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The First Week ... Shirley's 79th Friendly Greeting on Sun, March 4, 2007

Hi,Dear Friends

How are you? Have you had a good new week? I do hope you are well and have a relaxed and easy weekend.

This is the first week after Chinese New Year’s holiday. Monday morning, when we went into the office building, in the hall a big colored slogan "You Are Welcomed to Come Back the Company" welcomed every one. Then, the general manager went to all 12 departments to see every colleague and gave everyone a red bag with money (bonus has been given before the Chinese New Year's Day) to encourage every one to work harder in the new year.

As usual, I used more than 50% of my time to attend or organize meetings. Just on Friday, I attended meetings in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange twice. I accounted my time with minutes instead of hours. So, the telephone is one of my most important tools. Usually, I make more telephone calls than writing letters, for it can save my time much more. Also, the company matched me another new mobile phone. It is a mobile sub-miniature computer with two lines to make telephone calls, connect Internet, do office work and so on. The company wishes me to make a test for we are developing something new on it.

Meanwhile, I have started 2 new researching projects. One is a small technology project, it will be completed in 2 or 3 weeks. The other one is to research the company's location and responsibility in the China multilayer capital market building, because we are standing with some very important duties. Such as to publish the listed company's first hand information, to make and manage the indexes of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, to do something creative and so on.

Work is hard and not easy indeed, but, I am happy for I am one of the lucky people, who can take part in the work to create something for the country and the industry, with my own abilities and intelligence. So I often tell my colleagues in the different meetings that even though you are just a typist, never look down to your work, for you are taking part in the work to create a history. As soon as a data or a word are put into the database, it will be delivered to whole of the world via the stock exchange systems, TV stations, broadcasts, web sites and newspapers. In ten or twenty years, when you have been a mother/father or grandmother/father, you can tell your children/grandchildren, that you are one of the people who are lucky to record and even to create a history.

With a happy heart from my traveling, I created 4 pictures in the past 10 days. A new feeling is that I feel my brushes and painting board have changed to be too small. So, I bought a bigger painting board, new brushes and 9 new art books. I have bought more than 300 art books in the past 4 years. The biggest art store in the city has invited me to be its VIP member. Also, I started my calligraphy practice on Saturday.

How about you? What is your favorite thing in your free life?

Shirley Created Art -- Chinese Xieyi 0126: One Night Spring Wind
I created this picture in my art lesson. My teacher was glad for my own creating and thought that My Chinese Xieyi 0124: Fine Spring Scenery was in a good design, lines and animation. But, the composition of picture lacks layers; peonies lack leaves, there is no changing on the flowers. The body of the caragana is too long, the leaves of bamboos lack regularity. I just got 50 marks. My Chinese Xieyi--0125: Happy & Harmonious is better, but the structure is not complete. The framework a little bit loose. The birds and the flowers are not harmonious. For this picture I was given 70 marks. So, I was asked to correct the problems by creating a new picture. My teacher was satisfied with the new one and I got 90 marks. Do you think that I have made a bigger progress?

Shirley Created Art -- Chinese Xieyi--0125: Happy & Harmonious
This is the 3rd picture that I created after I came back from my Chinese New Year holiday. Now, I am always in the emotion to create something new. As long as I sat on the sofa, I read an art album or art books to learn something from the other artists. When I was creating this picture, a comfortable and enjoyment feeling was accompanying me. I wanted to express a happy and harmonious feeling in my heart via the painting. How do you think of this picture? Do you enjoy it?

Shirley's Chinese Calligraphy -- Running Regular Script -- 002 & 001
I started to learn Chinese calligraphy when I was 4 or 5 years old, after that it was broken. Until a month ago, I started to write it on my Chinese Painting. During my traveling, I saw my father's calligraphy and I was shy, for I have not learned the traditional Chinese handwriting as well as a former college teacher in Chinese classical literature and language fields and a current student in Chinese painting field. So, I started to learn it on Saturday morning. Also, I will introduce it to you in the coming time, ok?

Shirley Sung China (Jiangxi) Folk Song--050: Ying Shan Hong -- Azaleas

There are many music and songs about the Long March of the Red Army in China. This song is one of them. It is from a Chinese movie The Glittery Red Star that was made in 1974 to tell a story on the road of the Long March in Chinese modern history. I do like its tone and lyrics and I enjoyed the feelings to learn to sing. I do hope it is a little big help to you to know Chinese culture and language.

Chinese Classical Poem --0075 & Shirley Created Music-0065: Dali Si Taohua -- Peachblossoms of Dali Temple
Tonight, when I was writing my new music for a Tang Poem, that I have written a Chinese Calligraphy for it, my vocal music teacher called me. She has come back from her travelling and she would like to offer me a vocal music lesson. So, I put down my music work and prepared a dinner and a red bag for her. I had no time to complete my own music after the lesson. So, I wrote another Chinese calligraphy to match a poem that I had created music for it and I hope you enjoy them.

I am just a learner on art, music, English, French and the work on the web site in my free time. Anyway, I would really like to do a little bit things with what I have learned to make this little web site to be An Electronic Bridge Of Culture Exchange, Friendship and Language Learning. During the process to help the others and to improve myself.

I do appreciate your understanding, directions and supports. I do hope to get your great help continuously now and in the coming time...

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write to shirleyz004@yahoo.com or shirley@ebridge.cn . You are welcomed to publish your opinions in the forum.

--Shirley
Written and Edited on Sun, March, 4, 2007

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