Chicken Adobo for the Soul

After another long hiatus caused by a mix of life and work issues, Rachel and Terence are back to talk about the workplace. They reflect upon the difficulties surrounding businesses' "open door" policies, the interview process, the military's own versions of interviews and how they deal with promotion, managing ambition, and workplace etiquette. Finally, come learn about how Rachel answers the crucial interview ...

In this episode, we talk about making friends as adults, which is super hard. Terence is an introvert and Rachel gets paid to make friends. Both find it hard to make those connections as adults because we’re not kids anymore. It’s questionable to ask a stranger to play with them at the playground, although if they pass the vibe check, then why not? 

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In this final episode of the series on relationships, our hosts reflect on how messy an arrangement marriage could be. Rachel is someone who's basically been married her entire adult life while Terence is a classic/tragic divorcé so they're 110% qualified to talk about this. Topics range from how love isn't a feeling, the five "love languages," counseling, and how to keep the relationship spicy both in and ...

You're reading that right: We're in season two of CAFTS! Sure, it's mostly a nominal change as the show's seasons will align with the calendar year. But it's both a symbolic and tangible way for us to come back to our project with renewed enthusiasm and vigor. In this episode, we catch up on what's gotten us so tied up in the closing months of 2021 but, more importantly, reflect on how much we've ...

[Note: originally recorded on November 13, 2021]

It had been way too long since our last full recording in September - real life commitments at work have kept us from properly dedicating time to get together and create anything new. This final episode of 2021 serves as a brief "catch up" to bridge the gap between early September and the start of 2022: Rachel and Terence talk about what's been taking up their...

Rom-coms, summer blockbusters, indie flicks, anything with superheroes in it - we've all got a favorite kind of movie. Today, Rachel and Terence start off by spending a little more time catching up since they're both one step closer towards the dream jobs they talked about in Episode 2. But when they finally get to talking about their favorite movies, we can pretty much conclude that Terence is actually just another angry...

Everyone's afraid of something and that's perfectly fine. Today, we talk about our fears of all types - those rooted in childhood experiences, the irrational kinds that seem ridiculous to strangers, and the deepest fears ones that shape our day-to-day lives. Terence shares how he's afraid of losing his eyesight and living the rest of his life alone while Rachel is terrified of death and losing her loves ones. Despite...

A new milestone for the series - we made it to ten episodes! Who knew we had it in us to get this far along?

This week, Terence and Rachel nervously laugh their way through a tough discussion about mental health. They'll also consider what they perceive to be some fundamental differences in approach to mental health between Boomers and Millennials: Is the older crowd just ignorant? Are youth actually snowflakes? Most ...

After eight other episodes and a small hiatus, it's finally time to wrestle with the podcast's core mission: exploring what it means to be Filipino-American. Just how Filipino or American are we? Join us as we classify different Asians on the FOB-ASN-AZN scale, compare racial identity formation between California and Virginia high school experiences, the "script" when meeting other Filipinos, toxic Filipino trai...

Welcome to the second part of our (ill-fated) series on relationships! In this episode, we're joined by a special guest who also happens to be our first. Listen as we struggle to even get on the same page since we can't even figure out how to tell the difference between "casual dating" and "dating casually." Honestly, we're just all a mess since this conversation with happily married people on one...

You'd think Episode 007 would be about secret agents but you'd be wrong. Today we talk about the FIRE Movement - Financial Independence and Retiring Early. We can’t say we’re a podcast for grown-ups and avoid talking about money because that’s all adults ever think about anyway. What is it even? Can we even? Find out as we reckon FIRE's strict principles with our lives, daydream about winning the lottery, and how tha...

Terence thinks books are okay while Rachel is a bibliophreak. In this episode, they philosophize about books and explore why they mean so much: some books form the core of a personality, shape attitudes, or inspire greatness. Also, spoiler alerts for the following:  Romeo and Juliet, Nicholas Sparks' The Notebook, and what happened to Mary, Queen of Scots. But seriously, if you don't know what happened in each of them by ...

Don’t take your time because it’s running out. This episode we focus on the effects of how fast the clock is ticking away, review our approaches to the problem, and explore our relationship with time.

• "Why You Never Seem to Have Enough Time" by Kira M. Newman (link)
• "Why Your Life is So Boring" by Better Ideas (link)

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