Asian Soup Podcast

We’re finally at the end of our first season! Which has been just over a year. We kept thinking about how to separate our seasons and in the end we landed with our 25th episode. In this episode we take some reflections on how far we’ve come, what we achieved in the last year, and also chat about new years resolutions and goals for 2023. Yes, we did record this in the end of 2022 and it’s taken us a little while to publish but we hope you still find it relevant and relatable. What are your goals and resolutions for this year? What are you excited for? Let us know in the comments, DM us or email us at roxaneandjulia@gmail.com Come sit with us, come sing with us, and get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels: Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

It’s been a year, since starting the Asian Soup Podcast. How time flies! From revisiting our podcast name, to what we enjoy about the podcast, to learnings and key milestones, we discuss how the podcast has evolved — and how we as individuals and as a pair, evolved in the past year.   A little note: we feel so lucky to do the podcast for a whole year — and grateful to all our listeners who’ve tuned in along the way, or even from the very beginning! Thank you for giving us your attention and time, and we hope to evolve and grow further with you.   Come sit with us, come sing with us, and get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels: Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

Discovering food from different cultures and experiencing the variety of flavours and tastes is an important way to learn and appreciate other cultures apart from our own. Food in itself is a language of its own, communicating how things may have come to be. It might be the weather of a certain location, the availability of produce, a matter of survival through times of war, special delicacies and/or much more. While recipes have been passed down over many generations, and the etiquette of meal times as a family or at a social gathering have transpired, this was a topic that interested Rox and Jules for this episode. Listen in as they share some of what they understand about restaurant etiquette at Chinese and Korean restaurants, tips on ordering, and some things that just are the way they are. Come sit with us, and get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

It’s that time of year – the decorations are up, the festive tunes are playing and Aussie summer is officially here (at least for us!). Gift giving is always a challenge, especially when it comes to giving the right one for the right person. So, we’ve put this episode together to hopefully help you come up with some last minute gift ideas or general gift ideas to up your gift game in 2023. From Christmas tree traditions to tips on buying gifts (especially gifts for children now that we’re in our 30s) to go-to gift ideas for $20, $50 and $100 budgets – tune in to hear what Jules and Rox have to say. Do you celebrate Christmas? What’s on your gift giving list this year? Do you have any go-to gift ideas? Come sit with us, and get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

With our fair share of work experience seeing the good and bad in different jobs, it’s time to spill the tea. And as thirty-something year olds who have both made career changes, we reflect on the signs that prompted the next move. What are those moments where we’ve realised, maybe it’s time to move on? Should I stay for longer in this role and see how it goes, or should I look elsewhere? It’s not easy to make the call. And it is definitely scary to face change. As well as to those of you who might be thinking about resigning. However, we do want to point out that some of us are lucky and have worked hard to be in a position that allows us to thrive, working with a team that we love and enjoying the work that we do. And sometimes, it takes time to figure out what works for you. We’re grateful for all the opportunities we’ve had so far, while also excited to share what we’ve learned. Let us know what other signs that may play a part in resigning in the comments or email us at roxaneandjulia@gmail.com. Do you have any stories for us?  Come sit with us, and get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

As 30-something-year-old Asian-Aussies, karaoke was a huge part of growing up in Sydney – both as young children and young teenagers. Karaoke brought us joy, it taught us about our culture, and most importantly, it bonded us. From karaoke room must-haves, to karaoke drinking games, to all the songs we used to listen to on our MP3 players, Rox and Jules share their karaoke experiences and their go-to karaoke songs. Rox shares her fave Chinese songs, and Jules her fave Korean songs – and even though they come from different Asian backgrounds, funny that some things – like sad ballad lyrics – are the same. *Caution*  This is not a podcast episode, this is karaoke session. Listener discretion is advised 😂 Did we pick any of your go-to karaoke songs? What's your fave and what karaoke memories do you have? We want to know! Come sit with us, come sing with us, and get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

