We continue our previous discussions about the protests currently taking place in Hong Kong, and this time we invited Kahan back for a third opinion. And we’ve essentially arrived at what we believe to be the cusp of the protests: Is Hong Kong

Hong Kong Independence Protest

Sep 20th, 2019 47m 36s

Although we're more than 7,000 miles away from Hong Kong, the current protest still affects us as both Derrick and I still have roots there. It's difficult to get a full and complete story so far away from the epicenter, but we do our best to b

What is it like to grow up poor?

May 29th, 2019 1h 16m

The last episode we started to discuss how growing up as poor affected our values, goals, and life in general. In this episode, we continue that topic and hash out all the ways we believe our lives were different due to growing up poor vs the m

Episode 06 - Are Asians Generally More Pessimistic in Our World View?

Apr 30th, 2019 39m 38s

Do we, first-generation Asian immigrants, tend to be pessimistic in our world-views? Derrick and I invited our friend, Kahan, to discuss this question with us; and it led to a very lively discussion on what pessimism actually means and whether

Episode 05 - Does Hard Work Pave the Way to Success?

Apr 16th, 2019 46m 26s

Here's a question: how much does hard way really affect your success in life? Is hard work an automatically equivalent of finding success in your job, school, or life in general? Or is there perhaps a lot of other factors which can influence

Episode 04 - Careers

Apr 8th, 2019 53m

Andrew works in the field of Legal Technology, and Derrick works in Finance. We both basically fell into our careers, and looking back, while there are probably things we could have done differently; we're not sure we would have chosen other c

Episode 03 - Learning the English Language

Apr 7th, 2019 51m 12s

We both immigrated to the US around the age of 9 with an almost non-existent understanding of the English Language. Through some trials and tribulations, we managed to develop at least a working mastery of the language. From embarrassing firs

Episode 02 - Turning 40 and the meaning of "mid-life crisis"

Apr 7th, 2019 45m 15s

Derrick and I both turned 40 a little over a year ago, and it made us a bit retrospective. Here's Episode 2, talking about what it means to grow "old" and whether the "mid-life crisis" is real.

Episode 01 - Who are we? - About Derrick and Andrew

Apr 7th, 2019 45m 55s

This is our inaugural podcast, a little background about Derrick and myself. Andrew is from the Refugee Camps of Hong Kong, and Derrick grew up in the fast-changing city of Guangzhou, China. We both now live in sunny Southern California, and

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