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Blog 3: The Clouds and the Sea
I just had a nice cruise on a ship to a number of islands with my family and totally fell in love with the clouds and the sea. Clouds change their shape all the time and have much more colours than I thought: other than white and cream they contain grey, pink, red, purple, beige and even gold… And I never thought that the sea looks so various at different times of the day and that the sea blue contains so many contrasting blues. I will learn how to paint the clouds and the sea and hope that one day I can paint them as vividly as they are in…
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Blog 2: Youth – A Story about my Father
Oct. 7, 2017 4:07 PM A century ago Samuel Ullman (1840-1924) wrote in his short article “Youth” that: Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. I always think of my father when I read these words. My father is over 70 years old, but he has a very “young” heart. He studied electrical engineering in Harbin, a beautiful city in the north-east of China. He…
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Blog 1: A New Born Baby
Today a couple of my friends called me to share their happy news: Their baby son had just been born! It took me back to the birth of my own little boy. since he was born the world hasn’t become smaller. Instead it grew larger. I suddenly saw a new dimension to life with unlimited possibilities. And as mum I gained fearless courage and a lot of new hope. My baby boy also reminded me that life is short and its length is out of our control. But we can change its depth and width. I wish that I won’t waste my precious life but spend it on things I…
