You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
Stranger: i feel boring .and u?
You: i feel pretty excited actually
Stranger: a ~~~~~tell me why
You: well. the whole concept about being able to strike up a conversation with a complete stranger just like this. it’s quite.. different
You: i mean i talk to people over the internet everyday and have done so since like.. forever. but never with strangers, never random
You: i’m from sweden. where are you from?
You: that’s faaaaaar away
Stranger: my uncle is in sweden
You: hmm… walk? is he here on a hikingtrip? like a vacation or something?
Stranger: its a joke..he lives there a few years ago
You: oh i’m sorry i didn’t catch the joke :)
You: so what a bout you then? what’s your name? my name is Mikael
Stranger: You are very polite .pretty good
You: ofcourse i am polite. you are a stranger to me, i want to make a good impression!
Stranger: i dont have an english name
You: oh you can’t write it with these letters?
You: hmm… but can you try to describe what it sounds like when you say it?
Stranger: i dont speak english u konw
You: if i tried to illustrate my name it would be like.. “meekaeel”
You: not sure if that makes any sence
Stranger: thats my name .
Stranger: lee is my first name just like your family name …..that
Stranger: nice to meet you.too
You: so your name is Lee, and you and your family are named **** Xun?
You: thank you. and you are a nice guy/girl
You: oh did i get it wrong?
You: So Lee is the family name
Stranger: yeah in your culture maybe i should be called xun lee
You: with our way of naming then yes, you would be called xun lee, but that doesn’t matter :) hello xun!
You: by the way. what time is it over there?
Stranger: hahahah~~~~~~~fine.
Stranger: i just want to say
You: oh, very late/very early
You: how come you’re awake at 3.47am?
Stranger: obsession maybe
You: something special that makes you stay awake? or is it always hard to sleep?
Stranger: i sleep late as usual
You: so you go to school? or work already?
Stranger: what’s the time there
You: here it’s umm… 9.50pm
Stranger: in a university
You: or 21.50 since we use the 24hour-clock
Stranger: whats your job?
You: university? cool. what do you study?
You: i work as a support technichian, registry, and customer information representative at an internet service provider here in Stockholm, Sweden
You: oh.. the art of filmmaking!
Stranger: maybe. but not only film
Stranger: i didnt learn about it
Stranger: your work seems good
You: yes we have fun at work, i work with very fun people, we laugh and joke a lot all day long so i look forward to going to work everyday
You: it is pretty special
Stranger: thats soooooo great
You: by the way. i am trying to adapt my language to not use too advanced words to make sure that we understand eachother, please tell me if i say something that you don’t understand
You: yes it’s great! i’m very happy where i am now, i want to continue to work here forever
Stranger: did u have any other job?
You: i’ve worked at several other internet service providers, i worked telecom (regular ground phonelines), i worked a couple of café’s
You: worked with fixing/repairing/building windows+frames
You: you know windows as in those you have on houses and apartments
You: i’ve had like 10 employers i think
You: yeah the windows-business was pretty nice actually, i would probably have stayed if they didn’t go bankrupt and closed
Stranger: thats difficult to me…
Stranger: i cant understand what does it mean…especially in english
Stranger: u dont have to explain it for me.really
You: when i worked with repairing windows (those you have on houses and open to get air inside) i thought it was very fun, but they had to stop working because there was no money
Stranger: ha such a nice man
You: what about you then? how come you want to study filmclipping?
Stranger: i like it but there is no cooperation
Stranger: i mean only i like it
You: hmm.. they don’t help you much? or what do you mean?
Stranger: feel like they dont want to filming
Stranger: may I see some website in Sweden
You: OOOOOOOH I JUST UNDERSTOOD YOUR JOKE!
You: hahah it’s very funny :D
Stranger: o m g~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You: i told my wife that we are talking and told her about your joke, and she got it and explained it to me :)
Stranger: you have a smart wife
You: well a website in swedish you want..
You: http://drf.teflonminne.se
Stranger: I will browse everyday
You: but you won’t understand it?
You: no :D i just feel stupid that i don’t get the jokes :D you are funny!
Stranger: ooh.its not enough fun
You: i’m sitting here in my sofa laughing in real life because it was really fun :)
Stranger: i really fun when i
You: i don’t know what to say :D
Stranger: translation?! u may ask me
You: the internet is wonderful :)
Stranger: Swede is wonderful
You: wait a minute, i must go get something more to drink
You: i will be back very soon
Stranger: 我可以玩這個遊戲太 what u want to say?
