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.
Episodes
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Vivek has a huge announcement to make then we get to our guest Ivan Leung.
Ivan is the co-founder and GM of Aloha Online, one of Asia's leading SEO solutions and digital marketing technology providers. Ivan gives us a crash course on what SEOs really mean and how any business could improve its Google ranking by following very simple steps. We go into the "science" of Google rankings, what you're really seeing on the first search result pages.Vivek makes a huge announcement then we get to our guest Ivan Leung. Ivan is the co-founder and GM of Aloha Group Limited, one of Asia's leading SEO solutions and digital marketing technology providers. Ivan gives us a crash course on what SEO really means and how any business could improve its Google ranking by following very simple steps. We go into the "science" of Google rankings, what you're really seeing on the first search result pages.
Ivan does a deep dive on both our hosts' websites (https://funnyvivek.com/) and (https://www.mohammedmagdi.com/) and lets them know what they're doing wrong. Spoiler alert: Everything.
We also delve into Ivan's other passion, sneakers!
Check out Aloha Online here: https://www.alohaonline.asia/
Buy tickets to Vivek's show on 21 December here: https://venue.cityline.com/utsvInternet/internet/eventDetail?event=35873
Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/
Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
We take a break from having guests on this week and we fly solo. The original idea was for us to talk about what our lives were like B.C. (Before Comedy). We started with Vivek and boy did he have a lot to say. Vivek has had a pretty wild journey even before ever doing standup. In fact he has had so much happen that we didn't have time to share Mohammed's B.C. stories, we will definitely get into that on a later episode though!
Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you: Vivek B.C.
Enjoy!
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Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Cassi Thomas AKA Chaotic Cassi is proper "HK famous", she runs a massive Facebook group called "Chaotic Hong Kong Expats" with more than 18000 members. We catch up with her about her recent trip to Thailand, spending time in Phuket's "sandbox" and traveling to Chiang Mai, her 21 days quarantine and her fascination with the book "The Expatriates" on which Nicole Kidman's controversial show is based.
Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/
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Follow Cassi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chaotichkcassi/
Join Chaotic Hong Kong Expats: https://www.facebook.com/groups/chaoshongkong
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Sai Kung Stray Friends Foundation (SKSFF) is consisted of a group of volunteers who rescue stray, abandoned, sick and injured dogs to provide them with medical care and rehabilitation. Every dog that is rescued is health checked, de-sexed, vaccinated and given flea, tick and heartworm prevention. They also try to provide any necessary treatment and emergency surgery that may be needed.
The aim is to find these beautiful dogs, a kind and responsible adopter which can give them a loving forever home and help them have a better life. If you haven’t experienced the joy of adopting a dog, now is the right time!
We chat with founder Narelle Pamuk about the challenges they're facing during Covid times, their constant need for volunteers and what we can do to help.
Check out Sai Kung Stray Friends website and ways to donate/get involved here: https://saikungstrayfriends.com/
Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/
Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/
Check out Sai Kung Stray Friends Foundation on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/saikungstrayfriendshk/
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Stuart Palm is an international psychic entertainer, artist, hypnotist, illustrator, seer, reader, mentalist and father. He joins us to talk about his upcoming show “World of Wonders,” his new tarot cards “Palm’s Oracle”; the amazing variety of uses for Hypnosis, and performing Mentalism in Hong Kong and around the world.
This episode was aired live on Shopstream. Get the Shopstream app here: https://qrco.de/bcP1HA
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Follow Stuart Palm on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychicentertainer/
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
(aka Rock Mum, Goddess of Rock and even “Godmother of Rock”)The driving force behind The Underground (https://undergroundhk.com/). Described by Time Magazine as “Chris B—the tattooed fairy godmother of the Hong Kong scene. ” The ‘face’ of The Underground. Born & raised in Hong Kong, with a Chinese mother and English father. Involved in the HK live music scene since 1990, as a performer, songwriter, guitarist, singer and event organiser.
Her Cantonese composition “會否 Will You?” was nominated “Best Alternative Song” at the 2001 Golden Sail Awards, narrowly beaten out by Faye Wong. Past & present bands include: Sisters of Sharon, Smoking Monkeys, Flowers of Babylon, Thinking Out Loud, COCKfight, Guitars & Panties and CHRANG!. Discovered a flair for organizing events whilst working on Earth Day Festivals and also discovered no one else wants to do it, her perseverance & passion has seen The Underground go from strength to strength. Chris B’s strongest belief is in creating a live music scene that is comparable to New York or London as is befitting for a “World City”.
In the last 20 years, Chris B has organized over 500 live music events, mostly in Hong Kong, the rest in Greater China. These include events such as Music Matters Live (2010) festival (with 37 bands in 4 venues in 2 days) and Global Battle of the Bands (2008-2010). She also curates bands for various festivals eg. Volvo Ocean Race Hong Kong, Lan Kwai Fong Beer & Music Festival.
Chris B was the China Director for Planetrox which sends bands to Canada to perform at a festival called Envol et Macadam.
Chris B is also the creator and founder of FWD Mellow Yellow Music Festival as well as Wild Boar Music Festival.
Chris B has been featured in documentaries that have won awards at the HK Independent Film Festival plus been the subject of many interviews. Presently managing the ‘real’ twins of Hong Kong – Chloe & Ashley who are 13 years old and have already starred with Chris B in a Sony Cybershot ad in early 2008.
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Follow The Underground HK on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theundergroundhk/
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Comedian Jordan Leung (better known by his online alias 69ranch) moved back to HK from the US when Covid hit, then he started hitting up the comedy circuits here, then he blew up on social media. His IG account amassed thousands of followers in a short period of time, making him by far the biggest draw in the current English-speaking standup comedy scene in HK. He sits down with us to talk about how he perceives his "fame", what happens when you become an influencer and what has changed in his life since then.
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Follow Jordan Leung on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/69ranch/
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Ben Quinlan is the Chairman of Fintech Association of Hong Kong, CEO and Managing Partner of Quinlan & Associates, Adjunct Professor at AIT School of Management, Conference Ambassador for Hong Kong Tourism Board, and somehow he's also one of Asia's most successful standup comedians.
We talk about the current political and economic climate in HK, the drastic measures some industries had to undertake to deal with Covid, and of course we touch on standup comedy as well.
Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/
Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/
Follow Ben Quinlan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbquinlan/
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
We continue on our journey of catching up with the city's top standup comedians, and this week we have Chris Musni on. Chris is Hong Kong's most prolific standup writer, one of the OGs of the standup comedy scene in HK, the original found of comedy.hk, yet, he has had a very turbulent relationship with standup throughout the years, falling in and out of love with it, the politics and the bookers pushed him to quit for many years, and now he's back smashing it all over town, and claiming his rightful place as one of the best standup comics the city has to offer.
We delve into his journey, his beginning, the ghetto days and why he quit and why he came back.
Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/
Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
We are flying solo this week with no guests and a whole lot of nerding out on comedy. From our different processes of writing jokes to refining bits at open mics and how we come up with ideas for jokes, then we bust out our notebooks and run our very new and super old bits past each other, add tags and share a lot of laughs. This one is for the hardcore comedy folks so, strap in!
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