Category Archives: Travel

1. Deakin University Screening Recap

   On Tuesdsay, we took the Metlink Tram to Burwood where one of the campuses of Deakin University is located. Deakin is a relatively new university, having only been established 25 years ago. It has campuses in several locations, including Geelong, the site of the 2010 Worlds Cycling Championship happening this week. Had we more time, [...]

   Posted on September 29, 2010 in News, Screenings, Travel | No comments

2. RMIT University Screening Recap

   On Monday, we had a screening at RMIT University in downtown Melbourne. The city features a wide range of architectural styles, and the RMIT student center was definitely a unique example. One of the buildings looked like it was covered with green slime! Our screening was organized by Professor Lisa French in conjunction with her [...]

   Posted on September 29, 2010 in News, Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

3. Life Matters Interview at ABC Radio

   There’s a popular public radio program in the United States called All Things Considered; in Australia, a similar program is called Life Matters on the Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) radio station. We were interviewed by Sydney-based program host, Richard Aedy, in the Melbourne station on Tuesday morning prior to our screening at Deakin University. This [...]

   Posted on September 29, 2010 in Interviews, Media, Screenings, Travel | No comments

4. Chinese Association of Victoria Screening

   On Sunday night, we had a screening at the Chinese Association of Victoria. In the late afternoon, Rae and I took the train from Flinders Station to Wantirna, a suburb of Melbourne. Lillian and Rex Lai picked us up from Blackburn Station and drove us to the CAV. The association was founded back in 1982 [...]

   Posted on September 26, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

5. 3CR Community Radio 855 AM Interview

   On Saturday, we were interviewed by 3CR Community Radio 855 AM in Melbourne. Peter Krausz and Melinda O’Connor from the Media Moves program interviewed us about Autumn Gem and our upcoming screening tonight at RMIT University. I’ve been interviewed before on radio, but this was Rae’s first time. I thought we did a pretty job, [...]

   Posted on September 26, 2010 in Interviews, Media, Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

6. Australia-China Friendship Society Screening

   On Friday morning, we got on an airplane from Sydney to Melbourne. The flight was a little over an hour long, and it reminded me of the trip from San Diego to the Bay Area. Upon arriving, we noticed a number of people wearing black and white striped outfits. At the time of this post’s [...]

   Posted on September 24, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

7. University of Sydney Screening

   Following our morning excursions to the Sydney Opera House and Bondi Beach, we went to the University of Sydney for our evening show. The screening, sponsored by the Confucius Institute and the China Education Centre, was held at the Education Building in Lecture Theatre 351 at 6:30pm. They brought a nice-sized turnout to the screening, [...]

   Posted on September 24, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

8. Bondi Beach

   Following our short visit to the Sydney Opera House, my uncle took us to lunch over at Bondi Beach. Located 7km from the city center, Bondi Beach is a very popular beach that reminded me of beaches in La Jolla where I grew up. I don’t think I ever appreciated how amazing La Jolla was [...]

   Posted on September 24, 2010 in General, Travel | No comments

9. Sydney Opera House

   Before our screening at the University of Sydney, we spent a few hours in the morning and afternoon doing some sightseeing. At the Sydney Opera House, we had a good view of people climbing up the Harbor Bridge. That might be a fun thing to do when we are back in Sydney next weekend. The [...]

   Posted on September 24, 2010 in General, Travel | 2 comments

10. University of New South Wales Screening

    We had a screening at the University of New South Wales yesterday afternoon. Thanks to Professor Haiqing Yu who set up our first screening of Autumn Gem on international soil! We had mostly academics and professors at the screening, and this led to a very good discussion about how best to promote and distribute our [...]

    Posted on September 22, 2010 in General, Screenings, Technical, Travel | No comments

11. Arrival in Sydney

    The flight from SFO to Sydney took fourteen hours. For me, that time went by quickly enough, since I was asleep for eight of those hours. Rae didn’t not fare as well, but she has been able to rest at our lodging for the evening. We’ll be heading out to the University of New South [...]

    Posted on September 21, 2010 in Travel | No comments

12. Australia Gear Packing List

    We’re less than a week away from our first international tour of Autumn Gem! On September 20, we’ll be taking to the skies to head Down Under for eight screenings of Autumn Gem in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, Australia. With a new trip comes new gear for travel!

