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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
So I've got a... this time I've got a...
You got a what?
I've got a... you know...
Telepathy.
Shit!
High level shit, man.
Telepathy.
Yes, telepathy.
Yuri-san.
Who is living in the United Kingdom.
Oh, nice!
Yep.
Amazing.
Telepathy from the United Kingdom.
Telepathy, right?
So, Konnichiwa!
Konnichiwa!
[Reading from the Japanese-English-language-text.]
Yuri-san, arigatou gozaimasu.
Korea, eat spicy food.
That answers the question right there.
I want to go to Korea right now.
Jesus, I love Korea.
I don't know.
I don't know why I love Korea.
So how long have you been into Korea?
About like a year or two.
Very, very miha.
You know, I...
Extremely miha.
Yeah, I know that.
Same duration.
And then JYP things and tape book things are...
Yes.
Yes, exactly.
And I admit it, I am a very miha.
And I love it.
That's a good thing, loving the country, the neighbor.
You're right, you're right.
It's really close, I mean, for real.
I don't know why.
The culture is really similar, I guess.
It's really easy to walk around in that neighborhood.
And like the...
You know how I like the technologies, right?
Like the kindai-teki kind of place.
I like those places.
The buildings and towns?
Yes, Korea has a similar kind of taste to it.
So I enjoy it.
Have you ever been to Korea?
Yeah, I've been there like twice.
Twice?
Yeah, like TT twice.
Right.
I enjoyed it both.
So what did you do in Korea?
I went to...
The main reason was food.
Food.
The gourmet, yatai.
Hot food, spicy food.
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Yes, spicy food.
Yangnyeom chicken.
Samgyeopsal.
The sweets, the desserts.
What kind of sweets do they have?
You know Cafe de Paris?
I know you don't know.
I know that's a cafe in Paris.
No, no, no. It's a different.
I don't know why they named it Cafe de Paris.
It's a cafe in Paris, right?
Yeah.
But it's a nameless store.
In Korea?
Only in Korea?
I think it's only in Korea.
But definitely no, I think.
Because a cafe of Paris
would not exist in Paris.
It's too daffy, right?
Yeah, because all the cafes...
No one would name their bread.
Actually Cafe de Paris,
they got one in Shinjuku.
It recently came out because it was a hit in Korea.
But it's a buffet
with lots of fruits on it.
It's basically it.
What kind of fruit?
Grapes.
They got strawberries.
But not only fruit,
but chocolate too.
It's covered in chocolate.
I think those three are the main
kind of variations.
Cafe de Paris was a famous one.
Another one would be like...
Cheese dakgalbi.
Kimbap.
I also love the...
The Doenbap maybe?
No, I never...
I didn't enjoy that.
I love them, but I didn't crave for it.
I guess that's it.
Outside of food,
I like the...
What was the name of the town
where a lot of the young kids
go outside and do street music
and street dancing?
There's a town...
I forgot.
What's the name?
Is there a town?
A town with street performances
by young people
dancing on K-pop,
like the latest K-pop music.
The latest K-pop music.
On the street.
Right, on the streets.
I forgot.
That street is interesting.
Lots of culture,
lots of people trying to do dreams.
I want to go there, the street.
There's nothing like it in Japan.
It's fun of street performers
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in every block.
And there's people surrounding it.
It's interesting.
And the K-pop.
I love K-pop,
so K-pop music is everywhere.
It's actually everywhere.
If you go downtown,
you can hear K-pop music from the stores.
It's fairly loud,
so it's enjoyable.
Is there any place
that you can meet K-pop singers?
K-pop stars?
I'm sure there are.
I'm sure there are stages.
And minor K-pop groups
that do the stages.
I'm not interested in that though.
I'm not interested in meeting them.
I'm interested in their artwork.
I just enjoy listening to them,
not socializing with them.
That's all I would do.
Go to Korea and have fun.
It's going to be an exciting trip.
I like the act of going on a trip.
For the sake of going on trips,
I like that.
You love traveling.
I do.
You went somewhere.
Like Fukuoka.
The event itself is so fun.
No matter where it is.
Going on trips,
transportation,
getting on the airplane is fun.
Stepping foot in Korea
and riding the first subway is fun.
Tasting a different atmosphere is fun.
How about you, man?
Thailand.
Or India.
Or Africa.
I want to go somewhere like
a hot...
high temperature place.
Thailand.
Or Southeast Asian country.
Or India.
Why a hot place?
I don't know.
I feel like I want to go to a hot place.
Why not a sauna?
I want to spend time
wearing only shorts.
And little flip-flops on.
And sleeping on a hanging bed.
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I want to spend time on the beach side.
By the way, it's called flip-flop.
Does it have to be like the
East Asian countries?
Yeah, it could be like Hawaii.
It could be any hot place.
If it's a hot place, it's okay.
Hot place and have beautiful beach.
Relaxed, broken atmosphere.
Not in a rushed atmosphere.
Like not in a rushed...
Got it.
...hurry time.
Slow, slow atmosphere.
Does India have a beautiful beach?
Yeah.
They do? I didn't know that.
And also I want to go some places like
Thailand or Southeast countries.
The reason why is...
It's...
Not that...
polite.
It shouldn't be used that word.
It's not that...
completely made up.
Constricted up.
It's still like...
the playground.
People are...
really...
casual.
That's what I want to go.
Because you can see like the more human side.
Yeah, that's a good word.
Human...
Humanity.
Humanity would be something else.
It would mean a different thing.
More...
Human element.
Human...
Humaness.
Humaness.
You can add "ness" to almost any word.
Even if it's not a word.
Humanness.
Right.
I feel like you would enjoy that.
I understand that.
I want to experience something that I order
a cup of coffee
and maybe...
let's see...
a sandwich.
And then...
people say...
"Okay, it will be like $5."
"Okay, I'll pay for that."
"And he will bring me orange juice and ice cream."
Right.
I would be like...
"Okay, no. It's not something that I ordered."
But...
it's okay.
You find beauty in it.
I love that.
Human errors are...
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Human errors in different cultures
are...
of interest.
And after that he will say that...
"Please pay $10."
More.
What? You said $5.
I paid $5.
No, $10.
What?
I want to do that.
You're a weirdo.
A true weirdo.
Yeah, I know it's kind of strange.
But I don't know why I want to do this.
But I feel lots of human...
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
in that story.
Even in Japan, I want to do that.
You want to do that in Japan?
Yeah. So I try to...
make a conversation to the...
to the shop...
shop people.
Shop worker.
So you enjoy a lot of...
the...
the...
"Kojinkei" cafes.
How the rules are more like...
free.
But I do.
Even it was in McDonald's.
I speak to...
like...
bullshit things.
People.
And I'm pretty sure that they...
don't like me.
Like, they are so busy.
And don't want to...
make time for me.
But at least I...
I'm enjoying that conversation.
Okay. Do you like being cheated on?
I don't want to.
But...
Yeah, it can be funny.
Because...
Because you can see things.
Yeah.
And then the lie.
And...
Like...
Let's say...
I cheated in yesterday.
Maybe.
Then I can say that story.
As funny story to you.
So that's a...
good one. Good experience.
Positive ROI.
Got it.
Alright.
Thanks for listening guys.
Bye.
(laughing)
