So I reiterate here, the bill is dead. The story of this great city is about the years before this night. We are free. Hey everyone, it's a new episode of Hong Kong. I'm your host, Mohammed Magdi. Yeah. And I'm the Co host, Vivek Mobani, looking at one of the cameras that we have who should I'll look at the center because you have both of us here. There you go. Yeah, we're always a walking advertising. For that, we're doing this. Yeah, we we ask you who wore it
best. And I answered by saying me. Yes, exactly. The world doesn't listen to me so. Well, the world hasn't seen the videos yet. Yeah, they haven't seen the videos yet. Would they do? We will get a definite answer, but man, it's cold. You're wearing a jacket. Dude, it is. You know that Christmas song? It's cold outside. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I would have thought Christmas is over. The weather gets it.
We did the whole it seems. Like, you know, we had one of those, like, really short, like Hong Kong winters. Yeah, it would have been fun. And yeah, but it didn't. It just dipped again. Like it's like it went up like warmer a bit and then it like dipped. Dude, it I think the soap opera of life yeah, has decided, hey, you know what we're going to do going to give you this. So that's the news. Obviously it's a slow Newsday, yes, where the weather is like one of the hot topics of the.
Yes, ironically, one of the hot. The cold weather is one of the hot. Topics exactly right over there, man, you can't get away with that stuff. But hey, the good thing though, is that at least with this weather, it's minimum. Minimum sweating, yes, right. That's true. It's it's actually quite like, in a way. Like when it's sunny, it's quite lovely to be outside. Yeah. Even for you, I think. Oh yeah. You enjoy outside now I I. I'll put it this way is that I
enjoy OK, So let's clarify. I think this the the misunderstanding of me not liking outside. I like outside unless it's not worth being outside. Let me explain. OK, explain please. So if one were to get to the peak and you're thinking I'm going to spend an hour and a half walking up the slope because you know, I'll be with nature, I'll get my exercise everything going on, I'm like, so let's break that down to elements. OK, nature, you need greenery
trees. All right, There are trees on this area of of Hong Kong. Yes, we can go there and get that done. Yes. You want to get your exercise all right, That's cool. We have slopes all over Soho. You got that done. Yeah. So the need to specifically go to the peak to achieve that combination is absolutely unnecessary. Right. Yeah, unless you also want to get a little bit away from traffic. True, true to true and there is also possible that you can go to and get away from traffic where
not the peak specifically. I don't think you're you have a good answer for that. That's where people go away from the streets. Yeah, it's called, it's spelled with four letters MO. Yeah, it's spelled HOME. OK. It is so sad. It's how a lot of people. I mean, I don't blame you because you sunk so much money into these houses. Yeah, that it makes sense. Damn well. If I'm trying to get out of my own house after spending all this kind of money, yes I have. It's a bad investment.
No, I, I agree. But at the same time, you can't fault the people are going, especially now. Like now I go to the peak and it's like, it's full of people. Yeah. And it's like, so lovely. So you go to the peak, it's full of people. That already goes against the the objective #1. I said away, away from cars. A car. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Traffic. Oh yeah, you didn't mean traffic as as a whole. No, no, no car vehicles. Oh, OK.
Maybe that's why people go and then, like, once you're like, up, like in the middle of the morning trail, you really can't hear any cars. Yeah. And that's quite lovely. That's not something you can easily achieve. OK, in Hong Kong Island? Fair enough. Yeah. Yeah, that's true. Actually I think maybe this. One point for MO. Yeah, well. I think exactly counter argument. Counter argument. Yeah, 2 all right.
However, the problem is this is that when you're at the peak, first of all you're literally going in circles. Yes, all right. But you're going up in circles. It's like peeling a potato. You're like doing this. And then you're like eventually. Spiraling around. Yeah, yeah, Yeah. So my point is this is that OK, so let's look at the grand scheme of things. You're 8 years old on your deathbed saying, you know, if only I had 10 more minutes of my life.
Yeah. Those 10 minutes that you spent spiraling up to see, to avoid a few, I don't know, a few Tesla that you didn't? Want to look at? Yeah. Now you're going to like I should have I I don't. Know I would actually think I should have I've eaten more bake house egg tarts yeah that's probably what would be one of my. That's the reverse thing. See with bake house lining up. Okay, very simple. Let's compare contrast over here the way to if I could have a fast track to bake house
cookies, yes. I not have to line up. Yeah. Why would I want to lives to be like, you know, I want to experience the feeling of, you know, anticipation. Well, I want to be excited. I want to be one with the people. So I feel you know. See, that's that's a problematic argument, because in going up to the peak, you're already extending your life theoretically, while if you're eating big House cookies, you're actually eating it.
And hence why it actually makes more sense because like the the one hour I would have spent trying to get to the peak, yes, I might have shortened my life by 40 minutes only. Yes, and the net gain is still 20 minutes by eating bake house. We need some actual scientists to check. To check. I feel like we didn't get back. No, actually he would probably come back on soon with the HMV. Whatever, whatever. Yeah, Yeah. The fighting is he'll he'll say, he'll come back.
He'll be like, OK, first of all, both of us, both of you are short in your life. Yes. By leaving your home. I'm like, OK, that already is grim enough. We did, actually, on the 200th episode. If you have a lesson, go back and listen. Because Ben was in at the aftermath. Yeah, when we're doing the live show. And I asked him when is the next COVID. Yeah. And I don't remember what he said, but it sounds like it's
pretty grim, right? Yeah, it sounds like, it sounds like we might have like triggered it. Yeah, exactly. So the, the, the moral of the story is basically, first of all, ignorance is bliss. Yes. So go, go ahead, go to the peak, enjoy yourself. Don't try to calculate. I would say take the big House act art slash cookies and then go to the peak. How about that for a cancel it out? Yes, Yeah, yeah, yeah.
OK, so okay. If I get how many cookies would I get you from Big House so you can actually go go to the peak? Is this the new millennial version? How many engineers does it take to screw it like? Yeah, yeah, yeah. How many cookies does it take to get you to the peak? It won't take any because I'm already at the peak, you know? The peak of your career?
