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Welcome back guys to another comprehensible input vlog.
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Today's video is going to be a little bit different because I'm going to be filming this like in my old style, like the style from my first YouTube video ever.
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If you guys like this style and you want me to film more videos like this, then let me know in the comments.
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I'll be describing everything naturally in English.
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You'll also learn useful phrases and vocabulary and you'll hear conversations between my mom,
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hear what a natural English conversation sounds like.
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Knuckles, fingers, mini spoon, wrinkle, contrast, lead the way, get in the way.
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We have hair, fingernails, plain curtain here.
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Let's get started so i just woke up and you can kind of see my fingers are wrinkly They are wrinkly.
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because I had a shower and when I was in the shower, my fingers started to wrinkle.
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Now they're not as wrinkly as they were earlier since it's
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been about 10 to 15 minutes since I got out of the shower.
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You can also see My hair?
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is very wet.
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My hair is very wet, so I need to let it dry.
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It will take about three, four hours.
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for my hair to fully dry.
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because you can see I have a lot of hair my hair goes down to like the top of my chest.
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I have a lot of hair.
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Do you have a lot of hair?
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Is your hair long or short.
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Awesome.
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Today I didn't Shave, I didn't shave.
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So you can see my facial hair, my facial hair.
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It's been about two days, since I shaved.
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Tell me, how often do you shave? every day every week. or never.
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Let me know in the comments.
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But right now I am in my Airbnb.
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I am sharing this Airbnb with my family.
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my mom and my older brother.
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I had a shower here 15 minutes ago.
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And since then, I've got dressed you can see I've just put on a black t -shirt.
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This is a plain black t -shirt.
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I have also put on gray shorts.
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These are gray shorts and you can see I don't have any socks on.
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Hi, Dose.
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This is my hand.
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And I have five Fingers.
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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This is called a thumb.
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a thumb.
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and this is my hand You can see I kind of do need to cut my fingernails.
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They have gotten a little long, so I will probably cut them.
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right?
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Now.
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Okay guys, these right here are nail clippers nail clippers and you use these to cut your fingernails.
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your fingers, your fingernails.
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your hand, your arm.
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Your elbow.
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your shoulder your bicep, your tricep, your knuckles, your wrist, This part right here, this is your wrist.
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and then obviously Everyone has hair on their arms.
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Anyways, I'm gonna cut my nails now.
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I'm only gonna cut one because I don't want to make a mess.
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I'll go downstairs and cut the rest over the trash can, but I'll just cut one here for you guys.
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I guess I'll cut my fingernail on my thumb.
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So I have my fingernails and I'm gonna go throw these in the garbage.
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But I just cut my fingernails with my nail clippers.
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You can also cut your toenails.
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You call these nails your toenails and these ones your fingernails.
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Toenails and fingernails.
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Okay guys, so now I'm gonna put my shoes on I'm sliding my feet into my shoes.
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and you can see there is a curtain here and this curtain is just blocking the door.
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This curtain is in front of the door.
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This right here, is the door handle the door handle, and this is the lock the lock.
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There is also a deadbolt lock here.
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Now, I'm going to open the door with my hand.
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You can see I cut my fingernails.
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Now, I'm going to open the door and go outside.
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OK, so now I'm outside here.
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That up ahead is the Hanoi Opera House.
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This is a roundabout here.
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And here you have some plants and stuff.
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It is very sunny and hot out right now, and I'm just walking on the sidewalk here to go meet my brother and mom to grab lunch.
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So it really is a beautiful day and you can see right now I'm walking in this shade Over there, you can see it is very sunny.
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But here, It's nice and shady.
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Okay, so I just met up with my brother and my mom here, and now we're gonna go eat lunch.
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So lead the way.
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So everyone here is eating lunch right now.
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This is like a lunch spot for office workers.
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by the looks of it, and they have like a set meal there.
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Okay, so now we're at circle K.
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and we're gonna go get a drink.
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We're all gonna go get a drink.
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I'm kinda thirsty.
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Okay, so I'll go and get Leon a drink.
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Okay, so we got the drinks from Circle Cage.
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It was two plus one, so we got two Diet Cokes and they gave one free.
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So three in total and my mom got Pocari sweat electrolytes.
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That is my favorite electrolyte drink.
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It's really good.
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And now we're walking to the restaurant.
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You can see a lot of scooters parked on the side here.
