Laundry wood door’d, & broken cement stoop steps For Rent hall painted green & purple Puerto Rican style Along E. 10th’s glass splattered pavement, kid blacks & Spanish oiled hair adolescents’ crowded house fronts— Ah, tonite I walked out on my block NY City under humid summer sky Halloween, thinking what happened Timothy Leary joining brain police for a season?   thinking what’s all this Weathermen, secrecy & selfrighteousness beyond reason—F.B.I. plots? Walked past a taxicab controlling the bottle strewn curb— past young fellows with their umbrella handles & canes leaning against a ravaged Buick —and as I looked at the crowd of kids on the stoop—a boy stepped up, put his arm around my neck tenderly I thought for a moment, squeezed harder, his umbrella handle against my skull, and his friends took my arm, a young brown companion tripped his foot ’gainst my ankle— as I went down shouting Om Ah Hūm to gangs of lovers on the stoop watching slowly appreciating, why this is a raid, these strangers mean strange business with what—my pockets, bald head, broken-healed-bone leg, my softshoes, my heart— Have they knives? Om Ah Hūm—Have they sharp metal wood to shove in eye ear ass? Om Ah Hūm & slowly reclined on the pavement, struggling to keep my woolen bag of poetry address calendar & Leary-lawyer notes hung from my shoulder dragged in my neat orlon shirt over the crossbar of a broken metal door   dragged slowly onto the fire-soiled floor an abandoned store, laundry candy counter 1929— now a mess of papers & pillows & plastic car seat covers cracked cockroach-corpsed ground— my wallet back pocket passed over the iron foot step guard and fell out, stole by God Muggers’ lost fingers, Strange— Couldn’t tell—snakeskin wallet actually plastic, 70 dollars my bank money for a week, old broken wallet—and dreary plastic contents—Amex card & Manf. Hanover Trust Credit too—business card from Mr. Spears British Home Minister Drug Squad—my draft card—membership ACLU & Naropa Institute Instructor’s identification Om Ah Hūm   I continued chanting Om Ah Hūm Putting my palm on the neck of an 18 year old boy fingering my back pocket crying “Where’s the money” “Om Ah Hūm    there isn’t any” My card Chief Boo-Hoo Neo American Church New Jersey & Lower East Side Om Ah Hūm    —what not forgotten crowded wallet—Mobil Credit, Shell? old lovers addresses on cardboard pieces, booksellers calling cards— —“Shut up or we’ll murder you”—“Om Ah Hūm    take it easy” Lying on the floor shall I shout more loud?—the metal door closed on blackness one boy felt my broken healed ankle, looking for hundred dollar bills behind my stocking weren’t even there—a third boy untied my Seiko Hong Kong watch rough from right wrist leaving a clasp-prick skin tiny bruise “Shut up and we’ll get out of here”—and so they left, as I rose from the cardboard mattress thinking Om Ah Hūm    didn’t stop em enough, the tone of voice too loud—my shoulder bag with 10,000 dollars full of poetry left on the broken floor—

  November 2, 1974

[litapeanut]

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR (Even it's a bit late)!

I designed and animated these e-cards for a client project earlier this month. But I totally forgot to post them here in time (I was a bit immersed in work) and now it's a bit late (probably will not get the attention it deserved because of the delay, sorta like the Dimitrescu holiday card I drew last year, I'm not punctual on holidays, hehehe)...

But anyhow, just enjoy these as cute bunny e-cards! It's the year of the rabbit, the year of fluff and cuteness!

PS. Don't worry about the Chinese text because I'm Asian (Now you know!) and I'm Asian enough to make sure it's correct, LOL.