Jules and Rox have a chat about something that's been on their minds lately – speaking up more in their day to day. Sharing some real experiences from everyday life, they discuss (and practise) how they might react in certain situations.   Sometimes it requires a bit of assertiveness, and sometimes it requires some confidence to be heard. Also, is it a safe situation to speak up? It really depends, and it's important to know!   How about you – are you likely to speak up? If so, what are some tips you might have for speaking up? Please share them with us, we need all the advice we can get :) Let's get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels: Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

In this episode, we discuss about what we've been wearing lately. We get into style, what we like when we're getting dressed day to day, and any wardrobe essentials we're loving recently. It's been a bit cold recently in Sydney so Jules and Rox chat about how they stay warm from turtle necks to warm socks and more. We also share some personal tips from our winter uniform from our individual sense of style. This is a fun and light episode! Enjoy :) How did you stay warm this winter? Any tips on accessories or other ways to stay cosy? Let us know in the comments or email us!   Get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels: Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

Proposals, marriage, children. Typical topics of two 30-something-year-olds – at least for us..! Rox shares her proposal story for the first time with Jules. We reflect on whether proposals or marriage was something we wanted all along or something that was necessarily on our horizons. Although Rox and Jules have different views on marriage, one thing they know for sure is this: that it’s okay to want different things — that it's okay to want what you want — whether it’s traditional, not traditional or somewhere in between. People want or don’t want things for different reasons, and whatever you’re feeling, this is a little reminder that it's okay. Get ready for a long and chatty one.  Warning: it gets a little deep!  Get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels: Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

Hello Sydney, this episode is dedicated to you. And living in Sydney for most of our lives, we feel it’s both time and we’re qualified to speak about you! In this episode, we chat about what Sydney is like, what working in Sydney is like compared to Hong Kong, what it’s like living in the ‘burbs, coffee culture and Jules’ share her expert coffee knowledge. And we also share some of the bad – some things maybe we don’t like about Sydney!  Are you sold on visiting Sydney now? Or if you’re from Sydney — do you agree or disagree with our opinions? What are your favourite things about Sydney? If you’re not from Sydney, where do you call home? What’s your city like? Get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels: Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast  Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

Is there such thing as healthy attachment? What’s so bad about being attached? To be honest, we don’t really know, but in this episode, we try to figure it out. Speaking from an “anxious-preoccupied” attachment-style POV, Rox and Jules chat about some childhood fears, getting validation from others, trying to make people happy and more. If you get validated by nothing, are you nothing? Do you have fears around being attached? Or simply put, what is attachment to you?   Come get cosy with us for another chatty one and as always, we hope you enjoy another episode of the Asian Soup Podcast.  Get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels: Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast  Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

If you’ve been following the podcast for a while now, you know that Rox and Jules are new friends – yet have SO much in common. One thing they have in common outside of the podcast is that they’re both enjoy working on side hustles. Rox co-owns a sustainable fashion label called KIN [www.kinmade.co]. Jules used to operate ramen parties out of her rental home. In this episode, Rox and Jules share their side hustle stories as well as reflecting back on the wins, the hard times and their learnings.   Come get cosy with us for another chatty one and as always, we hope you enjoy another episode of the Asian Soup Podcast. Get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels: Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast  Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

Don't bring shame to the family, and you're sweet 🥲   Being the obedient daughter, son or child, or being the good girl or boy – is damn hard! And whilst being 'obedient' can look different to each person, how it feels to carry this load can be universal.  Striving to be 'perfect' and having that voice and pressure to be 'good' can manifest in other ways. We're talking about being rebellious, being dishonest... finding 'freedom' in unhealthy ways, and much more. In this episode, Rox and Jules discuss whether they're 'obedient' and the pressures they had – and still have – to make their parents feel proud, and how they coped - and still cope – with it.  Come get cosy with us for another chatty one and as always, we hope you enjoy another episode of the Asian Soup Podcast.  Get nourished! Find or DM us on other channels: Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Or directly email us: Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

We walk down memory lane and revisit some memories of our youth – specifically our time living our abroad in a completely different country. Living in Japan and living in France – a country where we both don’t speak the language – may sound adventurous and fun, but it could also mean other things such as long distance relationships or navigating to places using a physical lonely planet guide (yes, we’re talking about the pre-google-map days). Did you ever live abroad? If you have, where did you live abroad and for how long? Or if you’d like to, where would you want to go?  This episode is a short but sweet one. Come get cosy with us for another chatty one and as always, we hope you enjoy another episode of the Asian Soup Podcast.  Find us on other channels:  Instagram: @asiansouppodcast  Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast  Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Contact us  Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

