I wrote this letter below on Sunday, I could not send it to you because I have gotten my visa to Australia and I have to prepare my travel while I have been working in the company ? Even though I could stay at home to prepare it and the company will not reduce my salary for it. But, I still work. I think that since the company has offered me a good condition to study in some most advanced country for 1 year in the near future and also has agreed with me to visit my family in Australia at the first. I should do my best to return the company. However, maybe for the too much pressure, I have been suffering a severe headache so that I could not see the screen for a long time. I am sorry for that.
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How are you? Is every thing ok with you? I do hope that you are well and have an easy and relaxed weekend.

This week, there is some good news in the company. The best one is that everyone has gotten double salary this month. Do you know why? Until June 30, we have completed the income target of the first half year. It is excessing much more than our plan and it is near the level of whole of the last year. With this development speed, we will certainly create a better profit and have a better salary and bonus than last year.

In my personal life, the good news is that since next weekend I have gotten my visa to see my son in Australia . Then I will face the second long travel for 1 year. Even I thought there are many things that I need to deal with in my limited free time, I didn’t miss any art and music lesson. Also, I painted for 14 hours on Saturday and I saw a music drama “The Song of Music” by Broadway of the U.S. Sunday night.

I am still in a hesitation about the second travel even though I had paid the first fee already; I still need time to think. One hand, I am glad to have a good opportunity to see a bigger world, to open my eye shot, to learn something new and advanced, to improve my management level, to know more excellent people and to become more international person. The other hand, I am worrying whether it will allow me to keep a high quality life within the 1 year. I believe myself that I can work hard on anything. I do not think that I can bear the life without time enough on painting and music learning and creating for a long time. I am not very excited for the traveling as the others. I am not sure whether it is a wise choice yet. After all, this is a studying project of business management for the senior managers. I like business management science and work in the field for living; while I love painting and music as a dream from my childhood and they are enjoying my heart and soul world. They are something will accompany whole of my rest life. So, I have to think of my time cost, opportunity cost, finance cost and the life quality, then to see whether it deserves me to do finally.

So, now I am working and living with half happiness and half worrying at the same time. I am a little confused before I have made the final decision.

What will you do if you were me? Will you choose the traveling abroad to learn something new but it is not your favorite? Or you will keep working on something you really love? What are your views about keeping a high quality life?
I am just a learner on that art of painting, music English and Chinese language, to work on the web site in my free time. 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, Language Learning & Friendship. To help the others while to improve myself.

I appreciate your understanding, directions and supports. I do hope to get your friendly help...

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, you are welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, or to publish your opinions in the forum.

Shirley Yiping Zhang
Sun, July 20,2008