梳化同學會 | The Podcasting Couch

In a surprise turn of events, Jay had his first solo buffest experience, and it was... definitely an experience... The couch then discusses tangents from buffets, such as the draw of buffets, and our own serving sequences at such restaurants. Moving on, The Couch attempts to draft our own playlist of wedding reception music. In this episode, Jay dedicates a timeslot to express his appreciation for his senior at work, Mr. K. As the ending discussion, we try to come up with incentives that could raise employee productivity.

This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai

Guest: Lukas

Topics:

00:00:00 I.  Let's talk about Hotel Buffets

01:00:00 II.  Couch Select: Wedding Dinner Songlist

01:34:00 III. Jay's Appreciation for his Senior Mr. K

01:44:00 IV. Incentives to Raise Employee Productivity

What better to end the year 2020 than personal reflections and growth? 

In this content packed episode, the couch kicks off by debating the significance of a New Year’s celebration. Followed by the athletic trio’s hiking activities. Then we go in turn to discuss our key moments of the year, including Pong’s mental growth due to relationship, Jay’s advancing career goals, as well as Gtai and Ming’s milestones achieved, to name a few. 

In this year of loss, we learnt to appreciate and cherish the people that we still have, and make peace with those we had beef with. The podcasting couch wishes you all a happy new year, to family and friends!

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

Topics:

 00:00:00 I. What's the point of New Year's celebration? (Pre-topic)

 00:34:00 II. Hiking with a Bard (Pre-topic)

 00:57:00 III. Our 2020 Key moments/Memories

 a) 2019 Reflection Follow-up

 b) Pong: Growth thanks to his relationship

 c) Jay: Still single in 2020

 d) Ming: Career path progression

 e) Gtai: Achieving a mental First Aid Certificate 

f) Pong: Dealing with lost 

g) Jay: Attaining an A+ dissertation and Career Progression 

h) Ming: Moving to his first solo apartment 

J) Gtai: Feeling more connected to loved ones than ever 

k) Jay: Reconnecting with people thanks to the Podcast 

m) Ming: Adapting to changes 

n) Jay: Our World in stasis

With the highest level of production value of podcasting couch history, we're proud to bring you our (late) Christmas special episode. Starting with a session of appreciation to our respected archbishop, followed by a discussion on our views on presents. Is cooking a meal a sufficient Christmas present? What do we think about "I am your gift"? Listen and you'll see~ With a twist, we go wild in a game of couch improv, where jay set 3 basic scenarios and the couch plays the rest of the story by the ear. Never has the show been as explicit and innuendo filled, never has the show been as chaotic, and never have we enjoyed ourselves this much in this show. 

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

Topics:

00:00:00 I. Worshiping the Cabinet Door Archbishop (Pre-topic)

00:32:00 II. Your present is ... ... me? (Pre-topic)

Couch Improv!

01:15:00 III. Story Un: Buying Gift for a Friend (Gone wrong, gone sexual...)

01:46:00 IV. Story Deux: A Vibrational and Explosive Tech Press Conference (Extremely explicit)

02:18:00 V. Story Trois: Ra-tao-touille in Hell’s Kitchen 

Jay returns and brings us stories about his green card lesson. Ming then reveals an update on his plans for moving to a "big city". This week's main topics are all proposed by our very own Professor Physics, beginning with a discussion revolving around sleep cycles and sleep quality. The couch then attempts at defining Hong Kong's local cultures and its differences with oversea countries. This week's episode ends with a brief conversation about talking to strangers.

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

Guest: Lukas

Topics:

00:00:00 I. Jay safety green card training (Pre-topic)

00:32:00 II. Ming is now a big city boi (Pre-topic)

00:52:00 III. Sleep tracking and sleep cycles

01:05:00 IV. Are we strangers to our own culture due to our international exposure?

01:53:00 V. Would you dare to talk to strangers? 

This week our long time host Jay is currently on a quest for his green card (Construction Safety Certificate), therefore Ming, Gtai and Lukas takes on the pilot seat, and present you this weeks episode! We first started off with Lukas' episode finale of his quarantine life, as well as his feelings about the whole journey, then we move on to Ming's 3 days 2 night road trip to Mornington, and all the shenanigans along the way.

