i'm 34... Birthday Stream

Testing,

testing, testing.

Testing,

testing.

Okay, I think it's working.

Sorry I'm late, couldn't figure out how to

stream. I mean,

how to set up the stream.

Decided to go back to the old setup. I

think this just works better,

hopefully.

Okay, so it's my birthday again.

I thought I'd do a stream This,

I think this is going to be the last

stream in Thailand and then I'm leaving.

I don't think I'll do another stream

before leaving.

Why does it say— oh, it's fine.

Then we're leaving. Oh wow,

thanks Vishy for happy birthday.

Oh, text-to-speech didn't trigger.

That was weird.

Thanks. Happy birthday

to you too.

I'm still sick, by the way. 3 weeks.

I don't think I'm sick. It's just coughing

that's still going on.

Did I really buy the Tesla? No,

that Tesla costs like £56,000.

As if I have that money, and as if I'd buy

it in Thailand, because then I'd be stuck

in Thailand with a Tesla.

I wish I could afford it. That's like

triple the amount of money I actually

have. I've only got about £21,000,

so I would need triple just to buy the

car. And then I don't know how much

insurance would be, probably like £10,000

a year. It's a nice car. I finally got to

sit in a Tesla, which was exciting. I've

never been— well, I've been close up to a

Tesla that's parked, but I've never been

able to touch it or get into it. So it was

pretty cool. They just had a Tesla display

exhibition in in the shopping center.

I wanted to sit in the Model X, but they

only had Model Y and the Model 3.

I didn't realize the Model 3 is so small

compared to the Y and X.

It's a pretty cool car, the way it has no

buttons anywhere on the dashboard.

And that big touchscreen is really nice,

especially if you want to use Google Maps

or GPS. Must be pretty nice.

Oh well, I guess I'll never be able to buy

one. Even if I could afford it, I never

stay in one country long enough to make it

worth buying a car. I just feel like I'm

never going to be the kind of person to

just have a car.

Because I get bored, I have to leave and

go to a different country. Imagine being

stuck in England forever because you have

a car. Oh, thanks, Caleb.

I don't know why text-to-speech doesn't

work. Damn it.

Men don't wear panties. What does that

mean? I wear boxer shorts

like a real man.

I have no idea why text-to-speech doesn't

work, so sorry about that. I could do

a test donation.

Hmm. Wait, let me delete alert box and put

a new one.

No, it doesn't work. I don't know why.

That's so weird.

It should be reading out, this is a test

I think it's pretty cool I got a stream

for nearly every birthday apart from 2021.

I accidentally deleted that one. Do you

remember I bought the bubble blowing thing

and the party hat? I thought it was

like a draft stream, so I pressed delete.

Thinking it wasn't an actual stream. It

was the birthday stream. Did I do one on

Oh yeah, I did. That was when Mila was

here, so I must have done one.

Do I have a beauty regimen? No,

I just have a shower.

Did I smash Venus? No. But after

I did that stream, I checked her social

media stuff and I was a bit— I was feeling

a bit unsure about meeting her. I think

I probably will meet her if she comes,

but I don't know about taking it further.

I'm worried she's like going to fall in

love with me.

And then I won't be able to give her what

she wants because I don't really want to.

I don't think I'd want to date her.

Can you fix the voice, lady? I don't know

how. What can I do?

I don't know how to fix it. I think I'd

have to close Streamlabs and reopen it.

It could be good for your YouTube career.

Yeah, there could be some crazy drama and

I could like poach some of her viewers

maybe. But then I'm worried that she

probably has some weird male viewers who

are in love with her and then they

probably won't like me and then they would

like stab me or something. I don't know.

Are you afraid of heartbreak? No, I'm

afraid of being stabbed either by her or

by, like, her crazy viewers. I reckon

she's got some pretty crazy male viewers.

And then if I met her and then I talked

bad about her, people would get upset. So

I probably would say something bad about

She was acting a bit weird because— wait,

I can hear someone outside.

She wanted to phone in the evening after I

finished the stream, and I said I can't

phone. She asked why. I said because my

girlfriend's here. I don't think she knew

I had a girlfriend. I thought it was

pretty obvious because you go onto my

Instagram page and there's a picture of us

together. Plus, I don't think she went on

my channel at all because my channel was

just like Thai girlfriend this and that.

So it seems like she wasn't aware I had a

girlfriend. And then I told her I've got a

girlfriend and she was like, what the

hell? Then why are you flirting with me?

And then I said, well, I won't have a

girlfriend when I'm in Japan. And then she

was like, oh, so you want a girlfriend

there and a girlfriend in here? And I was

like, yeah, I guess. And then

she said it was stupid that I can't commit

to one person. Isn't that a bit rich

coming from her? Isn't she also like

sleeping around? So I don't know why

she reacted like that when I told her I

have a girlfriend. What did she think, I

was single and I was like hoping we could

be lovers? I don't understand what she

wants.

