Chelsea, Manhattan / What event has most influenced you in choosing the career you have now?

Another favorite thing about this city...dogs are everywhere! And I LOVE dogs! I struck up a conversation with my next interviewee over her very sweet papillon, Tufani.  

© Jasmin Chang 2011

Question: What event has most influenced you in choosing the career you have now?

Answer: I'm a lawyer now. When I was little, I wanted to be an artist. My parents wanted me to get a profession. Parents  hammer into you that you need a practical career. So, my artistic career got swapped for a legal career, which I've been doing for 28 years. Intellectual property law is very tedious, but it's a way to get into the more creative. 

Question: If you could go anywhere in the world and spend a month, where would it be?

Beverly Hills, CA/ If you could die and come back tomorrow, what race, sex and job title would you like to come back as? Where would you like to live?

Full Question: If you knew tomorrow you would die and come back to this world, what race, nationality, sex and job title would you like to come back as? You can't come back as yourself. You have to come back as someone else. And where would you like to live?

© Jasmin Chang 2010

Answer: That's a bad question! I don't like it and I don't want to answer it. I don't want to think of dying and coming back. I never do think what's going to happen tomorrow. Why you have to think you have to die and come back? I like the way I am and I want to be the same way. I live and I am happy where I am now.

Question: Are you happy? What is going to make you happy?