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Welcome to Kevin's English from podcast.
Hello.
Hey guys.
Hello.
Hello.
Yes.
You met.
How's your dad?
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
Dad.
Uh, yeah, he arrived like a week ago, a week ago.
Okay.
I believe.
And, uh, we had family dinner.
We went on a family vacation.
Wow.
You went Nasu?
That's a cool game.
That's a cool game.
That's great.
Right.
And then, uh, now he's in Kyoto.
Okay.
I think, yeah, I think he's in Kyoto for business.
Oh, yeah.
So now.
I think his headquarters in Kyoto, I guess.
Oh, so we still have chance to meet him and catch him.
So hit to Kyoto right now.
Right, right now.
So that.
He's gone already by the time the podcast is out.
So that you can catch and meet him.
Maybe take pictures with him.
I have, uh, did you see a photo of, I took a photo with.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
And I posted on Instagram.
Oh, everyone, uh, now knows how my dad looks like.
So everyone can catch him then.
Uh, it's a photo.
Oh, many of the comments were like, he's so young.
Yeah.
I can tell you, he's your dad.
He's so young.
Like he's your friend.
I know, right?
Yeah.
So young.
How old is he?
Uh, I asked him, he said, uh, 56.
Wow.
I think, I think.
Sorry, dad, if I'm wrong.
I remember you telling me you were 56.
Wow.
Um, he looks younger than I.
You thought?
I saw him before, like on the video.
Yeah.
He looked younger than I.
Is it the hairstyle or you actually like, if you actually observe his face.
Yeah.
The face.
It like the video I saw was, he was on a like workplace, right?
And he talked about some things and I think, yeah, maybe that's why he was like, he
looked like more, like work.
Yeah.
Maybe he looked more like adult.
Like looked like professional.
Serious.
Yeah.
Serious.
A virgin, but in this picture, he looked, he looks like, I don't know.
Yeah.
I mean, he's relaxed.
Yeah.
He's, he's surrounded by, you know, it wasn't just me and him.
It was the whole family.
Yeah.
His friends as well.
Okay.
Okay.
That's why his granddaughter's there too.
Yeah.
That's why I happy.
Wow.
Yeah.
Great picture.
Great picture, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's like, yeah, that's great.
I thought that was a great picture too.
You know?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's blurry.
Got that movement going.
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So, and, and, and so similar.
Yeah.
You guys look similar.
Right.
Right.
We do look like.
Like the skin color.
But he's, he's more, he's more tan, right?
Oh, really?
Don't you think so?
No?
Then I.
But true.
He is a little bit more tan than I am.
Okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay.
Oh, great picture.
Right.
Thank you.
Yeah.
So you had a great moment.
Right.
I did.
I did.
Yeah.
I, um, we went to the school again by car.
Oh, by car.
By car.
Right.
And, uh, it was me, dad's sister and, uh, uh, my sister's daughter.
Sister's daughter.
Okay.
Yeah.
I don't know how you'd call that.
My niece.
Nephews.
Nephew.
Nephew.
Yeah.
My nephew.
Yeah.
Um, yeah.
She was my, yeah, the nephew was, uh,
three, five, two, three, three and a half year old.
Okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
And, uh, yeah, she was cute.
Yeah.
Mm.
Very cute.
She talks.
She talks.
Oh, like the, the, the human language.
Yeah.
She actually spoke Japanese.
You know, it was only like, yeah.
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
More time.
And I always thought was no thing.
Something like that.
Ah, okay.
Okay.
It was like a, yeah.
Yeah.
The kid, the kid.
Yeah.
Language.
I think it's a typical three year old.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Of course.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
Uh, we had a great time.
Okay.
Yeah.
How's your dot?
Uh, very, yeah, very healthy.
Oh, great.
Um, thinking about moving to a more tropical area.
Southern Island.
Yeah.
He, he, he's looking into Hawaii, he said, but he said that the, the cost of Hawaii
was so high.
Yeah.
I was like, ah, I don't know, man.
Like so high.
He brought a suitcase, empty suitcase.
Yeah.
He brought, he brought this big ass suitcase.
Okay.
And it was like, Oh wow, dad, what's in it?
Oh, there's a suitcase inside.