So that was kind of weird. Why is

she like having a go at me? Because I've

got a girlfriend and I was flirting with

her. Does, does she not know me at all? I

mean, I'm the guy who cheated on my wife.

Do you think I care about having a

girlfriend and like flirting with other

girls? She obviously doesn't really know

who I am, which kind of rubbed me the

wrong way. She said she has a crush on me,

so I kind of assumed she knows a bit about

me, but it seems like she doesn't.

I don't— she didn't even know I was

married, which is weird.

I said I was— I'm divorced. And she was

like, oh, you were married? Yeah. It's

like the number one thing people know me

for is being married in Japan. I don't

think she really knows anything about me,

so I don't get it. How can she say she has

a crush on me and she knows nothing about

me? So I've kind of lost interest.

She said we could meet and do like a date

video. I guess that

could be funny. She definitely was

around when I was married because she was

like talking about me back in 2019.

How would you not know I was married?

That was like my thing. Restart the

stream? No, if I restart the stream, I'm

gonna lose everyone. Half the people would

not come back. It would be like, oh, 40

viewers. Sorry, I guess no text-to-speech

today. Stupid Streamlabs is broken.

I should have tested it before going live,

but I thought it'd be fine.

Thanks for the birthday wishes.

I didn't get any messages anywhere else.

Apart from Discord, like Instagram,

nothing. I guess

it's not my birthday in the UK. Maybe my

sister will message me tomorrow.

I should probably just say like, happy

birthday, what are your plans? As if I

celebrate my birthday. Imagine thinking I

celebrate my birthday. What do you think

I'm going to do? Like go for a nice

dinner? Actually, I had a nice dinner

yesterday. We went out yesterday, had

all-you-can-eat yakiniku. I was so full I

didn't have dinner because we went there

at like 3 PM. I wanted to have

beer with it, but there's this stupid

thing in Thailand where they don't serve

beer before 5 PM, so they wouldn't sell us

beer, which is just so stupid.

So I stuffed myself and didn't have

dinner. So just one meal for the whole

day. But I had a lot of food. It was all

you can eat. So I just kept ordering meat

until I couldn't eat anymore.

Only cost about £10, I think.

£10 per person.

It was like 400 baht per person.

So it's probably like £20 for 2 of us,

which is pretty good. Or you can eat and a

drink for 2 people.

I think that's my favorite restaurant.

You get Korean-style pork and

beef and you get all these sides like

gyoza, miso soup, French fries,

cabbage, lettuce, kimchi.

All my favorite stuff. Here's your yearly—

oh, it's working! From your favorite mod,

Party Popper. Thanks, Carrie. Wow,

you fixed the text-to-speech somehow. I

didn't do it.

Thanks everyone. You can tell I need to

leave Thailand. Look how low my views are

now, even on the streams. 60 viewers. Oh

my God. It's just insane to

have that few views. I mean, there's

people have like a couple thousand subs,

get at least 100 viewers. I am just

shook at how low it's dropped.

Hopefully it goes back up when I'm in

Japan. Better go up when I'm in Japan.

I'm gonna be pissed if it doesn't go back

up.

People better be interested again.

People more interested in Japan? Well, I

hope so. So I've sorted out my IRL

streaming setup,

but I hope people don't have crazy

expectations like, oh, Daniel's back in

Japan and Chihiro this and Chihiro that.

I think Chihiro is out of the picture

I'm hoping some drama is gonna happen,

but I don't know.

I don't know how that would happen.

Oh, thanks, Kevin. Happy birthday

to you too.

Yeah, it will take a few seconds. It's a

bit delayed. For the alert to pop up.

It's not instant.

You go into Osaka. What are the chances

you two will bump into each other? I don't

know. I mean, it could happen if I spend a

lot of time walking around.

I think if I went back to Japan 2 years

ago, it might have happened. But I think

too much time has passed and she's

obviously moved on and she's not

interested anymore. I thought maybe she

would be interested in, like, the YouTube

stuff still, but I guess her boyfriend

gets more views than I do.

It was only fun when I had a big audience.

And people like, oh my God, Daniel's so

weird. People trying to figure me out.

I think people figured me out and then

they were satisfied and just moved on

because I was like a big enigma for a

while, which I always didn't

understand why people found it so hard to

understand, like, what I'm about.

Is Sushi really her new boyfriend? It

seems likely.

Most of the signs point to yes.

Showing homeless walking around Osaka.

Yeah, they get more views than me now.

They get like 150 viewers.

Sometimes even up to $200. Seems like

Homeless's subathon is doing well. He made

like $700 in 5 days. That's nearly as

much as I make in a whole month. I make

like $900 to $1,000 in a whole month.

