The new January episode of Career Changers TV begins airing Thursday night at 8:30 pm on OC16. Since the Chinese Lunar New Year is on Jan. 23, we went with a Chinatown theme and shot our segment intros at the Maunakea Marketplace. We also filmed segments about the Chinatown Business & Community Association, and Whoa! Fat kitchen oil disposal product at the nearby Chinatown Cultural Plaza.

Our first feature segment is about a Korean-American origami artist named Won Park, who creates unique pieces out of dollar bills and foreign currency (on commission). What started out as a hobby became a full-time profession for him after publishers in New York began contacting him to do his dollar bill origami for book covers and magazine spreads. You can view the low res YouTube version by clicking here, but it looks much better on high def TV.

If you have children or are still a kid at heart, you'll like our piece on the Hawaii FIRST Lego League robotics convention that was held last month. What's cool is they also incorporate a science fair type element, which addresses a specific problem or challenge. As a result, the Punabots team has come up with two patent-pending inventions that have gotten serious attention from major companies. Here's the YouTube version.

To watch the program in glorious widescreen high definition television as the Almighty Producer intended, please visit www.CareerChangers.TV for daily viewing times. If you can't watch it tonight, no problem -- it will run all month long. Mahalo!