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Our best friend is getting married, so we're going to Japan and Korea for her bachelorette.
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This is the one shower we're all sharing!
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I look like I just finished the war zone.
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She looks insane.
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Random strangers are asking to take photos with us.
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No, no, no, please don't cook it!
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Andrea, why are you at the neighbors?
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This is Telhaku, by the way, there's seven girls we just found out it has one shower.
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This is where we're gonna sleep.
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Cute!
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The baggages take more than the whole room.
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This is the one shower we're all sharing.
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I would've actually died if this is the shower.
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It's like so tiny, this is a bidet what the this is insane this is 90 degrees this is the only shower let me see
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i will be bathing in this welcome to my tiny bathroom get ready with me vlog
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so i have a photo shoot in about 30 minutes in
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the city i do not have time to shower i'm pretty stinky
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but we have to get ready i didn't sleep very much on the plane
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so i'm gonna just do my best i'm wearing heels
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that are way too tall for me i've had to meet
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with a nice japanese man who i've never met good luck
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okay i finished the shoot it's dinner time this is crazy
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30 minute photo shoot went down a random alley somehow stumbled in
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and this is the dinner trying to eat all right andrea
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are you ready to try yes i don't know how to use chopsticks but i'm trying Mmm!
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It tastes like chicken schnitzel.
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We're going into Don Quixote, the biggest discount store in Japan.
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This is crazy!
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I've only been through the door!
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Today we're gonna be doing a gyaru -themed photoshoot.
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It has crazy hair and makeup.
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We thought it'd be a fun way to remember this trip.
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We got to pick our outfits, then we each got styled by a makeup artist.
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I tried contacts for the first time ever.
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They help make your eyes look bigger, but they're kind of uncomfortable to put on.
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Then it was time to pick a wig.
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I like that color.
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I don't like this one.
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Okay, you have to.
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Okay, I like red better than blue.
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I'm gonna try pink and if that doesn't work, I'll wear red.
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Ooh, this one's interesting.
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Yeah, okay, I like this one.
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Thank you.
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She looks insane.
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It's crazy.
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Photo shoot time!
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Random strangers are asking to take photos with us, but I think some know who we are.
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Oh together, oh, of course.
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We're famous.
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Oh my god.
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I got a...
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I put...
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He's going to be flying against you.
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Ah, no. No, please.
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Shush.
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Shush.
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Thank you.
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You're welcome.
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Have a good one.
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we are in the supermarket right now we picked out some
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delicious food i'm following the ladies we're gonna go check out
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the expensive fruit section those beautiful strawberries i've seen perfect cherries you've ever seen in your life.
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Now back to the video.
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Neighborhood temple?
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Wow, you don't see that every day.
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Wow, it's beautiful.
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This is my first time seeing a temple.
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It's just like the movies.
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Hello, sister.
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Hello.
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Time to get some matcha.
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Matcha time.
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Every morning matcha.
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I ordered a ton of matcha stuff for breakfast.
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It looks amazing.
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I usually don't eat ice cream for breakfast.
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Alex never eats ice cream.
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Going to a bird cafe.
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The ladies are even more excited than me, right?
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If they poop, it's okay.
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It's good luck.
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Oh, I hope they poop.
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Yay.
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All right, bird time.
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It's a bird time.
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It's a bird time.
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We're in the bird store.
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We're going to go hang out with the birds.
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Oh, my God.
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Daddy.
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I am such a sad guy.
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Oh, are you okay?
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I'm so sorry.
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Tina, how did you like it?
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I loved it.
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I feel like I just bonded to the white bird and now I'm really sad.
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I feel like I just bonded to the white bird and now I'm really sad.
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I couldn't speak and talk to him for real.
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Jen?
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I get it now.
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No, like I get it.
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I had the best time ever.
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No wasabi for Jen and I, but Alex wants lots of wasabi.
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He had one, dipped it in the sauce, and he specifically said no soy sauce and took it back.
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No soy sauce.
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No soy sauce.
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No, no, no, please don't cook it, let him leave.
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No, no, please don't.
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I don't want it anymore.
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No, please.
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No, don't kill me.
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Put it back.
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In the ocean.
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Put it away.
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No shrimp.
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No shrimp.
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Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
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That's not funny.
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I'm sorry, little guy.
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Meet the players.
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Next up, there's a twist.
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Alright.
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We're not meeting the bride.
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Oh my god.
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We're trying to find the host club.
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Host clubs in Japan basically let you rent a boyfriend.