In this episode, we dive into a discussion about LANGUAGE. Language is something so embedded in our everyday lives that we don’t even notice day to day how important it is for communicating with different people in our lives. Through conversation and sharing, we can learn more more about the similarities we have as first generation Asian Australians and explore how important language is to our culture, and our upbringing. Why is language so important? How has it shaped the way we see the world? What was it like to jump between English and Korean, Chinese, Japanese or Cantonese? Do you ever think or count in another language? Let us know what languages you speak, any challenges you’ve faced, what you’ve learned or anything you want to share in the comments, DM us, or email us. No matter where you're tuning in from, we hope you enjoy another chatty episode of the Asian Soup Podcast. Come chill with us and get nourished! Find us on other channels: Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com Contact us Email: roxaneandjulia@gmail.com

Pachinko is a story of Sunja that spans 4 generations – with the fourth generation (Solomon's story) touching on the Asian-American experience – something Rox and Jules can relate to as Asians growing up in Australia. In this episode, super excited about the show and the book, Rox and Jules unpack what they think about Episode 1-3 so far - weaving in their personal experiences as Korean-Australians and Chinese Australians along the way. They dial in Jules' grandma who lived through colonial Korea and invite a guest with a Korean-Japanese-Australian background on the show as well, because – well, why not! Anyone else really invested in the show right now? Did you read the book too? How do your experiences relate to the show? Did you bawl your eyes out too T_T  No matter where you're tuning in from, we hope you enjoy another chatty episode of the Asian Soup Podcast.  Come chill with us and get nourished! SPOILER ALERT: feel free to skip this episode if you haven't read the book! Find us on other channels: Instagram: @asiansouppodcast Youtube: Asian Soup Podcast Discord: Asian Soup Podcast Website: www.asiansouppodcast.com

Beauty standards 💅🏽 What are they and who gets to have a say on what they are? Everyone’s idea of beauty might be different for themselves or what they find beautiful. It’s both very personal and subjective. In this episode, we get chatty and real about what our idea of beauty was growing up in Sydney, Australia as Asian Australians. We try to unpack what our ideas of beauty are, why they are that way and how it affects the way we view beauty. Were we more drawn to western or Australian ideals of beauty? Or did we have some Asian influences of what beauty meant? And being a woman – the pressure of being beautiful is a whole other thing in itself right?  The main thing we wanted to share was that despite all of these ideals and constructs of what is “beautiful”, and to remind ourselves that that no one is perfect – and that’s OKAY! Hopefully by sharing these silly thoughts, we can all relate that it’s okay to struggle at times with making sense of beauty. What’s important is for us to value ourselves more and learn to FEEL beautiful and love ourselves just the way we are. We hope you enjoy episode 9! Let us know what your ideal beauty standards were growing up, or anything you want to share in the comments 💖 We're also on Insta & Youtube! https://www.instagram.com/asiansouppodcast/ 🍲 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQrmtCAnUX3dFZ8NJI8Q5nA Watch the Youtube video version here.

Anxiety is tricky. And it sucks. It also doesn't help that our experiences around it is not often talked about openly as there's still a stigma around it. Some have never experienced it, some have sort of experienced it, and then some experience it every day. Whatever your relationship with anxiety is, we share our experiences dealing with anxiety and hope it can remind you are not alone in feeling this way.    Some lifestyle changes and coping strategies can make all the difference when navigating through uncertain times. Here are 5 ways that have helped us personally to deal with anxiety.  Disclaimer** We are not mental health or health professionals. We are only speaking from our own experiences with anxiety and what ways we've learned that have helped us. This is by no means professional advice. Please speak to your doctor or a trained professional for further help. Welcome to Asian Soup Podcast, where every ingredient is welcome! Watch the Youtube video version here.

