ChristianJ

ChristianJ, Switzerland
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  • Member since Joined 2nd Sep., 2016
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About Christian...

👤→ ABOUT ME ←👤

Hi! My name is Christian, I’m a 24-year-old Italian-born Chinese who is studying International Relations in Geneva. I’m currently doing an internship at the UN.

🎹 I play the piano in my free time (currently working on Chopin’s Ballade no. 1), and, from time to time, I enjoy writing my own compositions.
🎸 Other than listening to classical music, I’m a big fan of rock music from the ’60s/’70s/’80s.

🛹 Skateboarding is another hobby of mine. I spent the summer skating with friends around Geneva and other neighbouring towns. Skateboarding will help you make friends very easily too!

🎨 I like to draw and paint. When I’m not travelling, I like to decorate all my cards with little watercolour paintings on their reverse side! I like to surprise my recipients, and reading their “Hurray!” messages makes me really happy. (N.B. – when I travel, I generally don’t have enough time to paint, but I still try to make my cards special!)

📙 I am into languages and linguistics (esp. historical linguistics!). Other than Italian and Mandarin, I can also speak Russian. I understand German too. Don’t be afraid... send me a postcard in one of these languages if you speak them!

💪→ WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY ←💪

I prefer the reverse side of a postcard to the image on its front side: whatever you write on it makes it so much more personal and valuable! I would love to see a card covered in text and, maybe, if you’re an artist, a drawing... Great postcards tell stories!

These are some of the things you could write about / draw / send me a postcard of:
– The place where you live (sights, customs...)
– Films (I *love* movies!)
– Culture in the ’60s/’70s/’80s (tell me what song from that era you like, what your favourite films are, what life was like etc.!)
– Rock music (Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Police...)
– Skateboarding
– Sneakers (AF1s, AJ1s, Dunks...)
– Skyscrapers (as a European, I especially love USA urban aesthetics!)
– Classical music (especially Romantic and early modern composers, such as Chopin, Ravel and Prokofiev)
– Socialist architecture and visual arts

But I will cherish *any* card, really!

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❗→ MESSAGE for CHINESE SPEAKERS ←❗
我略通中文,所以你们可以用中文写明信片给我!
(1) 如果有可能,我希望能收到类似于文化大革命风格的明信片。
(2) 如果你住在台湾、澳门或香港的话,也可以用繁体字方式与我沟通,我个人比较喜欢!

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❗→ MESSAGE for RUSSIAN SPEAKERS ←❗
Русский язык всегда был одним из моих самых больших интересов)) Пожалуйста, напишите мне по-русски!
Я был в СНГ (полгода жил в Бишкеке, ездил в Узбекистан и Туркменистан).

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❗→ MESSAGE for GERMAN SPEAKERS ←❗
Ich kann Deutsch, also haben Sie keine Angst, mir auf Deutsch zu schreiben!
(1) Ich kann auch Sütterlin lesen, wenn Sie mich auf die Probe stellen wollen! :D
(2) Wenn Sie eine dialektale Variante sprechen, die sich von Standarddeutsch unterscheidet, schreiben Sie bitte etwas (offensichtlich mit einer Erklärung)!

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