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So you can see there are a lot of restaurants serving people here.
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because it's lunchtime right now so everyone's eating.
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And these scooters are literally right in the way, so we have to go around here.
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you .
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you Okay guys, so we're having lunch now.
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Do you have the menu?
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We don't have the menu, but this is the Buncha restaurant that Barack Obama came to eat at.
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Barack Obama.
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So here, this is called Buncha.
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There's like meat in here.
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This right here is some noodles and then you have some greens here.
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lettuce and other leaves this right here is a bowl of diced garlic
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and that is a bowl of chilies
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but yeah this is what i'm going to eat i believe this is fish sauce in here Looks really good.
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Okay, so let's try this food now.
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I'm gonna put my glasses on my head like this to keep my hair out of my face.
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So, let me try this.
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Got some meat?
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Noodles.
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It's really good.
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Noodles.
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spring rolls let me try one of these spring rolls i'm dunking the spring roll in the soup base here
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okay so we just finished our lunch and we went to go get dessert
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that fried banana but uh unfortunately they were sold out you really wanted
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that though right yes i really want to try that We'll have some time, so we'll do it.
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Another day.
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And what did you think of lunch?
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I had bunca the other day as well, and I liked the other days more because it wasn't as sweet.
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I think you like this one more.
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Yeah, this one was better in my opinion because the fish sauce was sweeter.
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What did you think of L 'Anche Lyon?
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It was good.
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We didn't have fried spring rolls in the other restaurant because we weren't that hungry, but we tried them this time and they were really good.
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But we got the crab one and I didn't really taste much crab.
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I don't know if you did either.
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Oh, that was the crab one we got?
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I thought that was the other one.
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The big one was a seafood one, but that was like FOUR TIMES THE PRICE.
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And that one had like all the meat in it.
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Shrimp, crab, fish, all the seafood.
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Ah, okay yeah i did not know that yeah i don't know
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if you saw it they had it on the other table and it was like the size of my fist, it was huge.
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How much was that one and then how much was the one we got?
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The one we got was $10 ,000.
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And then the other one was 40 ,000, but it was definitely four times bigger, so it was probably worth it.
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That was like a fist size.
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I was wondering why did he order us the small one and not the big one?
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Well, we told him to just get the small one, but I didn't know it would be that much different.
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I think next time we should go for the bigger one.
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We could have ordered four of those
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and it would have been the same price
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and it would probably have been more because they were 40 ,000 each for all of us.
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Now my professional review, I did like this one better because The fish sauce was a little bit sweeter, so I did like this one more.
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So if I had to go again, I would come back to this place.
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Okay guys, so now we are eating dessert.
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You can see they gave us like a mini spoon.
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It's a very small school like a teaspoon.
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They gave us our dessert in this tray.
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They came out with this tray.
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You can see the tray is kind of dirty and pretty scratched up.
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see a lot of scratches.
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on the tray.
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I don't think it's dirty.
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I think it's a clean tray, but just well used well used.
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- Mm -hmm.
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- Okay.
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Let's see your dessert.
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I don't know what it is.
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It's really good.
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It's got fruit, yogurt, jello, and then some boba.
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What's the white liquid?
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Is that milk or yogurt?
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I think it's like milk, like a yogurt -y kind of sour -y milk.
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So it must be yogurt.
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It looks really good.
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I think next time I'll get that.
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Is it good?
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Mm -hmm.
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And then they put ice on top of it to keep it cold.
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Wow, that looks really good.
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So yeah, this is just a dessert in a small bowl.
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My hand is like bigger than the bowl, and it's just filled with fruit, ice, milk or yoghurt You can't wait and jelly.
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This is what I got.
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I got ice cream with sticky rice.
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You can see the rice.
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is this like kind of faded green color
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and you can see the ice cream has started to melt
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and this on top is coconut and it's very very sweet and Leon got the same thing.
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This is our view.
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First of all, we have a really tiny table.
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You can see me and Leon are right beside each other.
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I feel like it would have been better.
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Maybe I sat there or maybe Leon sat there.
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Yeah, that would have been better.
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But yeah, this is the menu right here.
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It's kind of like a nice vibe.
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Yo, I got two spoons.
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Look at this.
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I just noticed this, I got two spoons.
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Oh, they were just so close together.
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But anyway, this is our...
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I want to mention too that it's very hot today.
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It is really hot, but here it's not too bad because we are in the shade.
