Here’s a picture I took out the window of the plane on our way to Taiwan. It is Alaska, near where the Kenai Peninsula joins the mainland.
It may seem surprising that we flew over Alaska going from San Francisco to Tokyo, but if you stretch a string between those cities on a globe, you see that it really is the shortest route. Looking at flat maps skews our perception of the round world.
And here’s a picture in the TV studio where Devon was recording his daily program, “Read the news, Learn English” (it sounds better in Chinese!). They let Gisele and I attend the taping one morning. You can see the teleprompter just to the right of the monitor, though you can’t see the text from this angle. The Chinese prompts are all in Chinese characters, which is forcing Devon to quickly learn to read!
6 responses so far ↓
1 Richard // Feb 15, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Cool. So, does this make Devon a “talking head”?
2 Donna // Feb 15, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Does the studio provide his wardrobe? His hairstyle is different again.
Nice picture of Alaska.
3 Mom // Feb 15, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Devon’s voice is similar to yours; his laugh isn’t, but when he reads a complete sentence, I can hear you at times.
4 Daryl // Feb 16, 2012 at 11:30 am
I think it makes Devon a bilingual talking head.
The studio provides the jacket, and there are several they pick from each day. He said it was a coincidence that they both wore almost the same color this day.
The studio also puts on his makeup and styles his hair before each show. He often has auditions for other jobs in the afternoon after recording this show, so he says he appreciates that he doesn’t have to prepare for those.
5 Heather // Feb 18, 2012 at 2:11 am
Sounds like you had a very exciting journey filled with lots of animal adventures! Glad you all had fun!
6 Robin // Feb 18, 2012 at 8:17 am
Wow…that handsome Chinese boy speaks English REALLY well! 🙂
Good to see you all had fun and good to see Devon!