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Welcome back to a new video everyone.
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Today it is very sunny and beautiful out.
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We'll be spending the day outside going shopping.
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So sit back, relax and enjoy this comprehensible input vlog with my brother where you will learn vocabulary,
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phrases and you'll be able to practice your pronunciation and accent with two shadowing segments.
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I want to buy an upgraded version is this is the store we're going to roost.
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Bad news.
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Bad news and good news.
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Let's go volunteer at an animal shelter.
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This lady here is selling stuff.
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Let's go in and do some shopping.
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So I got two small donuts, because we deserve it.
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And now we're going to recovery break.
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That's smart.
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The biggest fan of chocolate, like chocolate cake.
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And remember to stick around until the very end for the last shadowing segment.
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Let's get started.
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OK, guys, we are now about to leave our home.
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We're going to go to a grocery store, a mall, and also we're going to go buy some new shoes.
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As you can see, I've had the Berks for a while, so I want to buy an upgraded version of these shoes.
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So we're also going to go there.
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So let's go.
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Okay, so we're now in the elevator.
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I'm pressing the button, and we are going to the first location place.
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You can see today I didn't shave, but that's okay because I didn't want to shave.
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I don't like shaving all the time because I have very sensitive skin, but there are a lot of mirrors in this elevator.
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You can see Leon just got on his scooter there.
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You're taking up a lot of room there, and now they are driving off.
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Oh, actually, they're turning around.
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Now they're driving off.
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Okay, guys, this is the store we're going to roost.
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You can see the type of shoes they have here mostly sandals, but they also have shoes like mine Birkenstock style shoes.
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So let's go in and see what they have Upgraded Berg my boys just chilling dude.
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Hey, you want me to rub your belly?
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Who's a good boy?
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Who's a good boy?
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Oh, you're from Canada?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, it's true. Is you?
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There's the other dog.
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That dog doesn't want attention.
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This one does.
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Bad news.
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Bad news and good news.
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Good news is we're going to another store.
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Bad news is I wanted to get the pink, the pink closed toe slippers, but they only had the black ones, as you saw.
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Also, more good news, that dog was very cute.
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I haven't pet a dog in so long.
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It's really been a very long time since I've pet a dog, and that dog just came when I sat down and just laid on my lap.
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When we walked in, the dogs were barking, but when I sat down, the dog came and laid on the side of my leg. For real?
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For real dog
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but yeah now we're heading to another store unfortunately what you
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need to do is go volunteer at an animal shelter oh
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for real dude i love dogs i always want to buy a dog
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but then i'm like i travel so much i can't actually have a dog
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because then i have to travel with it and that's really hard
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but i wanted the pink close-toed slippers they didn't have them the black ones looked really nice
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but i don't think i'm going to get black shoes if i get black shoes they're going gonna be boots.
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I'll get black boots, but shoes, slippers, no. Okay, now we're walking down this alleyway to the next store.
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I do like how a lot of these stores and stuff are in these alleyways because it makes you explore, which is nice.
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I like the vibes.
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Okay, so we just went to the store, fit something.
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Go back to the main road.
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Find what you wanted?
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No, I went in there and I wanted to get tabby shoes, like tabby dress shoes.
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Those are the ones that kind of have like the, they look like this.
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That's what they look like.
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But they didn't have my size.
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I need a size like 43.
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They only had 40.
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So I didn't get them.
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Right now Leon and I are walking on the sidewalk here along the street.
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It's not too busy today.
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This lady here is selling stuff in her stall.
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Here there are some umbrellas and also red stools.
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She's also selling something there.
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Looks like all these people are just relaxing here, drinking something and enjoying the day.
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It is quite peaceful here.
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Now let's have a shadowing segment with this scene right here.
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The street is wide, quiet and almost empty.
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Tall trees stand beside the road and their dark trunks reach up into the cloudy sky.
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On the left there are old yellow buildings,
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small walls, colorful posters and bright red Vietnamese flags with yellow stars.
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The whole place feels calm, warm and peaceful.
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A few people are sitting on small red chairs near the sidewalk.
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They are resting in the shade, talking softly and watching the street.
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Some motorbikes are parked beside the building and a small food stall stands near the corner.
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The patterned sidewalk looks interesting but there is also some trash near the trees which makes the scene feel real and local.
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The road goes forward between the buildings and the trees.
