How are you? Is everything well with you?

This week, I am touched so much by the help from friends'. If you check "Friends' Works" on the web site, you will see some English lessons there. They are written by some native English speaker friends for helping my English writing.

Do you know? The China's Culture Revolution started when I was 9 years old. So my all formal English lessons were 180 hours in the university after the tragedy for 10 years was finished. Then, I had a time that had no courage to see a dress from 3 months after I paid USD 20 for my English learning by a correspondence. I had also had the time that paid USD 18 for 1 hour for listening to my oral English lessons by some native English speakers before I bought my car and domicile. So, once and once, when I was reading the sincere letters, when I was checking the corrections, when I thought of the friends whom I have never seen or maybe I will not be able to meet and to say thank you face to face forever. I was so touched by the great help and tears often went out of my eyes. What a lucky person I am! For I have so many good teachers, friends and "big/little brothers and sisters". I appreciate all of the friends and your great help. I respect your hard working, serious and responsible work and life attitudes. I will cherish all of the friends and the great friendship that over the distance, room and time…

With a grateful heart, I would like to list some of the friends who have helped me and the web site and save them into my system via this newsletter. I am working according to my memory, if I miss you and your help, please let me know and I will add them later:

Mr. Charlie K.(U.S.A.) -- my art and music teacher, guided me to re-go back on art and music road, changed my life road and life attitude 3 years ago.
Mr. Charlie Z (China) -- my technology supporter, has the ability to help me at any time with any technology style that I need, gives me the confidence to start a web site with a stable technology system.
Mr. Mike J.(Britain) -- my English teacher, keeps correcting my writing for 3 years, gives me a confidence to start a web site in English.
Mr. Tasos R. (Australia) -- my philosophy teacher, helps me to see same thing from different sides, to develop an ability to combine a single music, art, language, literature and technology learning together, to create a combined art.
Mr.John M.(U.S.A.) -- my music and English teacher, gives me the confidence about my music quality.
Mr. Robert D. Dismore (U.S.A.) -- my music and web running teacher, gives me most ideas and directions on building a web site.
Mr. Tao (China)-- my Chinese art teacher, offers me 3 to 4 hours art lesson weekly with 2 hours' fee for 2.5 years, helps me to have the ability to paint and to create a picture.
Ms. Ma (China) -- my vocal music teacher, offers me 2 to 3 hours vocal music lesson weekly with 1 hour's fee for 3 years, helps me to have the ability to sing and to create a piece of music.
Ms.Xi and Ms. Qian (China) -- my piano teachers, help me to have a basic piano playing and music creating ability.
Mr.Xijia Su(Canada/China) and Mr. Charlie Chen(U.S.A./China)-- my English teachers and translation consultants, helped me to translate and publish my first translated serise with 4 books and 0.97million words from English into Chinese 2 years ago. Gave me a confidence and courage to work in this field.

Mr. Bruce Holland Rogers (A Famous American Writer) -- my English and literature teacher, offers me his own writing works to learn free, answers many of my questions patiently, allows me to use and translate his literature works;
Mr. Thomas Michalski (An American Reporter) -- my photography teacher, allows me to use his photography works free;
Mr. Tim Rogers (An American Artist) -- allowed me to use his art works.
George Jensen (U.S. A.) -- allows me to use his photography works.

Mr. Neil James (Canada)-- my English teacher, keeps correcting my classical poem translations.
Mr. Rodney Wilson (New Zealand) -- my new English teacher, corrects my English writing and teaches me something new.
Mr. Michael F. G (U.S.A.) -- introduced something about Halloween.
Mr. Ali Amini (Iran)-- introduced something about Moslem cultures.

Ms.Juli Liu (China) -- my philosophy teacher and "elder sister", supports me with her positive and wide heart always, she is the one I can call her just for I want to cry for a while. :-)
Ms.He (China)-- my cleaning lady, looks after my daily life for over 5 years.
Ms.Gosseline and Her Sister(U.S.A.) ? build up a bridge between me and one of my best friends who was in the verge of death and there is no an ability to communicate for 2 years...

Also there are so many friends : Seimus, Randy, Randy Mur, Ray, Ron, Tom Smith, Asai, Joe, Tim, John, Migs, Anne, Walt, Jon, Philipper, Peter, Dave, Moor… have offered much help with this or that way... I can not write with the so short paper one by one at this time…

When I am writing here, once more, my eyes are wet. I am thinking, if there were no you and so many friends' support, I and my little web site can not keep until now. So, what I really want to do, is to do my best to learn and to offer something best about China and Chinese cultures to return all of yours support and help...

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, meanwhile to improve myself. So, I really hope to get your help, support, and directions on matter on English language, cultures, skills or anything else.

If you have any questions, requests, advice, comments, suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn or shirleyz004@yahoo.com. You can leave your messages in the Froum as well. You are welcomed.

--Shirley

Written and Edited On Sat.,Nov 5, 2005