Banana Q: a Filipino-Flavored Podcast Rey & Dee

We talk about our personal highlights of 2023 which include a lot of revenge travel and new roles and hobbies.
We also share the results of Banana Q podcasts's Spotify Wrapped and then talk about our favorite TV shows and movies discovered during the year. 
 
Show Notes:
Oxford Word of the Year 2023

We share money-saving tips (pagtitipid tips) that Filipinos do and discuss the line between frugal and cheap.
 
Notes:
Walang sayang pag Filipina ang asawa mo
Tipid Tips: 100+ Ways to Save Thousands of Pesos Every Month

We finally have our first reunion since we started this podcast... in Hong Kong. We give tips on what to do when traveling to Hong Kong, tackling different spots such as Wan Chai, Stanley, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Mongkok, Tung Chung, and Lamma Island.
We discussed Hotels.com, Klook, Jollibee, The Peak, Big Bus Tours, Symphony of Lights, Avenue of Stars, K11 Musea Mall, Bakehouse, Flash Coffee, Eggettes, Tim Ho Wan, cha chaan teng, Ladies Market, Lee Tung Avenue, City Gate Outlet, Rainbow Seafood Restaurant, and Aqua.

We talk about our favorite toys while growing up as '90s kids in the Philippines - Barbie dolls, action figures, jackstones, pick up sticks, marbles, fighting spiders and sea shells and pogs and teks and trading cards, Monopoly, Gameboy, brick game, Tamagotchi, family computer, and arcade.
Realizations: it was simultaneously more dangerous yet healthier to be a child back then?
Also mentioned: the urban myth about how putting kisses in cotton would make them give birth.
 
You might also like: Ep 77: Philippine Squid Games
 

We talk about the cons of being an Overseas Filipino Worker, including experiencing being stereotyped and feeling like a second class citizen abroad, missing food and events back home, and being confused about what “home” means now.

We explain what's a balikbayan box and pasalubong, and give tips from ourselves and Qties (our listeners) on the best gifts that you can get from different countries - Canada, Italy, Finland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and Philippines.
 
Show Notes:
What is a Balikbayan Box?
We Tried What Ex-OFWs Miss in Singapore (Rey & Dee guest on YouTube)
Balikbayan Box from Singapore to Philippines