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Besides his PHD, Dr. Gwee Li Sui is known for many things. Former Academic. Poet. Graphic Artist. Literary Critic. Singlish.

He drops by the podcast to talk about the nuances of Singish, why it should not be perceived to be uncool, and what it was like during the early days as a creative writer.

He remembers his undergraduate days, seeing his books in bargain bins, and what it feels like to get online hate mail after being writing an opinion piece for the York Times.

He’s also our first guest to have his own Wikipedia page.

How cool is that!

1) How to read Singlish - 02:16

2) Do you speak Singlish? - The New York Times - 14:23

3) The Singlish discourse - 16:50

4) The Leeter Tungku - 00:44

5) About poetry - 22:11

6) Singapore's first graphic novel - 30:22

7) Leaving academic for creative writing - 38:38

8) Singapore Literature according to Gwee - 42:18

9) Why It's cool to be uncool - 36:05

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gweezilla/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gweek

Website: https://gweek.wordpress.com/

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwee_Li_Sui

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🎨Freelance Creative Exchange https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7oC7Nl3njGLaVsG0aMXh96p

If you’re curious about the tools we use.

IN THE STUDIO 🎤

Audio parter: Audio-Technica (S.E.A.) | Mics used were AT5040 & AT 4041

🎤 Mixer: Zoom Livetrak L-8 Digital Mixer and Recorder

📷 Camera & Support: Sony FS5 with Stock Lens | Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K | Canon EOS 5D Mark III

📷 Wide Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm F/4L IS USM

📷 Prime Lens: Canon EF 50mm F/1.8 STM

📷 All the rest: SmallRig Full Cage | Manfrotto Tripods

#fceuncool #singapore #singlish

Disclaimer: Safety measures were strictly adhered to at all time during this production

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Watch past episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7oVjzCAvBjo91RUA1hKbOOg

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#fceuncool #singapore #singlish

Before they were Singapore’s first professional wrestlers, “The Statement”, “Trexxus” and The Lion City Hit Girl, Alexis Lee, from Singapore Pro Wrestling Federation (SPW) were doing anything they could to get taken seriously.

They drop by the podcast to take us back to their schools days, hiding their wrestling activities from their parents, growing SPW from a 60 person crowd to thousands, and a horrifying injury during the WWE trials that we cannot unhear.

#fceuncool #SgProWrestling #indiewrestling #wwe #wwenxt #aew #spw #prowrestling #singapore #suplex #asiawrestling #womenwrestling #thestatement #Trexxus#sgfitness #onslaught3sweet #prowrestler #sports

1) 5:46 - Behind their ring names…

2) 9:08 - WWE Tryouts

3) 16:39 - What happens in the ring

4) 18:52 - Their first matches

5) 24:42 - Wrestling as a business

6) 38:54 How wrestling being Uncool is cool

Follow them on these platforms:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sgprowrestling/ - Singapore Pro Wrestling

https://www.instagram.com/theandstatement/ - Andruew Tang

https://www.instagram.com/kaiser_trexxus/ - kaiser_trexxus

https://www.instagram.com/alexis_friggin_lee/ - Alexis Lee

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sinprowrestling/

Website: https://www.spw.com.sg/

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💃🏻FCE Working Women:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7pxWdPKSFiDzh7O8kvDy5HH

In the meantime, you can catch up on our previous FCE episodes:

🎨Freelance Creative Exchange https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7oC7Nl3njGLaVsG0aMXh96p If you’re curious about the tools we use.

IN THE STUDIO

🎤 Audio partner: Audio-Technica (S.E.A.) | Mics used were AT5040 & AT 4041

🎤 Mixer: Zoom Livetrak L-8 Digital Mixer and Recorder

📷 Camera & Support: Sony FS5 with Stock Lens | Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K | Canon EOS 5D Mark III

📷 Wide Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm F/4L IS USM

📷 Prime Lens: Canon EF 50mm F/1.8 STM

📷 All the rest: SmallRig Full Cage | Manfrotto Tripods

Audio partner: Audio-Technica (S.E.A.)

