Why I RAN AWAY from home

Another day in sunny Manchester.

So I've been in Manchester for about a

week now, and I thought I'd just make a

quick video to kind of like explain why

I'm in Manchester and why I had to leave

my family home. So there were a few

reasons why I decided to come here and

move out. And no, it's not because I was

interested in the culture and the language

of Manchester. Mainly had to do with not

really feeling happy being an adult and

living with his parents and his family.

It just feels kind of— something about it

just feels kind of demeaning or degrading

when you're over 30 years old and you're

still living with your parents or one of

your parents. And even if you're on good

terms with your family, there's just

something kind of depressing about,

about being an adult and not living like

how an adult should live. And maybe women

don't really relate to this as much as men

do. But as a man, I just, I don't really

feel that happy with the power dynamic

between offspring and the parent, because

usually in that kind of relationship, The

power dynamic— well, the parent usually

has all of the power or most of the power.

And any time disagreements come to the

surface, they always end with, you're

living under my roof. If you don't like

it, you can leave. So I decided to leave.

And as most of you know, I'm a pretty

private person. I, I value my privacy and

my private space, my private personal

space, and I mainly just want to do my

hobbies and live my life how I want to

live it without being disturbed, without

being bossed around or told what to do.

And that was just becoming very difficult

at home. It was really difficult since I

got back in January. We just— I

don't know. I just had a lot of problems

at home and the only solution was, I

guess, was to leave. Because it's not

really my house. I don't really have any

authority. I don't have any power to be

able to tell people what to do. And

usually in this kind of situation, I would

have just went to Japan. This is why I've

gone to Japan over 12 times now since

2010. It's not because I love Japanese

culture and food and the language. It's

mainly because I'm trying to escape from

someplace. I feel like a lot of people who

end up in Japan or end up traveling end

up there because they're trying to run

away from something. And yeah, sometimes

you can say it doesn't really matter how

far you run if the problems are in your

head, but sometimes problems in your life

are not in your head and they can be ran

away from. So why did I choose Manchester

of all places in the country? Well, since

Japan is closed and they're not reopening

until— I don't know, it might— they might

not even reopen until next year. So I need

to be somewhere. And most of Europe is

still closed for travel. So I had to

choose someplace in England to go to, and

London's pretty expensive. So I decided to

come to Manchester because Manchester's a

lot more affordable and I've never been to

the northern part of England before. And

also, I guess you would know this already,

but yeah, I am meeting a girl here. I

haven't met her yet. I don't really want

to talk about her because, you know, I've

had problems in the past where I just told

you everything about some girl I'm meeting

and then it goes badly

and then I'm upset and then I make a video

complaining about why everything sucks.

And I've learned from experience

that doing that is not really a good thing

and I should try and keep some things

private. My plan is, well, I need

somewhere to live until Japan reopens and

that could be a long time until then. So

I'm looking for an apartment to stay in.

This place is— I'm not really renting it

as an apartment. I'm just— I booked it as

a hotel apartment, and that's pretty

expensive. It would be over £2,000 a month

if I just lived renting this place as a

hotel. So I've been phoning real estate

agents asking if I could rent places, and

they said that I would have to pay 6

months of rent in advance plus deposit.

So yeah, I've been trying to sort out a

place to live, trying to find an apartment

I can rent. It's a bit stressful because

I've never really done this before in

England. I did it once back in Rotterdam,

but I don't know, I feel like it's a bit

different this time. I think I'm going to

have to sort out things like paying the

electric bill, paying the water bill, and

I've never done this before all by myself.

So I guess it's a bit of a challenge, but

I guess I guess it's time I learned how to

do these things since I'm an adult now.

So that was a little update on my new life

in Manchester. Manchester seems okay so

far. Don't really have anything to

complain about. But to be fair,

I haven't really been out there much. I

just went to the supermarket a few times

and then I went to the city center once,

but I was only there for about half an

hour. It was pretty noisy last weekend

because of the, the football games.

Apparently England won, so that's good.

But you know what English football fans

are like when they get all excited. They

start shouting and chanting or something,

and then they start singing as well. It's

pretty annoying, to be honest. I think

I'll contact the estate agent maybe next

week to arrange a viewing. Then see if I

can actually get myself my own apartment

that's affordable instead of paying hotel

rates, which is just very unsustainable

with my current income. It just makes me

feel a bit nervous renting an apartment

because— the hell was

that? Fire alarm. It's not me this time.

It's someone else's room.

What was I saying? Oh yeah, it makes me

feel a bit nervous renting an apartment

because it's a bit of a commitment, I

guess. If you plan to stay

here for a year or more, or maybe even

half a year, then it makes sense to rent a

place and get a contract. But then if you

don't stay for at least half a year or a

year, then you're not really getting your

money's worth. You might as well have just

stayed in a hotel place because then

you'll be breaking your contract and they

won't give you your deposit back, and then

the deposit just ends up being added your

monthly rent, and then it ends up not

being worth it. So I have to actually

decide if I'm going to stay here

medium-term or not. I think I would,

even if things don't work out with this

girl. I think I'd, I'd like to just stay

here because I don't have anywhere else to

go, and I don't really have anywhere else

I want to go. So here's good enough.

Might as well just stay here. Hello and

welcome back to a new Cooking with Daniel.

Today I'm going to make a ramen using

bacon and mushrooms. So I like to

use a pair of scissors to cut up my bacon.

I usually have 2 slices stuck together

cuz I can't be bothered to unstick

them, and bacon is a very good source of

protein and saturated fats.

And then after I finish cutting the bacon,

I get my mushrooms. I got these special

Japanese mushrooms from Wing Yip, which is

a big Chinese supermarket.

And then I get some water that I boiled

earlier and pour it in to make kind of

like a soup. Now I put my bacon and my

mushrooms in first because they take a bit

longer to cook than the actual ramen.

Noodles. So we let that simmer for a

couple minutes until the bacon goes

whitish, pinkish white, so it's cooked a

little bit, and give that a stir around.

And after that's heated up a bit, we add

the ramen powder seasoning flavors and

also the seasoning sauce that adds lots

of Deep rich flavors, no MSG.

And then

finally add the block of ramen into

the middle and push it in and let it boil

for a few minutes until it goes soft. And

that's it, really easy, delicious,

multi-nutritional meal.