WOK is Happening?!: Recent Episodes
WOK is Happening
Janet, Jasia and Rachel share thoughts on student life, personal relationships and going into adulthood.
Are you a people pleaser?
In this episode, we talk about the extent of people pleasing and whether or not it is good or bad. We also talk about how we deal with people pleasers, and how justifiable it is in a situation.
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: 1975 Concert at Madison Square Garden ✹ Jasia: Miley Cyrus - Flowers ✹ Rachel: Wordtune
Yeah we said it….not really…
Are you difficult? Are we difficult? That’s a question you’ll find out in this episode! We took a test to see how easy or difficult we all are and the results are interesting…
In this episode, we talk about how easy or hard it is to get along with others, and whether it not it really matters how difficult a person really is.
🎧 Episode 30 is out on all streaming platforms! 🤓
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: Buy MILK from M&S, Amazon Fresh and Waitrose cuz it tastes better and is cheaper than Tesco, Sainsbury's and Co-op ✹ Jasia: Dear Dolly on love, life and friendships… ✹ Rachel: Noscarna
Holy shit we’re adults. This year, all us 03 babies are turning 20 and that’s a bit crazy… In this episode, we talk about our goals for 2023 and the direction we want to work towards. There’s lots of realisation and raw thoughts so we hope you can relate as much as we do! Here’s to 2023 🤓
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: 070 Shake and Raye - Escapism. ✹ Jasia: NewJeans - OMG ✹ Rachel: 京都念慈菴 (King To Nin Jiom) for COVID
It has been a while and we bet you all are wondering…are we still friends? Of course we are silly 🤭 We’ve been busy but we came together to give you all one last episode for 2022.
Listen to us talk about life currently! We talk about what we’ve been doing, how we feel after starting our second year of uni, and growth for the present and the future!
With that said, we hope you all have a happy new year! 🥳
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: We’re not really strangers/ watch the World Cup ✹ Jasia: Making Moves with TK ✹ Rachel: 高山低谷
Imagine if you fell down with a tray of food in the cafeteria. Would you laugh it off or would you sulk and cry about it? In this episode, we not only talk about funny, embarrassing moments that happened, but we also dive into embarrassing moments that made us feel disappointed and frustrated with ourselves. We hope that you enjoy and relate to this episode as much as we did with each other!
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: Billie Eilish - TV and The 30th ✹ Jasia: Chia seed pudding ✹ Rachel: Packet jelly
Pineapple doesn’t go on pizza, coffee is bad and kiwis are disgusting.
In this fun episode, we share our hot takes with each other, seeing if we’re the odd one out. We hope you find this episode as fun as we did, and hopefully catch a breather after our many, more serious episodes. Feel free to comment your own hot takes!
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: sabrina carpenter - emails i can't send ✹ Jasia: airpods pro ✹ Rachel: film photography
We never thought that completing a whole year of university would be so quick, but here we are! Join us in this episode where a big chunk of this episode is focused on our difficulties in uni, and how and why we though that settling into a new environment was hard for us. But of course, we still dive into the good and happy moments! Cherishing all of our new friends and relationships during the past year.
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: journal more frequently! ✹ Jasia: be more open-minded! ✹ Rachel: self-discipline and push through the hard times!
Today is a very special episode! We have not 2, not 3, but 4 guests joining us. Rachel invites her friends from her recent trip abroad to Malaysia, where the bunch participates in a medical conference (APRM!). We also share fun stories about our trip and tips for surviving quarantine! (Sorry about the audio quality- this was filmed in quarantine!)
Thank you Jaime, Zoe, Karina and Winston for making a guest appearance!
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: Travel pouch ✹ Rachel: Lai Foong Lala Noodle ✹ Karina: LaPARK Foodtruck ✹ Zoe: Batu Caves ✹ Winston: Malacca ✹ Jaime: Sin Kiew Yee Shin Kee Beef Noodles
We’re back! For the third time again. In this episode we have a quick chat about what we’ve done for the past two months, and what we will be up to in the future! Thank you so much for 1000 plays even on our hiatus! We appreciate all of you and hope you continue to support us in the future. Recommendations: ✹ Janet: The Hardest Part - Noah Cyrus ✹ Jasia: Album: Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights ✹ Rachel: Holiday tip - Do something for our planet! Recycle :) ✹ Jainil Devani - Dancing boots
Are you stressed? Cause we sure are. Exam season and deadlines are coming up quickly for all of us. We sit down in this episode to express our stress to one another and talk about ways we deal with stress and how it changes over time.