Tune in this Saturday on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcast or anywhere you get your podcasts from.

Follow these guys on Instagram: @sgprowrestling

Watch past episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7oVjzCAvBjo91RUA1hKbOOg

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gYc5ECrUgd1TNbVSWGw5w

#fceuncool #SgProWrestling #indiewrestling #wwe #wwenxt #aew #spw #prowrestling #singapore #suplex #asiawrestling #womenwrestling #thestatement #Trexxus #sgfitness #onslaught3sweet #prowrestler #sports

Before moving to New York City in 2010, where he has performed extensively Off-Broadway, Regionally, and Internationally, Hansel Tan was supposed to be scholar and on the path to be a Humanities Teacher.

He drops by to talk with Sean and Yen-Lyng about how his life journey deviated away from the classroom, how to be an actor in New York City and what it’s like to be personally directed by Academy Award winning actor, Morgan Freeman, and experience that we can only imagine.

1) 0:50 - What is it like to be directed by Morgan Freeman

2) 4:58 - From MOE scholar to the American Dream... how?

3) 11:02 - America vs Singapore

4) 23:52 - Want to be an Actor in New York? The casting process.

5) 26:57 - Playing the Engineer in Miss Saigon

6) 34:19 - Acting as a business

7) 39:22 - How being Uncool is cool

Follow Hansel on these platforms:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hantangram

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hanseltansw

Website: https://www.hanseltan.com/

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Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@creativesatwork

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💃🏻FCE Working Women https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7pxWdPKSFiDzh7O8kvDy5HH In the meantime, you can catch up on our previous

FCE episodes: 🎨Freelance Creative Exchange https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7oC7Nl3njGLaVsG0aMXh96p

#creatives #freelancer #freelancers #freelance #podcast #podcasting #podcaster #uncool #uncoolfce #singapore

Disclaimer: Covid 19 safety measures were strictly adhered to at all time during this production 

Before moving to New York City in 2010, where he has performed extensively Off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally, Hansel Tan was supposed to be scholar and on the path to be a Humanities Teacher. He talks about the time he was personally directed by Academy Award winning actor, Morgan Freeman for a movie

Tune in this Saturday on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcast or anywhere you get your podcasts from.

Watch past episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7oVjzCAvBjo91RUA1hKbOOg

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gYc5ECrUgd1TNbVSWGw5w

Audio partner: Audio Technica

Before moving to New York City in 2010, where he has performed extensively Off-Broadway, Regionally, and Internationally, Hansel Tan was supposed to be scholar and on the path to be a Humanities Teacher. 

He drops by to talk with Sean and Yen-Lyng about how his life journey deviated away from the classroom, how to be an actor in New York City and what it’s like to be personally directed by Academy Award winning actor, Morgan Freeman, and experience that we can only imagine. 

Watch on Youtube: 

Listen on Spotify: 

1) 0:50 - What is it like to be directed by Morgan Freeman

2)  4:58 - From MOE scholar to the American Dream... how? 

3)  11:02 - America vs Singapore

4) 23:52 - Want to be an Actor in New York? The casting process. 

4)  26:57 - Playing the Engineer in Miss Saigon

5) 34:19 - Acting as a business

6)  39:22 - How being Uncool is cool

Follow Hansel on these platforms:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hantangram/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hanseltansw

Website: https://www.hanseltan.com/

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Connect with us!