No one really asks me, like, none really

comment stuff like, is he real or is he

trolling? I think people understand now.

Yeah, maybe if I snipe them or if I collab

with them, I'll get like some of the CX

viewers. But I just don't think the CX

viewers would be interested in me because

they want crazy stuff to happen and

it's not really what I'm about. I'm more

about, you know, the The emotional and

spiritual side of traveling Japan.

I feel like CX viewers are very surface

level. They just want crazy stuff like

chatting to weirdos and randoms on the

street, blasting Skrillex on the train.

They want very surface level content. I

like to think my channel is deep on a

meaningful level. I like to be emotional,

share my thoughts and

feelings. I think that's pretty

boring to a lot of people.

Oh wow, thanks Rosetta Stone Red

Super Chat. I haven't seen one of those in

ages. How much is that?

Happy birthday, Daniel. I'd buy you a

horse. Wow. But I don't know how to ship

it. Horseface Peach. Thanks so much.

No, I can't do the horse stuff. I'm gonna

get in trouble with the police again.

They're gonna come knocking on my door.

I need to try and avoid the animal topics.

Yeah, it's weird to be 34 now. Going to

be 35 next year. Then I guess I'm

officially middle-aged. If I have a life

expectancy of around 70, I guess I'm

middle-aged now. It's so weird because it

doesn't feel like a lot of time has

passed. Just 5 years. But I guess I've

gone from being young to now kind of old

within just 5 years. And I guess most of

you found me when I was like 28,

29.

I found you through CX. Really?

I'm surprised there's like a little bit of

crossover between my viewers and their

viewers when I don't really do that kind

of content. I do want to do IRL and

I think I will, but I'm not going to do

what they do because I'm scared. I'm

terrified of talking to strangers.

There's nothing that terrifies me more

than talking to strangers on the street.

That's kind of what you have to do for IRL

though. I mean, a lot of streamers don't

do it. Like, RobCD just rides his bike.

I'm watching Connor and Chris do their

cycle stream again. They don't talk to

strangers on the street. They just ride

and they have banter. So I'm hoping

I can do something that I'm comfortable

with.

I want to get a bicycle and do some biking

as well.

Not sure where I'd bike. I want to do like

a bike-a-thon, so I'd keep cycling until

the timer reaches zero and

then we can see how far I get. If people

want this, the cycle-a-thon to keep going,

then I guess I'd just keep cycling until

we reach the end of Japan.

But that would be so tiring.

And it would cost quite a lot because I'd

have to keep booking hotels every day.

And I'd have to eat a lot to— because I'd

be tired from all the cycling. I would

need a lot of food. So I would have to

make quite a lot to make doing that worth

it.

Maybe like, if I do $1 a minute,

I'd make like $1,000 a day. That's too

much. I'd be happy with like $1 per 5

minutes, maybe.

Yeah, it'd be funny and sad if it ended in

like an hour. I'd have to make it so it

won't end straight away. So we get to at

least— which direction should we go?

Towards Tokyo or towards Kyushu? The thing

is the signal. I don't know how strong the

signal would be outside of cities. It

looks not bad from Connor's stream.

Maybe I'll just circle around Osaka.

Imagine cycling to Tokyo. Is there even a

good road that goes to Tokyo if you're

cycling? I've seen some of the views

Connor rides through and it looks really

good. Some of the countryside bits.

Yeah, I'd try cycling to Kyoto and then

maybe to Nagoya and then make

my way to Tokyo if the timer keeps going.

If it ends, I'll just turn around, go back

to Osaka. Maybe the

trick is I need a good connection and I

need it to be like a stable stream so it's

not shaky. I want it to look good so it

can be enjoyable to watch.

Do I still have your e-bike? Yeah, but

it's back home in England. I wish I was

rich enough to just buy an e-bike in

Japan, but I don't think I would be able

to justify the cost. So I

have to get like a cheap old woman's bike.

I think they're usually like $60 or $70.

Yeah, Slightly Homeless's stream looks

terrible, but I guess people enjoy the

content. So I think content trumps gear.

So you can have crap gear as long as the

content's good. But if you got crap

content and good gear,

I don't think people would stick around.

But his— he needs to get a gimbal or

something. I don't know. I don't know why

it's so shaky. It shouldn't be that shaky

though, because I've done test streams

with the main lens on my phone and it's

really stable. Most phones have built-in

stabilization for the main camera. I don't

know what app he's using.

Yeah, I'd have to carry clothing as well,

like underwear and socks.

