Life‘s un Viaje

This week Udi goes through her relationship with Nollywood films and brings Kiara into the history of the Nigerian film industry, and the differences between "old" and "new" Nollywood. 

 

 Films Mentioned:  

✈ Living in Bondage (1992)

✈ Osuofia in London

✈ Beyonce Vs. Rihanna 

✈ Isoken

✈ Wedding Party 

✈ Oloture

 

Music Mentioned:

♫FIREBOY DML - PERU

♫ Lindsey Abudei - Libra Man

No Udi this week. Instead Kiara and Alex (Pets In Korea) talk about the differences between Korean cities.

Specifically Busan and Incheon and Seoul. 

If you're looking to choose a city on your EPIK application, this is the episode for you!

 

Music Mentioned:

♫Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson Paak)- Smokin' Out the Window

♫ APINK - Eung Eung (%%)

This week we discuss the challenges of making friends while living abroad and as adults. Also, the added challenge of all these factors during the pandemic. 

Music Mentioned:

♫Liniker - Baby95

♫ Brandy - Best Friend

This week we have a friend to the show, and a very special guest,  LaCara sits down with Udi and discusses her experience living in London during her teenage years. 

Apologies in advance for the abnormal sound quality 😬

 

Music Mentioned:

♫Craig David-Rewind

♫ Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate

♫WSTRN - Wonder Woman

This week we discuss:

Jesy Nelson black fishing her new music video 

Adele has new music coming and we are pleasantly surprised 

Black girl in Korea tag

Kiara talks teaching in Korea 

We give you the stats about Teachers Abroad 

That one time Omarion pop-up on stage with a Kpop group in Korea, and his place in Kpop. 

 

 Sources Mentioned:  

✈How Large Is The Job Market for English Teachers Abroad?

 

Music Mentioned:

♫Anne-Marie - 2002

♫ 따마(THAMA) feat. GSoul - Blessed

This week we discuss:

Working in Covid, and our take about news reporting that American workers are resigning in mass numbers 

 What exactly does Udi do? And what is the experience working remotely? 

Thoughts on working in the media industry 

Stayed tuned next week for Kiara’s perspective on Teaching in Korea

 

 Sources Mentioned:  

✈ #HIREBLACK

 

Music Mentioned:

♫ Ari Lennox - New Apartment

♫ TAEYEON 태연 - Weekend

We're back! 🎉

This week we are revisiting our 5th episode "We're in Transition", One year later. Also, we play catch up to what we have been doing during our break. 

 

Music Mentioned:

♫ 702 - You Don't Know

♫ STAYC(스테이씨) - ASAP

This week we discuss:

What’s happening in Cuba?

 Kiara and Udi as “unnies”; aunties in the making

“Unnies” as mentors and role models

Who are our mentors? Who are our mentees?

Summer break! See you after Labor Day :)  

 

 Sources Mentioned:  

✈ #SOSCUBA Awareness Video by Julio and Cassy 

✈ Gangnam Unnie

 

 

Music Mentioned:

♫ Solange- Things I Imagined

♫ Maxwell- Sumthin’ Sumthin’

This week we discuss:

What it’s like interviewing and job hunting in this current work culture

 Professionalism and the work environment as an English Teacher in South Korea and working in the USA

USA work lingo

Music Mentioned:

♫ Donna Summer - "She Works Hard For The Money"

♫Missy Elliott - Ching-A-Ling

This week we discuss:

Our thoughts about In the Heights and its controversy 

 The Summer season and our plans coming out of Covid.

How we miss going out and partying 😢

Music Mentioned:

♫ Mykki Blanco - "Summer Fling" feat. Kari Faux

♫Hiatus Kaiyote - "Red Room"