Asian Miles Apart: Recent Episodes
Regina, Pyin and Krystle
Asian Miles Apart is a podcast hosted by Regina, Pyin and Krystle, who met in the UK and now live miles apart from home (and from each other).
Join us as we chat about our personal growth journeys and how we navigate life as 30-year-old Asian women living abroad.
In this episode, we dive into the world of Kuzu, a brand that started with a focus on self-expression and offer a product line of socks, tees, and bucket hats. Join us as we interview Laura Pezza and our very own Regina, the founders of Kuzu, and discover the story behind their journey of empowering individuals to showcase their unique styles and personalities. We explore the inspiration behind their embroidered patches, the customer feedback that led to product diversification, and their commitment to providing a holistic self-expression experience. Tune in to gain insights into the preparation required for online sales, including photography, setting up a website, and making packaging decisions. Episode Highlights:-The initial intention: How Kuzu started with patterned leggings and discovered the power of embroidered patches for self-expression.-The funny story of how Regina and Laura landed on the name 'Kuzu' and the journey and setbacks when it comes to choosing the brand name.-Customer feedback and the popularity of socks, T-shirts, and bucket hats: Understanding the market demands and expanding the product line.-Inspiration from successful brands: How Kuzu drew inspiration from brands like Casetify to offer a comprehensive range of products for year-round sales.-Transitioning from a market booth to online sales: The preparation involved, including photography, website setup, and packaging decisions.
This week we have some very exciting news to share on our romantic relationships! In this episode, we look at the different milestones of being in a relationship, i.e. newly dating, being engaged and married! Join us as we share the stories of how Regina recently met someone new, and how Krystle got engaged this year! We reflect on the memorable and joyful moments from our relationships to date, as well as the unique challenges that we face and how we hope to overcome these.
In this episode, Regina delves into a deeply personal and empowering topic – her own egg freezing journey. With candor and vulnerability, Regina shares her experiences, challenges, and insights in navigating the process of preserving her fertility. Join us as we explore the emotions, decisions, and hope that shaped Regina's decision to freeze her eggs. Regina opens up about the emotional rollercoaster that accompanied her egg freezing journey, including hopes, fears, and moments of doubt. Tune in to gain valuable insights and perspectives on the power of preserving possibilities through egg freezing.
Our wedding theme continues this week as we discuss Pyin's journey in planning her wedding. We discussed her approach to budgeting including balancing her budget with her dream wedding as well as ways to save and stick within budget (though perhaps less successful on Pyin's part!). We also talked about how Pyin chose her vendors and some useful tips from her experience. We promise it's the last wedding-related episode!
In this episode, we look back and explore the heart-warming journey of Pyin's remarkable wedding! We discuss the love story that brought Pyin and her partner together, the cultural elements incorporated into the ceremony, and delve into the atmosphere and standout moments of the wedding. We talked about the personal touches that made it unique and shared lessons learnt from her wedding journey (with more of that to come)! Don't forget to subscribe and share your thoughts in a review to become a part of this storytelling adventure!
Welcome back to a new Season! We are excited to reconnect with you after 18 months to share some of our exciting updates and what's to come. We discuss our recent career moves as well as a significant life milestone for Pyin! We hint at a potential move to LA, and reflect on the past year, discussing our feelings of contentment and our future plans. This episode sets the stage for a season filled with discussions on our careers, fertility journeys, relationships, entrepreneurship, and more. Welcome back to Season 3 of Asian Miles Apart!
In this episode, we explore the correlation of productivity and time management. We look into how better time management could help improve all aspects of our lives from work, school to managing our relationships. our "performance" in any of these aspects involve a delicate balance in the time we spend and the effort we put into these various aspects.
Join us in this episode as we talk about some of the productivity habits we have developed over the years that we find useful, as well as some of the bad habits we have formed which we find hard to let go of! With only so little time and so much to do, do join us as we talk about some of the things we do to be better, more productive human beings!
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Part 2 to our random rapid fire questions - Join us in this episode as we answer questions like "What are the least-likely three words someone would use to describe you?", "What is your last Google search?", "What was your last impulse buy?", etc.