Life. OK, yeah, I I think actually for for one of the video episodes, when we get big enough that we have producers and people following us around, then we can record that entire episode going up the morning trail. I think that would be so much fun. Yeah, yeah, yeah. While eating big. Talking with our mouths full, Yes. And then going up the trail, Yes. And then us doing this discussion, yes. Of like, why? It's like, why were we doing, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And just like, I just really want to enjoy you hating every moment of it, yeah. Yeah, yeah, for sure. That's so fun. See, that's the one thing is like, I actually really like trees in this stuff. It's just the issue of like, why did I have to do get here, do this? Yeah. See, with the with the, with the hike to the peak, there's also the factor of a point of no return kind of a deal when you start going. Yeah, yeah, to get out of.
There you're going to have to do the exact same amount of time, or you know, it's of. Course, Yeah, yeah. I mean, unless, unless you call a helicopter, I think according to the late the the information when I looked at it back then, yeah, I think every Hong Kong citizen is entitled to two rescues in their life. In their life really. Yeah, for free, like completely free. And then after that, I think if you do it again, they might charge you. But someone can correct how this? Works.
I think we find a loophole dude. Yes, we eat egg hearts. Yes. So we're so sick. Yes, we're throwing up. Yes, halfway to the peak. Yes, the pig is up. Take us back home. That I think what would happen then is that actually I was thinking because the peak is mostly roads Yeah I feel like they're still gonna not it's not the trail where the helicopters will come by default I think they're going to send a car and like so we. Purposely go off the trail. Yes, cars. Come, there you go.
OK, Yeah, you're. Right, yeah, we find a little grey area with the like, yeah, fine, this guy got us. You know, I don't believe there's been rescues on the peak, but because it's so close to the city, yeah, maybe we should do this on another trail where it's like we we really have to. So we need to, we need to let someone like like, oh, because OK, we have to go to the outlying islands, yes. So first of all, they can't ferry us back. No. So it has to be the. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's like Sharp Island, or. Something, yeah, yeah. So you go somewhere there, yeah #2 has that reception because it'll be stupid. #3 we have to delete this episode before we do all of this so the government doesn't these. Planning exactly how to win the system. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Here. Here's evidence of them planning it from a year ago like idiots put it online. But The thing is like, OK, so let's say, let's say listen to this episode.
Yeah, right. However, it is still possible for us to have discussed this never intended for the happen true and happen. That would be actually quite funny if if you genuinely get lost, well, not you because you never touched the trail, but if I genuinely get lost there and people be like, oh, you planned this. I'm like, no, it was actually exactly. Really got bitten by a snake. Yeah. Why do you think I planned the snake to imagine it?
Me exactly. Can you just imagine like the court case, like, yeah, like Your Honor, the Lord, all of attraction. Yes, Exhibit A Here's. Exactly, this is the book. Here's a YouTube video with four views on that. Exactly. This is the same that will happen. Arguing how this is not planned, but just happened to be the way they profit. And the judges, like no one is watching that shit. Get it out of my face. I have this whole scenario that so OK, OK, OK OK first of all
it's funny. OK, so the argument is that you all pre planned this thing and it happened as you planned correct? The lawyer comes to we we get a lot. OK, the lawyer says, Your Honor, please look at my two clients and focus on only one. Mohammed Magdi, the name of the Prophet Muhammad. Yes. Who can prophesize stuff? And they're prophesizing the fact that they're going to go for this hike. Yep. And screw it up and have a helicopter. Your Honor, I rest my case. Do you hate this lab?
Boom. Yeah. And then after that, the whole jury's the guys. Like guys. Yeah, it is. Let's throw the case out the window. Yeah, it's thrown, completely thrown out. Yeah, from the top of the peak. Yeah, we get this all. Go up there and throw it out all. Of a sudden, like Johnny's emailing us, like we want to give you a certificate of be no honor, of how you are truly the Hong Konger, How we should all aspire to be, you know.
I wish to not to state that I am fully not, not responsible for anyone wasting the Hong Kong resources, public funds. And if you are to take a helicopter, you have to be really, I'm telling you this, just, you know, cover our asses. Exactly. This is OK. Of course, this is all just us dilly dally. Oh yeah, yeah, it's company, everyone. Exactly, just having a laugh. When also while you're sitting here, it's, it's so typical of the two of us.
You're such a Chinese person because you're sitting inside the house with the jacket on. And I'm just like a typical, like foreigner, I guess, expat or whatever, just sitting there with the T-shirts. I'm like, get the heaters on you. Yeah. You know, you must warm yourself from within. Yes, You know, it is all. I think, dude, that's so true. Because like even let's say Chinese medicine and stuff like that, I was like working on the core. It's yeah, all the yacht. Hey.
Yeah, yeah. Hey, that kind of thing. Also the Western is like all the external so hence why you're the heater and I know heat yourself. Yeah, warm. Yourself heat yours have happy thoughts, you know, find your own inner inner. Yes, find your own inner heat. Inner warm. Yeah, yeah. Use the chi yes. Oh man. No, I I need, I need electricity and yeah, external factors to give me warm because I'm very cold inside, Yeah. Say how about you like you know, do still self discovery to find
the warmth you like. No, no, the heater turn that shit on. Yes, exactly. That's why we have technology. Here you are the person who's like liking hikes and everything. That's fucking bullshit. And here you're going like, fuck that, let's forget my warmth, get that heater on. I'm like, no, no, natural, natural, you know? No, no, let's you like for you. It's also like you're, it's, you're saying natural because you don't want to move. So you're like. Put the jacket on.
You say it when it's convenient. Hey, I I think that is very true, yes. First of all, however, I stand my case of like that's pretty much everyone does. That's true. Definitely, yeah. So there's that as well. However, the good thing is that I would ask our audience is that what would you do? Would you go the route of external stimuli to create the warmth or would you find the way, for example, like do jumping jacks and create the warmth within?
