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right let's get started favorite show
right now I'm watching Degrassi the
newest season and actually I just
finished it so oh my God I'm waiting for
the next one what a cliffhanger man I
love that show it's so addicting is
anyone else watching it I feel like I'm
the only person that watches that show
anymore but I love it are you going to
do vlogmas this year yes I'm going to
try if something happens and I miss a
couple days you know I'll just whatever
I'll keep going for as long as I can but
yeah I will be doing vlogmas so look
forward to that Alexandra asks what's
one food item or dish you've never had
that you're dying to try but haven't yet
from any culture okay I don't know if
this counts but I really love Indian
curry well the Indian curry that I've
had in like Japan and Canada and I would
really like to go to India and try the
real thing because you never really know
if the version that you're eating in a
foreign country is actually like the
actual recipe so yeah I would love to go
to India and try real Indian curries
freaking delicious what's the Sakura
season like in Tokyo around mid April
I'm going with friends on spring break
it changes every year I can't tell you
exactly how the Sakura will look next
year during mid April sometimes they
bloom in march sometimes they bloom in
May um I would say that April is
probably your best bet for being able to
see the Sakura but is such a short
window it's like a week times two weeks
where they look nice uh worst case
scenario they'll only be around for a
day and a storm the following day will
destroy all of them it's so short and it
changes every year so kind of can't
predict it sorry what do you feel most
proud
of
H that's a hard one I have lots of
things that that I'm proud
of
probably probably I guess the biggest
thing that I've been working on for a
long time that I'm proud of are my
channels I put a lot of energy into
making videos and yeah I'm pretty proud
that I've stuck through it all these 5
years there's been lots of ups and downs
especially recently with the way YouTube
is kind of messing with everybody and
every time we upload videos we lose
several hundred subscribers and it's
randomly unsubscribing people that want
to be subscribed to our channels not
sharing our videos properly it's just
been a complete mess but but myself and
my friends are going to try and stick
through it so yeah I don't know
YouTube's been like a roller coaster and
I'm proud of myself for sticking through
it and making my channels as successful
as they are so I really have you guys to
thank for that so thank you so much for
always coming to watch my videos no
matter what they're about I make some
some pretty random videos and you guys
are always around to leave nice comments
for me and thumb them up and that makes
that makes me so happy so thank you so
much what is something you have learned
about yourself while living in Japan I
guess I've learned lots of things about
myself well I've lived here for 10 years
which is like my entire adult life so
it's kind
of hard to attribute any of the things
I've learned to living in Japan it's
probably more of just like you know a
byproduct of growing up but I've learned
that I really like to have my house
organized and it's really stressful when
it's not I've been so busy recently that
I haven't been able to keep my house in
order recently as in like the past few
years and it's totally stressing me out
cuz I love having a clean house and just
recently I've gone on like a basket and
jar buying spree and I've been trying to
organize everything a little bit at a
time and once it's all done I'm finally
going to do that house tour that I've
been promising for like half a year now
but yeah I've definitely learned that I
like to keep my stuff organized I
finally have my own big big house to
myself now so yeah that's like a new
experience for me I've only lived in
tiny apartments up until now so that's
been fun I've also learned that I really
like exploring by myself on my bicycle
or walking I didn't do too much of that
in Canada just because I was kind of
scared to go out by myself especially at
night time I had some bad experiences uh
in Canada that made me worried to be by
myself but in Japan I feel a lot safer
so I do a lot of exploring on my bicycle
just kind of riding around uh my area
trying to find like new fun spots and
it's been really fun exploring new areas
that's one thing that I like about
moving you have no idea what the
surrounding area of your house is like
and you can kind of go exploring and
finding special spots like shrines like
in Japan it's really cool cuz you can
find like secret little shrines and cool
stuff like that which I really like
those are two things that I can think of
off the top of my head but there's many
more is the extra sleep sleepy time tea
any good I'm trying to discover some new
tea so any recommendations yes I really
love the sleepy time tea I've been
drinking it every night before I go to
bed and it definitely makes me sleepier
it does have that Valyrian root in it
which uh is known to be like a natural
