stamps
12/7/2O25

if you guys didn't know, stamp collecting is a hobby i find pretty interesting. in fact, i just like to learn about stamps and the stories behind them. i even have a massive stamp album at home with a bunch of stamps from india (and the rest of the world as well). so it might come as no surprise at all that this weekend i decided to go to the museum of communications (yes, i'm the type of guy that actually ENJOYS being in museums). anyway, let me tell you how it went.

so it took me over an HOUR to get there (because, you know, bangalore traffic) but when i eventually DID get there, i looked around and the first thing i saw was a post office. literally RIGHT NEXT TO THE MUSEUM.

"makes sense... we are at the museum of COMMUNICATIONS after all"
-me, when i saw the post office

anyway, the museum was pretty cool. it had a ton of cool exhibits like old postman uniforms, old telegrams from the early 19OOs, those dial-up landline phones and some massive weird-looking device that was supposed to be some kind of transmitter (i don't really remember what its purpose was). unfortunately, they didn't let us take pictures inside, so i can't show you guys what the stuff looked like. 

but the thing that REALLY caught my eye was their large collection of stamps from around the world. and i'm not gonna lie, i was kinda jealous. they even had stamps from really obscure places, like tahiti and grenada. then i thought, "why not head into the post office next door and see if they're willing to give up some stamps?" it turns out they weren't.

it's sad. i'm sad. i miss you.
how did this happen?

and that's how my day at the museum of communications went.
i highly recommend you visit the museum if you're ever in the area.

thanks for reading, have a nice day!