Water From A Deep Well

In this episode, Kristin & Erin explore how their different conceptualisations of time affects the way they live, work, grieve, and relate to each other. Kristin also opens up about how hurry has come in the way of her walk with God & her desire to change.

We invite you to ponder on your own conceptualisation of time & how it affects your life.

Thank you @onehalfroastery for lending us your space.

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At Water From A Deep Well, we dive into the depths of the human experience in all its beauty & complexity. Hosted by Kristin Tan and her close friends.

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

2:12 A meta analysis of the podcast

6:32 Erin’s job prospects in Malaysia

9:40 Going off the grid

12:25 Kris’ post-internship thoughts on her direction in life

17:08 Who does Kris want to be after Japan?

18:19 Reflecting on Kris’ work ethic (a wip)

20:34 John Mark Comer’s The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

22:30 How difference in the pace of life creates friction between Erin & Kris

24:02 Our conceptualisation of time

19:18 Why & how Erin stays present

31:07 How does our concept of time reflect what we value?

32:36 “Hurry is the enemy of spiritual life.”

34:27 Whatever happened to the truisms of time??

34:59 Kris on being unhurried the way Jesus was

36:06 How society has changed its relations to time

38:30 Pondering on our mortality

40:01 On loss, grief and mourning (& the Andrew Garfield quote Kris can’t seem to recall)

42:43 Outro

Song: Iara's Song

Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios.

Link: https://youtu.be/R1OYN_IHMm4?si=tU6T6h87rW9RmE9D

In this episode, Kristin and Erin talk about how their respective upbringings affected their understanding of sexuality and femininity, from puberty to body image. They dabble into gender theory a little but honestly, they’re still trying to figure it out. Aren’t we all.

Note: W.E.I.R.D. is an acronym for western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic.

Follow the podcast on Instagram ⁠⁠@waterfromadeepwell⁠⁠

Follow Kristin on Instagram ⁠⁠@wlovekristin⁠⁠

Timestamps

00:00 Intro, why we’re talking about this

03:08 How Erin’s puritan Christian background affected her understanding of sexuality

05:07 How Kristin’s Christian Malaysian background affected her understanding of sexuality

07:39 Affect theory on our bodies

09:50 Birds and the bees talk

12:58 Kristin’s experience with modesty culture

17:01 Modesty as a cover for insecurity

17:57 Erin’s experience with modesty culture

20:11 How Erin’s practice of modesty has changed

21:54 The Christian argument of not “stumbling others”

23:25 The Ways of Seeing by John Berger

24:07 More on Erin’s modesty journey

26:57 Caveat on judging other Christians

27:58 Kristin’s experience with puberty & how it affected her femininity

34:02 Erin’s experience with puberty & how it affected her femininity

36:11 Erin’s insecurity about being insecure about her body

37:33 What would help a girl going through puberty?

39:10 Being unable to own our own image

40:26 How should we even address puberty?

42:34 Erin said Kris was hot lol

43:36 Do we even need to talk about our bodies???

45:08 How ballet made us hyper-conscious of our bodies

47:06 What helped Kristin’s body image struggles

49:24 What should we say to friends who struggle with body image?

53:32 Erin’s period pains and fertility scares

1:01:13 Final thoughts

Song: Iara's Song

Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios.

Link: https://youtu.be/R1OYN_IHMm4?si=tU6T6h87rW9RmE9D

Erin and I breakdown how studying humanities in university (International Communications with English Language and Literature) affected our view on media, and essentially the world.

Thank you @ebonyivory_coffee for lending us your beautiful space.

Follow the podcast on Instagram @waterfromadeepwell

Follow Kristin on Instagram @wlovekristin

At Water From A Deep Well, we dive into the depths of the human experience in all its beauty & complexity. Hosted by Kristin Tan and her close friends.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:17 Why did Erin study humanities

02:08 What we studied in university and how it influenced us

07:13 The perception of our current generation

10:02 Conceptualising our beings

12:55 Erin’s realisation about the capitalist system at 13 years old

14:20 Moral subjectivity on global issues

19:40 Being a Christian in Malaysia VS the US

21:32 Erin’s Zionist Christian relatives in South Africa

22:24 Media buzz words on the polarisation of social media

23:15 What Kristin learned from her degree: theoretical thinking

24:22 Learning about perspectives other than the Christian faith

26:50 Pursuing the intellectual journey with curiosity & wonder

28:06 Erin gets personal

30:26 Feeling isolated because of our views on AI

30:53 Trying to understand Kristin’s friend who works at a data center

34:43 Caveat: the university as the intersection between various fields of knowledge

35:44 The difference between humanities VS science/engineering students

38:07 Outro

Song: Iara's Song

Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios.