Today we want to ask the question, if you could design your life exactly how you want it to be, what would that life look like? In this episode, we discuss our vision of our ideal life, and how we want to achieve them. This exercise is inspired by the lifebook, a programme that was recommended to me by a dear friend Harsha who had found it beneficial in planning his life goals. The lifebook consists of 12 categories, but today we are doing a more condensed version, and we will go through some of the key categories. We talk about our ideal life visions for health & fitness, intellectual and emotional life, relationships with parents and our career. If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave us a review on Spotify, Apple or Google Podcast and do take this opportunity to share this podcast with your friends. Feel free to drop us a DM on Instagram at Asianmilesapart or email us at asianmilesapart@gmail.com. You can also get in touch with us on our website at asianmilesapart.com under the Get In Touch section. Thanks for listening!
Join us in this episode as we answer 30 random rapid fire questions like 'How often do you floss?', What is one thing you regret spending money on?, to question like 'Who is your favorite Disney character?'.
Can you believe we're already in April and a quarter of the year has just flown by? Whilst the three of us record for the podcast on a weekly basis, our individual schedules means that we sometimes don't get to catch up on each other's lives properly! Therefore we thought why not use one of our recording sessions for an impromptu catch up?
Join us in this episode as we caught up with what's happening in our lives, involving everything from Krystle's collagen supplements and travel plans, to Regina's search for a new job and her encounter with COVID-19, as well as Pyin's wedding planning.
NFT, Cryptocurrency, and the Metaverse. They have become a hot topic of discussions these days. Bitcoin reached its all time high at a price of 69k in November last year. and In December last year, an NFT artwork named 'The Merge' was sold for $91.8million. Today we want to answer all your burning questions around these topics, and to do that, we have a special guest with here us today! Bill is the co-founder and the architect behind Animalia, an independent online NFT card trading game, these NFT cards feature crypto-inspired meme creatures and gemstones.
Join us in this episode as Bill unlocked the world of NFT, Crypto, and the metaverse for us! Bill gave us an overview of how cryptocurrencies work, his view on how to trade crypto, and whether he sees crypto replacing fiat currencies in the future. Are you thinking of selling your own NFT? Get some tips from Bill on how to start selling your own! We learnt so much from Bill in this episode, we hope you will, too! Thank you so much to Bill for joining us in this episode! You can find out more about Animalia at www.animalia.games.
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The three of us are in our 30s now, and looking back, our childhood feels like aeons ago. We often reminisce about how our childhood went, the games we played, the friends we made and the experiences we shared with our loved ones. Today, let us dive deeper into our childhoods from ages 1 to 16, and the happy memories we've had associated with that.
There are some funny stories and the silly crushes we've had, and the fun games that we'd play when we were younger. Do you have any similar memories of your own? Do share with us!
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Making the decision to change your job could be easy, or extremely difficult! Nevertheless it is a very important decision to make, so how can you tell that it's the right time to switch jobs and whether the new offer is the right one for you? What follows isn't easy either as we know how daunting it can be to settle into a new job and office.
Join us in this week's episode as we discussed how we made the decision to change our jobs under different circumstances and our changing priorities as we grow older. We also talked about our transition process (and the many shocks Krystle experienced) into our new roles at the time including tips and advice on how to settle into a new job.
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We are late to the game, but in this epiosde we are going to be reviewing the show ‘Single’s Inferno’!
Single’s Inferno is a Korean dating show on Netflix, the premise of the show is that they put a group of very attractive single people on an island they called the ‘inferno’, which has very basic amenities, which we think is more like a glamping situation.
They can escape as couples for date nights on another ‘Paradise island’ in the presidential suites of a luxury hotel, if they manage to couple up through voting or wining games.
In this week’s episode, we talk about how this show compare to other dating shows that you have watched. We talk about who we think was a more entertaining couple in the show, and gave our honest opinion on the drama between Se Hoon and So Yeon.
Was Se Hoon overreacting? Or, was So Yeon being indecisive and in the wrong?
We talk about the shocking incident of Se Hoon voting for Ji Yeon for the third time for a date to the paradise, and who among the contestants we like to go out on a lunch date with!
