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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hi.
Hey guys, how's it going?
I have several things that I want to talk about.
Yeah.
Do you have any?
Let's.
Because I have a lot.
Go ahead.
Yeah.
Okay.
So the topic I want to talk about today is ifyou're in the bathroom and someone knocks
and you're in there, what's the right thing tosay?
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
You mean bathroom.
Bathroom stall.
Okay.
Like you're in public.
You're in public.
Okay.
You're in public, right?
You're in the bathroom stall, taking a shit, likesomeone knocks and you're in there.
What do you think is the right thing to say?
I don't know.
I don't know about the right thing, but I usuallyknock out, knock back.
Okay, okay, okay.
To show that I'm inside.
Like someone is inside and someone is doingsomebody's thing.
Doing business.
Right.
Or I say, hi.
That's it.
See, like that feels awkward, don't you think?
Really?
Hi.
Is that awkward?
Is it not awkward?
To me, that's not awkward.
But I feel like there are, I should, maybe Ishould say like something like, I don't know,
polite, maybe.
Hi is just, you know, it's just replying back.
It's just like a henji.
So, yeah, maybe I should reply back some phrase,like a more proper phrase, maybe.
But yeah, what I usually do is just knocking backor say just hi.
Okay.
What do you do?
Well, I just stay quiet.
Oh, you don't do anything?
Well, so the thing is, usually I'm on myheadphones, actually.
Oh.
When I'm outside, I'm usually have my earphonesin.
And like, I don't take it out when I go to thebathroom.
You know, it's a counsel.
Yeah.
So like, I don't usually notice, I don't think.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
I see.
But so like, when I do notice, I'm like, whatshould I do?
What should I say?
Okay.
I don't know, because I don't know what they'reasking.
Like, I don't know what the proper, I don't knowwhat the proper,
so it's like, so the reason why I think hi isawkward.
It's like, when they knock, I don't think they'reasking a question that's answerable with hi.
I see, I see, I see.
Like, if the answer is like,
then that makes sense, right?
Yeah.
It feels like, okay, you got my attention.
Now what?
I feel like there's a next step, right?
Yeah.
Right, it feels like the conversation continues.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
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I see, I see.
Right? So it's like, yeah.
Okay.
What's the best answer so far in your mind?
Well, knocking is a great response.
Knocking back?
Yeah, knocking back is a great response.
Okay.
So maybe I would say something, instead of sayinghi, I would say like, hi.
That's a response to,
No, hi.
So it makes sense.
It makes sense.
Okay, okay.
Ah, okay, okay.
Yeah, that makes sense for me.
Yeah.
Have you ever knocked the doors, like from theoutside?
I have, I have.
What's the question in your head?
Like, what are you saying without saying it?
Bro, what the fuck's taking so long?
So the ideal reply back would be like,
Right, for me, if I knock, yes, then that would bethe response.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, right, right, right, right.
I understand.
It's just, it's just like, from the outside pointof view, it's just pressuring to the inside,
that someone is like outside waiting for you andjust, there is people waiting for you.
That's true, that's true.
If they're doing the same thing, then hi is also agreat answer.
Hi!
Right, right, right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, right, right, right.
You should say that.
I like it.
I like that.
Yeah, yeah.
And somebody's, won't be mad, like, oh, okay, andwait.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What's your average time in the stall, though?
I think I'm relatively longer than the average, Ithink.
I use the machine, the shower machine.
Okay.
And I don't know, average time, I don't know.
I've never counted.
Okay, okay.
Yeah, but I think I'm relatively like havingtrouble with my...
Hygiene.
Yeah, and everything.
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So I think relatively longer than the average.
Oh, okay.
I'm pretty quick.
Oh, you're pretty quick.
Yeah, I don't think it's going to take me for morethan like three minutes.
Okay, okay, three minutes.
Um, three minutes.
Okay, let me...
Me too, I think.
Okay.
Yeah, I think I'm just get inside, sit down.
Yeah, but maybe around three minutes.
Two, three minutes, maybe.
Okay.
Yeah.
But people take much longer than that, don't they?
Oh, really?
Yeah.
When you're waiting and...
At least I feel so.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
When I'm waiting, it feels like it's like 20minutes.
True.
Yeah.
So I was like wondering what the people doing inthere.
But maybe it's just because I'm waiting, it justfeels longer.
Maybe, maybe.
Yeah.
Yeah, sometimes it's very, very...
Oh, what about your condition, by the way?
You're good?
Yeah, still dealing with it.
Okay.
Yeah, there are still days where I have to go alot.
