Beyond Borders
Beyond Borders: Exploring unique stories of creative individuals around the world.
My name is Lisa Chang. I’ve always enjoyed in-depth conversations with my friends from different places, cultures, and professions. I love peeking inside their head and ride along with their train of thoughts and stories. There are always inspirations, surprises, and laughter.
In 2023, I decided to create 1 season of podcast where each episode features a recorded conversation between me and a friend. It would be so wonderful if the stories of my creative, hardworking, and kind-hearted friends could be heard more. And that’s what you’ll find on this podcast.
I love the idea that languages are tools for storytelling. With over 1 billion English speakers on this planet and the technology to connect us all, I want to share the far away stories I’ve heard with you.
Let's explore unique stories of creative individuals around the world together.
Cheers!
Beyond Borders
Yuns | Singapore, Taiwan, and Money
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Yuns was born and raised in Singapore. Before moving to Taipei with her husband, she used to be a practicing dentist and created her own podcast chatting everything about Singapore. In this episode, we compare life in Singapore and Taiwan:
- How Singaporeans view money.
- How affordable is public housing in Singapore.
- Pressure to get into good school at the age of 12.
- The definition of success.
- Pace of life in Singapore and Taiwan
- Gap between rich and poor
🏠Yuns' podcast, The 406 Podcast:
Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/449ARIw
Spotify: https://bit.ly/3oOTwJq
🎥 To watch the subtitled version of this episode:
https://youtu.be/syI43gccMDo
🎞️ Check out some behind-the-scene photos here:
https://instagram.com/beyondborderspod
🎬 Timestamps:
(00:00) Highlight
(00:18) Yuns’ podcast
(00:54) What’s a block in Singapore
(01:22) Lisa visited SG 1st time
(02:58) Obvious & subtle differences
(03:38) The Southeast Asian identity
(06:59) How SG ppl become bilinguals
(08:47) Children of immigrants
(11:36) Gap between rich and poor
(13:01) Public housing quotas
(17:35) Stress to enter good schools
(19:17) The definition of success
(22:38) Society expects you to be who?
(25:09) Why moving to Taiwan
(27:38) The Gold Card Visa
(29:28) SG National Service training in Taiwan
(31:43) Male Chinese Supremacy
(33:46) Applying for APRC in Taiwan
(34:05) Taiwan is enjoyable?
(35:52) The concept of money in Taiwan
(41:21) Taiwan’s huge following in SG
(43:44) Salary comparisons
(47:07) How affordable is public housing in SG?
(51:19) Singaporean’s advice on money
(52:44) The metropolitan area in Taipei
🎵 Music:
french toast by Floyd Wonder