Ep.43 Can You Handle This Spice? (Mimi - Cooking)

(Mimi - Cooking) On this episode I had the honour to have Mimi as my guest. She shared with me her interest in Cooking as her hobby. Mimi is new to Ottawa and wanted to create a community for other new people in the city and she did just that. She created a facebook groupe called Newcomers in Ottawa (https://www.facebook.com/groups/newcomersinottawa/) Youcan also check out their website to be updated on interesting stories and events happening in Ottawa (https://newcomersinottawa.ca/) If you still want to learn more about this great community, you can even follow them on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/newcomersinottawa/?hl=fr-ca). If you like this episode and think it can be helpful to someone you are more than welcome to share it. Furthermore if you want to listen to short previews of upcoming and old episodes you can check out my Instagram page @timeforyourhobby (https://www.instagram.com/timeforyourhobby/?hl=en ). I also share tips and tricks I've learned so far from all my guest. If you would like to be on the show or have any questions, you can send me an email at timeforyourhobby@gmail.com Here's my website so you can listen to it on the platform of your choice (Podbean, Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Play Music, Castbox, TuneIn, Pocket Cast, Overcast, Stitcher, Google Podcast): https://timeforyourhobby.wixsite.com/podcast Thank you, Time Stamp:00:28 - Intro01:24 - Who is Mimi?02:43 - When did you get introduced to cooking?04:03 - Do you remember the first thing you cooked?05:37 - What would you say is the best part about cooking? 07:09 - Do you listen to music while cooking?07:57 - Who is a better cook, you or your husband?09:14 - Have you ever made a fusion cultural dish?10:30 - What type of music do you listen to?11:58 - Did you take cooking classes?12:53 - Did you ever mess up a recipe but it tasted good?15:10 - Do you have a sharp palate16:15 - How long does it take you to perfect a new recipe?17:57 - Talking about mango salad19:29 - Do you prefer to cook alone or with someone else?21:20 - Do you test your own food or let someone else test it?22:51 - Talking about my background with spicy food.24:06 - Do other people’s opinions have an impact on your cooking?25:06 - What was your biggest challenge when you first started cooking?25:31 - What is your current biggest challenge?25:46 - Do you want to present you hobby to the world or use it as your escape from reality?29:48 - Do you have any word of advice for anyone who might be interested in cooking? 31:52 - Talking about being confident about cooking34:07 - Do you have any social media links you would like to share with anyone?36:55 - Do you have any questions for me about cooking?39:01 - Outro

Ep.42 The Full Body Hobby (Eric - CrossFit)

(Eric - CrossFit) On this episode I had the honour to have Eric as my guest. He shared with me his interest in CrossFit as his hobby. Eric was gracious enough to share with us the gym he does all his training in currently. It’s called Crossfit Actus and if you’re interested, you can check out their website: https://crossfitactus.com/ (they even have a blog on there keeping you up to date about the crossfit world). This site even has some daily workout that you can give a try. On top of that, you can also check out the sub reddit that is all about crossfit at https://www.reddit.com/r/crossfit/ If you like this episode and think it can be helpful to someone you are more than welcome to share it. Furthermore if you want to listen to short previews of upcoming and old episodes you can check out my Instagram page @timeforyourhobby ( https://www.instagram.com/timeforyourhobby/?hl=en ). I also share tips and tricks I've learned so far from all my guest. If you would like to be on the show or have any questions, you can send me an email at timeforyourhobby@gmail.com Here's my website so you can listen to it on the platform of your choice (Podbean, Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Play Music, Castbox, TuneIn, Pocket Cast, Overcast, Stitcher, Google Podcast): https://timeforyourhobby.wixsite.com/podcast Thank you, Time Stamp:00:28 - Intro01:04 - Who is Eric?01:35 - What is your hobby?01:48 - What is CrossFit for people who might not know what it is?02:10 - When did you get introduced to it?02:42 - What is your preferred field of focus when it comes to CrossFit?03:04 - Have you seen yourself improve over the years?03:31 - Have you kept the same routine or changed it up?04:01 - What is your weekly workout schedule?05:29 - Do you prefer to workout alone or with someone else?06:27 - What kind of motivation do you need to push yourself?07:16 - How long does a normal session last for you?07:58 - What is your style of music you enjoy to listen to?09:21 - Have you ever injured yourself?10:15 - What are some common injuries that happen during CrossFit?11:14 - What is your main objective with CrossFit?11:58 - What was the oldest person that does CrossFit at your gym?12:36 - Do you prefer to do CrossFit indoors or outdoors?13:50 - How is the CrossFit community around you?14:24 - What was your biggest challenge when you first started CrossFit?15:09 - Have you ever made a new move for CrossFit?15:50 - What is you favourite CrossFit move and least CrossFit move?17:23 - Are you competitive?18:28 - Have you ever participated in a competition?19:30 - What is your current biggest challenge?20:51 - Do you have any pet peeves when it comes to CrossFit?21:33 - What are some misconceptions about people who do CrossFit?22:28 - Do you have an inspiration in the world of athletes?23:11 - Are your family and friends supportive about your CrossFit?23:49 - Have you introduced CrossFit to anyone else?25:07 - Would you ever want your parents to do CrossFit with you?25:35 - What is your diet before and after doing CrossFit?26:14 - What is your go to cheat day food?27:08 - Do you want to present this hobby to the world or keep it for yourself?27:41 - Do you have any word of advice for anybody that might be interested in CrossFit?29:59 - Do you have any questions for me about CrossFit?31:26 - Outro

