Introduction

[Music] Welcome guys, this is our podcast One Flight Apart. My name is Cassie. My name is Carrie. And in this episode we would like to start off by doing a brief introduction of our cells. So my name is Cassie and Carrie. My cousin and we both grew up in Taiwan as kids. We are really close to each other. But then we both moved abroad, Carrie earlier on in around 5th grade. And I moved later on when I was in 10th grade. So I moved to Berlin and I finished high school there. I did the IB diploma and after graduating from my high school in Berlin, I went to study graphic design at the University of Leeds. Which is located in Leeds obviously. And for those of you who don't know, it's in the north of the UK. Yeah, and Carrie do you want to talk about it? My name is Carrie and like what Cassie said we're cousin and I moved to the States when I was in like 4th or 5th grade. I am currently a college student going to New York University. I study biochemistry and I've been thinking about minoring in nutrition. That's something interesting that's been going on yet. And I'm actually currently in Texas because of the holding with COVID-19 and stuff. It's crazy down. What's going on? It's crazy. So since we've been living separately for almost, we don't even know how long because it's been so long around. Probably even 10 years, we don't even know for sure. So it's really hard for us. I mean we've been like messaging each other and facing each other constantly. But we thought that like by starting a podcast, we could bond together even more. And we wanted to touch upon topics that people might be interested in and would like to know more about by listening to our experiences as college students. Yeah, totally. And because we're both in different geographic locations, it's going to be really cool to kind of see the different perspectives. You know, like one in the UK and one in the States. And yeah, like that's just so cool to me. And like what Cassie said, it's going to be like a great bonding time for us because we really don't know once the next time we're going to see each other. Yeah, yeah. And especially in the UK, the like we call it university. We don't call it college, but the university, the system is really different from the States. Yeah. That is like two different systems. And that can be like two different perspectives. Yeah. And then I mean, like what you just said, that's kind of cool. How you like you guys call it like university. Yeah, we call it college. Yeah, you know, that'd be really fun. Like if we could talk about like the different names. Like I'll say like chips. Like no, you guys say crisps, right? For like chips. We say like chips for French fries. Oh, yeah, yeah. So I mean, like I don't say it because I also spent two years in America when I was six. So I picked up the accent in America. And I also went to international schools. So our accent was also like American. Yeah, I know. It's funny how like it's pretty hard to just like start learning language later on. Yeah. Like once you picked up like the American accent, it's pretty hard for you to like go British. I don't know. Like I like to I like the American accent more. It's like for me. I think so. I know like British actions. So cool though. I have some friends that they're able to like do that. Speaking of like more both in college art, but like the reason why we want to do this podcast is because we are both in quarantine. And we're super bored. We thought that we would like do like a mini side project sites college. Now because I'm personally really tired of like school and stuff. I just do like chemistry and it's really annoying sometimes. You know, map and stuff. And Cassie is a graphic designer. So I don't know about her. Like maybe she's getting tired of like Adobe and stuff like that. Well, it's a really like a great chance to practice speaking because as you guys may have noticed, I struggle a lot trying to articulate myself. And because I move to Berlin in 10th grade, which is quite late. My English isn't that well. I mean, it's good compared to local Taiwanese students, but still not the best like compared to Carrie since she moved earlier on. And like talking, it's like one of my biggest fears and I cannot talk to an audience. Like even with friends, sometimes I'm kind of scared when I have like a friend group of 10. That is still scary for me. So like kind of like public speaking. Yeah, not even like that big of an audience. Like 10 people. Like 10 people. No. Oh, really? Yeah. And like this podcast could really be a chance for self growth. I mean, not just for me, but for you as well because. Yeah, totally. Like college is a stage where people experience a lot of new things. Yeah. We do like internships, which I might be able to do in my third year in the UK. And yeah, like there's a bunch of things going on. Like there's dealing with mental health during college. Oh, yeah. Trying to figure out, I mean, for you figuring out a major. Yeah, I'm very int responsive. So