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Yes, we're engaged! Continuing on with the Season of Love, we are covering a highly exciting update this week. Our very own, Pyin, is now officially engaged! Okay, so technically not all three of us are engaged, but let's be real, we are all as excited as Pyin is and would be equally as involved in her wedding as she is, right? In this week's episode we will cover everything to do with Pyin's engagement. From how her significant other popped the question. pre-proposal preparation and jitters, to the ideal wedding! If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave us a review on Spotify, Apple or Google Podcast and do take this opportunity to share this podcast with your friends. Feel free to drop us a DM on Instagram at Asianmilesapart or email us at asianmilesapart@gmail.com. You can also get in touch with us on our website at asianmilesapart.com under the Get In Touch section. Thanks for listening!
Continuing on the theme of love, the three of us decided to look into the famous "36 questions to fall in love" from the New York Times.
These questions were first used in a study to explore whether intimacy between two strangers can be quickly built up by asking each other a series of personal questions. These questions are split into three sets, with each set being more personal than the previous one. Join us in this episode as we answered a selection of questions from this list to test if we feel closer to each other at the end. It was a fun experiment for us!
For those looking to build a deeper connection with your other half, you can find the questions here (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/style/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html).
Do let us know how you got on!
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Happy Valentine's Day!
In honour of the season of love, in this episode we explore the 5 Love Languages, a concept coined by Gary Chapman in his book, "The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate". The premise of love language is that in any relationship, we all give love and receive love in different ways. This concept of love language is that there are 5 different ways where people do so: words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time and physical touch.
Naturally, most of us would tend to give love in the way that we prefer to receive love, and in fact, the idea here is that we can achieve better communication as couples when we demonstrate care to our significant other in a a "language" that they understand. Join us in this episode as we talk about our love languages, explore what it means to be defined into different categories of "love", and whether love languages can be applied to all other relationships outside of our romantic relationships.
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Happy Lunar New Year! It's the time of the year for red packets, delicious cookies, copious amounts of food, fun (and sometimes awkward) family gatherings, new clothes and so much more! If you celebrate, what is your favourite part about lunar new year? The three of us grew up celebrating the lunar new year in Malaysia, and to a certain extent we have tried to celebrate in our own ways where we now live.
Join us in this episode as we discuss the traditions we grew up with and the things that we love (or not love) about this special festival. This is the year of the tiger, and us "horses" are expecting a great year ahead - how much do you read into zodiac predictions?
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Our parents made us siblings, we became friends on our own. All three of us grew up with siblings. We have been friends for a long time but we have never shared much about our siblings. This week's episode is emotional (tears were shed), it is vulnerable, raw and fun and it is by far one of our top favourite episodes to record!
Join us in this episode as we talk about our relationships with our siblings, and the roles they play in our lives. We share our relationships with our siblings in our childhood and how it has changed as we became adults. We talk about some of the most cherished memories we have with our siblings and share things that we have always wanted to tell our siblings but never had the courage to say in person.
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The COVID-19 pandemic we're all living through is scary and life-changing. The pandemic is now at its 2-year mark, and has been one of the most challenging events that have occurred in most people's lives. Since March 2020, every person has had their life shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic in some way.
Join us in this episode as we look back at how we each coped with the pandemic across different parts of the globe, how the pandemic has changed us, what life lessons we've learnt, and what we'd like to achieve once the pandemic ends!
If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave us a review on Spotify, Apple or Google Podcast and do take this opportunity to share this podcast with your friends. Feel free to drop us a DM on Instagram at Asianmilesapart or email us at asianmilesapart@gmail.com. You can also get in touch with us on our website at asianmilesapart.com under the Get In Touch section. Thanks for listening!
Welcome to Season 2 of Asian Miles Apart! We are so thrilled to be back with more exciting content and conversation with you all! In the first episode of season 2, we took the opportunity to reflect on the year 2021 and discuss our goals for this coming year. We rate our happiness on a scale of 1-10 and reflect on how well we take care of ourselves this year. We look back at the challenges and hardships we faced, but also take time to celebrate our achievements and talk about the one thing we are most proud of in the year 2021. We share what was the most worthy investment of our time and money this year! 2021 was also the year we launched the podcast, we talk about how running the podcast has impacted our lifestyle.
