How are you? Is everything well with you? Are you enjoying your new week?

I am sorry for I have not worked on the web site for over 2 weeks because my holiday. At the first, it was the May Day Holiday as a China’s national holiday, then my own holiday. I am still in my holiday now, but, I would like to re-start to work here. Maybe I can not work regularly as usual in the coming 2 or 3 weeks yet. Anyway, I will try to do my best to keep the working on the web site. After all, art, music, and language learning will be my main work after I retire some day and in whole of my left life...

During the holiday, a good service by the telephone company in my city really made me to be touched. I found one of my home telephones did not work in May Day Holiday, so I called the telephone company on Saturday morning and in the afternoon, when I was shopping, I got a telephone from an engineer and he had checked the line outside and wanted to check it in my home... But I could not come back soon, so, I wished him to come on Sunday morning... Anyway, in Saturday night, a telephone from the company asked me how my telephone working going, and why the line had not been recovered. Then, in Sunday morning, the engineer came to check and re-fixed the lines for me... later, after he went out of my home, an automatism voice telephone called me to ask whether my telephone was ok and whether I satisfied with their service...

Can you imagine? When I applied the first telephone in 1994, the price was 4600 RMB ? about 574 USD and I had to show a document by the company to prove that I needed to work at home. In 1997, I applied the second telephone, the price was 1500 RMB -- about 187 USD. But now, you can get a telephone with only 100 RMB -- about 12 USD. Even though there is no a line by your home, and to offer a line from the telephone company, the totally fee is only 300RMB -- about 37.5 USD. What a big change in the city and in my country!

Today, 16th, May, 2006 is my 3 anniversary to learn to paint with Chinese style . During the time, I painted 73 kinds of Chinese Xieyi ? freehand brushworks paintings ? I means I made more practices on same pictures, if plus them the number will be near 500 pieces and I have learned to paint flowers and birds, now I just started to paint landscape. 18 Chinese Gongbi -- traditional Chinese realistic paintings; Meanwhile, I painted 99 Gouache Paintings, and also over 500 pen sketches...

I am really proud of myself that I have kept for 3 years already and I will try to do my best to keep another one or two 3 years, even 30 years to work on it for whole of my a half life…

How about your city? Is the service industry in a very good service way? Is it convenient and fast for you to apply a telephone?

Do you enjoy music and art?
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 May 16, 2006