Woah, I got free food.
Welcome to Ikebukuro.
I just want to emphasize this one point.
Nothing makes me special. Nothing makes me smarter or more capable than any other person.
And if you want to learn another language too, you can do it.
Nothing I've done so far in these videos was difficult.
And one of the reasons is I just want to keep it real.
What can most people do from their home country when they're studying a language?
You can definitely learn to order food. You can definitely learn to order bubble tea.
Or order ice cream or whatever. That's pretty simple.
And it's within anybody's reach even without going to language school.
Sure, I went to language school for many years. I also went to university in China and Japan.
But I haven't brought it up to that level yet on this channel.
And one of the reasons is I just want to prove that anyone can do this.
ANYONE! You can go and study Chinese or Japanese online or whatever language you want
with either Pimslure or Japanesepod101, Chineseclass101
and you can go in and order food and shock the heck out of people.
And it's really fun.
You don't need college level or university level Chinese or Japanese or whatever language to do that.
And that is my point.
So, lets see how many people we can make smile today. Ok, let's go.
I got bubble tea.
That's cool. That's gotta be kind of surprising.
Hey, I'm from your hometown. I go to school there. WHAT?!
It's so freaking hot.
It's getting hot here. It's getting hot in Tokyo. It's getting a little hot.
Woah, I got free food. That is the first time that I've gotten free food.
But it's not the first time that I've gotten free things. Because actually I've gotten free taxi rides in Harbin
by speaking Chinese. I just told the guy "Hey today is Thanksgiving".
"Alright, I'll let you ride for free." It's awesome.
The videos? Ah, there were some that were more entertaining.
But at the end of the day, if you can communicate, that's great.
It just depends on what you're trying to do.
I could not go to Fudan University with just speaking.
You definitely need to read and write and that's a whole different ball game there.
But hey, making friends, doing these videos...
You don't need to be a master of any language to go and order food and do a video like that.
Most of the Youtube videos out there like mine, it's just really simple stuff.
I think a lot of the people that did the videos can do more advanced stuff, but
it was just kind of for the reactions and just to be funny and
inspire people to learn languages. That is really the most important part.
I get the most gratification out of that when people tell me "I watched your videos. I want to learn Chinese."
"I watched your videos. I want to learn Japanese." GREAT!
It is quite hard to learn Chinese and Japanese.
it is not something you will just absorb living here.
It takes a concerted effort everyday. You have to make it a part of your life.
You are your biggest enemy in this. You will stop yourself from learning. It's not the language being too hard.
And the other major issue is people just don't want to give up their freetime.
Oh man, all the years I spent... all the parties I couldn't go to because I was studying Chinese.
There were a ton. That was the sacrifice I made and now I'm reaping the benefits.
And it's awesome! To be honest it made it all worth it.
So it is worth it in the end. Alright.