Meeting A New Pen Pal

By Anne Wong

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.

Having a pen pal from exotic areas like Pitairn Island was an interesting experience. The most recent inhabitants in the area are the descendants of the HMAV County. Their history and culture are very fascinating indeed.

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!

I had a few pen pals that I knew from Yahoo! Group that are from the Pitcairn, I love chatting with them about the Pitcairn areas. Yahoo! did help me make many friends from different parts of the world.

Yahoo! serves as a good platform for me to discuss Pitcairn history and culture with my pen pals. My pen pals and I have developed a strong bonding with each other despite the fact that I do not write to them very often. We share our thoughts on discussion board and we also write mails. Yahoo! group is good place for you to look for someone who share the same interest with you.

You can also try Interpals, a website that helps people get online pen pals. It is free. Three years ago I got a Japanese pen pal through the site. It does help a lot and you should try.

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. - 29941

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