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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Thank you for the echo there.
You're welcome.
Oh, sorry. I have to move my plants.
What are you doing?
Sorry about that.
They don't like the direct sun.
Sun, you know.
Sunlight?
Yeah.
They don't like the direct sunlight?
No.
What kind of plants don't like direct sunlight?
You know, that's too strong for them.
Their leaves will be burned.
Really?
Yeah.
Why don't you close the blind?
No, because this lemon tree, he...
He needs it?
He needs the direct sun.
Oh.
Other guys, other boys, other girls.
The other boys.
Yeah.
The other gentlemen.
Yeah.
The other gentlemen need some quiet room.
Yeah.
Oh.
Sorry.
Wow.
I have to...
You have to...
Where was the place I...
Well, does it matter?
No, but...
Just put it in some random area then.
Yeah.
Okay.
Are you sad?
You still need the brightness though.
So, this is...
Not the direct sun, but...
So, this is...
Putting it here is different from putting it like in the other room where no sunlight exists.
Right.
It's still bright here.
So...
But no direct...
Like, direct sunshine is like this.
Mm-hmm.
You know.
Right, right, right.
So, this lemon tree needs that, like, sun from it.
That's a lemon tree?
Yes.
Do you get lemons from that?
Yeah.
Wow.
That's fun, huh?
That's fun.
That's fun, huh?
Yeah.
Okay.
If I get, like...
That's when, like, growing plants makes sense for me.
Like, when you get the fruits.
When you get, like...
Okay.
Yeah, that's what...
That makes sense to me.
Like, the grown plants.
Okay.
So, you grow plants to eat?
Yes.
Okay.
Yes.
Yes.
Yeah.
That makes sense to me.
Okay.
How many lemons are you gonna get from that?
Oh, but...
Five or six or seven or...
Five, six, or seven?
Maybe.
We never know, but...
You never know.
It depends on how you grow them in your life.
Right, right.
That's a positive ROI.
Yeah.
It's not a business.
Okay, that's great.
Okay, so for you, there is no attractive at all, like, growing this kind of plants with
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no fruit.
It's not that I don't see any upside to it.
Like, right, it's the...
I see the beauty.
Okay.
I see the beauty of, like, you know...
The green.
The green.
Cherishing a plant and make it grow, but it's not the energy...
Like, the excitement isn't so high.
But I do understand, you know, the merit of it, though.
Yeah.
You know, it's like kind of like having pet, having dog or cat with you.
It is not having pet.
Oh, it is?
No, no.
For me, it is.
That's different.
For me, it's the same.
Kind of same to me.
Okay.
I mean, it's not that, you know, they're not moving fast and, you know...
You don't...
You can't interact with them.
I do.
I can.
I can.
No, you can't.
Like, well, they answer them.
They answer to me.
No, they don't.
They do.
They do.
What do you...
How do you communicate with them?
Like, what do you...
Like, I talk to them.
In what ways do you think you have an inter...
Like, verbally.
Like, I talk to them and they will answer me.
You're...
They will answer me.
Like...
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm okay.
Are you okay?
Are you okay?
No, seriously.
They...
They don't move fast.
They don't, like, instantly, you know, attract to me.
But they grow.
They...
They might be die sometimes, you know, if I don't do something.
So it's a interactive thing.
It is.
It's not that, like, one second, like, one minute things, but long term...
Long term, right.
It's like that's...
Okay.
Yeah, that's kind of fit me.
Like, not instantly get a fruit from that process, you know.
I feel like a lot of the muscle freaks have the same, like...
Muscle freaks?
Muscle freaks have a similar, like, feeling towards their muscles, right?
Yeah, yeah.
Like, grow the muscles.
Muscle maniacs who loves to, you know, like...
Oh, that's completely the same.
Yeah.
You cherish your muscle.
Yes, yes, yes.
And taking proteins.
Yes.
And grow the body.
Right.
And...
Yeah, that's the same thing.
They're all for taking care of your muscles.
Yeah.
Similar mindset.
Right.
Yeah.
That fits me.
That fits you.
Yeah.
I understand that.
It does seem like it would fit you.
Yeah.
And have responsibility.
Right.
To, like, control all the guys.
Are you, like, how about...
Like, I'm sure pets not a thing for you.
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Like, dogs, cats.
But, like, how about, like, like, like, snails?
How different is that from dogs and cats?
It's slower.
Okay.
Right?
It doesn't...
Yeah.
Dogs and cats, like, they take...
