Hi, this is WOO Shu Kwan. How are you? Sorry for not communicating with
you more often since the Reunion. I apologize, and I like to change that. I
have a suggestion that could bring us closer together: something that most of
us can do and it should be fun too, I hope.
All of us here have email addresses. So I suppose some of you do spend time
online. However, since most of us use different ISPs (Internet Service
Providers), we seldom run into each other on the Internet even when we happen
to be online at the same time. We couldn't "see" each other nor have a chance
to say "Hello".
We may be able to change that. We should be able to send typed Instant
Messages to each other in real time online one-to-one, just to spend a few
seconds to say Hello if we are really busy, or spend 3 to 4 minutes chatting
in real time online once in awhile when we are not too busy. Of course,
during leisurely moments, we can spend hours "talking" if we want to. We may
even be able to schedule a weekly or monthly time period so that most of us
around the world can log on at about the same time and have more chance to run
into each other.
AOL offers a free software download that enables Internet users to communicate
one-to-one in real time online regardless of the ISP or software that each
uses. Everybody can stay with their current ISPs and use this AOL free
software called Instant Messenger. Nobody who is not with AOL needs to join
AOL or pay AOL anything.
I consider AOL Instant Messenger for two reasons, besides the reason that I am
an AOL member and already know how to use this feature ;-). First, it seems
very easy to use; and second, it is completely FREE for an indefinite period
of time. Although AOL does reserve the right to start charging
non-AOL members a fee for using AOL Instant Messenger sometime in the future
with a 30 day notice, I doubt it will give such a notice anytime soon . If it does,
hopefully we will have enough time to find something else better and FREE by
then. (Some of us are looking into other software and service such as ICQ)
I have tried AOL Instant Messenger with other non-AOL Internet users and it
seems to work quite well. Therefore, I suggest it.
Please go to http://www.newaol.com/aim/friend.html
to download the FREE AOL software and get an AOL "screen name". You don't
need to join AOL at all and we will be able to say Hello or chat once in
awhile if we bump into each other online. (Current AOL members don't need to
download anything.)
You have to email our group (email address:_________ ) to let us know your AOL
screen name though. Unless the contrary is explicitly stated, your email
revealing your AOL screen name will also be deemed as your permission to allow
us to let other Kong Se classmates know your AOL screen name. However, we
prefer that you spell out such permission in your email.
You have the option to "turn off" the AOL Instant Messenger feature later on,
but hopefully you won't do that often.
Please spend some time to download and let us know the AOL screen name that
you choose to use. Hope to "see" you online soon. Many thanks.
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The following is the AOL description of the software download:
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you've chosen on a personal list--go online. Then you can communicate with
them by sending and receiving private text messages.
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online!
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You're online...you want to chat...choose someone from your personal Buddy
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