[a-captions-blog]

[Image descriptions: 1. Tweet by Hanzhong Wang @ww123td that says, ‘Great job @wacom for using AI generated image for your latest marketing campaign. For a company built on the visual arts industry this ad feels akin to shooting yourself in the foot. Doubly disheartening as a Chinese seeing the dragon used in this way.’ Attached to the Tweet is a Wacom ad that says, ‘A New Wacom For the New Year’ and shows an eastern style dragon posed next to smaller representations of various Wacom tablets, two of which have dragon drawings on them. The tip of a pen comes in from the right. 2. Tweet by Art-Eater @Richmond_Lee that says, ‘2024 is gonna be a nightmare when it comes to news and media. You can no longer trust anything that you see. This isnt just some novel fun tech. It is a scammer’s dream. It’s already being used to screw people over in real life. And everyone is embracing it because of FOMO.’ Attached is a headline that reads, ‘A father is warning others about a new AI “family emergency scam.”’ The snippet reads, ‘Philadelphia attorney Gary Schildhorn received a call from who he believed was his son, saying that he needed money to post bail follownig a car crash. Mr Schildhorn later found out that he nearly fell victim to scammers using AI to clone his son’s voice, reports Andrea Blanco.’ 3. Tweet by RJ Palmer @arvalis that says, ‘So WotC didn’t just make one AI promotional image after promising to stand with human artists, they uh, made a lot. Not great.’ This quotes a Tweet by MarcoMaps Bernardini @MarcoMA4PS that says, ‘I guess the whole ad campaign was made with A/I generated imagery, then retouched to give it a semblance of man-made craft.’ Attached are screenshots of three art pieces. Two are close-ups of various Magic cards displayed on a shelf, and the third is a wider view showing a window with a city view in the background. Cut-off text on this says, ‘Ravnica, comprese le schockland, I Cancelli delle Gilde e i tuoi personaggi preferiti…’ 4. Tweet by Thorsten Denk @thorsten_denk [verified] that says, ‘Apex Legends/EA using AI instead of paying artists for their promo art is just depressing. Pandora’s box has truly been opened and it feels to me like we’ve collectively decided to devalue the human soul for profit. #ApexLegends.’ Attached are two photos of Apex Legends art with red circles showing strange parts that give the art away as AI-generated. 5. and 6. Tweet thread by Magic: The Gathering @wizards_magic that reads: Well, we made a mistake earlier when we said that a marketing image we posted was not created using AI. Read on for more. (1/5) As you, our diligent community pointed out, it looks like some AI components that are now popping up in industry standard tools like Photoshop crept into our marketing creative, even if a human did the work to create the overall image. (2/5) While the art came from a vendor, it’s on us to make sure that we are living up to our promise to support the amazing human ingenuity that makes Magic great. (3/5) We already made clear that we require artists, writers, and creatives contributing to the Magic TCG to refrain from using AI generative tools to create final Magic products. (4/5) Now we’re evaluating how we work with vendors on creative beyond our products – like these marketing images – to make sure that we are living up to those values. (5/5). \End descriptions]

we’re really out here living in an AI dystopian hellscape and this shit has just begun… the future is grim…

[davidpwilson2564]

Bloglet

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Very nice weather.

Try to read a bit. Lack concentration. Too many loose ends. I think the bank sent me a new debit card in an unmarked envelope (?) and I made the mistake of throwing it away. I go to the bank. They will issue me another one. (Doctors ask, among other question, "Do you pay your own bills." You will have crossed a line when you can no longer perform this task.)

Note: Re the above, i. e. dottiness closing in. I learned that a man much younger than me took his little grandson for a drive and hasn't been located. There comes a time when the car keys have to be taken away.

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Another school shooting. This time in Georgia. Two students, two teachers dead. Others injured. The shooter a thirteen year old. High powered rifle. The kind used to blow animals to smithereens. Terrible scene. Shooter will be charged as an adult.

Weather very nice. Not much luck trying to read. Again, lack of concentration. Will try to do better tomorrow.

Thursday, September 5, 2024

I go to the dermatologist. Train down to the West Village. This time out I seem to be having more trouble with stairs. An unanticipated stiffness. Dammit. I remember when this used to be the cool neighborhood. There are a few remains from that era. A bong shop or two. Tattoo parlors. My visit with the skin doc goes okay. Whenever I'm down here I go to the Chinese bakery (Fay Da). Wish it were closer to where I live. Great place.

Later: A second trip out and this time moving with more ease, having worked some of the kinks out. Those mysterious aches and pains.

to be continued

[lovelife688]

On a layover in Shanghai? Experience the city for free!

If you are travelling via Shanghai’s Pudong Airport and have a layover you can now break free from the airport and experience the city thanks to Shanghai Express from Trip.com.

