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There is a seat on an airplane called an A380 that literally comes with a living room, a private bathroom, a private bedroom,
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and a personal flight attendant.
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Now, I have no business flying in that seat.
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It only exists on one airplane in the entire world.
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However, I owe my friend Isaac a favor.
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His brother David lives across the world in Singapore, and they haven't seen each other in 10 years.
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Isaac asked me to deliver David a letter
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and his favorite cereal from the US all the way to his brother in Singapore.
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But if there's one thing I know,
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going on this adventure of riding in every single class on the most expensive airline in the world would be insane.
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But the only way that's going to happen is if I could foot the bill on a sponsor.
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Thank you, Shopify.
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I packed my bags, made my way to the airport, and boarded my first connecting flight to Singapore.
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On my way to my seat, I did pass through business class.
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I'm not sure how you can even call this a seat.
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I also passed through basic plus.
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Look at that leg room.
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That's going to be fun.
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And finally made it to my first seat of the video, basic.
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So on this first flight, we're going to be flying from JFK to Abu Dhabi, which is nearly a 13 -hour flight.
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I'm most likely going to be doing a lot of voiceover because I'm socially awkward.
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I passed the time by measuring our leg room, four inches by the way,
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and also just by staring out the window until our first meal arrived, about an hour and 15 minutes into the flight.
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All right, lunch is served.
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Here's what we got.
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A water bottle, bottled at the source.
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A bread roll covered in a nice layer of plastic, chicken and rice, veggies, strawberry cheesecake, and the nectar of the gods, Sprite.
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This looks really good.
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I'm excited.
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How's the chicken?
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Have you tried it?
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That's Betty.
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She didn't hear me.
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She wouldn't ignore me.
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We're actually friends.
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She's my basic buddy.
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Silverware.
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I don't think I've ever touched silverware on a plane before.
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This is crazy.
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This is like first -class treatment in basic.
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I spent the next few minutes absolutely housing this meal.
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I mean, this is hands down the best meal I have ever had on an airplane.
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This food is so good.
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Shortly after finishing, I found myself in desperate need for the bathroom, which is a great opportunity for a tour.
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Greetings from the basic bathroom.
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Pretty, pretty basic, yeah.
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We've got a sink.
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The tile is nice.
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Oh, it's not actually tile.
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The toilet is, it's definitely a toilet.
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The flush button's got some use, but that's, that's a good thing.
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It's doing its job well.
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Overall, pretty fun in here.
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Uh, gets the job done.
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At this point, we're flying over the middle of the ocean, and it's late.
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I tried turning on a light, but accidentally flash banged
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Betty, So just bear with me with the lighting greetings.
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I will say that so far the service has been incredible just a bit ago I was in the bathroom, so I missed the coffee delivery.
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I asked the flight attendant for a coffee
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She brought me a cappuccino and oreos.
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This is my first time eating an oreo suspended 35 ,000 feet in the air
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It felt amazing.
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I drank my cappuccino.
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It was also delicious.
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I feel like i'm in first class I do I am
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so excited to go to singapore I remember
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when I was in like eighth grade and we had a textbook
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that said singapore is one of the nicest countries in the world
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And ever since then, I have dreamed of going, but I did not think I would be going to deliver a 40 -year -old man's cereal.
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Regardless, it's happening.
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I'm going to do some work, and I will catch up with you soon.
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At this point, I crack open a bag of cherry berry ropes, recline my seat, and open up my laptop for some top -secret work.
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I'm working on my computer.
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I'm a hard worker.
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A few hours later, we got to watch the most mesmerizing sunrise ever.
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So I asked
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Betty to take a video of it.
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She did a great job.
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It's recording, right?
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Yeah, it's going.
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It's so pretty.
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It's so hard to capture it, right?
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I know, right?
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Yeah, we don't do justice.
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Yeah, exactly.
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Now that the sun is up, that means it's time for breakfast.
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The basic plus section gets served first, which means by default
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Betty and I get served last.
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We are in the last row after all.
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But that just means I have more time to play
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Angry Birds and watch
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Trolls at the same time.
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Hi, guys.
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Chicken with rice or coconut curry?
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How about the chicken?
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Chicken.
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It's very nice.
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It's like a burrito bowl.
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How yummy? With guacamole.
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Okay.
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But nice day, eh?
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Thank you.
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Guess what's for breakfast?
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Chicken and rice!
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Again!
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I watched this person play
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Angry Birds while I ate and then decided to interview the flight attendants because they have been amazing.
