Hey there!

We are BaCk! and ...we are super grateful and glad that we have Pam today share her Singapore journey with us from a native Vietnamese perspective. I love her coping mechanism and tbh we all need to have this mentality for us to live well outside of our conform zone.

Here are her recs on books

1. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape

2. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself 

Many thanks to my dear friend and we hope our audience gain smth meaningful out of it. :) 

In today's episode, we are super hyped that we have Ayman join us to share his stories in Taiwan. As an Egyptian in TW, is life easier to adapt than we thought or actually it's harder to survive? As a former resident in the middle east and Africa, what are the tips to fit into a mandarin community?  What are the lows and highs? Without further ado, let's dive in! 

雖然標題裡，我們只有放杜拜，但是本集中，我們也提到了新家坡跟大馬生活的經驗。個人在聽的時候同時也做了不少筆記，想在海外生活，尤其是對中東有興趣的你，小編真的強力推薦本集內容，因為在本集內容提到滿多工作術語跟海外法條國觀等內容，所以有不懂的地方不要猶豫，歡迎私敲：）

Although in the title we only put Dubai, in this episode, we are honored to have Andrew share his personal life and working experience in Singapore, Malaysia and Dubai. I was literally taking notes while editing the whole episode. That's why it took me a while to release this episode. NGL, the quality of the overall convo brings me to the next level. Andrew, have you considered becoming one of the speakers on TED talk on the side?

We touch multiple topics here during the whole interview, including but not limited to job hunting, Singapore industry development, culture, international treaty, discrimination, seeking oversea opportunities. The best part is you would have a general concept on the living environment in the Islamic society. Many thanks again for your time!  

- Sustainability - How to turn waste oil into biodiesel and apply it successfully?   

- Dubai & Singapore. What are the similarities? 

- How to manage a hustle life in a travel oriented role ?

- How to cross field but integrate your background/ original knowledge holistically to a relatively new domain  

- The reason of choosing Singapore to settle down instead of the middle east

雖然標題裡，我們只有放杜拜，但是本集中，我們也提到了新家坡跟大馬生活的經驗。個人在聽的時候同時也做了不少筆記，想在海外生活，尤其是對中東有興趣的你，小編真的強力推薦本集內容，因為在本集內容提到滿多工作術語跟海外法條國觀等內容，所以有不懂的地方不要猶豫，歡迎私敲：）

Although in the title we only put Dubai, in this episode, we are honored to have Andrew share his personal life and working experience in Singapore, Malaysia and Dubai. I was literally taking notes while editing the whole episode. That's why it took me a while to release this episode. NGL, the quality of the overall convo brings me to the next level. Andrew, have you considered becoming one of the speakers on TED talk on the side?

We touch multiple topics here during the whole interview, including but not limited to job hunting, Singapore industry development, culture, international treaty, discrimination, seeking oversea opportunities. The best part is you would have a general concept on the living environment in the Islamic society. Many thanks again for your time!  

- Sustainability - How to turn waste oil into biodiesel and apply it successfully?   

- Dubai & Singapore. What are the similarities? 

- How to manage a hustle life in a travel oriented role ?

- How to cross field but integrate your background/ original knowledge holistically to a relatively new domain  

- The reason of choosing Singapore to settle down instead of the middle east

We chat with uncle Chang about his observation on postcolonialism in Taiwan. He also shares his interesting insight on people's behavior. I sincerely hope we can concentrate the conversations, digest the info and self reflect on how we can improve ourselves to diminish the discrimination and bias towards our own people and non English speaker expats. Sometimes we just have to embrace and respect our local culture firmly as an initial step because it's just that god damn beautiful. How about starting to appreciate and learn Taiwanese dialect? young people? hehe

本集我們要請到張叔叔來分享台灣殖民後的現況，進階帶到種族主義的分析以及殖民帶給人民的影響，希望台灣年輕人聽完知可以珍惜我們在地文化 

第一步？ 先從學台語如何？：）

- Systematic racism in Taiwan - You are part of the system and it's the right way to behave... Are you tho?

- Are we friendly to expats? or just nice to those expats who are able to speak perfect English?

- Can we really achieve the spirit of decolonization? 

- What kind of Influence/ impact caused by colonization in Taiwan?  

Enjoy!

SpOilEr alErt, this episode might be the funniest one so far lol and there are loads of laughters inside.. don't say we didn't warn you! 

