Keep the Pulp

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Every since I was young, I've known that my father has a very strong moral compass which I have always been curious about. In this episode, my dad and I went into his upbringing from Hong Kong to the US, what he learned from those times and how that has affected his parenting style and values that he instilled into my brother and me. We're both quite stubborn in our personalities and Cantonese, by nature, is a very expressive language; I hope you enjoy this conversation! 

*disclaimer for timestamp 31:35 about families: I don’t claim that people of lower/higher socioeconomic statuses have a correlating level of love and care for their kids. I don’t think it matters how much one makes will necessarily determine their parenting style either. However at this moment, I was thinking of how some parents struggle to spend time with their children (especially in the formative years) because they must work through days and nights to support the family. In these cases, sort of like my father’s family, physical and emotional parental guidance may be sparse if the sole focus is to provide food on the table. Thus, my father and his siblings may not have received confirmation from my grandparents that they believed their kids to be capable of succeeding in their academics and pursuing higher education, should they have wanted to.  It isn’t that my grandparents didn’t love their kids; the focus was simply not placed on providing emotional support and building self confidence in their abilities, but rather providing a home and practical necessities for everyone - which is responsible and selfless on its own*

A sleepover-esque conversation with Michelle. Huge shoutout to her for being so open and honest. 

1 card game, 2 good friends, 3 levels of deepness and lots of laughter, honesty and support in this episode with Monica. 

Sometimes, our tempers can get the best of us even when we're with the people we care about the most. I admit that frustration, anger, and overall conflicts have been areas of struggle in my life, but that's why it's valuable to learn and talk about. In this episode, Winston joined me in discussing about our personalities, tempers, how we perceive/approach disagreements. I hope you find our conversation about some of life's heated moments interesting. 

Winston & Kenny's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lbN3gs5xkzKpdsgIbASXy

Ethan is someone I can turn to when I have pondering thoughts about the world, but he's also someone I can laugh with about family inside jokes. As siblings, we've observed each other's lives from a somewhat distant, but also close and unique perspective. Today he's back on the podcast to talk more about our differing opinions, struggles and memories we share as siblings.

This week's guest is a good friend of mine who used to hang out and cook with me back in school. Ga Bo exemplifies balance in his life even in the midst of pharmacy school (definitely more so than I did), and I wanted to ask about his perspective on the topic of self-care and setting personal priorities. Enjoy!

It's been a while since I released my first episode with her, but Victoria is back as my first returning guest! In this episode we compared our friendships across different genders, how we maintain platonic relationships and our views on the "hopeless romantic" mindset. This conversation will really highlight how differently we view things despite being really good friends (and that she knows exactly how to push my buttons haha).