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Grain of Malt Podcast: EP3

Recorded on December 2nd, 2023  This third episode in my podcast series features a repeat guest or Mr. Josh and a new guest Mr. Ian. We start off with our Spotify Wrapped information about who our top artists were, top genre, and our top songs. We talk a bit about the recent K-POP award show MAMA, specifically the male group SEVENTEEN and BTS. Then it slowly drifts into the BTS…

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X-POP Girl Group XG Changing the Music Industry

Featured Artist of the Week This week I’ll be introducing the global girl group, XG, who is under the entertainment production company called XGALX. The company focuses on uniting these young women with bold creativity, dynamic energy, and a strong iconic voice to be able to spread messages on a global scale all over the world. From their website, the girl group is all about becoming a group that can…

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Grain of Malt Podcast: EP2

Recorded on October 16th, 2023 EP2: This second episode in my podcast series features my friends Josh and Gagan. We jump right into the topic of pillow talk, a gamed called Valorant, our MBTI’s, something called the “2020 effect,” and lastly more talks about tipping culture but with a different approach! Listen in on a longer talk than the previous episode but stay for the quality conversions that might be…

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Finding the Best of Filipino Eats in Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver is home to lots of different cultures with a variety of food options available across the cities in the lower Mainland. Ranging from Vietnamese, Japanese, and Korean to Middle-Eastern, Indian, and French cuisine, there are a ton of good eats to grab within the city how but what about finding Filipino cuisine? Filipino cuisine is typically more oriented towards a family party style of huge portions that reflect…

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Attending my First SFU Athletics Game

After being a Simon Fraser University student for nearly four years, it took me that long to finally attend my first SFU sporting event at Burnaby Mountain. I had the pleasure of attending the Red Leafs volleyball game against the Seattle Pacific Falcons on November 2, 2023. I’m familiar with the rules of volleyball since I’ve played during my high school days, and being a spectator for the first time…

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An Army of Green Little Creatures are Unboxed and Displayed

The Weekly Grain of Malt presents a stop motion animation of a Smiski unboxing from different series. Please enjoy the curious little glow in the dark creatures as they make way to their new home. Smiskis are based from Japan and are blind boxes featuring six Smiski styles following a theme, plus a secret rare Smiski. The boxes come packaged randomly and all the joy comes from guessing which one…

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F1 News: Bianca Bustamante is the first female driver to be signed with McLaren

The 18-year-old Filipina racer Bianca Bustamante makes history as she is the first female to join McLaren’s F1 Driver Development programme. Understanding F1 AcademyF1 Academy is a new racing championship introduced in 2023 with a focus on promoting and preparing young women to eventually compete in higher levels of competition – including Formula 1. The Academy is an innovative launch for a female series of motor sport drivers who compete…

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Travel Tips: Understanding South Korea’s Subways

I recently had the chance to visit South Korea for the first time by myself and I thought I would do terrible in understanding a foreign country’s subway system but I managed to do just fine! Compared to Vancouver’s transit map, South Korea’s transit map is a lot more complex than the millennium and production-way line Vancouverites are used to seeing. Looking at the overall map of the Seoul subway…

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Dabin aka Korean Jesus

Featured EDM Artist of the Week For this week I wanted to feature a Canadian DJ that specializes in Electronic Dance Music (EDM) specifically Future Bass, Melodic Dubstep, Dance-Pop and much more. Dabin Lee is from Toronto, Canada and he is a JUNO nominated music producer and instrumentalist specializing in piano, drums, and guitar. Dabin is known for making melodic electronic music that will make you bawl your eyes out…

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