In today's episode, we hang with Henry, aka SG TripAdvisor. :P  He shares his insight on architecture (yes, this is what he is good at!), culture, language, etc. Also, he elaborates on the discrepancies between China and Singapore. Without further ado, let's dive in! A lil bit of context here, he literally cracked me up during the whole interview and I laughed loudly again when I was editing the clips lol. 

- What is the intention of working in China 

- When culture hits architecture 

- Heritage vs. Modern 

- Difference between Mandarin in Singapore and Mandarin in China. You just gotta go with the flow! 

- Competitiveness   

Enjoy our show and don't forget to recommend it to your family, friends, colleagues, basically just... everyone you know. \O/  

榮幸邀請到本人學生時期的偶像不說了　快聽吧　I admired him so much when I was in uni well still lah lol. Cut to the chase. Go listen!

學習日文心路歷程 Journey of studying Japanese 

敬語到底多難搞 the Art of "Keigo" what the hell... そんけいご v.s.けんじょうご

如何維持日語語感 How to maintain your Japanese 

日本職場文化就是君主制? Japan working culture. how the seniority hierarchy works in JP? 

給日文學子的建議 Advice to students whose major is Japanese 

commercial time! As the owner of one of the famous rooftop bars in Taipei, Yancy and his teammates develop and provide loads of unique and local beer/ cocktails for customers to experience. The most incredible specialty is that they even installed several tents on the rooftop as seating area. Pioneer move! If you happen to be in Taipei Xinyi District, pls remember to stop by! https://www.instagram.com/chonbar.wine/?hl=en 

A friendly reminder.... don't forget to book before you go lol....

他酒吧很夯　記得訂位 https://goo.gl/maps/J7Z9PMnhd1F3yxnC7

Which bar: Chon Bar 熊爸

Where at: 台北市信義區忠孝東路五段71巷6號7F 7F., No.6, Ln.71, Sec.5, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City,,Taiwan (R.O.C.)

榮幸邀請到本人學生時期的偶像不說了　快聽吧　I admired him so much when I was in uni well still lah lol. Cut to the chase. Go listen!

學習日文心路歷程 Journey of studying Japanese 

敬語到底多難搞 the Art of "Keigo" what the hell... そんけいご v.s.けんじょうご

如何維持日語語感 How to maintain your Japanese 

日本職場文化就是君主制? Japan working culture. how the seniority hierarchy works in JP? 

給日文學子的建議 Advice to students whose major is Japanese 

commercial time! As the owner of one of the famous rooftop bars in Taipei, Yancy and his teammates develop and provide loads of unique and local beer/ cocktails for customers to experience. The most incredible specialty is that they even installed several tents on the rooftop as seating area. Pioneer move! If you happen to be in Taipei Xinyi District, pls remember to stop by! https://www.instagram.com/chonbar.wine/?hl=en 

A friendly reminder.... don't forget to book before you go lol....

他酒吧很夯　記得訂位 https://goo.gl/maps/J7Z9PMnhd1F3yxnC7

Which bar: Chon Bar 熊爸

Where at: 台北市信義區忠孝東路五段71巷6號7F 7F., No.6, Ln.71, Sec.5, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City,,Taiwan (R.O.C.)

在本集中, 我們邀請Lydia來分享身為東南亞居民在台灣遇到的大小事 還有一些意料之外的驚喜\o/ 

In this episode, we invite Lydia to talk about her delightful stories and some... unexpected surprises in Taiwan. She is a super talented graphic designer btw 

1. Taiwan? China? how to choice? 台灣 中國 怎麼選 

2. Would it be a problem if I am not that good at Mandarin while living there? 中文沒有很行 生活OK嗎

3. Living environment in Taipei .. 台北生活環境 o.O

4. That again ? but food is just so damn good 台灣食物在招喚我的靈魂 calling from the Universe hehehe

5. Is Taiwanese nice to expats? Let's ....reveal the truth hohoho 台灣人對外國人友善嗎 答案只有一個

這是一段愛與勇氣的故事

In this episode, we chat with Winnie who just graduated from the university of Texas at Dallas and now she is working in marketing filed for living. 

Let's take a look at how she manages her job and life in the states and how she prepared her Toefl and GMAT even though... that was super painful... ?

本集中 分享她考托福的心路歷程 以及 美國的職場生態, 希望可以幫到目前正在準備出國考試或是即將赴美的學子們:)