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Xiao Wei Nong
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So I started to make up some songs by myself. I sang so emotionally that I forgot who and where I was!

Xiao Wei Nong

I Sang with all My Heart

Xiao Wei Nong from China

Maybe besides swimming, I can say I'm good at singing. When I was a little girl, China was in special times. Most parents thought it was useless and a waste of money to study something like art. My parents were no exception.

When I was five or six years old, I had a desire to play the violin, but it was absolutely denied by my father.

When a beautiful melody flew out from my neighbor's house, I felt upset as if I lost something I loved, but the sad feeling disappeared quickly because I knew I couldn't resist my parents.

So I had another favorite thing instead of playing the violin. It was singing! Since I was in kindergarten, I had learned a lot of songs of children. When I came back home, I always practiced again and again.

While I was singing, I always imagined that I was right in the state described in the songs. I sang with all my heart and I really enjoyed it!


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