Hope this message finds you well kaaa! Monday again which could mean much less to a retiree like me....nidnueng! The only thing I feel happy about Monday is that I can get to listen to my regular news programs lae ka. You?
Last Friday, two American Fulbright alums to Thailand (Dr. Kevin Quigley and Dr. Bruce Svare) asked me for an interview to be published in their online 'Fulbright Chronicles'....this is the quarterly newsletter both have initiated, volunteered, carried out since early last year. This requires lots of 'heart-work', a wide network, time and energy ka.
They've come up with a special interview section and so when I was asked to do it, I couldn't say no......both had their ways to prevent me from turning it down. I prepared responses on my notebook, skimmed through several times and the following is what I learned:
- Like when I do my podcast to send my guided questions, I don't strictly follow them. I think there could be 1-2 questions asked from their earlier sent list. Good thing we three know one another quite well and that made me much less nervous. My podcast experience also teaches me to expect some side questions when we touch on some stories that could be interesting to pursue/highlight. Sure it challenges interviewees lae ka
- If I have to rate my own responses, it could be like B-. I'm not tough on myself na ka but I think this is my weakness when answering questions ka....have to think faster, have some ready examples to make it more concrete and understandable, and answer right to the questions ka. Need more practice but not sure if I want to do more interviews 5555!
Seriously, it's a good way to challenge myself to get a higher grade ka!
- Kevin used Zoom's AI to capture key points, which made life easier to get started. It needs a more thorough review like using the pronoun 'he' for me, transcribing some words wrong when using specific Thai places or from my pronunciation ka.
- I reflected after the interview to find that I could have come up with a short list of only keywords about the Fulbright Program to include some stories for each of the keywords too....it could help make the responses much stronger dee lae ka.
Happy Monday ka.
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