For the first time on the podcast, we discuss more about our Asian Australian experiences and what it was like to grow up in Sydney with different Asian backgrounds. We delve into our Chinese Australian and Korean Australian identities across different milestones and life experiences. We dive into discussing what is was like realising we were a minority, experiencing racism, what we're proud of and more. And get a little preview of us speaking in Cantonese and Korean for the first time. As always, we hope you enjoy the episode!

Inspired by a video about the rich and poor person mindset by Steve Antonioni, we answer some questions about... money! As two 30 something year olds, we explore what our relationship with money is like. We chat about our general thoughts on what "money" is, whether money is complicated or simple to us, whether we focus our efforts on saving or investing, and more!

In this episode, we talk about all things relationships! We look specifically into what the word "relationships" mean to us, what makes a relationship "healthy" and what makes them so painful. We discuss our own personal experiences around the topic, as well as things we’ve learned from friends, lovers, family and self.  What does the word "relationships" mean to you? And what makes a relationship healthy or feels painful to you? What is Asian Soup Podcast?   This podcast is about sharing and discovering real stories, touching on our Australian-Asian experiences in a honest and relatable way.

Our 4th episode is an exciting one because we have our first ever Asian Soup Podcast guest on the show! We get to chat to our friend Andrew Yee aka Andy! He's a professional storyteller, content creator, journalist, editor, K-POP enthusiast, curator, artist, creative and all-round great guy. He shares his favourite soup with us, some of the challenges of finding his own path, what he's doing now, and what's to come! We also want to say a big big THANK YOU to Andy for wanting to share his story with us and hanging out in general. You can follow him and his work in the links below:   Andy's IG: https://www.instagram.com/andysfrnds/ Andy's email: andrewy24@gmail.com  Life Without Andy:  Contributor https://lifewithoutandy.com/author/an...Mad Love https://lifewithoutandy.com/featured/... Yellow Belly TV:  https://www.instagram.com/yellowbellytv/

In this episode, we reflect on our past career experiences in our 20s, take a moment to be thankful and also proud of what we’ve accomplished in a short amount of time, and explore what we do to stay confident. Confidence takes work and areas such as our careers or things we do in our personal lives contribute to it. It’s easy to forget that actually, we’ve come a long way from 10 years ago!    This episode is a bit of a whirlwind ramble jamble chat but there's some funny moments in here too. Hope you enjoy sitting with us again :)  How do you stay confident? What things do you do that build your confidence? 

Changing careers isn't easy. Each career change experience is different with its unique learnings and challenges, and so are the memories we have of them. In this episode, Rox shares her story on how and why she chose to pivot and pursue a job in digital marketing from being a fashion designer — her childhood dream job. Jules shares her journey from being a cafe manager to becoming a digital marketer, and everything in between she faced along the way. This is a long episode, but a good one, so whether you're listening to us from work, a road trip, on a walk or even from bed, we hope you enjoy listening to our stories and can take something away from it.

Welcome to Asian Soup Podcast, where every ingredient is welcome! For our first ever podcast episode, we chat about our asian backgrounds, how we met, how we ended up doing this podcast together, what our favourite Asian soups are, why we wanted to start this podcast and how we came up with the name — "Asian Soup Podcast".  Thanks for listening to us and sitting with us. We hope you enjoyed our very first episode. We want to know, what's your favourite asian soup? Do you have any nostalgic memories attached to it? We'd love to hear it, please share it in the comments below! And for any feedback or tips, don't hesitate to drop that in the comments too x What is Asian Soup Podcast? ✨ This podcast is about sharing and discovering real stories, touching on our Australian-Asian experiences in a honest and relatable way.   Follow us on social media ✨ @asiansouppodcast / @roxanechan / @juliakimfilms Next episode ✨  About our career journeys from highschool until now 👀    ✰ FAQ ✰  what are your names? Roxane and Julia where are you from? Sydney, Australia how old are you? 32 and 32 (our age in 2021, 1989 babies) what’s your ethnicity? Chinese-Australian and Korean-Australian how did you meet? We were acquaintances for over ten years, and ten days before recording our first podcast episode, we connected on LinkedIn and jumped on a call about our career journeys but ended up deciding to start a podcast together instead.