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Okay, that was our final Anchor ad.
Well, way more starter than I expected, actually.
Yeah, I know.
To think that I'm not going to say this ever again.
Can we say that?
We can, I guess.
Actually.
We can do it voluntarily.
We can do that.
Yeah.
Because, you know, without this opening, you know.
We've been doing it for such a long time.
Half a year, I guess.
Half a year.
Somewhere around there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Alright.
Sadly.
Sadly.
That's game put in.
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But, you know, we're going to continue using the app called Anchor, which is free, and
you can search on Google Store or App Store.
Yeah, exactly.
Exactly.
Exactly.
So.
I just realized that you've never done the Anchor call.
No, never, actually.
Do you want to try?
Oh.
Okay.
Alright.
Let me try.
Okay.
You know, I've been listening to your version like hundreds of times, so.
Let's hear it.
Okay.
Yeah, okay.
Let me just do the opening.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Please.
Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
Hey, guys.
Yeah.
It's a really great day today.
Yeah, it is a great day.
Yeah.
It's sunny.
There's always me distracting you.
I know.
Stopping you.
Yeah, you get to go.
Yeah.
And I like the fact that, you know, it's just a beautiful day.
Yeah.
Can I?
It seems like I'm on a latte.
Yeah.
You think so?
Of course.
Can I?
Yeah, go ahead.
Check out this microphone, by the way, guys.
Yeah.
Rodeo microphone.
Yeah, that's a great one.
I hope you guys are liking it.
Yeah, of course.
We're actually borrowing it from Amazon, so it's not ours.
Yeah, of course, of course.
Go ahead.
Can I?
Sorry to interrupt.
I'm sorry.
Go ahead.
Okay, okay, okay.
Wait, wait, wait.
I have to remember the first line.
Yeah, yeah.
It's easy, dude.
It's easy.
What was that first line?
Remember, like, in the TV commercials in the US, that's how they always do it?
Yeah.
Remember?
Oh, yeah.
All right.
Yeah, there you go.
There you go.
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I think he said brought you to by.
Brought.
Brought to you by.
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Anka!
Anka is the app that we are using to create and distribute this podcast.
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You forgot to tell them the feature.
Feature?
Oh, yeah.
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Anka has all the features you need.
Like, you can distribute, you can edit, you can put some comments on it.
I mean, titles.
And you can, what?
You can do whatever you want.
So please just go and check the application called Anka.
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And also, yeah, that's all.
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You're good.
Thank you.
You're good.
How's my introduction?
Yeah, I liked it.
I liked it.
You should have done it more frequently, you know?
No.
But, you know, I've been listening to yours like more than, you know.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Maybe more than 100.
Yeah, I guess so.
That's why I can remember the phrase.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think last time we talked about what you hated and what you liked about being a Shikaijin.
Yes.
I would be the one to go next.
Yes.
What I liked about the Shikaijin life was definitely money, right?
Definitely money.
Okay.
You get, like, it's not comparable.
Uncomparable, incomparable, I don't know which one, but to your part-time salaries.
Yeah, when you did, when you're a college student.
Right.
You can only, I feel, I think I was working like three or twice a week and I earned like
like 9 a month or something.
Okay.
A month?
Yeah, a month.
Okay.
But way more than that, right?
Now you're a Shikaijin, right?
Yeah.
And the freedom.
The freedom, you have more time.
The only thing you have to do is go to the job and get the job done.
True, that's true.
You have so much more time.
Actually, that's one thing that I surprised the most.
Because you have so much time?
Yeah, I thought Shikaijin was much more like way more busier than the university students.
It's actually on the weekends, a lot of the companies, you have time, right?
You don't have the day to make it work, right?
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Sunday, Sunday, I know.
Yeah, yeah.
And that's one thing that I liked.
Yeah.
The financial freedom, right?
True.
Another thing that I liked was, I guess, being able to, the fact that I was able to meet my
Doki people.
Doki people?
Yeah.
Oh.
I'm still friends with them.
So, which is a good connection, right?
Good relationship.
Being able to make new friends.
That was great.
Are they still working on the same company?
I have several Doki, like seven, eight, nine Doki.
And the majority of them changed their job.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But that's your company's common sense.
A lot of people change jobs fairly fast.
But we still all get together.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Wow.
And joke around.
What do you do?
Talk.
What do you do?
Talk.
Yeah, we still get together and talk.
Did you ask what I talk about?
Yeah, yeah.
About like, how's the company doing, right?
From the people that are still in the company.
True.
How's him?
How's the boss?
The boss?
The boss?
CEO, how's it going?
Yeah.
So it's just like an AI talk and stuff.
Oh, really?
We do that and joke around our private life.
How's your boyfriend?
How's your girlfriend?
That stuff.
Cool.
It's just normal friends.
Yeah, friends stuff.
That's what happened.
Right.
That's fun.
Yeah.
One thing I hated about being a Shikaijin was I guess the-- it's an endless cycle, right?
Of what?
It never ends.
Oh, a daily routine?
Yeah.
You just-- you have to get up, you have to go to work, and you are meant to finish work
at a certain time, which is kind of-- you're chained to that lifestyle forever until you
make that difference.
Oh, yeah.
And also another huge part was that you didn't get to choose who to work with, right?
It was completely based on luck.
Like who your colleagues were going to be, who your senpai was going to be, who your
boss was going to be.
It was completely chosen by the HR, which really wasn't that enjoyable.
I'm not saying-- I'm not trying to diss my boss or anything here, but--
Are they listening to this?
Maybe.
Really?
I've never heard from them, but I don't know.
Now I'm scared.
But not being able to choose my environment--
Sure.
That's company.
Yeah.
I didn't want to base it completely on luck, so that was one thing that was a little, ah.
True.
And that's one thing you've been repeatedly saying about--
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Absolutely.
When we speak about EDL workplace or--
Yeah, exactly.
The person who you work with is really important to you.
Exactly.
Right.
So, yeah.
I feel like there's a lot of negative vibes and information and a lot of things that seem
to scare the first year graduates, people who are going into a company.
But I don't think you have to be that scared.
Sure.
Of course, it depends on the company, but I think many of the companies, it's really accepting.
Yeah.
You don't have to be so much afraid.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's free, actually.
You can do whatever you want to shakaijin.
There's no thing that you have to do.
I mean, you have the freedom to change jobs, right?
Yeah.
It's completely you have the power to do so.
True.
It's so much freedom.
Right.
There you go.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