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It's a hot day.
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I've already tried it and it is quite good.
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I like this dessert.
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But next time I will try that.
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So what did you think of dessert, Mom?
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Oh, it was so delicious.
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I think I made the best choice.
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-For once.
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-Yeah, yours was actually, I think, the best.
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Yours was really good.
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Mine was good, but yours was great.
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Mine was refreshing because it's such a hot day.
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- Yeah, no, I really like yours.
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I think next time we'll get it, because that place is very close to where we're staying, so we can just easily go back and get another one.
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Today is actually a beautiful, beautiful day.
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Okay, so now we are heading out to go have dinner It's 545. So...
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We're going to go have dinner.
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I'm gonna put my shoes on.
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I'm going to slide them on here.
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and Okay, so now we're walking.
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We just left the Airbnb we're staying at.
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What'd you forget?
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She thought she forgot something, but she didn't forget it.
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But now we're walking to first get her glasses, - She got the lenses changed.
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- Yeah, yeah but no prescriptions, just normal, like, plastic lenses, so.
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No prescription, because she doesn't need them.
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She's not blind like me.
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I need prescription lenses.
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She took the good eyes and gave me bad eyes, bro.
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What the hell?
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But yeah, now we're walking there, and then after that we'll go eat something.
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Looks like these guys are playing some sort of worked.
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Okay, so now we're in this park What are we actually doing here?
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We're just walking to go and get my sunglasses.
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We're in the French Quarter, and it's so beautiful, the buildings.
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Yeah, the buildings are really beautiful here and we're in this like park.
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This is like a big fountain.
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Unfortunately, there is no water coming out of these frog statues.
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They look a little dirty, don't they?
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Yes, but I want to point out that I don't know what game The locals are playing here, but look, they keep on kicking.
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Oh, they're really good.
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This game looks hard.
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Like you could only kick it with your with your feet.
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Like, look, look at this guy.
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It looks like a brush with the weight on the end the guide to this side is also This guy is practicing.
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Yeah, honestly, that looks like it takes skill being able to like kick
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stuff constantly on your feet but I don't know if I'd be able to do that.
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And I don't even know if I'm that flexible, because some of them go like this and hit him like, dude, I'll break my whole hip, man.
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I'm not flexible at all.
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Yeah, now we're going to go get your glasses, so let's Head over there.
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Look at this nice building.
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This is beautiful.
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The flowers are actually gorgeous.
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yellow and red contrast.
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I think it looks really nice together.
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Oh, I guess, yeah, it matches the Vietnamese flag, yellow and red.
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I wonder what this building is.
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I don't know.
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Does it say in English there?
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No. Yeah, I'm not sure.
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But absolutely beautiful.
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- No, just in Vietnamese.
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This is a nice building.
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I feel like it's some sort of government building or something.
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Yeah, most of them are.
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The wall may take...
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Because the flowers are like the color...
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of the Vietnamese flag. So pretty.
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Yeah.
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Over there, I wonder what that building is.
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That's a nice big building too.
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You can see all those beautiful like pillars.
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COLUMNS.
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supporting the structure.
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- Architecture sure is beautiful here.
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- Yeah, it's like the French -inspired Vietnamese architecture.
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And there's Leon.
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way up ahead.
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Should I get a Vietnamese hat?
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What do you call this?
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It has a name.
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You can ask this gentleman.
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Hi.
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Low -key, does it look good though?
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Kind of nice.
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It's only $40.
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It's $2.
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$2?
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Wow.
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$2.
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Oh, yo, low key.
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Loki, these fans are nice.
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What do you think of these fans?
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Yeah, I like a bigger one, though.
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They're kind of nice.
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I wonder how much they are.
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I kind of like them.
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No, the black one isn't wood, the black one's plastic.
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This one's good.
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Look at this.
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That's really nice.
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Yeah, I'd like a bigger one and a black one.
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No, this is a good size.
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No, no, no. A longer one.
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How much are the hats?
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$2.
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Can you put it on again?
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Please.
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I think this might be a woman's version.
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But yeah, I guess Leon is right.
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You have to wear this in the airplane.
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Unless you carry it, yeah.
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But why not wear it?
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And we're looking at souvenirs.
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I should buy something.
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Make art, not war.
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Oh, these are magnets.
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I like the fact that they put prices on things.
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Yeah, look at these coconuts.
