A Real Legend Story

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A Real Legend Story

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• Wellmei the Mermaid
• By Windy Lee (??)
• www.windy-lee.com

Powerpoint design Background music
composer Piano perform
Windy Lee, TY SiuRaymond ChanGeorge Ng
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• Last Summer, together with a foreign
  friend from Sweden, occasionally, we touched the
  topic of mermaid.
• That evening, I sketched a mermaid for fun during
  leisure break. Then emailed for friends to share.

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• A friend smiled after seeing the picture,
  and reminded me that apart from cats, mermaids
  should also be aware of the predators. I was
  suggested to have one more sketch.

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• some friends were so surprised to find out
  that apart from writing poems, I could also did
  little sketches like these.
• A Jew friend, with his strong business sense
  suggested that I should draw more pictures to
  make them in a series for a book. He said that in
  countries like America which put creativity in
  high value should be a big market for such
  picture books for kids.
• So, I drew one more!

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• Then some friends said sketches of just black
  and white colors might not be attractive enough
  for kids, they suggested me to add into some
  colors.
• I did so, unexpectedly, the colored sketches
  of mermaids attracted little Wan Hin so much that
  he was unwilling to put the sketch down while
  picking it up on hands.

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• The colored pictures were so welcomed by
  friends
• Then, I started to think about how the
  relationships between sea creatures and this
  lovely mermaid could be. The first one came to my
  mind is Outopus.
• Perhaps, her rolling hands could help her to
  make a different hair style, that way should be
  both convenient and environmental friendly.

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• The mermaid might also want to travel here
  and there apart from swam by herself, what she
  could be riding on?
• Oh! It came to me a good idea!

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• If sometimes she also wanted to ride on a
  horse, but there was no horse in the sea, what
  could she ride on?
• Occasionally, the image of a shrimp
  attracted my eyes!

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• Then I started to think, if this mermaid
  wanted to take a break after swimming and enjoyed
  the water massage. Is there any natural way for
  her to enjoy?
• Oh! Yes, that should be a very comfortable
  way.
• Could also watched birds flying at the same
  time. Should be a very relaxed experience.

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• While enjoying these pictures, many friends
  focus their eyes on the naked top of this lovely
  mermaid. Some men did enjoy very much, however,
  to make the pictures suitable for kids as well,
  they suggested that I better covered her top with
  something!
• Some friends suggested shell bras for her.
  But for her good sake, I thought shells were too
  hard the kind of materials and wont be
  comfortable for wearing!

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• Finally, I created the beautiful ribbon
  leaves in the sea. It was so great that she could
  now choose whenever she needed to change clothes.
• She could continued her journey then.

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• The more I thought of, the more I discovered.
  Actually, the stories in the sea could be so
  fantastic. Each types of fishes had their own
  characteristics and strengths, just like human
  beings. How would be the development of these
  stories if we could think of better ways to
  utilize their unique potentials?
• In deep thought of various interesting
  situations, I did the sketches one after another!

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• The relationships between the mermaid and
  different sea creatures were so close.
• However, if with human beings, how could the
  relationship be developed? Could there be any
  special or chemical reactions apart from
  traditional fairy tales?
• Some friends no longer could be satisfied
  with just pictures, they wanted me to write down
  the whole story!

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• News report from TV showed the discovery of a
  walking shark in Malaysian Seagiving me new
  inspirations.
• Some more news reports related to stories of
  the sea flew to my mind
• Also, my friends who love diving kept
  telling me their actual encounters and
  interesting stories experienced in the sea!

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• The characters I drew, kept floating in my
  mind
• These stories, were actually the epitome of
  so many interesting real stories I had
  encountered in society via out the years
• The love and friendships ever found in my
  circle of friends
• Oh! Could I let the sea creatures of
  different types to deduct these touching stories?

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• And the so rich encounters I had came across
  with during traveling..
• The valuable advice I received and the life
  philosophy I appreciated
• Oh! Yes, the sea creatures could help me
  deduct all these meaningful stories
• Some fun in our modern life and the
  knowledge of the sea of which I had learned by
  chanceyes, Lets share all these with readers
  with the help of this lovely mermaid.

