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有将近半年没有更新了，这期间发生了很多事，尤其是工作上的事。 没想到我们 2024年9月的第21集 居然可以出续集！真可谓是人外有人，坑外有坑，一坑还比一坑深。 晶姐遭遇了裁员潮，而我本人也第一次经历了德国的Aufhebungsvertrag(解约协议)，其实就是公司在没有办法走正常程序辞退我的情况下变相要我走人。在这一集里，我们各自回顾了过去这半年各自的经历，以及和公司还有上司的各种斗智斗勇，到现在各自顺利跳槽的种种细节。无...

前两个月在工作上和生活中经历了不同程度的不愉快瞬间，导致触发了我脑子里对于我是否正在经历一场“人际关系”的危机？ 还好，最近通过真诚和平等的对话，让我逐渐打开心结，也让我意识到，以事物和人的本身的面貌去接受他们，并且对之产生相对应的期待值，或许对我本身来说是一件更容易，让自己压力更小，也相对更轻松的事。 由此，晶姐和我进行了一场深度的和彼此的对话，让我俩都受益匪浅。 既然“所有问题都涉及人际关系“（Alfre...

时光飞逝，岁月如梭。 三年前的今天，我由于感到某种existential crisis而觉得整个人非常空虚无助，然后我在没有任何规划的情况下开始了这档播客。三年之后，这档播客虽然是佛系更新，但是仍然在继续存在着，不得不说这也是一种坚持。 这次请来了播客创建的元老嘉宾Nelli一起来回顾这三年的过往，以及我俩过去两三年的经历和感受。我们两个都是纯纯的文科生，但是现在都在IT行业工作，不得不说真的是很奇妙的经历。 Music source:&...

我们在这一集中一起来聊了一些我们各自那些尴尬的瞬间，然后我们意外地发现，我们对于“尴尬”的理解都不甚相同，之后由此更是引发了一轮深奥的讨论。 非常欢乐的一集，谢谢大家的分享！ Music source:  https://pixabay.com/ LoFi Acoustic Guitar with HipHop Beat 0133 - TuesdayNight Lofi girl - lofi hiphop beats - lofidreams99 SMOOTH VIBE MUSIC LOOP ALTERNATE - saintsamael (Freesound) A few moments later - sof...

By the time I've finished editing and publishing this episode, Carolyn has been on her 4-month world cruise trip for almost 3 months already. She was my English teacher in an after-school program for half a year, when I was in high school back in the day. Almost 2 decades have passed, and I'm still amazed by the fact that we're still in touch and have met multiple times in both China and Germany (...

We've known Christian and Mei for quite a few years so far, and in summer 2024, they finally had their wedding in China after a few postponements. This is our first episode in German, and Christian shares with us his experience of being a foreigner in China, why he decided to learn Chinese and go to China among all choices available in the first place, and what he thinks of some stereotypes about...

其实已经计划了好久要录这一期节目，这次终于得以实现！ Levi是我上一家公司的前同事。在德国待了12年之后，她在2023年底只身一人去了加拿大魁北克，在当地体验了一年左右的不同人生和经历。今天这一集，晶姐，Levi还有我三个人一起来听她的经历，所感和所想。 大家聊的真的很开心，而且东北同胞真的是太能聊了，气氛贼棒！ Music source:  https://pixabay.com/ Soft Jazz Piano Music - Clavier-Music Who Are You - Monday...

在这一集里，晶姐和我共同回顾并分享了我们这些年各自在德国职场上所经历的得与失，以及我们各自学习到的教训和个人收获。 希望我们的分享能够帮助到曾经或者现在正在经历低谷的朋友们。 赠人玫瑰，手留余香。 祝我们大家都有美好的未来！ Music source:  https://pixabay.com/ Podcast Jazz Waltz Cozy Relaxing Vibes - Denis-Pavlov-Music Short Acoustic Guitar Prelude - Intro - Ending for Film and Video - JuliusH S...

We travelled to the north of Germany this past weekend to visit Nelli, during which we spontaneously talked about our personal experiences of integration in Germany as individuals. And we also spontaneously decided to watch the new movie "Inside Out 2", which resonated with us and unexpectedly brought us to tears, especially considering Paul and I didn't even watch the first one. In the end, we co...

In this episode, Fei joined me to share our experiences of working in Germany. As usual, we had no script, and it was surprising to see that we both reached the same conclusion: these days, except for a few highly specialized roles, it's increasingly important not only to be a good technical or professional fit but also to be a great cultural fit. Sometimes, the latter even outweighs the former. W...

In today's episode, we explore the intricate dynamics of friendship and the often overlooked relationship we have with ourselves. Joined by Mei and Jing (Vivienne), we navigate the complexities of friendship through different stages of our lives, particularly as Chinese living in Germany. We've all had our own fair share of moments of solitude, where we've had to learn to spend time with ourselves...