Well, I'd have to carry everything because

where would I keep my stuff? I would have

to keep my laptop and stuff like that

somewhere. My backpack weighs, I think,

nearly 12 kg, which worries me a little

bit because my plane ticket says Um, you

can take one piece of luggage that doesn't

weigh more than 7 kg. But it said that

last time when I flew to Thailand. I'm

pretty sure my ticket said your baggage

must not exceed 7 kg, but they don't weigh

the baggage. So how would they know? They

didn't check my baggage. My baggage was

like 14 kg when I came here.

I'm going to use Larix Broadcaster.

That's way better than Prism. Prism Live

doesn't let you stream to an RTMP server.

It only streams straight to YouTube. I

need to stream to my server.

And Larix Broadcaster lets you do stuff

like you can minimize the app and it still

streams, and you can flip the phone. I've

got this flip— well, I need not my mic

over. I've got this flip phone. I can

close it like that and it will still

stream. So I'm gonna close it,

slot it into my bag strap, and then it

will stay there.

I'm just a bit worried about how stable

it's gonna look. Should be fine.

Otherwise, I want to try getting like a

wide lens— wide lens— wide-angle lens

attachment. To put on the main lens,

which is pretty stable looking.

I need to go to the camera shop.

What else should we do in Japan? I don't

really know what else to do apart from get

a bicycle and do some cycling.

I guess just walk around and complain

about stuff, about how Japan's not the

same. I'm wondering if since it's been

such a long time since I went to Japan

now, I wonder if it will feel like How it

felt like when I first went to Japan,

that kind of magical feeling.

I'm not sure if I'm going to focus on

streams or— I think I'll do like one video

to kick things off with in the beginning.

Where I just film the plane going to the

airport or something, try and put some

music, try and put like a message in it.

Like, it's been 3 years since I was last

in Japan. I want to try and reignite

my artistic passion for making videos with

a bit of music, a bit of, um, like

heartfelt narration,

create a bit of atmosphere with the video,

like some vibes. I might look for some

music tomorrow. Oh, happy birthday,

Daniel! Drink some sake for me! Party

popper, party popper! Raise your hand if

you've been here since the petrol station.

Yeah, petrol station. Raising hand face

with hand over mouth. Thanks, Nick.

Only the OGs remember the petrol station.

Damn, petrol station was like 7 years ago.

Oh my God, that was in 2016 to 2017.

So much time has passed. Not too long off

the 10-year anniversary of my YouTube

career. That would be in 20— when would

that be? 2027.

Yeah, we're still a long way from the

10-year anniversary.

I think my anniversary would begin—

technically, I was making videos in 2015,

but the channel didn't really start

getting viewers until like 2017. So I'd

say the 10-year anniversary should be like

2027.

Forever a leech. Yeah.

Six or seven years later, still leeching

off YouTube. How's your

girlfriend? She's not bad, considering I'm

leaving soon. I just really hope she's not

going to cry. She seems to be in pretty.

Good moods recently though.

Reenact everything you've done in your

life. What? How?

Get a job and then go to Japan again.

This is like the 3rd

time going to Japan on the channel.

The first trip to Japan, like the official

trip to Japan on YouTube was in 2017.

And then we had a going back to Japan

after my dad died. Now this is going to be

the third time. But my whole life, I think

I've lost count how many times I've been

to Japan now. I think like 14 times.

So I've been going to Japan since 2010.

So this is gonna be like a big, pretty big

life event, I think. Finally,

after COVID and the Thai girlfriend.

I really hope I can just get back to Japan

without any problems. Should be nothing to

stop me. I've got my vaccines.

I've nearly recovered from my sickness.

I've still got a bit of a cough.

My voice hasn't fully come back yet, so I

still can't—

I can nearly do a high tone, but my voice

is still silent when I try to go high.

Why is this donation not popping up?

Thanks. Uh, how do you read that?

Dereste Dansu. Looking— happy

birthday, Daniel. Looking forward to the

Japan vlogs. Yeah, me too. I hope it

brings back a lot of viewers. But I need

to be careful with this Japan trip because

I kind of screwed it up with the Thailand

stuff. The Thailand stuff started off good

with like 20K views with a bit of drama.

But I think I made a mistake

with sticking with the girlfriend and just

choosing a comfy, boring life,

which was nice for my wallet because the

apartment has really saved me a lot of

money. But I really need to make sure this

doesn't happen in Japan. Like, I don't

want to get a Japanese girlfriend and then

move in with her, and then I'm like trying

to keep everything secret. I really hope

the same thing's not going to happen in

Japan. As long as I don't get a

girlfriend, which should be easy. I think

getting a girlfriend really ruins things.

I don't have the willpower to be able to

not get a girlfriend if one hap— if one

happens to come along and it's really

easy, then I don't think I'd have the

willpower to say no to like a new Japanese

girlfriend. But I'm

banned on Tinder. It's hard to get back on

these dating apps because they just ban me

again. So unless like

some viewer is going to come over to me,

I think it's unlikely I get a new

Yeah, Chihiro is the highlight of the

channel because she was happy to be on the

channel and be part of the channel. It

would be good if I get a girlfriend who

wants to be on the channel But that's

really hard because they find out about my

past and most girls are like repulsed.