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• With the enormous inspirations I
• captured, I tried to finish writing
• the whole story within a few days
• A bit touched, it was because this book
• had almost captured all the most precious
• love experience, wisdoms and taste in my
  life
• A bit excited, due to its special
  presentation
• ways. It is quite an unique book not
• being found similar to any books I read
• before!
• So unexpectedly, while I started telling
  friends
• that I had completed such a story, the
  requests to
• pre-order such book kept coming. Some friends
• ordered a lot in wish to share with others.
• Luckily, I friend who was so familiar with
  the
• publication procedure offered help to me.

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• While I started delivering the books to my
  friends, it was my pleasant surprise that the
  lively images of this mermaid and other sea
  creatures had caught the attention of some stamp
  collectors. Wellmei and some of her friends were
  being invited to be the main design theme of a
  local stamp cover which were of very limited
  editions.
• Another unexpected happy surprise, I was
  invited by Radio CMM.HK to share with audience my
  experience of issuing this book.

• Insert the picture of stamp cover and the front
  and back image

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• As I continued to deliver the books to those
  who had ordered, I received more and more
  comments and feedbacks from friends who had read
  it, even some readers I didnt know before sent
  me some very positive and encouraging comments.
  I was so touched with their encouragement and
  support.
• Friends of different background, occupations
  and age had read the book from very different
  points of view and hence gave very different
  comments and suggestions. I was so happy to find
  out that the so many layers of thoughts I had
  carefully inlaid in the book were separately
  discovered by different readers from different
  ways and angles

• Insert some of the comments , make them in
  picture form

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• Friends from different age and
  backgrounds
• The famous poet, writers, artist, teacher,
  school headmaster, parents, housewives, marketing
  professionals, environmental protection
  professionals, architects, students from
  kindergarten, primary schools, secondary schools,
  universities, postgraduates, doctorial research
  students, musician, chief editor of literate
  magazines, service ambassador of big commercial
  shopping center, TV film director, landscape
  photographer, IT professionals, lecturer,
  managing director of International corporation
  and one of the ten most outstanding youth last
  years
• They all joined in writing their comments
  and feelings of reading the book, showing its
  values in analysis from the angles of literature,
  commerce, education, environmental protection,
  love sharing and potential contributions to the
  tourist industry of Hong Kong,

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• A friend wrote a poem for Wellmei, another
  friend drew a picture expressing his feelings
  from the book, one composed a nice song for it.
  Another one even invited the top sculptor to
  tailor-make a sculpture for her.
• The so many special and encouraging
  feedbacks really made me so touched and excited.
• Then, I decided to issue another book
  collecting all these comments, hoping that
  friends could share their different points of
  views, thoughts and feelings with others and to
  all the future readers of this book. Also, I can
  be always reminded to work hard with all friends
  support and encouragement.
• Thats the reasons How I see Wellmei the
  Mermaid was being published.

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• That moment, I was buried in touching tears
• If I tried to line up all my friends
  connections
• If I could make good use of the knowledge and
  experience I gained during these so many years
  work in the commercial field.
• If I tried to associate the characters of this
  book into product design of different goods
• If this story could become popular in the
  internet
• If the potential of Wellmei could be luckily
  discovered and well developed
• If Hong Kong People all love this special fairy
  tale belonged to them and recommended to other
  places of the world together
• Then, my hope of set up a Mermaid Charity Fun to
  help the poor kids to study might really have a
  chance to come true. How big that force and
  capability could be finally formed and passed
  generations after generations?
• Could all these be not just an empty dream?

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• This unique and special legend had just
  started
• It will continue in the coming book
  exhibition in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition
  Centre ( 18th July 24th July )
• How will this story be further developed?
• You and your friends and families are most
  welcomed to visit our booth at the new writers
  corner to witness the effort a lady has put
  trying her best to make this beautiful dream come
  true.
• THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this true
  legend story with others via the net