Banana Q: a Filipino-Flavored Podcast

Ep 103: Misconceptions About Filipinas Dating Foreigners

We discuss common toxic misconceptions that people have about Filipinas who date foreigners (usually Westerners) with the aid of Kach Umandap's article on her blog.

 

Show Notes:

Truth and Lies About Filipinas Dating Foreigners

Ep 102: Balikbayan

Rey finally gets to visit the home country and be a balikbayan again after 3 years, and talks about changes he noticed in post-Pandemic Philippines.

Ep 101: Royals

We talk about royals that exist in modern times. We discuss Philippine monarchy in the past and touch on a bit of history, finally tackling the last unanswered question from our trailer. We lay out the pros and cons of monarchy and share whether or not we wanna be royals.

Episode 100

We have reached 3 digit number of episodes so we talk about Top 3:

• Most downloaded episodes
• Audience demographics and what music they listen to
• Most memorable quotes
• Words most used in our comments 
• Commenters
• Realizations 
• Things we look forward to

The most memorable quotes are from the episodes below:

• Ep 84: Climate Crisis
• Ep 22: How Did Filipino Chinese Tycoons Build Their Empires?
• Ep 48: Why Do (Most) Cebuanos Hate to Speak in Tagalog?

Ep 99: The Afterlife

We talk about the afterlife and learn the beliefs of different religions - Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Norse, Catholic, Islam, Buddhist, and Hindu. We also talk about mediums, near death experiences, and the possibility of uploading your consciousness to a virtual reality as portrayed in the shows Upload and Black Mirror (San Junipero). Finally, we talk about our ideal afterlife and bring up The Good Place.

Ep 98: This is 40 - Expectations vs Reality

Dee turns 40 and interviews same aged Filipino friends based all over the world about what life is like for them. Did reality meet their expectations? 

• Chi, corporate lawyer, talks about the good and bad things about being 40 and childfree by choice.
• Cate, accountant, shares her heartbreaking struggle of trying to have a child.
• Flisha, IT manager, talks about her "geriatric pregnancy" and having a baby at 40.
• Elma, process engineer, confesses about not feeling mature enough and how her career priorities changed as a mother.
• Tyne, former director in fund accounting, talks about paradigm shift in career and peer/personal pressure.
• Jefrey, nomad chef, shares his journey of quitting his job as a vice president in Finance to start a new career as a chef.

Ep 97: Buying vs Renting a Home

We talk about the pros and cons of buying vs renting a home.

Pros:

• Building wealth through equity
• Low mortgage interest rates
• Freedom to renovate and modify your house as you see fit
• No surprises in rent prices

Cons:

• Less flexibility to move
• Significant asking price
• Home expenses like repairs, maintenance fees, and insurance

Owning your home used to be the practical choice, but this is no longer the case. What changed?

Ep 96: Learning Tagalog

We interview Reuben, who talks about the methods he used to learn more about our national language, Tagalog, and shares the deeper words and interesting tidbits of history that he came across while doing his research.