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🥣 BIG FAMILIES, NEXT CHAPTERS IN LIFE 🥣
Not 5, not 6 but Heidi had 16 people living at her house at one point in her life. The fascinating part? They were all her relatives, while she was the youngest of the household. It was like a party everyday. Not a lot of people have their relatives living in the same city, but luckily for her, 90% of her relatives live in Vancouver. They're a loud and large bunch whenever there's a family gathering so it's rare for Asian families to all get along. It's best to cherish every moment with them. Tune in as Heidi talks about her big family, and how her friends are getting engaged, getting married and having kids. "Can time slow down? I'm not ready to become a fully grown adult yet. But I'm excited for the next generation of my family and close friends"
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🥣 LOVE IS ALL THE SAME 🥣
wink wink How you doin? Have I seen you somewhere before? OR NOT. slowly walks away Love is hard when it's not reciprocated. Though sometimes we just have to believe in it for it to happen naturally. As spoken rightfully by our guest this week, everyone deserves at least three chances. As long as those three chances don't continue to trigger a person's insecurities, the relationship will likely continue. This week we have a very good friend come on to talk about his version of love. Of course, we have our own versions, but this time around XinYu gives us a lot of insight on what he has learned in his love life so far. Make sure you listen all the way through because this time we're uncovering A LOT.
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🥣 LIFE WITH ECZEMA 🥣
There are times where no one will understand your current situation except you. There will be no one there to truly understand how you feel unless they've been through the same thing. Though every situation is different and every experience is different as well. This week is a bit special. We have one host talk about her experiences and what she finds important. Everything about self-care and the struggles of eczema. So if you want to know more about what eczema is or if you struggle with it yourself. This week will be extremely helpful. We always tell you to join our dim sum table to listen and engage in the conversations we have. Though, did you know there are a lot of foods people with eczema should actually avoid? Let us know if you know :)
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🥣 BOUNDARIES 🥣
DON'T CROSS THE LINE. Not everyone knows what to do or how to do it when something happens all of a sudden. Imagine something extremely uncomfortable happens. How likely are you to react to change the situation? Or, How likely are you to ignore it? Of course, each and every situation is different. But, you will always be in control of your own actions. By setting boundaries and understanding how you feel in that moment will help prevent unnecessary stress later on. This helps better your relationships, with not just others, but yourself. Personally, I think a lot of people brush this off but it's extremely important to set boundaries and rules for yourself. This week is special. We set boundaries and discuss the importance of how and when to use them. So make sure you grab some tea and sip along with us!
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🥣 POST SECONDARY STRUGGLES PT.2 (UBC VS. BCIT)🥣
Everyone has different experiences when it comes to post-secondary. Whether that be living in school dorms, joining new clubs to make friends or even switching programs to figure out your dream path. It's not easy. I'm sure so many of us are still chasing after dreams you don't even know you want. This week is super special as Alex and Crystal from The Naked Roommate Podcast join us to discuss more post-secondary struggles. We had a great time listening to a new perspective of how they went about their experiences at UBC. Make sure to tune in on their channel to learn more about interview tips + tricks - featuring us, Bojoke Podcast!
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🥣 DURING AND POST COVID EXPERIENCE 🥣
Hello guys! We are back with Season 2! And, we are excited to share our experiences again. To begin our season, this episode is not a regular story. This takes place at the start of March 2020, when everyone was locked under their own roof. Struggling. Running out of toilet paper, hoarding canned foods, and taking all the pasta there is in stores. This is a true story. This not just affected thousands and thousands of people, but it took over the world. We are talking about COVID-19. Pay attention, because this week is the week we talk about the unwanted, the evolved, and the infected. Heidi and Vivian both suffered through COVID-19, and so this week they share their experiences on how it affected them and their lives in Jan 2022. Health is very important and we hope everyone is safe + vaccinated. #vaxxed
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🥣 2021 BLOOPERS 🥣
Happy New Year everyone! We want to express our gratitude once again to all of those who have been through our journey so far because, without you guys, we wouldn't have been able to keep doing this podcast. All of our episodes were pre-recorded and were edited into the released final episode, so of course we had a lot of mess-ups and hiccups during our recording. Now, you can listen to our 2021 wrap up of funny and little mess-ups during our recordings, hope this gives you a great laugh!
