Chinese: 我还记得很多年前有一次我在温哥华的市中心过马路，一个印第安女人看著我说道：「别笑！」我能从她的脸上看出异域的西方文化真的框住了她的生活。
English: Walking through the crosswalk in Downtown Vancouver, BC, many years ago, a Native Indian woman looked at my face and said, "Don't smile!" I could see on her face how foreign Occidental culture really strained her life.