Slowly Stories
Penpalships You Can Only Find on Slowly
He is 60 years older than me, and yet we can still find things to agree upon and share.
I believe that I taught 'Merhaba' word at Turkish language to at least 30 people. It means hello.
Just like many other female citizen of third world country, I was treated like convicting any shameful act.
We stayed few days together in Zagreb, discovering the city, sharing experiences and adventures...
So, after a week of sending letters in Slowly, he asked me to meet up...
Some people go to me to learn some French, and I teach them French with great pleasure!
I didn't expect that anyone will ever talk to me like my first pen pal wrote me.
They have helped me to understand about my own cultural identity โ my way of thinking, my way of life. I am a third-generation Nikkei from Sรฃo Paulo.
This girl two thousand kilometers away, who just wrote to me, a total stranger, here on Slowly, became such a big part of my everyday life.
In Russia it is so hard to find someone, who could understand you and you would talk freely, without any fears!
I took off my mask and for the first time I ever tried to be honest.
Iโve been using Slowly since October 2018, when preparing a post-graduation course applying New Technologies to English Language Teaching.