The complimentary city tours are available to Trip.com customers and any international traveller with a layout of more than 8 hours in Shanghai who can get a 72/144-hour visa-free transit policy or those granted a 24-hour temporary entry permit by airport border inspection

The initiative is set to transform the layover experience by giving travellers a taste of Shanghai in one of three curated tours including the “Shanghai Highlights City Tour,” “Strolling Under the Trees City Walk Tour,” and the “Huangpu River Cruise Sightseeing Night Tour.”

“As visa-free transit policies open up new avenues for international travellers to explore China, Trip.com Group is excited to unveil this innovative programme for those with just a short stopover,” said Ms Han Feng, Head of Marketing at Trip.com. “We will leverage our extensive resources to ensure a memorable tour experience and provide world-class customer service to help flyers enjoy what Shanghai has to offer.”

The Tours

Shanghai Highlights City Tour (9:00-14:00): a tour of classic Shanghai highlights, including exploring traditional Chinese architecture in the Yu Garden and viewing Shanghai’s iconic and futuristic skyline at the Bund.

Strolling Under the Trees Citywalk Tour (16:00-22:00): a tour for the romantics and urban history lovers, which includes a city walk through the old villas and charming cafes along the beautiful Wukang Road, an immersive visit to the Yu Garden, and a stroll along the historic Bund.

Huangpu River Cruise Sightseeing Night Tour (18:00-23:00): a unique experience in the city that never sleeps – including the breath-taking night view of the Bund aboard the Huangpu River Cruise and a deep dive into the bustling Yu Garden at night.

Each tour is led by English-speaking guides, including transportation, tickets, e-sim cards, and team insurance. Those seeking to travel light may store their luggage at the airport or on the shuttle bus if space permits. Please note that the free tours do not include meals, though our guides will be more than happy to offer dining recommendations.

Layovers in Shanghai are growing with last December seeing 330,000 international travellers stopping over on mainland China and by having the opportunity to explore Shanghai for free you can add an extra dimension to your trip.

China now has Visa-free access from 15 countries around the world and as a result, Trip.com Group has witnessed a triple-digit year-on-year rise in international travel bookings to China in the first two months of 2024.

The most popular hotspots are Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, and Chengdu with theme parks like the Shanghai Disney Resort and historic sites like the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum capturing significant interest.

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

Jauns auto no Ķīnas - vai satraukumam ir pamats?

[GWM] ORA 03 ir viens no 28 šī gada konkursa LATVIJAS e-AUTO 2024/25 pretendentiem. Ar to (kopā ar mūsu žūriju) jau esam veikuši pirmos testus un – jāsaka, ka iespaidi par šo auto ir nudien labi. Skaidrs, ka tas nevar konkurēt ar premium klases limuzīniem vai super sportiskajiem eiropiešiem, bet arī jāatzīst, ka savā cenu kategorijā tam šobrīd īstu konkurentu nemaz nav! Šodien satiksimies ar Andri Kursīti, kurš jau vairākus mēnešus diendienā pārvietojas tieši ar Oru.

A new car from China - is there a reason for concern?

[GWM] ORA 03 is one of the 28 applicants of this year's competition LATVIJAS e-AUTO 2024/25. We have already done the first tests with it (together with our jury) and we must say that the impressions of this car are good so far. It is clear that it cannot compete with premium class limousines or super sporty Europeans, but we also have to admit that it has no real competitors in its price category at the moment! Today we will meet Andris Kursītis, who has been traveling with Ora every day for several months.

P.S. The launch of the GWM ORA 03 electric car in the Latvian car market is successful. The recipe for success is simple: two professional car sales and service companies who know how to sell cars, very good price, long enough driving distance, good equipment, neat design, quite well known people as customers, good advertising and GWM ORA 03 beats all legacy automakers and Tesla in a short time...! However, the main trump card of an electric car made in China is affordable price and daily use value. For such a low price with such good technical parameters, no other competitor can offer anything...

We are waiting for other Chinese electric car manufacturers in the Latvian car market, which will provide competition to legacy automakers. Considering that Western companies invest huge sums of money in the Chinese economy, Latvian car buyers have absolutely no reason to remain loyal to the brands of Western car manufacturers. If the product is good, reliable and the price is affordable, Latvians will buy electric cars made in China...!!!