Link: https://youtu.be/R1OYN_IHMm4?si=tU6T6h87rW9RmE9D

AI Autopsy: While The Machine Learns is the first student-authored manifesto on AI education in Southeast Asia. It begs the question, how can we learn with AI without losing what makes us human?

Erin, the development editor, and Kristin, the outreach ambassador, walk us through the manifesto and the university module from which it derives. They share what the various engagements have been like (such as meeting the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education), how their thoughts on AI have changed, and where the project is headed from hereon. 

Learn more at ai-autopsy.com

Follow the manifesto on Instagram @ai.autopsy

Check out the Senang ke? campaign on Instagram @senangke

Check out Erin and Kristin’s university project, Holy Cow! Studios on Instagram @holycowstudios

Follow the podcast on Instagram ⁠⁠@waterfromadeepwell⁠⁠

Follow Kristin on Instagram ⁠⁠@wlovekristin

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to the module & manifesto

02:03 Our initial thoughts on AI

03:44 Our first impressions of the module

07:34 AI & authorship in university spaces (Holy Cow! Studios breakdown)

10:41 How did Holy Cow change our perspectives on our university experience? Our takeaways from Holy Cow

16:04 Avoiding the over-simplification in AI discourse

16:42 The creation of our manifesto principle

17:27 How we got involved in the manifesto project & overcoming imposter syndrome

22:47 Teamwork makes the dream work

25:07 The manifesto tour & involving student voices

27:19 Our ambivalence & anxieties with the machine

29:45 How the project is going so far

31:06 Our current thoughts on AI and education

36:92 Where do we want this project to go?

39:06 Final plug-ins for the manifesto!

40:12 Outro (& a look through While The Machine Learns)

Song: Iara's Song

Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios.

Link: https://youtu.be/R1OYN_IHMm4?si=tU6T6h87rW9RmE9D

Erin and I love over-analysing our friendship. So we thought, why not overshare on a podcast?

We talk about how our friendship has evolved over the past three years. From first impressions, friendship roadblocks & how we overcame them, pivotal moments, & where we are today.

Thank you @floratorie.co for lending us your beautiful space!

Follow the podcast on Instagram @waterfromadeepwell

Follow Kristin on Instagram @wlovekristin

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

03:37 What kind of friend are we?

8:30 How did we become friends?

13:41 Our differences & what we’ve learnt

16:41 Biggest changes we’ve gone through together

20:40 How we navigate arguments/differences/misunderstandings

26:46 Long-distance friendship, seeing our growth

31:20 What we’ve learnt from, or appreciate about one another

38:47 How people find friendships

41:06 Outro

ive learned soooo much from my trip to bangkok & jakarta! i had so many fears going into it, but God pulled through for me & i'm so grateful for all the lessons learned, friendships built & memories created!

i just came back from a 3 week adventure in bangkok & jakarta! i have so many stories to share & this episode barely scratches the surface... i plan to do more parts in the weeks to come so stay tuned! <3

today we're diving a bit deeper... i wanted to share what it was like losing my popo to covid (which many of you can probably relate to), reflect on my recent trip to bentong to see my lau gu & how i ended up living with my gong gong. grief is a long process & guilt is quite inevitable imo. there are many ways to deal with it, but here's what ive been doing! sending you lots of love <3

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thank you for sending in your questions on my IG story! they really helped to guide this first episode of the new Safe Space era. im excited to discuss more things in the future so if you have any topics you'd like to hear me cover about creating content, life, Christianity, relationships, etc please dm me on IG. i have a few subjects in mind that i want to cover too so stay tuned!