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Why are you guys so motivated to give such good service?
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We love our guests, so we always give our best.
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Okay, what's your name?
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I'm Shantae.
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Where are you from?
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South Africa.
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Really?
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Me and her and her.
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How are you?
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So my name is Jocelyn and the reason why I give good service is because I love people,
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I love socializing with the people, and I love Etihad.
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You got this, Ryan!
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We have arrived to Abu Dhabi.
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I was mildly concerned about my cereal coming into a new country, but I got through with ease.
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I would be celebrating right now, but I thought it was probably unwise to celebrate before my cereal gets through customs in Singapore.
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Regardless, this airport is awesome.
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Wow!
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Wow.
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Hey, this airport is insane.
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It's honestly pretty comforting.
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Maybe because there's a Texas chicken directly behind me.
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Flight number one complete for the cheapest seat on the flight.
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That was a great experience.
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If it only gets better from here, I don't know how I'm gonna behave myself.
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Sorry for saying that, that's weird.
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Weird thing to say.
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If it sounds like I'm slowing my words, it's because it's 3 a .m in the U .S.
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And since my next flight to Singapore is in 10 hours, I'm going to go to sleep and keep this cereal safe.
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I hope it's still in here.
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It should be.
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Okay, let's go to a hotel.
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I've got to find a better way to get these shots.
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Very nice.
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This is literally in the airport.
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I'm going to go to sleep.
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Good morning!
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It's night time.
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I got out of bed, took a shower, and got ready to board my flight to Singapore.
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I'm honestly just excited to fly on this airline again, especially because the cereal is still safe.
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I have arrived to my basic plus seat.
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I cannot tell you how uncomfortable I am right now to be filming this,
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but I will say I paid extra for the seat and it shows.
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Look at this leg room.
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I can't wait to measure that later.
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Also, my seat buddy moved right over to the left because there is an available seat, which means this is basically first class.
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Look at this elbow room.
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So, the next stop is Singapore.
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Let's see what it's like to live the basic plus life.
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All right, I'm going to stop recording.
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I can literally smell business class from here.
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It smells like luxury.
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They have lay down seats.
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I'm feeling a little FOMO, but honestly, I'm just ready for this thing to take.
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Oh, we have, we took off.
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Okay, let's go to Singapore.
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As I got situated, I realized most people are already asleep on this plane.
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If you're looking for leg room, sorry, I took it all.
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23 inches, it's crazy.
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Anyways, I got a tinkle.
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I have arrived to the Basic Plus bathroom.
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It was fun to see everybody who's flying on the plane with me, but it was a long walk.
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This bathroom isn't so different from the last one.
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We've still got this beautiful tile that is not tile.
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The toilet does, in fact, flush.
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I tested it.
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There is soap, a sink, trash can, all kinds of paper products that you may need. And
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if you're a baby, a place to sit i'm having a great time however i am currently experiencing a little bit of turbulence
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on this plane
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so i'm gonna go back to my seat just as i was walking out of the bathroom
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i saw the flight attendant getting our dinner orders let's hope for some chicken and rice
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can i do the chicken with rice awesome thank you yummy thank you all right dinner is served
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Look at that.
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We've got the good life bread.
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Not sure what that means some vegetables a specialty edihad beverage
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It's coca -cola.
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That's what it is natural drinking water chicken and rice, which looks delicious
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This actually looks so good and dessert maybe banana pudding.
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I love banana pudding.
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It is literally midnight
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This is the fanciest meal i've ever eaten at midnight
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All of a sudden i'm kind of panicking
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because I haven't looked inside my luggage since I left to check
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if the cereal is really in the box I don't know why it wouldn't be
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I just really want to get David this cereal.
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Also just realized I have a hole in my shirt.
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So that's awesome.
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Please excuse me while I devour this meal.
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That meal was so good.
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And now that I have a full belly, I decided to do a bit more work on my secret project.
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Top secret.
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Once again, I found myself with Oreos and other snacks.
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I'm just blown away by the generosity of these flight attendants, okay?
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And as the sun was beginning to rise, I decided to see what the flight attendants for Basic Plus had to say.
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Guys, we're almost in Singapore.
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I'm here with Makayla.
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Hi, how are you?
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She was my flight attendant today.
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Where are you from?
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South Africa.
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That's so fun.
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My last flight attendants were from South Africa too.
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They were great, right?
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They were great.
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I love South Africa.
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Can I tell you why I'm going to Singapore?
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I'm going to give a man cereal.