Until next time, talk to you later!
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🥣 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 🥣
🎵 We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎵
Hello listeners! It's been a while and we have resurfaced from the winter snow for a Xmas special episode. We talked about what our families do, what we do with our friends and what we do for ourselves during the season. Remember to leave your milk and cookies for Santa, but maybe a bowl of hot congee would be even better. Nothing beats a hearty meal than a perfectly warm toasty bowl of congee in the winter.
Stay tuned as we will return real soon!
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🥣 SELF LOVE 🥣
Welcome and thank you for joining us at the Bojoke Self Care Spa! We hope you had a wonderful experience with our services and enjoyed your time here relaxing, relating back to our topics, and most importantly laughing with us on our silly stories. Sometimes it's definitely necessary to talk or listen to stories/experiences that make you laugh and take you out of reality for a short period of time. Our services not just offer funny talks and extravagant stories, but a community that supports everyone for who you are and accept what our differences are.
Sadly, Bojoke Self Care Spa is closing its doors for now, but we are going to be back and better with genuine people and more topics. Thank you to all of our valuable clients (listeners) that have joined us every week and managed to cope with us. We truly appreciate it and thank you so much for supporting us! We will be back real soon.
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🥣 VALUE OF MONEY 🥣
In Cantonese, there's a slang saying "No money, no talk" meaning "I will not talk to you if there is no money". So, if you want to survive in this world, it's best to have some money saved up with you.
We getting sensitive and personal about this week's topic. In this day in age of society, all we think about is money and nothing else, because that's how you can only live in your lifetime. That's when we must learn how to save or manage our money better so we have enough for ourselves and everything else. But don't come to find us for financial advice or anything because we aren't certified for this and we'd probably make you lose more money than what you had initially.
PS: The title of this episode was inspired by HK Singer, Sam Hui 許冠傑 - 天才白痴錢錢錢 No Money No Talk (search it up on Youtube/Spotify for a banger song).
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🥣 SPIRIT SUPERSTITIONS/GHOST STORIES 🥣
BOO!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! cues evil laugh
I guess we didn't scare you, but maybe the ghost stories and some Chinese spirit superstitions we talk about might freak you out. Both of our souls and hearts are weak and we can't handle any horror or spooky incidents. Don't include us in, especially to haunted houses, or anything that has the word, "haunted". We'd just pass out. Trick or Treat to this week's Halloween special episode as Halloween fell on a Sunday! Be cautious because we're more scared of humans than spirits.
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🥣 NICE WHOLESOME GUYS VS FKBOYS/GIRLS 🥣
To all the boys I ever went on a date with, thank you for being so wholesome and real. I spent a great time getting to know you and understanding how you feel. Trust me, I've been on dates with fboiis before, and they're not the same. Yes, it's all fun and games, but you're different. Hopefully this ends well... I also wanted to let you know one more thing. Hear me out. I'm very free this friday and was wondering... if... you would like to listen in about the difference between a nice guy and fboii with me. Because this week it's all about just that! We talk about our experiences going on dates with nice guys and fboiis. We talk about the wholesome dates, the bad boys, and the definition of being perverted. Oh one more thing, don't get all ToUchY TOucHy with me cause IMMA THROW HANDS.
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🥣 GIRLS TALKING ABOUT GIRLS 🥣
Hay girrrrrrrl.
She's gorgeous. She's lovely. She's my kind of girl. She is an absolute female boss. Don't even get me started about her. She's my girl crush! I am always starstruck and beyond fangirling whenever I talk about her. I'll let you in on a little secret of mine. I recently watched this show and the female lead is sooo HOT. She totally captivated me and I'm trapped in being her fan now. She is the definition of a BOSS BABE. Enough of me rambling, just wanted to update you that this week is all about GIRLS/WOMEN. Listen to Heidi and Vivian squeal their way through this week's episode because we think girls/women are amazing. Don't mess with our girls, or we will come after you.