Ep.41 Melody Mix For The Soul (Dj Antek - DJ)

(Dj Antek - DJ) On this episode I had the honour to have DJ Antek as my guest. He shared with me his interest in DJing as his hobby. If you like this episode and think it can be helpful to someone you are more than welcome to share it. Furthermore if you want to listen to short previews of upcoming and old episodes you can check out my Instagram page @timeforyourhobby (https://www.instagram.com/timeforyourhobby/?hl=en). I also share tips and tricks I've learned so far from all my guest. If you would like to be on the show or have any questions, you can send me an email at timeforyourhobby@gmail.com Here's my website so you can listen to it on the platform of your choice (Podbean, Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Play Music, Castbox, TuneIn, Pocket Cast, Overcast, Stitcher, Google Podcast): https://timeforyourhobby.wixsite.com/podcast Thank you, Time stamp:00:27 - Intro00:46 - Who is DJ Antek01:31 - How did you get introduced to DJing?02:35 - Did you have other names before the name DJ Antek?03:37 - What is your preferred style of music to mix?04:07 - Do you still have your first mix?04:53 - How many events have you done so far?05:23 - What would you say is the best part about DJing06:05 - What is your preferred types of events to be a DJ in?06:57 - Did you ever get nervous when you go to these events?07:45 - What is your thought process when it comes to choosing the music?09:02 - How many songs do you have in your library?09:47 - How often do you do DJing?10:34 - Do you have any inspirations when it comes to djs?11:25 - Where did you go to learn how to dj?12:01 - What is your main objective with DJ?13:18 - What are some do’s and don’ts when it comes to djing?14:49 - What kind of equipment do you have?15:25 - How hard is it to carry all that stuff?16:04 - Talk about mental health and DJing?17:25 - What are some misconceptions about DJs?18:48 - Do people’s opinions have an impact on your DJing?19:55 - What has Djing taught you in life?21:51 - How is the DJing community?23:01 - Do you want to present DJing to the world or us it as an escape from reality?24:13 - What was your biggest challenge when you first started DJing?24:40 - What is your biggest challenge today?25:23 - Has DJing ever help you relax when you are feeling stressed?26:03 - Has it ever stressed you out?27:04 - What would be one good piece of advice would you give about DJing?28:22 - Do you have any questions for me about DJing?29:06 - Outro

Ep.40 Keep Some Space For Some Good Bakes (Carona - Home Baking)