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: Follow us on insta and spread the word! ✹ Jasia: M&S All Butter Biscuits ✹ Rachel: Anonymous tells on Linktree
What does your social clock look like? Are you expected to get married at a certain time? What age will you retire? In this episode, we discuss our country’s social clock, and whether or not we think it’s accurate to our current lives. We discuss the differences between cultures, the generational gap, and why we think a social clock exists.
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: When You’re Gone - Shawn Mendes ✹ Jasia: Noise-canceling headphones (Sony WH-1000XM4) ✹ Rachel: Ultrasound glasses cleaner
What did you watch when you were a kid? In this lighthearted episode, we talk about the different shows we watched growing up, different trends we partook in and just our materialistic lifestyle as a kid. Can you relate to any of these? Recommendations: ✹ Janet: Re-listen to the High School Musical 3 soundtrack ✹ Jasia: Ring Pops! ✹ Rachel: Comment under our post what trends you were part of!
Do you trust someone right off the bat, or do you need to get to know them first? In this episode, we talk about trust and to what extent we can fully trust a person. We discuss what we think trust is, how we fully trust someone, and whether or not trust is situational. Recommendations: ✹ Janet: When You’re Gone - Shawn Mendes ✹ Jasia: Noise cancelling headphones (Sony WH-1000XM4) ✹ Rachel: Ultrasound glasses cleaner
In this episode, we took a test to find out which love language we show more, and whether or not we think it’s accurate to who we truly are. We talk about ways we show love, why we think we prefer one over the other, and if we grew up to show love the way we do.
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: nowhere to hide by Kamal. ✹ Jasia: Go outside and enjoy the weather!✹ Rachel: Make a map of memorable locations for your loved ones!
In case you want to give it a try: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language
In this episode, we talk about the differences between existing and living, and whether or not it’s a bad thing to feel one or the other. We discuss ways to overcome feeling stagnant, how to “live life” and the importance of self-reflection.
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: Michael Sealey (5 min meditation video) ✹ Jasia: Scented Candles✹ Rachel: Meditation/mindfulness
In this episode, we talk about our living situation in university and how we cope with new environments. We share stories of our experiences so far living with flatmates, and how we deal with miscommunication and personal boundaries. Tune into this episode to find out why your should hide your Nutella or any good breakfast for that matter.
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: Keep your stuff in your room ✹ Jasia: Have some decency ✹ Rachel: Use your keyboard shortcuts (especially for med students)
15: Are you afraid of death?
In this episode, we tackle the question of death and whether or not we are scared of the act of dying, or the events that would happen after. We also discuss whether we believe in the afterlife, whether or not we have lost loved ones, and finally our near-death experiences. Although this is a dark and serious topic, there are more lighthearted and friendlier sections in this podcast so please do listen!
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: The Backseat Lovers (Music) ✹ Jasia: Write your future self a letter (futureme.org) ✹ Rachel: @hkcovsa on ig
14: Dealing with Rejection
Join us in this episode where we talk about dealing with rejection. We all have the same fear of feeling rejected, but how do we deal with those emotions and overcome it? We talk about our personal experiences and ways in which we cope with rejection 😵💫
Recommendations ✹ Janet: Overdress instead of underdress (for warmth) ✹ Jasia: Vitamin C Pills ✹ Rachel: Clean your AirPods
13: Growing Distant
In this episode, we talk about our relationships with our family and friends and see how it's changed ever since moving to university. We talk about how we maintain relationships and the ways we deal with ever-growing distance. This is one of our best episodes so have a listen!! (and our very crisp audio ✨)
Recommendations: ✹ Janet: Alpro Sweetened Soy Milk ✹ Jasia: Untidy Soul by Samm Henshaw (music album) ✹ Rachel: Informal Talks (Chinese Show) ✹ Find this episode on Anchor, Spotify and other podcast streaming platforms 🤓
Welcome to Ep 12! Have you ever gotten robbed? Well, we sure have and it’s not fun at all. Join us in this episode where Janet explains how she got robbed…but more importantly our experiences at university so far! Hope you all enjoy 🤎 Recommendations: ✹ Janet: Don't let your guard down ✹ Jasia: Rice Cooker ✹ Rachel: Clothes hanger organizer ✹ Find this episode on Anchor, Spotify, and other podcast streaming platforms 🤓
Welcome to our 11th episode! After a 10 month hiatus, we’re finally back! A lot has happened since march. We finished exams, graduated high school, had the best summer ever and started university. tune into this episode to find out what we’ve been up to! If you’re an old listener or a new one, we hope you enjoy!
Reccomendations ✹ Janet: Take more videos! ✹ Jasia: Brita water filter ✹ Rachel: Forest (app) ✹ Find this episode on Anchor, Spotify and other podcast streaming platforms 🤓
welcome to our tenth episode: real world problems
After an incident that happened last week, we talk about the ongoing prejudice against women as well as the anti-asian attacks that have been increasing world wide. We give our thoughts on the situation and discuss possible reasons behind why people do such things.
