TGIF! Friday really does feel like a great time to get together, say hello, and share our updates with the LME community. Even if, after two hours of conversation, your English starts to sound more like oink, meow, and moo -- that’s still communication, right? Highlights & Shoutouts: @Soooda Feng You’re a great example to follow. Even during your 4km run, you joined the call and made time to chat in English. Thanks for showing us the park -- it felt like we were visiting you in your city! @Eva Bosakova You're also a great reminder to seize the moment rather than wait for “a better time.” Thanks to you, we got a sneak peek into your school reunion -- not in a restaurant, but up in the mountains! I love these kinds of live check-ins :) @Leslie Sun Turns out you and @Shane Peterson are kind of colleagues. You teach American students Chinese as a second language. I’m curious, do you think Coach Shane’s teaching ideas could also be adapted to teaching Chinese to foreigners? @T Thomas Sports weekends with friends sound like a great way to relax. Do you usually train outdoors in a park or inside a gym? @Aaron Zhu Welcome to our community! I hope the meetup helped you feel more comfortable in Skool. You have amazing energy -- getting a driver’s license, programming, reading, and practicing English -- keep it up! @Khalil Ghacha Your superpower is diving into deep topics. Have you ever thought about starting a podcast exploring philosophical questions like truth and lies, good and evil? Timeless themes that follow us through the ages -- from Homo sapiens to Homo sapiens sapiens. @Ada Ada I hope the bad weather didn’t affect you and that you’re safe. Please let us know you’re okay and take care of yourself.

Recently, I've been completely swamped with all the preparations for my engagement. Finally, everything came together perfectly! Yesterday was the big day of my engagement, I'm over the moon with joy and can't wait to share this wonderful happiness with all of you, my dear friends at LME!

Great news! My engagement day is nearing. I didn't turn my back on my boyfriend, and I still choose him not only for his handsomeness but also for his kindness. Thanks to my boyfriend for taking notice of world politics...We had already purchased the gold bracelet before the price soared. Can you believe it? The price per gram jumped from ¥709 to ¥750 in 2 weeks.

Today, we once again witnessed how deeply alike we humans are fundamentally -- and how beautifully different we are in our personal experience. Fundamentally -- We confirmed the famous Bouba/Kiki effect: 95% of people associate "bouba" with a round shape and "kiki" with something spiky. Science says so, and we proved it again today. Personally -- Our “English sense” experiences by touch, smell, sight, hearing, and taste were so wildly different -- I honestly wanted to try on every single one... even @Alex Understated's dusty carpet. Big thanks and special mentions to: @Alex Understated Best wishes to you and your wife on your son's birthday tomorrow! Even while driving, you found time to say hi -- appreciate it :) @Evelyne Vincent Your English feels sticky like honey, smells like an old book, looks like London, sounds like Tube announcements, and tastes like black tea with a cookie. Just don't tell Coach Shane about your secret crush on British English :) @Eva Bosakova Your forest path full of roots and rocks reminded me of what Coach Shane says: Don’t get lost in the details -- you can't see the forest for the trees. @Yulong Deng English as a door into a brand new world… such a deep and meaningful image. @Ada Ada Fresh bread, soft and warm, with curious little details. Keep that curiosity alive! @Moxa Xie English as a smooth river journey with Coach Shane guiding the boat… peaceful and natural way of learning -- no fear, no stress. @Sia Zhang Your version of English grew from scratch: a textbook, coffee, music, bread with butter, and a charming stranger with blue eyes. Brad Pitt… or Bread Pitt? @Anton Krutov Glad you made it! Thanks for the guitar tune recommendation -- I'll share the link below.

Huge shoutout to my dear Moxa @Moxa Xie ! Thank you for sharing the "Friends Protocol" you learned at CS's camp: watch one episode WITHOUT SUBTITLES, at a fixed time each week, then move to the next episode the following week—no rush, no pressure. This is my first time hearing about this method, and I’ll join you in rewatching my favorite show This Is Us without subtitles. Let’s enjoy the process together! Anyone else obsessed with This Is Us? Who's in? Let’s chat:)