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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast
Hello
Hey guys
So, you were...
After LA, you were gonna go somewhere, but you told me you haven't, at that time, decided where you were gonna go.
Did you go somewhere, anywhere?
Oh, I mean, I extended my stay in LA.
Oh, okay.
So, it was in LA.
Oh, got it.
But, like, I had some places to visit.
Ah, I see.
I wasn't, like, which one to go, but I stayed in LA.
Oh, I thought you were gonna go to, like, Texas.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Washington, D.C., or something like that, but okay.
No.
You stayed in LA a little longer, I see.
I just extended my stay in LA.
Got it.
Yeah, I got a... I reserved my hotel on the beach side.
Oh, which beach?
It was called Marina Del Rey.
Okay.
That's, like, southern than... like, you had a Venice beach, yeah?
Yeah.
And then that's a southern part.
Yeah.
Like a marina.
Okay.
It's, like, a harbour thing?
Harbour, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
In it.
Oh, okay.
So, it's closer to Torrance, right?
No?
Yeah, like, direction is Torrance side.
Okay, got it.
But it's just... it's basically Venice beach, so...
Oh, got it, got it, got it.
Yeah, it's, like, a northwest side.
Okay.
Like a beach side.
Oh, okay, got it, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Anywhere interesting you went?
So, I went many places.
Okay.
As I, you know, I made a list.
Okay, yeah.
You know.
And I went to, like, art museum, like, Getty Museum.
Okay.
You know Getty?
Getty?
I mean, I've heard of Getty.
Getty image?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I hear that a lot.
Saint Getty?
Yeah, I guess so.
Oh, okay.
And he got a... he built the museum, like, huge museum and buy all the paints and those things.
Oh, shit.
That's his things.
Oh, damn.
Yeah, even it's on the top of the mountain.
So, he built, like, small kind of train for the museum.
Okay.
And it's free.
Oh, is that the one from La La Land?
The one them two got on?
No.
Not the one.
The world's shortest...
No, not that one.
Not that one.
No, not that one.
Okay, got it.
Yeah, the shortest, like, a little toroko thing.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, that was rich.
Oh, shit.
Yeah.
Okay.
And that was a good place to visit.
And also, yeah, I went to La La Land place.
The...
Yeah, the hill in Griffith.
The Griffith?
Yeah, I really wanted to go there.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I did, but I couldn't.
Yeah.
Because of the weather and everything.
Right, right, right.
Like, I really wanted to go on a sunny day.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But, like, boy, there are no sunny day.
True.
I mean...
Yeah, that was...
Unfortunately, I didn't go.
But, yeah.
It was a great place.
How was it? Good?
Like, you had a...
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You had the hill, you know?
I had the hill.
The same hill.
And, like, you got lights where they, you know, danced.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, shit.
Yeah, I passed through.
So, I made a plan for a day, you know?
Like, I went to, like, shoppings and, like, Chinese theaters and local fans and those things.
And I made a visiting to the Griffith at sunset time.
Right.
That was my plan.
Yes.
But, you know, it took time, like, more than I thought.
Okay.
In the daytime.
Yeah.
And I was like, oh, shit.
You're not gonna make it.
It's gonna be dark.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I kind of rushed into it.
Uh-huh.
And, like, I kind of made it.
Okay.
It's...
Yeah.
It's close.
It's like that.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But it was great, though.
Barely made it.
Yeah.
Okay.
I mean, I'm sure it's still beautiful at night, though, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like, you see that...
All these, like, lights.
Nice scenes.
The city lights, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
City lights, yeah.
Yeah.
Right, right, right.
Right.
That was great.
Um, many people in the Griffith.
Mm-hmm.
I was very crowded.
Ah.
And, um, yeah, it was mountaintop.
Mm-hmm.
And I...
My plan was took a Uber.
And bring me back to the hotel was my plan.
Okay.
But as it was mountaintop...
Mm-hmm.
Um, you know, the Denpa...
Okay.
The connection was terrible.
Mm-hmm.
And I got lost all the connections.
Oh, shit.