it's like super hard for me to like stick to something. I don't know. Sounds really bad. And I feel like college is like where we kind of make like major life decisions. Like if you think about it, if you like major in like, I don't know biochem or like graphic design, that literally means that you're basically like dealing with the rest of your life. I don't know. Like the degree that you get isn't that like the job that you're going to get. And that just that's just so crazy. Have we like this adding our lives right now. And like, I love he's don't don't really know what I want to do with my life. That sounds really sad. That's true. I'm just like testing the waters and like seeing what's available. But yeah, yeah, and like, and like what Cassie was saying, like speaking of like internship and stuff. Because of like COVID-19, a bunch of like opportunities were basically like stop. I was supposed to like be volunteering at this like clinic in New York. But guess what? Yeah, I know it's really sad, but you know can't come playing because it's probably like really scary over there and so I'm complaining. Yeah, you were going to do it in summer. Yeah, I was going to do it in the summer. It's just like a little volunteering opportunity and like a clinic in New York. But yeah, obviously like that's not the safest place to be at right now. That's a really good opportunity. Yeah. Do you have anything like paused because of this? Wait, actually, yes. I was going to do a volunteer work for this film festival and Leeds. Oh, that's so cool. Yeah, that is really cool. And it's like really great chance also for me to like well kind of experience the like working with adults, you know. Yeah, since it's also like kids film festival, I get to interact with children and teach them like artwork shops. Yeah, yeah, if you don't know Cassie is like so good at like stuff like this. She's like such a classic designer and she's like really kind of like editing and stuff like that. Oh, and like speaking of she's also like editing you. But she's coming up with the graphic design for our podcast one fly to part and guess who came up with the name. Okay, wait, we should do that story. Wait, did they come up with the name or did you come up with the name? I forgot. Okay, okay, let's tell them the story. Yeah, yeah. So we decided that we would start a podcast like I don't know like forever ago, probably like two months ago. But we never really like got into it until like two weeks ago. We're like, okay, like let's actually do something because it's getting kind of boring right now with everything going on. And so we were like first you got think of a name and we went through like I don't know a list of names. And Cassie was like we should do something like an inside joke or maybe like even like a idea of Taiwanese. Yeah, I don't know. Oh, yeah, Taiwanese. Yeah, you were saying like something with Chinese. And I was like, wait, that's going to be like hard to understand. And then so I was thinking since we're so far apart, Cassie and I are five thousand miles apart. You don't know. That's a flight apart. And then I was like, what like a flight apart like one flight apart. And that's how we come up with the name. Yeah, and I thought it was really cute because it reminded me of five feet apart. It's like really cute because it's like we're romantically. Oh my gosh. Yeah, that movie is so cute. Two. All right. So Cassie, do we want to talk about our plans of the podcast? Like what do we want to do with the podcast? Yeah. So now the obvious topics that that we plan on doing is like COVID-19, how it has affected us. We probably invite some friends to the podcast and I have a couple of friends who have gone back to Taiwan. They could tell us like their experience traveling back to Taiwan. Yeah, totally. We could talk about Black Lives Matter, which is a really important topic. Oh yeah, that is something that's been going on like really all around the world. Even in Asia. There's so much going on in Asia, really? Yeah, I heard that like, and I was like Hong Kong or something like people are like protesting. Really? For beyond. Yeah, and that's definitely like a really important topic to talk about during this time. And there's so much going on. There's also Pride Month. Oh yeah. Since we're both Asians, we know that like in the Asian culture being gay is people don't really accept it. Yeah, it's kind of different in like Asian countries. I feel like I don't know, but I definitely it's getting better. Like, yeah, it's definitely getting better. We're getting more open. Oh, and I think like in Taiwan, people like people, I think there was like this one lot that was like past. I'm not sure like I need to fact check this, but I think there was like this one like gay marriage law. I don't know. Yeah, I think so. You know what I mean? Yeah. I think it's like really recent too. Yeah. I'm not sure though. But we both are in China of like disconnected with like information of Taiwan, which is pretty