About culture shock After I applied for the italki.com,I really made some interesting friends.With their help,I'm sure my English will be improved soon.However,at the same time,I felt a big culture shock.Sometimes,I don't even know how to deal with it. As we all know,culture of most European countries is more outgoing than that of China.When I was chatting with friends from those countries,they would like to talk about love,sex or even something I didn't understand yet.In China,we don't offen talk about these things with frineds or families.There is no doubt that they really made me puzzled and offended me in some ways,even though I understood they just knew little about Chinese culture and wanted to show their warms only. Next time,I hope my friends can respect me and in return,I will respect you,too. Then it would be a more comfortable talk.After all,my only aim is to practice my English. (Hope this article won't offend you.If it does,I'll show my regrets.)

I'm happy to open my mouth!!! Yesterday,I got my skype id.Actually,I still know little about that.As you know,people in China usually use QQ to chat. But today,I talked with Murali,an easygoing Indian boy.He really gave me a lot of encouragement.After all, I have no confidence of my oral English. At first,he kept calling me.I just refused it.Because I was not ready about that and I'm so nervous.However, he only asked me to say "hello".So I accepted it and said a "hello".Then he hang off. After that,I found it not that difficult for me,so I talked with him for about an hour.He speaks English with an Indian accent ,while I love his voice very much. That's a funny talk.I will never forget about it.Thank you,Murali!

First notebook entry: Introducing myself Well,actually I haven't wrote English articles for a long time.Sorry for some mistakes,my friends: ) Hello,everyone.I'm Vivid from China.I'm an outgoing and uh...beautiful girl,ha,at least,in China,it might be. Recently,I'm addicted to American TV series,like PRISON BREAK.I know it's an old series,but it really appeals to me.In fact,I've known PRISON BREAK for long,but because of my heavy courses,I didnot try it.Now,it again raised my passion for English learning.Since my college life,my English did not have any improvement,I think.That's why I'm here. Hope you can help me with my English,and in return,I can teach you Chinese.Thanks for my FRIENDS!