1Shumei has many pen-friends around the world. She likes writing to them and receiving their letters in return. She stated writing to her first pen-friend, Thomas Wright from Britain, when she was ten years old. They have been writing to each other for two years now. Shumei enjoys writing to people from other counties because she finds it very interesting to learn more about those counties and the different things. She hopes to visit her pen-friends some day, but she will continue writing