Ahh!
Welcome, nice introduction enjoyed reading it..
You can get help with all those things here..
Except the Laotian language, I can't speak anything but english really. Sorry lol. Spelling & Grammar is ok if there are mistakes and such, just as long it's not a 'trendy' thing you do on purpose.
Yes that gut feeling is your intuition, to verify that

If you have questions and such, then by all means(cliche`cliche`) dive in!
Go ahead and use the emoticons, just don't get carried away with it.

P.S.
I'm also a healer to.
