Rome Learns to... Podcast

Trisha Albay is currently an MS Asia-Pacific Student in the Thammasat University in Thailand. She has an experience working in international relations and has since been very interested in industries related to this.

In this episode, Trisha shares her learnings from her previous work experiences and how she became interested in pursuing further education in her current field. She also shared about how she is currently adjusting to her student life in Thailand and her experiences during the pandemic. This includes cultural ang language hacks we've learned or discovered.

Toward the end of the episode, she also shared tips on how to get scholarships abroad.

If you're interested to connect to Trisha, you can reach out to her via her Instagram @trishaalbay

Hello! Happy Monday to me and to you! How are you doing? I'm doing just the same. Listen for more info :D

Below are the questions I answered in this segment:

When was the last time you tried something new?

Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?

What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?

What gets you excited about life?

What life lesson did you learn the hard way?

If you'd like to answer the questions above or send me a message, feel free to answer the anonymous google form here: https://forms.gle/xha4VSjKx9t62mXB6

What's going on? It's Monday! Yep! Starting today, podcast release episodes both for the main segment and this bonus segment will be on Mondays. How about that?

Anyway, below are the questions I answered today:

When you help someone do you ever think, “What’s in it for me?”

What is your greatest challenge?

How do you know when it’s time to continue holding on or time to let go?

How do you define success?

If someone could tell you the exact day and time you are going to die, would you want them to tell you?

If you'd like to answer the questions above or send me a message, feel free to answer the anonymous google form here: https://forms.gle/xha4VSjKx9t62mXB6

Robert Joshua San Luis is a theater and screen actor and also a performing arts educator/teacher. He has done a number of films and has recently performed in a virtual theater in a show called "Silang Walang Tahanan".  In this episode, Joshua shared bits of stories about how he got into acting, his experiences in performing during these trying times, his recently found fascination about BTS and more.  You can find some of the performances of Joshua through the following: 1. Screams from Afar on Viddsee - https://www.viddsee.com/video/screams-from-afar/m09dm?locale=en2. Paglisan (C1 Originals) - https://youtu.be/dC7auG8P6oE3. Silang Walang Tahanan - watch out if they'll ever have a rerun ^^

Are you blue? It's been raining a lot during the weekend and just moments before I recorded this segment so I decided to use a somehow appropriate background music. Anyway, below are the questions I answered:

What are three moral rules you will never break?

Who or what do you think of when you think of love?

If your life was a novel, what would be the title and how would your story end?

What would you not give up for $1,000,000 in cash?

When do you feel most like yourself?

If you'd like to answer the questions above or send me a message, feel free to answer the anonymous google form here: https://forms.gle/xha4VSjKx9t62mXB6

Arnila Geronimo is currently working as a legal assistant in a government office and also an aspiring artist. She was one of my classmate/friend from high school and has actually already joined this podcast as a guest in the earlier seasons.

In this episode, we talked about learning how to do art by self-studying, doing self-assessments, experiencing self-discovery, and some bits about TikTok which I've no idea about. (Yeah, I don't use TikTok and it never crossed my mind to download the app. I'm still not.) Anyway, this episode is more interesting as I originally thought it would be, so give it a listen and see for yourself :D

You can find Arnila's artwork on her IG: arnilajamine

This episode is also available in video format on my YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/romejuanatas/

This segment is now audio-only. Happy? Well, I am. It saves me time while still enjoying myself answering these questions. Below are the questions, I answered in this episode:

If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?

What is your number one goal for the next six months?

Would you ever give up your life to save someone else?

Are you happy with yourself?

What is the meaning of ‘peace’ to you?

If you'd like to answer the questions above or send me a message, feel free to answer the anonymous google form here: https://forms.gle/xha4VSjKx9t62mXB6

Simon Cho is a native Korean who is recently taking his MBA in the Ateneo de Manila University. He spent a significant number of his youthful years in the Philippines while also having studied and worked in Canada, South Korea, and the US. While he already speaks English and Korean so fluently, he is also learning Mandarin (now at an advanced level) and is quite interested in improving his Tagalog.

In this episode, Simon shared some tips on how to do well in the Test of Proficiency in Korean (T stands for Test in TOPIK so TOPIK Exam sounds a bit redundant then LOL). He also shared how he thinks everyone could write better Korean essays and how to overcome language learning plateaus. There's quite a number of language learning tips spread out through the interview so pick them up and see what works for you best.

Simon also teaches Korean so if you're interested to learn by having him as a tutor, feel free to reach out to us and we'll get you connected to him.

This episode is also available in video format on my YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/romejuanatas/

This is the final 365 Questions with Rome segment that will be available on YouTube. Upcoming episodes will be back to being audio-only.  Below are the questions I answered in this episode:  

If you haven’t achieved it yet what do you have to lose? 

What three words would you use to describe the last three months of your life? 

How would you describe ‘freedom’ in your own words? 

What is the most important thing you could do right now in your personal life? 

If you could ask one person, alive or dead, only one question, who would you ask and what would you ask?

Raei Baccay is a BS Chemical Engineering graduate from the University of the Philippines - Diliman and is currently working as a Data Analyst while also exploring future possibilities with Data Science and Data Engineering. She gained her interest in data science while crunching numbers related to a water fiasco that occurred last year and has since delved deeper into the industry.  In this episode, Raei shared how she found out about data science, the resources she used and how she is currently learning further. She also shared some tips for remote work as the nature of work for this industry is usually remote.    Raei also recently started a podcast together with her boyfriend, Kix. If you want to listen more from her, be sure to check their podcast using the link below: http://anchor.fm/yaaan You can also follow her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/raraei/ The video version of this episode is also available on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/romejuanatas/