WEBVTT - EP 33 - Samantha Richards

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<v Speaker 1>It's the Flavor podcast network.

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<v Speaker 2>Island Roots or Clan Ways. This one's for the Brown

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<v Speaker 2>brothers and sisters who want to be one with themselves,

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<v Speaker 2>their culture, their identity, their roots.

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<v Speaker 3>This is Island Roots Auckland Ways.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh hi there, welcome back to Island Roots Auckland Ways.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello Alissa, Hello, I'm I was trying to think of

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<v Speaker 2>like a funny like school related thing, like what did

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<v Speaker 2>you do back in school? Like that the teacher would

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<v Speaker 2>get your attention?

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<v Speaker 1>Did you do the the clap? We did the class man,

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<v Speaker 1>I missed the claps?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it?

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<v Speaker 2>Star?

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<v Speaker 1>And stop?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>I swear you should have been a teacher in a

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<v Speaker 1>different line.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what, I could still be a teacher.

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<v Speaker 1>You could.

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<v Speaker 2>I could? You love the degrees girl, but the person

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<v Speaker 2>who's actually qualified, Yes, Miss Samantha Richards. We're so so

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<v Speaker 2>so blessed to have got a miss angel say on

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<v Speaker 2>our podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Such a calming energy she brings, and she also brings

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<v Speaker 1>a wealth of knowledge about Arina of Taylor Swift.

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<v Speaker 2>So Sam and I are both crazy Swifties like you

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<v Speaker 2>imagine each other's energy so wild.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys looked so happy having that discussion, And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to insurrupt, so then I just cut it the.

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<v Speaker 2>Posts because the conversation was very, very very long about

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<v Speaker 2>Taylor Swift. But shout out to my psalm won Swifty,

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<v Speaker 2>shout out my past bigger Swifties. This episode is for you,

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<v Speaker 2>and even if you're not a Swifty, one hundred percent

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<v Speaker 2>going to be gems of knowledge in this chat that

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna love, especially about Sam's journey to like really

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<v Speaker 2>understanding who she is as a psalm one. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that Cordy Door is so valid and so important, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think so many of us will get something out

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<v Speaker 2>of it. M M. You can listen to it all

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<v Speaker 2>right now, Welcome back to another episode of Island Roots

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<v Speaker 2>Aukland Ways. We Okay, I have to confess something I'm

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<v Speaker 2>probably interested in. The guest thing we have on today

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<v Speaker 2>is like my guiding light angel, Like we recently connected

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<v Speaker 2>on social media and I'm obsessed with her, but I

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<v Speaker 2>have been watching her like a fucking creep for so long.

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<v Speaker 2>Please welcome TikTok, Teacher, Swiftly, Sensation, the Riches.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome, so thank you for having me. I'm a massive,

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<v Speaker 3>massive fan of the show. I think you guys are

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<v Speaker 3>absolutely killing it. I'm so happy to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Is this the miss Riches like these teachers, it's like

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<v Speaker 1>right now, like during school holidays, holidays.

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<v Speaker 3>School holidays. Yeah, it's crazy that I obviously respond to

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<v Speaker 3>Miss Richards in the classroom it's my name, but now

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<v Speaker 3>in the streets as well, this miss Richards.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a little bit like, wow, it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Really cool, crazy TikTok handle though, right.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, oh no, I think I changed my TikTok handle

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<v Speaker 3>to cement the Richard. But on Instagram, we're still miss Richard.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you prefer TikTok Instagram?

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<v Speaker 3>I like TikTok. I love Instagram because I love I'm

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<v Speaker 3>such a I'm a Libra and I'm such an I

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<v Speaker 3>like pretty things, and I feel like Instagram is where

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<v Speaker 3>I go for my pretty things. But TikTok is where

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<v Speaker 3>I go to be me. I love that, filtered, unfiltered,

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<v Speaker 3>all the vlogs, all the thoughts. I love that still

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<v Speaker 3>kind of censored though, because I am still a teacher,

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<v Speaker 3>don't I've got I've got my colleagues watching, parents of

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<v Speaker 3>students watching, and I love that. I love that they watch.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, oh my god, it's places to be on

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<v Speaker 3>the internet. TikTok.

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<v Speaker 2>I love I love that.

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<v Speaker 1>For those who are listening in right now, Melissa and

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<v Speaker 1>Samantha are we t shirt right now?

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<v Speaker 2>It's like we planted or something perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>But someone so close that.

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<v Speaker 3>Well I saw headed yea, what is that? I need it?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Ordered it immediately and then I told her, I said,

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<v Speaker 3>I've ordered this, thank you for being a little influencer. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>And I was like, shall we? Shall we both?

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<v Speaker 2>We?

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<v Speaker 1>They look like good quality.

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<v Speaker 2>Shout out the version for Alex Alex Alex so she

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<v Speaker 2>wanted it, and I was like, you know what my

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<v Speaker 2>love language is gift giving. I want to give you

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<v Speaker 2>the gift of being someone beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Sam, you listen to the podcast so you would

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<v Speaker 1>know that every episode we share about what we love

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<v Speaker 1>about home. So wherever you currently live, wherever you were born,

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<v Speaker 1>but you feel most grounded, whatever feels like home, what

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<v Speaker 1>is it and what do you love about it? Alyssa

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<v Speaker 1>will start us off, and what do you love about

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<v Speaker 1>home this week? Girl?

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like, because Sam is here, what I love

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<v Speaker 2>about home this week? My girls, my sisters. I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like recently, especially with the podcast, I have been able

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<v Speaker 2>to just like I was thinking about it, yesterday and

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, I I feel so supported by like

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<v Speaker 2>my big sisters, like my online big sisters, my real

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<v Speaker 2>life big sisters who are like my cousins. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>have any biological big sisters same, so it's just like

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<v Speaker 2>I feel so blessed with all the big sisters that

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<v Speaker 2>I've attracted. Like I don't know, like I'm just I

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<v Speaker 2>feel that like I don't walk through this world alone

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<v Speaker 2>because I grew up pretty much as an only child.

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<v Speaker 2>I do have older brothers, but just the advice, unfiltered,

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<v Speaker 2>unconditional love and support that I feel like I am

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<v Speaker 2>receiving from these like big sisters, it means like so

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<v Speaker 2>much to me. And like even on Saturday, Sam was

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<v Speaker 2>seeing me all these incredibly amazing voice memos before my

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<v Speaker 2>day at work, and it was just like, I'm so

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<v Speaker 2>blessed to have like big sisters who love me this.

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<v Speaker 3>So I love that I take my role of big

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<v Speaker 3>sister really seriously with my biological brother but with anyone

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<v Speaker 3>and everyone that I come across. I'm like, let me

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<v Speaker 3>be your big sister.

