Pop Your Cultural Cherry

In this episode we were joined by Megumi, who is Japanese American and grew up in Hawaii. She talks about her experience and her reasons for moving  to Italy. One of those reasons she sheds  light on is the difference in the health care systems in both countries. 
 
 If you're interested in learning more about Megumi, you can check out her website http://accordingtomegumi.com/
 
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As part of last June’s pride month, I wanted to talk about the topic of the LGBT community and how differently people in the Philippines and Germany see this. This week we have Nadine from Berlin Nadine is a Filipina who moved to Germany from the Singapore but grew up in the Philippines.

I actually found Nadine because of her YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQXTWVVsOyNbPZkpPyQpgFQ and a recent video she posted about coming out in Germany. You can follow Nadine’s adventures on her Instagram page @jessieandnadine

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Lia is an interculturist from Norway, who is well versed in topics around intercultural communication, leadership, psychology, learning and change. In this episode, she does not only share her own experiences, but also some of her thoughts that are actually backed by research.  She also spent quite some time in the Philippines and really understands the culture and speaks the Filipino language fluently. 

She runs an Instagram page with nuggets of information about culture - follow her at https://www.instagram.com/globalbonez/

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As promised we are continue where we left off last weekend, as we interview the other founder of OneWatt , Emmanuel Bueta (Em for short). He tells us how their experience was founding a company in the Netherlands and operating during the corona pandemic. He also shares with us some practical tips on his experience with Startup and Entrepreneur visas.

If you missed our last episode, make sure to give it a listen here. If you want to learn more about the company, you can visit the website at https://www.web.onewatt.eu/

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In this week's episode we talk to Pao Samontanez, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Co-Founder of OneWatt (a tech startup based in the Netherlands). Pao talks about his early career going from big corporate to startup employee and eventually startup founder. His entrepreneurial roller coaster journey takes him from the Philippines to Singapore and eventually to the Netherlands. 

If you're interested in learning about Pao's startup you can find more info on their website https://www.web.onewatt.eu/

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Today's guest is Monica. She is Indian, but spent a good chunk of her childhood in the Philippines, before moving back to India. She is now based in the UK with her husband. She talks us through her journey of adjustment process, difficulties along the way and tips that helped with moving.

On the side, Monica is relationship coach and recently a fellow podcaster. She just launched her show called the Relationship Mirror. If you want to get in  touch with Monica directly. You can go visit https://bit.ly/3g8nIal

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Today's guest is Shraddha Parashar, who is originally from India but decided to complete her master's degree in Germany.  She talks about different expectations from  her environment in India that greatly influenced her well being and overall happiness. She shares with us the thought process behind her decision to pursue higher education in Germany and why this trend is starting in India. Finally, she gives us tips on how she prepared for her journey, with the end goal of really thriving in a new country.

For more practical tips and life hacks to the student life in Germany, you can subscribe to Shraddha's YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/c/shraddhaParashar

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My first guest from Vietnam. Yen did her Master's in Germany, both in Eastern and Western Germany. She speaks a little bit about her experience as a student abroad and the preparation  required. She also talks about her fair share of dating in Germany. Germany has a big Vietnamese population and Yen sheds some light on this topic (a little history lesson for us). Lastly, she speaks about her YouTube channel, which focuses on her creative passion and life in Germany.

You can find her on YouTube under the name Cherrybrave Germany or click on this link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYNCC6RtKF-n1H9CKuxRmcQ/featured

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The life of a academic researcher is not a life for everyone. In this episode we talk to Li-Yen Wong, who is originally from Malaysia. She later on finished her education and got her PhD in Australia, before moving to Maastricht in the Netherlands for her Postdoctoral research.

Li talks about her journey in pursuit of her career. She explains how having an Asian tiger mom shaped her to who she is today and how different the life in academia is in Australia and the Netherlands. Lastly, Li shares tips on how, she has  successfully rebuilt her social life in a her new home.   

You can find Li on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/li-yen-wong/ . She also mentions a couple social groups that she is a part of: https://girlgoneinternational.com/ and https://www.pintofscience.nl/

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Ever felt so at home in a city that you are just visiting as a tourist? Today's guest started off as a tourist  in Germany, eventually loved Berlin so much that she decided to try her luck in the job market.  In this episode Mia Saari from Indonesia shares with us the reasons that made her  fall in love with in Berlin and how her experiences growing up in a conservative country led to her founding her own start up . 

You can learn more about Mia's start up here https://www.justjuno.co/, you can follow them on Social media by searching for justjunogame

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