Hello Alex! @Oleksii Silantiev long time no see. from what I remember you're from Ukraine, right? if you're not, there's no need for you to read on. From the news, I learned that your homeland is going through a difficult time. As your friend, all I can do from here is send you my greetings and best wishes. If you still have family in Ukraine, I sincerely pray for their safety and that they can be reunited with you soon. There is no pain more painful than being apart. At this moment, I am supporting you with all my heart. Your friend, Pauline

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“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”

This afternoon, just a few minutes ago, it was drizzling. I talked with two different groups of foreigners separately. The first group had a tour guide leading them. To my surprise, I got the foreigners’ attention with just a few words, because my English completely blew the tour guide’s out of the water. The guide got so flustered that he said he was the tour guide. I don’t know whether the second group of foreigners had a guide. Anyway, we communicated pretty well. All of this is thanks to my coach’s great guidance.

This afternoon, just now, there were so many foreigners, two girls from UK and Peru, they came here together, they are so young, about 20 years old, a handsome tall boy from Germany and his girlfriend from Croatia, a man from Spain, who has been in China for 15 years and he can speak some Chinese, and others from Canada, etc. A lady who is Chinese, very brave to speak English, actually her pronunciation is bad. She said to me your English is so good: "How long have you been oversea, two years?" I lied "Yes!!" To be honest, I'm just one of Coach Shane's students!!