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I’m Gaz Brightman and I run VIBE Book and Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong These podcasts have 3 purposes:- 1. To promote VIBE Book & Music Shop in Hong Kong 2. To interview local people with businesses or good stories to tell 3. To promote local authors books, musicians Tiny Desk gigs at VIBE and our other services
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Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
VIBErations podcast Ep 34. Diana Tang at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in HK on 8th October 2021
Interviewed during heavy rainstorm...
Instagram - little_field_hk
BIO
Diana Tang grew up, like many other Hong Kong girls in a traditional Chinese family and studied Sociology at university. She realized that there are many different perspectives to see around the world and HK norms are not the only way to live. Her mother always wanted her to be a civil servant, but she found herself working as a baker and then a cook in Mui Wo before traveling around the world and returning to Hong Kong in the summer of 2019.
Upon her return she had the chance to run a restaurant she named ‘Little Field’ by Cheung Sha Beach and for a year Diana established the brand. Many people think Little Field is a bakery brand, but besides making long-fermented bread, they are actually making a space that allows people to take their time - a space that challenges the impossible - a space that encourages breaking norms. She says that ‘she believes, after all people are looking for happiness and it is important to follow their hearts and not what the society tells them to do’.
10 Questions….
1. Favourite book or author? – ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho
2. Favourite musical artist? - Nujabes
3. Preferred drink? – Water and Tea
4. Life motto? – ‘If you want something to happen enough the universe will conspire to make it happen’
5. Favourite HK walk? - Pak Kung au to Sunset Peak
6. Favourite HK restaurant? – Little Field – her restaurant
7. Faced with a python whilst walking up to the Peak, what would you do? - Take a photo in case bitten by it
8. Best advice you were given? - Don't bother to argue with idiots
9. Finish this sentence… I live in Hong Kong because… To take care of my parents and grandparents
10. Favourite area of Hong Kong? - Lantau
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
VIBErations podcast Ep 34. Diana Tang at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in HK on 8th October 2021
Interviewed during heavy rainstorm...
Instagram - little_field_hk
BIO
Diana Tang grew up, like many other Hong Kong girls in a traditional Chinese family and studied Sociology at university. She realized that there are many different perspectives to see around the world and HK norms are not the only way to live. Her mother always wanted her to be a civil servant, but she found herself working as a baker and then a cook in Mui Wo before traveling around the world and returning to Hong Kong in the summer of 2019.
Upon her return she had the chance to run a restaurant she named ‘Little Field’ by Cheung Sha Beach and for a year Diana established the brand. Many people think Little Field is a bakery brand, but besides making long-fermented bread, they are actually making a space that allows people to take their time - a space that challenges the impossible - a space that encourages breaking norms. She says that ‘she believes, after all people are looking for happiness and it is important to follow their hearts and not what the society tells them to do’.
10 Questions….
1. Favourite book or author? – ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho
2. Favourite musical artist? - Nujabes
3. Preferred drink? – Water and Tea
4. Life motto? – ‘If you want something to happen enough the universe will conspire to make it happen’
5. Favourite HK walk? - Pak Kung au to Sunset Peak
6. Favourite HK restaurant? – Little Field – her restaurant
7. Faced with a python whilst walking up to the Peak, what would you do? - Take a photo in case bitten by it
8. Best advice you were given? - Don't bother to argue with idiots
9. Finish this sentence… I live in Hong Kong because… To take care of my parents and grandparents
10. Favourite area of Hong Kong? - Lantau
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
VIBErations podcast Ep 33. Xiao Mei Huang at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in HK on 9th September 2021
Facebook: @muiwolanguagecafe
BIO
This week I’m pleased to interview VIBE’s own ‘Sunday girl’ Xiao Mei Huang. Based in Mui Wo, she’s just clocked up 3 years working for VIBE, and I hope we can keep her for many more years to come… Being a Mandarin native, she is always interested in learning new languages and now she teaches English, Spanish and Cantonese to adults and kids, of different ages and levels.
She enjoys literature and does a lot of simultaneous interpretation and translation works, including Chilean writer Isabel Allende’s ‘In the Midst of Winter’. She has an M.A. in cultural studies, and is also a researcher, writer and translator: ‘Fukushima: Looking back in Ten Years’ is published in Mainland China and its traditional character version will soon be released in Hong Kong. The kids like her because she is playful and fun-loving. Also because she has a cat called Dumb Dumb. You can easily catch her in VIBE on Sundays as long as she is not occupied by her students.
10 Questions
1. Favourite book or author? - Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda, Haruki Murakami, Raymond Carver, William Somerset Maugham, Wang Xiaobo, Bill Bryson, and a lot more.