Website: www.creativesatwork.asia

Facebook: facebook.com/creativesatworkasia

Instagram: instagram.com/freelancecreativeexchange

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freelance-creative-exchange/id1401167998

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gYc5ECrUgd1TNbVSWGw5w

Google Play: https://bit.ly/2VVGz1l

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@creativesatwork

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/creativesatwork

~~~~~~~~~~

Check out other series on our channel:

💃🏻FCE Working Women https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7pxWdPKSFiDzh7O8kvDy5HH

In the meantime,  you can catch up on our previous FCE episodes:

🎨Freelance Creative Exchange 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7oC7Nl3njGLaVsG0aMXh96p

If you’re curious about the tools we use. 

IN THE STUDIO

🎤 Audio parter: Audio-Technica (S.E.A.) | Mics used were AT5040 & AT 4041

🎤 Mixer: Zoom Livetrak L-8 Digital Mixer and Recorder

📷 Camera & Support: Sony FS5 with Stock Lens | Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K | Canon EOS 5D Mark III

📷 Wide Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm F/4L IS USM

📷 Prime Lens: Canon EF 50mm F/1.8 STM

📷 All the rest: SmallRig Full Cage | Manfrotto Tripods

Audio partner: @Audio-Technica (S.E.A.)

Disclaimer: Covid 19 safety measures were strictly adhered to at all time during this production 

#creatives #freelancer #freelancers #freelance #podcast #podcasting #podcaster #uncool #uncoolfce #singapore

Before he was your morning radio DJ from 6am to 10am on Kiss 92FM for 7 years, Jason Johnson made a living watching and writing more than 2000 film reviews.

He drops by the podcast to talk about how to be a morning radio DJ, how to be a film reviewer, his love for Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks and horrifying cinema experiences.

From Alberta to Sembawang, how did Jason arrive in Singapore - 00:53

Jason on how to write a film review - 13:19

Jason on being a morning radio DJ - 23:15

Jason on joining the drama club - 35:19

Jason on why it's cool to be uncool - 36:06

Follow Jason on these platforms:

Instagram: @jasonfjohnson

His band - The Shimmer Glimmers

FB & YouTube: @The Shimmer Glimmers

And their EP Spotify: The Shimmer Glimmers

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freelance-creative-exchange/id1401167998

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gYc5ECrUgd1TNbVSWGw5w

Google Play: https://bit.ly/2VVGz1l

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@creativesatwork

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/creativesatwork

~~~~~~~~~~ Check out other series on our channel:

💃🏻FCE Working Women https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7pxWdPKSFiDzh7O8kvDy5HH

In the meantime, you can catch up on our previous FCE episodes: 🎨Freelance Creative Exchange https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7oC7Nl3njGLaVsG0aMXh96p

If you’re curious about the tools we use.

IN THE STUDIO

🎤 Audio parter: Audio-Technica (S.E.A.) | Mics used were AT5040 & AT 4041

🎤 Mixer: Zoom Livetrak L-8 Digital Mixer and Recorder

What is it like to be the first #madeinsingapore #drama of any language, to film in Upstate New York, in old winter? How can we tell a story about a cult and make it relatable for a #suria audience?

For our pilot episode, we speak to TV Director, Muhd Mahfuz, the recent winner for Best Direction at the #PestaPerdana2021, about his series Kultus, the Pesta Perdana 2021 winner for Best Drama and winner of Best Original Screenplay (Singapore) - Asian Academy Awards 2019.

He joins us to reminisce about the exciting production in New York, his first TV job and his first job that had nothing to do with TV.

1. Mahfuz on how Kultus came about - 02:04

2. Mahfuz on what it like, as a Singaporean production filming a drama in the New York winter - 6:32

3. Mahfuz on how he got started in the TV industry - 22:11

4. Mahfuz gives advice for the Uncool - 37:38

Follow Mahfuz on these platforms:

Instagram: Mahfuz Bigfooz (@bigfooz)

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👉 Disclaimer: Covid 19 safety measures were strictly adhered to at all time during this production

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Facebook: facebook.com/creativesatworkasia

Instagram: instagram.com/freelancecreativeexchange

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freelance-creative-exchange/id1401167998

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Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@creativesatwork

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/creativesatwork

~~~~~~~~~~ Check out other series on our channel:

💃🏻FCE Working Women https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7pxWdPKSFiDzh7O8kvDy5HH

