Shenanigans of a Westward Journey

Hi! Welcome to  the 21st episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the second half of chapter 10 of Journey to the West. The Dragon King of the 泾 (Jing) River was shocked by how accurate the fortuneteller’s predictions were. How would he now attempt to win this bet?… Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PO...

Hi! Welcome to  the 20th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the first half of chapter 10 of Journey to the West. Right after the scripture pilgrim 玄奘 (Xuán Zàng) avenged his parents, a whole new story was going down in the capital city 长安 (Chang’an), beside the river 泾 (Jīng)… Haven’t had enough?...

Hi! Welcome to  the 19th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the rest of chapter 9 of Journey to the West. The scripture pilgrim was born. How should he reunite with his family… Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shenanigans-of-a-westward-journey/id1749...

Hi! Welcome to  the 18th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the beginning of chapter 9 of Journey to the West. The Bodhisattva 观音 (GuanYin) arrived at Chang’An (长安) to seek the true scripture pilgrim. And while she settled down, a series of events was about to go down in this nation… Haven’t had e...

Hi! Welcome to  the 17th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the rest of chapter 9 of Journey to the West. As GuanYin continues her journey seeking the scripture pilgrim, she meets more individuals in need of a redemption, one of whom you may be very familiar with… Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE...

Hi! Welcome to  the 16th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the middle parts of chapter 8 of Journey to the West. The bodhisattva GuanYin (观音) sets journey to finding to fitting scripture pilgrim, what awaits her on her way there?  Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.appl...

Hi! Welcome to  the 15th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the beginning of chapter 8 of Journey to the West. It's been 500 years since the sealing of the Great Monkey King. One day, the Buddha 如来 calls all disciples for the purpose of spreading a certain scripture... Haven’t had enough? Check...

Hi! Welcome to Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! With the section Havoc of Heaven officially ending, I’d like to end things off with a recap episode. Here, I’ll be reviewing all that’s happened for the past 7 episodes!  Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shenanigans-of-a-westward-journey/id1749...

Hi! Welcome to another episode Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! After just finishing the Havoc of Heaven section in the novel (depicting the backstory of our Monkey King), I will finish everything up with a BONUS episode covering the backstory of the weapon our monkey king wields, the Golden Hooped Compliant Rod (金箍棒, jin gu bang). And thi...

Hi! Welcome to the 14th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the rest of chapter 7 of Journey to the West. The all powerful Buddha 如来 (ru lai) has come to subdue our Monkey King, and what kind of battle will prevail between the two of them?... Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: https://pod...

Hi! Welcome to the 13th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the beginning of chapter 7 of Journey to the West. Last time, 孙悟空 (Sun WuKong) was captured by the immortals from heaven. A series of punishments and torture now awaits him…  Haven’t had enough? Check out:  APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.a...

Hi! Welcome to the 12th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the rest of chapter 6 of Journey to the West. Last week we introduced the Immortal Master Erlang (二郎神). As one of the most powerful immortal fighters up in Heaven, how would he and 孙悟空's battle prevail?… Haven’t had enough? Check out...

Hi! Welcome to the 11th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the first half of chapter 6 of Journey to the West. Heaven continues to wage war against our Monkey King, but to no avail, their powers could not compare to this heavenly born stone monkey. It was then when the Bodhisattva Guan Yin, 观音, arri...

Hi! Welcome to the 10th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the rest of chapter 5 of Journey to the West. Our Monkey King successfully pissed off the entirety of Heaven once again, and now they are out to get him. A full scale war is soon to be started… Haven’t had enough? Check out: APPLE PODCAST: htt...

Hi! Welcome to the 9th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the first half of chapter 5 of Journey to the West. 孙悟空 has been appointed the title Great Sage Equal to Heaven, 齐天大圣 (qi tian da sheng). He’s been in Heaven for a while now, and it’s probably time he gets a job… Haven’t had enough? Chec...

Hi! Welcome back to Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! Last week we introduced a young immortal called 哪吒 (Nezha). Today, I will talk about the story of this young prince! Haven’t had enough? Check out: APPLE PODCAST: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shenanigans-of-a-westward-journey/id1749839168⁠ WeChat: search for "英文西游趣事&q...

Hi! Welcome to Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be reviewing all that’s happened for the past 3 and a half chapters! Haven’t had enough? Check out: APPLE PODCAST: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shenanigans-of-a-westward-journey/id1749839168⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ WeChat: search for "英文西游趣事" WEBSITE:...

Hi! Welcome to the 8th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the rest of chapter 4 of Journey to the West. 孙悟空 has successfully pissed of the entirety of Heaven, so what troubles will he get into now… Haven’t had enough? Check out: APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shenanigans-of-a-...

Hi! Welcome to the 7th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the first half of chapter 4 of Journey to the West. 孙悟空 follows the immortal 太白金星 to Heaven, but what do everyone up there think of this newly arrived monkey?… Haven’t had enough? Check out: APPLE PODCAST: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.appl...

Hi! Welcome back to Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! Since this week is exam week and I’m pretty busy, I’ll do a short bonus episode of two different Chinese mythical fantasies of how the world was made. So, here comes the story of 盘古 (pán gǔ) and 女娲 (nǔ wā)... Haven’t had enough? Check out: APPLE PODCAST: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple....

Hi! Welcome to the 6th episode of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the rest of chapter 3 of Journey to the West. 孙悟空 has obtained a weapon of his liking, but he has one more favour to ask the ol’ Dragon King… Haven’t had enough? Check out: APPLE PODCAST: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shenani...

Hi! Welcome to episode 5 of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the beginning of chapter 3 of Journey to the West. Last chapter we talked about the Monkey King’s triumphant return to his homeland. He now faced the trouble of finding a suitable weapons to wield… Haven’t had enough? Check out: APPLE PODCAST: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Hi! Welcome to episode 4 of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the last bit of the second chapter of Journey to the West. 孙悟空 (Sūn WùKōng), our beloved monkey king, has learned the secrets of the Way. He was going to continue living with his reverend teacher, when one day in the early summer, things changed…...

Hi! Welcome to episode 3 of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the first half of the second chapter of Journey to the West! The Immortal named 菩提祖师 (pú tí zǔ shī) has accepted the Monkey King, 猴王 (hóu wáng), as his student and gave him the name 孙悟空 (Sun WuKong). The monkey studied long and hard along wi...

Hi! Welcome to episode 2 of Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! In this episode I’ll be covering the second half of the first chapter of Journey to the West. The Monkey King (猴王 (hóu wáng)) travelled far away from his homeland. Eventually, after days and days in the ocean, his raft finally approached a piece of land… Haven’t had enough? Check...