bad, but I have a sister. She's in Taiwan. Oh yeah. Yeah, probably gonna invite her to the podcast once because she has a lot of opinions and she's really good at like talking and debating. Oh yeah. Definitely bring good perspective. Yeah, totally. Well, we could also probably talk about our first year experience in college. And again, we could compare your experience and my experience since it's like two totally different systems. Yeah, we could talk about that. I love food. Oh, yeah. So, Randall, we should talk about like the food differences. Yeah. Yeah, that'd be so cool. And then we could also talk about like what we're talking about, you know, how we say stuff differently. Oh yeah. I don't know. Biscuit versus cookies, chips, soda, I don't know. Pop. Oh, wait, what is this? Yeah. You know what I'm saying, yeah. Maybe I could get like a British friend on the podcast. Oh my god, that'd be so cool. Yeah. Yeah, we could do that. It's funny how like we have like different, I don't know, this is like dialects or what is it? Like just like different ways of speaking. Because I moved to New York, you know, obviously for school. And I like, there's so many things I say that my friends are like, what the heck are you talking about? Like what? Yeah, or like they'll say something and then I'll be like, what? Like I've never heard of that. Or like, there's just like certain stuff that I say. They're like, what? Like, that's so good. Oh, like I say, y'all a lot like apparently that's like really southern. Oh, you mean like when you move from Texas to New York? Yeah, yeah. Like, you know how you say like you all are like you guys? Y'all. I say y'all. I know. And then my friends are like, what the heck is that? Like, that sounds like, that's what they're doing. I don't know, it's just like a man too. Oh yeah, yes, ma'am. I say that a lot. It's like, yes, ma'am. And then all my friends like, dude, I'm not that old or whatever. Yeah, yeah, I was weirded out too. Really? Yeah, that's how I speak and text as well. So that's interesting. Yeah. And also, wait, what do we want to talk about? We can talk about like job experiences. Yeah. Because first job experience. Yeah, have you worked in like, you can't get? Nope, not yet, but I could maybe talk about like volunteer experiences. Since I'm going to do this volunteer next year. It's a really big position and I'm really scared. Oh my god, it's so exciting, yeah. Because I've never been like, I'm the head of graphic design for-- Oh wait, is it the thing for the Tony society? No, no, I think it's really-- I haven't told you yet. But-- Oh wow, Cassie, keeping secret. Yeah. But like-- That's like you. I was like scared. Like, I was like really-- I was excited. Of course, I was excited. But then I was like, oh my god, am I capable enough for this? Oh no, no, you are capable, guys. If you're listening to this, you're capable of doing what you want to do. Well, that sounds so cliche. But oh, talking about this, we could talk about imposter syndrome since-- Yes, that was-- Yeah. That's literally the word I was trying to think of like imposterous-- Yeah, because yeah. I feel like Asians-- It's such a big problem that-- Yeah, totally. --for this a lot because like growing up parents would be like, you need to do better. Yeah. OK, that's actually like kind of opposite. I don't know. Like, I grew up with my mom mostly. Like, my dad, if you don't know, like, we kind of-- he's in Taiwan. And then it's like, he comes back and forth. But like, mostly it's just my mom and us. And the way she parents us is very different from like the traditional Asian way. Like, I'll have like Asian friends. I like, oh, like, why isn't your mom like judging you on like what you're wearing? I don't know. Stuff like that. But I mean, my dad's more traditional, like, what-- How you're speaking-- Way traditional. I know your dad. Yeah, way traditional. Yeah. So it's like, I feel like that's something that we can talk about, like, just like parenting styles, you know? Yeah. And how that's affected us. And then something that is related to imposterous syndrome is mental health, right? Oh, totally. Mental health is also a topic that Asian parents don't really bring up to their children. That is so freaking true. Like, I cannot agree that more because I feel like it gets ignored a lot in Asian households. I mean, I don't want to like, generalize anything. But yeah, speaking from experience-- Okay, not that. Like, maybe I can talk about this in the next-- Like, yeah, you can maybe talk about it now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We could-- we will definitely probably like make a whole episode on this, but yeah. Like what Cassie was saying, it's a problem. Four teenagers and like, college students, yeah. Yeah. And this podcast called Asian Boscow and they are like a group of their three Asian ladies and they also talk about mental health and a lot of the issues that we just mentioned. But I feel like we could talk about it in our perspectives as