One Moment, Please Hold

One Moment, Please Hold

A casual chat between friends discussing differences in perspective and culture. Karizza and Linh both moved to Canada from Asia in their early adulthood, and the years experiencing cultural differences, as well as travelling around the world have left them with lots to discuss. Like the differences and similarities between Canadian culture and their own, the great books they read in the year, navigating relationships, and interesting traditions in various celebration throughout the year. Plus some trashy tv shows opinions! Follow the journey wherever you find your podcast. They're also on Instagram at Onemomentpleasehold!

Episodes

January 29, 2024 50 mins

Season 3 has come to a close, and WOW it's been an amazing ride. 
Linh and Karizza have learned tremendously as they have produced this season and is revisiting some of their favourite moments. A special thank you to all their friends who have joined them this season: Anna, Lavi, and Paige <3

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In this extra-long episode, Karizza and Linh recounted their adventures travelling and staying together in Asia, visiting Hanoi and Japan, and most importantly attending Linh's wedding! It's a fun-filled episode full of travel details, best highlights of places they visited and food they ate, and the extra-ness of a Vietnamese wedding. 

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January 15, 2024 54 mins

Karizza and Linh discuss their love for travelling in this episode, including some of their favourite and least favourite destinations, why they like travelling and how different it is to travel in your 30s vs 20s. For all the travel lovers out there, this is for you! 

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January 8, 2024 44 mins

In this episode, Karizza and Linh talk about a topic that they have thought a lot about: how different it is to step into the 30s compared to the 20s. It is not just being financially independent, but also learning the importance of stretching and good shoes, as well as growing into themselves and becoming more thoughtful human beings. 


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In this episode, Karizza and Linh chatted with Paige Gallete, a Yukon-based social justice activist, exploring the story of how she became a voice for anti-racism and anti-oppression movements, her approaches in her work and her culture. 

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In this week's episode, Linh and Karizza sat down with Lavi to talk all things about not being afraid to choose your own path and taking leaps of faith, as well as travelling solo as a woman. 


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December 18, 2023 54 mins

Join Linh and Karizza this episode as they chat with their friend Anna. 
In this episode, they explore a career outside of HR, what means to be a woman in a male dominated industry, what it's like being a manager in Tech, and the purposeful decisions you make in your 20's and 30's. 

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December 11, 2023 49 mins

How hard is it to live as a woman? Karizza and Linh often ponder this question in their daily chats, and this episode explores everything they consider unique challenges of being a woman in this time and age, from biological health to societal expectations, and more.

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December 4, 2023 52 mins

Karizza and Linh start off this season with a ritual: talking about what they read and watched in the past year. The year flew by in all the busy-ness of things but they did manage to explore some new content. Listen and share your fave reads and shows recently as well! 

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November 27, 2023 38 mins

After a long hiatus, Karizza and Linh are back taking on season 3! In this episode, they give aaaaallll the life updates since the last season, including some exciting major news. Happy listening! 


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Hola Amigos! 

It's the last episode for this season,  we are ending it with a very special guest, Marielle! 

She is the genius behind our brand, and on this episode, Linh and Karizza ask her all the questions about Día de los Muertos. If you have watched the movie Coco, you would be familiar with it's premise, and we take a deep dive into it's origin, different traditions on how it's observed a...

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October 10, 2022 48 mins

On this week's episode, Linh and Karizza talk about all the shows they've been watching (beware of spoilers in this episode!): 

  1. Severance
  2. Keep Sweet, Pray, and Obey
  3. Stranger Things
  4. Animal Kingdom
  5. Ozark
  6. Umbrella Academy
  7. The O.C
  8. The Boys
  9. The Bachelorette
  10. The Amazing Race Canada
  11. Somebody Feed Phil
  12. Blackish
  13. Fresh Off the Boat


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On this episode, Linh and Karizza talk about a very taboo topic in their culture; mental health. 

They talk in depth about the differences of how mental health is in Canadian culture and Asian culture, the pressure of being a model minority, and passing trauma between generations. 

A bit heavier discussion this episode, but a necessary one nonetheless. 

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On this week's episode, we welcome Archierose Natividad of Filipino Fridays.

Filipino Fridays
is a podcast for the modern Filipinx Millenial featured on CBC news.  
It is a  passion project for Archierose who talks about topics close to her heart. 

In this episode, we discuss with her the start of her podcast, sensitive issues regarding culture, her move to Canada and so much more! 

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In this extended episode, Karizza and Linh go all out to talk about their career of choice in human resources, debunking some common myths of the job, and deep dive into what their careers mean to them. 

Grab your favourite beverage and join the conversation through their IG account One Moment, Please Hold! 

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September 12, 2022 40 mins

Join Karizza and Linh on this week's episode where they discuss the differences between Asian hobbies and Canadian hobbies!

Did you know that in Asia, there are way more factors to consider on how hobbies are enjoyed? Some factors are the availability of green space, school systems, the weather, temperature, and so much more! Linh and Karizza discuss these immensely in this week's episode and so much more! 

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September 5, 2022 41 mins

Just in time for the celebration in some Asian cultures, Linh and Karizza explore Mid-Autumn Festival this week! The discussion went from the folklores related to this event, to the preparation,  the significance of it in Linh's culture, and most importantly, food! 

Follow us on Instagram to see the pomelo puppy, and give us an awesome rating if you enjoyed this episode. 

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Come and join us on this weeks episode!.

This week's episode is a chat with James Hammond from Winging it Podcast. You might remember him from the time Karizza and Linh were guests on his show (episode 49) and they talked about all things travel. 

In this episode, they explore culture shock, solo-travel, the concept of home, and so much more! 

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In Linh's whole life, there has always been the existence and acknowledgement of a mysterious figure who gives guidance to her family on all major events. In this episode, Karizza and Linh had a blast going into the details of who a shaman is, what do they do, and what role this plays in some Asian's cultures. 

Also, a sidetracked story on Bling Empire...


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August 15, 2022 45 mins

Join us this week as Karizza and Linh revisit Karizza's trip to the Yukon! 

They talk about what to consider moving up north to the Yukon Territory, how the 4 day drive was, all the animals Karizza saw on the drive, and so much more including snacks and survival tips (well, maybe a few?). 

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