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I haven't used this site for the past few years, but it sort of came back to me and I would be very glad to get to know some new pen pals!
I'm up for digital as well as postal penpalling :)
And if anyone wanted to send me a postcard please do, I collect them! And the other way round - I can send one to you.
I have some personal interest but I'm also quite easy to get inspired by passions of others so you can feel free to talk to me about pretty much anything - I don't have any taboo topics (anymore) xD
Requests
Please no blatant flirting, I'm allergic to that
Language Exchange Requests
I used to study Mandarin - not so good at it anymore as I haven't spoken it for 3 y. so it's a bit rusty. Apart from that I can speak a bit of German and Russian.
English is still my best second language though so our communication would be the smoothest if u used Eng to talk :)
Hobbies & Interests
Languages, Sports (inline skating, trekking, windsurfing), Art (just admiring), Book&magazine's reading. I'm very much interested in post-soviet area and in geopolitics in general.
There truly is nothing I'd love more than trekking with my backpack on in the mountains or across a foreign country. I enjoy doing sight-seeing by simply walking and observing.
Favorite Music
Hard to say cuz it all depends on my mood, but in short I enjoy techno as well as live jazz (a guitar, saxophone, piano and drums quartet is everything I need for a lovely evening). As far as artists are concerned I'd say Steven Wilson is one of my fav, also Arctic Monkeys, ACDC.
You might not know these (as they're Polish) but definitely worth checking out:
L.U.C.
K-Essence (very niche, but singing in Eng).
Favorite Movies
A director that speaks directly to my soul is 张艺谋, his every single film is a masterpiece! Although speaking about a favourite one then it should be "霸王别姬" by another Chinese, 陈凯歌. A Western director that I'm fond of is Quentin Tarantino, love his unique style.
Recently I was astonished by the talent of a young Russian director Kantemir Balagov - both of his 2 films so far were amazing, but "Beanpole" made an especially great impression on me.
Favorite TV Shows
"Game of Thrones", "Downton Abbey", "Skins", "Friends"
Favorite Books
As much as I love reading I don't have any favourite books, there's just too many good ones and it's hard to compare between different genres.
I've got a favourite magazine though and this would be "New Eastern Europe".