[goldbroker]

Uebert Angel – Man of Gold or Man of God with double identity?

In different meetings with undercover reporters who identified themselves as Chinese criminals seeking to wash dirty money through the Zimbabwean economy, waxing lyrical, self-styled prophet and Zimbabwe government official, Uebert Angel who was caught on hidden cameras in the Al Jazeera investigation named ‘Gold Mafia’ assured them, they were in safe hands because unofficially, he is the number two man in Zimbabwe and has the full blessings of the president to sign agreements on behalf of Zimbabwe.

When they told him they wanted to launder over a billion dollars, Angel told them he has laundered several millions before, but never done billions, however, he could launder their billions, with his diplomatic red tape and the money would be delivered directly to his home and nobody would touch it.

He also assured them that they would have no problem at all freely buying and selling gold from Zimbabwe in the money laundering schemes.

The 40-something-year-old flamboyant British-Zimbabwean has always had controversies around him. Born Uebert Mudzanire, he lived in the UK before moving back to Harare to establish the headquarters of his church, Spirit Embassy.

Double ID cards

When in  March 2021 he was appointed Presidential Envoy and Ambassador-at-Large by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, issues came up in the news about his double identity.

News sources in Zimbabwe dug out his two national ID cards. The first ID card has the registration number 83-099297X83, and was reported to have been issued at the Zaka registry offices in Masvingo in 1996. The second card with the registration number 29-195587H83, was said to have been issued in Gweru in the Midlands a year later.

The date of birth on both cards is the same, September 6, 1978, but the card numbers are different.

The report indicated that he used the 1997 ID to secure a Zimbabwean passport with the number ZE 306043.

However, the news reports pointed out that his British passport, number 464932598 which was issued on November 6, 2009, had a different date of birth from the one on his Zimbabwe national ID cards. The British passport has March 4, 1972 as his date of birth.

The reports further said on March 9, 2021, he appeared before a Harare lawyer, Tichavona Mutebere, and made an application to change his name from Uebert Mudzanire to Uebert Angel Snr claiming he was born on September 6, 1978, a birth date inconsistent with his British one but consistent with his two Zimbabwean national IDs.

Interestingly, Angel’s biological brother, Samson Mudzanire, with national ID number 83-066977R83, was born on April 14, 1972. The reports are wondering how his mother, Rose Mudzanire, gave birth to two sons in 1972 within 40 days of each other.

Fake degree

In 2008 the US government published a list containing thousands of names of people who have obtained fake degrees, from Bachelor to PhD degrees from a diploma mill in Spokane, Washington State.

The United States Department of Justice through Operation Gold Seal published the list of fake degrees bought from the phony Saint Regis University, which was eventually shut down.

On the list is the name Uebert Mudzanire and beside it is listed BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration), but Angel has denied buying a fake degree.

On that list were hundreds of people working in the military, government and education sector of the US, and almost 10,000 people who spent $7.3 million buying phony and counterfeit high school and college degrees from the Spokane-based diploma mill.

According to the website spokesman.com that published the list, it included prominent American citizens working for sensitive government agencies. The list it reported included NASA employee Timothy Francis Gorman, who bought an electrical engineering degree using his e-mail account at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to correspond with the diploma mill, and US Department of Health oncology expert Frank S. Govern, who purchased a doctorate in health care administration.

National Security Agency employees David W. Barden and Barry A. Hester both bought degrees. Hester, who was a computer Web trainer and designer for the NSA with top-secret clearance, paid $1,187 for an information systems and technology degree, the list shows.

Eric Gregory Cole, who was a contract employee for the Central Intelligence Agency, paid $3,801 for a degree in information systems management. His top-secret clearance at the CIA was revoked late last 2007, months after his name was forwarded to the Office of Inspector General, according to one source, the report said.

Eight people who set up and operated the diploma mill, including ringleader Dixie Ellen Randock, were indicted and convicted of federal crimes. Randock, a 58-year-old high school dropout, was sentenced to three years in prison, according to the report.

The World Bank overview of Zimbabwe

In its overview of Zimbabwe last updated on March 30, 2023, the World Bank notes that Zimbabwe has strong foundations for accelerating future economic growth and improving living standards. 