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There's no physical stuff, only affection, listening, and the feeling of romance.
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Yeah, Anya did point out that we are most likely in a strip club district, but I thought of this as a cultural Japanese activity because you can only do this in Japan.
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And I thought of it as quite a cultural educational experience.
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But looking at it now, I don't know if that's correct.
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Oh my god, here we go.
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I'm scared.
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Jesus Christ.
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Oh god, I'm gonna have a heart attack.
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Okay.
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Girl, is it brought us here?
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Our birthday girl.
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Congrats, congrats, baby.
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Congrats.
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So how often are you working here as a host?
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Pretty much every day.
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Wow.
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I'm a hot walker, you know?
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Yeah.
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Can you tell us what your hourly rate is?
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Believe it or not, a girl paid $100 ,000, and only single day I earned $5 million.
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Oh, wow.
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And how often does a day like that happen in your work schedule?
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A few times in a month.
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Oh, wow.
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Wow! To Christina! To the dashboard!
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What is your family like?
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What did they think about the host business?
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For the first time, they did hate it.
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Because my image, fabric image, going to the hostel is really bad.
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Yeah.
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I changed the fabric image about hosting.
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Yeah.
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They really appreciate it.
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I saw so many TikToks with you.
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Really?
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I didn't know that.
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There are two types of us in the world.
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Me and the others.
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I don't know what's happening!
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This is Roland's driver.
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He's letting us take his car, which is very nice.
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Okay, we're here.
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Okay, so Andrea finished her set, we're in her little area, Maddie brought the bottle, it is 3am, it is still Tina's Bachelorette, I don't know how we're rallying.
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I just finished my DJ set at Zouk, it was awesome, got balloons, um, okay, and there's a lot of nice chess techno fans here,
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so we're meeting and greeting people on the streets
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because i couldn't find people in the club
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but the set was awesome ladies you guys survived the set
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everyone day alex is behind the heat lamp thanks please the people next to me kept giving you money
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we are in the car on the way to the airport
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thank you sir last night definitely shortened my lifespan a little
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bit i think this is the last three days shortened my
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lifespan we're gonna be there for four days the adventures continue
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this is first class in a Korean airline this is the
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most spacious reclining chair I've ever seen it's a one -hour flight We made it to Seoul with all of our luggage.
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We did it.
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We just landed in Korea.
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I don't know what's...
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Alright, first meal in Korea.
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We just saw what is the Korean version of Magic Mike's show.
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We experienced.
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We experienced.
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We opened our mind this way.
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Andrea, what are you doing?
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Morning workout.
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I did outside at the gym.
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Dude, I am looking like a pregnant woman.
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This is the hotel in Korea.
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It's so nice, Tina.
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I don't know how you found it, but it's so cute.
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Thank you.
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Wow, this is a cool view.
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All right, I have 10 minutes to get ready.
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All right, we are in Korea.
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Alive.
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Coffee.
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We all slept.
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Alex significantly more than the others.
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I almost slept 12 hours.
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Anyways, today we are doing a color match.
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Don't quite know what that is.
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You find the best colors for your skin tone so you know what to wear That will be really useful, we're excited And we're going to walk around Korea until our color match
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Yellow base color one and this is blue base color, cool color I love this color Yeah, I love greens too Luckily,
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black is way better than actually the Korean color Enix's turn Yeah, brown is your favorite yeah i like brown oh that's really really nice this is really nice
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and the orange brown bottom
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and dark okay ladies how was the
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color analysis it was
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fun we just finished
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exploring in korea we did a little bit of shopping a
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little bit too much shopping i don't want nothing yeah Anya has been the most patient soul of this trip.
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I don't know how she does it.
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Alex has been some shopping.
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And now we're going to go to a different part of town called...
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Maybe in Taiwan if you have time.
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Otherwise, Myeongdong.
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Myeongdong.
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Dinner time!
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Yay!
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We're in Myeongdong dinner.
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This is K -BBQ.
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And the girls look fabulous.
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Look at Christina's makeup.
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And look at Jen's new hat.
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She's been looking for a hat.
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We're very excited to eat.
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Oh my god.
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Real Korean barbecue for the first time in Korea.
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Whoa.
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Okay, we're about to go inside Olive Young.
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It is the most popular skincare store.
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Apparently, there's hundreds of these and they have the most products and it's the best one ever.
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So the ladies from the Color Match sent us specific makeup to buy.
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And we are going to purchase what they sent us.
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Please give us a ride.
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UPA doesn't work here, so we're just waving at all the taxis, but no one's taking us.
