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good morning it is November 11th today I
am going to meet with some friends from
Michigan so it's been a really long time
and I haven't seen these people in a
while some of them live here
another really close friend of mine who
was the one who contacted me I haven't
seen in like years so it's gonna be
really interesting and then the other
thing that I'm going to do is I'm going
to meet somebody that is also a youtuber
who lives in the UK but is also living
in Japan as well like back and forth I
don't know him that well I just follow
him on Instagram and all that stuff I
will see you guys in just a little bit
I'm so awkward on camera I'm so sorry
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I'm pretty sure since living in Japan I
spend most of my life commuting by train
the Japanese commute by train more than
any other means of transportation
including walking the Japanese also
commute by train more than pretty much
anybody else internationally this is my
main way of getting to people but dang
it do I love it I love reading on the
train or listening to music I don't have
to worry about traffic or accidents road
rage etc it's pretty much stress-free
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my friend or find my friend and see
where she's at
it wasn't that far of a train right so
yeah I gotta find her some kind of late
sorry Stephanie I'm so nervous because I
haven't seen her in like so many years
I'm excited
all right I don't know where I'm at I'm
the worst like navigating like I have to
know a navigation skills whatsoever
hi hey I don't know where that you said
it was like a train
no I just exited out of five but
yeah I came from the subway so I don't
know I don't know where you're I mean
across the street there's like a
7-eleven
I met Stephanie when I first started
college at MSU we were roommates in a
Japanese internship program and grew
close like sisters it's very hot today
yeah
back in the day I tried my best to
document everything I use diaries photos
and video this was before my YouTube
days and I'm so glad that I did this
Hannah is cutting the Kubota
and such a good job because she has
muscles she's like a superhero
superwoman whatever you want to say no
lots of people in the water over there
beautiful mountains it's important to
take note of these moments in your life
you can look back on these experiences
to grow and to learn so much about
yourself if you haven't yet even if you
don't plan on studying abroad start
something now
you'll see how much of these documented
moments change you in the future oh my
gosh we haven't seen each other in like
so long yeah
I'll be graduated right I know right it
doesn't seem that long though like I
feel like I saw you like yesterday
there's a handful of friends back home
that have made a huge effort to stay in
touch and I appreciate that
wholeheartedly not a day goes by where I
don't think about them okay you have to
introduce yourselves we haven't seen
each other in five years yeah she was a
thing and I was just like it hasn't been
that long I feel like I've just seen you
not too long ago yes awesome I'm so
excited you have to move here I I'm
lonely will you yes but I realize the
people who reach out to you despite you
living miles and miles away are the
people who truly care about you the most
I'm lucky to have so much support even
though I've lived abroad for so long
I'll never forget that
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so we just finished our sushi and was
good where are we going
cafes that was really good I'd come back
here yeah I got a sushi bowl for only
980 yen so was pretty affordable now
we're gonna go to a cafe
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that looks good I got a green juice
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so that's really gross
help me Kelly
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we had a good time and now she's
probably gonna move it
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all right so I'm in how to do coup right
now and I just finished meeting up with
my friends which was really nice so now
I'm heading to the yogi Park and I'm
gonna be meeting another youtuber who I
talked about earlier I don't know what's
going on with that I've been trying to
contact him but he hasn't been saying
anything so we'll see about that I'm
gonna meet with this guy that I've been
kind of being for but I don't know if
he's gonna want to be on camera or not
we'll have to see but anyway I'm just
gonna head to the park and just chill
with all the crowds and the noise I
sometimes feel a rush of anxiety but I
find the more I put myself in
environments like this
the less overpowering my anxiety becomes
even vlogging in public by myself is
something that I'd really like to
overcome so I'm doing it
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there's so many people at this park that
are practicing things for school playing
sports or doing their homework or
talking to people there's just so many
groups and like meetups here it's really
interesting to see like these girls are
like practicing their play or something
or speeches over here there's an
accordion player over there a violin
player on the other side
everyone's having little picnics you can
come here and have picnics in the is so
pretty look at the trees so nice I see a
bathroom in the distance so I'm gonna
head over there so pretty
I'm gonna go to the bathroom
okay so I'm kind of sitting under a tree
right now I just kind of wanted to talk
about one thing that I really really
hate about living in Japan the one thing
that I really hate is the fact that I
don't get to see a lot of my friends a
lot of my friends have gotten married
and I wasn't able to be there a lot of
