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One Evening with a Most Intellectually Exciting Person /By洪紹凡 Serena Hung

If I could spend one evening with only one person, I will definitely choose Dolly Lo as my companion without any hesitation, because Dolly is the most intellectually exciting person I know and has had a great influence on me.


I first met Dolly, the best friend of my mom, when I was ten.  She has played the roles of a caring mother, an encouraging wife, and a successful lawyer.  Now, she has one more role to play - a most optimistic cancer patient at the Stanford Medical Center.


Dolly has told me many things about herself.  She worked part time in her teens to finish high school in Taiwan.  With the help of a scholarship, she later graduated from Harvard Law School.  Dolly often tells me that "Taiwan gave birth to me, but America educated me."  Thus she chose to work for American clients in Taiwan.  "This way", she said, "I can repay both countries."


Dolly made herself an independent person in a male-dominated society.  She works twice as hard as her male counterparts and always treats reputation and work quality as the most essential elements of her career.  Overall, she words hard and words smart.  After only six years of practice, she was elected as the youngest partner of the largest law firm in the States, Baker & McKenzie.


Last year, at age 37, she contracted Leukemia.  While all her friends visited her with tears, Dolly comforted them with her smile and was determined to overcome this.  When she knew that she might lose her life at any time, she decided to donate her time and money to support the bone marrow bank.  She even used her hospital room as a counseling office to give encouragement to other cancer patients and their families.  She truly lives her life based on her motto "It is God's will to decide the length of one's life, but it is yourself who determines how to live a meaningful life every day."


Dolly is my most respectful model because of her overwhelming strength and her optimistic character.  I learned, from Dolly, how to be independent and strong, as well as how to cherish my life and to make the best out of it.  I hope that I could spend one more evening with Dolly before her bone marrow transplant, so that I can tell her how much I love her and respect her.  I sincerely pray that Dolly will come back as a healthy person and will continue to teach me how to live a satisfying and rewarding life.


[This article was written by Serena Hung, the daughter of

Lindy Chern, in November, 1994 as the essay for her

application to the colleges in the United States.]
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