And a lot of girls who message me now,

they don't want to be on the channel.

I am talking to a few girls, but I don't

think they want to be on the channel.

They don't want to be my girlfriend

either. I need someone who wants to be my

girlfriend, who is attractive and also

wants to be on the channel. That's a very

Hard thing to ask.

So my new rules for Japan would be don't

get another girlfriend where I have to

keep everything a secret because it

really, really destroys my freedom.

And also limits what I can do.

I wasn't expecting to actually get a Thai

girlfriend for 6 months. This relationship

just kind of happened so easily.

I haven't been trying hard to be a good

boyfriend. I'm a pretty crap boyfriend,

to be honest. But she really likes me,

and it's like I don't have to do anything

to keep her. I'm not doing anything

to fight for the relationship or to,

like, fight for her. I'm just like being

me, not putting any effort in, and she's

okay with it. So it's like I can't do

anything to end this relationship.

Usually I just be like a really shit

boyfriend and then they dump me.

But she really wants to be with me, I

I don't know why she wants to be with me

so much. She says stuff like,

you're the weirdest guy I've ever dated,

but I'm going to try it. To understand

you. And then she says stuff. She says

stuff like, I think I'm the only

girlfriend who's ever understood you or

tried to understand you. Why does she say

it like that? Like I'm some kind of

mentally handicapped weirdo.

And then she says stuff like, I know

you've got Asperger's. It's okay. I will

accept you. Why does she think

I've got Asperger's?

Yeah, it's weird because I was really

desperate for the Mila thing to work out

because I really liked her, and then she

dumped me. But now I'm like not trying at

all, and it's just working really well.

It seems like the more desperate you are,

the less likely things work out.

Well, I don't know what's gonna happen in

Japan. I really can't tell. I might be

really sad and cry and miss her. That

would be unexpected, but it could happen.

Or maybe I'll have the time of my life

being free again in Japan, and then all

these new opportunities happen, the views

go back up, and then I'll just

not want to go back to Thailand. I can't

really make a decision right now until I

get back to Back to Japan. I need to wait

and see how I feel.

I'm kind of bored in Thailand. There's

nothing to do. I don't want to go out.

Outside is really hot and horrible.

I would like to stay in Japan for a few

months and then maybe come back to

Thailand. I don't think she's going to be

okay with me just being gone for months

and months. And the stress. Oh, you won't

believe it. We watched a movie on Netflix

and the main character's name, his last

name is the same as my fake name. As soon

as he said it, I was just sweating because

my girlfriend was laughing. Oh, look,

same name as you, baby. And I was like,

yeah, that's so funny.

Well, these damn movies on Netflix keep

reminding me of how I'm lying to her about

everything. You've got movies where the

main character wants to be a YouTuber, or

the main character has a YouTube channel

and the dad doesn't understand the YouTube

channel and they're like butting heads.

Or you got channels where— I mean, you got

movies where there's a ghost in the house

and the dad wants to become a YouTuber and

use the ghost to, to become viral,

to go viral. And then you've got other

channel— other movies where the guy is

like a psycho hiding his identity. Oh my

God, how many movies are trying to expose

me? Now this new movie is— they've got the

exact same name as my fake name. If

there's a movie where the main character's

last name is Lord, I'm just done. These

movies just— they're all— they've

all got some aspect of hiding their

identity or becoming a YouTuber or

becoming like an artist. There was this

movie where he dreams and takes gold out

of his dreams into the real world and

becomes rich, and then he falls in love

and the girl is like trying to find out

how he's so rich, and then he lies and

says he's a screenwriter. And then he's

like lying about how he makes his money.

All these movies just making me so

Did the Hogwarts Legacy videos go viral?

No, one got over 1K views.

The funny thing is my Octopath Traveler 2

video went viral. It got 29K views,

which is funny to say that's viral. But

when you're getting like 500 views, 28,

29K views feels like it's going viral.

Now, I don't think she knows. It's just

coincidence. She still thinks my fake name

is my real name.

I'm just fed up of keeping the secrets

going. It's so stressful trying to keep

this secret. You have no idea.

I want to vlog. And at first I was

secretly vlogging, but then I kind of just

started vlogging in front of her. And now

she's saying stuff like, I think you're a

YouTuber. You're a YouTuber, aren't you?

And I'm like, no. I saw a YouTuber

actually on Saturday. We went, we went to

this place. We went out of Bangkok to

visit this place. We went for lunch and

there was this couple having lunch and

they had a big camera with a mic. And they

were filming themselves eating. And I

pointed at them. I said, look, it's a

YouTuber. And then she said to me, like

you, right? And I said, no.

