Actress

I have been answering "I am a housewife" for 10 years when people ask me what I do.
Can I say I am an actress now? 
Yay... I will play a role in PAPER ANGELS, directed by Christopher LaBanca (May 2018 performance)

I like the post by the director, Christopher, on their Facebook page:

"Leaving behind my writing brush and removing my sword, I came to America.
Who was to know two streams of tears would flow upon arriving here?
If there comes a day when I will have attained my ambition and become successful,
I will certainly behead the barbarians and spare not a single blade of grass."
The above poem is one of the multitude discovered on Angel Island by Alexander Weiss. I came across it in doing my research for our production of Genny Lim's PAPER ANGELS.
You know, as a younger director, the least favorite part of being a director was the research. I simply couldn't wait to get into rehearsal and "do the real work." But as I've gotten older, I still enjoy working with actors, but I LOVE preparing for a show. Even when it's a difficult or heartbreaking subject, even when it makes me shake with anger, I like to dig in with both hands because these are things worth knowing! To say nothing of the fact that walking into rehearsals prepared to work gives you the best chance of success, the truth is that each production is an opportunity to become what I've always admired about the best theatrical artists: their wide range and variety of knowledge that they've garnered over the course of their professional careers.

Corpse Flower

The Missouri Botanical Garden opened last night from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Free admission to view the blooming of the Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus titanum).
巨花魔芋，又名屍花。花序會散發出腐肉的味道。隔幾年才開花，所以植物園昨晚特别開放，免費觀賞。

We got there around 8:15, and (for those familiar with the Garden) the line already went out of the Linnean house, up the wheelchair ramp by the restaurant, past the fountain, and up and around the wheelchair ramp to the right of the exit from the Ridgway Visitor Center.

Even though the notice, 3 hours before they opened, was short notice, it still drew many visitors.  

It took us 25 minutes to get in. Ah... we can smell the 'corpse' when as we came closer to the flower.
A lady in a Chinese family behind us said to her family in Mandarin: "Hmm.. what does this smell like? It might smell a little like durian."
I turned my head and told her, "No, no, no!"
How dare she say it smells like durian!
當我們靠近屍花時就會嗅到那股臭味道。
有三個中國人家在我們後面，女士說："嗯…這味道？有點像榴槤的味道。" 
我即刻轉頭對她說：''不像，不像！'' 
竟然說像榴槤的味道！太不像話了！

By the time we left, around 9 p.m., the line was back into the Ridgway Center, down the steps, and out the front door. Apparently, people really like very large, stinky flowers.

Audition

I like to try new thing if I have a chance.
I never had an audition before, so when I saw information about a casting call for Asian-Americans for a stage play, I emailed and set up an audition.
I didn't know what "...sides at the audition for cold reads" was, so I checked Google and YouTube to get a little idea the evening before my audition.
We had few minutes to review the sides (part of the scripts) for cold reads.
I tried my best in my audition.  I don't care whether I get selected or not, but it was fun to have the experience.

我喜歡嘗試新玩意如果可能的話。
我從未試鏡過，可是當我看到舞台劇招收亞洲人演員，我即電邮安排面試。
我不知道什麽是“...sides at the audition for cold reads ”，面試的前一晚趕緊上網視頻了解一下。
導演給劇本對白讓我們在門外幾分鐘先作準備。
我盡量表現好，並不很在意是否被選到。不過，這也是有趣的經驗。