April 19, 2023
Living Abroad with Irene
Description
Jeremy Lin's former classmate Irene Chang crash lands on the studio to take the guys on a tour of her international life, from navigating language and culture in Seoul to acing her A-Level in accents in London.
Episode
Bio
Hailing from Palo Alto, California, Irene Chang attended Georgetown University and received her Bachelors of Science in Foreign Service, with a degree in Science, Technology, and International Affairs, Global Health and Technology. After working as an Assistant Writer at the International Vaccine Institute, she then received her Masters of Sciences in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at the University of London. Currently, Irene is a Trial Manager at the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC).
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What Jason Learned
There exists a millipede (Eumillipes persephone) with a record-setting 1,306 legs from Western Australia.
What Kelcey Learned
Has an existential crisis about being "forced" to eat airplane meals at designated times during flights.
Top Five Top 5 tips for living abroad

  1. Keep an open mind.

  2. Go out even if you don't want to go out (take the initiative to go, just say yes!).

  3. Study the menus!

  4. Watch the dramas and comedies in the country you're living in (to learn cultural customs, language, slang, etc).

  5. Try all the food.

Fact or Fiction: Living Abroad Edition (England)

  1. England’s national dish is fish and chips - FICTION, the English national dish is chicken tikka masala

  2. Sparkling wine was invented in England - FACT

  3. In England, you can never be more than 1000 km from the ocean - FICTION, the furthest you can be from the ocean is 115 km

  4. English is the second most global language, behind Chinese - FICTION, English is the most global language in the world, with about 1 billion speakers

  5. There are more chickens than people in England - FACT

Recommendations

  • Music: Portico Quartet / Floating Points

  • Movie: Nowhere Special

  • TV: Saiki K. / One-Punch Man

  • Youtube Video: Toy Unboxing videos (for kids!)

  • Life hack: When people give you extra napkins, take them home!

Won't You, Haiku?
Living Abroad

Living abroad is
Hard, like A-levels and is
Something worth trying