How are you? Is everything well with you? I do hope you are well and to have a good weekend.

This week, I learned a new Chinese painting style Big Xieyi and I had twice vocal music lesson for I had missed once last week. Tonight, my voice music teacher heard my song that I had put on the web site last night and she did not satisfy it and she asked me to re-record it. I am so luck for both of my vocal music and art teachers are very serious on my music and art teaching. They have given me much more than I have paid them indeed. Since Nov. 2005, my vocal music learning have entered 4th years and until Mar. 2006, my art learning will enter 4th years as well. We have kept for 4 years already and my lessons have been changed for about 4 hours every time, but, the teachers still only accept the fee for 2 hours. They always said that it is an enjoyment to have a lesson for me and also they said that they are also improving themelves from teaching me...

So, I am thinking what is the best return that I should give back my teachers? Mayve it is working harder and creating more and better art and music works. Do you think so?

This week some friends wrote to me and thought that I should not choose to give up a higher position with a higher salary. In fact, I was one of the people to be sent to build up a new organization by its shareholder and I was the first one to stand a duty in a special field and I set up a department for it 12 years ago, then, my department changed to be a professional company 6 years ago, then, it was combined with the current company 3 years ago. I am in fact one of the founders of the company, that is why, I could not give up it and my colleagues that I had invited into the company when the company was in the most difficult time. Anyway, right now, the company has overcome the biggest difficulty and it has become a top company in the industry in China and a hi-technology corporation in the city, just as a sun jumped up the sea as I thought when it was in the darkest time. As a senior employee and a manager, I have completed my responsibility. So, I am thinking of retiring from the current position after I complete the last project in my hands. To start my new life to work on art, music, writing, translating, language and literature studying these I have been looking forward to work on since my childhood and teenage times even though I will lose much money for the changing...

I often ask myself what is real happiness. Is it something in matter or a feel field or both ? If we have to make a choice, which one should be No 1? Maybe feeling is more important than matter? Maybe I should make my rest life to live in a more artistic and more professional as I have expected for a long long time?

What is your opinion about this problem? If you were me, what would you choose? 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 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... :-)

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 Sat, Feb 18, 2006