Exchanged emails with my past colleagues in the US and Australia.
It was good to say hi to people I’m close to.
The challenge is that it’s an email, and we can’t know the facial expression and exact mood.
It’s hard to be sure how the recipients accepted the email.
This is a common challenge even when communicating in one’s native language, especially between boys and girls.
If I had more time, I could spend more time on those email exchanges.
But even as the initiator, it’s difficult for me to spend more time.
One of my colleagues suggested a book in English.
“I tried reading it, but stumbled at the first hurdle within the first few lines because I didn’t understand the meaning of ‘go the whole hog’.
There are a lot of words and idioms whose meaning I don’t know.
But anyway, if you don’t try it, you will not be able to do it easily in future.