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Welcome back to another episode of Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Yay!
So how are you today?
I'm really fine today.
Fine today?
Thank you.
Excuse me, I'm eating today.
Well, as usual.
Just like always.
What is that?
Is that takoyaki?
No, it's not a takoyaki.
Does it look like takoyaki to you?
Yeah.
Pretty much takoyaki to me, like...
Hirekatsu-don.
Oh, hirekatsu-don?
It's got the katsuobushi on it.
Yeah.
And a little sauce on it.
Yeah.
Mmm.
And look.
This is my kaisendon.
Mmm.
It's my dinner.
It looks black.
What?
It looks fresh.
Yeah.
It looks really black.
I bought this near the station.
You know, actually we are...
We live...
Like, kind of neighbor.
Mm-hmm.
And we use basically the same station.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I bought this near the station.
Do you know where it is?
There is a kaisendon shop.
Is it like a 500 yen kaisendon shop?
Right, right.
Yeah, I know what that is.
Yeah.
It's like a franchise, you know that?
What?
It's like a franchise.
It's all over Japan.
Really?
I've seen it everywhere.
Really?
Yeah, it's a franchise.
Oh, I'm sad.
It is.
I've never...
Is that a franchise store?
Yeah, it looks kind of like...
It looks cheap.
It looks really beat up, but it's like a franchise.
One obachan, like operating by herself.
Yeah.
And it was kind of her store.
It was like...
Every store is like that.
That's their style.
Oh, really?
It's like they're not selling this brand.
They're just selling the mechanism.
They're selling the system.
That's all they're selling.
So it's not like a brand thing.
I think they're selling the infrastructure and the fishes
and all that stuff.
But anyway, it's good.
You like it?
Yeah, I like it.
Is it fresh?
Mm-hmm.
Let me go get water.
What?
Let me go get water.
Sure.
So now we have officially started this podcast already,
I think, right?
Yeah.
We are because-- well, actually-- it's already on Spotify.
Oh.
It's been on there for like a week or two.
And I don't--
I'm still trying to apply for Apple Music.
So podcast?
Mm-hmm.
But they reject you.
No, they're not responding.
They're just not giving me a response.
I'm doing it on Anchor.
You know what that is?
No.
It's a service for putting out podcasts
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to all the podcast platforms.
Distributor.
Mm-hmm.
Exactly.
So I'm still waiting for--
Answers.
Yeah, people for Apple to get my podcast on that.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Is there any possibility that we will be rejected by the Apple?
I don't know.
I don't think so.
Because we've never talked about dirty things.
Yeah, we never talked about dirty things.
It's quite polite radio.
Yeah.
I don't think we'll be rejected.
I never say fuck in the radio.
Why?
Because I'm pretty sure that you've said so many times.
Yeah.
Do you have anything on your mind?
Anything you want to talk about today?
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Well, this must please that.
This is kind of really laid back.
This is the style of the podcast.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
It's just zatsuna.
Right.
We've never had a plan.
Right.
Like, oh, but guess what?
I started flossing.
Really?
Yeah.
Because I told you about the teeth name.
Right.
How was it?
Well, it's--
How is it?
It's kind of-- well, it's good for me.
But it hurts me every time I do that.
Yeah, it does.
It does.
It hurts me.
Is that no problem?
Does it hurt because you don't have many space?
You don't have too much space between your teeth?
Or are you attacking your gum?
That's what I'm doing, I think.
You're bleeding.
Are you bleeding?
Yeah.
Yeah, you're attacking your gum.
I bleed.
I bleed so much.
And my finger gets really red.
That's disgusting.
You're bleeding way too much, dude.
I think you're beating yourself up too much.
I think you're doing it way too forcefully.
Is it difficult for you to get the needle in between your teeth?
Yeah, a little bit.
A little bit.
So you have to use your--
But rather, it's really hard for me to pull the floss out from the--
Really?
Yeah, it does.
It's really difficult.
Maybe you should try pushing it out while you're going out and in,
and then pulling it down if you're doing it in your upper teeth.
Like a saw.
Yeah.
But overall, it's good for me.
It seems like it works.
