There are several lakes in the process of my growing up. Born in Gejiu, Yunnan, I spent my childhood by Golden Lake, which occupied nearly one fourth the total area of our small and clean mountain city. Then 3,000 kilometers away, I went to another lake -- Lake Weiming, which means unnamed. It is a small lake in the campus of Peking University. In the summer, blue sky, white clouds, graceful light green willow trees around the bank, together with their reflections in the water, lake Weiming is a poem. In the winter, water frozen, it becomes the best place for ice skating. Five years ago, even more far away, from the other end of the Pacific Ocean, I came to Madison, a totally strange town then, yet a home now. I enjoy sitting on the beach of Lake Mendota at dusk, wild ducks playing under the sunset glow.

In UW, I managed to take 16 credits in technical classes (Ballet, Jazz, Modern and Chinese Opera dance etc.) from the Dance Program Department, and took part in many performances. I am proud of dancing in Spirit Rising in the Artist of the Future Concert — Overture Center for the Arts Grand Opening Festival , Sep. 20, 2004, Overture Center, Madison, WI ( Review from The Capital Times ). I like the comments Ms. Collette Steward, my Modern Dance Technique teacher in UW, wrote about me, "...When I watch you dance, I get the feeling that the movement opens and frees your spirit - which is beautiful to see. I think dance in its purest form is simply about joy and you seem to embody that."