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Luck or Serendipity? -- Shirley's 154th Friendly Greeting -- Sun, August 17, 2008
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Hi,Dear Friends
 How are you? I do hope that every thing is well with you and have had a good weekend.
This week, the biggest thing in China is still Olympic Games. No matter where you are, you can see that people are watching TV or talking something about the result of the games. We cheer for the Chinese athletes and all the others who have made good achievements. We wish the Olympic Games will be a successful event of friendship and peace.
It also seems like my “lucky week”. The school transcript of my English tests in Beijing Foreign Studies University have been announced. I got 95, 76 and 74 in the first term. The department of the Shenzhen Human Recourse has informed me that the foreign university as their cooperation partner has agreed with me to be their visit scholar student for 1 year.
A crazy thing is that I have painted 7 pictures within the 7 days. Since I came back from Australia, I especially wanted to paint. Then I watched many peonies on the walls and floor in the hall that Chinese president Mr. Hu Jintao treated the foreign leaders a state banquet via TV on August 8, then I saw some peonies on the tables that Mr. Wen Jiabao interviewed some foreign leaders, then the opening ceremony of Olympic Games -- a huge Chinese painting was painted, and Chinese people “were/are painting” a great history on it for 5000 years, I have been having a strong impulse painting. I wanted to create a big picture with many peonies with the title ? Xinxin Xian grong “Flourishing”. But, I did not think that my skill is good enough to create it yet. So, I wanted to practice as much as possible. Ha, I did not think that my teacher would give all my 7 new painting 90 marks and thought that I have had the ability to create a peony painting independently.
The other crazy thing is that I wanted to play piano very much since I came back home and I have recovered my piano practice so that I am feeling that my fingers pain now. The happiest thing was that Sunday afternoon, I suddenly felt that I have known how to make an improvisational accompany. Wow! I was so happy for my long term dream has become true finally, so that I could not help making a telephone call to my piano teacher whom had been in Xian for more than 1 year. She was happy for my progress and she promised to direct me as soon as she comes back next week.
Comparing with the neutral news to study abroad, I am much happier for my artist dream of painting, music and language is getting true along with the time. I am sure that as long as we keep working on something that we are doing for a long time, we will be certainly successful; as long as we keep learning something new and positive from anyone and anything anywhere, we will get endless creating resource always.
What is your opinion? Do you agree with me?
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Shirley Created Intergrated Art -- 020: Painting for Bai Juyi A Flower in Haze & Singing It
I started this picture as a practice on Tuesday. I did not think of that I had done a good job so I stopped it as rubbish after I just completed the peony part. Friday evening, my teacher saw it and thought that it was a good picture and I should complete it continuously. When I was working on my music Sunday night, I suddenly had an ideal to complete it with the calligraphy of this song also the poem, so, I did it and hope to bring you a big smile.
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Shirley Created Art - Chinese Xieyi - 0184: Peony Practice -06
I painted this picture in my art lesson, my teacher was satisfied with my job and I was given 95 marks. How do you think of it and how many marks will you give it?
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Shirley Created Art -- Chinese Xieyi -- 0179--182: Peony Practice --02-05
I did not satisfy with my last picture, so, I repainted in the night, noon and nights one by one, until Friday noon. I just completed this one and I felt better. What I did not imagine was my teacher thought that all my new pictures could be given 90 marks and thought that I have mastered the way to paint peony. It should be the time for me to prepare to create some new pictures. How do you think of them? Do you like them?
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Shirley Created Art -- Chinese Xieyi -- 0178: Peony Practice -- 01
The opening of the Olympic Games gave me an idea to create a big picture with many peonies with the title "Xinxin Xiang Rong -- Flourishing". But I did not think that my skill on peony painting is good enough, I wanted to make more practice. So, I painted it in a lunch time. I was not satisfied with it. That is why, I put it beside and I painted another 6 pieces this week.
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Bilingual Song--0033:Shirley Sings the Chinese Art Song--0035: Hua Fei Hua: "What Is That? " in English & Chinese
Since I came back from abroad, I have been having a strong feeling to paint and to play piano. So, I did as soon as I could until I feel pain on my fingers. I was so excited when I found that I could make an improvisatory accompany for myself and I felt that my heart was singing. With a happy heart, I re-translated a Chinese classical poem and I sang it in English and in Chinese. Also, I have created a new picture to match it. I do hope that my effort will be some help to you to learn Chinese and to know more about Chinese culture.
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I am just a learner on that art of painting, music English and Chinese language, to work on the web site in my free time. 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, Language Learning & Friendship. To help the others while to improve myself.
I appreciate your understanding, directions and supports. I do hope to get your friendly help...
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, you are welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, or to publish your opinions in the forum.
Shirley Yiping Zhang
Sun, August 17, 2008
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