Not Again Podcast

In this week, we talk to long time friend and now author of The Flesh Hunters, Jocelyn Suarez. We catch up from the last episode from six years ago and we discuss the changes we've gone through this whole time. We talk about the adventure of life and how to take care of ourselves even with the responsibilities we have.

We share our experience picking up sports and how she got into climbing and the lessons she learnt. We talk about how we cope with our anxieties and going up the stage as performers. We talk about spoken word poetry and what makes good poetry.

She shares how she got into writing novels, learning to manage her day job and other hobbies. She talks about writing her book, why she chose to start a murder mystery thriller and her struggles doing it and her experience becoming an author.

We talk about the current pandemic, how it affected the various scenes and how it's affected our lives. We discuss psychology and philosophy and how that influenced her writing, her relationships and her future plans.

Okay, It had been a while since I last updated this. I explained why I was gone for a while. I am still kind of finding out what is happening to the new restriction and how it all get to this point. I talked about having to catch up and the random topics to have to agree to talk about and the vaccine. Of course I am going to talk about the 2 Bulgarians that I have to pick up regularly and the place that they stay.

Hey guys, this week we continue with part 2 with Dr Gore. In this episode, we focus more on the man behind the surgical mask, Caleb Tan.

In the episode, we question each other on the definition of a good person, how it relates to our individual careers, and the greater goals we all have. Caleb shares his experience with coaching, the importance of finding the right mentors and the difficulties of trying to find a time and space to connect with others in our fast-paced lifestyle.

We discuss creative and physical burnout as we try to balance a hectic schedule with life. We talk about how it had affected our relationships but also our physical and mental health in the long term. We debate the difference between rest and sleep and how important it is to pace ourselves to achieve our long term goals.

Lastly, we talk about receiving compliments and how to accept good comments, even though we've been primed for criticism. We reflect on the advice we've been given, taking the good and the bad and ultimately learning from our mistakes. We also stress the importance of never completely disregarding advice, being kind to yourself and finding the right support systems.

This week is a weird week as I talked about my first sparring session with the guys not in my boxing gym, my fear of second time of tightening measure for the pandemic and my time in going to a blind date agency

Caleb Tan aka Dr. Gore has been around as a veteran in the Singapore pro wrestling scene. he shares how Doctor Gore came about ultimately because of body conscious. We talked about safety of wrestling while comparing it to boxing. Caleb compares wrestling to theater and what kind of show excites him which includes the psychology of show.

We talked about our favourite WWE/WWF wrestlers and the inner working of marketing a live wrestling show. He recollects with all the memorable shows that he had done and the one that he is really excited about. He too shares the one when he got his first boo and how it affects him emotionally while trying to juggle between the artist side of things and the business side of things when it comes to pro wrestling and knowing the results of show, being told to lose the show for the bigger picture.

So this is a slightly late episode, But I talked about the confusion that I have about cancel culture and how I wrapped my head about getting married during times like this

This week, I had my 2nd shot of vaccine and I talked about the side effects receiving the 2nd shot. I have met my first racism incident and I have talked about what had happened and how do I feel about it and what after that.

Holy Molly! The podcast is already 4 years in and I talked about doing it for 4 years and being really grateful. I talked about the race that I have participated with the boxing gym that I have and my experience in that gym. I am surprised that I have with Jimmy Appudurai Chua on the podcast as a guest and how it is a landmark for me to have him as a guest.

Of course at the end, there will be a few announcement that was made for this year.

Hey guys, this week I have an exciting time capsule of an episode with one of Singapore's Pioneer Blues Musicians, Jimmy Appudurai-Chua. He is the guitarist for many blues band like the Meltones, Motifs and notably Singapore's first blues band, the Stray Dogs.

In this episode, Jimmy shares his journey as a musician and the bands he has played in prior to the Stray Dogs, he recalls how the band got started and how he was involved and tells me was it was like being infamous for their popular single, 'Freedom' that was banned in the country.

He talks about lifestreams, the importance of sound in music and getting a sound man in the band. He explains the music industry and how performing for the different venues in Singapore and how bands find it difficult to find a stage for musicians.

He recalls going to Newcastle, UK and meeting his music heroes, giving up the music and joining the photography scene. He tells me how he was broke in London and how he got a job in a photography factory, he shares his story of being promoted to head of a lab in two years before coming back to Singapore and gaining the confidence to go back to music.

Hey Guys, how have you been? This week I talk with comedian, Internet content creator Malaysia's Steven Bones.

In this episode, we talk about creating content for the internet and Steven shares his journey and how he got into stand up comedy and subsequently, making viral videos on Youtube. He shares dealing with mental health issues, taking medication and finding creative outlets for himself.

We discuss the difficulties of creating content and becoming viral, the struggles between getting a successful video and maintaining your tastes and standards. We share insight on the identity crisis creators feel and balancing comments and feedback to improve the work.

Steven shares his struggles with sustaining himself and how it led to him becoming a live streamer. He also shares his story about being stateless at a young age in Singapore, suddenly being rejected and forced to live in Malaysia and how that experience made him the person he is today.