Dear [X],

I am contacting you again concerning my offer of service. I contacted you on [date], and I have not received a response, so please allow me to remind you about the terms of my offer. Attached please find a preliminary estimate of services.* Do not hesitate to email me with any questions. If I don't hear from you, I will not send any future reminders. However, please understand that I would rather receive a response from you, even if you're not interested, so that I know you received this message.

Thank you,

[X]

*Is this a preliminary estimate of your services, a form for them to complete, or both? If they need to complete a form, add: "and a form for you to complete if you are interested." 

Yesterday I went to bed earlier than usual.

Today when I woke up, I realised [or "realized" in American English] Chile had won the Copa America soccer tournament. I'm a fan of Lionel Messi, so I was a little sad for him. I watched the replay and saw how he failed on the first penalty kick. It was terrible, because Leo told the press he will retire! Later, I saw that people wrote bad things about Messi on social media. I don't agree with their comments for a lot of reasons.

Messi had the opportunity to play soccer on a team [Which team? You should say.] which is a world powerhouse nowadays. He could have won the World Cup, Euro Cup, and Confederations Cup. But he didn't, he didn't choose the easy way, he chose his real dream. His dream was to wear the jersey Maradona wore, his dream was to be champion of the world with Argentina. He gave it all his effort, four finals speak for themselves. It's not about the last image people see, it's about the things behind that image nobody can see. He was always there, fighting to see his dream come true, even when conditions were not the best.  He couldn't win, but it's necessary to accept these kinds of things in life with courage. If you give it all your all, you won't feel all is lost, and instead you may realize it is the moment to retire with dignity and pride. This lesson is better than one victory, even though most people just can see failure. I saw a big lesson which will be on my mind forever. I should always give all of myself, never give up while things are in my hands, and have enough intelligence to retire with pride and dignity when I don't have anything else for offer.

Thanks, Messi!

I am going to study English as an undergraduate student starting in 2016.* My specific aim is to get an in-depth knowledge of the Anglophone world throughout language, arts and literature. It sounds curious to claim I'll learn a foreign language, because, this branch [course of study? major?] teaches you <s>the</s> Anglophone <s>people's </s>history, not language, <s>but not their language strictly speaking, </s>unlike the second course of study <s>contrary to second one</s> focused on translations. <s>and specifities of the economic world. </s>[I'm not sure what you mean by "specifities of the economic world."] However, I plan to <s>I mean I should</s> assimilate and absorb <s>an entire</s> the culture <s>in addition to</s> while working to understand lessons taught in a different language <s>from mine</s>. <s>and to tell the truth</s> To be honest, I am quite afraid <s>to fail </s>of failing at the first hurdle. I've made the decision to work a little harder each day in order to carve the English grammar into my thoughts.<o:p></o:p>

*You can also say "for the 2016-2017 school year," or "the fall semester in 2016," etc. <o:p></o:p>