Bamboo Star Podcast

Happy Lunar New Year! Join us this week as we share our familial tradition and try to discover more about how we prepare and engage one another as we celebrate family and heritage.  We encourage you to share your experiences with us and reach out to others who celebrate to share in the festive spirit!  Wishing all our listeners great health and prosperity! Flying Tiger Unicorn!

We'll be taking a short break after this episode to celebrate with our family and will talk to ya'll soon. Keep in touch with us via e-mail, Twitter, or Instagram!

Join us this episode to talk about one of the most popular social games in Asia. This tile game has differing variations based the regions where they are enjoyed. We explore how we learned about this game, share our enjoyment of this game, and how it is a part of 'jook sing' culture. We hope this inspires discussions on this game or perhaps sparks some interest if you've never heard of it before.

After our more heavier episode last week, we go back into the swing of things with a more light hearted episode on discussing the various utensils and kitchen etiquette. We also learn a bit from each other about our preferences on cooking items, chopsticks, and eitquette at the dinner table.  We share some stories of how we grew up around the dinner table.  Join us in this fun episode and share with us if you've experienced something similar!

One of the more prominent episodes in this whole series and one of the reasons why we began these recordings.  We are by no means expert on this topic, but hopefully our experience and sharing about death makes discussions on this topic feel a bit less taboo.  We thank everyone for giving us a listen on this episode and we dedicate this episode to our beloved grandfather and may he rest in peace.

The recent phenomenon known as Squid Game inspired this week's podcast where we explore the childhood games we played as kids on the playground.  We take a deeper dive into what we've played growing up and try to identify games which are Chinese in nature.  Join us in this discussion and let us know what games you grew up with or if you've heard of any of the mentioned games. #gamerforlife

What role does money play in your life?  It is true that money isn't everything, but it feels like everything needs money - and even more so these days.  This episode, we explore how this aspect of life affects us every day and how it has a stigma within the Chinese culture.  We also explore a bit on our earliest exposure to money and finances as a child. Hopefully this episode helps spark some discussion and thought so this doesn't become the root of all evil.    Ronnie Chieng YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_KpLrHCAx0

Tis' the season to be jolly, fala la la la la la la la! That's right! It's that time of the year already! Are you excited for the holiday season!? What do you look forward to most during the Christmas holidays? Come join us in this episode as we talk about our fun memories of Christmas, including gifts and answer the controversial question: "how early is too early for Christmas?"

Our discussion from a couple weeks ago sparked our curiosity on the type of music and genres we listen to. In this episode, we explore our roots into this world and how our lives have been influenced by the beats and sounds of our generation. Along the way we touch on the history of music in Chinese culture and question each other's taste in music and educational background in a musical instruments - 'cuz you know..I have no professional training.

We heard the mentions about the audio issues and made an upgrade to the audio this time around - we're now recording in person together! For this week's episode we explore the various snacks we grew up on.  There are certain treasures we find in the supermarket or are a must have for those late night study sessions.  Come join us in this fun discussion as we reminisce about our favorite things when we get peckish. What snacks are a must have in your drawer or cabinet?

We've been planning for a trip to Disney world the past couple years and went a bit stir crazy. This episode we share our thoughts about Disney parks, entertainment, and culture along with what Disney means to us.  We grew up with Disney, but has it grown with us over the years? Take a listen and let us know how big of a Disney fan you are!