Our Favourite Parts of ASIAN CULTURE: Filial Piety, EXCESSIVE Hospitality & Davie’s MEDICAL Emergency?! | Ep. 75

In this episode of the Level: Asian podcast, we share our favourite things about Asian culture! Of course there’s food, the arts and travel, but what are the values and day-to-day nuances that we hold closest to our hearts?

From the language we use to show love and respect, the ‘above and beyond’ hospitality, and frugality shaped by the migrant hustle, there’s so much richness in our cultures beyond the surface. On the flip side, we also address the cultural behaviours we could live without, including old fashioned expectations and WeChat experts (#iykyk).

Davie also narrates a couple of crazy stories from his recent travels, and as with most episodes, we conclude with an unplanned trauma dump.

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:23 Calling People ‘Aunty’ or ‘Uncle’
• 5:27 Noel’s Big Family
• 7:25 Migrating to Australia + Returning to the Motherland
• 9:04 Davie’s Overseas Medical Emergency
• 15:01 Being Overfed in Asian Cultures
• 16:36 Frugality vs. Excessive Spending
• 19:13 Asian People’s Obsession with Money
• 20:57 “Cooked Oysters” not Belonging to Chinese Culture
• 23:03 Asian Parents “Showing Off” to Their Friends + Lack of Social Awareness & Boundaries
• 28:24 Asian Pets Nuances
• 32:55 Knowing Your Mother Tongue + Preserving Dialects
• 41:04 Asian Parent Expectations
• 43:31 Filial Piety
• 50:10 Buying Gifts for Asian Parents + Them Being “Experts” on Everything
• 54:58 Rapid Fire / Outro