2. Favourite musical artist? - Chavela Vargas! Favourite tunes: Summertime by Janis Joplin, The Thrill is Gone by B.B. King, Sweet Child O'Mine by Guns N' Roses, Concerto de Aranjuez
3. Preferred drink? - Hot tea or coffee
4. Life motto? - I'd rather end up wishing I hadn't, rather than end up wishing I had (Leo Tolstoy).
5. Favourite HK walk? - Lantau Trail Sec.5
6. Favourite HK restaurant? - a nameless Chinese cafe on the farmland in Kam Tin, N.T.
7. Faced with a python whilst walking up to the Peak, what would you do? - Take a photo and leave quietly
8. Best advice you were given? - Don't be afraid to make mistakes
9. Finish this sentence… I live in Hong Kong because…of a series of beautiful coincidences.
10. Favourite area of Hong Kong? - South Lantau.
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
VIBErations podcast Ep 33. Xiao Mei Huang at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in HK on 9th September 2021
Facebook: @muiwolanguagecafe
BIO
This week I’m pleased to interview VIBE’s own ‘Sunday girl’ Xiao Mei Huang. Based in Mui Wo, she’s just clocked up 3 years working for VIBE, and I hope we can keep her for many more years to come… Being a Mandarin native, she is always interested in learning new languages and now she teaches English, Spanish and Cantonese to adults and kids, of different ages and levels.
She enjoys literature and does a lot of simultaneous interpretation and translation works, including Chilean writer Isabel Allende’s ‘In the Midst of Winter’. She has an M.A. in cultural studies, and is also a researcher, writer and translator: ‘Fukushima: Looking back in Ten Years’ is published in Mainland China and its traditional character version will soon be released in Hong Kong. The kids like her because she is playful and fun-loving. Also because she has a cat called Dumb Dumb. You can easily catch her in VIBE on Sundays as long as she is not occupied by her students.
10 Questions
1. Favourite book or author? - Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda, Haruki Murakami, Raymond Carver, William Somerset Maugham, Wang Xiaobo, Bill Bryson, and a lot more.
2. Favourite musical artist? - Chavela Vargas! Favourite tunes: Summertime by Janis Joplin, The Thrill is Gone by B.B. King, Sweet Child O'Mine by Guns N' Roses, Concerto de Aranjuez
3. Preferred drink? - Hot tea or coffee
4. Life motto? - I'd rather end up wishing I hadn't, rather than end up wishing I had (Leo Tolstoy).
5. Favourite HK walk? - Lantau Trail Sec.5
6. Favourite HK restaurant? - a nameless Chinese cafe on the farmland in Kam Tin, N.T.
7. Faced with a python whilst walking up to the Peak, what would you do? - Take a photo and leave quietly
8. Best advice you were given? - Don't be afraid to make mistakes
9. Finish this sentence… I live in Hong Kong because…of a series of beautiful coincidences.
10. Favourite area of Hong Kong? - South Lantau.
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
VIBErations podcast Ep 32. Shirley 'Shirminator' Johnson at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in HK on 13th August 2021
VIBErations podcasts are also available on YouTube, Spotify, PodBean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music/Audible, TuneIn + Alexa, Listen Notes, Sticher and PlayerFM
BIO
Shirley Johnson, also known as ‘The Shirminator’, is a proud and self-proclaimed Tong Fuker. When she was pregnant with her first child, she sensed a strong kick in her tummy when she came across a property development advertisement in a Cheung Sha newspaper. She believed it was a message from her unborn child that, that was where she wanted to spend her childhood. Shirley and her husband started house hunting in South Lantau, a part of the island that she had never visited. Well, it was love at first sight and the rest was history… A former jetsetter in the glamorous luxury sector, Shirley dedicates her second career in making a difference, and helping people to heal. She is a life coach, yoga and meditation teacher, Reiki healer, writer and online business owner. You may have heard of Lantau Ren, a local lifestyle brand of designs inspired by its name sake.
