F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[W]

Ten years ago, because of a business assignment, I came to Shanghai and worked for 2010 Shanghai Expo project. And that’s my new chapter was commencing in my life.

Shanghai and Beijing are both big cities, but they’re very different. Beijingers are enthusiastic, like old friends when you meet for the first time. Shanghainese are elegant, but have little indifference. As a non-local, I had been treated unfairly at that time.I don’t had any friend other than my colleagues, and I felt lonely like a duck during a flock of swans.

I was never extremely confident in being a white-collar worker in a building, I even thought maybe it’s a mistake to decide to stay in this hard city. Until I met some good and honest people, I changed my mind.

Conor who is a theatre director from London, is one of these kind people. He is a great artist，also is a important man for me.
Arts always connect and trigger our emotions. We are great supporters each other.
I constantly sketched a lot of drawings for his show, and spent much time to brainstorm some big ideas, and capture the wonderful moments for him.
At these time, He taught me how to be an optimistic person to handle some problems, and always encouraged me that never give up what you love to do, like painting. Be a creator, and build something beyond imaginations.
Drawing was my thing ever since I was little,I felt like getting closer to my dream.
Because of Conor and these kind people , it relight my desire to express something to make people feel and believe that art is the most wonderful thing.

Living in Shanghai for almost 10 years，it has truly been a life changing experience, I was blessed to meet some of the most beautiful human souls, to learn from and to love. Experience more,feel more,and love more!

Many things have awoken in me and I have truly had a long time to think about the person was and am now and who I want to be. For it, I feel I have grown not only as a boy but as an artist.

For sure, I must treasure these preciouses and take them back to Beijing in the future. I will be excited to share, make, work, play with as many people as I can.

Ten years ago, because of a business assignment, I came to Shanghai and worked for 2010 Shanghai Expo project. And that’s how a new chapter in my life has commenced. And that’s how a new chapter in my life has started/begun.

Shanghai and Beijing are both big cities, but they’re very different. Beijingers are enthusiastic, like old friends when you meet for the first time after not seeing each other for a while . Shanghainese are elegant, but are often indifferent to the people they don’t know. As a non-local, I had been treated unfairly at that time.I didn’t have any friends other than my colleagues, and I felt lonely like an ugly duckling among a flock of swans.

I was never extremely confident in being a white-collar worker in a building, I even thought maybe it’s a mistake to decide to stay in this difficult city. until I met some good and honest people, then I changed my mind./started changing

Conor who is a theatre director from London, is one of these kind people. He is a great artist，also is a important man to me.
Art always connects us and triggers our emotions. We are great supporters to each other.
I constantly sketched a lot of drawings for his show, and spent much time to brainstorm some big ideas, and capture the wonderful moments for him.
At these times, He taught me how to be an optimistic person to handle some problems/of my issues, and he always encouraged me to never give up, and to fight for what you love to do, like painting. Be a creator, and build something beyond (craziest/wildest) imagination.
Drawing was my thing ever since I was a little boy/child,I felt like getting closer to my dream.
Because of Conor and these kind people, my desire to express something to make people feel and believe that art is the most wonderful thing was relit/ was rekindled.

Living in Shanghai for almost 10 years，it has truly been a life changing experience, I was blessed to meet some of the most beautiful human souls, to learn from and to love. Experience more,feel more,and love more!

Many things have awoken in me and I have truly had a long time to think about the person was and am now and who I want to be. For it, I feel I have grown not only as a boy but as an artist.

For sure, I must treasure these preciouses and take them back to Beijing in the future. I will be excited to share, make, work, play with as many people as I can.

Vocabulary

language exchange-语言交流

among (prep): in the middle of or surrounded by other things
在…中；为…所环绕
E.g: I saw a few familiar faces among the crowd.
我在人群中看见了几张熟悉的面孔。
E.g: Rescue teams searched among the wreckage for survivors.
救援队在残骸中搜寻幸存者。
2-happening or being included as part of a group of people or things
在…（群体）中；…之一
E.g: a decision that has caused a lot of anger among women
在妇女中引起极大愤怒的决议
E.g: Relax, you’re amongst friends.
你别紧张，大家都是朋友。

kindle (v): to cause strong feelings or ideas in someone:
Her imagination was kindled by the exciting stories her grandmother told her.

rekindle (v):to make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
重新激起；重新唤起
E.g: The holiday was a last chance to rekindle their love.
这次休假是使他们重新燃起爱情之火的最后一次机会。