Topics:

00:00:00 I:   Intro (Pre-topic)

00:02:30 II:   What's up with our life? (Pre-topic)

01:12:20   III: Living by yourself

This episode starts with the couch making milk jokes and eventually starting an innuendo party. Jay then leads a discussion in an attempt to convince himself of the appeal of hiking. As this week's main topics, the couch dives together with professor physics, into two deep conversations regarding human conscious and technology.

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

Guest: Lukas (Professor Physics)

Topics:

00:00:00 I. Full Lactose Alchemist (Pre-topic)

00:20:00 II. Boys will be boys, Innuendo Party (Pre-topic)

00:57:00 III. What's the appeal of Hiking (Pre-topic)

01:26:00 IV. Would you see a Perfect AI Replicate of a Dead Person, as the Same Person?

02:03:00 V. Given the option to relocate your conscious to a cyborg/robot body, would you do it?

This week the couch starts with a brief of their latest favourite (mainstream) anime, explaining why Chachamaru the cat is the cutest thing in the show. Pong shares an update on his job hunting journey, proposing Nic and his solution to lunching with Jay despite their office distances. As the main topic, the couch attempts to understand the "friend-zone", discussing the 2 mainstream theories revolving around it, while also trying to grasp the mentality behind "simping". As a grand finale, Jay reluctantly betrays the Archbishop and confronts her about her distaste of Parma ham with melons, leading up to a weird but interesting food combo conversation.

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

Topics:

00:00:00 I. A brief chat of "Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon slayer)" (Pre-topic)

00:20:00 II. General life updates (Pre-topic)

01:22:00 III. Friend zones, Simps, and Dates

01:52:00 IV. The best way of serving Parma-ham (Post-topic)

The three idiots band together to talk about random flashbacks, Pong’s dating adventures and Jay’s failed immersion. The trio starts off looking back at the roots of the Podcasting Couch, reminiscing on how the show first started. Then Pong updates us on his latest date spot, which was chosen deliberately to piss off Jay. The hosts move on to talk about their university experience, namely their likes and dislikes towards joining a society/club. Lastly Jay shares his big brain moments with 生蠔-san as well as a poorly executed improvisation of POV story telling.

This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Pong

Topics:

00:00:00 I.   Looking back at our first episodes (Pre-topic)

00:42:00 II.  Chilling at Cheung Chau (Pong w/Archbishop) (Pre-topic)

01 :11: 00 III.  The University Society Experience (Pre-topic)

01:59:00 IV. Jay went Present shopping and Supermarket Crisis! with 生蠔san (Pre-topic)

The dynamic duo returns with two guests to discuss the intricacies of office culture and share work stories. This week’s Friday special we start off with a quick update of Jay’s recent podcast collaboration endeavours. Then we touch upon Pong’s hatred towards the pyramid scheme, and consequently his anger management issues. To cool things off, Prof. Physics leads the discussion starting with HK’s overtime culture, followed by Jay’s piece on workplace factions and his coworker appreciation section. The couch then debates upon whether having connections are more beneficial than having practical knowledge, which inevitably leads to work responsibility and a sharing of Pong’s sour experience as an intern. This lengthy episode ends with pointed remarks towards snobby seniors, and the disadvantages of a company that values job tenure over ability.

“An episode accentuating intellectual prowess balanced with the random but ever present stupidity and cow faeces” - Pong, 2020

This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Pong

Guest: Lukas (Professor Physics); Jchow

Topics:

00:00:00 I.   Podcaster collaborations and Pong's Pyramid Scheme Experience (Pre-topic)

01:20:00 II.   Office Culture: Hong Kong's Over-time culture (Lukas's Harsh Lab Professor) 

01:44:00 III.  Office Culture: Workplace Factions (Jay's "Happy 心麻" ; Luka's "Order of the Pheonix")

02:06:00 IV. Office Culture: Connections vs. Knowledge "識人好過識字" 

02:23:00 V.   Office Culture: Cop-out of work "職場卸膊" (Pong's horrible intern boss)

02:34:00 VI.  Office Culture: Snobby seniors "Old-seafood"

 As the Halloween special, the couch takes on a different style and flow with Nic taking the helm of the ship. We start by a structureless chit chat about our lives and choosing our Halloween costumes. We then move on to share our nightmares, dreams that to this day still horrify us. This episode ends with Nic sharing a true horror story...

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

Topics:

00:00:00 I.  Tangled Messy Chat (Pre-topic)

00:33:00 II. Our Nightmares and Dreams (Pre-topic)

01:20:00 III. Nic's Horror Story