my family have had birthday you know you
missed those things when you live in
Japan that's such a hard thing to deal
with and the fact that I got to see my
friend today Stephanie like we've been
friends since the beginning of college
and we haven't seen each other in five
years I feel like we messaged each other
from time to time but it's just not the
same when you don't see somebody all the
times if you're in a relationship and
you meet somebody here in Japan and then
you move back to you know your own
country like you don't get to see that
person you have to make long-distance
work you you just you have to sacrifice
those things you have to sacrifice time
with family I'm very close with my
family so sacrificing time with them is
really really hard luckily you know
there's messaging and there's Skype and
all that stuff so thank God for that but
if none of that was around I think that
would have been really really hard for
me to do I feel like long distance is
such a big part of your life when you
live here you make friends with people
that have lived in Japan foreigners
mostly and then they end up you know
going back to their home countries and
it's really really hard to say goodbye
so I'm always constantly saying goodbye
you have to be used to you have to get
used to saying goodbye that's gonna be a
part of your life when you live here
unless you make some Japanese friends
which I have but unfortunately like my
schedule is so different from a Japanese
workday like a lot of my Japanese
friends work from like you know 9:00 to
10:00 you have to prepare yourself for
those goodbyes and I think that's like
the hardest thing about living in Japan
it's such a beautiful day look at these
trees
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there's always events and stuff going on
over this bridge so no kind of want to
show you guys what that looks like
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so I don't know what that that's the
woman down but it looks really fun I
think it was like some kind of
fundraiser or whatever it's getting dark
so early now and it's like the
temperature is dropping so hard really
fast so the youtuber I was supposed to
meet never responded to my message at
this point so I messaged a guy I'd been
seeing for a little bit we aren't
together anymore but I think he was
probably one of my best dates as of
today and now a good friend
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you're crossing the other way like top
wait what what
yeah where are you are we eating here
No hey so where's Chili's I've been here
before 100 times and I'm gonna order a
chicken Ranchero burrito like I always
do if there's one place I recommend for
a date it's hot a juku the window
shopping we'll get some conversations
going for sure Powerpuff Girls okay I'm
at one of my favorite stores right now
and we see Powerpuff Girls new like good
I am home
do you like to my mom love daughter look
at this door it's like insane later on
in the night we met up with ash for a
drink - and the night and I also needed
a hard drive from him I got my hard
drive this is what I needed today this
whole video is all for this mission to
get a hobby we went to a place called
commune second which has a lot of
outdoor kiosks of food and alcohol it's
probably my favorite place to chat and
hang out with friends we have hot wine
there's apple in it okay I'm gonna get
some noodle wine and have a drink it was
a really long day I supposed to meet
that person that I was talking about
earlier and he did it
message me until two hours after the
time that we were supposed to meet so
cool this lighting is awful
I look like I'm like I just woke up and
should be like mommy told the camera
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okay so it's the next day and I just
want to say sorry about the clothes
behind me they're doing construction so
I can't really put them outside I did go
on a date but like I'm not I'm so much
more focused on my other stuff that it's
not really my priority right now and as
much as I want to find somebody and I
want to find someone mostly in the
creative feels because I feel like a lot
of people like that understand more of
what I do I guess
I think somebody that's like into like
design or photography or video honestly
like I'd rather be single than be with
somebody that doesn't really support or
understand what I do the guy that I went
out with in this video was so nice and
so kind but honestly like I feel like
we're more friends and that's totally
fine
honestly like I just wanted to kind of
show what it's like to be single in
Japan I think there's a lot of youtubers
that are coupled up or married or
whatever I don't really know many
youtubers here in Japan that are single
I hope that's like okay to show
obviously like I'm not obviously I'm not
gonna show all my dates
I actually don't date that often this is
like the first date in a while so to be
honest I'd prefer to meet somebody a lot
more naturally and in person I'm busy so
that's why I like I used some dating
apps and stuff so but like I said it's
not my priority and I'm enjoying my life
right now and I'm so excited because I
am I have so many projects that I want
to work on and I'm excited to get going
on that and I think down the line when
you focus on the things that you love
and do you'll meet somebody and you
won't expect it and I think that's the
way I want it to happen I'm sure I'll
have more stories and more videos about
this
but I just wanted to clear that up I
have the most amazing most supportive
friends in the world and I am so happy
that I have them in my life I hope that
you guys will continue watching my
videos and support me as well because
you guys keep me motivated as well so
anyway thank you and I'll see you guys
next time bye
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