Becoming Friends With Podcast

Ep 4 | Our Grandfather Story: How the story began

Ng Kai Yuan [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngkaiyuan/] is a storyteller who co-founded the digital publishing house Our Grandfather Story (OGS). Through authentic storytelling and candid perspectives, his social media platform seeks to uncover timeless and overlooked stories across Southeast Asia. For a globalised digital generation who are sometimes figuring out who we really are, OGS helps us all discover our identity by highlighting the rich heritage we come from, and reminding us that we are a part of an interwoven shared community. Annette will chat with him on his inspirations, his unique and unusual experiences over the years of documenting lives and what he has learned on his journey. www.annettelee.sg

Ep 3 | The Woke Salaryman: Making personal finance entertaining…& cute

Goh Wei Choon is an illustrator who co-founded The Woke Salaryman with the intention of helping Singaporeans make better financial and life choices through education. Their social media platform that has gone viral around Asia as people learn in practical ways through their content on how to reach financial independence early. In the short span of little over a year, it has become the quintessential page for people living in Asia who earn the median salary and didn’t inherit their fortunes from their parents. Annette will be chatting with him about his inspirations, his controversies and what he has learned in his journey to empower a new generation.

Ep 2 | QimmyShimmy: "Non-essential" and "Disgusting"?

Lim Qi Xuan (aka Qimmyshimmy), is a Singaporean artist who has gained an international following on social media for her thought-provoking artwork featuring macabre miniature sculptures of babies (faces, hands, and hearts) worked into familiar foods like dim sum, canned sardines, popsicles or macarons. The works are not for the faint-hearted. Some describe her work as "pop-surrealistic" and "creepy-cute", but you decide. In fact, she’s had some unsavoury comments over the years. I will be chatting with her about inspirations, her controversies, and what she has learned about life through her art. Join me in Becoming Friends With Qimmyshimmy.

Ep 1 | Beaunite: Cyberbullying, dreams, becoming my inspiration

On 5 Dec 2017, i picked up my phone to see the internet abuzz about a Singaporean kpop group called ‘beaunite’. These girls uploaded a debut video onto Youtube and became an overnight viral sensation…. but not in a good way. They were being called cringey, ugly, and told to stop doing whatever they were doing. All this before they even performed anything for the public. Since then, the girls kept a low profile and we haven’t heard of since. But while researching for You Only Debut Once, I managed to sit down with 2 ex-members of Beaunite (Renee,15 and Minghui,19) to find out how they’re doing. Where are they now, 2 years on?! I truly believe that this will shed new light bullying/cyberbullying and help us towards becoming better humans