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So we're in Korea, changing from hotel to Airbnb.
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I just lugged this fruit basket.
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Thanks, Bennett.
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He sent it for International Women's Day.
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But we're hauling this massive fruit basket.
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Anya's taking my extra suitcase.
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I can't vlog and film at the same time, so show you guys when we get there.
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But we just went up this massive hill.
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Now we're getting to the Airbnb.
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Here we go.
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This is going to take a while.
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Ladies.
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Look, they said left.
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Andrea, why are you at the neighbor's?
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Let me grab my fruit basket.
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Went up the wrong hill.
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I'm carrying on my luggage on three different wrong hills.
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Andrea.
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Andrea, you know you could roll it up the thing on the side?
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We made it.
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All right, Andrea, you can do it.
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Maybe this will teach you to pack later.
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I got my stuff up.
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This is our room.
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it is small
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but cute barely fits the luggage as usual that's all right
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brought the flowers we got some for international women's day we'll be sleeping in with my sister i'm so tired
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but we've got one day we'll make the most of it
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we are in our new location it is the more traditional
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old town hence the airbnb it is very beautiful we're excited to see the city it's cool
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that There's people even in these traditional outfits.
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Gonna go explore.
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All right, we're going in this sick building.
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This is cool.
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Alex, your boyfriend's here.
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We're in this store called Gentle Monster, and they're killing the marketing because everyone's taking photos with their glasses and the cool hat.
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Everything reminds me of the anime with the aliens where they eat all the humans it's a sunglass shop
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but they do it with a lot of interactive art this
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is how you sell a product artsy store i tried this hat
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but i would never wear it i just think these are
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really funny look how fancy the forks are just imagine though serving this to your friends paris hilton's
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silverware apparently this airbnb has also been used for a lot of k -dramas
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and there was some history i got a prince
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that i don't remember but it's very beautiful i'm cutting open the fruit from the fruit basket
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that i have hauled over here it's pretty good okay really good
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thank you bennett for this fruit time to hike the stairs
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ania just said it's just a shit ton of stairs
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and that's about it it's gonna be a beautiful view finally
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not wearing those stupid boots oh that's really pretty look at
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the sun oh wow wow we're not getting up there right holy moly
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we made it yay tower seol tower
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Mr. Beast has made it to South Korea This looks like a fake KitKat It's a kicker Timu KitKat Wow
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So majestic Alright, time to walk back down all these stairs Get your steps in Alright,
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we're going into the market We got a tour guide with the group We're gonna try some food
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Thank you I thought it was going to taste worse because it was vegetables.
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We just learned that this is chicken feet.
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Did you like it?
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Honestly, that is the one food in the entire world that scares me.
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You liked it, Jen?
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Yeah, I'm Asian.
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I'm Chinese, so I've eaten it when I was younger.
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And it's pretty good.
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What is this?
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It's a rice cake bite called tukbukki.
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Rice cake bite.
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It's a little spicy on there.
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Oh, it is?
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Andrea, it's not even spicy.
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It was really yummy, though this is my one oh wow i don't like the
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sound it makes in my mouth i just had a toe
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you like the toe it's okay next stop is the dumplings
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dumpling over here we call the dumpling mandu since we're in since we're having mandu
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so there's some egg
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and egg inside of the soup i agree you have this rice cake soup on every new year
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but by having the rice cake soup you're officially one year
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older oh no oh no wow we get the dessert cinnamon
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korean pancake dessert with cinnamon sugar
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and nuts holy this is my favorite snack i'm nervous i'm
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gonna get addicted to these yummy i broke my hand yeah
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i broke my tongue i couldn't wait it's juicing all over
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your jacket oh boy they're taking care of a baby i'm
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taking care of my sister oh guys this is what we call
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yeah we have to do it the correct way i thought this sign was ironic
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but it's definitely not a joke
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so this is the state of our room now we have almost unpacked it's not
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that we're messy it's that there's no room to We'll be home soon,
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goodnight vlog, tomorrow we get skincare and we go to bed.
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I went to Forena Clinic, one of the top -rated med spas.
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They started by scanning my face to find out what I needed.
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Okay, so we have been traveling, drinking, eating poorly, not taking care of our skin, not sleeping, so we're gonna see how these go.
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The cool part is that they can stack many treatments in the same day.
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We are at the skin clinic about to get salmon sperm
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and lasers put into our face This is the numbing process looking glam.
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It's gonna be a long day I'm trying to distract her with different pain.