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These are what I bought you last time.
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Oh, I still have it.
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It's really nice.
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It's so pretty.
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How much are they?
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75. That's really nice.
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A bong?
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It's not a bong, it's a vase.
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Oh, these are nice cups.
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Nicely painted, but I feel like if you wash these, the paint's gonna come off because they just hand painted those.
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Okay, so we're in the souvenir shop and I really like all these like small little trinkets and stuff, but definitely my favorite has got to be the Vietnamese hats.
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I really like them, but I don't know if I can bring them.
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So what I want to get is like a very, very small one, a very small version and have it as a keychain.
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There are some over here, but they're made out of wood, not the straw.
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Let me show you.
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Like these.
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I want one this size, but these ones are made out of wood.
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You can see there wood.
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I want straw like this.
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So my mom bought some souvenirs for my brother and dad back home.
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Just a couple things.
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It's some souvenirs.
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And now we're heading to pick up your glasses and then eat.
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Do you know what we're gonna eat?
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No, surprise me.
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I don't know either.
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That's what I was asking.
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I know what I want for dessert though.
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I still want that banana.
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Oh, do you?
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Deep fried banana.
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Oh yeah, I want that too.
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So we're buying a little bit of Korean.
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skincare here.
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My brother got that cleanser and my mom got this sunscreen.
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I got nothing.
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Okay, so now we're heading up these, like, stairs.
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in this area to get my mom's glasses.
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It's literally a random place.
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We literally had to go through a bar down there just to get here.
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This is the store.
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This is a wall of glasses, dude.
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A wall of sunglasses.
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Try them on.
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It's lighter?
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but I like it.
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I like it lighter.
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I'm going to see how much these are.
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Really?
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That's crazy.
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Well, one of these, I don't know if this is the exact model, but they go for a thousand US dollars.
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A thousand for glasses?
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I actually really like those - The Oakley's one?
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ones that had like no bottoms and they are 100 Canadian dollars which is not too bad if you think about
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the prices of them.
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Canada so they're called the Oakley Half Wire 1 .0s.
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Yeah, that's them right?
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Yeah, but the lenses are a little bit different, but they look pretty similar to that.
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Non -original?
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The original ones look bluer Yeah, the original ones looked a lot bluer.
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I like the silver.
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They look good and they feel like metal.
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Oh no, they're metal.
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Yeah, they're strong.
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They're out of something called X -Metal, which is an Oakley thing the rubber on my own, these are called funubtanium.
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An optinium, bro.
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THE RUBBER.
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Yeah.
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Why don't they call it Rub -a -tanium?
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They call the metal X -metal and the rubber Un -a -tanium.
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Okay, what did you get, Mom?
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I've got a Saigon beer.
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A bia, I believe they call it.
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What do they call it?
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Bia.
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I've got a beer.
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- Saigon beer, Leon got a Hanoi beer?
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Mine is better than his though.
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We all got a Hanoi beer and I got no beer because I don't drink.
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Right now we're at a restaurant
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and we've already ordered our food and we're gonna eat It's kind of like a little bit of a nicer restaurant.
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Although I do prefer eating on the streets, but since it's dinner and one of our last days in Hanoi before we go to Ninh Binh, we decided to eat here.
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What did you think of dinner?
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It was very good.
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Thank you very much, Volker, for treating me again.
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No problem.
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Thank you for treating me again.
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No problem.
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- Oh.
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It's a pleasure.
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It's good.
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But we just finished dinner.
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It was like a little bit more expensive than normal, but still compared to Canada, it was really cheap compared to Canada.
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Actually, you can't get junk food in Canada even for this price.
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It was a good cooked meal.
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It was like $30 total.
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Canadian, yeah.
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Canadian, yeah.
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compared to Canada.
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It was a good deal.
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And in Korea, I think when we were vacationing there, we ate for like $15 per person per meal.
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That's kind of what we budgeted for.
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- Yeah, 15 to 20.
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- Yeah, 15 to 24, depending on the meal.
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- Now what are we gonna go do?
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- We're going to go look for a banana dessert.
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- Banana dessert?
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Yeah, so we wanted to go eat those fried bananas earlier today with ice cream, but unfortunately we couldn't find them.
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I mean, I guess we did find them but they were sold out by the time we went, so we couldn't get them.
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So now we have to go find them.
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again, somewhere else.
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Okay, now we're going through a small market.
