Being Chirish: Recent Episodes
Diana Cheung
A platform for Chinese Irish Voices and other minority communities living in Ireland to share their stories and experiences. Hosted by Diana Cheung a 2nd generation Chirish filmmaker from Derry, Northern Ireland.
Logo art created by John D. Ruddy aka Manny Man. Music by Podcast.co 'Keep Calm and Podcast'.
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Meet Charlie Wong, a chef, businessman and Belfast original. The Wong's have been in NI since the 1950s and have established themselves as prominent entrepreneurs in Belfast city. Charlie returned to his beloved home Belfast, after 10 years living around the world, to take over the family restaurant. At only 44 years old Charlie is currently living with Stage 4 cancer, which started as a breast cancer diagnosis in 2019, a type of cancer not normally associated with men. Charlie wants to help raise awareness, especially among ethnic minority communities, by sharing his personal journey. We also chat about family, career, Western Medicine, Chinese Traditional Medicine, growing up in NI during the 'Troubles' and recent anti immigration sentiment exacerbated by Brexit.
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Ep.8 Season Finale! Meet Kelvin Tan, chef and spice bag lover. Born in Malaysia, brought up in Navan, Co. Meath, Kelvin is now based in Nottingham where he is a Sous Chef at Sat Baines, a two-Michelin Star restaurant. We chat about food mainly! from chicken balls, 3 in 1s to artichokes and his love for authentic Chinese home cooking which has led him to Instagram stardom during the pandemic.
Trigger Warning: We also have a serious conversation about racism in which racial slurs are mentioned so if this is not something you want to listen to now please come back to us another time.
Another note: There is some swearing in this episode so it might be useful to use headphones!
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Ep. 7. Meet Carmen Eng, a Dubliner who pays tribute to her Grand-father for making the journey from HK to Ireland to give the future generations a better quality of life. Carmen is an accountant, even though she was told one time by her teacher that she was so bad at Maths she would never be an accountant!! So anonymous teacher wherever you are? haha!
We chat about family, language & identity, diversity in mental health services and her eventful study abroad in Beijing where she didn't get free drinks on St Paddy's Day because she wasn't 'IRISH' enough!! Imagine!!
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Ep. 6. Meet Eve Li, an honorary Chirish Londoner (now Donegal woman!), BBC, Mum, Writer & Theatre Maker, Community Volunteer and all round awesome human. We chat about the big move from London to Donegal, her recent play 'Joss Paper & Roast Duck', a comedy about death and her important work in raising awareness of anti-immigration sentiment and racism through her voluntary work and community theatre project.
We love hearing from you!
beingchirish@gmail.com
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https://www.instagram.com/beingchirish/
This episode we hear from you the Chirish community! We share the stories that have been sent in, talk about how the podcast journey started and how the Cheung family from Derry ended up here!
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Ep.4. In this episode I am joined by Chirish Co. Fermanagh original Joyce Law, a former Props Buyer now turned support worker for people with learning disabilities.
A self-described atheist, feminist, environmentalist, foodie and film lover, we chat about her career change during the recent lockdown, the affect the pandemic has had on the Chinese community and how her family ended up in a small rural town in Fermanagh!
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Get in touch with your comments and questions
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Ep. 3. In this episode I chat with Judy Wong, a make-up artist born and bred in Dublin to immigrant parents from Hong Kong and Vietnam. Judy talks about her career in the beauty industry, life as a Chirish Dubliner and future plans to train as a life coach. You can find Judy on Instagram @makeupbyjudibells
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Get in touch with your comments and questions
beingchirish@gmail.com or https://www.facebook.com/beingchirish
Please enjoy!
Ep 2. In this episode Vicky Twomey-Lee talks about her career as a coder and maker advocate, family traditions & culture and life as a Chirish person growing up in Limerick. Vicky is the founder of Irish Born Chinese, a platform for the community to meet each other and share experiences.
You can find her on all the socials: https://beacons.page/whykay
Ep 1. Welcome to the first episode of the Being Chirish podcast! In this episode I chat with Alex Cheung from Derry in Northern Ireland about his career in the film and TV industry. Alex shares his stories about working on huge shows such as Game of Thrones and Derry Girls. We also chat about general life as a Chirish man growing up in Derry in the 90s.
Brand new podcast coming soon!!! Being Chirish a podcast for Chinese Irish voices to promote stories from the community.