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The 39th Friendly Greeting From Shirley, China, Sun, May 28, 2006

Hi,Dear Friends

How are you? Is everything well with you? I really hope you are well and enjoy your weekend...

For me, the huge frustration last week has changed me and my life so much...

I kept going to the hospital everyday while I kept working in the company even thought the doctors thought that I should lie at home. Created work sometimes is really some good medicine I think. Except the daily work, I was appointed to be charge of a new work of the company -- to organise the managers to learn and do something to oppose the bribe actions in the business field...

Thursday night, I re-started my piano lesson. My second piano teacher checked my basic skills. she is confident to me...

Can you imagine? Just in the short one week, first time, I wrote my own first 3 poems in English and in Chinese... That is really something I myself had not thought at all.

I also created a piece of music that is over 6 minutes for my first poem -- I had created 29 pieces of music since last Sep, but, every one is about 3 minutes or less than 3 minutes, also their lyrics are Chinese classical poems instead of my own works...

I am thinking that a frustration maybe is also a good thing. It not only makes me reduce much weight, so that many colleagues asked me "What has happened to you? Why you seem thin so much and look like more beautiful? " but also it makes me enter a totally new realm. My feeling is just like that I have experienced a death. Even though I have not totally recovered from the frustration, I am sure, as soon as I really re-stand up, I would be changed much more. What I wish is to be a "rebirth's phoenix" -- to be dead in the fire at the first, then have more beautiful feather...I am thinking that maybe my writing dream is just starting from here? I am not sure yet, but, I did feel that poem writing, melodizing and painting is really something best to express my thoughts and heart at this time... What is your way to express yourself when you are in a hard time as me?

Anyway, via this letter, I would really like to thank you and all of the friends who have written to me during I am in the hard time. All of your letters, messages,pictures and telephones have really brought me so much warm and confidence, just your encouragement, friendship and affections have given me so much power to go through the difficult time and re-start my learning and created work on music, art and even literature... I do appreciate your sincere concern and help. I will try to my best to create better works to bring you and all of the friends more smiles and pleasure...


Chinese Xieyi--077(Landscape): By Water
This is my third Chinese style's landscape. After completing it, I just realized that it is not very good for it seems like a little bit sadness... anyway,I will try to do my best to bring you some brighter and more pleasure art works along with time... I think, as a good friend, an artist if I want to be, what I should do is to bring the others more happiness and something positive with my works...


Chinese Folk Song --022: A Couple of Bosom Friends

"High mountain and flowing water yu zhiyin" is a famous Chinese idiom: A ancient musician Bo Ya was good at playing instrument, Zhong Ziqi was good at listening. When Bo Yao was expressing a high mountain, Zhong said "Good, The music is just like Taishan Mountain" When Bo Yao was expressing a flowing water, Zhong Ziqi said, "Good, the music is just like a river..." after Zhong was dead, Bo Ya broke his instrument for there was no one understanding his music again...now, "High mountain and Flowing water" is often used to express how a couple of bosom friends understand each other deeply and how their communication is elegance...

Shirley Created Poem and Music--001: What Is Spring and Where Is Spring?   
Monday morning, a short letter with a poetical language made my eyes wet and thought of my lost friend last week, I had an impulse to create something. So, first time, I wrote this poem within about 20 minutes in English, then I translated it into Chinese... It should be my first poem if it can be called a poem. I also wrote a piece of music to match it. Here, I have played the music and sang the poem for you and hope you enjoy them...


Vocabulary In Chinese--005: New Words About Eating For Your Travel In China--02
This weekend, I would like to introduce some new words about eating in China for you and hope it is helpful to your travel in China.




I am just a learner on art, music, English and the work on the web site. Anyway, I would really like to do a little bit things with what I have learned to make this little web site to beAn 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 and suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn , or shirleyz004@haoo.com, You are welcomed to publish your opinions in the forum,too. :-)

--Shirley
Written and Edited On Sun, May 28, 2006

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