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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Hello!
Thank you for being here again, Yamachan.
Oh, no, thank you.
How are you?
I'm fine, thank you.
Is your microphone okay?
It's not stable.
It is not stable.
I wonder why.
That way, I guess.
Okay, this way.
Ah.
Oh, yeah, thank you.
Yes.
All set.
All right.
Yeah.
So we had...
Three professionals.
Yes.
Professional audio engineers.
Yes.
In this room, and...
Mm-hmm.
They helped me out.
Yes.
And now finally, we've got...
The perfect system.
Yes.
Now the podcast audio and the video formats audio,
it's both coming from this microphone.
Cool.
So we don't have any pin microphones.
Last time we had it here.
Wow.
Or here.
Now it's just this.
Wow.
You know how we've been trying to figure this out
for over like a month or so?
Yeah.
Five minutes.
That's how long it took for them to figure it out.
Yep.
Five minutes.
They were like, "Why are you struggling?"
"What is the problem?"
It's like the most basic thing you can do.
They were really professional.
Yeah.
Like they said nothing.
Mm-hmm.
They just did it.
Yes.
And just left.
Yeah.
Super cool.
But I'm glad that this is all, you know...
Yeah.
It's all set up.
True.
And I still haven't, you know, really listened to how big the volume is on the video or
the podcast, but I'm sure it's a pretty decent, pretty good quality.
I guess so.
Well, I hope so.
I listened to the last week's recording where on the podcast version we used this, right?
Yeah.
It was very good.
Oh.
It was better than the pin microphone.
Nice.
Yeah.
Now, right now, the audio for podcast and video will be on the best quality ever.
Yes.
Yes.
I feel like the stand has gotten lower.
True.
Don't you think so?
It's a different one, I guess.
Oh, okay.
True.
Yeah.
That one's the one that we last used.
I guess they...
This is better.
Yeah, this is better.
My body stands so much more natural.
Yeah.
That sounds like this.
Yeah.
And you hold...
Yeah.
Yeah.
I can feel it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Wow.
That was cool.
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Let's do this.
Okay.
Okay.
How are you?
How are things?
Great.
Great.
Great, actually.
It's good to hear.
Yeah.
How's your body?
My body?
Very healthy.
Oh, yeah.
Fully recovered.
Fully recovered.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Good to hear that.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Went to...
You know, one of our friends living in the countryside of Japan.
Oh, yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
Moved to the countryside, a small village.
Yes.
I know what you're talking about.
Yes.
Yes.
And I went to the village to see him.
Okay.
Yeah.
You do that quite often.
It's been a while, actually.
Okay.
The last time I went there was like one and a half year ago.
So it's been quite a while.
And he married.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He got married, yes.
So I went there for, you know, a great...
Oh, okay.
And celebrate, you know, and say hi to him.
Okay.
And actually try to find the place, the house for me to, you know, not fully living in,
but...
What, you're planning to live there?
Yeah.
Not fully living in the place, but the place I can use for, like, my recording, like, you
know, those moments.
Okay.
So that's why I went...
You went to your home, like, time and like...
Yeah.
Okay.
That's cool.
Surrounded by the, you know, whole nature and...
Right, right, right.
Do what I do.
When I need to do what I want to do.
So that's why I went there.
And, yeah.
But he was a little changed.
Oh my God.
Have you met him recently?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Not after he got married.
No.
Haven't seen him.
Okay.
Remember when he was a college student, he was a really, like, aggressive kind of...
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like, he's...
He's got power.
Yeah.
He's, yeah, he's, like...
Energetic.
Energetic.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He was really, like, kind of settled.
How do you mean by that?
Like, calm.
Not that much, you know, aggressive.
You know, kind of...
He gets, like, kind of adult.
Really?
Oh!
Okay.
Yeah, that was the, you know, big surprise to me.
He was the kind of guy to, like...
Like, "Oh, I don't need clothes.
Let's just go outside half naked."
Or like, if we had, like, a stupid idea, we'd be like, "Let's do it.
I'll get the car.
Let's do it."