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Sweet sister's time
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okay second laser done my skin is trying to look a little crazy okay now this is for redness
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which i'm going to be very ready after this it almost
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looks like i have blush on are you ready closer not
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that bad i was afraid we just finished one this is salmon it hurts like a don't tell me
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that please people in LA you're doing great oh that's worse
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honestly I look like I just finished a war zone we just finished the salmon
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that was so many needles everywhere and that hurt so bad
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that was so much pain and I'm so glad it's over
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and I feel bad for my sister who's about to endure
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so far none of them have been really painful I saw Andrea getting the salmon
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and she said it hurt like a b -word. Am I doing okay?
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Yeah, so I'm doing fine.
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Okay.
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Dude, I'm scared.
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Don't be scared.
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You said it hurt like a...
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No, it was easy.
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Beauty is pain.
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Salmon sperm in the face.
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Like, how have we gone too far?
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Alright.
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Do you want me to play some music?
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His name is Tiny Tim.
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He's got a little fish.
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Tiny Tim.
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Don't worry, Tiny Tim is coming.
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You've gone through harder things.
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You went to the Navy SEAL boot camp.
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Remember when you went train?
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Can I hold my knees?
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Yes, of course.
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All right, do you want to hold my hand?
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Can you pinch my toes?
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I'm going to pinch the toes, pinch the toes, toes.
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Can you pinch the big toe?
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You know, people would pay to be in my position right now.
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Oh, God, my hands are sore.
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Yay!
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I need to wash my hands.
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I'm done.
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Oh, God, looking at you makes me feel nauseous.
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All right, so this is what I look like now.
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andrea looks pretty dude you look great already i got mine
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like a little bit before yours i bet it's gonna look
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so good that you'll do it again we look like aliens
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and we're gonna go walk around town i feel bad for anyone we look crazy
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but it'll go down quickly we are in the grocery store
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and every woman who makes eye contact with us gets really scared
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and then doesn't know what to do
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and honestly i feel bad for them last dinner it's christina's birthday annabelle looking cool as ever All the ladies are here, we look a little crazy because of the skin stuff.
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Happy birthday to you!
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Oh, that's so cute.
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Finally made it to the palace.
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And it's in the middle of all these metropolitan buildings, which I think is crazy.
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Wow.
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Why Practice Speaking with This Video?
If you’re looking to improve English speaking with real-life, casual dialogue, this vlog is perfect. The Botez Sisters’ conversation is full of everyday phrases, quick reactions, and natural storytelling—exactly the kind of language you’ll use in travel or social settings. Practicing with it helps you get comfortable with conversational flow, slang, and even humor. Plus, the mix of planned activities (like a photoshoot) and spontaneous moments (strangers asking for photos) gives you a wide range of speaking contexts to mimic. Use a shadowing site to repeat their lines—you’ll pick up rhythm and intonation without even realizing it!
Grammar & Expressions in Context
The video is packed with useful structures. Here are 3 key ones to practice:
- “I would’ve actually died if this is the shower.” This conditional phrase shows strong reaction—great for expressing exaggeration in casual talk. Notice how “would’ve” is contracted, a common feature of spoken English.
- “Random strangers are asking to take photos with us, but I think some know who we are.” The present continuous tense (“are asking”) describes an ongoing action, while “know” (simple present) states a fact. This mix is typical in real-time storytelling.
- “I’m gonna try pink and if that doesn’t work, I’ll wear red.” “Gonna” (informal for “going to”) and “I’ll” (contraction of “I will”) keep the conversation snappy. Practice these to sound more natural, not just formal.
Common Pronunciation Traps
Even simple words can trip you up. Watch out for these:
- “Bachelorette” – Pronounce it “bah-cheh-LET,” not “bah-cheh-LORET.” The stress is on the last syllable. Listen closely in the video to hear the natural flow.
- “Bidet” – It’s “bee-DAY,” not “BID-et.” The French origin affects the pronunciation—don’t let the spelling fool you!
- “Gyaru” – This Japanese loanword is pronounced “gyah-roo,” with a soft “g” and rolled “r.” Mimic the sisters’ pronunciation to say it correctly in context.
To master these, use shadowspeak techniques: play a short clip, pause, and repeat it immediately. This helps train your mouth to form the right sounds. Learn English with videos like this one—they’re fun and full of real-world language that textbooks miss!
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 enjoying · have been traveling |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | i've never met · I've only been · i've seen |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | man who i · car, which is · woman who makes |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the biggest · the fastest · the best |
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.