Would you be the type of person who is all about the external? How do people see me? I can't be seen with the jacket. Yeah. Or would you be the better person who wears a jacket that says for the greater good of the world, let me do the work that's required instead of being this guy that's leaning back chilling like a fucking expat? Speaking of expats in my neighborhood and of Taiping Chan that is now almost officially the coolest neighborhood in in
town. There is this coffee are so strange how that like the trends work because now there is a million coffee shops there, but there is one that just opened like a couple of months ago called Cool Beans with AZ, Beans Cool with K and Beans with Z. What year are we in? Yeah, you know, it's exactly it's the 2001 or whatever. So Cool Beans open and it's again, again, like not, not anything special. I like the guys. The coffee is good, but it's nothing special.
And it's literally in the back of four other coffee shops. So there was like a French, a wine shop that closed a few months ago and that spot has been empty. And then Cool Beans moved in and we're all of the residents were all like rolling our eyes like, oh, another coffee shop. What a surprise. Across the little street from that is another shop that just opened, which is the ham shop.
So it's like there is this. There's a ham shop, Yes, there's a shop that says so someone sat up one day. It was like, how do we be hip in Taiping Shine Rd. We're going to open up a ham shop.
Ham shop Well, it's also because all the expats and so it's like the ham shop is like the cold cuts thing Hyperica, whatever the fuck they call it. So because they know their audience or their market, it's like, oh, that's a hotspot for expats to hang out in. Maybe you can open like ham shop so they can like have snacks or whatever. OK, it worked really well. It's it's what I find really interesting is that that spot has been there for ages.
And the combination of these two businesses, which I believe are not completely not aligned, just happened to open in front of each other. That created a hotspot for expats that is now perfect from morning to night because in the morning until late afternoon, people are sitting at cool beans. Have a coffee. Yeah. And then slowly it morphs into like wine and ham. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. And now it's like, because also the weather, the combination of all of this and the nice weather now when it's sunny and dry that people are just sitting out like with like fold up folded chairs. Yeah, throughout the whole. Day, no, no. Both places provide the chairs, but throughout the whole day, it actually created like a really vibrant spot. And there's no traffic as well. It's like one of those like inside streets, there's no traffic at all. Cars are not even allowed in and
it's like so nice. It's super nice. With this weather and everything perfect, right? Yeah, it's perfect. So it's created like, but it also created the opposite of like us, like being in like, the locals of the neighborhood are now so protective of it that we don't want anyone from the outside to come. And it obviously is dumb for me to even like, kind of plug it and say how nice it is here. Please don't go.
It sucks for us. It's like, yeah, we sit there like, Oh my God, this is our neighborhood. This is amazing. So you can come. You can come, just take a look. And when it's busy, just keep moving. Yeah, because clearly. So have you, have you done the morphing like you, were you there like a day having coffee and be like it's time, it's time for ham? Well, I don't drink or eat ham. So of course, yeah. Yes. So I'm actually, even though ham is in my name. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I. Love ham?
Yeah, the cool beans. Yes, well, a free plug for Cool Beans and the ham shop as well. But that whole hang is amazing. Yeah. And you know, I, I sat there for hours with Annie and the dog with one coffee and then I just sat there. And that's other thing. They really don't. Neither place are like bothering you to like or pushing you to order. They are so hands off. Yeah. In fact, you can probably go and sit there and not order
anything. Yeah. This is a Chinese couple next to us who did have coffee and we watched them for about four to five hours watching movies, movies on their iPad, just enjoying the sunshine and watching. Movies, they get it. They get it. I'm like, nice. Oh, man. So that's a really cool hang now. And you can even continue staying there. And then later in the evening, you can slowly move to Creptismo. Yeah. Which is right there.
Right there. Yeah. So it's you can just create a whole hang in typing Chan. Did you notice the change in your tone when you're talking about the typing Chan sitting there enjoying the coffee and all that stuff? Yeah, compared to the tone you had when you're talking about going to the peak, yes, it's very, very different. Yes, one of the because exercise. Yeah, yeah, no, one of them, one of them, like, no, this is good. The peak is good.
It's supposed to be joyful. This one you like naturally flowing with the joy coming out. That is again my point of like, people have this idea like, but walking on the peak is a fun thing to do, right? It's going to be fun. I'm like, no dude, just go sit there. Enjoy that stuff you. Know I'm just trying to, yeah, extend my life after watching that documentary. Yeah. The guy doesn't want to die. I'm like, I don't want to die. Oh.
Yeah, yeah. You know what would be ironic is like you literally take that documentary on your phone, put it over there, get that one coffee like that yes and people like, Sir, are you done? Like, no, you watch this, you see this? Yeah, see this guy, Yeah, ironically, he doesn't drink coffee, but he actually said it sounds like I'm a big fan. I'm not.
He's just posting a lot of clips and he says that he doesn't drink coffee just because, not because it's bad for him, it's just because he doesn't want to be hooked on anything. That's his thing. Yeah. He's like, oh, I don't want to like, you know, be dependent on the caffeine or whatever. But yeah, he's dependent on all those injections and. Stuff. Yes, exactly. Ironically, yeah, I don't want to depend on something. But Doctor, come here.
What do I need to do today? Like, well, you don't. Do it every time. I don't know what the fuck is happening with him, but every time he is posting videos and stuff, he just looks younger and younger. It's so crazy. Yeah. Like go find Brian Johnson online. And now he's like get also, he posted so far. He posted something the other day, like stories or whatever. He's at the WWE now that he's like a celebrity. Yeah. He's just hanging out with like he was just like with Logan Paul.
Oh yeah. Like, no big deal. Yeah, and. What's his name? Paul, the bald guy. The bald manager from WWE. Heyman. Heyman, Paul. Yeah, this is the clash of like 2 very opposite words. Yeah, yeah. Oh my God. Yeah, so funny. Well, the all I can say now is that this we need to find the equivalent yes, of ourselves. Like, either we find initial that we're trying to stay young, yeah, or maybe we have to do this whole documentary of like, how do we stay funny? Yeah, cool.
