The Insight Out

“[Traveling with friends] - it’s just something I have to do more. Now that it’s happened, I have a greater sense of wanting to do it more, especially with a group you connect with.” - Urmeneta, 2025

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"Take responsibility for your sh*t - don't blame everything on your parents, for everything that happens in your life." (Neves, 2025)

Despite the perception of a vibrant yet perilous city, Carlos Neve…

🔥 Creative burnout is a pressing issue for many, especially when trying to balance professional work with personal creative outlets. This episode emphasizes that reclaiming our narratives empowers us…

[HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! Much love to y'all out there.]
 
💪🏼 Navigating the complexities of body image issues can be incredibly challenging, especially for teens. Comments like "You're getting…

[WARNING! Grooming, Drug Abuse, Light Swearing] 

 ✈️ Imagine the added sting of receiving a break up email from an ex's professional account at the check-in counter, mere hours before embarking on a f…

🧧 Have you ever heard how we appreciate others' success only as much as we appreciate ours? This concept holds particular significance among second-generation Filipino immigrants residing in Hong Kon…

🥂 "New Year, New Me" has become an overused and overrated phrase, often leaving us less motivated to set our resolutions effectively. In fact, a 2025 Forbes study revealed that nearly half of the res…

"But 'with great power, comes great responsibility' and once you recognise your privilege: what can you do with it? That's where the magic happens." (Vicera, 2024)

📚 Christine, co-founder of Be/longin…

🎭 "I have to remind myself you can cure it later on - it doesn't have to [be/look/feel] right, right now. " (Rivera, 2023) 🎨

🏋️ Felix Rivera lives a life surrounded by creativity and creative expressi…

"Since you have the freedom of doing other things, you don't have the freedom to look for yourself. You are subjected to do things that other people are doing." (Lang, 2023)

Malcolm Lang highlights th…

"The essence of travelling, the way I see it, is just going to a place that is unfamiliar.  I have not met anybody who has been to every corner of Hong Kong." (Grospe, 2022)

Aljon Rae Grospe identifie…

"It's not really a description of a specific flavour, but more of an experience; a memory." (Mel, 2021)

Mel P is a Hong Kong based tea enthusiast whose early introductions to tea helped brew her curre…

"Whatever job, business - or whatever I do - if I died tomorrow: would people remember me for my job or me as a person? If you take me out of my job, would others still see me as the individual that …

"Therapy is for everyone, and it comes in different forms - you don't have to spend for that. But you also have your friends, it's important to reflect why can't you share with your friends?" (Puente…

"I like things simple. There's no going back [with technology, or trends]. But when it comes to clothes - you can stick to your roots and show which era you're from." (Caceres, 2021)

Rustom Caceres is…

"When you're in a performance you don't really need to [always] feed off the audience reaction - you're doing for yourself." (Urbano, 2021)

Jose Urbano is a Hong Kong based street dancer that currentl…

"It lets us take a step back, with how fast we want everything to be. It's also tapping into your creativity - it's not just writing." (Madrid, 2021)

Ajel Madrid stans K-Pop music and through this, wa…

"Connecting to people and their mindsets, that enables you to tap into the scenes and moments that are more alien...You'll collect these things and eventually down the road, you have to play XYZ, but…

"The first step is to call myself out. I will admit from the get-go: I am uncultured ... It's a balance of matching what I know  [about food] with what I don't know and how I can bring that together.…

"Would you rather get Ube Pandesal from the bakery, or the buns that your Lola has just made?" (Escueta, 2021)

Definitions:

• Ube = Purple Yam that originates from the Philippines; earthy and starchy fla…