I think throughout my whole life I was always translating
on behalf of my grandma for my family in the U.S.
but my mom was in the U.S. because of work.
She first went for her master’s and she had a job in the Bay area.
Lily三岁的时候，她妈妈就走了
我跟她讲
没有妈妈的孩子要当家
她问我什么叫当家
我跟她说当家就是会做事
会管事
会帮妈妈爸爸做事，就叫当家
大概这个小孩三个月还是不知道五个月我妈妈就一直待在那里
那里语言不通，因为我们待在Sausalito
不像在旧金山，中国人很多
那里中国人很少
（我在那里）语言不通
我不是讲英文（跟Lily）交流
但我的中文她能够听懂
不容易，真的不容易
去买一件大衣裳
回来给Lily做一套连衫裙
做两条裤子，还做双鞋子
她去拍照片
（被）带到东带到西，好看死了
（上海话）因为之前是外婆带我的，她也不是很喜欢讲普通话
所以从小到大她住在我家，会和我讲上海话
再回到上海后
有机会的时候，我不止和外婆讲（上海话）
还有其他家里人
NYU Shanghai has many students from Shanghai as well,
也可以多讲讲。（可以多练习上海话），挺好的
他们一家对我妈妈真的很看重很看重
他们就认为我妈妈牺牲了自己
在美国没有什么我牺牲了为小孩的
所以他们觉得我妈妈很伟大
今天早上（Lily的）奶奶来了，来看我妈妈
一见面就是一个大拥抱
Shanghai was always a second home to me.
I would spend every summer,
or every other summer here and I also have family in New York.
So when I was applying for college when I saw NYU and NYU Shanghai,
I thought how cool is there that these campuses where I have family,
And then when I got in I just thought I have to go,
I have to see how it is
and I also really missed my grandma
so I wanted to be able to spend more time with her.