Mingling with Mandy: Recent Episodes
Mandy and co.
Zaira and I reflect on our past 20 episodes and say goodbye to Mingling with Mandy and Zaira... for now?
See you really soon!!
Merry Christmas everyone from Mandy and Zaira!
It's the holiday season and we talk about how we celebrate this special day :)
In this episode, we talk about the wisdom we've learnt from our parents and the people around us.
In this week's episode, Zaira and I talk about relationships. We did a few tests to understand our love languages and personalities.
In this episode, Zaira and I talk about our past birthday celebrations and any future ideas we have to celebrate our big milestone birthdays.
Sorry about the poor quality, our mics weren't being nice for this episode!
Zaira and I discuss the many differences between USA and NZ - I'm sure we only named a few!
Zaira couldn't join me for this episode but don't worry, I asked someone special to be my co-host for this episode :)
We haven't caught up in a long time so this was fun!
Zaira and I talk about how we celebrate Halloween - lots of differences, that's for sure!
In this episode, we talk about our hobbies!
Does sleep count? Does eating count? Does daydreaming count?
In Episode 27, we talked about where we've travelled so in this episode, we talk about our Wishlist!
Waiting patiently till we can travel again...
Who doesn't love travelling! We sure do but unfortunately we can't really do that right now so we reminisce about our previous travels.
Zaira teaches me all about skincare cause there's lots to learn! You won't believe the difference in our routines...
We had to do a Part 2 on our watch list for Korean dramas! We also discuss korean movies that we highly recommend and want to watch :)
Zaira and I have a few things in common but nothing beats our love for kdramas!
We discuss all of the ones we've watched so be warned! SPOILER ALERT!
I'm back for Season 2! I really missed recording for the podcast and this time, I thought it would be a good idea to have a co-host. Who could it be...
For the last episode of Season 1, I thought my special guest and I would chat about how we celebrate Christmas, New Years and Chinese New Year.
Thank you guys so much for all the support. I hope you've enjoyed these 20 episodes and I'll be back... very soon!
I can't believe I've known Cam for 15 years. Time flies!
He's my oldest friend that I can think of and man, how we've changed.
It's crazy how we're both late 20s but in my mind, I still think of us as silly teenagers :P
Only 2 more episodes till Christmas!!
Jean and I thought we had known each other for about.. 10+ years but little did we know, it's actually been more than 20 years!
We talk about how we met, Jean's OE and other topics :)
Can't believe it's already Episode 17!!
Managed to convince another work buddy to be on the podcast ;) Char and I work at the same company and we talk about how we met and how we juggle work and life. Make sure you get that work life balance!
My good friend, Brian, recently moved to Wellington and we discuss his new life down in the Capital.
Only 4 more episodes until Christmas! And also end of Season 1...
Andy and I go WAYYYYY back. We met in 2013 and they say... "if you two are still friends after 7 years, you'll be friends for life". Is that true???
We only ever talk about games so this episode was an interesting one!
Another work buddy that I met 6 years ago!
Ngaio and I discuss our memories working in the contact centre and how people are not that nice :P
Keeping the trend going with work buddies!
James and I go way back but not really? Same high school, same uni, same work!
He also has the same work mouse and headset as me so he's pretty much copying me at this point, right?
My colleague, Samantha!
We get real deep discussing our different cultures (asian and kiwi) such as growing up with no hugs/kisses and our parents unconditional love that is expressed very differently.
Shindy, Tina's sister! Does that mean she's my sister too?!
We discuss what we remember from high school and also life as a nurse!
Birthday buddies!
Cris and I not only share similiar interests but also the same birthday! Listen to us talk about our friendship, our jobs and games :)
Do you think Tina is a common name? Cause I sure do!
Tina (not my sister) and I have been friends for a very long time and I'm very lucky to have 2 Tina's in my life :)
The one and only Angela!
I consider Angela one of my closest friends and we've been through so much! We discuss how we met and all our memories together :)
One of my longest friends since we were 13!
Hugo and I discuss our friendship and how we've stayed friends all these years (pretty much following each other around) :P
P.S. First time using AirPods to record and it's not great... haha
Good old Runescape days!
Tc and I talk about his many jobs and of course, how we met more than 11 years ago! Man time flies..
Hope you've been enjoying these episodes. Feel free to let me know what you think :)
My newest friend, Zaira.
We met through mutual friends in April during lockdown and hit it off straight away :) We talk about how we met, our travel goals, her job and her puppy!
P.S. Sorry about the audio.. The perfectionist in me is not pleased but it is what it is...
Can't start a podcast and not have this guy as a guest!
We discuss how we met and our trips to Queenstown, Hawaii and Rotorua/Taupo.
Introducing one of my closest friends all the way in the USA! We chat about how we met, gaming, kpop and kdramas :D Gaming is a big part of my life and so glad I met Bone through streaming!
I had to have these two as my first guests for my first ever episode!
In this episode, we discuss our childhood from our first few years in Taiwan (Tina and Mandy) to growing up in New Zealand. We discuss Mandy's many traumatic memories and our family trips.
Let me know what topics you'd like to hear about next!
P.S. Tina and Kenny are a little loud in the episode, sorry! Lesson learned for next episode...
New episode every Thursday NZST!