4 episodes

Becoming Friends With is a new series of interview sessions hosted by Annette Lee, where she invites you to join her in becoming friends with an inspiring individual, by learning about his/her interesting perspectives on life. Every episode, Annette hosts an intimate conversation with a special guest, spectated by a small group of randomly chosen fans, who will later be able to get up-close-and-personal with them after the interview. Sign up at her website www.annettelee.sg to join us for our live show recordings!

Annette Lee - 6. Becoming Friends With Unknown

    • Society & Culture

Becoming Friends With is a new series of interview sessions hosted by Annette Lee, where she invites you to join her in becoming friends with an inspiring individual, by learning about his/her interesting perspectives on life. Every episode, Annette hosts an intimate conversation with a special guest, spectated by a small group of randomly chosen fans, who will later be able to get up-close-and-personal with them after the interview. Sign up at her website www.annettelee.sg to join us for our live show recordings!

    Ep 4 | Our Grandfather Story: How the story began

    Ep 4 | Our Grandfather Story: How the story began

    Ng Kai Yuan is a storyteller who co-founded the digital publishing house Our Grandfather Story (OGS). Through authentic storytelling and candid perspectives, his social media platform seeks to uncover timeless and overlooked stories across Southeast Asia. For a globalised digital generation who are sometimes figuring out who we really are, OGS helps us all discover our identity by highlighting the rich heritage we come from, and reminding us that we are a part of an interwoven shared community. Annette will chat with him on his inspirations, his unique and unusual experiences over the years of documenting lives and what he has learned on his journey.
    Join Annette in becoming friends with Kai Yuan, as he reminds us of the stories that makes us human.

    • 17 min
    Ep 3 | The Woke Salaryman: Making personal finance entertaining…& cute

    Ep 3 | The Woke Salaryman: Making personal finance entertaining…& cute

    Goh Wei Choon is an illustrator who co-founded The Woke Salaryman with the intention of helping Singaporeans make better financial and life choices through education. Their social media platform that has gone viral around Asia as people learn in practical ways through their content on how to reach financial independence early. In the short span of little over a year, it has become the quintessential page for people living in Asia who earn the median salary and didn’t inherit their fortunes from their parents. Annette will be chatting with him about his inspirations, his controversies and what he has learned in his journey to empower a new generation.
    Join Annette in becoming friends with Wei Choon, as they discuss staying woke.

    • 33 min
    Ep 2 | QimmyShimmy: "Non-essential" and "Disgusting"?

    Ep 2 | QimmyShimmy: "Non-essential" and "Disgusting"?

    Lim Qi Xuan (aka Qimmyshimmy), is a Singaporean artist who has gained an international following on social media for her thought-provoking artwork featuring macabre miniature sculptures of babies (faces, hands, and hearts) worked into familiar foods like dim sum, canned sardines, popsicles or macarons. The works are not for the faint-hearted. Some describe her work as "pop-surrealistic" and "creepy-cute", but you decide. In fact, she’s had some unsavoury comments over the years. Annette will be chatting with her about inspirations, her controversies, and what she has learned about life through her art.
    Join her in Becoming Friends With Qimmyshimmy.
























      

    • 23 min
    Ep 1 | Beaunite: Cyberbullying, dreams, becoming my inspiration

    Ep 1 | Beaunite: Cyberbullying, dreams, becoming my inspiration

    On 5 Dec 2017, i picked up my phone to see the internet abuzz about a Singaporean kpop group called ‘beaunite’. These girls uploaded a debut video onto Youtube and became an overnight viral sensation…. but not in a good way.
    They were being called cringey, ugly, and told to stop doing whatever they were doing. All this before they even performed anything for the public. Since then, the girls kept a low profile and we haven’t heard of since. But, I managed to sit down with 2 ex-members of Beaunite (Renee,15 and Minghui,19) to find out how they’re doing. Where are they now, 2 years on?! I hope that this will shed new light on bullying/cyberbullying and help us towards becoming better humans
























      

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