Not Again Podcast

2020 has kind of thrash the planning for everyone and that includes for Sanjay Jegatheesan from Lion City Mead as he has admitted to me. Sanjay owns Lions City Mead nerds out with me on the brewing of mead with me, sharing the excitement in his eyes when he talked about brewing mead and the equipment, he owns to upgrading his home brew kit to flying to Melbourne to produce the mead. He talks about the business side of things and how 2020 had affected his business while how he and the brewery in Melbourne is coping during the difficult times. He shares the reason why he doesn't open a brewery in Singapore and breaks down the cost of opening his business in Singapore.

He is also very grateful that he is able to start his own business and he talks about what is the prime age of owning a business and why it is a privilege to own one no matter how small the business is. He also shares the best thing to do for freelancers and getting people to help you with the work. He is very reserved in turning hobby or passion into livelihood. He shares the reason why music maybe a passion, it will just remain as what it is, a passion. Although planning to have an album out with his band, he also is worried about his band members and talks about moving forward. He also shares the lesson of starting out something new and be the pioneer of something in terms of business sense.

This is an episode that I went into vault and surprised that I had done one on. I talked to Fanny about helping people to get a job. She explained the reason why social media was used during recruitment and how sometimes it can be hard to reach out to people and how friends maybe of a help. We kinda discuss how company culture can make or break a recruitment process and the reason why certain "discrimination" take place. She also list out the different reasons why certain requirements may seems crazy but after looking into the reasons why, the aha moment takes place while she also listed the most ridiculous requirement for she thinks that is needed for a job scope which she is helping to do recruitment for; the creative sector.

She shares the yelp of jobs for employees and also talked about the work life balance and how it had seems to be improved. Of course we talked about the expats packages and how it was attractive but dwindle due to policy changes and her pet peeves when people look for her for jobs.

Oh damn there seems to be more stories after what seems the end. Stay on.

Hailing form Melbourne, Australia, Toby shared the many secrets of being an Australian from the national past time, the slot machines (or pokies as he calls it) to dog racing. We have discuss about gambling and the amazement of slots machines how pretty the bright colours are that is one the cause of the addiction. I think he was pretty amaze that there are YouTube channels dedicated for winning slot machines and we try to figure how to make the YouTube channels dedicated to slot machines in long life.

Toby shared his secrets for dealing with the lockdown and try to figure out the reason why we buy apartments and property while comparing the purchase of property regulation in Singapore and Melbourne. We also discuss our politics and the trolling back in the day and how the word now has such negative connotation to it now compare to a purer and a more fun definition back when it first started. We try to understand the Politically Correct Culture and internet calling out culture while giving our takes and opened a new perspective of the #MeToo movement.

He one of the most masculine gay guy that I know and he told me the funny stories when he came out to his families and friends and how people around him have been really supportive all this while. Of course, he does tell the story that he went into a confrontational situation and it became "Oh shit, I should not have done that" moment.

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This week I rambled about trying to feel like an adult and getting through the 2nd wave of lockdown. I tried grocery shopping and recalls what it is like to purchase things for the first time.

Vernetta Lopez is a veteran in the entertainment industry in Singapore and she had opened the door to Narnia in Singapore Radio, showing the works behind a Mediacorp Radio DeeJay. She shares into getting the groove and dynamic of being in the morning radio team along with Mike Kasem and Gurmit Singh. She describe the work life from the prep to back of the console and into the air while we exchanges interview secrets.

Vernetta didn't start getting into show business right off the bat and have a few jobs before getting into the business. She recalls the mischief that she had gotten into before getting her break into the business. She also explains how she get into the show business in Singapore and staying in the business after I gave my shallow observation about the local influencers. She had hosted the National Day Parade multiple times and we have related in being part of the parade. As much as her public persona goes, Vernetta explains that as a person, she does has her temper and how she had manage to control her temper and the importance of being empathetic.

I share my love for OK Chope! and Vernetta revealed the love for comedy, the way she had grew up with a very different childhood and how the censors in Singapore has evolved.

Vernetta Lopez pulled over a police car. What what?!

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This is a nice blast from the past which seems like my past self is giving an advice of a career to my current self. This was the episode that I had a chat with an Uber (now Grab) driver in Singapore. We were discuss about what is the difference between a Taxi driver and an Uber Driver. We talk about picking of passenger and the grading system. We talk about the regulation, the perks of driving for Uber and how to get the car to do it. We talked about leasing and the type of passenger that we picked up, what kind of people are suitable or are okay with driving and the problems with driving a GPS

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Okay this is late, but this is a really fun episode to have a chat with Simone Springer at 6am in the morning. We talked about going to concerts and having groupies during the concerts. We try to equate and I find out what "chuckle-fuckers" meant. I have shared my confusion if the male comics get to have sex with of the female audience, what will be the same analogy for the female comedians. We have discuss the idea of relationship and really questions the idea of polyamorous relationship or even relationships in general. Questions like "How to they do it?" while Simone explains how she hosted Singles Nights in the comedy club.

Simone describe the comedy scene in Perth, Australia (the most isolated city in the world). Talking about going to the other regions outside of the city doing comedy and her shop Burlesque Baby. She also identifies the difference and how she had became edgy when it comes to comedy in Singapore while I talked about how surreal when it comes to my experience on race or the lack thereof when I am in Australia.

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Hey guys, this week, I went into the vault and found a fun episode from #yourjobsucks with ring announcer and comic, Vivek Mahbubani. With a growing interest in UFC and MMA, Vivek shares his love for being an official ring announcer and the events he has worked on. He informs me of the behind the scenes of this industry and how being proactive really helps him with work.

He breaks down what is professionalism in the ring, and his responsibilities to the fighters and audiences. He recounts his journey from school speaker to the official ring announcer for some of the biggest international fighting rings. We discuss the importance of developing your style and range in order to get more opportunities.

We discuss the weirdest time he messed up and the act of breaking away from his onstage personality after a show. He informs me how he has trained to turn off and ways for him to relax and recover after a long day. He also shares his philosophy of pushing boundaries and overcoming adversities.

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In this week, I had an exciting and in-depth talk with Anngee Neo, one of the hosts of LongKang Kitties. During this more political episode, Anngee and I discuss our experiences on private hires and the craziest stories we have heard from cab drivers and riders. We reflect on the rat race in Singapore and the do or die culture in Singapore.

Anngee explains LongkangKitties and her co-hosts. How they met and how the podcast started. She breaks how the format and what pushed her to create the platform to voice herself. We discuss our setups, what it was like to start out with no technical knowledge. We bring up politics in Singapore and the views that exist here. We try to discuss the idea of nationhood and patriotism.

She explains what types of guests she gets and why they have. She talks about the kind of issues she's gotten herself into because of voicing her issues. She breaks down the importance of giving aid or attention to social issues, both local or internationally.

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I am still counting down on the end of 2020 and wondering the term of "New Year, New Me" has a new definition. I talked about how the closure of Merry Lion, Singapore's only stand up comedy club has an effect on me and the comedy scene and how the pandemic has affected the local comedy scene as well. As for the review for last week's episode, I am still kinda in awe that I manage to have a chat with Taylor Mali and how I am shocked to be able to talk to various people that has an effect on me and people that I can dream of talking. Plus being to be able to recount a dream damn I am frustrated about?