梳化同學會 | The Podcasting Couch

Jay faces his most dangerous career crisis yet, with the immense moral support from 生蠔san, he's barely pulling through... This episode kicks off a new on going series for this show, where the couch and our friends talk about paranormal themed topics in a fun and casual way. For this week, we dive into tarot cards, with Lukas explaining its brief history, giving Jay a casual reading, and the host roster each picks a card that (for fun) represents them.

This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Gtai

Guest: Lukas, JChow

Topics:

00:00:00 I.  Career Crisis! The conflict Arc!

00:00:00 II. 生蠔san to the rescue~

01:08:00 III. Interpreting Tarot cards: Jay's 5 year career progression

01:59:00 IV. The Moon, The Star and The Hermit

Jay talks about his solo show that precedes this show and the story behind its creation. He then shares his trip to Sino Centre which led to a segment dedicated to dissecting the history of DC's Harley Quinn. The episode ends with an interesting Forbes article to "Kill your company", where a company's self improvement scheme is proposed. Jay questions its feasibility in HK and suggests an alternative way of utilizing such scheme.

This Episode's Hosts: Jay

Topics:

00:00:00 I.  Jay's Solo Show, Podcasting Couch's Predecessor

00:10:00 II.  Sino Center Nendoroid Otaku Trip

00:24:00 III. Harley Quinn: The Charming Bubblegum Psychopath

00:33:00 IV. An exercise to better yourself: "To Kill a Mocking Job"

Gtai and Jay talks about why Kekkai Sensen is such a great anime. Jay updates some office drama that he felt like should be recorded in Podcasting Couch history. The couch follows up the topic about "potential" from last week.

This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai; Pong

Topics:

00:00:00 I. Kekkai Sensen (Blood Blockade Battlefront)": Tale of a regular person in an irregular world

00:27:00 II. Fictional Office Drama, "Moving forward"

00:55:00 III. Discussion: Signs that your potential is a burden

This episode opens with the couch paying respect to Mr. Ng Man-tat, a veteran actor well-known for his roles in Stephen Chow movies. Mr. Ng played a huge role in our childhood entertainment and inevitably shaped part of our humor, he will definitely be missed. Moving on to a lighter tone, Podcasting Couch starts a new (maybe recurring) segment, WDYM (what do you mean?), where we attempt to decipher the intended message behind phrases when said by a specific member. Will our bonds deepen or would we crash and burn? Find out this week, in this episode of The Podcasting Couch. 

This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai; Pong

Topics:

00:00:00 I. Rest In Peace Mr. Ng Man-tat, thanks for being a part of our childhood

00:19:30 II. WDYM: "I'd Rather Not Go, Thanks."

00:59:00 III. WDYM: "I Prefer Not to Answer That Question."

We continue our discussion on the stereotypes and assumptions surrounding owning stuffed animals, reaching a suprising but welcomed conclusion. As this week's main topic, the couch crew talks about our animal choice as pets, bringing up the classic war of Cats Vs. Dogs. We then dive deeper into a more serious discussion on whether we think we're ready for pets, the reason behind wanting pets, and whether having children could be replaced by owning pets.

This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai; Pong

Topics:

00:00:00 I. Stuffed animals 2: Breaking the stereotypes

01:12:00 II. Now these animals would be great pets

01:43:00 III. Pets, most people want one, but do we?

01:57:00 VI. Is owning pets equivalent to having children?

Happy new year! Gtai and Jay kicks off this week with Jay's stuffed animals and why they mean so much to him. As a lunar new year special guest, FengShui Master Mr. Gum returns with his misleading BS. This week's main topic surrounds our new year routines and well as our views on traditions, whether they should be kept or evolve with time. Enjoy!

This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Gtai

Topics:

00:00:00 I. Stuffed animals are Great!

00:37:00 II. FengShui Master Mr. Gum returns (with BS)

00:44:00 III. Let's Talk New Year Routines and Traditions

Our regular host returns with a new persona and starts the episode with more questions than answers. After sharing our latest ventures into the (virtual) snowy mountains, the couch moves on to discuss the endless controversies surrounding Cyberpunk 2077 an game development hell. This episode ends with Jay and Ming sharing their hype being the upcoming new game from the Monster Hunter series.

This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai

Topics:

00:00:00 I. Our Chaotic-Good Protagonist has arrived 

00:20:00 II. Game development hell, hype, and disappointments

00:55:00 III. Monsta Hunta!!!

This episode opens with Jay ranting about how it took more than an entire YEAR for the rest of the couch crew to finally understand one of the purposes of this show's existence, and how GTAI promised to lead the show but never actually did... He then shares his 8 days of pain from a perfectly located mouth ulcer. This week ends with, again, Jay's sharing of a weird dream he had that brought him back to a slice of his high school life.

This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai; Pong

Topics:

00:00:00 I.  Rant, Rant, Rant, what this show should've became

00:32:00 II. Eight days of pain...

01:00:00 III. A nostalgic dream of high school days

In a rare episode with only Nic and Gtai, these self-proclaimed yin-yang buddies goes on a trip of self discovery, by discussing never before asked personal questions. After understanding how each other feels, would their unique relationship blossom or crash and burn?

This Episode's Hosts:  Gtai; Nic

Topics:

00:00:00 I.  How do we view each other and first impressions

00:22:00 II. Our unique relationship / interactions

01:01:00 III.  Nic: "Gtai, you're my safe space"

01:14:00 IV.  The Purpose of Living, Faith and Gods

01:38:00 V.  Given the choice, would you revert technology back to the 90's?

Nic takes lead and invite us to share our (boring) week, leading to a weird story about mailboxes and steamers from Jay's colleagues. This episode ends with the Couch's discussion on our transition to Signal and other platforms in light of Facebook's supposed unreasonable new terms and conditions.

This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai; Pong; Nic

Topics:

00:00:00 I.  How was your week, Gtai?

00:17:00 II. The Steamer of Dancing Water

00:40:00 III. Transitioning to New Messaging and Social Platforms