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<v Speaker 2>You could be mine.

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<v Speaker 3>I am I get a choice, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Know what they say in ihood like sisterhood Hannies What

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<v Speaker 1>I love about home this week? I love so one

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<v Speaker 1>of my aunties. She is a cleaner at Middlemoor Hospital

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<v Speaker 1>and she lives about two streets away and every morning,

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<v Speaker 1>because she doesn't drive, she walks to work. And she's

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<v Speaker 1>been working there for years, to the point where I'll

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<v Speaker 1>go into Middle More with her and everyone's saying, oh, Mama, mama, mama,

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<v Speaker 1>like dragging her in every witch direction. She holds the

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<v Speaker 1>respect of you know, clinicians, doctors, nurses, And I feel

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<v Speaker 1>grateful that she has loved on in that in that building.

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<v Speaker 1>She's worked there for so many years, and her husband

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<v Speaker 1>passed away a few years ago, so I know that

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<v Speaker 1>being in that space and feeling love means a lot

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<v Speaker 1>to her. And so just shout out to all the

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<v Speaker 1>cleaners out of there, because yeah, mad respect. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's just the thing that I was We were

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<v Speaker 1>probably all taught that, you know, you give the same

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<v Speaker 1>respect to the CEO that you woulds are the cleaner.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, So shout out to my auntie tie love you, Auntie.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, mad respect for any hospital workers. My brother spent

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of time in hospital. I learned how to

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<v Speaker 3>read in the hospital. Wow, there a lot as a child.

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<v Speaker 3>So they're incredible, absolutely, and they all work together. They

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<v Speaker 3>need to to run that place. It's so special. Shout

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<v Speaker 3>out to Auntie.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you love about homegrowl Oh my gosh.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, So what I love about home is being home.

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<v Speaker 3>I've recently moved back out to Westalkland. Westokland is my horse.

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<v Speaker 2>Side.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't realize how much West meant to me until

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<v Speaker 3>I was living in New Market for a while. And now,

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<v Speaker 3>like I said, have moved back out West. I'm in

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<v Speaker 3>sort of Glen Eden, Newlyn Holston area. I'm about five

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<v Speaker 3>minutes away from four of my cousins, which I love.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm five minutes away from the road that my parents

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<v Speaker 3>grew up on. They grew up on the same street,

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<v Speaker 3>started dating when they were seventeen, been madly in love

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<v Speaker 3>ever since. I love my parents so much. The houses

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<v Speaker 3>that they grew up in, Their parents stayed in there

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<v Speaker 3>until the day they died, so that that street is

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<v Speaker 3>so important to us. And now I'm a five minute

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<v Speaker 3>drive away from it, and I just I teach out West.

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<v Speaker 3>I grew up out West.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>I love I really do. I love that you. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think my my hating on West Side era.

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<v Speaker 2>It's done, No, because I now had to.

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<v Speaker 3>You got to stop for my sake.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I feel like we need the West experience. We

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<v Speaker 2>need you and Zaria to give it to us. We

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<v Speaker 2>will because so far are we stalkm experience has not

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<v Speaker 2>been that great.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know what that happens. It is West after all.

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<v Speaker 3>But me Andsie will will take you. We'll give you

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<v Speaker 3>the full West experience. It'll be fantastics, our real wisdom.

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<v Speaker 2>Period. Okay, let's get into the TikTok girl. Okay, so

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<v Speaker 2>when did you when and why did you start posting

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<v Speaker 2>your teacher blocks?

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<v Speaker 1>I yeah, does that feel like ages ago?

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<v Speaker 2>Because it was.

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<v Speaker 3>I think my first video went up maybe February or

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<v Speaker 3>March twenty twenty. Wow for the pandemic. Whoa, we're talking

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<v Speaker 3>a while and it was just TikTok was still new.

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<v Speaker 3>A friend of mine in our group chat senter TikTok

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<v Speaker 3>train that teachers were doing, and she said, do this

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<v Speaker 3>with your kids, and so I did it. It was

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<v Speaker 3>just a video where I had the camera facing me.

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<v Speaker 3>You couldn't see the kids, but you could hear I

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<v Speaker 3>was saying a chant. They were saying it back to

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<v Speaker 3>me and it blew up. That was the first video

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<v Speaker 3>you ever posted, and it got I think it got

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<v Speaker 3>like seventy one thousand likes or something.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like back then it was really not easy

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<v Speaker 2>to blow up, but like, oh no, it was if

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<v Speaker 2>you caught onto a trend early.

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<v Speaker 1>Enough, it was a common occurrence.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, definitely.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like now the girls are fighting the viral mob.

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<v Speaker 1>They truly are. So we are pre pandemic twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>And you do that.

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<v Speaker 3>Train, do that train, and then I thought, Okay, that

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<v Speaker 3>was fun. I'm gonna just keep going, and so we did,

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<v Speaker 3>and then we went into lockdown. But I do know

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<v Speaker 3>I've always been filming myself. I'm so vain. Every single

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<v Speaker 3>one of my cousins will tell you that. I just

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<v Speaker 3>love talking to the camera.

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<v Speaker 2>I love learning things.

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<v Speaker 3>I love little video diaries, and it just sort of

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<v Speaker 3>keept going. My biggest video is still, I think to

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<v Speaker 3>this day, was one of me and my brother on Easter.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that year, that twenty twenty, and people just

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<v Speaker 3>love videos with my brother. And he's very sweet. He's

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<v Speaker 3>down syndrome. His name is Nick. He's the light of

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<v Speaker 3>my life. My dad is always kind of saying you

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<v Speaker 3>should like film neck more get more like some views, Dad,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean maybe, no, you know, I just love it.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think teaching is as well. It's such a

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<v Speaker 3>bad I don't know. There's so much negative stuff online

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<v Speaker 3>regarding and a lot of the time when I'm online,

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<v Speaker 3>I see teachers sharing their stories of why they've left

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<v Speaker 3>teaching and stuff like that, and I like being more

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<v Speaker 3>of a positive spin on teaching in that sort of area.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's just fun. It's nice. It's fun.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like we're going to get into the hard

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<v Speaker 2>hitting stuff now. I remember seeing a while ago, and

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<v Speaker 2>I did comment on this video as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I do remember, I do remember, and that is how

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<v Speaker 1>I started watching the switches.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, okay, you were you made this TikTok about wanting

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<v Speaker 2>to embrace your sound warness and like the things that

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<v Speaker 2>you were doing or that you were going to try

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<v Speaker 2>to do to embrace your sald onness, and I remember,

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<v Speaker 2>I think I commented, like you, this is my belief

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<v Speaker 2>is a sad one. There is no criteria to being someone.