Like, try to rinse your mouth after you floss.
You feel water going through your teeth.
It feels really good.
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Like, do you not rinse your teeth after you floss?
I do.
Because you get all that white stuff?
Yeah, the dirty things.
The worry that your white stuff is still on your teeth?
What?
Worried that your white stuff is still on your teeth?
Yeah, I have to rinse.
I have to rinse, right?
Do you not feel the water going in between your teeth?
Well, not that much.
It's fresh, but not like the water's going into my teeth.
But it's fresh and feels good.
I've been doing flossing several years ago,
and I've been noticing I've been doing it way too hard.
And like, the front two upper teeth.
I've been noticing that there's a space opening up time after time
as I'm doing flossing.
Really?
That's because of the floss?
Probably.
Really?
Yeah, because I stopped flossing.
Oh, my.
But you know, it's good, thanks to you.
Yeah.
Are you not doing like, mouth washing?
Like the listering kind of?
Oh, no, I don't do that.
You don't do that?
OK.
I just use floss and just flossing.
And brushing.
Brush your teeth.
Yeah.
That I do.
OK.
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So the Jishiku May Day--
What?
Oh, yeah, Jishiku May Day.
It's gone, right?
Do you have any plans to go anywhere?
Well, no.
Not typically.
No?
Like, I like staying home.
And I like wandering my city and try to buy like, this.
You always like to do that, right?
Even before the quarantine thing.
Yeah, exploring the town, not going far away.
What was the best city that you ever lived in before?
How many cities have you lived before?
Well, one-- I was born in Tokyo.
Tokyo.
It was first city.
And then moved to the different city.
Two.
And three.
Five.
And six.
Six?
And seven.
Because you went abroad, right?
What?
You went abroad.
Oh.
That's why you have so many places, right?
Yeah, but only two.
OK.
So I've moved-- like, I've been living in Kyoto and here now.
And when we were college students,
I was living in a different city.
Yeah.
So--
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What was your best one?
If I can include the abroad, Cannes is the best for me.
Cannes?
Cannes.
Well, I don't know how to pronounce this in English way.
But it's a city where--
you know, the south of the France, like province region.
How do you spell it?
C-A-N-N-E-S.
Cannes?
Cannes.
It's, you know, where the movie festival is held.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know where it is.
What is it in Japanese?
Cannes.
Mm.
Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm.
How's the looking?
It's a really beautiful city.
Oh.
With plenty of sun.
I like outside, spending my time, spending my life
in outside.
I feel really good staying at beach.
That's quite nice.
You're such a nature person, you know?
Mm.
You don't get too caught up in the technology world,
like social media.
Yeah, you--
And like computer things.
I'm really bad at using digital devices.
Your phone is useless.
Oh.
Yeah.
I looked at your specs.
Wait.
Your phone is like absolutely useless.
My smartphone literally is smart.
And I can use this every time.
And you know.
Look.
This is all apps I have.
He's showing me the screen, and it has 11 apps.
Literally 11 apps.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
I didn't count the one at the bottom.
No, no, wait.
What?
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
18 apps.
Jesus Christ.
That's way too much for me.
I'm happy you have TikTok on there.
Yeah.
[LAUGHTER]
I've downloaded this.
But I've not often accessed this application.
But at least I have this.
Yeah, at least you have it, right?
Right?
At least you have it.
So that I can show you and tell you that I'm
interested in TikTok world.
Are you not going to change your phone?
Do you have any plans of changing your phone?
Why?
Because your hard drive is way too small.
I can't understand why you are asking that to me.
OK, how much mobile data can you transfer your--
Let me check.
Let me check.
Yeah.
Because-- wait.
Where is the-- oh, yeah.
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Oh, I have to tell you that I bought the microSD here.
And I put this into my smartphone.
So that now I have, in total, 36 gigabytes.
36 gigabytes?
Yes.
Wow, that's an upgrade.
Yeah.
Before we had, like, what, four, you say?
No, no, eight.
Eight gigabytes.
And I'm currently using 7.5, 7.5.
Guys, he's not talking about the CPU, the eight gigabytes.