sleep aid and it really does help I can
feel myself starting to get sleepy as
soon as I finished drinking it so I
really recommend that one if you're
trying to make yourself sleepy other
than that I'm obsessed with the Tazo
chai I probably will be forever really
love it I also really like the stash red
velvet tea oh my God or it's like red
velvet cupcake I can't remember what
it's called but holy crap I will try to
find links to all these for you guys so
you can see exactly which ones I'm
talking about but freaking delicious
Alysa asked me a really good question
and it's actually one that I wanted to
make a full video about but I don't know
if I'll ever get around to it so I'll
answer this now with just what comes off
the top of my head what would you tell
your teenage self any advice um I would
definitely say to stop worrying so much
about what other people think and don't
get embarrassed when they make fun of
you for things that you like that aren't
cool or you know and yeah be yourself
and don't try to impress people because
you don't need those people in your life
if they're not going to accept you for
who you really are anyways that's
definitely probably the biggest piece of
advice that I would give my teenage self
and any of you guys out there that are
feeling like you don't really fit in at
school and people don't like the things
you like and it's hard to make friends
don't worry about it because when you
get to University it gets a lot easier
people are a lot cooler and it's just a
lot easier to make friends so yeah that
would be my biggest piece of
advice what's one selfish request you'd
ask your subscribers to do for you spill
the
beans that's so funny question I
would I would ask you guys to I feel
really bad asking this it is like super
selfish and honestly I feel really bad
like mentioning stuff like this which is
why I don't um very often most YouTubers
do and I should probably just do it
because I can see that it's affecting
their channels in positive ways but I
would ask you guys to thumb up my video
more because it really helps with how
they appear on the YouTube platform
they'll show up more in recommendations
and they'll show up properly in
subscription Boxes Etc so it helps my
videos get a steady amount of views so I
can continue supporting myself enough to
continue this channel full-time so yeah
that would be my one selfish request but
you do not have to do it I'm just saying
if there was something that I wanted
that would probably be it Maggie asks
what's your childhood dream
dream God I can't remember really the
only one goal that I ever had that I can
vividly remember was wanting to live in
Japan so guess I made it happen so
that's cool um and I always wanted to
have like a farm with lots of cats so
that'll be my future goal to work
towards oh this is a nice one how has
your life changed since leaving the big
city they're referring to how I us to
live right in Tokyo and I moved to the
countryside I really like it it I feel
so much more relaxed I don't need to
take the crowded trains constantly I do
go into Tokyo a lot for work recently so
honestly it kind of still feels like I
live there sometimes I've been doing
lots of traveling and it kind of sucks
cuz I get car sick really
easily but um yeah not living in Tokyo
is wonderful I do not regret my decision
whatsoever the area that I live in is so
beautiful and I'm having so much fun
riding my bike around exploring it and
yeah just having so few people around is
definitely the kind of environment that
I enjoy I'm not a big city girl my
hometown is pretty
small so I think I really appreciate
places that are similar to my hometown
it's kind of just what I'm comfortable
with um so yeah I'm loving it really
really loving it any advice for people
TR traveling in Japan with food
allergies uh yes I would definitely take
a little notepad or your smartphone and
make a little list of all the things
you're allergic to and then give it to a
Japanese person that speaks English to
help you make a very precise explanation
of stuff you can't eat and then you'll
have that little note with you all the
time and when you go to a restaurant or
say a store and you need to show it to
someone um you'll have that with you and
yeah I think that's really the best
thing you can do especially if you don't
speak any Japanese even if you do speak
Japanese it's nice to have it in written
form so that you know that they're
really reading it exactly how it's
written and they're not going to make
any mistakes with your order I've had
some friends before that ordered that
specifically said they were allergic to
something and then I don't know if they
just didn't hear them properly but when
we got our order there were like nuts
all over their dish and they can't eat
nuts so you really need to be care F and
I would say make sure that you say it
several times when you're talking to
them that you can't have this it's very
serious even if it's not super serious
it's better to just say that it is so
that they really know that they
shouldn't put it in the dish all right
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