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<v Speaker 2>You could be like two percent sound warning and still someone,

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<v Speaker 2>but the real like if there was a crack, the

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<v Speaker 2>criteria would be that you live your life with love, alfa,

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<v Speaker 2>by showing respect, and by tea serving your people. And

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, as long as you got those three things, girl,

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<v Speaker 2>you're fine. What you do you lead with love, you're

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<v Speaker 2>so respectful, and you serve your community on a daily

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<v Speaker 2>basis as a teacher. That's beautiful. But I would love

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<v Speaker 2>to know how is that journey going, What kind of

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<v Speaker 2>things are you doing? What have you found out about

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<v Speaker 2>yourself so far?

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<v Speaker 3>Please tell us all about It has been a journey.

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<v Speaker 3>It's been quite a slow journey. So as I was

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<v Speaker 3>saying to the two of you before we started recording,

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<v Speaker 3>my mum moved here when she was five from Sarmora,

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<v Speaker 3>and her and her siblings were kind of not like

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<v Speaker 3>fully sat down and told no more sarmor in the household.

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<v Speaker 3>But more or less they were told, you know, we're

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<v Speaker 3>Kiwis now. And so from there, before my time, we were

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<v Speaker 3>already starting to drift away from our culture, which is

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<v Speaker 3>so sad. But I don't think that's uncommon, which is

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<v Speaker 3>so sad. But in the last two years, so my

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<v Speaker 3>mom's mom, Nanasami, she's my namesake, beautiful, she is the light. No,

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<v Speaker 3>I can't get emotional She is the light of our

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<v Speaker 3>family's life, especially for me, I think, because you know,

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<v Speaker 3>she is my namesake, and I'm named after both of

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<v Speaker 3>my grandma's spent the fear and her both grandmothers. But

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<v Speaker 3>where my brother was born, so I was five, we're

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<v Speaker 3>five years and five days apart. So I just started

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<v Speaker 3>school and he was super sick. He spent the first

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<v Speaker 3>six months of his life in hospital, and that's the

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<v Speaker 3>first six months of my schooling life. And so Nanasami,

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<v Speaker 3>she sacrificed her time and stayed in hospital with him

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<v Speaker 3>so mom and dad wouldn't have to sacrifice my time

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<v Speaker 3>and they could be there to parent me. And so

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<v Speaker 3>I think when she passed, I felt and all of

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<v Speaker 3>us did that, my mom's siblings, my cousins, we all

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<v Speaker 3>felt like, oh was that our last tie to our culture,

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<v Speaker 3>And we felt a sort of pull to out of

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<v Speaker 3>respect for her, make connections back to the culture. And

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<v Speaker 3>I think, especially me, with that all that she's done

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<v Speaker 3>for me, I wanted to start that journey. And then

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<v Speaker 3>we were all sort of like, where do we start

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<v Speaker 3>because we don't speak the language. My mom came here

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<v Speaker 3>when she was five, didn't go back to some more

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<v Speaker 3>until she was fifty five. That was how long it

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<v Speaker 3>was between leaving home and going back home. I still

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<v Speaker 3>have never been Bizar. I'm going there for my thirtieth birthday.

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<v Speaker 1>So exciting, I think.

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<v Speaker 3>I really I'm ready to have my like oh I'm

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<v Speaker 3>home kind of one.

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<v Speaker 2>But it will also be okay if you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>that moment.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I've told myself that as well. Okay, good, we've

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<v Speaker 3>been so to reconnect. I have joined it hasn't started yet,

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<v Speaker 3>but I've joined it someone language class.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so nervous it in person. Yes, I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>the way to go, because we've tried online, both of us. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>separately and together, and it's very hard. In person though,

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<v Speaker 2>holds you accountable different, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Think, so see your mind's in person. I'm so excited

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<v Speaker 3>for that, just as also though we've been reconnecting with

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<v Speaker 3>the wider family, so we do. We used to do

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<v Speaker 3>this when I was a kid, like really young. We

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<v Speaker 3>used to have family Bengo once a month.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh. Class.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, such a classic and I loved it as a kid,

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<v Speaker 3>and I really missed it when it stopped. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>even really know why it stopped. To think everyone just

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<v Speaker 3>got busy, but that was my mum's dad's side of

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<v Speaker 3>the family, and we've reconnected with them since Nana's passing,

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<v Speaker 3>and now we do that again and I love it. It's

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<v Speaker 3>so much fun. And then just as well, I think

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<v Speaker 3>the mind shift, the headspace that I have put myself

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<v Speaker 3>in where I have just told myself I am arn't one. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>like I don't. I don't particularly look it, I don't

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<v Speaker 3>particularly sound it. So funny my so Nana, Nana Sami's

0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:54.600
<v Speaker 3>dad was full Chinese and so his genes with my

0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.800
<v Speaker 3>cousins and my generation, it hit. We've got that Asian

0:15:57.880 --> 0:15:59.840
<v Speaker 3>look to us. A lot of people think I'm from

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<v Speaker 3>the Philippines, and I just rock with it. Sometimes I

0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:12.560
<v Speaker 3>can be whatever you want me. Yeah, because I don't

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<v Speaker 3>look at and sound it, I sort of felt like, oh, no,

0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:17.840
<v Speaker 3>I'm not. But then I don't know. Just something is

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<v Speaker 3>shifted where I'm listening to the podcast like this, and

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<v Speaker 3>I'm engaging more on social media with other people on

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<v Speaker 3>similar journeys to me, and I'm thinking I'm someone period

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<v Speaker 3>and it's beautiful and it will be a journey, and

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so happy with how the journey has gone so far.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I don't think there will ever be a

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<v Speaker 2>point where the journey INDs no. So true, Like even

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<v Speaker 2>when I received my mum little, which I was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>this is such an important part of our culture. That

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<v Speaker 2>aftermath of that has been really enlightening and like has

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<v Speaker 2>been a journey of its own, Like there is just

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, there's just something about being sound worn,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's something about culture and how it's away shifting

0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:02.720
<v Speaker 2>and changing, and it shifts and changes and it's meaning

0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.600
<v Speaker 2>for us as well. That means like you're never not

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<v Speaker 2>figuring out what being someone means to you. It's literally

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<v Speaker 2>a daily challenge. But I think if you choose to

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<v Speaker 2>show up like just telling yourself I am someone. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I choose to like live out the cultural values, it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter if you can't speak the language like we Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I think as a co court, we really need to

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<v Speaker 2>as a community, we need to find new ways to

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<v Speaker 2>reinvent what it means to be someone. And that's like

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<v Speaker 2>an individual choice. Yeah, so proud of you.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm proud of all of us.

