Topic Talk | What kind of Barbie or Ken are you?

The A to Z English Podcast

Did you enjoy the Barbie movie? Well, in this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl describes what kind of Barbie she thinks she would be, and Jack describes what kind of Ken he would be?

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00:00:50

Jack

Welcome to the Ages English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we have a topic talk. And right now social something that's trending on on TikTok and on on the Internet right now is comes from the the Barbie movie and.

00:01:10

Jack

The question that people are asking themselves is what kind of Barbie are you like, could you describe your Barbie and what kind of Ken are you? So could you describe your Ken? So maybe you could describe your Barbie and I'll describe my Ken.

00:01:28

Xochitl

OK, I'm like uh.

00:01:32

Xochitl

I don't know.

00:01:35

Xochitl

I think I OK. Ideally what I would like to be in fashion Barbie, you know, I have all these clothes and I.

00:01:41

Xochitl

I love clothes.

00:01:42

Xochitl

But I don't really dress up that much anymore, like how I used to, but I used to love clothes, so I think I would be like fashion Barbie, you know. But now I'm kind of more like a.

00:01:56

Xochitl

Like.

00:01:59

Xochitl

Met Barbie or something? I don't know. Like, like a beige Barbie. Something I don't like. Kind of disillusioned with life. Ever so slightly. Yeah.

00:02:11

Jack

Trying trying to figure it out, Barbie.

00:02:13

Xochitl

Trying to figure it out, Barbie. Yeah, but you know, it's done better this year. I gotta say, the trend, the end of tail end of 27 was a great time where I started a bunch of projects, including our English corner. So with you. So I'm really excited.

00:02:29

Xochitl

About that and yeah, so maybe right now I would actually be like.

00:02:35

Xochitl

An iconic Barbie that had all the jobs like veterinarian, doctor, Fashionista like you know, the one that's doing everything I'm doing a lot like the English corner, the coffee business, selling clothes.

00:02:42

Jack

Yeah.

00:02:51

Jack

What? What kind of clothes, like, talk about the clothes you stuff. Cause I think that that's that would be like I can. I can picture your Barbies clothes because of the you know you you sell clothes on. I I see you post like dresses like you you're you're big into like thrifting right like.

00:02:51

Xochitl

Yeah.

00:03:09

Xochitl

Yes, yes.

00:03:10

Jack

Yeah.

00:03:11

Xochitl

Yeah, I saw.

00:03:11

Jack

So lots of like prints or something. Is that what they are kind of kind of prints with like UM?

00:03:16

Xochitl

It can be. I think they're just. It just really depends. It's more so for me right now I'm selling like American clothes. So and Mexico American clothes is is popular because it's higher quality. Traditional American garments are high quality like cotton and stuff. But like regular everyday wear.

00:03:37

Xochitl

Those is pretty low quality.

00:03:39

Jack

Yeah.

00:03:39

Xochitl

It's like worse than she and quality or whatever. Like it's very bad. So being that it's so bad, American clothes is quite popular here. So I just kind of pick whatever I think looks nice. And I think other people will like and bring that and sell it.

00:03:58

Xochitl

Beer so it could be like uh, dresses with plants or.

00:04:03

Xochitl

Dresses for graduation or like the.

00:04:07

Xochitl

You know, sweaters and different, just different articles of clothing that I think that will sell and and it's been going pretty well. I think the only issue is like the price point because it's in Mexican peso, so it's it's actually cheap for the US but for Mexicans a lot of people only make.

00:04:24

Xochitl

Like.

00:04:25

Xochitl

300 pesos. They're like $15 a day.

00:04:28

Xochitl

And as you know, most clothes is like.

00:04:28

Jack

Ohh.

00:04:32

Xochitl

At least 25 bucks or 25 feet.

00:04:34

Jack

Ohh yeah yeah, even if you buy off the clearance rack or something, you know at Macy's still going to be 20 or 25 bucks, you know.

00:04:39

Xochitl

Yes.

00:04:43

Xochitl

Right. Yeah. So that's kind of just the only thing that I'm struggling with and I'm kind of thinking about bringing in accessories and stuff that are like a little bit cheaper or or maybe like skin care. I've been thinking when I go to Korea about buying like cheap clothes and skin care, I'm selling them here as well. The cool thing about Korea is you can like.

00:05:03

Xochitl

She had like, boxes of stuff back, so.

00:05:06

발표자

Yeah.

00:05:07

Xochitl

It's kind of fun so.

00:05:08

Jack

What's your? What's your accessory? If you that goes with your your Barbie?

00:05:13

Xochitl

Ohh, they hadn't suffered one there.

00:05:15

Jack

20 right. Yes, of course, yes.

00:05:20

Xochitl

You basically have 4 successor. At this point it is like I left him for a day and a half to get a couple like that, which is a really, really beautiful village here in Laka.

00:05:31

Jack

MHM.

00:05:32

Xochitl

For my birthday trip and he came back and he's all sick and everything. I was like, what's wrong with him? So I took him to the vet today and he was like, oh, he was stressed cause you left him. And then like?

00:05:41

Xochitl

He, like his stomach, probably hurt because he ate like some different food. We we switched him to a different diet and like all that together, made him have like a problem. Like he got Giardia, which is like, you know, travelers area type thing. Yeah. And so it was really. It was really scary.

00:05:56

Jack

Yeah.

00:06:01

Xochitl

Because you seemed really safe.

00:06:02

Xochitl

But he's doing fine now.

00:06:04

Xochitl

But it's like a fourth successor. I gotta take him everywhere with me, or else he.

00:06:07

Xochitl

Gets sick, so.