We've been binge-watching the Apple TV show Slow Horses lately, and before we realize it, we've been imitating to speak with a "British accent" with each other at home. And that's the trigger of this episode. On social media, I've noticed some trolls and comments bashing other people for not speaking a foreign language "like a native speaker", "native speakers will never use terms like this", etc....

So, following the previous trip in September, I had the chance to fly back to my hometown in China again at the end of November. Well, this time, it was a very smooth ride, because I was able to pick up where things left off! That literally set everybody in the best mood possible. I took my mom to Shanghai as well. It was her first time there, and I'm really glad that she had a blast. <3 Things...

Another episode in one week! :D Today, this episode was recorded remotely with Nelli who just got married and started with her new job. Congratulations Nelli! We're so happy for you! <3 The title of this episode stemmed from a quote Nelli shared with me during the conversation: "At work, everybody's darling is everybody's a**hole", with which, we entered a talk about our jobs. I landed a new jo...

So yeah, after 3.5 years, I was finally able to go back to China at the end of August 2023. Before I got on the plane, I had pictured this trip in my head thousands of times: how I'd react when I'd get to see my mom again, my cousins, and my friends. I was feeling excited, anxious, nervous, and even a bit scared all at the same time. Well, there were indeed moments which I enjoyed a lot while bein...

Today, I had the pleasure of having a new guest, Mei, join me in this episode, sharing her own first-hand experience of being a mother. And what a coincidence! It's mother's day today! Perfect timing for a perfect topic! Along with her husband, Mei was introduced to us back in early 2017 by Nelli. Over the years, we somehow managed to stay in touch and maintain a "visit frequency" of at least once...

Anyone who has watched "Mean Girls" must have recognized the line in the title of this episode. :D Yes, I'm late to the "big party" after 3 years: COVID has finally caught me. Unfortunately, we both are not one of those who don't show any symptoms. Instead, we've suffered from pretty severe chest pain, coughing, headache, and fever (only me). Obviously, I'm not fit to work at the moment, and I had...

Currently, the weather in Germany has been a bit of everything: sunny, rainy, snowy (?!) and of course for the most part, cloudy. Vivienne joined me in today's episode. Just like the weather, we shifted from one topic to another, covering my most recent trip to Liechtenstein, to her upcoming trip to the Netherlands, and then to anxiety, etc. Do we have to have a fixed topic for each episode? No, w...

Time always seems to go by faster than you might think. In a blink of an eye, I've been in Germany for 10 full years already.... What a ride it has been! Damn, 10 years? And just like that? Sometimes, it does feel like as if I had been here for my whole life, but when you look back, it's been "only" a decade. Not sure how exactly I should feel...? 10 years are enough to shape someone into a new pe...

Happy Chinese New Year 2023 everyone! :) New year and new style of this podcast! Some of you might have noticed that there's now even a new intro in the beginning. I recorded 13 different versions and finally decided on this one. I think it sounds kinda cool. :D It's crazy how fast time always goes by. Due to the pandemic and everything else going on in the world, I haven't been able to celebrate...

Today is December 31st, 2022. It's the last day of the year. I always believe that, to be able to brace the future, one has to bid farewell properly to the past first. It also applies to the soon-to-end 2022 and the upcoming 2023. Hence this episode to wrap up 2022 just for the sake of having to wrap it up. :) This past year, the launch of this podcast brought me a great deal of joy and satisfacti...

Surprise surprise! This weekend is a double-episode feast, simply because we want to spoil our amazing audience! (What audience...? :D) My podcast-launch guest Nelli and I are trying something new with this episode by recording today's session remotely, because it is just not always practical for my friends to come over to my place to do the recording face-to-face. Not to mention that even when we...

Fei was probably the first person I had discussed the idea of launching my podcast with earlier this year. I believe I sent her a voice message about this, but she never responded to that one...awkward... We started our friendship as classmates in our master program back in 2013, and my first impression of her was horrible. However, over the past years, our friendship evolved to what it is today,...

By popular demand, my friend Vivienne came back to join me in this episode (she was eager to anyway lol). She has been in Germany for almost 20 years, and in my case, soon it will be 10 years. Therefore, we figured it would be a good cause for us to both take a look back at how and why we came to Germany. If only we could tell time to go slower. This episode is in Chinese, in case you didn't notic...

This episode is together with my life partner Paul. As always, we just took it as we went, with no preparation in advance. The title of this episode was inspired by our walk-in closet at home, which was kinda funny, because there is no way we will ever go back into the figurative closet. ;) Powered by Firstory Hosting