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<v Speaker 1>That's so cool. I love how these conversations are being

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<v Speaker 1>normalized too, so like more people like aren't feeling like

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<v Speaker 1>they're alone in their cultural journey, because I know, like

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<v Speaker 1>even for myself, like I am, like I would say,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm someone presenting. I walk into a room, you know

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm an islander. And the assumption is is that

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<v Speaker 1>you know the language, you know everything, you know how

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<v Speaker 1>to do this, that and the third. But the fact

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<v Speaker 1>of the matter is is that I don't. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>I think the fact that we're having this conversation conversation

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<v Speaker 1>and we're all sharing our individual experiences helps us all

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<v Speaker 1>to grow and move together as one. Yes, look at us,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh jeez, I can't wait for you to go to

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<v Speaker 1>some where You're.

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<v Speaker 3>So going to enjoy it, saying my brother's going, mom's going.

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<v Speaker 3>We've told the family they're ready to embrace us, show us,

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<v Speaker 3>show us around, and I kind of did at first.

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<v Speaker 3>I think when I was telling my friends I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to some more for my birthday, they thought, oh, relaxing holiday, absolutely,

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<v Speaker 3>and I would probably like at least one day. It'll

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<v Speaker 3>be at the end of term as well, I'll be tired,

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<v Speaker 3>so maybe one day relaxing. But I did say them like, no,

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<v Speaker 3>I want to go and see where you know, the

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<v Speaker 3>family land is and I want to see those graves

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<v Speaker 3>in the front yard. Show me, show me the culture.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm ready and ready, and your.

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<v Speaker 1>Family and some more will be so welcoming to you.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going to love that you are going to be there.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope, so so welcoming. You have to do all

0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.200
<v Speaker 2>the fit ols girls. That's not going to be relaxing.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you. You've spoken about your brother, Nick, so tell

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<v Speaker 1>us about your guy's special relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>He's beautiful. So we are five years and five days apart.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it was a really, in hindsight, like perfect

0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:23.199
<v Speaker 3>age gap, because I was just that a little bit

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<v Speaker 3>older that I could always understand what was going on.

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<v Speaker 3>So he has down syndrome as well as he's had

0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:33.240
<v Speaker 3>so many other we call him broken. Oh little Nicky.

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<v Speaker 3>He's so broken from his head to his toes. There's

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<v Speaker 3>something you know. He's had three holes in his heart.

0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:41.800
<v Speaker 3>He was born with his stomach not attached to his intestines,

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<v Speaker 3>and he had a tracheotomy for the first three years

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<v Speaker 3>of his life. Like he's just he's nonverbal. We also

0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:50.040
<v Speaker 3>think he might be autistic as well, just to throw

0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:53.840
<v Speaker 3>that in there. But he's just love, like he is

0:19:54.920 --> 0:19:59.040
<v Speaker 3>love and a human being and I've always known that,

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<v Speaker 3>almost like you know that movie in that book My

0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:08.120
<v Speaker 3>Sister's Keeper. I've always kind of such a sad yea,

0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:12.280
<v Speaker 3>but I have always felt like, oh im my brother's keeper,

0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:16.680
<v Speaker 3>and here's my light. And he's just he's the he's

0:20:16.760 --> 0:20:19.359
<v Speaker 3>so proud of being Simon as well. He knows the

0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:21.800
<v Speaker 3>Simon flag. He's got a thing with flags, and he

0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:27.680
<v Speaker 3>loves waving all blacks flags, warriors flags, Simon flags. So

0:20:28.240 --> 0:20:31.120
<v Speaker 3>he calls it a more. That's his way of saying

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<v Speaker 3>some more.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the beer. He's just the Is this his first international?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, he's not too keen on going on the plane,

0:20:40.560 --> 0:20:43.640
<v Speaker 3>but we've kind of figured technically he won't know he's

0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:45.520
<v Speaker 3>on the plane because you walk through the tunnel to

0:20:45.600 --> 0:20:49.960
<v Speaker 3>get on the plane. So not I don't can done lying.

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<v Speaker 2>To It's just a whole was yeah, which is just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of about.

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<v Speaker 3>Happens to go in the sky.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my gosh, here's a TV, got a I bought

0:21:01.600 --> 0:21:02.040
<v Speaker 1>some stacks.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what we're gonna do. That's gonna be great. And

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<v Speaker 3>then he'll get he'll get there and he'll be like

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<v Speaker 3>beach amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a long time riding.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so funny. We've kind of spoken about this off mic,

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<v Speaker 2>But as a teacher, how important is it to you

0:21:21.600 --> 0:21:23.719
<v Speaker 2>to share like your palone mess or your Pacific mess

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<v Speaker 2>with your students?

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<v Speaker 3>Super important?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I think for my first few years of teaching, I

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<v Speaker 3>was just figuring it out. Teaching is a big job.

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<v Speaker 3>You're finding your feet those first few years. But I

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<v Speaker 3>remember the first time I was speaking to she wasn't

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<v Speaker 3>even in my class. It was an older student. I've

0:21:39.920 --> 0:21:42.240
<v Speaker 3>always taught juniors. But when I interact with the older

0:21:42.240 --> 0:21:45.200
<v Speaker 3>students and I say, oh, I'm simone too, and the

0:21:45.359 --> 0:21:48.920
<v Speaker 3>look on her face of like really like she's so excited,

0:21:49.000 --> 0:21:52.840
<v Speaker 3>and I thought, oh, this is important. This matters. I

0:21:53.040 --> 0:21:58.159
<v Speaker 3>need to representation matters. And I love my school. It

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<v Speaker 3>is such an incredible school. I will say that I

0:22:00.960 --> 0:22:05.480
<v Speaker 3>am the only pacifica teacher at our school at least

0:22:05.560 --> 0:22:09.560
<v Speaker 3>like full time in front of the class, and so

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<v Speaker 3>I do think that is really important for me to

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<v Speaker 3>represent But it as hard as I put a lot

0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:17.520
<v Speaker 3>of pressure on myself. I think, should I be leading

0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:21.040
<v Speaker 3>some kind of cultural groups, should I be doing X,

0:22:21.119 --> 0:22:23.560
<v Speaker 3>Y and Z with the students. And I think in

0:22:23.640 --> 0:22:26.760
<v Speaker 3>the last year I've come to terms with actually just

0:22:27.160 --> 0:22:31.960
<v Speaker 3>being proud of being yeah someone and just talking with

0:22:32.119 --> 0:22:34.639
<v Speaker 3>them and you know, during all the all of the

0:22:34.920 --> 0:22:38.000
<v Speaker 3>language weeks, just like putting it in our little daily

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<v Speaker 3>notices for the rest of the school to read like

0:22:40.640 --> 0:22:44.600
<v Speaker 3>it's featured language week, and try and say this as

0:22:45.400 --> 0:22:47.960
<v Speaker 3>like little things like that they love, they love, and

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<v Speaker 3>again because I don't look at when they find out

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<v Speaker 3>they're like.

