MTR Talks

Hanif Dean + Mickey Jane

Monday Train Ride (MTR) Talks is a podcast where we try to break down interesting stories from a number of Indonesian professionals who spent their careers working in Hong Kong and other countries abroad.

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  1. EP8: Valencia Gabriella - Pulang for good dan berkarir di Indonesia

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    EP8: Valencia Gabriella - Pulang for good dan berkarir di Indonesia

    Valencia (@vgabriellaa) is currently working as a Product Manager at Traveloka, building Indonesian Women League (@indonesianwomenleague) on the side, and was a recent Masters in Entrepreneurship graduate from the University of Melbourne. She had also did various roles in strategy, marketing, branding across various industries. In this episode, we talk about what it's like to build a career in Indonesia after working and studying abroad in Hong Kong, Japan, US, and Australia. We ask her on how to transition to roles in different industries or ones that require different skill-sets, and how do we prepare ourselves before going home for good? Plus, we also debunk myths and common misconceptions about working in Jakarta. This episode is full of practical advice for any of us looking to upgrade ourselves be it fresh graduates, early professionals, and especially those of you still in university. We're really happy to have her on the show and she's happy to answer any of your questions if you have any, so feel free to reach her out on her Instagram! Go check her podcast as well on Spotify, LDR by Valencia! It's full of great advice on anything related to getting better in life, reaching your dreams, and having a better relationship :) Thanks again for tuning in :) Give us a shout out at @mtrtalks or @mickmokkk @hanifdean and share to your friends if you enjoyed our episode! See you in our next one!

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  2. EP5: Pritya Widiarta - Melek Finansial bersama PMI

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    EP5: Pritya Widiarta - Melek Finansial bersama PMI

    Pritya is a banker by day and for the past 5 years has been volunteering as a trainer at Enrich HK on the side. Enrich is an award-winning Hong Kong charity promoting the economic empowerment of migrant domestic workers, and in this episode, we talk specifically about the Indonesian Domestic Workers (PMI - Pekerja Migran Indonesia). In this episode, we talk to Pritya about what stood out to her the most throughout her time as a trainer and what keeps her going. We also try and explore reasons as to why these domestic workers are facing the problems they’re facing and what can be done to help alleviate them. Lastly, we talk about how Enrich helps to improve financial inclusion, most specifically for these domestic workers. ---- Volunteering Organizations in HK (non-exhaustive): Enrich HK - https://enrichhk.org/work-with-us Pathfinder HK - https://www.pathfinders.org.hk/en/ Peduli Kasih - https://www.pedulikasih.hk/ JBMI - https://www.facebook.com/JBMIBerjuang/ ---- Thank you Pritya for coming on our show! If anyone would like to reach out, feel free to contact her at pritya@gmail.com As always, tag us when listening to our show on IG, it really helps us out a lot and shoot us a message about the things you liked / disliked / learned / what you want more on our socials at @mickmokk @hanifdean or @mtrtalks! Thank you everyone for listening, have a great start to 2021! Sorry for the hiatus, we’ll be back with more soon ;) Enjoy!

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  3. EP4 Pt. 1: Griffen Lim - Designing through time, culture, and place

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    EP4 Pt. 1: Griffen Lim - Designing through time, culture, and place

    Griffen (@griffenlim) is a designer who currently works at Make Architects, a design studio based in London focusing primarily on architecture, interior and urban design. In this first of two episodes, we dive deep into Griffen’s rich experiences as a designer, learn what it’s like to design for clients across different cultures and places like London, Sydney, and Hong Kong, as well as listen to some valuable insight as to how he stays relevant in his field and the constantly changing nature of work.  --------- (1:33) Griffen's life story in short (3:00) Griffen's brief design background (5:02) Griffen's projects that he's most proud of (7:20) Designers don't just design, how does a design studio work? (11:24) Designing in different parts of the world, how does culture impact the design? (16:11) Applying cultural elements to his designs, designing for purpose (19:49) How does Griffen approach new problems? (23:31) What steps can we take to understand differences in culture & clients? (25:40) Finding inspiration for his designs (27:20) The impact of extracurricular work to his growth at work & in staying relevant (31:00) When there's a will, there's a way --------- As always, feel free to reach us out on our socials @mtrtalks or personally to us at @mickmokkk and @hanifdean ! We've been having a great time with the podcast and to listen to your guys' responses & feedback means the world to us 3  Enjoy!

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Monday Train Ride (MTR) Talks is a podcast where we try to break down interesting stories from a number of Indonesian professionals who spent their careers working in Hong Kong and other countries abroad.