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It's normal.
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It's crazy.
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It's normal.
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That's true.
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You got this, Ryan.
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Yes.
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You got this, Ryan.
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Just the fuel I needed.
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I feel unstoppable.
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I'm sitting in my seat, and I'm just so ready to land.
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Okay, we land.
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All right, as I was getting off the plane
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The flight attendant invited me to meet the pilot I don't know what's happening,
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but the captain is taking me with him all the way to the front of the plane
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Have you been in a flight date before?
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Never.
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Then go ahead.
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Now I can really say I've sat in every seat on this airline
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Yeah, that's so cool.
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Thank you so much.
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I said goodbye to the team and got off the plane with no doubt in my mind
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That's when I saw something
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that made me want to puke customs every country has different policies for what you can
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and can't bring into the country
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and in terms of categories food is one of the most regulated items let's see
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if this cereal gets through you know for uh customs uh for like food oh okay all right thank you
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i thought it'd be cool
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they get an ominous video of me looking out at this crazy view i've always seen this airport in photos
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but now i'm actually here figured
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i might as well get a video in front of it just for the record
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that flight was awesome the leg room was fantastic the food was
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so good the flight attendants were amazing and i made it to singapore
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and guess what i've got the cereal with me i cannot tell you how relieved i was
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when i opened my suitcase
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and it was actually in the box i also have david's letter from isaac oh
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so cute brothers love each other
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so i'm not meeting up with david for a little while and i'm actually really tired because it's like midnight in america
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So I think I might take a nap.
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Good morning.
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It's not morning.
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I slept for one hour.
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If you also find sleep pods, capsule hotels really interesting, the Yotel Air in Singapore, it's fire.
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It's a good one.
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Anyways, I've got a cereal box to deliver.
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I really want to make it look like I'm actually on an epic mission that matters,
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so I think I'm going to make the next few clips like a dramatic cinematic sequence.
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We'll probably start right now.
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In a world where two brothers live in separate countries.
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Does this feel epic?
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I don't know.
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Can you guys just comment?
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Wow, Ryan knows epic.
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There's only one man equipped to unite them.
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It's me, Ryan.
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Yeah, so I got a taxi to David's place and met him.
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This is the end of the sequence.
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I hope it was good.
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Nice to meet you, David.
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Oh, this is so sick.
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David, I flew all the way here because of what's in this box.
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All right, I'm ready to see it.
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Okay, all right.
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You want to close your eyes?
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Three, two, one.
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Oh, Cracklin' Oat Bran.
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Dude, yes.
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This is a great, great gift.
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This, we used to get this every Christmas morning, but yeah, we just all love this stuff.
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Thank you, Isaac.
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Peace, buddy.
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This is so good.
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David poured us both a bowl of Cracklin' Oat Bran, and we enjoyed a nostalgic meal together in Singapore,
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and that's when I gave him Isaac's letter.
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Dave, since he moved across the world,
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I know it's difficult for you to come home regularly what's probably even harder though is that you have to go
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Without some of the best food America has to offer more specifically the kind
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that mom used to give us with our stockings every Christmas
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I hope this box of crackling O brand brings you back to those lovely childhood memories eat it slowly
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because like all the best things in Life
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we don't fully understand how good things are until they're gone miss
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you brother Isaac now Isaac has no idea about this part
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But David's got a favor to ask as well.
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Deliver a letter back to Isaac and give him a Singaporean snack straight from David's pantry.
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There's only one man for the job.
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It's me.
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I put it in my luggage and yeah, I'll bring it back then.
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All right, my job is only halfway done.
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I delivered the cereal and now I've got something to deliver to Isaac.
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Mission part two has begun.
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I'm on my way, America.
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After that, I had a few hours before my return flight home.
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David took me around Singapore.
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It's a beautiful place.
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This is just so crazy.
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Like I said, I remember looking at Singapore in my textbooks in school, and I always dreamed of coming here.
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And I gotta say, it did not disappoint.
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Except for the fruit that I tried, it was, uh, unique.
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I didn't really like it.
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David got a kick out of that.
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Eventually, I headed back to the airport and prepared for my business class seat.
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It comes with a private airport lounge, lots of food and drinks.
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But my flight was boarding, so I headed to the gate.
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Hello, 7th seat.