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<v Speaker 2>I think also with you being on like your own

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<v Speaker 2>cultural journey, it's so much pressure to be like okay,

0:22:58.520 --> 0:23:00.440
<v Speaker 2>and now I have to teach a sev even though

0:23:00.440 --> 0:23:02.840
<v Speaker 2>I probably never know one of my life you know that.

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<v Speaker 3>Was youtubeing the star. I need to get a whole

0:23:07.440 --> 0:23:07.920
<v Speaker 3>bunch of love.

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<v Speaker 2>Of love is to bring it get to the car stress.

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<v Speaker 3>I've really just taken that pressure off myself.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a big mantle to carry. And I don't think

0:23:17.359 --> 0:23:23.720
<v Speaker 1>you should expect yourself to be you know that brown teacher. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but it's nice. It's good. It's been good so far.

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<v Speaker 1>That's so cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, we're shifting gears now. Okay, Sam and I both

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<v Speaker 2>love a.

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<v Speaker 1>Girls switching gears.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to know all about the single Sam summer.

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<v Speaker 2>So you started a series on your TikTok called Single

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<v Speaker 2>Sam Summer. Some are just gone, someone just gone, and

0:23:45.640 --> 0:23:50.120
<v Speaker 2>as a love a girl, I've struggled. Not okay, I've

0:23:50.119 --> 0:23:54.520
<v Speaker 2>been forever, be single forever, and now I'm really embracing

0:23:54.640 --> 0:23:58.200
<v Speaker 2>this era of dating and it's really hard because my

0:23:58.320 --> 0:24:00.960
<v Speaker 2>heart gets way too invested in an it's too easy.

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<v Speaker 2>So can you tell us about your single Sam Summer?

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<v Speaker 2>But then also can you give us some big sister

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<v Speaker 2>dating advice because I think we both need it.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, got you, got you, guys, I said to you, guys,

0:24:12.880 --> 0:24:14.920
<v Speaker 3>I got my first boyfriend at twenty five. Like, I

0:24:15.640 --> 0:24:17.959
<v Speaker 3>am such a love girl. I love love. I've been

0:24:18.000 --> 0:24:19.960
<v Speaker 3>surrounded by love. My parents are such a beautiful role

0:24:20.080 --> 0:24:25.280
<v Speaker 3>model of love. What an example, especially like going through

0:24:25.320 --> 0:24:27.600
<v Speaker 3>everything they went through with my brother and just still

0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:29.400
<v Speaker 3>turn up for each other. It's beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:24:31.960 --> 0:24:36.879
<v Speaker 3>I did have in moments. Okay, I made you and

0:24:37.000 --> 0:24:42.359
<v Speaker 3>I have dated lovely boys. Maybe I'm not so lovely,

0:24:42.480 --> 0:24:45.880
<v Speaker 3>but that's okay because it's it's a learning, every learning,

0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:53.240
<v Speaker 3>always learning. But I think I was always okay being alone.

0:24:53.280 --> 0:24:55.879
<v Speaker 3>I was always I was always fine being the single friend.

0:24:56.480 --> 0:24:59.879
<v Speaker 3>But with Single Sam Summer, I came out of not

0:25:00.119 --> 0:25:02.800
<v Speaker 3>an awful breakup, but a breakup that did kind of

0:25:02.840 --> 0:25:06.200
<v Speaker 3>shake me. And I thought, Okay, I don't think it's

0:25:06.320 --> 0:25:10.360
<v Speaker 3>enough to be okay alone anymore. I want to thrive alone.

0:25:10.960 --> 0:25:13.639
<v Speaker 3>And then if anyone else comes into my life, like,

0:25:13.720 --> 0:25:15.399
<v Speaker 3>how lucky for them that they get to be a

0:25:15.480 --> 0:25:19.200
<v Speaker 3>part of my beautiful life. And so I just started

0:25:19.320 --> 0:25:22.960
<v Speaker 3>romanticizing my life. I just took myself on trips. I

0:25:23.320 --> 0:25:25.600
<v Speaker 3>took myself. I sort of pushed myself out of my

0:25:25.640 --> 0:25:27.960
<v Speaker 3>comfort zone. I went to the movies by myself, just

0:25:28.040 --> 0:25:29.520
<v Speaker 3>to see if I could do it. I ate at

0:25:29.560 --> 0:25:32.760
<v Speaker 3>a restaurant by myself. I took a trip in a

0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:36.879
<v Speaker 3>plane to the South Island by myself. I killed it.

0:25:37.240 --> 0:25:37.960
<v Speaker 2>I did so well.

0:25:39.160 --> 0:25:42.399
<v Speaker 3>It was so much fun. And I think what I

0:25:42.560 --> 0:25:46.840
<v Speaker 3>learned about myself was your life is beautiful. Yeah, and

0:25:47.800 --> 0:25:50.760
<v Speaker 3>a boy or a girl or whatever, whoever may come

0:25:50.880 --> 0:25:54.760
<v Speaker 3>into my life is just a bonus. But by myself,

0:25:54.800 --> 0:25:58.439
<v Speaker 3>I'm so fine. I think, as far as advice goes,

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<v Speaker 3>why do you look at me?

0:26:08.720 --> 0:26:08.920
<v Speaker 1>Well?

0:26:10.320 --> 0:26:11.040
<v Speaker 2>I think.

0:26:12.760 --> 0:26:15.160
<v Speaker 3>Your friends and family love you, and they're always trying

0:26:15.240 --> 0:26:19.240
<v Speaker 3>to give you like the most lovely encouragement and advice.

0:26:19.359 --> 0:26:22.119
<v Speaker 3>But you don't need to listen to it. You really don't,

0:26:22.160 --> 0:26:24.680
<v Speaker 3>because they will say it will come when you least

0:26:24.800 --> 0:26:27.080
<v Speaker 3>expect it yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone's every worry, just work, you know what.

0:26:32.760 --> 0:26:36.639
<v Speaker 3>You know to some degree it is. But it is

0:26:36.720 --> 0:26:39.040
<v Speaker 3>okay to sit there and smiling in your heir go.