Join us as we talk about the highs and lows of the year 2021: Pyin dealing with demanding jobs in the first half of the year, Reg's tale of rom-com, Krystle's obsession with finding dry land.
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*Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions on mental health, depression, anxiety and suicide. There are some detailed and graphic talk on some of these issues, so before you proceed, listener discretion advised.
Mental health is something that has been attracting a lot of attention in recent years, and over the years, society has become more and more aware of what it means. A person's mental health is so important. It is linked to your physical health and ability to function on daily basis and should therefore be looked after. There is sadly still a stigma around mental health issues, and very often, people who are struggling with their mental health dismiss it as a problem or are even afraid to talk about it, but this is actually a more common issue than we think. In fact, according to the UK Mental Health Foundation, 1 in 6 adults has experienced a common mental health issue in a given week.
Join us this week as we talk about what mental health is and whether society has evolved its understanding of mental health, our experience with mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, and how we have learnt to overcome and manage triggers that may impact our mental wellbeing.
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Is anyone on Reddit? To one of our hosts, Reddit can be a very addictive forum. To those who are not aware, Reddit is basically a social platform where users can ask questions or share content which would get up/downvoted , and there you can find many interesting threads (really like a gossip forum sometimes!). Join us this week as the other hosts get introduced to the world of Reddit, and we take turns answering some questions asked on the forum, including some dating horror stories, Bridezillas and "what-if"s.
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There are SO.MANY. gems in this episode, where do we start?
Carlos Tello - The founder of the successful mexican-based E-Commerce business 'Tienda Komet'. While working and living in Hong Kong, Carlos started the venture with his co-founder Rodolfo, who is in charge of operations in Mexico. This year, 'Tienda Komet' was taken to the next level when Carlos and Rodolfo took part in Shark Tank Mexico and secured 6 million pesos (USD300k) in investments from the Sharks! Tienda Komet is an online marketplace that essentially deals with products returned by customers and in turn, liquidates them in the Komet online store by making them available to Komet's customers by selling them in batches or surprise boxes.
Carlos has such interesting views. He has an amazing ability to describe business strategies in a way that made it so easy to understand even for business amateurs like us! In this podcast we talk a lot about our lives living abroad and the culture shock we faced as asians living in the UK. We sat down with Carlos not just to talk about his entrepreneurial journey, but also his life in Hong Kong as a foreigner/expat! We are excited to have Carlos to talk a little bit about his experience as a Latin-American living in Asia! We will include a link of the youtube video of Shark Tank Mexico where Carlos & Rodolfo were featured on our website, be sure to check it out.
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Personality tests are all the rage right now. For most, we are almost always interested in understanding who we are. Human beings are fundamentally complex and no one person is the same. Rather ironically, personality tests help break down who we are as human beings into simple frameworks and puts us into different personality buckets. After close to 20 episodes, join us today as we talk about the results of our Myer Briggs test and how our characters, pattern of thinking and behaviours embody our individual selves. Curious about who we are? Listen more to find out!
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As women, we face many unique challenges, or inconveniences, with our bodies. This includes anything from our periods, the infamous PMS, the somehwat mandatory removal of body hair and many more... Every woman's experience is different, and there are countless options of managing these bodily issues! Are you team pads/tampons/something else? Do you wax/shave? Why is it so difficult to find a comfortable bra?
Join us this week as we discuss our journey of discovery and experimenting with the many ways of dealing with our periods (plus the moodswings), to getting rid of body hair and our hopes of finding a comfortable fitting bra.
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Our habits have a huge impact on how we live our lives - Warren Buffett once said " Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken."
No habit is too small! In this episode, we discuss bad habits we have noticed in ourselves and what we have done to change our habits to improve ourselves.
Join us this week as we talk about some of our habits (mainly bad ones) in key areas of our lives, such as our finances, health, home organisation etc. We give some useful hacks as to how we improve ourselves and increase productivity in these areas.
