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[dado]

hi at all, i'm italian and it's the first time that i log in in a forum.
i'd like to improve my written english exchanging message with you and to know other foreing people.

bye

[starfish]

hi,dado
i'am jackie, i am 22 years old from China. Have you ever been to China?
tomorrow is the first day in 2005, hehe, happy new year!
i live in beijing, which area do you live in Italy?

[dado]

hi jackie, i'm so glad to you for your answer to my mail. i live near rome in a little city, it's very close to the sea. here now it's winter time and during the nigth we have about 2�C.about china i have never been in china but maybe in the next future........
but just a curiosity.....does jackie a cinese name? i don't think so
about your new year, is it started well?

[starfish]

hi, jackie is my english name, my chinese name is Yao Yuan, Yao is family name:)
New Year is not the most important festival in China, and i will have exam in 4th Jan, so i am prepareing the exam now.
the most important festival is Spring Festival, and it is at 9th Feb.

[dado]

hi, good luck for your exam. in italy, when some friends have an exam we say"in bocca al lupo" that in english sound as "in the wolf's mouth" and he/she answer "crepi" ( "die it").
what are you studying now for the exam? which kind of university?

about the new year if i don't remember bad, you in china have also another traditional calendar where every year is dedicated to an animal, isn't it?
is the spring festival like a carnival? sorry for all this questions but ....you know......it'a a manner to know far countries.

about me, i'm an engineer and now i'm in front of pc trying to write an email to you in english (i'd like to improve it and i think this is a good method)

[starfish]

hi,i am back!!
i have the IELTS test, do you know that? because i want to have my Master's degree in Britain in September, i should take this exam. my major is Automatic Control, maybe i will be a engineer in future.
in the old china, we will dedicate to an animal, but now we don't do that.
i think spring festival is like carnival. we often celebrate at home, alway the external famliy go together. we will eat dumpling in the meal, and other delicious food, i know italian food are delicious too, but i only have eaten pizza and spaghetti. do you often eat them?

[dado]

hi jackie, about your exame, what do you think? is it ok?
IELTS? I heard some about it, is an exam necessary to enter in the english university, isn'it? why do you wanto to study in britain? don't you have that major in your country?
yes, in italy we often eat spaghetti they are a kind of "pasta" (traditional italian food) and they are similar to long hair. The italian eat pasta everyday and some people also two time in a day, lunch and dinner. did you know it?
about pizza it's little bit different, sometimes we use to eat it inside a restaurant that are called "pizzeria" and it's an occasion to stay with the family or friend.
I sometimes have eaten chinese food too but now i don't remember the meal's name, next time i'll tell you. if you know something else about italy and its culture, ask there isn't any problem...ok

bye and have a good days

[starfish]

hi, the exam is OK, haha i should wait the result a couple of weeks.
in china, the university certainly have the major which i study, however i should spend nearly 3 years to get a Master's degree while it in Britain just cost me one year, that's one reason. what's more, i want to know more about world, you know i live in China 22years and i hope i can go to other place to live period of times.
by the way, i have a black hair and black eyes, i think Italian have black hair and eyes too, all the Itanlian are belong to the same nationality? in China, we have 55 minority. do you know what i mean?
oh, one more question, the place you live are modern place or there are many historic architactures.

[dado]

hi jackie i was a little busy in the last days. i've a black short hair and my eyes are brown but if you want, we can exchange our picture so when we write each other we know who are us......always if you want to .
in italy we are just 60 million of people and not 1,3 billion as you in china so we are very similar as characteristic even if in the south the people skin is little bit more tanned. my little town is in italy centre and it's 60 km far to rome that is the capital of italy. rome is a nice city where there are a lot of historic monument (about 2000 years old) and furthermore there is vatican's state where the pope lives. do you know the pope?
about your country beijing, how is that?
let me know if you want the picture so i say to you my email address, ok?

bye, "hear" you soon.

[starfish]

hi,dado, let me tell you something about Beijing
Beijing is capital of China, there are 10 million people living there, so it is a bigggg city!! there are a lot of place of interests. for example, forbidden city, summer palace, heaven temple, the Great Wall, tiananmen square. i think you know some of these. it is like a symbol of china.
Beijing has the modern side, skyscraper, bars, entertainment facilities. It is convient to live in there, but the speed of life is fast and should suffer more pressure.
by the way, about the pope, i think the pope is a great person, what kind of people can become the pope. and what is the job of the pope? he is working for the god?

well, i am glad to see you photo:) my e-mail is [email protected]
bye

[dado]

hi jackie,
sorry but i'm too busy to work, i don't have much time in this days because the job tame me all time.
i sent my photo to your address, what do you think? i took that last year when i visited the usa, it's new york airport.
about you photo, where was you? in Beijing or other city? in italy "Beijing" is called pechino, did you know it?
i like to travel all over the world and maybe one day i could come there. the problem is the job, in fact when a person works he doesn't have time or better he doesn't have the rigth time that he would like. have you ever seen other countries? which?
ok, about your question, the pope represent the cristian god on the heart. you have to know that not all people can become pope because the religion doesn't permit it. the cristian religion is organized like a tree where the "priest" is the leaf and the "pope" is the root. so just if you are a religion man you can and furthermore just teh men can not the women........the religion is religion.

hugs

have a good weekend

[starfish]

hi, dado
you work is so busy, you should have some free time to relax and do some hobby:)
when i see you photo i think you take it in the airport, and i'm right, haha
well, you have it in USA? if you don't tell me, i will ask you why there is a usa national flag on your T-Shirt but not the Italian. I have no chance to go oversea, so i have just visited some places in China. i think i will have chance to travle to other parts of world.
i took my photo during the trip before i guaduated from university. all members in my class had this trip, about 24 people. we went to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
About religion, do you Christian? i don't know ask this qustion is polite or not? i think religion is very mysterious and spiritual. i like to read books which are about religion. recently, i read a book about Islam, you know there are some wars happend in Mohammedan world. so i am interested in moslems, they are very different between western and eastern people.
i really want to know why, i hate war!

Good luck for your job:)
have a good new week!

[dado]

hello, i'm here again. yes, you are in right way when you say about work & hobby. i've some hobby too, hobby as running, go to the gym, reading books, stay with friends,....... when i studied, until 5 years ago, i had much time, much time than now. you know, when a people starts to work his/her life switches. you have to respect your commitment, your enemy is the time, always run, run, run....... but furtunately it isn't always so, there are periods where you have to run and other one quiet. now......... i have to run and i don't have much time to enjoy internet and replay to you.

the t-shirt has american flag because i bought it there, in miami. it was a long trip 21 days, 10 in usa and the other ones in brasil for carnival.
i think it's polite ask about religion, there isn't anything of wrong to ask it,
and the ansewr is yes i do.
your religion?

about you, what do you do in beijng? i mean, how do you spend your free time? go to the cinema, disco, which are your fun?

hugs from a far country.

bye,bye

[starfish]

haha ,dado
happy chinese new year. Today is the first day in chinese luner calender.
The spring festival is the most important festival in China, so recently we celebrate this festival. It is like Christmas in western country, so it is very happy in China now!!
do you know about the chinese new year?
there are a lot of traditional thing which should do in spring festival, if you are interested about it, i will tell you.
I wish you have a chance to come to China and enjoy this festival!
Best wishes from China:)

[kathe]

hello dado, i always ant to meet somebody from Italy and here you are it's really nice to met you may name is katherine and i'm from Venezuela
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