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Although the street is not busy, it still feels alive because there are signs, flags, shops, and people in the background.
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This is the kind of place where you can walk slowly, look around carefully, and notice everyday life in the city.
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Okay, we're now in the convenience store
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and i'm getting a drink an electrolyte drink because i'm so
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so thirsty and dehydrated i'm gonna drink all of this pacari sweat okay
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so now we're at jolly bees let's go and try some spaghetti
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and chicken i've never had jolly bees before my first time good he's never been to the philippines
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but i have so i i've eaten a jolly bee a lot
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and i really like it okay let's go okay
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so we ordered our food we have our drinks here
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and uh we'll wait for this alarm to go off
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and then we can get our food downstairs
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that was greasy music is loud and i'm not going to get a copyright strike
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so i'll talk like this this is the pasta the chicken it's very sweet
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but that sausage is really salty yeah good banana ketchup it's not so sweet let's try the chicken
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it's good okay guys we've just finished eating at jollybee unfortunately they forgot to give us our ice cream sundae
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so i went without an ice cream sundae today okay guys we are now at the grocery store
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so let's go in and do some shopping i really need electrolytes
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so now i'm stepping onto the escalator
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and now i'm going down the escalator into the grocery store here okay guys We're now in the grocery store,
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and I'm pushing the shopping cart.
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I've just placed you guys in the shopping cart, and now we're going to buy some stuff.
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I do need electrolytes, like, you know, powdered electrolytes.
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Dude, look at that.
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Look at that one.
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What is that?
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Chocolate croissant.
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Low key.
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Let me show you guys.
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I think I deserve a sweet treat.
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And I'm also taking a four-day break from the gym, so I might as well carb reload.
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Is that what they call it?
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I'm taking a four-day break from the gym because I hurt my shoulder and my knee after playing pickleball.
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We played pickleball right after I worked out.
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So my shoulder, my right shoulder has always had problems.
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But then it started to hurt a lot, like the nerve and also the back of my shoulder blade.
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So now I'm taking a four-day break from the gym.
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Today is day two of that four-day break.
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Have you seen that area that we walk by every day?
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Oh, yeah.
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You can go there and, like, test it out.
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If I don't feel good after four days, I'll go to that recovery place because when I was doing legs, my knee, my right knee really hurt.
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And when I was doing upper body, my left, my sorry, my right shoulder really hurt.
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Now let me get some donuts.
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These donuts look really good.
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So now I'm grabbing a paper bag and I'm going to choose a donut.
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Which one should I go with?
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What is good?
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I think I'm going to go with two of the ones up top here.
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I don't really want a huge donut.
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I'd rather just a small one.
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These right here are tongs.
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I think I'm going to grab this one and this one.
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So I got two small donuts, and I put them inside this brown paper bag, and now I'm going to go ask them to put a barcode on there so I know how much it costs.
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Okay, so you can see they put a price tag on my two bags here, and I'll put them here.
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I want to get a loaf of bread so I can make egg sandwiches, egg sandwiches with my eggs.
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Let me check.
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okay so i came across these muffins and these things look
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so good i think i'm gonna get loaves you're coming with me
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and i also want a loaf of bread to make my sandwiches raisin sandwich yeah we don't want
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that you can see there are raisins inside this loaf of
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bread i think just this bread is good enough this is like normal bread okay
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so i also want some bananas so i got some pretty green bananas
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because i'm not going to eat them right away i want them to ripen at my home
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so i got bananas and this is the grocery store
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so in this display they have yogurt and over there they have milk
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but i'm looking for a different type of milk
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so leon just got fruit and they weighed it cucumbers
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and tomatoes i got this milk i wanted to try
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that milk make sure it's unsweetened though because fresh milk pasteurized they like to put sugar in there purely fresh pure.
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I'm going to assume that's not sweetened.
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Just says pure.
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Okay, I've been very dehydrated, and Leon said that coconut water is very good for that.
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Yeah.
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It's a good source of electrolytes.
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There's a lot of sodium.
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Sodium, 29 milligrams.
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That's what rehydrates you.
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So I'm going to get probably just one coconut water, and hopefully that helps me.
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I have been very dehydrated, as I told you, I believe, earlier in the video.
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And if I didn't, then I'm telling you now, I've been really dehydrated.
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I'm gonna be honest with you guys.
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I have a bad habit of buying candy if I see it.