The Bank admits that the economy has excellent human capital, comparable to that of upper-middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, although some skill shortages are emerging in some sectors. It also notes that, Zimbabwe possesses abundant mineral and natural resources that, if well managed, can support the country’s development objectives.

The Bank however states that Zimbabwe’s economic development continues to be hampered by price and exchange rate instability, misallocation of productive resources, high informality, low investment, and limited structural transformation. Economic growth has been volatile over the past decade. High inflation, multiple exchange rates, and unsustainable debt levels have increased the cost of production, reduced incentives for productivity-enhancing investment, and encouraged informality.

The Bank adds that high unsustainable debt and arrears to international financial institutions (IFIs) limit Zimbabwe’s growth potential. 

It indicates that real GDP growth is estimated to have slowed to 3.4% in 2022 from 8.5% in 2021 on the back of worsening agriculture conditions and macroeconomic instability. Due to low rainfall, agricultural output contracted by 14%, after growing at double digits in 2021. Triple-digit inflation constrained private sector demand, while fiscal austerity limited growth of government demand and investment. Among other things the Bank points out that mineral exporters benefited from high global prices and, together with tourism, contributed the most to overall economic growth.

“Inflation returned to triple digits, albeit declining since August 2022, fueled by broad money expansion and a surge in global prices. The war in Ukraine, through high food and energy prices, has exacerbated domestic inflationary pressures that emanated from loose monetary policy and quasi-fiscal operations. Annual inflation returned to triple digits in May 2022 and reached 244% in December 2022. However, monetary tightening, including sharp hikes in interest rates, and fiscal policy measures brought inflation down to 230% in January 2023. Despite still high inflation, the Central Bank reduced the interest rate from 200% per annum to 150% in February 2023,” the Bank said.

The Gold Mafia

The Gold Mafia undercover investigation by the AL Jazeera Investigative Unit, shows how deeply the ruling elite in Zimbabwe, working with money launderers, are destroying state institutions, and personally benefitting from the country’s natural resources.

So far two episodes of the four-part investigation have been released, two more to be released in the coming weeks.

[favekad]

Sending Love and Warmth with Online Greeting Cards in Malaysia

In this digital era, the art of conveying heartfelt sentiments has discovered a new medium – online greeting cards. Malaysia, a nation renowned for its rich cultural diversity and traditions, has warmly embraced the convenience and affectionate touch of sending greeting cards online. These digital cards, often referred to as ecards, offer a delightful means to connect, celebrate, and express emotions with loved ones. Let's delve into the allure and significance of sending online greeting cards in Malaysia.

Simplicity and Convenience

The foremost advantage of online greeting cards in Malaysia is their sheer convenience. Within this virtual realm, you can peruse a vast selection of exquisitely crafted e-cards, add your personal touch with a heartfelt message, and send them with just a few clicks. Bid farewell to concerns about postal delays and the need for visits to the post office or a physical store.

Celebrating Cultural Diversity

Malaysia's cultural tapestry is a mosaic of ethnic backgrounds, customs and festivals. The beauty of online greeting cards lies in their ability to convey warm wishes and celebrate the nation's rich cultural diversity on significant occasions such as Christmas, Deepavali, Chinese New Year and Hari Raya. You can even explore rainforest-themed ecards, perfect for conveying greetings and spreading cheer to those close to your heart.

Cost-Effective Greetings

Online greeting cards offer a cost-effective alternative to traditional paper cards. They prove to be a wallet-friendly option for maintaining connections with friends and family, as they eliminate the expenses associated with printing and shipping.

Online Malaysian greeting card platforms present a wide array of themes and styles. Whether it's a chic and sophisticated design or a whimsical and adorable one, you can select a card that perfectly resonates with the recipient's taste and the occasion.

Expressing Love and Affection

Sending love and affection is a timeless and cherished tradition in the realm of greeting cards. Whether you find yourself separated by geographical distances or simply wish to bring a smile to someone's face, sending an online greeting card is a loving and thoughtful gesture.

These qualities render ecards increasingly popular when compared to the age-old tradition of physical greeting cards. Explore FaveKad to find the perfect ecard that complements your unique festive needs.

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