Still days where...
Even the good days, it's like...
Yeah, a lot.
Okay, okay.
A lot more than before.
Yeah, so it really depends on like the diet I'mgoing through.
Oh, okay.
Like when I eat less fiber, it's much more harderto sort of control.
It's more hard to like, you know, keep it stable.
Okay.
So, right.
It depends on that.
I see, okay.
Still fighting though.
But I got used to it.
I got used to it.
I got so used to it to the point where it doesn'tfeel like a handicap anymore.
Okay.
Human beings are unbelievable.
Yeah, good.
You're recovering your organs.
I guess it's like...
Yeah, adjusting, adapting, I would say is moreaccurate, I guess.
Yeah, I don't think it's recovering that much.
Okay, okay.
One thing I did recover was that the root of myleft leg.
I have been like...
Yeah, you said it.
Yeah.
That's gone.
That's gone.
Oh, good.
Like, it was such a long time ago.
I was kind of like, forgot.
It was like, it's been going on for so long.
I kind of stopped thinking about it.
But like, it was gone.
So, I'm glad.
Good, good, good, good.
Recovered.
Because shibireru, it feels...
It could be very dangerous.
Like it's something...
Yeah, right, right.
Good, good, good, good.
The kizuguchi, it's still a little bit likekeroido.
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Okay.
Yeah, a little bit itchy sometimes.
Okay.
But yeah, I guess that's within the range of thenormalness.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay.
Yeah.
But yeah, okay, okay.
I'm doing the kensa next month.
Okay.
Daicho kensa.
To see...
If it's okay.
If it's okay.
If there's anything else.
I see.
Is it like possible?
Like is that...
Yeah, yeah, it's definitely possible.
It could be like my body could produce a lot oflike puripu.
Or like something, you know.
Yeah, I see.
Is it like a final test or something?
There are no final tests.
I just have to forever continue to...
Yeah, but usually, I guess like...
If I don't get anything bad happening for fiveyears,
then they'll be like, you don't have to comeanymore.
Okay, okay.
You're good.
I think you're good.
I see, I see.
But remember last week, we had a news where Joyu-san died of chokchou no gang.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Nakamura Yuri-san, I think.
Nakamura Yuri-san.
Nakamura Yuri-san.
I'm not familiar with this.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, okay.
She passed away last week because of chokchou nogang.
And I read the story on her.
She found out.
And then she took it out.
And then she's been continuously going to thedoctor for five years.
And then she was told that she was okay.
But several years later, she was like, oh, let metake a test.
And boom, cancer.
Really?
Yeah, unbeatable.
So it's like, that's kind of scary, right?
Yeah.
Like, why did...
Why couldn't the doctor find out?
It's been like going on for years, right?
Mm-hmm.
When...
Yeah, like, first discovery.
Then five years of continuous diagnosis.
Then stopped going.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then find out, right?
So I guess during the time of like the stage whereshe wasn't going to the doctor,
that's when it kind of like...
Oh, I see.
Really popped out, I guess.
Oh, okay, okay, okay.
Yeah.
So after five years, you have to keep your eyes onit.
Well, yeah.
But the doctors don't make you go.
Right.
So I have to like...
But like, how...
When is that going to end, right?
Yeah.
It's kind of like...
Oh, I see.
It's difficult to...
I don't know what line...
Where I should draw the line, you know?
Yeah.
I could go every year for the rest of my life.
Or maybe go once every two years after the five-year limit mark.
Maybe less.
It's kind of hard to draw the line though.
Yeah.
Because like the standards are,
if you continuously check for five years, youdon't have to go anymore.
So...
When you say test, what do you do?
Is it like a very simple thing or like you haveto...
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The digel cancer and I think...
Oh, the digel cancer, you have to...
Yeah, digel cancer.
Plus I think CT scan, CT something.
Yeah, I think they take a photo of your body withlike the fluids.
Like they streamline some...
They put some fluid in your blood.
Okay.
And then the blood sort of reacts to the photomachine and like...
I don't know how it works, but they call it the CTscan.
Yeah, okay.
I see.
Yeah.
That news must be very, I don't know.
Yeah, yeah.
I was like, shit, this could happen.
Yeah, it scares you, right?
Like, wait, I have to go forever now?
Yeah.
That's right.
But yeah, I might be missing some details on thestories though.
Yeah.
Was she young, like same age?
40 something.
Okay.
Yeah.
When she passed away last week.
Yeah.
Okay, right.
Yeah.
Gotta watch out for that shit.
Gotta watch out.
All right, thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