10 Questions….
1. Favourite book or author? - American Journalist Daniel Silva
2. Favourite musical artist? - Gotan Project Argentinian Tango
3. Preferred drink? - Ginger Lemonade
4. Life motto? - Believe to receive
5. Favourite HK walk? - Walk between Tong Fuk beach & Cheung Sha beach 6. Favourite HK restaurant? - Mandarin Bar & Grill
7. Faced with a python whilst walking up to the Peak, what would you do? - Leave it alone and don’t do anything stupid
8. Best advice you were given? - 1st Love yourself, then you can love others 9. Finish this sentence… I live in Hong Kong because… Its where I was born, but then when to study in Japan
10. Favourite area of Hong Kong? - Lantau st - but Central if going out for city fix
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
VIBErations podcast Ep 32. Shirley 'Shirminator' Johnson at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in HK on 13th August 2021
VIBErations podcasts are also available on YouTube, Spotify, PodBean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music/Audible, TuneIn + Alexa, Listen Notes, Sticher and PlayerFM
BIO
Shirley Johnson, also known as ‘The Shirminator’, is a proud and self-proclaimed Tong Fuker. When she was pregnant with her first child, she sensed a strong kick in her tummy when she came across a property development advertisement in a Cheung Sha newspaper. She believed it was a message from her unborn child that, that was where she wanted to spend her childhood. Shirley and her husband started house hunting in South Lantau, a part of the island that she had never visited. Well, it was love at first sight and the rest was history… A former jetsetter in the glamorous luxury sector, Shirley dedicates her second career in making a difference, and helping people to heal. She is a life coach, yoga and meditation teacher, Reiki healer, writer and online business owner. You may have heard of Lantau Ren, a local lifestyle brand of designs inspired by its name sake.
10 Questions….
1. Favourite book or author? - American Journalist Daniel Silva
2. Favourite musical artist? - Gotan Project Argentinian Tango
3. Preferred drink? - Ginger Lemonade
4. Life motto? - Believe to receive
5. Favourite HK walk? - Walk between Tong Fuk beach & Cheung Sha beach 6. Favourite HK restaurant? - Mandarin Bar & Grill
7. Faced with a python whilst walking up to the Peak, what would you do? - Leave it alone and don’t do anything stupid
8. Best advice you were given? - 1st Love yourself, then you can love others 9. Finish this sentence… I live in Hong Kong because… Its where I was born, but then when to study in Japan
10. Favourite area of Hong Kong? - Lantau st - but Central if going out for city fix
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
VIBErations podcast Ep 31. Adrian Brown at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in HK on 21st July 2021
VIBErations podcasts are also available on YouTube, Spotify, PodBean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music/Audible, TuneIn + Alexa, Listen Notes, Sticher and PlayerFM
BIO
With over 40 years in the industry, Adrian Brown is considered one of the industry’s most experienced Asia correspondents. He has reported extensively on topics ranging from war, revolution and political turmoil to natural disasters to economic shifts and its social consequences, among many others.
While he has reported globally, his area of expertise is Asia – its people, politics, economies and development.
Via the Seven Network Australia, SBS Australia and most recently Al Jazeera English and Sky News Australia, Adrian has covered many of the defining moments in recent Asian history.
Some Asian story examples include the 1988 election of Benazir Bhutto - and her assassination 20 years later - as well as the 1989 student protests in Beijing, the transition to democracy in Indonesia, Cambodia, and East Timor as well as its restoration in the Philippines.
Internationally, Adrian has also reported on key stories such as the 2005 London bombings, the Olympic Games in Greece, the Bali bombings, the Asian tsunami and its aftermath, the 1991 Gulf War, the 2005 Iraqi elections, the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, the Kobe earthquake, the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, the funeral of Yasser Arafat, and the 1996 Presidential elections in Taiwan.
Winning multiple awards over the years, one of his commendations comes from the 14th Annual Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong, for his 2009 story Kidnapped! about child trafficking in China.
10 Questions….
- Favourite book or author? - Eric Ambler
- Favourite musical artist? - David Bowie
- Preferred drink? - Vodka Martini
- Life motto? - 'Lay Low, act dumb, keep moving' Lee Atwater
- Favourite HK walk? - The Catchwater above Pui O on Lantau
- Favourite HK restaurant? - Hooked Fish & Chip shop, Caine Road
- Faced with a python whilst walking up to the Peak, what would you do? - Take a video then beat hasty retreat
- Best advice you were given? - Take a risk but know when to cut your losses
- Finish this sentence… I live in Hong Kong because… no day will ever be a dull one
- Favourite area of Hong Kong? - Sai Ying Pun
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
VIBErations podcast Ep 31. Adrian Brown at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in HK on 21st July 2021
VIBErations podcasts are also available on YouTube, Spotify, PodBean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music/Audible, TuneIn + Alexa, Listen Notes, Sticher and PlayerFM
BIO
With over 40 years in the industry, Adrian Brown is considered one of the industry’s most experienced Asia correspondents. He has reported extensively on topics ranging from war, revolution and political turmoil to natural disasters to economic shifts and its social consequences, among many others.
While he has reported globally, his area of expertise is Asia – its people, politics, economies and development.
Via the Seven Network Australia, SBS Australia and most recently Al Jazeera English and Sky News Australia, Adrian has covered many of the defining moments in recent Asian history.
Some Asian story examples include the 1988 election of Benazir Bhutto - and her assassination 20 years later - as well as the 1989 student protests in Beijing, the transition to democracy in Indonesia, Cambodia, and East Timor as well as its restoration in the Philippines.