0:26:41.200 --> 0:26:45.080
<v Speaker 3>You have been married ex number of years. You don't

0:26:45.119 --> 0:26:48.560
<v Speaker 3>know what it's like here in the trenches. And I think,

0:26:48.920 --> 0:26:53.720
<v Speaker 3>just just know that, like you've got so much time,

0:26:54.000 --> 0:27:00.280
<v Speaker 3>You've got so much time, and they're like romantic love. Actually,

0:27:00.320 --> 0:27:03.600
<v Speaker 3>going back, I love this saying. I think I saw

0:27:03.640 --> 0:27:09.399
<v Speaker 3>this on TikTok, but somebody said romantic love, no self

0:27:09.480 --> 0:27:12.240
<v Speaker 3>love is not a substitute for romantic love. And I

0:27:12.520 --> 0:27:14.400
<v Speaker 3>liked just hearing that because I thought, Okay, it's okay

0:27:14.480 --> 0:27:17.320
<v Speaker 3>that I'm still craving romantic love. I think I'm an

0:27:17.359 --> 0:27:20.440
<v Speaker 3>expert at self love right now. And I was sort

0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:22.800
<v Speaker 3>of feeling like, okay, but have done that. I love

0:27:22.920 --> 0:27:25.720
<v Speaker 3>myself so much. I look at all the things I've done,

0:27:25.800 --> 0:27:28.360
<v Speaker 3>and it wasn't even I wasn't trying to tick boxes

0:27:28.400 --> 0:27:30.440
<v Speaker 3>like I genuinely did that because I wanted to thrive,

0:27:30.520 --> 0:27:32.960
<v Speaker 3>and I did, but in the back of my mind,

0:27:33.000 --> 0:27:35.600
<v Speaker 3>I sort of started having this feeling of, so, does

0:27:35.640 --> 0:27:37.720
<v Speaker 3>that mean, like romantic love is coming now that I've

0:27:37.760 --> 0:27:41.359
<v Speaker 3>done that self love, And then I felt guilty, like, no,

0:27:41.520 --> 0:27:44.120
<v Speaker 3>you shouldn't need romantic love because you've got self love,

0:27:44.160 --> 0:27:45.959
<v Speaker 3>and you've got family love, and you've got friendship love.

0:27:45.960 --> 0:27:48.080
<v Speaker 3>I have the best friends in the world, and that

0:27:48.200 --> 0:27:50.240
<v Speaker 3>feeling of like, oh, no, am I a terrible person

0:27:50.359 --> 0:27:52.440
<v Speaker 3>for thinking that this is not enough? But like, no,

0:27:52.680 --> 0:27:55.960
<v Speaker 3>it's it's sometimes it's not enough. Sometimes romantic lover is.

0:27:56.480 --> 0:28:01.800
<v Speaker 3>It's a human need. We need that, ye caveman days,

0:28:03.080 --> 0:28:05.400
<v Speaker 3>someone to watch out for the dinosaurs with us exactly.

0:28:05.640 --> 0:28:08.320
<v Speaker 2>But also like we're people of community, right, we need

0:28:08.320 --> 0:28:11.480
<v Speaker 2>a community, and sometimes a part of community a couple.

0:28:11.720 --> 0:28:22.960
<v Speaker 2>So breckers no, but I totally agree. I think, I no,

0:28:23.280 --> 0:28:29.120
<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you off the mic, okay, But I feel like, also, yeah,

0:28:29.160 --> 0:28:31.480
<v Speaker 2>self love is not a substitute for amantic love. Like

0:28:31.560 --> 0:28:35.600
<v Speaker 2>it's just not the same, and we need to admit that.

0:28:35.680 --> 0:28:39.400
<v Speaker 2>And also I think like sometimes at least at my age,

0:28:39.400 --> 0:28:40.800
<v Speaker 2>who will be like, oh, it's such a bad bitch,

0:28:40.920 --> 0:28:42.440
<v Speaker 2>like don't worry about and it's like, oh, but I'm

0:28:42.440 --> 0:28:44.520
<v Speaker 2>actually not a bad bitch, Like I am a baddie,

0:28:45.040 --> 0:28:48.480
<v Speaker 2>but I am also like deep, like very soft. I

0:28:48.720 --> 0:28:52.520
<v Speaker 2>love love like all of these things. Literally yeah literally,

0:28:52.920 --> 0:28:54.960
<v Speaker 2>So it's kind of also at the same time, like ah,

0:28:55.880 --> 0:28:57.720
<v Speaker 2>like I do kind of crave it.

0:28:58.320 --> 0:29:01.800
<v Speaker 3>Yeah that's so fine, Yeah, so fine, Like two things

0:29:01.880 --> 0:29:04.040
<v Speaker 3>can be true at once. You can have all the

0:29:04.120 --> 0:29:06.040
<v Speaker 3>self love in the world and still crave a little

0:29:06.040 --> 0:29:09.200
<v Speaker 3>bit of romantic love. But you've got time. Don't listen

0:29:09.280 --> 0:29:11.480
<v Speaker 3>to all the aunties and uncles and cousins and friends

0:29:11.560 --> 0:29:14.280
<v Speaker 3>and strangers on the street and strangers on the internet.

0:29:15.760 --> 0:29:20.400
<v Speaker 3>Just wait and love yourself and it will come. Thank you,

0:29:20.800 --> 0:29:21.560
<v Speaker 3>Thank you so much.

0:29:21.720 --> 0:29:31.040
<v Speaker 2>Shut up. I feel like you're always giving. Obviously everyone

0:29:31.120 --> 0:29:33.040
<v Speaker 2>knows if you're listening. Sam gives the best.

0:29:33.080 --> 0:29:35.280
<v Speaker 1>But I have such good advice.

0:29:36.160 --> 0:29:37.920
<v Speaker 3>I just think I don't even know what advice I

0:29:38.040 --> 0:29:39.880
<v Speaker 3>just gave. I just kind of opened my mouth and

0:29:40.080 --> 0:29:40.800
<v Speaker 3>stuff came out.

0:29:41.000 --> 0:29:44.920
<v Speaker 1>You know, Miss Rachel, you're like the someone miss Rachel right.

0:29:44.880 --> 0:29:50.200
<v Speaker 2>Now, but for adults, for adults, what advice Not that

0:29:50.280 --> 0:29:51.640
<v Speaker 2>you would give to us, but you would give to

0:29:51.640 --> 0:29:52.360
<v Speaker 2>your little self.

0:29:52.680 --> 0:29:55.120
<v Speaker 3>Oh no, I love this. I this is kind of

0:29:55.160 --> 0:29:58.160
<v Speaker 3>a therapy thing that I did. But my counselor once

0:29:58.240 --> 0:30:00.320
<v Speaker 3>said to me, like, think of seven year old you,

0:30:01.160 --> 0:30:03.440
<v Speaker 3>think of seventeen year old you, how would you treat them?

