No Pod No Lard Afiq and Friends

(APOLOGIES FOR THE GLARING ECHO FROM MY MICROPHONE) Back at it again with the two blokes from the previous episode: Syaiful and Mirza. This is an intervention. Of sorts. Mirza bravely shares his harrowing story of his ex-girlfriend turned fiancee of three years. Engaged for only three months. Harsh. Afiq and Syaiful give unqualified advice. Syaiful laughs a lot. Afiq has a sleepy and echoey voice. Mirza does thank you shout outs to the ones that helped him through that difficult period in his life at the end. Mirza's hair reminds Syaiful of Pennywise. Emotional. Raw. Cooked. 

In this episode, Afiq invites two of his best buds from ITE College Central: Syai and Mirza. Syai thinks Afiq stole his primary school best friend. Afiq does not remember. Mirza is the smartest among them in ITE. They reminisce good memories during their ITE years. Afiq has always been a serial latecomer. Syai originally wants to enter into JC.  Afiq misses the food. They talk about friends, projects, and internships. Afiq wants people to change their perception of ITE in general. And other stuff lah. Main talking point: ITE actually isn't that bad you guys. Follow No Pod No Lard on Instagram, @nopodnolardsg. Thanks, babies.

In this episode, legendary West Grove Primary School alumni Zulhilmi joins as guest host. The boys chat about English football and their respective Premier League clubs. Football all day, everyday baby. The boys talk dream signings and predict the winner of the 20/21 English Premier League season. Naz bemoans about the state of his beloved Manchester United. Naz wants to support Everton. Naz also mispronounces a bunch of words because he Malay, Zul is a Mikel Arteta simp. More football related banter. Afiq realises he didn't record this episode using his microphone. Idiot. Ole, ole, ole, ole! Boleh, boleh.

In this episode, the boys discuss toxic relationships and the various accompanying red flags that are just stupid and ridiculous. Friend and guest “Fakrol” joins this episode fresh from his own experiences in a toxic relationship. The boys also share their experiences dealing with the emotional aftermath that comes after dabbling in such entanglements. They also talk about the importance of honesty, self-love, knowing one’s worth and the lessons one could stand to gain. The boys tell it as it is. They’re no Thought Catalog. This is our most serious episode, you guys. We’re talking about some super deep-seated issues of the heart stuff here. Raw, personal, and broken English. 

In this episode, Naz returns! This time as the official co-host of the podcast. This episode celebrates the nation’s 55th birthday as the boys ramble about what they love about the country, typical National Day traditions, and what’s potentially different about this year’s celebrations amid these trying Coronavirus times. Afiq shares his annoyance with entitled Singaporeans and his desire to emigrate to another country someday. Naz shares his experience being “involved” in the National Day Parade celebrations and educates uncultured swine Afiq about local Chinese food. The boys also talk about the differences between Singapore and Malaysia and the decline of the National Day song. Neither boys actually care about the National Day Parade lah honestly.

(Our sincerest apologies as this episode had some audio, staticky noise interferences in the background. Bopian ah.)

In this episode, Afiq invites one of his best friends Naz to talk about dating apps and their place in society today. The boys share their dating app experiences: Naz shares his experience using Muslim dating app Muzmatch, and Afiq reveals his Tinder “game”. Afiq also shares one of the most harrowing, embarrassing and traumatic experiences in his life, getting catfished in his early online chatting up days on OkCupid. Naz brings the 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘯 energy and the laughs in this episode while legends say that Afiq is still pretty much mentally disturbed by that incident.