Saturday was so frustrating. So I thought

it'd be nice if we went out, went on a

road trip one last time before I leave.

So I picked this place to go. It's called

Ancient World of Thailand or something.

It's like south of Bangkok. An hour drive,

and it's, it's this big park, and it's got

these replica temples of actual temples.

And it's, it's got— imagine all

of the famous temples and ruins and sites

in Thailand but rebuilt and placed in this

big park. And the whole idea is you rent a

bicycle or an electric bicycle or

these electric golf buggy things, and you

You drive around the park and you stop at

each site, get down, you look at the sites

and the temples and you have like a nice,

nice bike ride around the park. Guess what

we did? We brought the stupid car into the

park and we just whizzed around the park

at like 30 miles per hour. I was so

annoyed and I kept saying, well, we're

supposed to be riding on the bikes. And

she had no interest. She was like, oh, I

don't want to get on the bike. It's too

hot. They had these really cool electric

motorbikes where you twist the handle,

like in Malaysia, the ones I rode. I

really wanted to ride on the electric

bikes, but she had no interest

and she didn't want to do it. So we just

whizzed around the park in her stupid car,

looking at the things out the window. And

we just whizzed past like 20 miles per

hour. Oh, that temple looks like— oh,

it's gone. It's gone in like 5 seconds.

And then we finished the whole park in

like an hour. I was so disappointed.

I looked at the Google reviews and people

were saying stuff like, oh, this was such

a fun day. We rode the electric bikes.

I was actually angry. I sulked and gave

her silent treatment, but I don't think

she noticed. She didn't notice I was

really pissed off.

So disappointing. That would have been fun

if we rode the bikes around,

but she had no interest. She kept saying

it was hot. Okay, yeah, it's hot, but it's

Thailand. If you ride around on the bikes,

you're gonna get the breeze and it's gonna

cool you down. And then there was a ghost

museum, and she didn't want to go into the

museum because she's scared of ghosts. So

I went in by myself. It wasn't even scary.

It was just like a dark haunted house

thing. You walk past it and the lights

come on and it goes, woo! And like a scary

zombie-looking thing comes up. So I went

in alone and went up to the roof and waved

at her, and I said, come in, it's not even

scary. So I managed to drag her in. And

then she wouldn't even look. She would

look at the ground the whole time, and I

had to hold her hand and drag her through

it. She's so boring. She doesn't

want to do anything fun. She just

wants to drive in the car through

I have never been more disappointed. If it

was Chihiro, she would have gotten on the

bikes and had Chihiro is a fun woman.

Like, she wants to do fun stuff. My

girlfriend is so damn lazy. She wants air

conditioning, like sit in the car and not

do anything. Chihiro is so active,

like with the kayaks and the bungee

jumping and the zip lines. Chihiro is

active. Chihiro would have definitely rode

the electric mopeds with me. She said,

if you want to ride it, then ride it by

yourself. I'm going to sit in the car.

And I was like, oh my God, are you

serious? We came all this way and you're

not even going to ride on the bikes. The

whole point of coming— I said to her, the

whole point of this park is you ride on

the bikes, you have a nice,

relaxed ride around the park. You don't

whiz around it in the car. But I don't

think she understood what I said. I'm

pretty sure she didn't understand a word I

said. Like whizzing around in a car is

pretty advanced slang. I don't think she

would understand. So we left

the park and went to the seaside

cafe, which was— I was fed up and bored

at that point, really demoralized.

I just got coconut ice cream.

I tried not to make a big fuss about it

because I felt like there's no point.

What are we going to do? Go back to the

park? But I was just really upset that she

didn't do this thing that I really wanted

to do. I kept telling her that I like

electric bikes and I like cycling,

but she wouldn't do this thing for me.

And I felt like I was just a spoiled kid.

Sulking, so I didn't want to make more of

an issue about it. I didn't want to make

more of a scene out of it, so I just kept

my mouth shut.

I feel like Chihiro is more fun and more

willing to do adventurous stuff.

Did you give her a fake birthday? Yeah,

she thinks my birthday is next week, so I

don't know what she has planned for us to

do on my birthday. I kept telling her I

don't want to do anything because I don't

really celebrate my birthday.

Am I going back to the UK soon? Hopefully

I'll never have to go back to the UK as

long as my YouTube channel doesn't die. I

mean, it's kind of looking a bit scary

with the amount of views I get these days.

But the PewDiePie video is really carrying

the channel right now.

But I think I'm still making enough to be

able to live my digital nomad life. I

don't want to go back to the UK. Sick and

tired of living with my mum.

I want to go to Japan, stay there for 6

months, go to Korea. Come back to

Thailand.