Internationally, Adrian has also reported on key stories such as the 2005 London bombings, the Olympic Games in Greece, the Bali bombings, the Asian tsunami and its aftermath, the 1991 Gulf War, the 2005 Iraqi elections, the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, the Kobe earthquake, the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, the funeral of Yasser Arafat, and the 1996 Presidential elections in Taiwan.
Winning multiple awards over the years, one of his commendations comes from the 14th Annual Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong, for his 2009 story Kidnapped! about child trafficking in China.
10 Questions….
- Favourite book or author? - Eric Ambler
- Favourite musical artist? - David Bowie
- Preferred drink? - Vodka Martini
- Life motto? - 'Lay Low, act dumb, keep moving' Lee Atwater
- Favourite HK walk? - The Catchwater above Pui O on Lantau
- Favourite HK restaurant? - Hooked Fish & Chip shop, Caine Road
- Faced with a python whilst walking up to the Peak, what would you do? - Take a video then beat hasty retreat
- Best advice you were given? - Take a risk but know when to cut your losses
- Finish this sentence… I live in Hong Kong because… no day will ever be a dull one
- Favourite area of Hong Kong? - Sai Ying Pun
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
VIBErations podcast Ep 30. Alison Fung at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in HK on 17th July 2021
VIBErations podcasts are also available on YouTube, Spotify, PodBean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music/Audible, TuneIn + Alexa, Listen Notes, Sticher and PlayerFM
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BIO
A town girl who grew up on the rocky west coast of Canada, Alison Fung has now found her permanent home in Lantau with her family and three cats.
When she’s not squinting at her computer screens at work, you will find her exploring alleyways, searching for hidden speakeasies, or pacing around Marcy’s Lantau to make sure all the shop displays are in their perfect state.
10 Questions….
1. Favourite book or author? – ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley
2. Favourite musical artist? - Bee Gees & Air Supply & Slash
3. Preferred drink? - Anything with Whiskey
4. Life motto? - Do What You Love
5. Favourite HK walk? - Sai Ying Pun Promenade to Macau ferry
6. Favourite HK restaurant? - Shun Hing in Cooked Food Market Mui Wo
7. Faced with a python whilst walking up to the Peak, what would you do? - Stay nearby and observe
8. Best advice you were given? - I will go on and do great things
9. Finish this sentence… I live in Hong Kong because… the city and the people here have so much energy
10. Favourite area of Hong Kong? - Of course Lantau!
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
VIBErations podcast Ep 29. Jill Marshall at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in HK on 30th June 2021
VIBErations podcasts are also available on YouTube, Spotify, PodBean, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music/Audible, TuneIn + Alexa, Listen Notes, Sticher and PlayerFM
BIO
Jill Marshall is the owner of Pause Pilates studio and healing centre in Mui Wo where she is a long time resident. She is herself a Pilates instructor and has been sharing this work with people for over 20 years.
She is also a yoga teacher and Nia teacher. Nia spelt NIA is another form of movement training which is fun and uplifting for people.
She is a student of hypnotherapy and is a Reiki Master and practices other healing modalities such as the BodyTalk technique. These are available at her studio along with many other classes with other local health professionals she teams up with to bring healthy living to the Lantau community and to Hong Kong residents through her popular, healthy Day Retreats.
She set up the studio, and later the local Pause Café - Pause, is both a statement, and place, for people to slow down to avoid the burnout effects of stress.
She was raised in HK by her Scottish parents but was born in London where she lived for her first 7 years.
She loves learning new skills and is fascinated by the human mind and body complex.
She thinks being a mum is a privilege and loves her daughter Chloe who she raised on Lantau.
Her area of expertise is in improving posture for optimal physical function and teaching about core activation to all populations to relieve or prevent joint pain, in particular back pain using the techniques she has studied and the Pilates equipment at her studio. She specialises in working with women, during and after pregnancy and during menopause.
10 Questions….
- Favourite book or author? - 'A Fine Balance' by Rohinton Mystery
- Favourite musical artist? - Pink Floyd
- Preferred drink? – A really good Chai Tea
- Life motto? - Trust myself and follow my heart
- Favourite HK walk? – Tung Chung to Tai O
- Favourite HK restaurant? - Lucy's in Stanley
- Faced with a python whilst walking up to the Peak, what would you do? - It's a phobia of mine so run away as fast as possible
- Best advice you were given? - Never give up because anything is possible and See life as art
- Finish this sentence… I live in Hong Kong because… Because I love it, its amazing - my family came here and all my history is here
- Favourite area of Hong Kong? - Kowloon / Kowloon City