That's fun, right? Yeah, yeah, Yeah. Like. Literally like the compare and contrast of like, you know, I'm just like, let's say, let's say walking down the street, like dude, what are you doing man? Why? Why are you trying to run across Rd. Like that might be funnier. Yes, I have to run across the road to maybe make it funnier. Yes, that's a really good idea actually. Is like you put yourself through situations that would probably
create funny, yeah. So you just go on like you know, if there is like a date clearly like a couple or on a date you just go and grab a chair and sit next to. Them. Yeah, yeah. See what happens. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go in the movies, sit in front of like the shortest person in the movie theater. See how they react. Every episode ends in the same way. We get punched every other like, yeah, we just choose the like, at what point into this episode? Like the episode is 23 minutes,
right? What we do is we basically show you scenarios until, for example, this may be the point of getting punched. And cut to the next scenario. And we show you a whole bunch of like, which one of these was the one they got punched. Yeah. And. It's all of them. Exactly. And then I'll see you online. This and that follows on Instagram will tell you all about it, that kind of thing. And then everyone is like, come on, which one is it? It's like, have you seen the show? Is it cake?
Yes. Same concept is like you like family sitting together like I think it was the one way he was sitting with the couple. No, no, no, I think when he was hiking. No, I think it's when he took an escalator like and then finding like the correct time when he got punched was when they went on the lift. Mom, you got a ride. Yeah, you got it. Yeah, Yeah. High 5. Families closer together true. Then we have a panel of judges who are there to discuss and again, my son's watched my kids
watch this show. I'm so proud that we're over here. They hey, hey, Timmy. Hey, Timmy. And one of those things you know. On the phone in the back of the camera going like, yeah, exactly. And I can't believe I'm on the I'm on the show, you know, Yeah. So a lot of big ideas that we have. Of course, the issue over here is lack of funding. Lack of funding. Yeah, these ideas. However, if you go to patriot.com homopod, you could maybe one day be finding these crazy ideas.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Imagine you could trademark the yo lot that would. Be the money maker. I feel like it should be a brand, no? Is it not a brand? I don't think so, Not yet. But I bet you anything after this episode with the millions of listeners, yeah, it's going to be the biggest thing next to Nike. You know you have Nike headquarters and yell locks. Yahoo locks. Yeah. Good. To Singapore, like where you going to go to?
You're going to go to like Clocky, you're going to go to the Robinson Squeaky. No, I'm going to, I'm going to yell locks, dude. Arash listener from I imagine a long time ago because he says that so he he's subscribed to Patreon. Thank you so much. Arash subscribed. I sent him a nice message saying that thanks for getting involved and he responded with really glad to be supporting you guys. Keep it up.
I'm a huge fan of your podcast. Hope to come to a comedy show and see you guys in person sometime this year too. Thank you so much super lovely Arash. Arash joined Patreon on patreon.com/hope. About $5.00 a month paid for the whole year. Whoa. There is an option. On Patreon, you get a little bit of discount if you pay for the whole year. Hopefully what happens here, what I hope does not happen, is that his wife also listens to the podcast, and she doesn't know what.
Yeah, What? You paid for the whole year. And he didn't want to take me on vacation. Exactly. You know, like we accidentally caused Arash's whole life to scrumble because he tried to do the nice thing. Yeah. I mean the. Funny thing is like, let's say they're discussing vacation and we saw this deal online as like for sixty U.S. dollars more, yes, you could upgrade to business class, get a massage. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's like, honey, just it's just out of my budget.
Yes. And like, she's like. 60 US. He's like, just, it's just, it's just just. Out of the budget. I can't I wish I can give you that, but I really, I'm really honest like it's just out of my budget yes, this much. She's just like really pushing to know why and he wouldn't tell her yeah yeah. According to his like the currency of the payment is I
it's just Canadian dollar. So I imagine and maybe he's in Canada or maybe he's in Hong Kong and making money in Canadian dollar and hopefully there's none of this because it's a public episode. Don't don't get in trouble Arash. Yeah. Thank you so much for supporting us. I really appreciate it. Going back to win Hong Kong winter it now that we established that scold and we established that going to the peak is great according to me. Sure terrible according to you. You know we can all be.
Theoretical physicists, you know. Yes, all talking theories. Only we. Established that being from Taiping Chan makes you elitist immediately and that actually makes me one of them and makes me say that everyone who's not from there is beneath us. Yes, and you should not be hanging out on our cool spots in in all in. All reality though because type of shant is on a slope. Yes, a lot of people are beneath you, correct. That's exactly what I meant.
That's actually what you meant. And you were not trying to be rude, you were literally saying from a pure physical point of view, like, I'm sorry, but that's how it works. You are in fact beneath me. Yes, even if you are on. Hollywood Rd. You're beneath me, You think? I think you're on Hollywood Road and you're cool, yeah, but you're actually beneath us. See the Problem with Hollywood. Road is this is that it slopes downwards over time so if you
start on Hollywood Rd. let's say in Soho area you start going downward sloping hence why again people in Soho yeah they look down upon tapping Shawn people because like I'm not good lowering myself to be near you yes. Right. It's like. You're in tapping, Shawn. You're being with me. I'm like, yeah, because I lowered myself. Yeah, I lowered. My I lowered. Yeah, I What is the word? Yeah, I stooped toward the lower. Level so I could be closer to you, yes. Literally like to get.
To you, I got to lower myself as I stoop to your level. Exactly. So for anyone who is thinking of going to typing Shan from let's say Soho side, yes. And let's say you're based and so whatever, yeah, my suggestion is this. Go to Cane Rd., Yes, one of these mother fuckers. Yeah, it's true. And then you walk down the stairs, Ladder St. Yeah, yes. And then as you go down, be like Ladder Street that is. Ironically, not a ladder.
Yeah, not a ladder. And literally tell them, by the way, I'm coming down the ladder, yes, I'm countdown to get to your level. Yeah, alright, let's make this very clear. Yes, I came from mid. Level to your lower level. Yeah, exactly through. The ladder. Yeah, exactly. Oh my Rd. has to be words typing Shannon. Oh Boo fucking who? I only live on Cane Rd. You. That's why we don't need 3 words to say R Rd. because we're fucking confident about it.
