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Hi,Dear Friends
 How are you? Is everything ok with you?
Today is the 6th day that I am in the US. Instead of going to a local Taste Fair with my classmates, I want to order my own thoughts and home.
It was for about 9 years, I had not done any housework of cleaning, washing, order clothes, buy family commodity and so on. My cleaning lady did them for me. Right now, I have to look after my own life in the US. At the first 2 days, I did not know where I should start in the empty apartment, but now, I have done many things.
Since Tuesday, I have attended the first course "Project Management" 3 times. My first impression is that it is very kind and helpful. Because it is near a part of my work in China and it seems like to say something that I just left from. Just like I had felt when I was working with my American work partners, via this lesson, I have seen something weak in our work while I am thinking how to improve our work in China, too. My second impression is that the American university is very serious on the student's quality, every course has different examination styles, include closed-book exam, so that I told my bosses that 鈥淚 would be dead for that" My third impression is that its developed computer system and comfortable studying condition.
Some of my problem is on the language. I did not think that I understood whole of the content of the lesson. So, I have made some records, to help the others while to improve myself. I appreciate the teaching of Beijing Foreign Studies University in China, I am confident with myself to be ok soon.
Thursday morning, in a local middle and small enterprise's products exhibition, I visited many American businessmen/women and their produces -- printers, software, cosmetic, food, sports, furniture and everything. I was attracted by a high technology product ? some surprised water. It cannot only to put out a fire, but also protects something in the fire. A computer or a cell phone can be kept dry in the water. It is said that the technology is No 1 in the world.
Also, I met a girl artist who was painting with propylene. We discussed something about Chinese painting colors, propylene colors and took a picture together.
The most excited thing is that after talking with two girls who were con-scribing volunteers to help the local children, I told them that I am an artist that would like to teach the children to speak Chinese, paint Chinese painting free while to learn English and American cultures, too. They were excited and offered me a telephone number to call their boss directly.
During the short 5.5 days, I have found some interesting phenomena -- many things are so different from the Internet, newspapers, TV and my own eyes. Before I came here, I thought it was very cold so that I scared that whether I would be ok here. When I am here really, I feel that the weather is very comfortable, just like the spring in Beijing and the deep fall in Shenzhen. I can be in dress everywhere.
Meanwhile, never like something that I had heard before -- every thing needs to pay; every service asks a tip and everywhere full of the dangerous鈥� What I have seen here is that people are very polite and friendly. As I first experienced in Europe in 2000 and I saw in Australia last month, every time, when I wanted a car go ahead, the driver woke his/her hand and asked me go first. The same thing has happened 4 or 5 times at the same cross roads within the short 5.5 days. The writing center of the university would like to offer us a writing direction free, the worker who came to my home to fix a wire for my Internet connecting also did not accept a tip.
All of these, makes me thinking of a Chinese adage-- Seeing is believing, for the virtual hearing.
Of course, I have also felt that the Internet connecting via wireless is better here but the Broad Band service is quicker and more convenient in China. At least in my city -- Shenzhen, the service can be offered within 24 hours from applying it to be fixed ok, just via a telephone call, after the service, you can also get a telephone call to ask whether you are satisfy with the service. Besides, in China, a foreigner can buy anything by walk. Here, if you don't have a car, you will feel very inconvenient. So, I am thinking whether I should buy a car, whether I should suggest our classmates to found a Chinese store or a China town? Just a joke.
Before I send this letter out, I have got my first letter from a local organization. To have a little home in a foreign country is really a fresh and comfortable feeling.
How about you? Do you have any experience to live in the other country as a foreigner for a while? Do you agree with that 鈥淪eeing is believing, for the virtual hearing?鈥�
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Shirley Created Art -- Chinese Xieyi -0198:Peony Practice -018 in the US
Since I painted my last paining in China on Sep 24, I have not painted for 9 days for my long distance traveling. But, the love to art of painting does not have to be reduced at all. So, today, when I feel that I can live here with some basic life condition, I started my painting practice. When I opened my color boxes, I just found that in my 150 tube's colors, there are only 4 tubes white. For saving the white color, I changed my idea to paint with the other colors. After painting 2 pictures with green and yellow, and threw them into the rubbish bag, I found back my feelings and created this one. How do you think of my new painting? Do you enjoy it?
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Bilingual Song--0027: Shirley Sings the Chinese (Inner Mongolian) Folk Song --0066: "Mu Ge - Pastoral" in English & Chinese
Have you seen any grassland? Do you enjoy the view of the grassland? I do. I do enjoy the white sky, white clouds and the running horses on the wide grassland. So, this week, I would like to show you a Chinese inner Mongolian folk song that I had sung in Chinese and English and hope to bring you a big smile. Also, I wish to hear your opinions and help on my English translation.
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Chinese Classical Poem 0104 -- Lyric 003(By Li Yu) & Shirley Created Music-0084-01:Xiangjian Huan -- Joy at Meeting
Since Sep, 2005, I started to create music for Chinese classical poem and lyric. At the first, I sang them in Chinese, then I sang it in English. Along with my work was busy more and more, I have stopped the work for a while. Also, I do not know whether my English translation is right or wrong. Now, since I am a student in the US, I would like to re-check my music creation and my English translation, try to make my own music from Chinese style to be international style -- to make it into staff. This is my last music creating for a famous Chinese lyrics in China and hope to hear your opinion.
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