Not Again Podcast

Hey guys, this week I check up on you and tell what's going on in my life and what's special. New year, new resolutions and so far, I haven't had the chance to change my calendar and how weird it feels. I talk about the upcoming Chinese New Year, how I feel about astrology and the believing in luck. I talk about big purchases, my expenditure and how I'm not sure if I'm good at it. I introduce my guest for the week. I end it off with two grab stories this week.

This week, I have an exciting conversation with pioneer Indonesian Comic Reggy Hasibuan! In this lengthy and informative episode, Reggy breaks down how Indonesia has been coping with the situation and how their government and ministries reacted to the pandemic. He notes the rise of jogger and riders who don't wear masks and how even international news can't compare to national scandals.

He shares what the comedy scene in Indonesia is like and how extensive and widely beloved the art has become over the recent years. He reminisces on how he became the first Indonesian and English speaking comic on youtube, how the comments sections initially traumatise him and how his comedic heroes inspired him to go on and develop his own style of comedy.

He also breaks down how the stand-up and comedy scene blew up in Jakarta and spread to the other provinces, the multitude of backgrounds and characters of the comics and how Stand-up has given everyone, especially those who come from poverty a voice and chance to share their story. He explains how difficult it is to rise in ranks and how much harder it is to stay relevant in mainstream entertainment, the persisting drug problem and the amount of effort it takes for both comics and audiences to get to a comedy show.

He gives me the rundown of taboo subjects in the country, shares a story on how a group of comedians almost got arrested because of dates, how religious Indonesia is and the strong influence Islam, and its various teachings have and how it affects the country, the comedy scenes and their entire way of life.

Hey guys, today on The Other Show, I check on you guys after a long hiatus and I apologise for the taking so long to record this episode. I explain why I've been late on the updates, what it's like working with my dad and how exhausting it has been for me in recent weeks. I briefly introduce my new partner in podcast production and what we have in the works. I introduce my guest for this upcoming Saturday and how we met and became friends and how the pandemic allowed this interview to happen. I continue this week's grab story with a couple I picked up on Happy New Year and how their argument in the car made things very awkward for everyone.

Hey guys! This week I went back into the vault and missing live entertainment, I found an old and insightful conversation with Vanessa Tan, Sound Engineer!

In this episode, Vanessa breaks down what a Sound Engineer is and their job behind the scene in live events like concerts. She shares the terrible things that can happen to the Sound Engineer, from blowing speakers to artist and sound engineer not getting along. She explains the importance of rehearsal and working with different bands and the different types of music genres and the challenges.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS! To start off the new year with a bang, I'm sharing this week's episode with American stand-up comedian and actor, Christopher Titus! As a huge fan of his work, I was excited to have a conversation with a fellow comedy nerd.

In this episode, we talk about how we were affected by the current global situation and our hopes and expectations of 2021. We discuss our different comedy scenes and the new normal for live entertainment. He shares how he's been hustling to survive during this tough time.

He shares the power of words, speaking your future, to motivate yourself to be even better. He tells me a story about George Carlin and how many great comics are great because they are fearless and honest about their materials. He shares his comedy journey as a performer and how he's evolved over the years.

Last day for the year 2020. I am looking forward to new year. I talk about how doing nothing in the year 2020 is okay and how bad it is to plan a gap year this few years. I consider about looking forward to the newest guest and my reservation of a job opportunity. I am trying to figure out the reasons being happy for someone's else future.

Hey guys, sorry for this late episode but Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! This last week of the year, I talk to Ming Kwan, a local Performance Arts Artist whose work explores themes of mental health and how he uses his artwork to help his participants and visitors to his exhibitions.

We analyse the conversations we have of mental health in our society and the impacts Covid had on us as a community. We discuss the different mental health issues that people tend to overlook in their day-to-day. We break down what the government has done to support its people and how we can build a more inclusive and informed society.

Ming Kwang shares his thoughts on emotional logic, how feelings come in layers and how long it takes to make a decision. He brings up the realities of living with mental health and dealing with suicidal thoughts. He explains what questions people have to ask themselves in order to live the way we truly want to live a satisfactory life.

Check out his work at https://www.thisconnect.today/show.html

The price of corn in the 18th century has certainly piqued the interest of Nghia Mai and I when we discuss what does "Oh that is interesting" really means in a social setting. He has shared the reasons why certain stories he chose that matters to be in his thesis and why big characters in the history which had spotlight regularly shining down on them. He kind of explain why history can be regularly be disputed and how that affects his research. He also drops the secret behind getting rich with historical books! ThE ShOckIng TrUTh!

We of course talks about comedy. The ones that we like, the ones that kinda annoyed us and what we think about Asian comedy in the west. We also predicted the amount of jokes about the pandemic that will be talked about when the show opens up while trying to workshopped a few of our own. I think at some point we also tries to figure out the reasons why watching and staying throughout the whole show and making friends with other comedians plays an essential part of building our comedy career. We too get to also explain why comedy plays an important part and how this chat had essentially became the highlight for his day.

This week's "Into The Vault", I found an episode which is a pretty fun and crowded episode. Jacky Ng, Wei Jie, Kavin Jay, GB Labrador and I talked about being a toy collector. GB Labrador has been very careful with the toys he is collecting now for so long. He talks about the budgeting of collecting his toy and where does he hunt his toys. He recollected the days that the toys that bought for him by his parents and how he had to convince his friends that the toys he had is the real deal. Kavin Jay has a very different perspective in getting toys and he talks about the different in values between GB Labrador and him in buying toys. He also has a very different in the sense of his budgeting and while having a kid, he talks about balancing his time with his hobby. They are both family man now as well and they too share the wonder and sharing the toy with their own kids. While GB Labrador also shares how he kept the value of the toy and they both talked about the secret closet they have for their toys

This time round, I went back into the vault and found this gem which I had a chat with Fakka Fuzz and Jacky Ng which we talked about being a policeman during my stint in #YourJobSucks. In this short episode, we talked about being the power trip that one has to have a gun and the use of necessary force. Fuzz shares the weird reasons why people run from policeman and we discussed about how the uniform symbolised authority. Fuzz revealed the amount of paperwork and we talked about the law that was taught during the job.

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