We get a little serious, but still it's a worthwhile episode to listen to. Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis | TEDxNaperville
Recommendations ✹ Janet: Justice, album by Justin Bieber (music) ✹ Jasia: The Kiss of Venus by Paul McCartney ft Dominic Fike (music) ✹ Rachel: Forest (app)
find this episode on anchor, spotify and other podcast streaming platforms🤓
welcome to our ninth episode: our pet peeves We dislike it when people hoard food, eat with their mouths full, misuse there, their and they’re… in this episode, we talk about our biggest pet peeves and our reasons behind them. Do you have the same pet peeves as us?? find this episode on anchor, spotify and other podcast streaming platforms🤓
welcome to our eighth episode: how authentic are we on social media?
Today Kash joins us to talk about our social media personas, why we feel the need to conform to the status quo and how we’re each trying to be more sincere online. Also on this episode: is it narcissistic to promote yourself on social media? Why do we feel apologetic about it? 😳😅
Out now wherever you get your podcasts! Ps. feel free to drop us an anonymous question/topic suggestion that we can discuss in a future episode (link in bio) 🤓
welcome to our seventh episode: we need new hobbies
Jasia doesn’t know how to ride a bike, Rachel is a secret jewellery maker and Janet loses her phones on ferris wheels? What could all this mean….
We are back after a long break, hope you guys didn’t miss us too much. This episode we talk about our hobbies and tune into our conversations about random stories that have happened to us…trust us…its worth listening to 🤓 find this episode on anchor, spotify and other podcast streaming platforms🤓 recommendations: Janet - All the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr and The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt (book) Rachel - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande (book) Jasia - Salted Mocha (drink)
welcome to our sixth episode: why are we superstitious?
happy lunar new year to those who celebrate it! in this episode we talk about different Chinese superstitions and why we do or don’t believe in them. We also go into much deeper topics so make sure you listen all the way to the end!
make sure to get more red packets and eat delicious traditional food! 🧧
find this episode on anchor, spotify and other podcast streaming platforms🤓
recommendations: Jasia - make breakfast! follow @pangs_cafe on instagram Rachel - follow us on Instagram @wokishappening ! Janet - please drop us a review and/or rating to help us improve our podcast for you 🙃
welcome to our fifth episode: before eighteen 🥺sorry for the delay! joined by our first ever guest jasmine (@), we go on to talk about life before and after turning 18! we touch on what it means to be an adult, what we’re looking forward to doing, regrets we may have and loads of personal stories! find this episode on anchor, spotify and other podcast streaming platforms🤓
recommendations: Jasmine - Who's the murderer? (TV show) Janet - Put lemon in your water to trick your mind into drinking more water Jasia - Notion (app) Rachel - The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 • 30ml (skincare products)
welcome to our fourth episode: do first impressions matter? we’re back after a two week break! this episode we talk about first impressions and how they change overtime. we go through talking about maturity along with impressions and how it affects us as a person! 😌 find this episode on anchor, spotify and other podcast streaming platforms🤓
recommendations: Janet: Factfulness by Hans Rosling (book) Rachel: Zhou Shen/Charlie Shen (music) Jasia: Busted! (tv show)
welcome to our third episode: what’s the deal with procrastination? since we have mock examinations happening (or coming up soon) we talk about the deal with procrastination and why we do it📕🖊 also touching on how we procrastinate and just our general thoughts about it! find this episode on anchor, spotify and other podcast streaming platforms🤓
recommendations: Janet: McDonalds Hersheys chocolate sundae (food) Jasia: The sun is in your eyes (voice memo) by Jacob collier (music) Rachel: reach out to people you haven't talked to in a while!
welcome to our second episode: our hopes for 2021!
since we’re already in the new year, we spent this episode talking about the future rather than the past. as it’s the year we all graduate from high school and start our journey to university, it’s going to be a big year for us 😌 we talk about what we’re excited about and what we think to expect for the current year of 2021!
recommendations: Janet: Young, wild & free (by Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa) Jasia: emawk Rachel: edX courses
welcome to our first episode: what kind of person are you? we took the Myers-Briggs (16 personalities) test and spend this episode sharing our thoughts on its accuracy, relationships between personalities, friends and much much more! ✨ on that note, hope you all had a merry christmas and may this bring an extra christmas gift to you🥰🎄
recommendations: Jasia: Klaus, 2019 Rachel: Someday Or One Day (想見你), 2019
Welcome to Wok is Happening! The podcast where Janet, Jasia and Rachel share their thoughts on student life, personal relationships and going into adulthood.