Yeah, Cane bitch, there's. Also also there is only one Cane Rd. There is 2 typing Shannon actually, and one of them is the actual peak. Yes. Right over there. So you're literally not on the peak trying to pretend you're at the peak. Yes. Is this not? No. How different is this from the person who has a fake Gucci? It's literally the same thing. Yes. Yeah, we have. Our own little fake peak and that typing Shannon and it's one of those things that.
Makes you feel like but I am on the peak. Sure dude, you are like on the top up the world someone actually. Got in a cab not long ago and said typing Chan and realized halfway through, yeah, that they're going to the peak, yeah. It's like. I don't think they're going the right way. It's like, no, no, no, no, tell him Hollywood drone and then but also typing such a small street that you're like, if I'm in a cab going home, I don't say like I say Hollywood Rd. first.
Yeah. And then closer to there I go, man MO Temple, typing chat. Yeah, then yeah. Then we are. Exactly. But otherwise, you're setting yourself up for a very expensive cab, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. See, that's nothing like the Man MO Temple. If you've ever been to it, you would know that that's where it's for me. It's. Man MO, yeah. Man, MO, yeah, yeah. It's actually. My temple, it's actually Man MO. Yeah, right over there. You know the man, MO. Hey. Yes, people go.
It'll be. So ironic if you actually make that into a thing. Yes. It becomes like in the little Red Book or whatever. Yeah. And like, where is the man, Moe? Yeah, yeah. Maybe I should actually yes, remember. With you take photo man, I can. Easily monetize that. Someone please manage this whole situation. I would like to show up and yeah, get the pictures taken and you, someone manage the money and I will give you a percentage.
And everyone who goes, because it's so popular, everyone who goes there also takes a picture with me as yeah, yeah, the little thing they're like here is man MO. Haha. It's like a goofy day. Yeah, you make this. Myth. That might be the man MO behind the temple. The temple's like, no, it's not that. Like, no, no, no, this is what we read. I think that's what the reality is, you know? Oh, man, that'd be so that'd be so bizarre. OK, yes, it's man. MO my temple.
Yeah. While I'm still alive. Yeah. So OK, I'm trying to also find others stuff for us to do. Not us because we're weird. Yeah, but like for normal person to do. Yes. While it's still cold in Hong Kong. Yeah. What do you think? Obviously. Anything that would be sweat related is the key. So I would say #1 is go to all the locations with sunsets. That would suck in the summer, right? So Kennedy Town, yeah, Repulse Bay, all those Kenny Town sucks.
All the time now because of the whole Chow Hong Shu situation. Everything town is actually. Lovely. But like, yes, that taking photos, that area of the Arabica Cafe and that one, not the Belcher is the other one, the Mertens, that area is a nightmare, Yeah, so don't go that. That's very but little Cove. You can go to Little Cove. Really lovely coffee shop there run by our friends Adam and Jade. Absolutely great coffee. Great hang also. Very busy all the time. Free plugs for all of you.
Yeah, but Adam, Jade and are lovely and they deserve all the success. Very, very hard working people. And yeah, Little Cove, great hang. I know Little Cove also. Has a store now in Admiralty, Pacific Place. Yes, yeah, yeah. So they actually started from cyclone. That's the original location and then the Kennedy Town spot yes Admiralty they have a little a new cafe now and yeah they're
they're killing it great. I mean again, very hard working people and yeah so. But in Kennedy Town you're saying that we should go watch the sunset. Yeah. OK, so I believe because in the. Summer, it's like that. It's terrible. Like so near the ferry pier. Don't go to Arabica and all this stuff. Yeah. If you go deeper down to where I believe there's this morgue or the old morgue or whatever it's called, there's a way to get to the basketball course and everything. Go there. Yes, that.
That'll be a nice sunset. You get to see that. I think it's called Green Island. I forget what the name is. That one island that you can see the sunset over there. Repulse Bay is really good as also that's the the direction of actually the sun. Yeah, yeah. And what I find now. Maybe because it's so cold, the tourist buses are fewer because, you know, a lot of older people in there that are like, yeah, it's too cold to open and go there. So this is the right time to do that.
I go to Repulse Bay, do that. And basically I would recommend go to Taiping Shine Rd. go to Cool Beans and just ask for Man MO. Yeah, but like Man, MO. Yeah, it's OK. I just. Leave. They would actually. I think I would probably have, like, either a QR code or a poster there. Yeah. And when people are asking for Man MO, they just get them to scan it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then they automatically buy a comedy show ticket. Oh, yeah. Wow.
Yeah, yeah. You can just come and see Man MO. Yeah. Man MO Element. Yeah, yeah. He's to be seen in. Base Hall, Yes, on Saturday night I would. Actually extend the plug into man MO dumplings. What is it called? It's a cold memo. Yeah. Oh yeah, That that. Restaurant. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Elephant. Ground. Yeah. Yeah. Near elephant Ground. Yeah, it's Memo. Fuck Memo. Yeah, whatever. Yeah, yeah. I'm just trying to like, because it's not dumplings, it's memo
something. Yeah, right in front of my house. Don't forget. Forgot the rest of the name. But yeah, you could also have a memo package. Here's the memo package. All right, go for it. You go to the Manmo temple. Got it. You go to memo dumplings. That is not dumplings, the French. Yeah. Memo Dim Sum, That's the name, Yeah, Yes, Memo Dim Sum. It's actually French fusion
fancy stuff. And then you go to Cool beans, yes, you get your cool beans and then you scan the QR code for the real Manmo and that's when you go to the comedy show and see the real Manmo on Sage. Okay. Okay, okay, it has to be a Saturday thing. Yes, it's the. Manmo Tour the full Manmo package, right? So let me. Understand this so. So if we were to have like a Chinese Mandarin name, can you think of like, let's say Man MO? Yeah. Would there be a word?
