I wanted to study communication arts after realizing I hated math and didn’t want to be a bookworm. I chose to study journalism because I love to communicate with people.

I hosted some teen and beauty TV shows, but it wasn’t until I landed a job on the tech and gadget program Text 24 that I really found my calling. Being a co-host with John Nuvo made me realize just how much I love IT stuff.

When the head producer quit, I decided that I didn’t want to waste my time on the show and struck out to do something new. I started writing scripts and being a producer in my own right.

Doing something from a young age can really stroke your ego. I’d had a lot of jobs on TV and as a producer, so I thought I could create my own TV show all by myself.

The reality knocked the stuffing out of me. I tried to get air-time for my show by shopping it around at all the TV channels. But all of them rejected me because they didn’t believe I had it in me. 

80% of people judge me solely on my girly looks. They think I don’t have any true knowledge about IT. Some even say I wouldn’t be famous if I didn’t present myself in a sexy way.

Don’t let others get you down. It’s not easy to change people’s opinions, so don’t feel obliged to change yourself for the sake of appeasing people who don’t know you.

I started my online TV show Ceemeagain.com, which also aired on YouTube, five years ago. People kept asking me why I was doing something that didn’t make money. I promised myself that I would stick at it until I had proved myself. And it really helped me forge a reputation.

Opportunities are so precious. Count yourself fortunate to be given any opportunity. Once my online program started getting noticed, I got a lot more jobs on TV programs as an IT anchor, including on Channel 3.

People now call me “The Princess of IT,” which is something I’m really proud of. It shows I don’t have to pretend to be someone else to achieve what I want.

Don’t judge things too quickly. I used to think beauty pageants were full of brainless beauties, but my opinion changed after I participated in the Miss Thailand Universe and Miss Thailand World contests back in 2007.

Seeing the participants’ passion for achieving perfection blew me away. Their boundless energy eventually rubbed off on me, too. I was inspired to write a book about my experiences, but I’ve yet to show it to anyone. Still, it’s a good memory that I’ll be able to tell my children when I get older. It helped me understand that you can have both beauty and brains.

I’m addicted to social networking and gadgets because it’s my work. But for many it can just suck up their time. We need to use our time productively. It’s good to keep in touch with friends, but it shouldn’t be at the expense of interacting with the real world.

I dream of inventing something that changes people’s lives. It doesn’t have to be cutting edge technology, just something that touches people.

Technology ruins relationships in some ways. It’s sad to see a child cry and then their mom fix the situation by putting an iPad in their hands.

It’s tough trying to keep up-to-date with technology but I never get bored of it. I love to follow how technology can change people’s lives.

I didn’t agree with the tablets for first grade students policy at first. Kids that age would be better off practicing to hold a pen than a monitor. Now, I agree somewhat, but it would be better if the tablets came from Thailand, not China.

While Thai tablets might be a little more expensive, they’d be cheaper in the long term as we could recycle and upgrade them so that they wouldn’t end up as junk. We’re still an agricultural nation; how much rice would we have to sell to buy more tablets in the future?

People always giggle when they find out I read dharma books. I put them in the same category as psychology and philosophy; you can bring all these thoughts into your work. This helps me exercise caution when I’m writing news for the public.

I’m not an Apple devotee like people see me. I use all types of gadgets, including Samsung products. As for the iPhone 5, I like the design, but honestly, gadgets that only change their design aren’t really worth the investment. 

I admire Steve Jobs because his life was so relatable. He was adopted, didn’t graduate from university, admitted to taking drugs, was fired from his own company and came back again as a changed man. His life was full of evolution; a real human life.

No one is born perfect. You must keep learning new things. You might think you’re just a normal person, but one day you might change the world.