Missing the Snail Mail

Before letters, postcards, documents could be mailed through postal services. But it is a slow process. Envelopes, stamps, papers are needed. It needs to take several days before the document would reach to the person you are going to contact to. The problem with letters they may go missing.

Using internet is faster than mails. Information, letters such as application letters would reach their intended destination in a few seconds. Pictures and some other documents can be attached, too. 

However, snail mail is also beneficial to areas wherein there is no electricity, to people who doesn't have computers and doesn't know how to use it and especially to those who doesn't have access to internet.

Some people would prefer postal letters which are handwritten than emails or letters that are computerized or typewritten. This would reflect a thoughtful process of action. I was reminded when my brother was studying in Rome for his theology, whenever we received  handwritten letters/letters sent through the post my tatay would be very happy and would always utter: your brother isn't busy, he has time to write a letter to us. But if we received  emails, tatay would always say: your brother might be very busy nowadays, he might have so many requirements to make.

A traditional letter, especially when it is hand-written, requires setting aside some time, choosing the appropriate paper or card, making uncorrectable mistakes of spelling or grammar – in many ways it resembles what you might say to a person in conversation.  In its mixture of spontaneity and character, it more closely approximates the personality of the author than the hastily-dispatched e-mail bulletin.