It's Nan MO. Because Nan is is man in Mandarin. Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nan MO, Man MO. It's like the Mong KOK Wong KOK thing. You know, like in Chinese Wong KOK, but in this is Mong KOK. Ah, OK, there you go, Nan MO. Right over there. Yeah. Yeah. So create the Nan MO tour on Xiao Hong Chu and then just make it all happen. Someone You will get money, you'll get percentage. Yeah, you'll be like I was the. Originator of all this stuff Yeah.
All right, OK, so cool weather the sunsets one thing. Yes. All right. Do you have what would OK so for me one of the things I would love to do cool weather is obviously wearing beanies and stuff like that because the rare occasion also wear all the caps that you want to. Yeah. Because again, let me remind everybody, you may think, no, I wear a cap in summer during the sun. Again, remember that you every year this happened in the winter, I forget the humidity of Hong Kong.
Yeah, like, no, wait, this summer is different. You know, I'm going to wear a cap and then the humidity comes like fucked. I'm not wearing this cap. Yes, it's a way to up. So where are all the caps? Where are all the headgear you need to do? Where are all the jackets that cannot have sweat patches? Yes, right, because this is the one time you will not get the sweat patch. Yes, for about. Two more weeks, Yeah. Two more weeks, yes.
Yeah, so that's why like, I'm wearing all the colored T-shirts I have. It's so funny colored. T-shirts that I can do. Now because I'm like, hey, I can do all the white T. Shirts white, one of the light. Blues and all the stuff that I have, I'm like fine, I only have black. T-shirts anyway for that exact same reason. Yeah it doesn't matter winter or summer, it's just all black. Yes, it's easy. Yeah, it's part of the texture as well.
Yeah. Yeah. And I think the the the last thing you do for this winter time is go create a warm meal for someone you don't know, knock on their door and say this is for you and watch them reject you. Yes, absolutely. I think I. I didn't even know what you like, what it directly means, but I can. I kind of know, yeah. Yeah, I can kind of guess what it's like. Though imagine, imagine that you're like your stranger opens the door. You're like, are you a Jehovah's Witness?
Yeah, yeah, like you have a free meal that I guess what is do I don't like any free hugs. Yeah, but number one, are you thinking I can't make my own fucking food? Yeah, you gotta come over to me and be like I'm the better person. Like you'll take you'll be taking complete the wrong way, of course. Oh, so I would they. Would suspect that they're trying to poison them and like rob them yeah, yeah, that's. Already preconceived and you have you have to show them.
I've done the scientific test. This is not poison everything. Yeah, and you'll get. I'm eating it and now. They're like, hey, you want me to share your? Yeah, exactly. Your saliva. What the fuck do you think you are? Goddamn no good scenario out of. It Yeah. Like we would just lose their mind. Like, oh, I'm sorry, second hand leftover food. You couldn't finish this and you want to eat in front of me and say you fucking finish your food and beer, Take whatever I don't
want now. Yeah. Yeah. Like, no, I just what? Wash your soul? Get crushed? Yes. From a deed you thought. You know what? I read this article about, you know, we need more hugs in the world, so let's go hug our neighbors. Yeah? Love that neighbor fucking. Touch me exactly. But now what about your? Perv, are you trying to get better than me? You're like, no, I just want to give you a free hug. I'm like, free hug. I can afford hugs, bitch. I don't need your damn free
hugs, OK? If anything, I will give you a free hug because you know what? I owe the. Oh my God, what have I done? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you slowly fade. Away into the bushes like that actually goes. Back at our idea of going to find the company you can be that I will follow you like I think the other around will also be funny because I look the way I look and they'll be scared and but for you because they might
know who you are. Yeah, but you will still be confused about why this is happening. See the problem is that scenario. Doesn't work for me because if I show up at the door with the box that have been warm food. They're going to think like. Who are this like nobody ordered it. They're like, no, we definitely did. Like they're just weirded out. They're like, huh, I don't, huh? I mean, do you understand this? Unfortunately, in the real world, as much as I want to be the gay.
So again, let me remind everyone I am by nature, I'm the generous person who wants to just give and give and gifts, but it's taken the wrong way. Look at your camera. And remind people how you look like. Yeah, exactly. I mean, and I'm trying to be like, it's for you. And they're like, we never ordered this. I'm like, no, but I ordered it. They're like, why would you order it delivered to me? It's like, it's like why I can't do a good deed. Hence why again, let's come back to the point.
It's not that I'm an asshole, yes, it's I'm not allowed to be nice. Yes. All right, so that is actually, yes. That's that. That is your life model. Every time you act like a Dick to somebody, it is. Like you're not. Allowing me to be You're not enabling me to be in my element exactly I. Am by nature the nicest person I can ever be. But the reality is like, no, Viv, we need you to be a Dick. And I'm like, fine, I'll be a Dick to you. Exactly. Yeah, yeah, I'm stooping to your
level. Exactly. I was on Cane Rd. with kindness again. I was literally not on Cane. I was on kind road and I had to go down to it to a typing rude Rd. you know, typing whatever I'd be like, Oh my God, why am I doing this? Yes, making me, you know, like that that meme where you have the guy from narcotics, like the four different. Yeah, yeah, that's me going like I just want to be nice. I just want to be nice. No one is allowed me to, by the way. There is literally a guy.