They shit on the floor.
Of course.
They're like, they...
It does take a lot of work.
You gotta go outside and walk.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And, like, with snails, it's not that fast.
It's cute, the look.
It's a little bit...
You know what I mean?
How they move, how they move really slowly.
How they eat.
And then, like, I think...
Okay.
Yeah, I think they're cute.
Okay, let's say they are cute.
And, like, they don't make so much trouble.
What do you think about that?
Like, first of all, I don't think they are cute enough to live with.
And...
But they're still animals.
I mean, not animals, but, like, the creatures.
The living creatures.
So, it's kind of...
Tough to me.
Ah, right.
You know, I have to...
They're bugs.
They're just...
No, no, no, I have to be more responsible.
Ah, right.
I have to take care, like, much more...
Right.
Like...
They're more sensitive.
Yeah.
Against changes.
Right.
Right, that makes sense.
So, that's difficult to me.
Too much of a handcuff to you.
And they won't be bigger.
Oh, right, you're right.
It probably won't be bigger.
Yeah.
The plants can be bigger.
Like, you know, that one I bought from a Hyakkin store.
That was...
Really?
Yeah.
Why was it Hyakkin?
Hyakkin store and that one too.
Hyakkin store.
Dang.
And getting bigger, you know.
That's...
Like, what, 30 centimeters tall?
Yeah.
That's fun.
It's pretty big.
How long have you been cherishing this?
Hmm, like, I've been cherishing this guy for, like, three weeks, maybe?
Quite a gentleman then, you know?
Yeah.
Three weeks gentleman.
Yeah.
This is a gentleman.
Yeah.
Right.
He must be, like...
Must have confidence in himself.
Yeah.
Like, he's got that chest.
He's got that manly chest here.
He's got that...
Muscles.
Right here?
Yeah.
Right here?
Yeah.
Right.
Oh.
He's got confidence, man.
Confidence.
I can see the confidence inside him.
Like, he's got that...
His leaves are like...
Yeah.
Like, hairstyle-ish kind of, you know?
I can see the confidence in him.
For real.
It's really interesting that you found him confidence inside.
I do.
Okay.
I do actually.
Yes, I love that they are...
The way they get bigger.
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Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Right.
Mm.
As you told me before, I want to have my room like a jungle.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So...
How about, like, mushrooms?
Mushrooms?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Not bad.
Not bad?
Yeah.
Yeah.
But I prefer the green...
Oh, right.
You like the green things, right.
Mushrooms are not bad.
For relaxation and things like that.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That makes sense.
Okay.
Do you have any pets or plants or snails or...?
Actually, I bought a...
Snail?
What was it?
I think it was a...
Hakusai?
Hakusai?
Yeah, I bought a hakusai from the supermarket.
Vegetable?
Yeah, the vegetable.
Like for a nabe?
Yeah, yeah, for a nabe.
Yeah, I actually bought it for a nabe.
Mm-hmm.
And then I cut it.
Mm-hmm.
And there was a little...
Wow.
I don't know what it was.
Maybe...
Snail without the little kai gara.
Ah, that's namekuji.
Namekuji.
Maybe namekuji.
Maybe not.
Is there something that's really similar to namekuji?
Mm...
Imamushi?
Maybe imamushi.
It was a green one?
It was a green one.
Oh, then imamushi.
Like this, like this...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
There was imamushi.
Okay.
Yeah, like, he was cute, really.
Yeah, imamushi.
Right, right.
And then I actually drank with him.
Oh.
I just had nabe with him.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I just had nabe with him.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I just had nabe with him.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I just had nabe with him.
Wow.
Yeah, like, he kind of like, I put him on the table and just be like, "Yo, man.
You good?"
Like...
Wow.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I know this is weird and kind of gross and disgusting, but like, I thought he was cute.
Yeah.
I thought it was...
There's so many people that they hate that little insect, imamushi things.
I gave him a little...
I ate a banana, so I gave him like the banana peel.
And he loved it.
He enjoyed the banana peel.
Oh, really?
Yeah, he ate it.
And some...
I gave him some lettuce.
Okay.
He ate that too.
And then...
Right.
And then I...
Several hours, I kicked him out.
I kicked him out of the window and there he goes.
Yeah.
Right.
It's something...
He's going to be a butterfly someday.
Right.
He will be a butterfly someday.
And I hope he's doing well.
Yeah.
Well, that's nice.
Okay, I think that was 10 minutes.
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Yeah, yeah.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Bye-bye.
