梳化同學會 | The Podcasting Couch

Happy new year! Gtai and Jay kicks off this week with Jay's stuffed animals and why they mean so much to him. As a lunar new year special guest, FengShui Master Mr. Gum returns with his misleading BS. This week's main topic surrounds our new year routines and well as our views on traditions, whether they should be kept or evolve with time. Enjoy! This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Gtai Topics: 00:00:00 I....

Our regular host returns with a new persona and starts the episode with more questions than answers. After sharing our latest ventures into the (virtual) snowy mountains, the couch moves on to discuss the endless controversies surrounding Cyberpunk 2077 an game development hell. This episode ends with Jay and Ming sharing their hype being the upcoming new game from the Monster Hunter series. This...

This episode opens with Jay ranting about how it took more than an entire YEAR for the rest of the couch crew to finally understand one of the purposes of this show's existence, and how GTAI promised to lead the show but never actually did... He then shares his 8 days of pain from a perfectly located mouth ulcer. This week ends with, again, Jay's sharing of a weird dream he had that brought him ba...

In a rare episode with only Nic and Gtai, these self-proclaimed yin-yang buddies goes on a trip of self discovery, by discussing never before asked personal questions. After understanding how each other feels, would their unique relationship blossom or crash and burn? This Episode's Hosts:  Gtai; Nic Topics: 00:00:00 I.  How do we view each other and first impressions 00:22:00 II. Our un...

Nic takes lead and invite us to share our (boring) week, leading to a weird story about mailboxes and steamers from Jay's colleagues. This episode ends with the Couch's discussion on our transition to Signal and other platforms in light of Facebook's supposed unreasonable new terms and conditions. This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai; Pong; Nic Topics: 00:00:00 I.  How was your week, Gtai? 0...

In a surprise turn of events, Jay had his first solo buffest experience, and it was... definitely an experience... The couch then discusses tangents from buffets, such as the draw of buffets, and our own serving sequences at such restaurants. Moving on, The Couch attempts to draft our own playlist of wedding reception music. In this episode, Jay dedicates a timeslot to express his appreciation for...

What better to end the year 2020 than personal reflections and growth?  In this content packed episode, the couch kicks off by debating the significance of a New Year’s celebration. Followed by the athletic trio’s hiking activities. Then we go in turn to discuss our key moments of the year, including Pong’s mental growth due to relationship, Jay’s advancing career goals, as well as Gtai and M...

With the highest level of production value of podcasting couch history, we're proud to bring you our (late) Christmas special episode. Starting with a session of appreciation to our respected archbishop, followed by a discussion on our views on presents. Is cooking a meal a sufficient Christmas present? What do we think about "I am your gift"? Listen and you'll see~ With a twist, we go wild in a g...

Jay returns and brings us stories about his green card lesson. Ming then reveals an update on his plans for moving to a "big city". This week's main topics are all proposed by our very own Professor Physics, beginning with a discussion revolving around sleep cycles and sleep quality. The couch then attempts at defining Hong Kong's local cultures and its differences with oversea countries. This wee...

This week our long time host Jay is currently on a quest for his green card (Construction Safety Certificate), therefore Ming, Gtai and Lukas takes on the pilot seat, and present you this weeks episode! We first started off with Lukas' episode finale of his quarantine life, as well as his feelings about the whole journey, then we move on to Ming's 3 days 2 night road trip to Mornington, and all th...

This episode starts with the couch making milk jokes and eventually starting an innuendo party. Jay then leads a discussion in an attempt to convince himself of the appeal of hiking. As this week's main topics, the couch dives together with professor physics, into two deep conversations regarding human conscious and technology. This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai; Pong; Nic Guest: Lukas (Profess...

This week the couch starts with a brief of their latest favourite (mainstream) anime, explaining why Chachamaru the cat is the cutest thing in the show. Pong shares an update on his job hunting journey, proposing Nic and his solution to lunching with Jay despite their office distances. As the main topic, the couch attempts to understand the "friend-zone", discussing the 2 mainstream theories revol...

The three idiots band together to talk about random flashbacks, Pong’s dating adventures and Jay’s failed immersion. The trio starts off looking back at the roots of the Podcasting Couch, reminiscing on how the show first started. Then Pong updates us on his latest date spot, which was chosen deliberately to piss off Jay. The hosts move on to talk about their university experience, namely their li...