Having to go back to my mum's house is so

depressing.

So hopefully I can keep my channel going

for long enough. Yeah, I still blocked my

mum. I haven't talked to her since I think

February. She never says anything nice.

She just messages me to either nag me or

whine about something. That I don't care

about.

I just don't want to have to talk to her.

She doesn't bring anything good into my

You need a bigger revenue stream? No, I

think I can do it with my current revenue

stream. I just need to keep it going.

How it is. I need to keep it going to

maintain what I'm making.

Although, I mean, more money is always

nice, but I think if I can keep things at

this level, it'll be fine.

I need to stop wasting money, number one.

Try and keep my costs down and try and

find a way to live in guest houses instead

of blowing it on apartments.

I don't know how she would react if I

said, hey, Mum, I'm coming home after I

blocked her for like a year.

My sister hasn't said anything like, oh,

Mum's really angry you blocked her.

So I don't know.

I don't know if I'd even be welcomed back

Yeah, I still talk to my sister. She asked

me if I was still in Thailand. She said

she's going to come to Thailand maybe in

May and

also Vietnam.

I want— I wish she would come to Japan. I

would love to show her around Japan.

I think she's missing out. She said she

doesn't like Japan because of like the

weebs, but she said recently she's

starting to feel interested in Japan

because it looks so nice and clean. And

she said she's starting to not like dirty

countries anymore. My sister is like one

of those people who who enjoys going to

countries that are dirty and third world.

She likes all the market stuff and the

street stuff. So she's never been into

Japan, but she said recently she's

starting to realize that Japan's pretty

nice. And I said, yeah,

it's completely different to countries

like Malaysia. It's so clean and modern.

And peaceful. The thing about Japan is

it's peaceful. The traffic is

peaceful. There's no such thing as chaos

in Japan. I mean, you got organized chaos

like the Shibuya Scramble Crossing. That

is kind of chaotic, but it's organized

chaos and it just works well.

In like an orderly way.

In Bangkok, it's just chaotic chaos.

In Vietnam, it's even worse.

Oh, we were driving on Saturday. Guess

what she did? She did a U-turn on a

one-way road. And then we were driving on

the left lane against

the oncoming traffic and they were like

horning us and flashing their lights. And

we had to do another U-turn in the one-way

road. I didn't notice it was a one-way

road either, so I can't really blame her.

But there were big arrow signs pointing

on the road that it's one way.

That was pretty funny.

Every time we go driving, she does

something that's kind of funny and also

dangerous. Imagine driving up a one-way

street With oncoming

traffic. It's so funny.

I've never done that before.

Well, there were cars coming towards us on

the same road. They had to stop because we

were going towards them and they flashed

us. And I

noticed she drives in the middle of 2

lanes as well. I keep asking, why do you

drive in the middle of the lanes instead

of in the lane?

She has no concept of lane discipline.

Lanes? What are lanes? She drives with the

lane marker in the middle of the car.

We take up 2 lanes. You see people behind

us trying to overtake and they can't

because we're in the middle of 2 lanes.

Thailand driving is so funny. No one cares

about lanes. And it's not just her that

does it. I see the other cars. They also

just like have like half the car sticking

out into the other lane instead of being

in the middle of your lane.

You're going to end up in a serious car

crash before you get to Japan. Yeah, I

think we're going to have one more road

trip because she wants me to come see her

mum. Actually, we were supposed to meet

her mum on Sunday, but she ended up not

coming. So her mum is buying

another property to rent out, and

apparently she wants my girlfriend to help

her take out a loan in her name.

So my girlfriend has to go and drive up to

my mum— I mean, her mum's province. She

wants me to come with her. I don't really

want to go, but I guess I should. It's not

like I have anything else to do. But this

is quite a big road trip. I think it's

like a 2-hour-plus road trip.

And I really hope I don't die because I

want to go to Japan, and I feel like the

universe doesn't want me to get back to

Japan for some reason.

So one more last road trip before I call

an end to this Thailand saga. 6 months. I

think we're about ready to put an end on

this arc. No one really says arc anymore,

do they? I remember back in the day people

were like, oh, the gay arc, the Hong Kong

guy arc. We're on the Thailand arc now.

Coming to an end, hopefully. We need to

begin the next arc in Japan, back where it

all started. I think the Manchester arc

also lasted about 6 months before I was

fed up and ready to move on.

Oh wow, got over 100 viewers. Nice.

It's a Christmas miracle.

So we had the driving arc, which I think

most people agree was really boring. Did

anyone care about my driving arc where I

just talked about driving all the time?

Okay, that was pretty boring. I agree.

Talking about my driving lessons and

stuff. And then we went on to the— oh

yeah,

the Thailand arc.

