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  • Archive for April 5th, 2008

    Lessons from TV

    Saturday, April 5th, 2008

    This is what I have learned over the last few weeks re television/video appearances.
    You do not dress for television the way you would dress in real life (or at least I don’t).
    For women, wear bright (but not too bright) solid colored tops: Royal blue, wine, maroon, emerald green. Pastels can be good (but not on […]

    Asian American Heritage Month is in May!

    Saturday, April 5th, 2008

    So May is coming up, which is Asian American Heritage Month (these “heritage months “are a funny American thing). This happens to be good timing because I’ve been asked to speak about my book at a bunch of Asian American events, some in companies where there are not that many Asian Americans running about — […]