Thank you all very much. I'm really grateful to you guys for your advice.

Oh, Jack. All you had to do was ask! I'll be your friend. We can chat on skype if you want. But I don't know about the time zone difference. We probably are not on the same schedule at all. Also, I am not trying to learn chinese at this time. But you can practice your English with me. Send me a message on skype - ijiroz.

A week is not enough, learning how to deal with it takes time, be patient, explore the website, there is a ton of great stuff here. You have come to the right place, it's not hard unless you think it's hard, and it's not hard. This is the best website on the Internet, it takes some time to get to know all the great people here who want to help you. Now get to work! Stop wasting time and send messages to people you would like to practice English with - we are waiting for you! What took you so long to get here?

maybe you can start to correcting ( or commenting ) the journal written in mandarin,maybe they want to be your friends after you correct or comment in their journal. 你好。 我姓苏。 我叫阿尔文。 很高兴认识你。