You: i can play this game too
You: is what i wanted to say
Stranger: yea.dont believe computer
Stranger: 太 is not the mean ..tooo
Stranger: this one is ‘too’————也
Stranger: 太 means too + adj
You: oh.. like.. too much? too yellow?
You: i wish i knew your written language, i find it very cool
You: it’s something magicians say when they do a trick
You: “hokus pokus” *pulls rabbit out of hat*
Stranger: its really cool
You: i am very glad that we are talking with each other
You: to think that there is almost the whole planet between you and me
You: and we can talk like we are in the same room
Stranger: maybe u have a deeper feeling than.me
Stranger: You engaged in this industry
You: in the internet? yes
Stranger: yes so u know more about it
You: but i am happy not because of the internet.
i am happy because i am talking with you, a human that i will probably never meet in real life.
You: we are here, talking with eachother… we will never meet in reality
You: but still we can talk and have fun, and joke
You: do you live at home with your parents? or have you got your own place?
Stranger: first time on omegle ?
You: yes. or well. i talked with three people before you. 1 was swedish, 1 was a guy trying to get a girl, and 1 just disconnected.
Stranger: live with other students
You: as it is called over here atleast
Stranger: so so .i m a cold man really
Stranger: not good at getting on well with others
You: but you get along well with me?
You: when you can talk through letters on screen?
Stranger: i dont know if they can understand me
You: i mean: is it easy for you to get along well with others when you talk like this? like we are doing now.
You: instead of talking with people in a room, using your voice
Stranger: maybe .maybe u r right.
You: i don’t know. but i feel the same.
You: i am much better at speaking with people when i talk like you and me do now
You: probably because we can think about what we say?
You: we have time to think about what we should say to eachother
You: that time we do not have when someone is standing right in front of us
Stranger: yea .talk in voice will expose ourselves
You: i do sometimes, not always.
Stranger: yeah.OK~~.how much money you can get each month
You: wow. that was a fast change of subject
You: what kind of currency would you like it in?
You: well what currency do you have in china?
You: xxxxxxxxxxxx Chinese yuan
You: that is my monthly salary
You: well not for me, i pay for me, my wife, and our kids
You: and stuff here is way more expensive than it is for you
Stranger: how much kids u have.
Stranger: they will be happy .
You: i don’t have much money left to spend on them though
Stranger: most chinese families have only one child
Stranger: your wife doesnt work right?
Stranger: my parents work to pay for my family.
You: pay for our families i mean
Stranger: i mean both my mother and father works
You: to pay for your education you mean?
You: yes we have another system here
You: the governments takes 33% of everything we earn through work
You: and uses that money to pay for services provided
You: including almost all education
Stranger: but governments pay for the education
Stranger: and u have 2 kids
You: governments pay for the education until they’re 18 years old, after that they have to loan money themselves
You: so to take your study (filmclipping) they would have to loan money and pay later
You: and still we working people have to pay 33% of our money every month to the government
You: i am not very pleased
You: by the way, xun, do you have MSN/ICQ?
Stranger: i didnt use it before
You: never heard of it. is it a chinese program?
You: almost every person over here uses MSN or ICQ
You: MSN is more popular among the young people
You: ICQ is most popular with us 22+
You: since MSN was not invented when we started chatting
Stranger: its slow when u use it in china
Stranger: i said i didnt use them b4
Stranger: i heard from my roommate
Stranger: whats your MSN number
Stranger: i should register one
You: gmail.com? yes they’re very good
Stranger: i have a gmail be4
Stranger: but is not convenient for me
You: why don’t you add me to msn? so we can speak more?
Stranger: installing~~~~~~~~~~~
Stranger: my e-mail xxxxxxxxxxxx…
Stranger: xxxxx. u didn’t heard be4 right
You: i just sent an add-request to you
You: Netease.com, Inc. nsadmin@corp.netease.com
7FL, Netease Building, No 16, KeYun Rd
ZhongShan Av. GuangZhou IT Harbor
Guangzhou, Guangdong 510665
CN
+86-20-85106370 fax: +86-20-85551592
You: just checked owners of 163.com :)
Stranger: i didnt receive your email yet but
Stranger: i should sleep.
You: well. if you have to go (sleep). i wish to thank you for talking with me, xun.
i wish you well in your studies, and i hope that we will talk again.
Stranger: remember my email address?
You: i have saved your address
Stranger: thats good. bye.