The 26th friendly Greeting From Shirley, China, Sun, Feb 12,2006

Hi,Dear Friends

How are you?

It is near Valentine's Day, do you prepare anything for your special friend and family? I do hope you and yours have a happy Valentine's Day. :-)

This is the first business week after the long holiday. On the first day to work, the general manager went to all offices to visit employees and gave everyone a red bag with some money. This is a custom in the South of China. Those companies that have good financial power, bosses usually give their employees some money in some red bags to say Happy New Year, to hope people to work harder for the company in the New Year. :-) Usually, every one has same money. Sometimes, bosses give their some employees some special red bags for some special reasons. I had had once with 5 digits years ago when the company in the most difficult time. When I received the red bag, what I felt was the heavy weight on my shoulders. That year, I wrote many papers on the company's development stratagem; I refused two invitations to go to a higher position with a higher salary in another company; I also gave up an immigrant opportunity to a Western country in the same year. I felt my responsibilities to the company and I could not leave from it when it was in the most difficult time as a manager...

This week, a big thing of mine is that I entrusted a company to manage my own little investment. I am lucky that some friends do not think that I am a good artist on "financial management art", so that they laugh at me and want to help me. :-)

On the first one or two days, I could not go out of the painting emotion from the holiday and I felt bad for I could not paint as long time as I wished. Anyway, I adjusted myself back a normal emotion soon. I give up the free lunches by the company and I drive back home to paint for a while in the noon. I order my dinner via a telephone call from some restaurant and my cleaning lady stands the housework, then, I save a lot of time and I can paint for 5 to 7 hours daily. So, now, I am in a very good creating emotion, one picture is been painting, another one has jumped in my mind.

I am confident to myself to be a professional artist in 2 or 3 years. I want to make the time to come earlier 2 or 3 years than my teacher’s prediction ? My teacher thought that I will be a professional artist in 5 years if I keep the work daily. I am very tired on my body, I am very happy in my heart.

How about you? Do you think to entrust a company to manage your financial transaction is a wiser thing or not? Do you have any new target on your life road?

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 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 coutinuously 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, Feb 12, 2006