On the top, right?
No service.
No service.
Oh, shit.
And I couldn't even, like, order...
Uh-huh.
Anything.
Anything.
Uh-huh.
So I kind of...
Wow.
Okay.
I don't know what to do.
So I kind of completely lost.
Uh-huh.
And there were one shuttle bus...
Yeah.
Things.
And...
But I didn't search that bus.
Mm-hmm.
'Cause I...
My plan was just took a Uber.
Right.
So, um, I didn't know which one to take.
Uh-huh.
And, like, where is this, like, shuttle is heading.
Yeah.
And I...
But, you know, I...
You got on?
Just got on.
Okay.
Wow.
And I asked to the driver,
I want to go back to this hotel.
Uh-huh.
And he was a very nice guy.
Uh-huh.
Like a...
I guess he's a Mexican guy.
Okay.
So we were like,
Yeah, I can get off in, like, this here.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Okay.
So you got on the bus?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
And that was, like, kind of nice memory for me, like...
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
And also I went to, uh, yeah, Walk of Fame.
Like, you know, those hand stamps.
Yes, yes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Um...
In some clothes shop.
Okay.
Uh...
LA is famous for those, like, furugis.
Okay.
Yeah, I went to three famous ones.
The first one was the famous one.
Okay.
I was very...
You know, my expectation was very high.
Uh-huh.
But, man, that was terrible.
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What was the name of the store?
Uh, that was, um...
I forget the name.
It's a very famous one.
Yeah.
Got a...
I don't...
Jet...
Jet lag or something.
Jet lag?
Time lag, jet lag, yeah.
Okay.
That's very famous, and my expectation was very high.
Okay.
But inside, there were, like, two, three people were inside.
Like, the customers?
Yeah, customers.
And, like, all the clothes was...
You know, the one you...
Just like the one you can find in, like, hard off in Japan.
Oh, shit.
You know, like, terrible, like, T-shirt, like, for $5, and then...
Oh, jet rag.
Yeah, jet rag.
Yeah, jet rag, I guess.
Yeah.
That one.
Yeah.
Retro de cool na line no shouhin o tori soroe ta obise.
Nah.
Well, I mean...
Yeah.
No?
No.
No.
I was very sad inside.
I'm disappointed.
Like, what was it?
Like, L.A.
Like, clothing shit?
So, you thought it was...
What, like, dasai?
I mean...
What was it you thought?
It was, like...
The quality was very low.
So, it was, like...
The fabric was all kind of, like, used up.
It was, like, fucking, like, half-ripped.
Yeah.
I mean, not, like, half-ripped or those, but simply they didn't look cool.
Oh, OK, OK.
Like, you know, it's like...
Like, yore yore?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I thought it's, like, good used clothing sold in, like, cheap price.
Right.
But it's just...
No.
They just sold, like...
Just low-quality shit?
Like, it looked to me like they sold Uniqlo or, like, GU things in $3.
I see.
Yeah.
I was very sad.
OK.
All right.
Yeah, and I went to next one.
Next two, three shops were fine.
Very good, so...
OK, OK.
Great, but...
Did you buy anything?
Yeah, I bought a cap and, like, a leather jacket.
Oh, shit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right, at that third shop.
And some sweater things.
Sweater, yeah.
Yeah.
That was nice.
Also, I went to, you know, the famous muscle beach?
Not aware, but I know there's beaches with, like, muscular shit and, like, these gym equipments, right?
Right, right, right, right.
Yeah, I went to that.
Oh, shit, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, they got a, like, beach side.
They have, like, outside...
Like, gym.
Gym, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And they were, like...
It's famous.
It's like a...
You know Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Yeah.
Was, you know, train himself at that place.
Oh, really?
So that became famous.
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OK.
So, like, many, like, macho guys come to train in the spot.
Oh, OK, wow.
So, yeah, they were...
A lot of people?
Yeah, huge, like, unbelievable macho guys were, like, training inside.
And I wanted to actually get in and train myself in the gym.
Yeah.
But, you know...
Oh, no.
It was, like...
I was, like, scared.
