We interview Eliza Victoria, a Filipino author who wrote Wounded Little Gods and After Lambana. She talks about her writing process from how she comes up with her ideas to how to get published. She answers the question on whether you earn a lot from being an author in the Philippines.

https://elizavictoria.com/

We talk about the history of the bucket list and go through popular items that people have on theirs. We share what we have achieved ourselves, as well as what activities would actually make us kick the bucket while trying to do it.

We talk about notorious real life swindlers on these shows - Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, The Dropout, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Catch Me If You Can.

We discuss the famous people we idolized, why we adored them, and how we expressed our admiration in the past versus the present. We also talk about celebrity encounters.

If the show Squid Game was set in the Philippines, what would the games be? We talk about traditional childhood games that we played while growing up. Note: there are spoilers for the Netflix show.

Divorce is not allowed in the Philippines but there is currently a bill proposing its legalization, so we thought it would be interesting to debate its merits. We take opposing sides and present our arguments which include domestic violence, religion, and effects on children.

We talk about what goes on in traditional Roman Catholic weddings in the Philippines and compare them to those of other religions and cultures. Dee gives tips on how to write a maid of honor speech.

We chat with Franck and Kring, a French and Filipino couple who met through online dating in New Zealand. We discuss cultural differences in dating between the French and Filipinos and whether online dating is considered taboo in each culture before diving into its perks and pitfalls. We discuss: serial killers, gold diggers, catfishers and scammers.  

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We talk about why a lot of Filipinos are bad at saving. Rey explains investing basics (long term deposits, bonds, stocks) in layman's terms that can be understood by the average Juan, sharing what works for him personally with no agenda except to answer a listener's question.

COLFinancial is our broker. This episode is not sponsored by them nor Jollibee.

We interview Penny, a US-based Filipino mother of three. She talks about childcare, school, after-school activities, forms of discipline, and whether her kids know how to speak Tagalog. We compare American parenting style to what we experienced from our own parents while growing up in the Philippines.

Also discussed: the challenges of pandemic home-schooling.