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welcome to business class i already took my shoes off
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and i don't even feel weird about it they give you free slippers also
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i was served this red juice almost instantly it's watermelon juice guys i had
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so much fun in singapore david is the best the only problem is i didn't really sleep
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i got like one hour of sleep at yotel air and
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that was pretty much my sleep for the night this flight
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that i'm on right now is once again an overnight flight
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and i'm pretty sure that my seat reclines all the way down like I can lay flat, but I don't want to sleep
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because I don't want to miss out on any of the cool stuff you get in business class.
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What's on the menu?
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Business.
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Yeah, we're not in basic anymore.
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Here's a quick list of things that come with the seat.
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A pillow, quite comfortable, I will say.
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Slippers, I already put them on.
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Why am I doing this with my feet?
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I don't know, but I'm in business class.
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A fancy blanket, this baggie which comes with a face mask, earplugs, lotion, lip balm, face mist, and toothbrush and toothpaste.
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Another pillow, perhaps to cuddle.
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I am tempted to sleep, but I'm also scared to miss out on any cool stuff that they would bring me, so guess who's staying awake?
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Me.
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As the flight is taking off, I've developed a plan to not fall asleep,
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in which I will be very strict about not even closing my eyes to blink.
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I fell asleep for four hours, oh my goodness.
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I don't even remember extending my seat into a bed, but here I am.
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One thing is for sure, this is the most comfortable airplane seat I've ever had.
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I'm not proud of it.
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I'm not.
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On one end, I missed out on four hours of business class luxury.
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But also, did I?
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Because I was laying fully down on an airplane.
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The flight attendant, when I woke up, she brought me coffee.
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It looks really good.
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She was also like, But you don't want any, like, made foods or light cream?
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And I was like, Oh yeah, I didn't - that's awesome, I didn't know I could still get it.
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And she was like, You haven't eaten anything.
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I know, thank you so much.
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And I said, I mean, I'll just do the fruit, and I'll just get ice cream just for the experience.
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And she said, okay.
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That's crazy.
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So I'm looking forward to that.
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I have not used the bathroom yet.
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I've got some work to do before we land.
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Let's get after it.
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Thank you very much.
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That was not only the best fruit I've ever had on an airplane.
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That was the best fruit I've ever had.
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That was so good.
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Ice cream?
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When in Rome.
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And then randomly after eating, I got really emotional, like about to cry.
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I can't tell if this is out of gratitude or because I just ate some solid ice cream cream,
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but either way, I need to pull myself together.
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Guys, I finally made it to the business class bathroom.
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It is nicer.
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It is.
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We do have the same tile as before.
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However, look at all this other stuff you get.
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The hand soap is in a special container.
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The faucet does look fancier.
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It really does.
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You've got a nice assortment of hand products.
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Not one, but two mirrors.
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Also, potentially the best part when you're doing your business in business class.
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I mean, talk about elevated.
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There's a window.
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Babies can also sit here.
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I don't know what babies are flying business, but let's test this bad boy out.
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Sorry.
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I'm gonna use the toilet.
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I feel like a business mogul working up here.
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No, but really, this is so cool.
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Before landing, I freshened up with some complimentary face mist.
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We have arrived to Abu Dhabi.
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But as soon as we landed, two security guards came on the plane asking for me.
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How's it going?
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All good.
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Awesome.
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I'm good to go.
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All right.
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Thank you.
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I don't know what I did wrong.
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I don't know if I'm in trouble, but two men personally took me off of this airplane
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and are now driving me in this little car thing to I don't know where.
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It felt like we were driving for hours until eventually they dropped me off at a private suite.
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What in the world is going on? i literally thought i was getting escorted off the plane
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because i was a little gassy some things just don't sit right with my stomach
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i don't know what it was maybe
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it was the durian shout out to david i cannot believe
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this is real i don't know what to say i have an abundance of fruit
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and pastries i have a waiter named ollie
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i think he's bringing me salmon i think it's 1am why why is
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that even available the people
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that have seen my boarding pass they kind of look at the part where it says the resi
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and they're like oh oh hello sir before i show you this private room
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that i'm in just for the record business class was amazing i did sleep for like half of it
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but it was extremely comfortable the service was amazing it was dark the whole time
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so the vibes were cozy
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i have nothing bad to say about business class do i miss my old flight attendant friends yes
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but honestly it's hard to focus on how good
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that was whenever i get escorted off the plane immediately
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and brought to a private room
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that has a toilet in it let me show you around looks like we have coffee and Voss water, abundant fruit and pastries, a huge couch,
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a luxurious dining table, and an entire bathroom with a shower in it?
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What?
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Who is this for?
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If this is before the flight, what have I gotten myself into?