Too much pressure?
Yeah, like...
Oh, I'm not...
I'm still not that stage yet.
I know.
Oh, I have to, like, train myself in Japan and come back.
Get bigger?
Yeah.
That's pretty scary.
Like, everybody was, like, doing this.
And, like, they got me, and then...
Wow.
Yeah.
Wow.
That was funny.
So I just did some push-ups at the beach.
Outside of the fence?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Is that free?
Oh, it's...
No, it's not free.
You have to pay $15 for a day.
Oh, OK.
And you also have, like, a membership.
Oh, OK, got it.
Was it big?
No, it's not big.
It's...
It's just, like, this.
This room?
It's pretty small.
Bigger than...
Yeah.
And all you have are the free weights, right?
Like, you don't have any machines and stuff like that, right?
No, no, no.
Just dumbbells and just, right?
Bars and circular weights and stuff like that?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
OK.
But that was fun.
And you got, like, a basketball court, tennis courts.
And, like, it's like a sports place, kind of.
Yeah.
That's cool.
I saw, like, street basketball.
Oh, that's cool.
I mean, they were, like...
Really good?
Really good.
Like, easily did a dunk.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
Nice.
That was nice.
Nice.
And I saw sunset.
And, you know...
Yeah.
I...
And I bought the souvenir for, like, my, you know, Naru-chan.
OK, yeah.
He also trains himself.
Oh, right, right, right, right.
And he knows the Muscle Beach.
So I bought him, like, a...
You know, they had a souvenir shop.
OK.
Near the...
Just across the...
Street.
Yeah, that's right.
And then they did a, you know, souvenir shop.
OK.
Which was very expensive.
For, like, one T-shirt with print, Muscle Beach.
Yeah.
Took, like, 70.
70?
Yeah.
70?
Yeah.
Oh, my God.
Yeah.
That's a rip-off.
Yeah.
The reason why is, like, T-shirt cost, like, 35.
And then you had, like, many options to print.
OK.
Like, Muscle Beach or, like, Venice Beach or, like, simply, like, dumbbells or anything.
And I choose it.
And it's for the print fee.
OK.
That's, like, 35.
Fuck.
So in total, that's 70.
Fuck.
I was like, I want to buy that.
But, you know, 70, man?
That's pretty crazy.
That's unbelievable.
Yeah.
And then talk to them and, like, oh, I came from Japan and I want to...
Think like that.
Yeah.
And finally, he went to, like, for one T-shirt, like, 25.
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So you got it down to 25?
That's pretty...
Wow.
That's pretty impressive.
Yeah.
But it was still 25, though.
I mean, from a 70 to a 25, that's, like, less than half, no?
Yeah.
That's true.
But what kind of, you know, business is that?
Like...
Was that a little bit sketchy?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, sketchy?
Yeah.
Like, there's no price tag.
They're just saying things.
Oh, so it wasn't, like, an official souvenir shop.
No, I don't think so.
It was just...
It's ran by a random guy.
Yeah, yeah.
Just fucking on the streets.
Yeah.
I mean, they had a, like, quite fancy place.
Oh, I see.
It's in the, you know...
They actually had a location?
Yeah, location.
It's not, like, street vendor.
Oh, okay, got it, got it.
But...
But still.
It's still.
Oh, I mean, 70 to a 25.
You know he's ripping them off, right?
Yeah, yeah.
On the original price.
That guy, huh?
Yeah, that was funny.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
That's just...
That's a nice experience.
Yeah, yeah.
That's really nice.
Oh, man.
Lucky you, man.
Yeah.
Lucky you.
That's really good.
Yeah.
That's good.
That's, you know...
That's what I wanted.
That's what we wanted, right?
Right, right, right, right.
So...
I mean, I went to Georgia.
It was raining the whole time.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Is Georgia like...
It's an average.
Average?
It's not like too sunny.
It's not too rainy.
Oh, okay.
It's in the average range.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
But I lay down on the beach and like...
Yeah.
That's cool.
That's nice.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
All right.
That's what I did.
All right.
That's good.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.