    Posted on September 20, 2010 in General, Technical, Travel | 6 comments

13. Autumn Gem Screening Map

    I spent the evening adding markers to a Google Map showing all the places where Autumn Gem has and will be screened. Our Summer and Fall 2010 tour schedule will be taking us to Australia, Texas, Vancouver, and Southern California! It’s amazing that in the past year and a half, we’ve shown Autumn Gem in [...]

    Posted on August 9, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

14. Stony Brook University Screening Recap

    The Spring 2010 Autumn Gem Tour featured 13 screenings in 18 days. Our final stop before returning to the Bay Area was at State University of New York at Stony Brook on Long Island. Saying goodbye to my relatives in New Jersey, we took an early morning train to New York’s Penn Station. We didn’t [...]

    Posted on April 10, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

15. Brookdale Community College Screening Recap

    The previous day’s double feature, coupled with the lengthy and hectic travel to get to New Jersey, left us pretty tired. But, we were now on the home stretch and nothing would get in the way of our completing this tour! Fortunately, the next screening at Brookdale Community College was extremely well organized. Linda Wang [...]

    Posted on April 10, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

16. Montclair State University

    A short while after our first East Coast tour, we got an email from Montclair State University asking us if we would like to screen the film. It was this email and screening around which we scheduled our Spring 2010 tour. By locking in the date early on, we were able to plan all the [...]

    Posted on April 10, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | 2 comments

17. Kean University Screening Recap

    Tuesday was a double feature day, with two screenings at Kean University and Montclair State University in New Jersey. We started our journey right after our screening at Wellesley College in MA. Professor Joseph drove us to the train station where we took the MBTA back to Boston’s South Station. We had several hours to [...]

    Posted on April 10, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | 3 comments

18. Wellesley College Screening Recap

    Following the screening at the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association, we got a ride from Phoebe and Shaw over to Wellesley College. It was late when we arrived, but a key was waiting for us at the front desk. We were pretty tired after the screening in Newton, so Rae and I called it an [...]

    Posted on April 10, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | 2 comments

19. Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association Screening Recap

    After a great few days in Cambridge and Boston staying, we left Joe’s apartment to go to the suburbs of Boston for our screening at the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association. GBCCA member Betty Chao and her husband picked us up from Joe’s apartment to drive over to West Newton, MA. One of the benefits [...]

    Posted on April 10, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | 2 comments

20. Spring Tour 2010 Update

    Sorry for the delay in postings. We’re about to leave for the airport to head back home to the Bay Area. Yesterday, we concluded our Spring 2010 tour of the Southwest and East Coast with a great screening at Stony Brook University in New York. We have a backlog of posts to write, which I [...]

    Posted on April 9, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

21. Boston University Screening Recap

    Following our screening at Goucher College, we traveled the next morning to Boston. My friend, Joe, whom I’ve known since our days together in the Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship Program, is hosting us for the next several days. It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly six years since we last saw each other in-person; [...]

    Posted on April 2, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

22. Goucher College Screening Recap

    Our final stop in our Autumn Gem double feature yesterday was at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland. I definitely liked the name of that city, especially since it’s pronounced the same way — think how now brown cow — my last name is! We were greeted at the university by Steve DeCaroli, Professor of Philosophy [...]

    Posted on March 31, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

23. University of Maryland Recap and Photos

    Yesterday was a double feature of Autumn Gem. We woke up in the morning in Baltimore to drive to the University of Maryland, College Park, for a screening at Professor Larry Shinagawa’s Asian American Studies class. The weather was certainly a lot colder and wetter than our previous screenings in Las Vegas and Arizona; good [...]

    Posted on March 31, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

24. Red Emma’s Bookstore Screening and Recap

    After we had screened in the Baltimore area during our last tour, we got an email from Red Emma’s Bookstore asking us if we could set up a screening with them. While we weren’t able to schedule anything in our Fall 2010 tour, we made sure to contact them for this one. The film showing [...]

    Posted on March 30, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

25. Arizona State University Screening Recap and Photos

    We had a tremendous time in Arizona for our screening at Arizona State University. Three co-sponsors, the Asian Pacific American Studies Program, the Confucius Institute and the Chinese Language Flagship Program pulled out all the stops for us on our two-day stay in Tempe, Arizona. On Friday, we spoke at two of Professor Jeff Ow’s [...]

    Posted on March 28, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | 2 comments