Hey there! I'm Rick, and I'm from the port city of Keelung, Taiwan. I'm a native speaker of Mandarin, and my relationship with Taiwanese is complicated (I was brought up with it, but my proficiency ranges from intermediate to barely conversational), I started immersing in English wholly through the Internet back when I was 8 and I don't know if I'm going too far but I'd deem myself a near-native speaker of English. Then at the age of 16, I discovered the potentials of other languages, and I started learning them one by one, which became the me you're seeing right now. I can offer both Mandarin and English, and I'm willing to conduct talks on either iTalki/Discord/Telegram/Skype/LINE/Facebook/etc., and video calls on Skype are always welcome (do note that I do not have a webcam, so my phone is used instead), and I'd like to focus on pronunciation/grammar/speaking/writing skills, depending on the fluency. The proportion of the languages used in text talks can vary (sometimes wildly), but for video calls I'd like to keep both languages 50/50, languages could be swapped after every certain period of time, but the length of the call is entirely up to you. Although I'm usually punctual, my schedule sadly is not so firm. That being said, I always reply to everyone who messages me (though sometimes this takes almost an entire day, so if you may, kindly have patience), and I am able to hold calls on a weekly (or longer) basis. My time zone is UTC +8, so you might have to do some mental math before we do the scheduling. The time which I am available is (the following time is in UTC for easier adding/subtracting) Mon-Thu: 11:00-14:00, Fri: 11:00-16:00, Sat: 02:00-16:00, Sun: 02:00-14:00. Sometimes it takes me a few hours to reply since I'm a bit busy at times, but not replying is never an option for me. Feel free to message me whenever you're interested, maybe you can help me learn another language, but what's certain is I'll definitely help you back!