Getting A Foreign Pen Pal
I have tried to get pen pals through International Pen Friends, an organization which aims to promote the traditional art of writing letters. Now I seldom find new pen pals as I am having good friendship with my online friends. However, I do highly recommend people who have no experience in writing or receiving an international snail mail letter to try International Pen Friends.
I always anticipate receiving letters from my pen pals. The most touching moment of a pen pal relationship is giving and receiving gifts from each other. I have a pen pal who is a Norwegian. The Native American history really fascinated him but unfortunately he could not get a book called the Ishi, In Two words. This is a story about a Yahi man who was the only survivor from the massacre in his tribe.
If I had a pen pal from some exotic Islands such as Pitcairn Island, I would be exhilarated. I spend most of my time looking up the history and culture of Pitcairn Island and it really interests me. The most recent inhabitants over there are descendants of HMAV Bounty. I reckon there will be people who will share the same thoughts with me.
The best way to communicate is by writing letters, at least for me. However, technology develops, people now seldom write letters, we choose to use email. Personally I like chatting with people on the Yahoo! Groups. That’s so marvelous that I have had a chance to chat with a boy from Pitcairn!
Sometimes we can meet some people living on Pitcairn Island on the Yahoo! Discussion board, but not too often as they are busy with their housework and handicrafts making. I got a few ‘online pen pals’ from the board and we discuss about the Island on the board and via email. Yahoo! groups do help if you want to meet people from different countries .
I have found several pen pals through these Yahoo! groups. Although I do not write to them very often, I discuss with them about our common interests other then the Island via email. Yahoo! groups surely can help you if you want to make new friends who have common interests with you.
You can also get online pen pals by browsing the website Interpals, it helps people to get pen pals online without cost. I have got a Japanese pen pal with the help of this website three years ago. It works! You should also try this out.
How about Myspace and Facebook? Have you considered them as a way to meet new people? Some of you may aware of the safety problems of meeting new friends in such way. But I do recommend you to try it because you should grab every single chance to meet new people. You can take precaution by looking at someone’s profile before adding them as friends.
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