I don't know if he's there all the time, but there's literally a guy on like right on the waterfront by the TST ferry pier. Yeah, like on this side, on the Hong Kong Island side. I don't know if he's there all the time. Just like a, you know, like maybe a 20 something year old man who was standing the other day with a sign that says 3 hugs. Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah. You have a blindfold. No, it was. Just like you wanted to see the
hug. Yeah, that's kind of weird, but I don't know if. He was doing this like a YouTube stunt or whatever. Yeah, but I know I watched, stood there and watched him for a few minutes get 0 hugs. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. First of all, positioning location, location, location. It's super. Busy. Yeah, dude, like everyone. 'S rushing the ferry and I was like yeah I missed the ferry yeah I need a hug yes no dude, but it's. Like, yeah, it was like a classic. Like what you were saying
earlier. Everyone's being suspicious. Yeah. Is he going to give us? COVID is going to give us HMPV or whatever. Yeah, you know, like. It's just this city doesn't is not conducive to the idea of someone being generous. No, no. It's also animate a good point about like there is a shop that just closed like as Hong Kong happens. Yeah, on the Staunton St. like a big it's like that tapas restaurant or whatever. Oh yeah, yeah. And it's just closed like the
corner of the escalator. That one, yeah, yeah. Next to Staunton Bar. Yeah, it was like a big, a big like tapas place. That's now shut down. OK, OK. And it's like, you know, remember, people would sit on the outside and stuff. And I think so. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, that shut down. And she was saying that like, the city just waits for nobody. Yeah. It's just like, keeps going and
it never stops. Yeah. You're like, this place is going to be a new place in a couple of weeks, and it might like, in a few months shut down again. Yeah. And it's like, it doesn't matter. And it's actually such a sobering, real. It's such a sobering. Way it's like, dude, life will go on stop, you know, like oh, but we need to but you know, in other.
Places, this is not normal in a way like it's normal for us because we're here and I've you have only lived here and I only lived in mega cities, so I'm used to it. But actually for a lot of people that's not normal. Like you, you know, a place shuts down, for example, in your village and you take a moment down.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, you take a. Moment you pass by every day you sit slowly, you know, good graffiti and whatever, but here it's like no one fucking has time for grief for, you know, for oh, that was my favorite like get the fuck out of the way, yeah. Exactly. Yeah, it's just literally the lady. Behind you with the cards like it's like get out. I'm trying to I'm trying to move the cardboard boxes. I don't need your exactly. Boo fucking who? No Chapas for me.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, I agree. I mean, look, this I think that's two sides to the same thing where basically it's like, would you want to have those moments of like, you know, it's about stopping and smelling the roses, yes. Versus like, yeah, OK, great. Your roses smell great. Can we can we please get on? You know, I think, and I let them, we can come back to the whole. Buddhist thing of it's the middle way, yes, You can be all emotionally, you can be all logical.
Yeah, how young is too. Logical, I think for the especially when it comes to business. Yeah, very practical, so practical like, okay, that close. Now the agent took it over. Now they're blasting the number everywhere. Yeah. Now we're looking for a new investor. Just no time. But I, I obviously I try, I try to see the not not just the irony, but also the humor in it, right. It's like, and there's something deeply funny to me about how no one gives a shit. It's just like really no one
cares. No one cares about your business. This is like, just, like, you know, do your thing and keep doing your thing, and that's it. No one like is invested in you personally. You know, it's just like, yeah, if you're doing a thing and it's working good for you. Keep going. When you don't work, just get out of the way, yeah? It's the thing with cosmic significance. Like, on one hand you like, in the grand scheme of things, like what's the point of anything is nothing anyway?
Yeah. And the other thing is kind of like, yeah, it's so free because you're like, yeah, I'm nothing. So relax, Like, it's fine. Yeah. You know, you're not gonna be. Oh, my God. The world. No, it's not. It's not. No, you know, Yeah. So I'll put it this way. Yeah. I I very much appreciate the idea of like, oh, it closed down or I get on with our lives because the truth is you can dwell for God knows how long about. But you know, was the thing and everything.
If you have the capacity for it, for example, you have every right to, let's say, have a shrine in your house. Yes, where it's like this room is dedicated to whatever the the if you have space, go for it. Go nuts yes, but if you don't, then let's not spend that space doing something that's really gone. Yes, you get it.
So I think it's it's one of those things where it's like, yeah, you can sit in there and, and think about the memories and be like or be like, yeah, well, the world keeps going forward. So you can sit back and be like, but back in our day, yeah. Which of course you in my, I'm sure you do a lot. Now that we're older, we're like, I'm back on our day. We never had these goddamn kids. You know, dude, it's so.
Weird how like, you know, you watch people like comedians and our word like talk about like the as they get older, there's a lot of jokes, but like, Oh yeah, I think everything's hurts or whatever. And then I just started 35 and it's exactly like a week after and you're like, why do I have not cramps? Like why do like my thighs? Yeah. Yeah. Like I didn't like I do yoga. That's like the opposite of like, yeah, it should be like I didn't like work out properly.
Like I go for long walks or whatever, but like nothing intense at all. Yeah. And now I'm just like, I'm in pain for like 2 days. Yeah. For no reason whatsoever. And this is, like, fuck, they're right. This sucks. Yeah. And this is, like, Brian Bentley, our friend, who is also a bit older, like about 40. And he talks about how he's just, like, in random pain all the time. Yeah. And I'm like, fuck, man, this is so real. Yeah. This is, like, quite. It doesn't even make sense.
It's like, this used to work perfectly fine. Yeah. And now it's like just a little bit off. Oh God, man. That's the worst is like, yeah. And, and it happens like kind of overnight, but you can. I know it kind of grows over time, but like, yeah, here's that point. We're like, wait, I noticed this now. Yes, Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now I'm noticing, yeah, it's just like my legs. Maybe someone be like, hey, you should see a doctor. Yeah, my legs a lot of the time.
Maybe I should walk less. I don't know what the fuck. But it's like, it's just there is like a little bit of pain, I think. I think maybe. Discomfort. It's. Like it feels like cramped or whatever. It's like, what the fuck is happening? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So weird I think. I think I've heard some things saying like, you know, downward slopes are bad for the knees and stuff like that. Yeah, that's why in Hong Kong you have so many slopes, right?
