My First Radio Experience

Since young, i am quite a "boring" person. I hardly enjoy any entertainment - putting the TV on always make me feel tense & fidgeting with the "noise pollution", not to mention listening to radio. However, i have started putting on the radio in my car to get onto the news, but never really expected to hear myself ON the radio. It was actually a very interesting experience. So all of these came about when I was invited together with 2 other CHS dietitians to do a short program on SBS Mandarin, to discuss access to CHS services. A pre-recording was arranged & the talk-back was today. It was bad enough for the pre-recording as i didn't know enough to have a throughout preparation, but today was an even more exciting experience to be challenged by callers to respond on clinical cases within 10-30sec (free consultations!). My adrenaline level was probably spiking during that 1 hour! Trying to word every thought in Mandarin while making sure it was appropriate & in a way, creating better image for dietitians! And indeed it was really good as we did get about 15 calls & ended up when had to extend the recording in the off-air time.

But anyway, it was a great experience! Luckily i have other dietitians to rely on! I probably can't stand on my own feet for these - which is why i don't think it is fair to take all the credit of today show, even just at MonashLink. Somehow i was late for the Primary Care meeting due to this radio recording & therefore all the staffs were told of the reason of my absence. And everyone was excited to hear the experience - and i felt quite embarrassed as i don't think i deserve it.

Oh well, i think, with this radio recording, i might as well got the thousands & ones things on my plate this year. I am amazed i have come this far, although i can still see a further way ahead to go.....