Hi Marie,

Congrats on reaching your 900th session! That's some achievement!

I'll just build on the last corrector here in highlighting a few areas for you to consider:

 1. Present perfect - 'this is the first time I have written this in another country', 'as time has gone by...'. In the first example, you're using this tense to describe an experience. In the second example, you're describing the recent time period and your (completed) accomplishments within that period. In some cases, you could use either past simple or present perfect, but I feel with most of these examples it appears they are still connected to the present (ie. you're still in Melbourne now, still renting, still living with others) and as such the present perfect is more appropriate.

2.  Verb repetition - try to avoid repeating the same verb in a sentence where possible and instead use a suitable synonym (e.g. 'complete' instead of 'finish'). Also note that in the first sentence, 'completed' sounds more precise than 'done' for this purpose.

Great effort and I hope you continue to enjoy yourself in Melbourne! Hugh 

900 Sessions

Today I've done (completed) my 900th session on italki. After every one hundred sessions, I usually write an entry to record something, but I was too lazy to do so on my 800th.

This time is quite different because this is the first time I am writing an entry in another country. I moved to Melbourne, Aussie two months ago. Wow it surprised me when I (finally) write wrote down "two months".  As the time went by, I did a lot of things here. For instance, this was the first time I went overseas, the first time I rented an apartment, and am living with other people, etc. As time has gone by, I have achieved a lot. For instance, this is the first time I have been overseas, the time I have rented an apartment and also the first time I have lived with other people. I have built my official pages for: We-chat, YouTube, and Facebook where I can share Chinese knowledge with you guys.  I finished have completed a lot of things I should have finished a long time ago. I changed my session's price a bit and I will update my profile to a professional teacher soon (Just need to complete some paper work).

This year I will change my life completely. I hope I can do something different!

Thank you for supporting me.

900 Sessions