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I really, this is crazy.
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I sat down at my dining table for some salmon.
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I still can't believe they have someone making this good of food in the middle of the night.
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After that, the two security guys picked me up and took me to the gate for our final flight.
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Guys, this is unbelievable.
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I immediately walk into my coffee order.
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I enjoyed my cappuccino and played some Angry Birds.
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Some things never change, I guess.
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I don't even think the flight has officially begun boarding.
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This is gonna be crazy. And we're off.
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A 13 -hour flight back to the United States.
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And I'm flying in the residence.
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There's so much stuff that comes with this seat.
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I don't even think I can call it a seat.
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Frankly, if you ask me what this background is before I step foot in here, I wouldn't even be able to tell you it's a plane.
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This looks like an apartment.
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I can't believe I'm about to say this about an airplane seat, but how about a tour?
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This is the main seating area with a TV and two seats.
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This time we have not one, but two blankets.
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This bench area has, um, an entire refrigerator fully stocked with sodas and Voss water.
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What in the world, man?
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This is crazy.
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The other benches are for storage.
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You can put stuff in there.
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This seat also comes with noise -canceling earphones, which worked great if you want to prepare to watch the Penny Series movie.
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The seats also have buttons that can assist you during the flight look what happens
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if you press the fork button oh wow a snack just kidding the flight attendant brought
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it it was just a joke
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but this fun drink is not a joke there's also a charging station
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and a touchscreen remote control
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but now for the reason they call this seat the residence all right
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this is ridiculous a little bit of turbulence to my left is the bathroom
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and you you are standing on a bed i mean this is outrageous isn't this crazy I am on an airplane.
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So this is a big bed.
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I'm definitely going to be taking a nap.
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What is this?
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Okay, so they literally give you jammies.
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Do I anticipate a jammy time tonight?
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That would get crazy.
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There's also a really thick sleep mask, slippers.
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They also give you tons of nice skincare.
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I'm definitely taking this home.
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And the last feature of the residence, a private bathroom with a shower.
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I don't know.
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I don't get it.
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I don't get it.
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This bathroom is actually so nice.
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We're still rocking the tile from basic.
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I love it.
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Pretty standard stuff up here, but this little towel rack is cute.
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Once again, not one, but two mirrors.
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And yeah, the fact that there's a shower in here is absurd.
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I came back to the main seating area and had a steak dinner, which I absolutely housed.
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And while I was doing some top secret work in my bedroom, I got a notification that said, we left another surprise for you.
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The best on earth.
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Guys, they have joyride.
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Isn't that crazy?
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Okay.
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I asked them to put that there.
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You may be wondering, Ryan, what were you absolutely locked in on, on your computer?
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for the past few days?
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Well, I love doing work on airplanes.
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And I have been spending some much needed time on Joyride's Shopify.
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The Joyride website is pretty built out, but I just like having fun with it.
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The best part about Shopify is you can literally build anywhere.
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I'm in the troposphere.
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I think that's where I am.
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I've been considering making a subscription for Joyride customers who want a candy refill every month.
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They might as well get a discount.
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And Shopify's subscription app makes that extremely easy.
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The only problem is we've kind of had trouble staying in stock, so that would most likely be a bad idea right now.
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The point is the option's there.
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But Shopify magic is what I've been doing on this entire trip.
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It's as fun as it sounds.
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I've been working on a landing page.
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I'm just calling it landing page.
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It was like an airplane joke.
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The only people who will ever know about it are watching this video.
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I used Shopify magic for AI product descriptions.
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Look at this.
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I asked it to describe my candy with some airplane puns.
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It crushed it.
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That's amazing.
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Also, the background removal tool for product images. So nice.
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And finally, I made the candy automatically 20 % off because if you find this page, you deserve it come on honestly
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we would not be able to do what we do at joyride without shopify
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it is the best commerce platform in the world
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if your dreams are small
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if your dreams are big shopify is the place to build a business
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and you can get started with a free trial using my link shopify .com
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shopify i love you this video would not be possible without you with
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that being said i think I think I am going to go night -night.
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As you can see, the service here is amazing.
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I looked through the menu.
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The crazy thing about this seat is you just order on demand.
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So I ordered some breakfast, and by the time I was done looking out the window, it had arrived.
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I mean, are you guys seeing this spread?
