Everything you need to know about Hong Kong. Each Monday local comedian Vivek Mahbubani and Egyptian comic Mohammed Magdi dive into something great about the city.
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Hong Kongers love their holiday travels. Favorite destinations list include Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Korea. Bali, Indonesia? Not so much. Luckily one of our hosts Mohammed has been to Bali multiple times and after his last trip there and his first one since the pandemic, he comes back with a full report. Should you visit Bali?
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Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
We had a busy week performing standup comedy om Friday at Basehall, Jardine House then on Saturday at Better With Beer Festival on the Central Harbourfront. Also, last week Clockenflap announced the lineup for this December's edition. We get into it all then we get to our guest Ben Volchok. Ben is an award-winning comedy writer and performer from Melbourne.
We catch up with Ben while while he was in HK performing his award-winning show "The Final Hours Hour" at the Jockey Club Creative Arts Center.
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Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Jinx Yeo is one of the top standup comedians out of Singapore. He was nominated "Best Comedy" at the Fringe World Awards 2018. We chat to him about HK vs. Singapore, white people being offended on behalf of minorities and his weirdest gig ever performing for the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
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Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Only a few days after typhoon Saola ravaged through Hong Kong, claiming some trees and forcing expats to cancel their dinner reservations which caused them big distress, we get hit with the longest black rainstorm alert ever recorded in Hong Kong, causing yet more expats to cancel their junk boat parties, which made them really upset. How is Hong Kong so unprepared for the heavy rainfall?
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Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
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Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Both our hosts are self-employed. Vivek Mahbubani runs two companies. He runs Hallf of Laughs with Comedian Tim Chan and he also has his own company representing himself. Mohammed Magdi owns and runs Backstage Comedy.
This week we get into all the nitty gritty of what it means to have your own startup in Hong Kong, the day-to-day life of running a one-man company and why "being your own boss" may not as freeing as it sounds.
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Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
By now we can comfortably say that Hong Kong is back to normal, and by normal we mean bizarre news and most of us complaining about our first world problems. While most of the world is still reeling from an economic crisis and feeling its effect on a daily basis, we are getting on boats to get way too close to see a whale who was unfortunate enough to lose its way and come to our shores. This week we have a returning favorite guest Cassi Thomas (the mastermind behind Chaotic Hong Kong Expats) to talk about Hong Kongers ruining things and her love for Taiwan.
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Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
The Hong Kong comedy scene is picking up a lot of steam these days, it's not unusual now to find 3 different standup gigs happening on the same night! This week we chat about managing our time running between gigs, the dynamics of doing shows for corporate events and office parties, how to set up your office party for a comedy show and why your next company event should be a comedy show!
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Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Our guest this week is Chinese Canadian comedian Tim To. He is one of the fastest rising stars in The HK comedy scene. Tim has led a very interesting life before he started doing comedy, from owning a bar and a Chinese buffet in Toronto at the age of 20 to getting arrested in Hong Kong for trying to do the right thing, the man has endless stories and he is thoroughly entertaining to chat with.
Get tickets to Tim To's headliner show Aug 3: https://t.ly/pGQRQ
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Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Our guest this week is comedian Bryan Bentley. Before starting doing standup, Byran regularly attended live standup shows. He would always sit in the front row and quite often the comedian on stage would recognize him from a previous show. One day Bryan decides to take the leap and try his hand at standup himself. We sit down with Byran to chat with him about being a leap taker/getter, being sober and his obsession with David Goggins.
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