0:30:03.560 --> 0:30:08.240
<v Speaker 3>I love thinking back to my little self, and I

0:30:08.680 --> 0:30:10.920
<v Speaker 3>feel really proud to say that, actually, me right now

0:30:11.080 --> 0:30:15.520
<v Speaker 3>is taking really good care of them. I think to

0:30:15.640 --> 0:30:20.320
<v Speaker 3>seventeen year old me, I would say, honey, chill, it's

0:30:21.120 --> 0:30:24.160
<v Speaker 3>you're going to get everything you've ever wanted, but you

0:30:24.320 --> 0:30:25.280
<v Speaker 3>might not get it tomorrow.

0:30:25.680 --> 0:30:25.920
<v Speaker 1>I think.

0:30:26.000 --> 0:30:27.440
<v Speaker 3>I think when I was young, I was like, this

0:30:27.600 --> 0:30:29.000
<v Speaker 3>has to happen by this time. I need to be

0:30:29.120 --> 0:30:31.000
<v Speaker 3>married by the time twenty six.

0:30:31.000 --> 0:30:33.040
<v Speaker 1>One hundred, the way we thought we were going to

0:30:33.080 --> 0:30:34.239
<v Speaker 1>be married, like right now?

0:30:34.440 --> 0:30:36.880
<v Speaker 3>Why did we all think that? Why did I Why

0:30:36.960 --> 0:30:40.880
<v Speaker 3>did I think that thirty year olds were like just

0:30:41.080 --> 0:30:46.080
<v Speaker 3>ancient people? No, I still feel like I've only just

0:30:46.320 --> 0:30:49.040
<v Speaker 3>entered my adulthood and I turned thirty and two months time.

0:30:49.960 --> 0:30:53.000
<v Speaker 3>So I think to her, I would say, it's like,

0:30:53.320 --> 0:30:56.240
<v Speaker 3>just enjoy it. It's coming, like, have faith in time.

0:30:56.600 --> 0:30:58.840
<v Speaker 3>Just give it time, give it a minute. To seven

0:30:58.920 --> 0:31:01.000
<v Speaker 3>year old me, I would say, you're the cutest little

0:31:01.080 --> 0:31:05.920
<v Speaker 3>patunity ever. You're such a good big sister. Please stop

0:31:06.000 --> 0:31:09.000
<v Speaker 3>wearing that outfit. I was such an outfit repeater as

0:31:09.000 --> 0:31:13.280
<v Speaker 3>a kid, I just want to pink purple blue everything. No,

0:31:13.400 --> 0:31:15.680
<v Speaker 3>actually you know what she should she should be wearing that.

0:31:18.640 --> 0:31:20.760
<v Speaker 3>But you know, to myself, I think I just have fun,

0:31:21.280 --> 0:31:24.160
<v Speaker 3>give it time. Everything's going to work out, and if

0:31:24.200 --> 0:31:26.200
<v Speaker 3>it doesn't, you're really strong and you're going to get

0:31:26.200 --> 0:31:26.440
<v Speaker 3>through it.

0:31:27.600 --> 0:31:29.800
<v Speaker 2>That part exactly.

0:31:31.000 --> 0:31:35.200
<v Speaker 3>That was good, right, That's good for me, No crumb.

0:31:35.520 --> 0:31:39.640
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I guess this takes us into our rapid fire. Now,

0:31:40.360 --> 0:31:42.040
<v Speaker 1>so this is the moment we've been waiting for.

0:31:42.200 --> 0:31:44.520
<v Speaker 2>Its has got Spetify pulled up on this phone. He's

0:31:44.560 --> 0:31:47.880
<v Speaker 2>playing this is Taylor Swift the playlist or the complete

0:31:47.920 --> 0:31:51.080
<v Speaker 2>collection or whatever you're playing mares, and we basically get

0:31:51.240 --> 0:31:53.320
<v Speaker 2>a minute to guess. But I'm no, not a minute's right.

0:31:53.320 --> 0:31:57.040
<v Speaker 2>A second song, but I think you'll surprise yourself.

0:31:57.040 --> 0:31:57.680
<v Speaker 3>I'm going to be fine.

0:31:57.800 --> 0:31:58.920
<v Speaker 2>I don't know why you're freaking out.

0:31:59.000 --> 0:32:01.920
<v Speaker 1>That's onles. I don't know what song.

0:32:02.040 --> 0:32:04.040
<v Speaker 2>So Sam will go first, and then when mass feels

0:32:04.080 --> 0:32:06.960
<v Speaker 2>like time is, you just decide to cut it whenever

0:32:06.960 --> 0:32:08.280
<v Speaker 2>you want and then we're gonna go to me. But

0:32:08.360 --> 0:32:10.200
<v Speaker 2>it's not a competition. We're just kind of flicking on

0:32:10.240 --> 0:32:12.480
<v Speaker 2>everyone about house. Okay, smart I'm.

0:32:12.440 --> 0:32:15.320
<v Speaker 3>Really not competitive, so you went anyway.

0:32:15.440 --> 0:32:17.840
<v Speaker 1>I'm nervous for you, guys. This is like a taste

0:32:18.000 --> 0:32:19.440
<v Speaker 1>little Taylor Swift knowledge.

0:32:19.480 --> 0:32:21.440
<v Speaker 3>Okay, we're going to be fine, right, yeah?

0:32:22.000 --> 0:32:23.480
<v Speaker 1>Okay Samuel first?

0:32:23.640 --> 0:32:27.400
<v Speaker 3>Yes, Oh my gosh, do you know what? Are you

0:32:27.520 --> 0:32:28.080
<v Speaker 3>ready for it?

0:32:31.840 --> 0:32:32.120
<v Speaker 2>Okay?

0:32:32.800 --> 0:32:36.400
<v Speaker 1>Are we going? Sam a second song? Now? Okay?

0:32:40.720 --> 0:32:44.720
<v Speaker 3>This Harry Styles needs to make a cover of the

0:32:44.920 --> 0:32:50.160
<v Speaker 3>song that was Style. Yes, and I have been since

0:32:50.240 --> 0:32:52.880
<v Speaker 3>the song came out. I have been dreaming of Harry Styles.

0:32:53.000 --> 0:32:56.200
<v Speaker 2>Have you heard the AI versions? No, I'm gonna see him.

0:32:56.400 --> 0:32:57.480
<v Speaker 2>I think there's a versions.

0:32:57.720 --> 0:32:59.600
<v Speaker 3>I need him to sing it. I need him.

0:32:59.760 --> 0:33:02.000
<v Speaker 1>This is such a good song. It's so good.

0:33:03.640 --> 0:33:04.120
<v Speaker 3>I love that.

0:33:04.400 --> 0:33:05.320
<v Speaker 1>I'm gagging right now.

0:33:09.320 --> 0:33:13.080
<v Speaker 3>August maybe, Oh my gosh, how could I have forgotten Fergus?