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🥣 PET PEEVES 🥣
Sorry, but if you haven't read the signs, no dogs or cats are allowed here. That's because we'll be sharing our pet peeves and you better check the thermometer because we are heated! This is probably the most angriest episode we have so far. You can actually feel our steam coming out of our heads. We can probably boil our congee with this heat. Also, get in the habit of recycling, composting and differentiate what to throw in the garbage. If you do, then you'll be on our good side. Don't get on our nerves, we probably would bite back.
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🥣 POST SECONDARY STRUGGLES 🥣
PSA: Having the student life was never easy. What is adulting? What should I do with my future? Failing a course? No problem, just pay money to retake it again. Stressed and constantly eating? It's ok, it's called Freshman15, you can lose it later. Why am I working so hard for a piece of paper that's worth thousands of dollars? Don't cry, we understand too.
On this episode, we talk about our personal post secondary struggles and experiences that made us have a taste of what reality is ultimately about. No worries if you're unsure what you want to do, as long as you have an interest and a drive to keep going, you'll eventually get to where you want to be. Keep it up, and you can probably gain confidence and amazing leadership skills just like how we did! Or actually, just cry with us if you relate to everything we said.
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🥣 RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL FEARS 🥣
“Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.” — Dale Carnegie
This week we talk about our fears in insects, water, heights, darkness, and most importantly share insights on how to deal with the fear of adding someone back into your life. Often we feel scared because we don't know if the unknown will hurt us, but fear is also something that can keep us going. It helps us stay on our toes, provides us with a challenge, and allows us to feel a bunch of emotions. So whack that moth away, learn how to swim, and work towards your priorities. Don't get too scared.
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🥣 LOVE IN ASIAN FAMILIES 🥣
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!! Hope you all are eating your mooncakes and spending time with your loved ones! Just letting you all know how many calories mooncakes have. Be careful about how many you consume... A lotus seed paste mooncake contains 716 calories and a lotus seed paste mooncake with one salted egg yolk has 790 calories!!!!!!
For this special heart-warming episode, we will be talking about how to express your love in Asian families. Listen to how Heidi's dad's way of showing affection is giving her half-a-day-old McDonald's fries and how Vivian's dad's way is buying her fried chicken as a midnight snack.
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p.s. This week the audio isn't the best, but we had a really genuine and wholesome conversation we didn't want to throw away! We hope you enjoy and don't mind the audio too much☺
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🥣 FEELING LEFT OUT 🥣
BOJOKE BREAKING NEWS. There have been numerous cases happening within the Podcast community. Please stay safe and be careful in catching FOMO. FeAr Of MIsSinG OUt. Anxiety and uneasiness that something exciting and fun may be happening without you. It is often caused by seeing other people's activities on social media, a planned event, or even a person/group that you care deeply about hanging out with others. This uneasy, anxious feeling can consume your soul and spirit, please be cautious. If you see any suspicious activity, please report immediately. Any stories submitted will be viewed and evaluated by BoJoke News. A link has been provided below.
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🙂 Random Day Chats - Episode 1 🙂
Happy 10th episode for us! This is a big milestone for us. We are glad and thankful that we are able to continue making fun episodes for our listeners. To spice things up a bit in our boiling congee, we would like to introduce our first series for BoJoke Podcast, [Random Day Chats]! This is a segment where we just talk about what's new in our lives and just random things that comes to the top of our heads because we won't have a set topic for this series. It'll be as random as it gets, so hopefully you will be able to keep staying at our dim sum table and listen to us. Enjoy your meal!
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🥣 DEAL BREAKERS/NON-NEGOTIABLES 🥣
Hello Player 1, this is your love coach talking here. In order to complete the game, you will need to put a red flag on all of the dangerous mines on the field. If you don't identify the mines with the red flags, then the field will explode and the game is over! Your heart is on the line. You have been warned! It's okay, life happens, just take it at your own risk. As long as you're happy, you've learned your lesson, and you're willing to improve on yourself. BUT STILL, I TOLD YOU SO.
