How are you? I do hope that you are well and have a easy and relaxed weekend.

This week, except daily jobs, my two project groups on listed company's industry sort and company disaster backup systems are pushed forward according to the plans. I am working on a new job of project management. This year, via developing inside and entrusting outside, we will complete about 20 projects basic on TV, digital TV, web sites, cell phone and magazine. We are thinking of fixing a system to manage them. Also, I have pushed the departments of media, marketing and design to arrive at an agreement on our advertisement business.

I feel lucky that I am requested to attend the daily department manager meeting, as the only company manager. It not only asks me to read the most important information in the world, but also, it helps me to know the company business overview, to find problems and to adjust or resolve them at the first time. It is really a quite valued opportunity to help me to learn something new and to improve my management ability every day.

A good news is that our mother company has approved our next stratagem cooperation plan with the American company that we have worked with. A revolutionary reform will be started in the company and I will be one of the members to share it soon.

The new situation in the company will make me busier and the dream to attend 'the class of English language and literature' will not be true. Anyway, I am not sad at all. Just like a Chinese Idiom said: "San Weng Shi Ma, Yan Zhi Fei Fu?" It said that an old man, who was living on the frontier fortress, lost one of his horses, people came to comfort him, but he said, “Who knows whether it is a good thing?”. Days later, this horse came back to him with another better horse. Our Chinese use this story to say, "A Loss May Turn out to be a Gain". A bad thing can become a good thing, a lost in the short time, can bring a benefit.

It is a pity to give up a learning opportunity. It is a good thing to take back more free time for 2 years. It is the same that I gave up the opportunities to go to the U.S., to learn International Business Management for 2 years has brought me an opportunity to work with an American company right now, it makes me to have more time to learn art, music and so on.

I am focusing myself on the Chinese language field and to make my learning of art, music, calligraphy and culture to service it as tools or background. Try to create something unique with my own knowledge copy rights. This week, I have reformed my Music Column and I have opened a new column: Chinese Song in English or Bilingual Song for it. I would like to make the lyrics of modern Chinese song to be a support of the other Chinese Language Columns, to help people to improve their listening level.

Maybe I was major in Chinese language for 5 years and taught it for 9 years, I do feel relaxed as a rest when I am working on it. Maybe someday, when I have retired, I should become a new Chinese teacher with some new styles that I have explored.

Do you think a loss may turn out to be a gain? Do you enjoy my new idea and exploration.

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 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 continuously now and in the coming time...

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Shirley Yiping Zhang
Written and Edited on Sun, July 29, 2007