He's actually talking about the SSD.
He's actually talking about the whole iPhone--
you're not an iPhone.
You're smartphone memory, right?
Yeah.
That's why.
But that is enough for me.
I love him.
And the fact that you have a microSD card on there
just shows that it's not enough.
Maybe it's time for you to upgrade your phone.
But that's because you said you have to add some gigabytes
into my smartphone.
So that's why I bought--
OK, how about the mobile data?
What do you mean, mobile data?
Like the cellular data transfer limits
before it goes into low speed transfer mode.
Oh, right.
That's a good question.
Yeah.
Do you know?
But it's probably five.
Five gigabytes?
Yeah, but I don't use that.
Jesus Christ.
I have-- because I have-- that's right.
Per month, of course.
Not for my life.
Yeah, I know that.
I know that.
I have to say this.
But I don't use that gigabyte because I have Wi-Fi.
Pocket Wi-Fi.
What?
Pocket Wi-Fi?
Yeah, pocket Wi-Fi.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's what you usually do.
OK, that makes sense.
That makes a lot of sense.
The pocket Wi-Fi is unlimited, right?
Unlimited cellular data.
Right, right.
Unlimited.
Unlimited, right?
Well, yeah.
Within a--
Yeah.
I'm not talking about within a--
Almost unlimited for me.
Three-day window.
Right, right, right.
Yeah, I know that.
So that I can save money for the smartphones.
And basically, I don't use so many gigabytes.
So it's completely enough for me.
I'm a big believer in the mobile technology thing.
I'm a huge believer in it.
I think it's so convenient.
You get the information whenever you need it.
And I think that that mobility, that convenience,
really upgrades your lifestyle.
Oh, yeah.
Do you not take that in?
Do you not agree?
For example, do you have something you recommend to me?
Typical application?
OK.
The service?
I saw that on your smartphone.
I know you have it, but YouTube?
Oh, YouTube.
I know YouTube.
Yeah, you know YouTube.
I know YouTube.
Yeah, you can educate yourself with it.
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Entertainment's there.
And also, like, what?
The news app.
Oh, right.
Podcast.
I love listening to English while I'm on the go.
And I like to--
what else?
Google Sheets, because I do a lot of working.
And I like to edit things through my smartphone.
And also, what else?
Let me check my phone.
See if there's any app that you should get.
PayPay.
Oh, PayPay.
But definitely PayPay.
Like, it's so convenient.
OK.
OK.
Mercari.
Mercari.
Google Map.
Oh, I have Google Map.
You have Google Map?
OK.
All right.
It's default.
OK.
Um.
Um.
And what else?
I'm trying to think of the ones that you don't have.
Well, almost everything.
Well, not really.
Trello.
This is more of a note-taking app.
Oh, yeah.
I recommend this.
I know that application.
You know?
This is for the task manager.
Yeah, exactly.
Task management app.
So in mobile Suica app.
Yeah.
Is that convenient?
It is very convenient.
Really?
You can charge your--
as a matter of fact, I needed to charge my Suica.
OK.
It's so easy.
Watch.
Watch.
I unlocked it with my fingerprints
because it's an iPhone, not like yours.
Wait.
OK.
Go ahead.
And I just do, right?
5,000 yen charge.
Credit card, charge.
Just wait for it.
And it's still loading.
Yeah.
Still loading.
Wait, it's slow, huh?
No, it's not slow.
Isn't that-- oh.
Look at that.
That is--
Oh, that was funny.
So much faster than you going to, right?
Right, the machine.
The machine and actually putting in your card
and putting the actual money in.
Right.
And then you can just beep, beep, like this.
That's so much easier.
But you don't have your--
I don't have an actual card.
Physical card?
No, I don't carry a physical card
because I have my smartphone with me.
That is so convenient, dude.
Well, I can understand that it's convenient.
But I have my physical card here.
Yeah.
So I don't--
Like--
I guess that's about it.
OK.
I guess.
Oh, 17 minutes.
Oh, we got to go, man.
That was way too long for an episode.
We have to cut it to two episodes.
All right, guys.
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See you in the next episode.
Bye.