~~~~~~~~~~ Check out other series on our channel:

💃🏻FCE Working Women https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7pxWdPKSFiDzh7O8kvDy5HH

In the meantime, you can catch up on our previous FCE episodes: 🎨Freelance Creative Exchange https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7oC7Nl3njGLaVsG0aMXh96p

If you’re curious about the tools we use. IN THE STUDIO

🎤 Audio parter: Audio-Technica (S.E.A.) | Mics used were AT5040 & AT 4041 🎤

Mixer: Zoom Livetrak L-8 Digital Mixer and Recorder

📷 Camera & Support: Sony FS5 with Stock Lens | Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K | Canon EOS 5D Mark III

📷 Wide Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm F/4L IS USM

📷 Prime Lens: Canon EF 50mm F/1.8 STM

📷 All the rest: SmallRig Full Cage | Manfrotto Tripods

Awkward first jobs. Professional faux pas. Badly timed injuries. We all have those uncool, embarrassing stories – even to coolest of us...

In this Freelance Creative Exchange edition, we speak to 10 successful creatives about what it was like before they were cool and how it is cool to be uncool.

From working with Morgan Freeman, to being part of principal cast of Singapore’s first sitcom recorded in front of a live studio audience, to being a morning radio DJ for 8 years…

No matter how cool their jobs were, there must have been a point when they were uncool! New episodes dropping on 15 May 2021

~~~~~~~~~~ Connect with us!

Website: www.creativesatwork.asia

Facebook: facebook.com/creativesatworkasia

Instagram: instagram.com/Creativesatwork

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freelance-creative-exchange/id1401167998

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gYc5ECrUgd1TNbVSWGw5w

~~~~~~~~~~ Check out other series on our channel:

💃🏻FCE Working Women https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7pxWdPKSFiDzh7O8kvDy5HH

In the meantime, you can catch up on our previous FCE episodes:

🎨Freelance Creative Exchange https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7oC7Nl3njGLaVsG0aMXh96p

~~~~~~~~~~ If you’re curious about the tools we use.

IN THE STUDIO 🎤 Audio parter: Audio-Technica (S.E.A.)

Mics used were AT5040 & AT 4041

🎤 Mixer: Zoom Livetrak L-8 Digital Mixer and Recorder

📷 Camera & Support: Sony FS5 with Stock Lens |

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K | Canon EOS 5D Mark III

📷 Wide Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm F/4L IS USM

📷 Prime Lens: Canon EF 50mm F/1.8 STM

📷 All the rest: SmallRig Full Cage | Manfrotto Tripods This series was created at Impixel.

Carynn Tey landed in Bangkok just before the lockdown started last year and since then she has successfully launched her business there, in spite of the covid-19 pandemic. We speak to her about the importance of having an open and positive mindset when arriving in a new country and what it is like to work in one of the world’s friendliest countries. 

Carynn spent eight years working on marketing and publicity strategies for the largest global book publisher, got to read books for free and met some pretty amazing cats within the publishing world. In her, so far, brief stint as a freelancer she's greatly expanded her range, working with a jewelry store, ice cream parlour chain, a cybersecurity firm (!), and a solutions platform for independent workers.

Thanks for watching!

Follow Carynn on these platforms:

Website: carynnsz.com

Instagram: instagram.com/ryn.n

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/carynntey/

Connect with us!

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Facebook: facebook.com/creativesatworkasia

Instagram: instagram.com/Creativesatwork

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freelance-creative-exchange/id1401167998

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gYc5ECrUgd1TNbVSWGw5w

Google Play: https://bit.ly/2VVGz1l

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@creativesatwork

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/creativesatwork

~~~~~~~~~~

Check out other series on our channel:

💃🏻FCE Working Women https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7pxWdPKSFiDzh7O8kvDy5HH

In the meantime,  you can catch up on our previous FCE episodes:

🎨Freelance Creative Exchange 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyEgcfzkuV7oC7Nl3njGLaVsG0aMXh96p