Life updates!! Mini got MARRIED & the ladies have a SUPER chatty recap of the engagement season, bachelorette, & wedding. Mini shares allll the deets ranging from her advice for future brides planning a wedding, experience doing her own wedding florals, last minute vendor cancellation *gasp*, & sweetest moments from the big day. The girls also had the best time in Scottsdale, AZ for Mini’s dreamy bride on cloud nine bach and share both perspectives as the planner & guest of honor. Also, let’s just say that if you haven’t heard of the Pool Boys, then you may want to tell all your bride friends to add it to their bachelorette celebration after listening to this episode. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/relatively-asian/support

This week, the girls are joined by Teresa's friend, Lina, to talk about what it's like to move to a brand new city with no friends in your 20s. As many of you may know, Teresa recently moved to Seattle with her husband last year and she met Lina who also recently moved to Seattle with her boyfriend two years ago. The girls talk about the difficulties, challenges, differences in cultures, and why they both decided to make the move to a new city where they didn't know many people. One of them even made the move to Seattle without even visiting! If you've wondered what it's like to move in your 20s or are on the fence, check out the episode! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/relatively-asian/support

On this episode of RelativelyAsian, the ladies catch up on life including announcing Mini's engagement *gasp* !!! Mini & Teresa discuss all the details of ring shopping, proposal, engagement party, and the current status of wedding planning. Mini shares her thoughts leading up to the engagement along with sweet moments & highlights from the day. At the end of the episode Mini also shares tips for those who are currently engaged or those who may want to be engaged & are having a tough time seeing all their friends getting engaged / married. This is an episode you don't want to miss! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/relatively-asian/support

This week, Teresa & Mini share their thoughts on New Year's Resolutions. Does anyone even do those anymore? Or more importantly, did we ever believe in them anyways? The ladies discuss their personal thoughts on these questions as well as introduce a new social media trend called "focuses." Focuses are a more manageable resolution where people are "focusing" on setting one goal per month. Does this method work better? The ladies discuss this new trend and share what focuses they have for this upcoming year. And who knows, maybe after this episode, you could have some focuses too.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/relatively-asian/support

This week, Teresa & Mini continue the conversation on relationships, specifically when it comes to the concept of independence. Do society & pop culture set certain expectations on what independence should look like in present times? How do these expectations vary by community and evolve throughout different relationship stages like dating and marriage? With the hype of lifestyles as portrayed by YouTuber Michelle Choi's "Living Alone Diaries" and other social media, the ladies discuss what they've observed around them and reflect on their own relationships and experiences as well.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/relatively-asian/support

Mini & Teresa's friend from college, George Wang, come on to this week's episode to discuss the hot topic of dating apps. What dating apps have we used or currently use and which ones do we prefer? Unfortunately or maybe fortunately for some of you, we've entered an age where dating apps are more common than not and meeting on a dating app has become the norm and meeting people organically is almost rare. George and Mini share their experiences going on first dates, how long they think you should talk before becoming exclusive, catfishes, and general tips and tricks on how to navigate this world.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/relatively-asian/support

At the precipice of 30 (gasp), Teresa & Mini discuss things they wish in their early 20’s on today’s episode. It’s never too late to make a full pivot in your career. Lasting friendships require active intentionality. Don’t show up for people who consistently don’t show up for you. Those are just some examples they cover as they dive into what listeners submitted, what the internet says (cause it never lies right), and their own takeaways after having lived through most of their 20s. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/relatively-asian/support

Summer break is over and the ladies are feeling readier & refreshed than ever to jump back into podcasting. This week, Mini & Teresa catch up on what they did & where they went over the summer including new hobbies, hot takes, and BIG changes. Tune in as they kick off S3 of Relatively Asian & give a sneak peek of the content to come. Have an idea of certain topics you’d want them to cover? Please drop a message on IG @relativelyasian --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/relatively-asian/support

Mini’s good friend David joins the ladies on the podcast this week to talk about a more serious topic that both believers and non-believers have asked themselves at some point -- why does God let bad things happen to good people? And how do you keep believing in Him when bad things have happened? As someone who has been pivotal in showing God’s love to those around him, David’s life has been far from easy. Having gone through certain life experiences, David has found himself at crossroads where he has had to ask himself those tough questions. Tune in and join the ladies as they dive into David’s life story and discover his reason to keep faith even through the difficult circumstances. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/relatively-asian/support

This week, we are joined by a friend from college, Brandon Fong to talk about his journey changing careers after college. Brandon graduated with a humanities major from college but now he works as a iOS software engineer at WeWork. How did he do it? And what were the challenges and struggles of pivoting to a completely different field than the one he graduated college with a degree from? Many of us may not enjoy the career path we chose from college, but how many of us would take the leap into changing careers completely? Brandon talks about the ups and downs and the decisions he made in order to get to where he is today. If you are curious on what it's like to go through a career pivot, what coding boot camps are like, and how to approach changing your career, this is the PERFECT episode for you.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/relatively-asian/support