college students and it's different from their perspective because they are working woman and for us, it's a different stage of life. Yeah. And the fact that we're, you know, so far apart, that's really like interesting. That could bring like different opinions and stuff like that into the podcast. Yeah. For anyone who's interested, you could go check out Asian Boscow and it really inspired me and actually it really motivated me to do this podcast. Yeah. Because I really learned a lot from them and I was like, whoa, it's just like such mundane things that they're saying, but I'm so glad they brought it up. Yeah. Okay. Speaking of that's like one of the differents like me and Cassie have. Cassie's more, I don't know, she relates to stuff like this. But for me, it's really hard to relate. I don't know. Maybe we could talk about this in like a future episode too. How like most of my friends aren't necessarily like Asian Asian, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. We should definitely talk about like our friends maybe. Yeah. I don't know. It's so interesting to me because I have never even if I tried, it's just so hard for me to like vibe with Asians. I don't know if that makes sense. But yeah, maybe I don't know, Cassie can tell me her secrets. I'm just kidding. But just kind of talk about like the differences like our friendship lives or you know stuff like that. Talking about friends, you should definitely share your experience, party in New York like Oh my gosh, totally. You're in sorority. Yeah. Oh yeah, I could just say that. You should definitely talk about that. I should definitely talk about that. I love my sorority. So we'll definitely talk about that. Yeah. Like when I'm with my friends and we watch movies and most of the movies are American movies, right? And then there's like often like party scenes and yeah, often involves like sorority or like frat parties. Yeah. Then my friends would be like, whoa. And then I would be like, my cousin is in the sorority and they were like, what? Yeah, but I feel like it's not like, I don't know, but I feel like New York like at the East Coast. Maybe it's because it's like the in the city. I don't know like NYU doesn't really have like a sorority, sorority life, you know what I'm saying? But still it's something but it's definitely like kind of different from what people like see in the movies. I feel like what you see in the movies probably more like Southern schools or like schools are more like in this upper. Yeah, and why you just like more in the city, but yeah, definitely like a lot of stuff that you see probably applies to, you know, the college experience that I'm having. It's definitely something that a lot of people want to know because the American entertainment is influencing everyone and carries on just walked in. Is that your mom? Yeah, that was my mom. Yeah. I was saying that a lot of people are influenced by American media and their media. curious about how it's like to go to school in America or how it's like to go to college in America. Yeah and it's so cool because we grew up in Taiwan and it's like I've never envisioned or imagined as in like you in the UK maybe like me in the US like I already kind of knew that because I've always been kind of here you know but I don't know I just never imagined you how you would be in the UK like that's no I would I'm like I'm Cassie just like ended up in the UK. I don't I didn't plan to actually like well I did the IB and probably a lot of you guys also well not a lot of you guys but if you also did the IB you would be like oh my god like you would resonate with but um yeah Cassie can definitely talk about oh we could talk oh yeah okay speaking of that we could talk about like high school experience. Cassie went to a freaking way international school in Berlin. Yeah yeah that's so cool and I just went to like a normal high school in Texas. Well that's cool too yeah yeah I guess but I don't know it's so boring. No it's not like I always envision that like your high school life is kind of like a movie you have like a drama and stuff yeah and then you get to like choose this bunch of different courses. I mean it's kind of like that but definitely like movies like romance size everything. Yeah I know yeah I don't know it's just kind of different but kind of the same. If that makes sense. So yeah that's just kind of like what we plan on going forward this podcast and yeah Cassie is there anything else that we would like to touch on in this intro episode. I think that's about it and we're just really excited to recap our episodes in the future and we really hope that you guys can find our podcast resonating. Yeah that's correct to say. Like resonate with our podcast yeah yeah so like my English isn't that good like sometimes it's gonna be some grammatical errors so please just don't judge me but yeah that's pretty much it for our first intro episode thank you all for listening and yeah I'll see you yeah we'll see y'all next time bye guys see you bye