Far from home

Jason and Alex discuss the things in life that make them feel the most insecure. What quality would Jason love to have from Alex? What keeps Alex up worrying all night? Find out here...

Jason almost had an expensive impulse buy, this episode we talk about real estate! What are the things we look for when buying a house and where do we want to settle down? Aaaaand we also rant out about housing prices in Canada. 

Jason and Alex discuss their "Ikigai"s - a Japanese concept meaning "reason for living" that combines what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. Find out if they are living out their best lives, or begrudgingly getting out of bed each morning!

Jason is a wholesome individual looking for a partner in life to share his experiences from. He is not of the “fuckboy” variety, so let’s see how it is for someone to explore the online dating scene.

In this episode, Jason and Alex get real open and real vulnerable. Aiming to talk about their passions, the conversation takes a turn and gets real deep into their upbringings, love lives, feelings of inferiority, and just what they want out of life.

Jason and Alex share a side of themselves that perhaps you've never seen...or read. In this episode, we talk about our experiences with writing - from what inspires us to do it, to the lessons we believe it teaches us.

Life is full of choices, and some of them are what we eat. We don’t realize it but our diets have a huge impact on us (or at least I like to think so). Today we’re gonna dive deep and JUDGE in a constructive way about each other. Also, Alex effed up his mic settings... whoops.

Everyone lives differently in this modern age world, some of us end up chasing the corporate ladder, some of us work to fund out favourite hobbies, and some of us... don't know. And sometimes when you get to the working stage of your life it feels like you're on a schedule so plain that you wonder if it's really right.

Don't hit that snooze button! In this episode, Jason and Alex talk about their ultimate coping mechanism to get them through these hard times - sleep.

Alex and Jason try to brush off their failures and shortcomings from 2020, and talk about what they're looking most forward to in 2021 (hint: there's not much). They also cover the sensitive topic of leaving their jobs in January and the new challenges ahead. If any of you are curious this is the 28 page booklet that we wasted our precious time on: https://yearcompass.com/

Welcome to 2021! In this episode, Jason and Alex catch up on how they spent their holiday season separated from family in Asia. Spoiler alert: it was lonely and sad. 

In this episode you've all surely been waiting for - Jason and Alex discuss their personal hygiene habits. Are your podcast hosts clean or dirty boys? How often does Alex wash his bedsheets? Finally, Jason reveals a deep dark secret that may forever change the way you see him...

Listen as we talk about how we waste our lives away when we're not working and sleeping, public facing hobbies and DARK hobbies. What constitutes a hobby and what doesn't? We got some hot takes in this episode.

Neither Jason nor Alex are very good with languages. Here they talk about what it is like to live in Asia as primarily English speakers, and stories of when they were shamed for not speaking their Asian languages better.

Let's face it, 2020 is depressing AF. In order to try and feel slightly better about the never-ending disaster that is 2020, Jason and Alex discuss other times in their lives where they have been depressed and how they got through them. Also, here's that Steve Jobs speech that Jason loves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc. And the books Alex recommended are 'When Breath Becomes Air', 'T...

Cooped up in their tiny apartments, Jason and Alex discuss the worldwide phenomenon which has swept the globe in 2020 - running. Why do they run? What do they like about running? And is running just an innate part of the human condition? Want to add us on Nike Run Club? Send us an email @ podcast.farfromhome@gmail.com and we'll add you :D

Why did we start a podcast? How was Alex able to convince an unwilling test subject? Jason has an ORIGIN STORY podcast episode?? Alex has a secret youtube channel?? Why is every sentence in this description a question? You will find out in this episode?

Listen to us RANT about the Toronto transit system for literally 20 mins. And then listen to Alex RANT about the stupid weather in Singapore for another 15 mins. This is why this episode is so damn long. We also mention other topics about living in Asian. Ok goodbye

Some things are inevitable in life: death, taxes, and... loneliness? Here we discuss our experiences and how we’ve coped with this universal feeling 

Both of us don't quite "fit in" in Singapore and Japan, but we talk about it. We compare it to what it's like in Canada, and how it wasn't easy fitting in during our childhood. 

We talk about money! How we both spend it, what really matters, and what doesn't. Let's just say that the highlight of the episode is that Jason loves living in style, at the highest price point possible.

Join us in this podcast about our lives as two Asian Canadians living pretty far from home. We introduce ourselves and talk about where we're living at the moment and how we got here, because we seem to NEVER remember to bring it up.