(Carona - Home Baking) On this episode I had the honour to have Carona as my guest. She shared with me her interest in baking as her hobby. Carona gave us her secret to a good website to get great recipes: https://www.allrecipes.com If you like this episode and think it can be helpful to someone you are more than welcome to share it. Furthermore if you want to listen to short previews of upcoming and old episodes you can check out my Instagram page @timeforyourhobby (https://www.instagram.com/timeforyourhobby/?hl=en). I also share tips and tricks I've learned so far from all my guest. If you would like to be on the show or have any questions, you can send me an email at timeforyourhobby@gmail.com Here's my website so you can listen to it on the platform of your choice (Podbean, Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Play Music, Castbox, TuneIn, Pocket Cast, Overcast, Stitcher, Google Podcast): https://timeforyourhobby.wixsite.com/podcast Thank you, Time Stamp00:28 - Intro01:06 - Learning more about Carona01:33 - How did you get introduced to baking?02:00 - Do you remember the first thing you ever baked?03:00 - What would you say is the best part about baking?03:29 - How many macarons have you done so far?04:04 - Do you try different flavors of macarons?04:42 - Is there one flavor you want to try for macarons?05:09 - When you do your baking, do listen to music?06:27 - Do you follow the recipe to a dot or you like to improvise?07:09 - What do you prefer to bake?07:43 - Would you cook something for you significant other even if you don’t like it?08:00 - What is Luc’s favorite bake?08:48 - Where do you go to learn new recipes (books, online)?09:31 - What kind of things they discuss in that subreddit?09:58 - What kind of equipment do you have?10:40 - How many beautiful disasters have you baked?11:24 - Would still pretend something is good if you know its not good?12:12 - How many times out of 10 would you screw up?12:57 - Have you ever dropped anything on the ground?13:41 - Do you prefer to bake alone or with someone else?14:24 - Have you ever baked with your mom recently?14:39 - Do you taste your own food or have Luc taste it for you?15:21 - Do other people’s opinion have an impact on your baking?17:07 - Is there a recipe you want to achieve?18:29 - Do you tend to succeed the first time you try a recipe?19:14 - How many recipes do you have memorized?19:59 - Talking about Carona making a recipe book20:32 - Would say you have a sharp tongue?21:00 - Do you have any allergies that restricts you from trying new foods?21:24 - Is baking gluten free more difficult?22:41 - Is there a substitute for almond flour?23:01 - What was your biggest challenge when you first started baking?23:54 - Has anything dangerous ever happen to you?24:22 - What is your current biggest challenge?25:17 - Do you ever do angry baking?25:58 - What are some misconceptions about people who bake?26:24 - Do you have any word of advice for anyone who might be interested in baking?26:50 - Have you ever baked something and realised that you missed a key ingredient?27:46 - Do you want to present your hobby to the world or use it as an escape from reality?28:06 - Do you have any websites and social media links you want to share?29:34 - Did you ever add a recipe to https://www.allrecipes.com/ ?29:48 - How is the baking community?31:19 - Do you have any questions for me about baking?33:35 - Outtro

Ep.39 Let The Rhythm Guide You (Daeshawn - Dance)

(Daeshawn - Dance) On this episode I had the honour to have Daeshawn as my guest. He shared with me his interest in dancing as his hobby. If you want to learn more about Daeshawn, you should follow him on Instagram at @dontgiveabit (https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveabit/?igshid=1sbhrbl7g3fnk) If you like this episode and think it can be helpful to someone you are more than welcome to share it. Furthermore if you want to listen to short previews of upcoming and old episodes you can check out my Instagram page @timeforyourhobby (https://www.instagram.com/timeforyourhobby/?hl=en). I also share tips and tricks I've learned so far from all my guest. If you would like to be on the show or have any questions, you can send me an email at timeforyourhobby@gmail.com Here's my website so you can listen to it on the platform of your choice (Podbean, Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Play Music, Castbox, TuneIn, Pocket Cast, Overcast, Stitcher, Google Podcast): https://timeforyourhobby.wixsite.com/podcast Thank you, Time Line 00:27 - Intro01:10 - Learning more about Daeshawn01:54 - What is your hobby?02:09 - When did you get introduced to dancing?03:56 - Who was the best dancer at that time in your family?04:16 - Does your brother still dance with you04:52 - What is your preferred style these days?05:21 - What would you say is the best part about dance?06:17 - Did you ever try to use dance to impress someone you liked?06:26 - Daeshawn used water to help him moonwalk.07:51 - Where is your favorite place to practice dancing?08:32 - Did you ever meet another dance while dancing on the street?09:17 - Did you have a name for your dance group?09:45 - Did you have nicknames for yourself?10:20 - Where do you go to get inspiration to learn new moves?12:38 - How long does it take you to master a new move?13:09 - Do you tend to improvise your moves if you mess up?14:05 - Do you have a pair of lucky dance shoes?14:34 - Do you prefer dancing casually or competitively? 15:56 - Do you prefer dancing alone or with other people?16:43 - Are there some moves you were not able to accomplish yet?17:02 - Have you created any moves?18:07 - Did you ever hurt yourself while dancing?19:02 - What was your biggest challenge when you first started dancing?19:46 - What is your current biggest challenge?20:20 - Who is the oldest person you know that dances?21:19 - Have you taken the time to learn the history of pop lock?21:39 - Have you seen an evolution in your dancing?22:45 - Do you have any pet peeves when it comes to dance?23:37 - Talking about K-Pop group BTS24:15 - Talking about B-Boy Jr and breakdancing?25:18 - Talking about angry dancing?25:57 - Has dancing helped you relax when you are stressed?27:50 - Has dancing ever stressed you out?28:28 - Do other people’s opinion have an impact on your dance moves?29:32 - What are some misconceptions about people who dance?30:58 - What has dancing taught you in life?32:38 - Do you want to present you hobby to the world or keep it to yourself?33:23 - Do you have any word of advice for anyone who might be interested in dancing?34:58 - Do you have any social media links you would like to share?35:57 - Do you have any questions for me about dancing?36:48 - Outro