Cakap Rojak: Recent Episodes
Songket Alliance
Cakap Rojak is hosted by Teah Abdullah and Nur Wira. The hosts (and sometimes with a guest) discuss one topic each episode, from practical questions like how to make friends as an adult, to the more profound –should we chase happiness? New episodes release every first Wednesday.
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A "goodbye for now" short message from Teah and Nur about the Cakap Rojak podcast, explaining the factors that have led to the decision. Thank you for tuning in to Cakap Rojak.
Calling out inappropriate and sexist comments in the workplace, or anywhere, really, can be tough. Teah and Nur talk about their experiences and why women can be afraid to speak up about the harassment they face.
Nur and Teah discuss eating alone in public as something women can be apprehensive about, as well as getting things done by yourself, like having to go to car workshops.
Iman, Nur, and Teah welcome 2019, recap the past year with Songket Alliance, and talk about the future of the podcast(s).
Having recently been rejected by a job she really wanted, Nur takes to talking about the rejection on the podcast as a coping mechanism. As we all do.
Teah and Nur discuss how they got employed, and the current employment market in Brunei.
Nur, Teah and Iman discuss privacy in the age of oversharing. Hi, KDN. Get your hottest to listen in on us.
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." -Confucius
"Antah kau, Confucius." -Teah
Part 1 of 2 on mental health. Nur and Teah discuss the possible appropriation around the mental health discussion in its current trendy state in Brunei.
Part 2 of 2 on mental health: Teah and Nur share their own struggles with mental illness.
Teah, Iman, and Nur talk about the friendzone. What is it? Who uses it? Why is it so annoying?
Nur, Iman, and Teah discuss their experiences as women in male-dominated industries. Do men consider women's expertise the gravity as they would a man's? (No.) What's with that? (Misogyny.)
Nur, Teah, and Iman talk about their views on the wedding makeup trends in Brunei. What's up with aiming to be the literal fairest in all the dewan?
Iman, Nur, and Teah talk about their ambitions-- whether it's easy or not to achieve them, and if Teah's aspiration to be a prefect can still be a reality.
Nur and Teah are joined by the most enthusiastic food lover, Ilham Yassin. What is the food culture in Brunei, and how does it help strengthen bonds? We promise, none of us said "nom nom nom" in this episode.
Teah and Iman are joined by poet, Hariz Fadhilah, to discuss about switching of languages, Hariz's bilingual writing, Teah's racism, and Iman's inability to read Malay properly.
Teah, Nur and Rau come together to talk about covering your head using tudung. Is it a choice for most women? And why are women's clothes so heavily policed anyway?
Teah, Iman and first guest host (!) Raudhah discuss taking up new languages--why Raudhah likes it so much, the semantics of it from Iman, and Teah's language failures.
Teah, Iman, and Nur discuss how the way they talk is influenced by the people and community that raised them. Teah and Nur come from a family with Kg Ayer roots and are maybe too rambunctious/gawah for some (i.e. Iman).
What does being feminine mean in Brunei? Iman, Nur, and Teah discuss ways femininity is expected to look like, the gender binary, and baju kurong in the workplace-- why it's only women who are expected to uphold the cultural tradition.
Can you be in a constant state of happiness? Nur, Teah, and Iman try to find out, and question if happiness is even a goal worth pursuing.
Iman, Nur, and Teah are great, but have been single for a while. They discuss why they're single, the ideal first date (Iman: Bandar), and the state of the dating pool.
How does one socialise when they’ve left school? What benefits does that bring? Nur spent several years outside Brunei, hence has struggled in making new friends. Teah, meanwhile, graduated from a university that isn’t the UK, where Bruneians were a depleted resource. Iman’s fine, she’s still in university. Do these ladies even have friends??
The New Year is seen as a clean slate--but not for these three ladies! Teah, Nur and Iman discuss traditions, what they like to do during the new year, observations, and of course, resolutions--are they worth making and keeping. Welcome to Cakap Rojak, Songket Alliance’s newest bi-monthly podcast.
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