I'm a very normal person. I usually get up between 7.30am and 8am - no one gets up at that time in this business, it's unheard-of. I spend 15 to 30 minutes going through my
e-mails (people are astonished to receive e-mails from me at 7.30am), and read my newspaper. Then I get ready for the gym: breakfast is maybe a tuna sandwich with coffee.
I started to exercise and take good care of myself at about age 30: maintenance, maintenance, maintenance. If I don't have to work I go to the gym from Monday to Saturday, and take classes such as Pilates and step. Four times a month I'm at TVB and I can't go to the gym, so I feel bad.
This morning I had my nails done at about 10am and went home to pick up my make-up box and other things before driving to work. I don't want a chauffeur; I like driving. I like to control things - I'm a control freak. My home is like a hospital - minimalist. It's all white walls with nothing on them; clean. I think it's because my mother likes to collect things. If I put an object somewhere, I don't like it to be touched. If it is moved, I'll ask my maid, 'Did you touch it?' I'm a Virgo so it's in my character: everything to perfection. If there is a perfect spot for something it should stay here.
Today I got to TVB at 12.30pm, got made up, picked up my clothes, and had my hair done. My first interview for The Moment was at 2pm. I review the questions at home but the interviews are spontaneous so you can't go question by question. [The Moment] is easy to do, but I would like to break the format, to go in-depth.
I don't take myself too seriously, especially since turning 40. I'm just an ordinary person. I used to go to Mongkok to buy illegal VCDs of Japanese TV series - I'd go on Monday mornings and I was the first in when the stores opened at about noon. But I couldn't go on Saturdays when everyone else was there.