Two empty suitcases.
You brought two empty suitcases.
So he need to buy so many snacks.
Yeah.
Japan.
Right.
He already bought, you know, the Ito Yoka Do's, uh, Net Super.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He bought that beforehand.
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Like before he came to Japan, he was like, he searched online and he was like, he, he,
uh, typed in my address as a delivery.
Yeah.
And then that arrived.
And that was the United States from the United States.
Yeah.
He bought it from the United States.
Searched through the online.
Yeah.
And, oh, that's funny.
That's so funny.
Some of the items I, I, uh, I didn't look through all of them, but some of them I found was, uh,
Basuroman.
Okay.
Uh, uh, okay.
Uh, uh, okay.
Uh, it's like a kind of, yeah.
Yeah.
Uh, okay.
Uh, okay.
Uh, the chocolate.
The chocolate.
Yeah.
Um, yeah, those, those.
So funny.
It's basically a cha, the snacks.
Chips, candies, chocolates.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Those things.
And you bought and he bought everything that he, he could collect in Japan and, and put it into that huge suitcase.
Yes.
And pocketed.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He's going to bring you that to his house.
Yeah.
And he said that it's not over yet.
Like he has to go to the local grocery store.
He's going to go to a local grocery store and he's going to have to fill up the rest of the space, right?
Because the Netosuper isn't enough to fill up the two suitcases.
Okay.
So there's a lot more space left.
So he's got to find more.
He still has some spaces.
Yeah.
He's got some more dust spaces, right?
He needs to fill that up.
Yeah.
So he said that the problem now is weight.
He has to find a lightweight Japanese product, but can fill up the space.
Yeah.
So you're not wasting any space.
What he did at the Nesco again.
Yeah.
You know how you go to a hotel and there's like this first floor, there's like a souvenir section.
Yeah.
Like there's like a manju or like a bakuhen or like a cheesecake.
Like he would look around the store holding every package.
Ah, it's heavy.
It's heavy.
I can't do it.
It's heavy.
I like the light one.
He's only looking at the weight.
Find something you want to eat, Dad.
He doesn't care.
He just wants to fill up the suitcase.
It's just like you.
Yeah, I know.
He doesn't want to waste space, right?
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So he has to find a perfect big size package, but like not too weighted so that it doesn't go over the limit.
Yeah, of course.
Yeah.
He doesn't care about the taste.
What's inside.
Wow.
It's so you.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Is that like family thing?
Is that your family thing?
I don't know.
To fill that space out.
Actually, well, that space thing, yeah, probably our family, but like the empty suitcase thing, he said that many of the people, I mean the Japanese people in the US, right?
At least his community are doing the same thing.
Oh.
That they bring an empty suitcase, fill it up with Japanese souvenirs, bring it back home.
He said that that's such a typical thing.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's what I understand.
Yeah.
You know, filling up that debt space is his ultimate goal, right?
That's exactly.
Yeah.
And filling up all the debt space in your room is your ultimate dream, right?
He's a little bit more advanced than I am because he said that if you buy chips, you don't need a Kan Shou Za, because the chips itself is going to be a Kan Shou Za on its own.
So if you have any valuable items, don't buy a Kan Shou Za, just buy chips.
You know how the chips are filled with air, right?
That's going to be a Kan Shou Za.
You can use that Kan Shou Za space to replace it with a souvenir.
I'm not sure if he's really clever.
He would, he would, I think he puts his laptop in between chips so that it's not damaged.
Yeah.
That's really clever.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
His smart way of using his space, right?
That's right.
Right.
So, yeah.
Quick update.
Yeah, great.
Right.
I've got chips.
Oh yeah.
That's barbecued flavor.
Barbecued flavor chips.
Thank you.
Right.
Thank you.
Thank you.
He said that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I was so glad.
Oh, that's good.
Yeah.
I already had finished half of it.
That's good.
That's good.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Arigato gozaimasu.
Yeah.
I enjoyed that.
Yes.
Alrighty.
Right.
So, uh, happy to hear that your dad is healthy and yeah, very healthy.
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Yeah.
Right.
Yep.
Alrighty.
Okay.
Thanks for listening guys.
Thank you.
Bye bye.
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