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If I don't see it and I don't have it at home, I don't really feel the need to go buy it, and I don't really crave it.
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But if I'm right in front of it and i'm staring at it
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and i see it then i want it i want to buy it
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because my mom she was a good mom and parent
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and didn't really buy me candy and sweet stuff that often
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because it's not good for you so now that i'm older
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and i have my own money every time i see candy i always want to buy it
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and this i love this hershey's cookies and cream really good i also I also really like Mars bars.
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Oh, also the Kinder chocolate.
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I'm not sure.
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Like, I like this chocolate.
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Not, I don't like the egg.
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I just like the chocolate part of it.
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It's super good.
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That's the stuff I really like.
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I think that's my favorite one.
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Not the egg, but just the Kinder chocolate.
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Okay, guys, I want to get these because I want to have milk and Oreos.
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I want to have like a cereal Oreo meal because I'm a big back.
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My back is huge.
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But I also like Cremos.
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These ones are also good.
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So I'm also going to get a packet of Cremos.
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I like these ones as well.
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Okay, so I've just scanned all my products, and now I'm about to pay and check out.
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Okay, we got all the goods here.
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Dude, you can just see carb after carb, cookies, muffin, everything.
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But you know what?
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That's okay, because we deserve it.
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And now we're going to head home.
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Should we get a bike?
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Yeah, I think we'll just get a bike, unless you want to walk.
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Nah, nah.
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Well, not with all this stuff.
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You don't want to walk?
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Not with all this, no. Okay, so we'll book a grab bike, head back home, and see you guys there.
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And I'll make you the Oreo milk cereal.
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We are now home.
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We have just arrived home, everyone.
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So now let's do an unboxing.
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It's like a nice gift-wrapped gift.
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Probably wrapped, probably tied too well.
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Oh, never mind.
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I'm jacked.
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This is a lot of carbs.
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BTS Oreos.
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J-pop Oreos.
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C-pop muffins.
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A loaf of bread.
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I'm gonna make egg sandwiches.
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Basic white people food.
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French toast as well.
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That's actually good because I have cinnamon, I have eggs, and that's all you need.
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Whip it up, put it together, let me know.
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Have you guys ever had French toast?
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Is it French?
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Yeah.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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milk fresh milk pasteurized purely fresh hopefully it's not sweetened nowhere
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on the packaging did it say sweetened i got electrolytes i'm
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going to put this in the fridge let it cool down
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and i'll be drinking this for the rest of the day
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and hopefully it really helps me less dehydrated this is our
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receipt leon got some tomatoes i don't know what for cucumbers
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dude i had tuna you could have just used mine you never said
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that i low-key didn't even realize that because i'm not gonna eat that.
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We gotta eat it before we move out of this place.
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And finally, a bag.
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Anyway, let's pack some of this stuff away.
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I'll put the milk and the coconut.
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Actually, I'll leave the milk out, and I'll leave the cremos out, because the Oreo cookies are for a special occasion.
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So I'll leave these aside, but I'll have the cremos, which are pretty much Oreo cookies.
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For me, they taste just as good.
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I'll have that with milk and have, like, cereal.
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But let's put the things that need to go in the fridge in the fridge.
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Does this need to go?
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Yeah, I guess.
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So we'll put that in the fridge.
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I'll put that there.
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And the rest of this is carbs.
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So we can eat this whenever, probably within the next day or two, or else it'll get very stale.
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Same thing with the bread and this stuff.
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I'll put it in this cupboard because this is where Leon puts his stuff.
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I got two donuts, six muffins, this chocolate thing, this loaf of bread, this pack of Cremos, and this pack.
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What about that?
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This is Leon's.
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Oh, and that's something else.
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That's all going right here.
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Straight to the waist.
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So I need to work out more.
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But as I said in the grocery store, I hurt my shoulder and knee because I over-exercised.
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So I'm taking a four-day recovery break so that I don't make it worse.
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And I thought of that myself because I'm able to critically think and realize this hurts and this hurts.
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Maybe I should take a break.
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I was going to take a week break, but I said, okay, four days since I'm responsible.
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If it hurts more, I'll take a rest for longer or I'll go to that recovery place.
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Maybe they'll do something to me.
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Anyway, creamo, milk, um, bowl.
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I guess I'll put the milk first.
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Now let me pour, let me pour the milk in.
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Would it be elite if I warmed it up?