Last year was pretty dull. I came back

from Scotland. I did

some driving lessons, then went to

Malaysia, passed my driving test. That was

about it. Had a couple of dates in London,

had a few British girlfriends that didn't

go anywhere. The stock market arc. Yeah,

I remember that when I was really into

stocks.

I think the problem with me is I get

really into things and I get obsessive

about it. The thing is, I get into things

that my viewers consider to be boring,

like art. I mean, stocks, driving.

Um, what else? What else did I get really

into? Biking. I was really

into IRL streaming my cycling

for a bit too.

I think people are pretty bored with the

Thailand stuff too. It's when I'm bored,

I can't find anything interesting to make

content about. I think my boredom

translates into the boredom. I mean,

the channel getting boring is

a result of me being bored. So hopefully

being back in Japan will excite me again.

It's just hard. The older you get, it's

harder to get excited about stuff like you

used to. I'm hoping I'll get excited

again in Japan. It's been

a long time since I've been there, so

maybe it will feel new again.

Do you regret not buying a Tesla? No.

If I actually could afford it and bought

one, I think I would regret buying it and

sell it because I'd be missing Japan. I'd

be missing dating Asian women, and then I

feel like I'm stuck in England because of

this stupid car.

Getting into cycling is a sign of middle

age. Really? But Chris and Connor are

doing it. I guess Chris is kind of

middle-aged.

I kind of get influenced by what other

people are doing, and then I want to do it

too. Like, I see Connor doing

these cycling streams and I want to cycle

too, but I don't think you guys are going

to care about cycling streams. You want

weird stories, don't you? So I need to

focus on meeting weird people. Getting

into drama.

But that's just not what I want to do. I

want a peaceful life where I just cycle

and get into my tech hobbies and

stuff. I'm into tech and cameras and

gadgets and streaming.

I don't really want drama, to be honest.

So if some drama does happen,

then I guess I'll make a big fuss about

it. Sounds like

you're more willing to do— you're willing

to do more in Japan this time.

Yeah, well, I have to be. If I just sit in

an apartment all day long like I'm doing

now, people are just going to get so

bored. I need to do something. Before it's

too late.

I'm trying to watch Ice's streams and see

what I can copy. I just—

I think I need to push myself out of my

comfort zone, actually go and do stuff.

Like, I don't know what we can do though.

I see there's a restaurant where you can

fish for your own fish. I could stream

that. I need to try and find things to

do, I guess. I was watching

my old videos from 2017 and they were so

funny. I can't believe I used to talk

about that. I was watching the videos

where I was living in the guesthouse and I

was just nonstop complaining about how

people are boring. I was like, oh,

Japan is so boring. The guesthouse is so

boring. There's only one guy who I like

called James, but everyone else is boring.

The stuff I was complaining about just

sounded so funny and I wasn't trolling or

anything. I was actually just being real.

I can't believe I sounded so dumb. I was

like, the problem with the guesthouse is

there's too many Japanese people and

they're so boring. Everything was just

boring. I sounded so dumb.

Heard Ice got a Kick contract, $1 million

for 2 years. Really? That'll be

interesting though if he gets on Kick,

cuz he could stream with other people who

moved to Kick too. I think the problem

with Ice is He's so blacklisted and

isolated. People don't want to collab with

him unless they're like stream snipers and

small channels. No one big wants to

associate with him, which really sucks.

Don't go back to drama. You have a real

chance of turning a new leaf. Well, I

tried. The whole no more drama,

no more weird creepy videos about exes.

I tried doing the whole spiritual thing

and like self-improvement stuff, but it

just didn't work. People were

supportive and said, I'm proud of you.

But then the views just went down the

toilet and I lost probably more than half

of my community by by trying to reform

myself and ditch the old Daniel.

The reason why the channel was

entertaining was because old Daniel was

crazy and funny and would do and

say stuff that no one would dare say,

like ex-girlfriend tier list or describing

the tightness of people's holes and stuff.

Old Daniel was wild,

and then Mila came along and ruined it.

I need some, some crazy stuff to happen.

But that involves mingling with people.

The problem is what I want to do in life

doesn't go well with what I need to do for

the channel. I want to avoid people and

not get involved with people and stay in

my room. But people don't want that. They

want me to, like, get in trouble and meet

people how it used to be.

I just can't be bothered. After what

happened with the Hong Kong guy, I felt

like I never want to have to deal with

that situation again.

Having drama is a headache.

The most stressful thing about it was

trying to, trying to explain why I

hate the Hong Kong guy and why what he's

doing is messed up and trying to convince

people to be on my side. And then having

so many people say, no, Daniel, he's just

being a good friend. You're the problem.

Like, people disagreeing with me is what

pissed me off the most because I thought

it was pretty clear that the Hong Kong guy

was being a moron.

How the way so many people stood up for