The dynamic duo returns with two guests to discuss the intricacies of office culture and share work stories. This week’s Friday special we start off with a quick update of Jay’s recent podcast collaboration endeavours. Then we touch upon Pong’s hatred towards the pyramid scheme, and consequently his anger management issues. To cool things off, Prof. Physics leads the discussion starting with HK’s...

 As the Halloween special, the couch takes on a different style and flow with Nic taking the helm of the ship. We start by a structureless chit chat about our lives and choosing our Halloween costumes. We then move on to share our nightmares, dreams that to this day still horrify us. This episode ends with Nic sharing a true horror story... This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai; Pong; Nic Top...

Yadayadayada, too tired to write a proper description for this week haha. So, in short, the couch discusses the dynamics of speaking english in HK. This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai; Pong; Nic Topics: 00:00:00 I.  Gtai's Happiness Delivery (Pre-topic) 00:33:00 II. Personality changes under frustration (Pre-topic) 00:50:00 III. Classifying each other with a Natural Disaster (Pre-topic)&nbs...

Upon popular demand, Jay explains why "Blueticks with Tai" is not returning soon and why its a great thing. The Couch then dives into our guest Donald's harsh job as an Environmental Engineer Trainee in HK. Gtai then raises the question on how our environment affects our productivity. Jay discovers the greatness that is Neck pillows on his Boss' car, and shares his highlight of the week, where 生...

This week begins with Nic's attempt to fix Gtai's jet lag, leading into Jay sharing his new found knowledge of the origin of afternoon tea at 15:15 as a HK norm. Jay shares his texting issues, realising that it might be his problem that people tend to ignore him... Ming began planning his career path as a pharmacist. The couch then went into a heated discussion on what our society is morning-orien...

Quantity Surveying; Pharmacy; Environmental Science; Microbiology, with our powers combined, we can (probably not) bring the zombie apocalypse to an end! Before we become zombie outbreak power rangers, Jay and the crew reminisce about childhood mid-autumn festival stories. Oh, also check out PETase if you're interested in the new "plastic-eating" super enzyme. This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai...

After taking a short break, the couch returns in full force with a weird intro! Jay reveals the truth behind our short break, spoiler alert: he is not a robot. Moving on, the couch shares their latest Game Of The Year: "Among Us', a game that puts our friendship and trust on the line. Tl;Dr, we're addicted and you should be too~ Jay shares stories from his office again, this time involving his fri...

With the largest roster on the couch ever, this week we delivers chill conversations about pencils, the corona virus and Pong's theoretical phone app "Can-eat". The couch then each shares stories and experiences from overseas, including weird UK medical treatments; bizarre Winters in Canada; Australian public transport encounters etc etc. This Episode's Hosts: Jay; Ming; Gtai; Pong Guest: Rose Top...

The Couch kicks off this new episode by discussing Neurolink , Elon Musk's latest project on AI Brain Implants, exploring whether it would catapult humanity to higher heights or bring us closer to destruction. Jay then shares a story about an infuriating delivery experience. In light of the commencement of a new academic year, the couch attempts at giving advice to new university students. As this...

Not gonna lie, this episode is pretty messy... We attempted to discuss the pros and cons of Instagram's "new" suggested post function. Moving on, Jay shares his new found enjoyment of risk taking. The couch then expresses our appreciation to Archbishop Haze for blessing Pong and in turn, the couch. As the main discussion, the couch talks about how they would spend an imaginary prize money of HKD 1...

Jay shares his social media vacation experience and Gtai proposes an alternative vacation for stress relief. The Couch then discusses WFH as a new norm in HK's work environment. Microsoft announces the "death" of IE, prompting the couch to reminisce IE in its glory days, unexpectedly leading to Nic's field test of the Pornhub experience using Internet Explorer. This week's main topic is this show'...

Jay is stressed and mentally exhausted, prompting a short 2 day break from all social media. Nic shares his crazy dreams, which involves a beautiful girl, an elevator, and a place that is hot and humid... Jay attempts to redeem Doraemon by sharing a classical touching story, but the couch decided against it and sabotages his story... Today's episode end by each host sharing a story of happiness fr...