I I hate. This conversation already just being told now that you have to be careful going down ladder St. to yeah and. And coming back to my point is that hence why I have no interest in going to your level, not because I'm an asshole. The situation doesn't allow me though. I can't use my knees. Yeah, you know, I'm taking my knees. It's not that I'm like a better than you. It's like the knees, buddy. Oh my God. Yeah, the fact that we're sitting here talking about like,
knee pain is depressing. Go back to crying over things like now we have to stop. I'm going to contradict myself and be like, we have to stop and cry over this for a little bit. Hong it doesn't. Give you a chance man, don't give a shit about your knees and blew up. Take a taxi bitch. We have apps for that. You can literally just throw money at the car, they'll pick you up. That is true and. This is why people in Hong Kong don't have time, because they
have to save up all the money. Yeah, for time like this, Yeah, when the knees fuck up. When the knees fuck up. When you go down, when you're rolling down Pottinger St. and your high heels after having one too many drinks and you end up on LKF meltdown, you need when you get down to Queens Rd. Central, that's when you end up after you keep rolling for a while and you wake up and then the taxi should be waiting for you or the Uber, or if you're super lucky, the helicopter.
Yeah, that would come into Queens Means Road to pick you up from in front of the HSBCI think we found.
A way our alibi to get out of them saying whether we scheme this whole idea of getting the helicopter thing yes, we do the exact same thing we talked about in the podcast yes we go on the high we do all that shit we find a place out of them yes and then when we're put when we're taking the court to be like you're trying to rig the system yes like your honor, when we recorded this podcast it was this estate we were at this estate in our life our health level was up yeah it was a week
later that our body finally grew old enough that the knee problem came in yeah we were hiking the knee said today's the day and therefore it was yeah it was gave out and therefore we had to get the helicopter had nothing to do with the pre conceived ideas and everything yes it was just a knee giving way your Honor, how are your knees? Just starts like the understand like. Have you got me on that? Yes, yes. Exactly. Tell me about it. Yeah, just like catching up over
the dead knees. Yeah, the jurors suddenly because they wearing sure thing it's all about, he said. The jurors and Unison just. Lifting and showing their knee, like having like that stretch thing. Yeah, you said it all. Speak the truth. Oh my God. There'll be a whole, the whole room, the whole room erupts and they're like this guy is all of that. That's the truth. That's what happened. That is the truth. Yeah. Speaking of. Truth we also had drop more truth bombs on
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about two weeks. But while you guys are here, come to live shows backstage comedy link in the description. And we have shows every week, so as you're listening of this week, as you're listening, we have the crowd work show this Saturday. Did you do the last one? I did the first one right. Yeah, yeah, the first one, yeah. So we're. Doing it again, crowd work show, I think we might have talked about it here as well. It was a lot of fun. You know, it's a bit of a
different format. If you have seen those like live reel, the Instagram reels of like comedians talking to audience. It's a little bit of that. We have cameras on and everything so we can hopefully catch like some cool moments and then we have 3 headliners that we have confirmed over the next period. We have Resolvan. Gazel is coming. Oh yeah, Oh my God. People Yeah, you need to watch the show. Yes, Resolvan. I'm guessing he's going to do his arrested show. Oh. OK, OK, OK, OK.
I need to take a You saw it in Edinburgh. Dude, right? Yeah, everyone. I I, I, you know, you might be. Yeah. You see a real comedian. Yeah. Yeah. I do not, you know, I don't want to say I've watched the show. I've known Riza for a long time. Yeah. The story about his arrested story. My God, people. And it's all real. Yes. Yeah, he's. Basically just telling a story of his life that obviously a lot of you might have heard of.
He's the guy who ran Crack House in Kuala Lumpur and something happened at the comedy club and then he eventually got arrested and the comedy club got shut down forever. And now he's a full time comedian and he tells that story and he's about to take it to Melbourne for the Comedy Festival as well. So he's going to make a stop here. It's so fun on the 8th of March. Saturday 8th of March at base Hall. So tickets are already on sale. So get your tickets to results
show you are yes. Everyone, I'm going to tell you right now if you watch that show, yeah. And you're like, yeah, it wasn't that funny. I'm going to contact me funny, Vivek on Instagram. Yeah. Message me and tell me what you didn't find funny and I will personally pay you back. Wow. That is honestly like jokes aside and we did not plan this. You didn't even know that he was booked. He was booked, yes. This is a huge thing coming from you.
Honestly, I'm going to cut this and put it on the promo that put Jason down show. OK, this is. Definitely going to go on the promo. All of this is going on the problem. OK, huge plug for the Black Papa Money to result show and definitely not Jason show. Yeah, yeah, don't. Mix that up, man. So yeah. Come to result show arrested on the 8th of March at Base Hall and we have Simeon Goodson, who used to be based in China for some time and he's now a regular at the Comedy Cellar.
He's going to do a smaller show at Fagi on the 20th of February. It's a Thursday night, so come to that as well. Simeon is awesome. You'll find clips of him on our Instagram account. So yeah, a lot of cool stuff happening. The last headliner, sorry I forgot is the Indian. Fuck, I can't forget. You guys have crazy names. It's kind of not my fault. Anirban does. Gupta. Oh, I nailed it. OK. All right. Oh, my God, dude. Anirban. Is so funny, Oh my God. Great. Dude, Oh my God.
I. Didn't even know what gun he did. I didn't. Know he was coming. Of people he is so like you don't like how you have that typical stage, but I so tell me this is what it is His style is like that yes, but honestly not gimmicky yes, I know I saw. His clips. That is why I was so excited. Dude, I've seen this whole. Yeah, yeah. So I did. Melbourne, everything. Oh my God, people. OK, he's going back to Melbourne. This year as well. So again, he's doing that show
here, dude. And Irvine? First of all, his his jokes are so well written. Yes, that's to the point of my God, that's actually a simple joke. But it's so, it's so fucking yeah, it's not. Gimmicky at all. Not gimmicky, it's not. Like he sounds. Like a gimmicky He sounds like a gimmick, which is. Actually. Works to his advantage because he's so clever. Yes, yes, but it's con. If you take away the accent, everything is still so funny. Yes, it's very Oh my. OK.
First of all, I'm sorry people like Resolve and Irvine, these two. Weekends back-to-back first and 8th of March and urban on the 1st of March. The result on the 8th of March of people I'm telling. Your hands down now, yeah, you have an issue. Message me and be like, dude, I watched it. I was like kind of so, so about it. I'm happy to discuss it. I, I, I can put tell your hands
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