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we've got a green smoothie with a latte fresh fruit a muffin croissant
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and butter and jam i feel like i've eaten
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so much food in the last 12 hours
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this looks amazing though what should i try first iced latte bottoms up
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that's insane a bit of watermelon fruit of royalty
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that's good fruit look guys i'm really enjoying
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this we have about two hours left in this flight I can't even describe how nice this has been.
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Doesn't feel real.
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I could be dreaming.
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You could be dreaming.
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You could be dreaming about me dreaming.
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But don't forget, the job's not finished.
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There is a man in America expecting me to deliver a Singaporean gift from his brother.
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It's Isaac.
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Talk about Isaac.
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We just have a few more obstacles to overcome, he said from the residence.
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Nah, I'm worried about customs again, but how much can you really worry in this seat?
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Hey guys, welcome to my morning routine in the air.
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We are landing very soon.
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I have a private bathroom.
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I think I'm going to use it.
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Unfortunately, the shower isn't working.
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That would have been so cool to shower in the air, but at the end of the day,
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the fact that there's even a shower to look at is enough for me.
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I can't get over all the skincare they give you.
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I don't know how to use it correctly, but I am going to bring it home for Haley.
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She's going to be excited.
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Oh yeah, morning routine in the residence.
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First, I brush my teeth.
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I put on deodorant.
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Smells pretty good but next I shave, there's literally a little bit of hair there on my chin.
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So I shaved it, took off my jammies, did some skincare, and threw on cologne, which burned my skin because I just shaved it.
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Last few minutes.
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Dang, boy, that face is shiny.
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This has been a once -in -a -lifetime opportunity.
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I can't believe it.
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hey hey here we have a delivery all the way from Singapore from your brother David
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this is very exciting David loved his gift
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but will Isaac love his this is the question
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you ready yeah close your eyes okay we'll save this for later
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and here we go all right Isaac three two one salted egg fish skin this in America.
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What is this?
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All the way from Singapore.
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Cheers.
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That's kind of gas.
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It's actually really good.
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Okay, now for the real surprise.
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He got you a letter.
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You can go read it over there.
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I'll give you privacy.
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Isaac, bro, I miss you.
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I miss all the good times we've had and your humor.
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You are always the one to lighten the mood and keep everyone laughing.
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I hope everything is going well in Austin.
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A great quote I learned recently is a goal without a deadline is just a dream.
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Remember, it's important that we are purpose -driven, so create a vision, mission, and goals to get where you want to be.
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Then put your head down and grind relentlessly.
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You will succeed.
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David.
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Aww, that's sweet.
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A couple weeks later, I found myself walking into Target just to see what Joyride
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is going to look like in the candy aisle on June 15th.
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And as I was leaving, something caught my eye.
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You made it to the end of the video.
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Thank you for watching.
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YouTube thinks you're really gonna like this video.
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Check it out.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “I Tried Every Seat on the Most Expensive Airline”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Ryan, flight, seat, Isaac. This video has 465 sentences and 5242 words to shadow. The speech runs for 25:22. The speaker talks fast, about 207 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| attendant noun | /əˈtɛndənt/ | One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something. |
| cereal noun | /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/ | A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains. |
| airplane noun | /ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/ | A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor. |
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
| tile noun | /ˈtaɪ.əl/ | A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc. |
| residence noun | /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/ | The place where one lives (resides); one's home. |
| toilet verb | /ˈtɔɪ.lət/ | To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet. |
| custom noun | /ˈkʌstəm/ | Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving. |
| candy noun | /ˈkæn.di/ | Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup. |
| insane adjective | /ɪnˈseɪn/ | Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad. |
| asleep adjective | /əˈsliːp/ | In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. |
| epic noun | /ˈɛp.ɪk/ | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. |
| midnight noun | /ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/ | The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise. |
| airline noun | /ˈɛɹˌlaɪn/ | A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods. |
| snack noun | /snæk/ | A light meal. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| take off verb | To remove. | |
| get through verb | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
| get off verb | To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. | |
| pass through verb | To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another. | |
| blow away verb | To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind. | |
| build out verb | To develop or expand (a system, structure, project, etc.). | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| get over verb | To overcome. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why am I doing this with my feet?
- I'm good to go?
- Do I miss my old flight attendant friends?
- Do I anticipate a jammie time tonight?
- I mean, are you guys seeing this spread?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | have been spending · I've been considering · I've been doing |
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to get · used to give |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | haven't seen · Have you tried · I've ever touched |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | Dhabi, which is · bathroom, which is · first, which means |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 177 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, luxury /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, subscription /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/, flush /ˈflʌʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like attendant, cereal, airplane.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.