First notebook entry: Introducing myself Hello world ,my name is Avner 36 I'm currently (till 14/5/12) in Beijing and looking for a trustworthy person to be able to Exchange knowledge About languages while making friendship and maybe hanging out I can speak English and Thai Languages fluently Hebrew is my first language I've been learning Chinese for 1.5 years by now I can read more than 3500 characters I can write maybe 500 but I only speak about 50 words That's coz I mostly learnt by myself through books while living out side of china Right now I'm learning in a language school in Beijing but an additional reenforcement From actually using Chinese in real life situations is required if anyone out there wants To improve his her English While doing fun like activities (playing sports going to a coffee shop or good pizza place or whatever. Please contact me my time here in Beijing is limited So we better start our acquaintance as soon as possible (I can't send a pic for some reason right now I fear my pics files are too"heavy " for this site Anyhow I'll send it to anyone who contact me through email )