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Yeah.
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Is cereal normally warm?
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No, but is cereal normally with Oreo cookies?
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And the reason I'm doing this is because I saw it on TikTok.
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You're putting a whole packet in there?
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I'm going to eat them all.
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Well, give her then.
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Well, look at how much milk I put.
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You put enough milk, so you might as well give.
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How many calories are in here?
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You don't want to know.
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Whatever.
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I'm sure Leon will want a bite, so I'm kind of thinking of him when I do this.
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But I've never done this, and I've seen it many times on TikTok.
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And every time I see it, I'm always like, ooh, that looks good.
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I want to try it.
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I want to try it.
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I want to try it.
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So today, I'm trying it.
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Okay, take a peek.
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These things immediately broke apart.
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I thought these were like Oreos where you had to let it soak for a bit, but no. Like, look at how mushy that is.
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Let me try.
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Mmm.
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I think you got to do it with the Oreos now.
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So note for next time, if you use Cremo cookies, you have to eat them immediately.
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Because if you wait for 30 seconds, they're going to get too soft.
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Overall, not bad.
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Very sweet.
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It kind of tastes a little minty.
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Anyway, guys, rate my big back meal from 1 to 10.
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I would honestly rate that up there.
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Eating a whole pack of Oreos in like 10 seconds.
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Bro.
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I saw this guy eat an entire, like, you know those big packets?
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How many are in there?
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There's like four rows.
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36, I think.
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36. I saw a guy on TikTok, the first time I saw it, eat two or three packets of 36 Oreos.
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So that's almost, if not 100 Oreos like this.
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He put a gallon of milk that he was like, mood, you guys.
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Have you seen that guy?
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I don't have that kind of stuff on my TikTok feed.
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He's like, mood, you guys, quick breakfast
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and then he proceeds to eat like 100 Oreos with milk and like 12 Krispy Kreme donuts for breakfast.
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He's like, light snack, gotta keep it healthy.
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I'm like...
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Now I have Oreo milk.
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Yummy.
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Yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy.
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Okay, guys.
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Let's try the final few things.
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I still have the muffins and the...
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like chocolate cupcake thing. So...
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place you right there.
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I may or may not have taken a bite out of the red velvet cupcake, but I'll take another bite for you guys.
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Very moist and juicy.
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Now let's try the vanilla cupcake.
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Last but not least, let's have the chocolate cupcake.
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These are like mini cupcakes.
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You can see they are very small.
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When I was a kid, I was never the biggest fan of chocolate, like chocolate cake or chocolate cupcakes or anything baked that was chocolate.
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But now I really like chocolate cake and stuff like that.
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So my taste buds have changed over time.
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I used to only really like like vanilla cakes.
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Now the last thing we're going to try is this.
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It's like a muffin.
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It would taste a lot better warm, but I think our microwave is having some trouble.
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When we start it, it like almost blows up.
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So we're not going to do that.
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Oh wow, this one is good.
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It's very buttery and the bread is like croissant bread.
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It would taste really good if it was warmed up.
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I think this one was my favorite out of all four of these.
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Let me know, do you guys like baked goods and pastries or no?
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And do you prefer sweet foods or savory foods.
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What do you prefer?
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Let me know down in the comments.
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Anyway, you guys, I hope you enjoyed the video.
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If you guys like this style of video where I just go about my day, go to different places, and bring you along,
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then let me know you want more videos like these in the comments.
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And if you guys like the big back segment, I don't know if I can promise I'll do that every video because I'll probably get diabetes pretty soon, but I could try.
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The person is sitting at a table inside a small restaurant.
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He is wearing a black shirt and he is sitting on a bright red seat.
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In front of him there are two yellow plates with spaghetti, tomato sauce, melted cheese, and pieces of crispy fried chicken.
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The food looks hot, salty, and filling.
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On the left side of the table there are two dark drinks in plastic cups.
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A phone, some tissues, and a tray are also on the table.
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Between the two plates there are a few fries and small sauce packets.
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The table is narrow but there is enough space for both meals.
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This scene feels casual and simple like a quick lunch during a busy day.
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The red seat, yellow plates and dark drinks make the picture look colorful.
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Maybe the person is very hungry or maybe he ordered too much food.
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Either way this meal looks heavy, crunchy, sweet, and a little messy.
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I'll see you in the next video.
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And remember, you will become fluent in English.
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