0:33:13.160 --> 0:33:14.920
<v Speaker 3>I think that might be one of my favorite songs.

0:33:14.960 --> 0:33:17.160
<v Speaker 3>Me and my best friend. Also, I have like a

0:33:17.200 --> 0:33:19.640
<v Speaker 3>Bajillian best friends. You guys know I love you all

0:33:20.720 --> 0:33:22.680
<v Speaker 3>Me movies are in alex We meet when we're five.

0:33:22.840 --> 0:33:24.920
<v Speaker 3>We have started this new tradition where we do an

0:33:24.960 --> 0:33:28.440
<v Speaker 3>August Day and on the first weekend of August we

0:33:28.560 --> 0:33:31.680
<v Speaker 3>go to Omaha Beach with her little sausage dog and

0:33:31.840 --> 0:33:35.960
<v Speaker 3>we run along the beach screaming the song. It's is

0:33:36.040 --> 0:33:36.480
<v Speaker 3>that really?

0:33:38.200 --> 0:33:38.800
<v Speaker 1>This is August?

0:33:38.960 --> 0:33:45.120
<v Speaker 2>My kids say after the song earlier, it's such a

0:33:45.120 --> 0:33:47.200
<v Speaker 2>beautiful song. I got the August. So if you haven't

0:33:47.240 --> 0:33:49.280
<v Speaker 2>heard August, you need to go listen to August. I

0:33:49.400 --> 0:33:51.840
<v Speaker 2>got the August experience in July because I'm just such

0:33:51.840 --> 0:33:55.560
<v Speaker 2>an overachiever. Yes, I got the August experience in July.

0:33:55.920 --> 0:33:57.640
<v Speaker 3>To any listeners that don't know what that means, it's

0:33:57.720 --> 0:33:59.040
<v Speaker 3>not exactly a good thing.

0:33:59.280 --> 0:34:02.320
<v Speaker 2>No, it's terrible thing. Actually, but what a sleigh.

0:34:03.600 --> 0:34:04.360
<v Speaker 3>In July?

0:34:04.600 --> 0:34:06.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, rather than August itself?

0:34:06.960 --> 0:34:09.120
<v Speaker 1>Okay? Is it you want?

0:34:09.480 --> 0:34:10.120
<v Speaker 2>I'm scared now.

0:34:11.480 --> 0:34:13.520
<v Speaker 1>I am like, I'm smiling right now.

0:34:15.880 --> 0:34:21.279
<v Speaker 2>Okay, but but Daddy, I love him.

0:34:21.960 --> 0:34:25.640
<v Speaker 1>That was good. This is even. I was like, wait,

0:34:25.880 --> 0:34:27.960
<v Speaker 1>the Tortured Poets Department, this is her latest?

0:34:28.520 --> 0:34:31.359
<v Speaker 3>Are you so upset that we didn't get torture parts up.

0:34:32.960 --> 0:34:33.480
<v Speaker 1>High school?

0:34:33.640 --> 0:34:34.319
<v Speaker 3>I need some.

0:34:37.239 --> 0:34:38.200
<v Speaker 2>Financial compensation?

0:34:39.640 --> 0:34:41.560
<v Speaker 1>Okay, your next check? Alyssa is.

0:34:46.320 --> 0:34:46.760
<v Speaker 2>Cardigan?

0:34:48.880 --> 0:34:49.320
<v Speaker 1>What album?

0:34:49.560 --> 0:34:50.680
<v Speaker 2>This from folklore?

0:34:53.480 --> 0:34:55.280
<v Speaker 3>This album changed my life.

0:34:55.480 --> 0:34:56.520
<v Speaker 2>It came out at the person.

0:35:00.239 --> 0:35:02.680
<v Speaker 3>My life was very small. This was like during lockdown, right,

0:35:02.840 --> 0:35:05.600
<v Speaker 3>it was My lives were small. It didn't take much

0:35:05.760 --> 0:35:07.239
<v Speaker 3>to write my world.

0:35:08.520 --> 0:35:10.279
<v Speaker 1>Okay, here is your last song.

0:35:12.120 --> 0:35:19.239
<v Speaker 2>This It was legendary mont love of my life alloy mouth.

0:35:19.360 --> 0:35:23.600
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, maybe got two tortured poets apartment checks.

0:35:23.640 --> 0:35:24.000
<v Speaker 2>How lucky?

0:35:24.080 --> 0:35:26.440
<v Speaker 1>Am I so lucky? Lucky?

0:35:27.200 --> 0:35:35.040
<v Speaker 2>You will never understand Maria and you challenge. And on

0:35:35.200 --> 0:35:38.279
<v Speaker 2>that note, Sam, thank you so much for joining us.

0:35:38.440 --> 0:35:40.640
<v Speaker 3>I have loved this. I could have gone on for

0:35:40.719 --> 0:35:43.719
<v Speaker 3>another two hours. Oh say maybe one day. You know

0:35:43.800 --> 0:35:46.040
<v Speaker 3>how tites a teen minute version and everyone was like,

0:35:46.200 --> 0:35:48.560
<v Speaker 3>release the two minute version. Maybe one day we'll release

0:35:48.600 --> 0:35:49.400
<v Speaker 3>the two hour vision.

0:35:49.520 --> 0:35:52.480
<v Speaker 2>Yes, but we're not.

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<v Speaker 1>Like, can that be off? The I could not relate

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<v Speaker 1>to a single thing, but you.

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<v Speaker 3>Smile through the whole thing and we love that. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to emotionally support this conversation, didn't she? She did?

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<v Speaker 2>Honey, footballs by fellow.

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<v Speaker 1>Out in Hindo, shout out to them, and Sam, can

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<v Speaker 1>we find you on the socials?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yes, if you'd like to. I am miss Richards.

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<v Speaker 3>I think there's an underscore and there's somewhere on Instagram

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<v Speaker 3>and then just cement the Richards on TikTok and I

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<v Speaker 3>I just do my thing on the come and say hi,

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<v Speaker 3>it's quite wholesome stuff, but I love it truly.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much girl for joining us. We love you,

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<v Speaker 1>I love you.

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<v Speaker 2>And that brings to the end, and that the episode

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<v Speaker 2>of Island Rip Akland Waste. I was trying to think

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<v Speaker 2>of like a tails of song about saying goodbye, but

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<v Speaker 2>I can't thank you one right now to close us off.

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<v Speaker 2>Definitely one, and I'll post it on socials if I

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<v Speaker 2>can think of it, okay, But other than that, you

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<v Speaker 2>on the socials actually at Island Roots, Orkland Ways, and

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see you again next week Thursday for another episode

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<v Speaker 2>a bye bye