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...

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