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# 2 Asian Dudes Talking

## Sitemaps

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://2adt.com/blog/)
- [Episode 01 - Who are we?](https://2adt.com/2018/02/28/episode-01-who-are-we-2/) - Derrick (00:00):Hello, everyone. I guess, welcome to our podcast: Two Asian dudes talking. I'm Derek sitting beside me is Andrew. Andrew (00:08):Yeah. greetings to anybody who's listening. Hopefully, there are people listening. We are basically two first-generation immigrants sharing and talking about experiences on what it's like growing up in the US. And on this
- [Life, love and laughter…  and friendship brings it altogether.](https://2adt.com/2018/12/06/life-love-and-laughter-and-friendship-brings-it-altogether/) - As the clock’s hands tick onward turning the present into pages of history – despite the steady and relentless strides of Father Time, the pace at which we lived our lives is very different. Our journey continues regardless of the paths that we are on or the directions we decide to pivot, but often time
- [Change is Coming](https://2adt.com/2018/12/08/2002/) - I identify with my Chinese zodiac sign, the snake; not so much for the astrological gibberish but more so for its physiology. Snakes shed their skin to allow for further growth and to remove parasites that may have attached to their old skin. I have been in my skin for too long. Comfort is my
- [Our first Podcast is up!](https://2adt.com/2019/01/14/our-first-podcast-is-up/) - It's official, our Podcast is now up and running! There still remains quite a bit to do on this website (and other areas), but the idea that Derrick and I first thought about back in October of 2018 has begun its journey towards realization. It's not the best in audio quality (live and learn), but
- [First Day at Hot Yoga](https://2adt.com/2019/01/16/first-day-at-hot-yoga/) - Call it a mid-life crisis, insecurity about my love handles, or you may even say that I am a wannabe hipster. It doesn’t matter!! The fact of the matter is that I made it to my first hot yoga class and survived through 90 minutes of 105-degree heat and 40% humidity, while bending, stretching and
- [When Desire Turns into Admiration](https://2adt.com/2019/02/25/when-desire-turns-into-admiration/) - I clapped and yelled bravo, while admiring the main character having achieved his ultimate success in business and winning the affection from the love of his life. It’s one of those happy-ending movies where you can pretty much guess how the plot will unfold. Nonetheless it’s a well-directed and well cast non-fiction movie that tells
- [I wonder if I could have worked well in porn...](https://2adt.com/2019/04/06/i-wonder-if-i-could-have-worked-well-in-porn/) - Our latest podcast is up, and it's a discussion about our Careers: my work in Legal Technology and Derrick's work in Finance. And one of the questions we discussed was whether or not we are happy with our chosen careers, and also what else might we have done instead? Well, thinking back to my Freshman
- [Episode 08 - Hong Kong Protest 2019](https://2adt.com/2019/09/20/hong-kong-protest-2019/) - Although we're more than 7,000 miles away from Hong Kong, the current protest still affects us as both Derrick and I still have roots there. It's difficult to get a full and complete story so far away from the epicenter, but we do our best to bring our viewpoints to our listeners and try to
- ["Fen Dor" - Video story excerpt from Episode 3](https://2adt.com/2019/05/03/fen-dor-video-story-excerpt-from-episode-3/) - This story is an excerpt from Episode 3 for those who are too busy to listen to the entire podcast :)
- [Episode 09 - Is Hong Kong a Part of China? (the cusp of the protests)](https://2adt.com/2019/10/30/is-hong-kong-a-part-of-china-the-case-of-the-protests/) - We continue our previous discussions about the protests currently taking place in Hong Kong, and this time we invited Kahan back for a third opinion. And we've essentially arrived at what we believe to be the cusp of the protests: Is Hong Kong a part of China? We three have our own opinions, and the
- [Episode 07 - What is it like to grow up poor?](https://2adt.com/2019/05/29/what-is-it-like-to-grow-up-poor/) - Last episode we started to discuss how growing up as poor affected our values, goals, and life in general. In this episode, we continue that topic and hash out all the ways we believe our lives were different due to growing up poor vs the more affluent social groups we saw around us. For better
- [Episode 06 - Are Asians Generally More Pessimistic in Our World View?](https://2adt.com/2019/04/30/episode-06-are-asians-generally-more-pessimistic-in-our-world-view/) - Do we, first-generation Asian immigrants, tend to be pessimistic in our world-views? Derrick and I invited our friend, Kahan, to discuss this question with us, and it led to a very lively discussion on what pessimism actually means and whether or not the tendency can be traced back to any one factor.
- [Episode 05 - Does Hard Work Pave the Way to Success?](https://2adt.com/2019/04/16/tune-in-for-our-next-episode/) - Here's a question: how much does hard way really affect your success in life? Is hard work an automatically equivalent of finding success in your job, school, or life in general? Or is there perhaps a lot of other factors which can influence the outcome of your pursuits? Derrick and I debate this question based
- [Episode 04: Careers](https://2adt.com/2019/03/30/episode-4-careers/) - I work in the field of Legal Technology, and Derrick works in Finance. We both basically fell into our careers, and looking back, while there are probably things we could have done differently; we're not sure we would have chosen other career paths. Building a career in the US, and the choices we made as
- [Episode 03: the English Language](https://2adt.com/2019/03/15/episode-3-language/) - We both immigrated to the US around the age of 9 with an almost non-existent understanding of the English Language. Through some trials and tribulations, we managed to develop at least a working mastery of the language. From embarrassing first-attempts at proper pronunciation to navigating the office environment; here are the lessons we garnered around learning
- [Episode 02:  Turning 40 and Midlife Crisis](https://2adt.com/2019/02/27/episode-2/) - Derrick and I both turned 40 a little over a year ago, and it made us a bit retrospective. Here's Episode 2, talking about what it means to grow "old" and whether the "mid-life crisis" is real.
- [Episode 01: Who are We?](https://2adt.com/2019/01/14/episode-01-who-are-we/) - This is our inaugural podcast, a little background about Derrick and myself. Andrew is from the Refugee Camps of Hong Kong, and Derrick grew up in the fast-changing city of Guangzhou, China. We both now live in sunny Southern California, and there have been changes during that transition. This is who we are. Nice to

