Episode #4 6/21/2008

The interview with Diamond Wizard was actually my first interview. Let me tell you how I spent my day for a thirty minute television episode. I was nervous the night before and had a hard time falling asleep. I woke up early morning and took one hour to put on make up. Rushing out of the door and hit traffic heading south on highway 101. Can’t afford to loose my hair appointment, I had to call the hair stylist to delay my appointment several times. Finally I made it and there’s only 10 minutes left to get my hair done. Sounds strenuous already. We haven’t even started the real work.

After straitening my hair, I drove to CH Premier to meet up with the production crew. At this point, I was feeling a lot better and we all made it on time.

You may not know that for a 15 minutes segment, it could take us two to three hours to shoot it. To make the visual look interesting for our viewers, the camera person had to shoot from different angles and different distance. At the same time, the crew had to move the lighting equipments around the subjects. For my opening statement, it probably took me five tries until I didn’t forget any lines and look good. I had to say big thanks to my producer and camera person for being patient with me. The good news is I am getting better as we move alone, sometimes one shot is enough for me.

Episode #3 6/14/2008

Hi, I was out of town so it’s a bit late but here is the scoop. We drove to Michaan’s Auctions by the Bay at Alameda. It was hard to find it but thanks to my GPS, we finally made it. I moved to the Bay area seven years ago and never had a chance to go to Alameda. The store is next to the old naval base close to the Bay, the view was gorgeous with a nice breeze. I got to put on my shinning traditional Chinese Mien Ou (jacket) to match up with today’s topic “Chinese antiques”. The store was huge and full of antiques from all over the world.

After the shooting, Sarah invited us to have lunch at a nearby Chinese restaurant. We had lobster noodle and it’s delicious and we were all starving because it’s 3:00 in the afternoon. Actually it was our lucky day because we never had time to eat lunch. Usually we barely had enough time to get to the next interview, so it was a treat for me and the production crew.

許氏人蔘&科學博物館之採訪心得

平常人都只知道人蔘是中藥進補中的極品,沒想到極品的背後有不為人知辛苦的一面. 在我採訪完許先生之後,除了了解人蔘的秘密,許先生還贈送了我一包新鮮的花旗蔘. 在我猶豫不知如何烹煮這一包人蔘時,我姪子跟我講說看看背面的說明,於是我決定用熱水熬煮,放入冰箱中使它變成冰的蔘湯. 喝起來乾澀中帶點甜味,很特別!

看到這些年輕的孩子所發明的取水裝置,真是令我佩服! 每一個團隊都非常認真,有的作品非常巨大要六七個人扛著才能進入比賽會場. 還好我不是裁判,因為每件都不分軒輊. 相信這些年輕人裡面有人會在工程這個這個行業有傑出的表現!

May 31, 2008 Premiere

Welcome to my blog. I am thrilled to be your host of the Business and Lifestyle. Working with great production crew, we are bringing you unique business stories around the Bay Area.

Realtor Juliana Lee and Turning Leaf Financial Planner were featured in our first show, and I hope you enjoyed it. Coming up, we’ll be talking about health products, education, jewelry, and fitness spa. If you have any comments or suggestions, I would love to hear from you.

From doing the research and interviewing our guests, I was touched by their devotion, knowledge and professionalism. “No mill, no meal.”…is what I have seen.

I will post more as the production moving forward about what we encounter and behind the scenes information.