00:06:08

Jack

Yeah, I'm not sure how how well this Barbie is going to sell the the Barbie with the the duende accessory with diarrhea, but.

00:06:17

Xochitl

No, no diarrhea, but just playing and they're just healthy. Then they're suffering. Yeah.

00:06:21

Jack

How's he doing today? OK.

00:06:23

Xochitl

It's just like a purse dog that you have to take everywhere.

00:06:26

Xochitl

He's looking at.

00:06:26

Jack

Right, right. You need you need a. You need a bag, maybe something maybe. Maybe a bag. That's a kind of.

00:06:27

Xochitl

Me.

00:06:27

Xochitl

Now I'm talking about.

00:06:38

Jack

A local like locally made you know what Hawken bag that you could put when they in. That'd be a pretty cool little Barbie, yeah.

00:06:45

발표자

Yes.

00:06:46

Xochitl

Yeah, I think that would be cool. He's wearing his little sweater right now, too. He's cold, so that would be be like a blue hoodie. Yeah, well, what kind of Ken are you?

00:06:51

발표자

Nice.

00:06:55

Jack

UM, yeah, so I'm. I'm definitely like teacher Ken. My my Ken is is has a shaved head. So that's the I'm I'm representing the bald.

00:07:00

Xochitl

Oh yeah.

00:07:08

Jack

There so bald can, but my accessory would be a a trucker hat, a trucker cap. So you can cover a KENS bald head with a with a nice trucker cap. And I'm trying to think like, what would Ken's what what's what's my uniform?

00:07:28

Jack

Let's say my uniform is pair jeans, some tennis shoes at T-shirt and then maybe like because I'm a teacher, I'll throw like a like a a a suit jacket over the top of that. So.

00:07:45

Xochitl

Hmm.

00:07:45

Jack

This is definitely of the the strangest can ever. But yeah, I think that would be my that would be my, my, my accessory and my outfit. And maybe maybe my school bag. You know, that would be my, you know, putting students, papers and and things like that.

00:08:05

Jack

Inside that would be my that would be my other accessory. So the trucker hat and and a a a school bag, yeah.

00:08:15

Jack

Yeah. I don't know. Yeah. Teacher. Teacher care.

00:08:18

발표자

Oh.

00:08:19

Jack

Yeah.

00:08:20

Xochitl

I often see.

00:08:20

발표자

Yeah.

00:08:25

Xochitl

What was I gonna say? I often see.

00:08:30

Xochitl

Gen. Z represented is wearing like beanies as well, which you also do.

00:08:34

Jack

Ohh, that's right. I'm. Yeah, that's when I try to be cool. But it's it's it's like dressing one generation below my my actual station in life.

00:08:46

Jack

So.

00:08:46

Xochitl

I don't think so, because every time I see Gen. X like represented in skits, they're always wearing like a they they dress exactly like you. It's so crazy when I see this guy like go skits because he's not Gen. XI. Think he's like a millennial. Maybe he's. No, I think he must be like a millennial and he he pulls, like skits like showing like.

00:09:06

Xochitl

Rumors that were genex that were ex millennial and Gen. Z.

00:09:09

Xochitl

Eric, you know, and I definitely relate hard to like a mix between the dense and millennial because you know I'm a customer, but when he does the Gen. X, it looks it's like looks just like you like. It looks so much like I gotta send you because I think you would get a kick out of it. It's so similar to you. And then like the the, the Gen. Z.

00:09:30

Xochitl

Like like for example they have like the meeting and the tenses still sleeping.

00:09:34

Jack

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:09:34

Xochitl

And that is me. That is kind of like me.

00:09:38

Jack

I think I'm. I'm a customer as well. Like I'm kind of right between millennial and and Gen. X because I'm like, you know, I'm like a really young Gen. X or a really old Gen. Z or sorry, really old millennial. Yeah.

00:09:45

Xochitl

Yeah.

00:09:50

Xochitl

Millennial, you mean? Yeah.

00:09:53

Xochitl

Yes.

00:09:54

Jack

No.

00:09:55

Jack

I can I can kind of. I can. I can go. I can go either way, depending on my mood for the uh for the day, I guess, yeah.

00:09:55

Xochitl

Yes.

00:10:03

Xochitl

Yeah, I'm gonna send you one of those gifts so you can take a look at it. Yeah. Alright. Well, listeners, let us know what kind of Barbie or Ken would you be? I'm curious to know. Leave us a comment down below at A-Z in this podcast at.

00:10:16

Xochitl

Or sorry leaves come down below at A-Z, englishpodcast.com students and e-mail at [e-mail] and join the channel WhatsApp groups to join the conversation.

00:10:26

Xochitl

And let us know if you've seen the Barbie movie too, because I'm curious about that. I personally didn't get through it. I wasn't a.

00:10:31

Xochitl

Huge fan but.

00:10:32

Jack

I haven't seen it yet. Yeah, I need to. Yeah.

00:10:35

Xochitl

Fan, but we'll see and also make.

00:10:36

Jack

Yeah.

00:10:38

Xochitl

Sure that you guys.

00:10:39

Xochitl

Join us in the English corner if you are so inclined. It's UH-10 USD a month, and it's for 20 sessions so Monday though.

00:10:48

Xochitl

Today we have the English corner meetings for an hour and we have discussion questions and Jack and I are in there talking with the students and it's really fun. I really, really have enjoyed it so far. We have a lot of great English speakers and I think we have really great conversations in there. It's almost like just hanging out with your friends. So yeah, if you're interested in that, make sure to shoot.

00:11:08

Xochitl

The message and we'll see you guys next time. Bye bye.

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