When I listened to her sweet, soft voice speaking lovely Persian words to me from across the world, it melted my heart.

เขาอายุมากกว่าฉัน 60 ปี แต่เรายังคงหาสิ่งที่สามารถเห็นพ้องต้องกันและแบ่งปันได้

It is difficult to keep a long-term pen pal relationship, that’s why I am very lucky.

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...

Without realizing, I got the “Serious writer” stamp for achieving 100 sent out letters...

I even woke up as early as 5am in the morning, to reply his letter, so that we could utilize every hour of the day, and make 2 cycles within the 24 hours!

I have made two best friends that I will never forget nor lose contact with.

They have helped me to understand about my own cultural identity – my way of thinking, my way of life. I am a third-generation Nikkei from São 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.