Yeah.
That was his style.
He's quick.
Quick and energetic.
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Energetic.
Spontaneous.
Yeah.
So, like, what kind of adjectives would you describe him with?
Like he never shouts.
Now he doesn't shout.
Okay.
And he wears, you know, clothes.
Decent clothes.
He's fully clothed.
I remember when he was a college student, he wear almost nothing.
Yeah, like a tank top or, like, sportswear or something like that, you know?
Yeah, like a unique little silk drive thing.
Exactly, exactly.
You know, fat bottoms for, you know, sakyoin.
Yes, yes.
Exactly.
But he, you know, he wears something, you know.
What did he wear?
Like, um, casual, like, long sleeve shirt.
Long sleeve shirt!
And, uh, like, jeans, denim pants, and sneaker.
And he got here, he's got his hair, like, really, um, shorter than ever.
Oh, really?
Yeah, like, he was really, he's got, he had really long hair, but now, like, just like
mine, a little bit shorter than me.
Really?
Yeah.
Because he had, like, you know, like, long hair, right?
Oh, wow.
Really, um.
Wow.
Has he changed man now?
Yeah.
Wow.
Kind of like an adult.
Why do you think he changed?
Do you think he...
Yeah, I asked him, "Do you, um, feel that?"
And he said, "Yes, I feel kind of being like an adult."
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
And it started just the moment, uh, when he got married.
Yeah.
So, um, the reason is, reasons are, he's got some reasons for that.
Okay, okay.
One is, you know, marriage.
Of course, right.
He now is living in with, you know, his partner right now.
Right.
So, um, that's the one reason.
Uh-huh.
Also, he's now, um, having his own company and having, uh, some employees.
Oh, okay.
So, um, he have to, you know, always be responsible and have to, you know, think carefully.
So that's the second reason.
Uh-huh.
And third one is just time.
Time?
Just naturally being an adult.
Oh, okay.
That's what he said.
Really?
Yeah.
Oh.
It's just, you know, you know, how, how, over, overlaid.
Yeah.
One moment.
Uh-huh.
So that was some, uh, something, you know, impressive to me.
Yeah.
Wow.
And he told me that it's really happy that he's, you know, feeling like turning into
adult.
Uh-huh.
At the same time, it's a little sad.
He himself said that?
Yeah.
Kind of.
The old ages.
Yeah.
He's not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing.
Okay.
It's just getting an adult.
Uh-huh.
But, you know, yeah.
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Like maybe he thinks that he might not be expressing himself enough.
He's not being himself.
Maybe.
I guess.
That's a similar thing I felt when I became a Shakaishin.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wow.
Maybe that's the thing.
Maybe it is.
But yeah.
Oh, they were really cute with, with he and with his wife.
His wife.
Yeah.
Really cute.
Did he say anything about like getting a child or anything like that?
Nah.
I know like a lot of people change after, you know, getting their first child, right?
Oh, I'm a father.
I have to take care of this little baby, right?
Yeah.
I'm a dad now.
Like I got to change.
Uh-huh.
Um, I mean, I can easily like natto ku if that happens with, you know, this friend.
Yeah.
I don't know.
I thought he wouldn't change that much now after just marriage.
Right.
So a little surprise.
Yeah.
Also like very excited to see him if I had the chance to see how he's doing.
Yeah, you should.
But he's, he's all good, right?
He's like healthy.
All good.
All good.
He's like Genki.
Owning his own business.
So kind of woke up as always and a little bit worried about, you know, for the businesses,
of course.
Of course.
But yeah.
But he was really healthy.
That's good.
Looked happy.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
That's good.
That's good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
If you looked happy, then that's the most important thing.
Yeah.
It's good to hear.
Yeah.
Wow.
So yeah, I felt like, you know, we're getting older and being, turning into like adult and
stepping.
Right.
You know, life's every day.
Yeah.
That's what I felt.
Yeah.
What an experience.
Yeah.
All right.
I think we're going to wrap up here.
Yeah.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
All right.
Thank you.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Bye-bye.
Bye.