## Pages

- [Front Page](https://2adt.com/)
- [Podcast Episodes](https://2adt.com/eposide-list/)
- [Contact](https://2adt.com/contact/) - Have something to tell us? Have your own story to share? Would love to hear from you. Drop us a note below or use any of the links on the site to reach us.
- [A Little About Us](https://2adt.com/about/) - There’s a cliche that’s oft-repeated in books, movies, and poems: “So long as we remember them, the people, places, and things that we hold dear, will continue to live on through our memories.” The truth of the matter is, my memory is faulty at best;

## Categories

- [Episodes](https://2adt.com/category/episodes/)
- [Updates](https://2adt.com/category/updates/) - These are our blog entries that are separate from our podcast episodes. We have no schedule or plans for them, just whenever a thought strikes us, we’ll write them down here. You can see them as more mundane ramblings from our middle-age existence.
- [Life](https://2adt.com/category/life/)
- [Language](https://2adt.com/category/language/)
- [Career](https://2adt.com/category/career/)
- [About Us](https://2adt.com/category/about-us/)
- [Derrick](https://2adt.com/category/derrick/)
- [Andrew](https://2adt.com/category/andrew/)
- [Video](https://2adt.com/category/video/)
- [Transcripts](https://2adt.com/category/transcript-text/) - This is where we put up text transcripts of the podcasts. Unfortunately, they will likely 1) lag behind each podcast episode, and 2) be far from a perfect transcription. The text here is generated automatically by software, so I’m sure there will be many errors throughout. We’ll try to fix them as they are noticed, but in the meantime, please withhold your pitch forks :)

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