You are lucky...

這裡的佛光山寺年初調換了主持法師，台灣女法師要處理寺務等也須要信眾的幫忙，有時詢問Steve一些事也請Steve幫忙電腦的設置等，她幾次和Steve談說她覺得亞洲人來到美國，尤其是女性，很多事會較困難，然后她向着我說，“你很幸運，嫁的是美國人！” 我每次微笑回應她。她說第一次時，我還蠻得意的，但她說了幾次，我心裡就覺得不是滋味… 在檳城時有如剛強‘大女人’，來到美國我好像變成依附‘小女人’了！
At the beginning of the year, the Fo Guang San temple here changed to a new venerable, who is a Taiwanese nun. She has to manage a lot of temple issues and needs the members there to help out. Sometimes she asks Steve for some information, and he also helps with their computers or equipment set up. She complained several time that as an Asian people, especially female, it is hard to deal with some maintenance issues in the USA. Then she talked to me, “You are lucky, you married an American!” I always smiled in response to her. I felt proud when she said it the first time, but after she mentioned it several times, I felt something was ‘wrong’… I was a strong woman while I was in Penang, but I changed and became a dependent woman after coming to the USA!