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The 43rd Friendly Greeting From Shirley, China, Sun, June 25, 2006
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Hi,Dear Friends
 How are you? Is everything well with you? I do hope you are well and have a good weekend.
This is another busy week in the company, most of time I was in the meetings, researched something and made documents final judgment. Can you imagine? I had three meetings just in the morning on Monday. Still, I keep having my first project daily meeting with standing by my computers for saving time.
In our company, we do not have meetings for a long time. Even though the company's regular managers meeting is just for 30 to 40 minutes, 15 department and son company’s managers report their work last week and the problems that need to be helped by the company, the members in the general manager office answer them, to discuss something important in the meeting. Then the vice general manager or general manager speak something we have to pay more attention to in the new week, then we finish the meeting. Anyway, the precondition to have a short meeting is that every manager has to write a summary on Friday for keeping the regular meeting on Monday in a high efficiency.
A biggest shock in my heart this week is that I have re-known a good friend and a woman doctor. I knew her when I had a regular health checking in her hospital one year ago. Then, we became good friends. I admire her for she always works carefully and be responsible, speaks with smile, be full of the optimistic, tolerant and patient to her patients in the hospital; be nice to look after her parents in law, her husband and her daughter with her special tender and lovely way. However, first time, I knew she is in fact a cancer patient who accepted a big operation 3 years ago. Since I knew this on Tuesday, I have been thinking an old question -- why we should live in the world? How can we make our limited lives more meaningful and much brighter? In case we are meeting something unfortunate as she met, how should we treat it? Can I keep a so optimistic and peaceful heart as she does? Now I have not made my thoughts 100% clear, but, I really think that this friend has made a very good example for me. An optimistic and positive life attitude maybe is the best treatment and medicine, a big smile maybe is much better than a pill… Do you agree with me?
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Chinese Gongbi--019(Flower & Bird): Butterfly Lovers
In Chinese culture, butterfly is the symbolization of beauty and love. So, I had painted some with My Gouache Painting in the past time. Also, this week, I completed a new Chinese Gongbi Painting to match a beautiful Chinese folk story and a famous Chinese Violin Concerto -- Butterfly Lover and I wanted to move the composition of My Chinese Xieyi Painting that I am trying into this picture. Anyway, I did not feel that I have done it well as I had imagined in my mind yet/ What is your thoughts? Do you enjoy it?
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Chinese Xieyi--081(Flower & Bird): Not Title
My teacher required me to continue to create peonies with Xieyi style in my art lesson. My original thought is to give my flowers a background of some little pavilions or tower on the tall mountains. My teacher did not think that was a good idea, so, I painted it as now. Anyway, I painted some birds flying out from the mountains. For I always want to do something unique, so that my Chinese art teacher thinks that to offer a lesson for me is a good creative process. Are you happy for me for the comments? :-)
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Shirley Sung Chinese (Henan) Folk Song--0025: Song of Shepherd
I was smiling for my cleaning lady asked me" Why there is no a song this morning?" Yes, she is really my first listener of my song and music. She does enjoy my folk songs and she often asked me to play my recorders many times. This morning, she told me that when she heard these songs, she felt younger and delight. I really feel happy that my folk song is welcomed by a common Chinese woman as her. I am thinking, since folk songs are from the common people, so, it should belong to the common people, too. So, I do feel it is a big reward to my over 3 years' vocal music learning...
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Chinese Classical Poem--0045 & Shirley Created Music-0035: Plum Blossom In the Early Spring
Chinese like plum blossom for it’s beautiful, to blossoms earliest, just like someone’s personalities -- beautiful, independence, brave, have strong will and backbone, be far away from the common custom, has the ability to live and work in the most difficult time. This poem is good, just for it has written out these character with short 4 lines. So, I wrote a short music to match it. Also, I hope another poem by Song Dynasty poet Wang Anshi ? Chinese Classical Poem-- 0034: Plum Blossom ? Meihua can help you to understand this one... :-)
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I am just a learner on art, music, English and the work on the web site in my free time. 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@yahoo.com, You are welcomed to publish your opinions in the forum,too. :-)
--Shirley
Written and Edited On Sun, June 25, 2006
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