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You want to buy anything?
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Well, I don't know.
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Maybe.
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Maybe.
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Yeah, they just sell a lot of clothes.
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some bathing suits Here they have green pants and orange pants.
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They kind of look like I don't like to buy too much clothing.
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I think you should only have enough.
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Yeah, I think we need to find a food market to get some dessert.
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So we're in this...
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shop that sells a lot of different stuff Here they sell nuts and they're giving you samples right there, free samples.
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Ooh, they also have honey.
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Dude, you can just take a spoon of honey from the honeycomb.
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I do not trust that dude.
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Now we are finishing the night off at Mi Sui.
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Right, Mom?
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Yes, because we still can't find my banana dessert, my deep fried banana. So...
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Very sadly.
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We have the mishwi.
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- You don't sound very sad.
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- Oh dude, I'm literally crying on the inside.
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We're having mishwi again.
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It's literally like, honestly, one of my favorites.
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One of my favorites.
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- It's good.
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- I love getting the, Like Oreo Blizzard dude.
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Now I just like getting the vanilla.
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And they have 56, probably over 56 ,000 locations now.
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And they started in 1997.
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And they pretty much just sell ice cream and other drinks.
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Got the mi shui dessert.
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This is what we're ending our night with, and we're going to go walk around that lake and then head home.
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So let's go.
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It's really beautiful at night and there are a lot of people walking around the lake and enjoying ice creams.
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Hey good!
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It's nice this is a nice part of the city it's good that they have it Some more dancing.
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They have a speaker over there playing music.
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Fingers are wrinkly.
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They are wrinkly.
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My hair is very wet today.
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I didn't shave.
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I didn't shave.
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This is a plain black t -shirt and I have Five fingers.
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fingers, your fingernails. Or knuckles.
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Your wrist and you can see there is a curtain here and this curtain will lead the way.
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These scooters are literally right in the way, so we have to go around here.
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They gave us like a mini spoon.
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It's a very small spoon.
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Yellow and red contrast but these ones are made out of wood.
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- It's either wood.
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It's a pleasure.
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It's really beautiful at night.
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Why practice speaking with this video?
Engaging with this comprehensible input vlog is an excellent way to improve your English speaking practice. The speaker describes everyday activities and conversations in a natural setting, which mimics real-life communication. By listening and repeating what you hear, you can develop your speaking skills in a more organic manner, allowing you to grasp both vocabulary and phrases used in daily life. The casual tone can also help reduce the anxiety often associated with speaking a foreign language, making it easier for learners to practice speaking aloud.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
Throughout the video, several key structures and expressions emerge that are particularly useful for English learners:
- Present Continuous Tense: The speaker often uses the present continuous tense for actions happening now, such as "I am sharing" or "my hair is very wet." This form emphasizes ongoing activities, making it essential for learners to express current situations.
- Question Formation: The speaker employs conversational questions like "Is your hair long or short?" and "How often do you shave?" This encourages learners to think in English and practice formulating questions themselves, a vital skill for conversations.
- Descriptive Language: Phrases such as "plain black t-shirt" or "gray shorts" enrich vocabulary and help learners describe their surroundings and themselves accurately.
- Personal anecdotes: Sharing personal details, like hair length or grooming habits, cultivates a conversational tone and allows learners to connect grammar with personal expression.
Common Pronunciation Traps
While listening to the speaker, you might encounter a few pronunciation challenges that are common in natural speech:
- Words with 'wr': The term "wrinkly" can be tricky due to the silent 'w' at the beginning. It’s important to practice pronouncing the 'r' cleanly.
- Contractions: Pay attention to how phrases like "I didn’t" and "I’m sharing" are pronounced quickly in conversation. This is essential for understanding and improving your English pronunciation.
- Vowel Sounds: Mixed vowel sounds in words like "hair" and "bear" often present difficulties. Repeating these sounds will be beneficial in overcoming this hurdle.
Utilizing a shadowing technique while watching this video can greatly enhance your listening and speaking skills. Take pauses, repeat phrases, and mimic the speaker’s intonation to develop your fluency. Consider using a shadowing app or shadowing site to practice these skills effectively. By integrating these techniques into your daily study routine, you can effortlessly advance your command of the English language.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | It's been · I've just put · have also put |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is called · were sold · are made |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | dollars which is · Metal, which is |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was wondering · was refreshing · was asking |
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.