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The rite of passage to adulthood for many of us is likely going to college or university. There is a common saying that university is going to be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life; from shaping your perspectives as an adult, a place where you'll make lifelong friends to a platform that builds a strong enough foundation to get you ready for the cold... cold world out there.
As mere teenagers, we were expected to decide on a career path almost too soon. Yet, many of us recall being excited about the prospects of going to university and putting in the work, time and effort to go through the university applications cycle and college interviews.
Join us this week as we reflect on our past decision to further our studies at university, the highlights back in our university days (yes, it's been THAT long) and the silly mistakes we vowed never to commit ever again. Any clue what a TV anchor, a teacher and a ballet dancer have in common? Listen more to find out!
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In this episode we dive deeper into Julien's life as a queer asian guy in London. Join us as we talk about identity labelling and whether it does more harm than good. Julien shared his racist encounter when using dating apps in London, and the terms used in describing dating preferences within the queer community. This episode is part 2 of our conversation with Julien. In the first episode, Julien shared with us his coming out journey and his life growing up queer in Asia. If you haven't listened to that episode, we suggest listening to that episode first before listening to this one! Resources:
How to be alone (The School of Life) by Sara Maitland - https://amzn.to/2Wdi6FV How to be sane (The School of Life) by Philippa Perry - https://amzn.to/3D2eib8
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Around the world, the queer community is gaining more and more support, although further education could be made to stop the stigma and discrimination against the queer community’s perceived or actual sexual orientation and gender identity. Whilst the London Pride parade has been cancelled this year, we wanted to explore what it means to be a part of the LGBTQIA+ community 🏳️🌈 and in particular what it means to be queer within the Asian community.
Join us and our very first guest of this podcast, Julien, as he shares his stories of growing up queer in Asia. Julien goes by pronouns he/him and recounts his childhood growing up in Asia, including his struggles as he recognised that he may be somewhat different, and his journey on coming out to his family and friends. We recognise how difficult it could be for people within the queer community who may be struggling with their identities and will also include resources/information for those who are looking for someone to speak to and to seek help. If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we’d love for you to leave us a review on Spotify, Apple or Google Podcast and do take this opportunity to share this podcast with your friends. Feel free to drop us a DM on Instagram at Asianmilesapart or email us at asianmilesapart@gmail.com. You can also get in touch with us on our website at asianmilesapart.com under the Get In Touch section. Thanks for listening!
It is fair to say that we are all in a love hate relationship with technology. We have all been in situation where we caught ourselves staring at our phones for way too many hours, or feeling like something was missing if we accidentally left our phones at home! Digital wellbeing is a topic that we have all cared more about in recent years, but as we are living in the age of screen time, it is getting harder to find time away from looking at the screen.
Join us in this episode as we reflect on our relationships with technology and think about the question of whether we are in control of technology, or is technology in control of us? We reveal our highest number of screen time hours of the week. The lowest among the three of us was a whopping 5 hours and 21 minutes, can you guess what was the highest?
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We know how complicated the world of dating can be and being in a relationship isn't exactly a walk in the park either. Unfortunately there is no rule book as to how we should date and we often ask ourselves (and our friends) - what should we do?
Join us this week as discuss a few of the commonly discussed questions on dating and romantic relationships. Who knew that we couldn't even agree on who should pay on the first date?
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It goes without saying, a crucial part of adulting is securing a job after you've graduated from school.
For the three of us, we graduated from universities in the UK and managed to secure jobs in different industries - from architecture, deals tax to consulting. Navigating a new job is one thing, but navigating a new job in a different culture than one you are used to requires significant effort and preparation.
Join us in this episode as we discuss our journeys and experiences in securing our jobs in London, the challenges we faced in preparing for the applications and interview process, as well as the different expectations we've never thought we'd encounter at our workplace.
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Making friends is both an art and a science in itself. We meet so many people in our lives and how many of those connections actually turn into meaningful friendships? People are fundamentally different, and no two human beings are the same. This means more complexities, more drama and more challenges in meeting, keeping and staying friends. Join us in this episode as we share how we became friends and what our thoughts are on the different tiers of friendship. We talk about making conscious decisions to friend or un-friend someone and what our experiences are in making friends in the UK vs. Asia.
