I got the internship opportunity before I went back to China for a family visit. I was thinking a lot about the event idea for Chinese New Year when I was in China. Finally I got an idea which was possibly inspired by the big banquet there. Why not we do a dumpling demonstration at the gallery? Chinese New Year is about sumptuous food and family gathering. A dumpling demonstration matches this theme. Besides, dumplings are the food that lots of people here love to eat. Then I was thinking about how to make the event more engaging. I probably watched Master Chef in Australia for too long, the idea of unprofessional chef cooking got to me. Yes, instead of a demonstration, why not organize a professional chef to teach an art related celebrity to make dumplings? The celebrity can work as a draw card to attract people to come. I was happy about the idea.
Then I started to think about who to invite to do the show. I think the celebrity has to be a chatty and light-hearted person who can create a fun chemistry for the event. There I got some problem. Being an international student in Australia, I felt I do not know enough celebrity to make the choice. I know very little about the characters of the different celebrity and what audience they attract to.
I talked to the gallery manager about this idea. She likes it very much. We are in the process of identifying a right person for the job at moment.
From this experience, I felt I am out of the loop of the main stream Australian culture. This is always the feeling I have, even after being here for eight years. I guess the feeling of not belonging is the nature of the immigrants experience.
Watching more television and reading more newspaper are up to the schedule now. Fortunately, they are enjoyable things to do.