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🥣 FRIENDZONE(D) 🥣
So what are we? Are we friends? I think it's time to draw the line. We're getting deep this week as we discuss the pain of being friendzoned and being the one to friendzone. Trust us, it's not easy. A reminder, try not to say "I love you" right away to your secret admirer when you confess to them, because it will cause a mess. A shoulder to lean on is highly recommended, maybe a box of tissues too.
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🥣 IDEAL TYPES/DEFINITION OF ATTRACTION 🥣
Ladies and gentlemen, Leng Jais and Leng Luis, we will be starting in 30 seconds. Please head over to your assigned seats if you have not already. Sit down, and buckle up because the squealing of cringey-ness will be loud and cheesy. Save yourself and have your volume on the low. This week we will be talking about ideal types, what makes our heart flutter, and our definition of attraction.
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🥣 MEETING NEW PEOPLE 🥣
Sunday. 11AM. BoJoke Networking Event. Please make sure you are well equipped with a proper firm handshake, business cards in your left pocket, and a list of questions in case you run out of topics. We will be supplying you with the perspective of being an extrovert, our take on meeting new people, and discovering similar individuals that think alike. This week we really keep it juicy as Vivian exposes her mistakes and Heidi being selfish on keeping her new friends to herself. In order to attend this important event, please make sure to dress in a professional manner (that makes you feel like a badass b**). We hope to see you at the event.
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🥣 ASIAN/ASIAN CANADIAN STEREOTYPES 🥣
Quick! What's 155 x 23? (We don't even know the answer right away). We admit both of us aren't the best in math, but most of us Asians are. Right? The greatest equation of a typical Asian = having a career that your parents want + playing an instrument + bad driving + taking language school + drinking bubble tea(boba?) + eating rice every day. Grab your bowl of congee and have some good laughs at our stories this week as we talk about our Asian Canadian stereotypes.
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P.S. Heidi's right (zza), Vivian's wrong (zhai).
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🥣 ASIAN HOUSE RULES/TRADITIONS/BELIEFS 🥣
Which one are you going to grab first to protect yourself? The infamous Flip flop? Or the Asian broomstick? Make sure you're listening closely because this week it's all about running away from stories about deal-breaking Asian household rules, staying true to traditions, and beliefs.
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🥣 MAKING/TYPES OF FRIENDS 🥣
You're invited! Welcome to the BoJoke friend group! We're curious, are you the shy friend, out-going friend, or socially awkward friend? (Cues the song, 'You've Got A Friend In Me'). Stay tuned as Heidi and Vivian talk about their own friend groups, leaving friends behind, and toxicity. Grab some snacks, because it's really boiling this week.
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🥣 OUR CHILDHOOD 🥣
We're bringing back our childhood favourites! This week we're keeping the dishes fresh but familiar as we talk about our family background, childhood shows, Asian snacks, Western or Asian medicine, and what we wore as a kid growing up as a Chinese Born Canadian! Come join our table, because we can guarantee that the dishes will keep coming.
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Two friends, Heidi and Vivian born in the late 90s from Vancouver, Canada talking about their experiences and stories as CBCs (Chinese Born Canadians) while both coming from Cantonese backgrounds. BoJoke Podcast is all about being transparent while exploring topics in relationships, adulting, food, music, business, art and just LIFE.
Definition of Bo Joke, 煲粥 BoJoke or “煲粥”, is literally defined as “cooking congee”. Before smartphones and the internet came about, individuals would spend hours talking over the phone. Chinese people often use the metaphor, “cooking telephone congee” to express how individuals are talking very long (over the phone) that it’s as if they’re slow cooking congee the whole day. Congee is cooked over low heat for a long period of time. Usually served on Sundays, giving a homie and comforting feeling to the family.
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🥣 INTRODUCTIONS 🥣
Hello world!!! On our first episode, we will touch on what is the meaning of the podcast name, what will this podcast be about, and introducing ourselves. How did we first meet? What was your first impression of each other? Did I give off a good vibe? Tell us a funny story about the other person!
Sorry about the audio quality for one of our mics, we didn't realize it until after we recorded, try to keep your volume low.
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