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Ah, teenagers. For most, our teen years were filled with questions and firsts. In those defining years, we started exploring our individuality yet tried hard to fit in. It can be a very emotional period of time for some. What were you like as a teenager?
In this episode we took a trip down memory lane to revisit our teenage years. Join us as we share some embarrassing old posts from social media, stories about our teenage crushes and what we wished we knew as teenagers.
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Is money the root of all evil or does money make the world go round? Ironically, these two commonly known expressions are very much true despite the obvious contradictions. Today's education focuses on pretty much everything except money management. Money is THE currency, but the lack of education in schools has left most people feeling unprepared or caught by surprise once they receive their first paycheck.
Join us in this episode as we discuss each of our personal finance motivations and goals, how we keep track or our finances and how our views on money has changed over the years.
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What is culture shock?
Moving to a new country / city often means getting exposed to new habits or lifestyles that could be vastly different to what we are used to. As Malaysians who have lived/are living in the UK for a significant amount of time, we have taken some time to get used to some of the UK nuances such as the "Yes Please"s and "Thanks You"s, constant discussion about the weather (hey, weather depression is a real thing, believe it or not), initial shock towards self-tanning products, and the most difficult of all, navigating the British humour.
If you've lived abroad in the UK or anywhere else, what were the things you found odd and how have you dealt with them? Make yourself a cuppa tea and join us in this episode as we talk about the things and habits that we found to be simply different while living abroad as well as things that we have grown to love and subsequently picked up! We share our experiences of how we adapted to a different way of living whilst trying to stay true to our own culture and identity.
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Dating is brutal and finding love is hard!
As much as we control our own fate, dating really is a two-way street and a little luck is needed to have the stars aligned for us to meet 'The One'. With modern dating apps, the experience is only made more complex.
Join us in this episode as we talk about where we are in our respective relationships (or the lack thereof) and some of the highs and lows of our dating history. We will share some of the stories of how we met our partners and whether today's world has left our single host flooded with a myriad of choices leading to a choice paralysis.
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Asian beauty standards are known to be notorious! From having a V-shaped face to the A4 waist challenge, we as Asian women face an ever growing list of so-called “ideal” beauty standards. Growing up, we have subconsciously bought into what society deemed to be beautiful (or even acceptable) for an Asian woman.
Join us in this episode as we discuss our thoughts about Asian beauty standards and the impact of these standards on how we view our bodies. We share our unique experiences and struggles of how we dealt with body image issues and how this has changed over the years.
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Moving abroad is never easy, especially moving abroad as a teenager. We have all lived abroad (away from our families) since a young-ish age, with varying living arrangements throughout the years, be it with a stranger, an acquaintance, a friend, a good friend, a sibling, boyfriend, a host family and even living alone. Join us in this episode as we take a trip down memory lane to revisit all the "firsts" we experienced when we first moved abroad, the dynamics/relationships with our housemates, the challenges faced and share some of the horror stories from living abroad. If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave us a review on Spotify, Apple or Google Podcast and do take this opportunity to share this podcast with your friends. Feel free to drop us a DM on Instagram at Asianmilesapart or email us at asianmilesapart@gmail.com. You can also get in touch with us on our website at asianmilesapart.com under the Get In Touch section.
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People say that 30 is the new 20 - is it though? Entering a new decade could be exciting, or daunting, as it somehow symbolises a new beginning. Are / were you terrified of turning 30 and what did it mean to you?
Join us in this episode as we reflect on how we feel having recently turned 30 and where we are in life compared to earlier expectations. We talk about our twenties and how those years have shaped us, as well as our dreams and goals for our thirties.
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Asian Miles Apart is a podcast hosted by Regina, Pyin and Krystle who met in the UK and now live miles apart from home (and from each other). In this trailer, we give you an insight into our conversations in this podcast. We hope you enjoy our podcast and we'd love for you to leave us a review on Spotify, Apple or Google Podcast. Do take this opportunity to share this podcast with your friends. Feel free to drop us a DM on Instagram at Asianmilesapart or email us at asianmilesapart@gmail.com. You can also get in touch with us on our website at asianmilesapart.com under the Get In Touch section.
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