What I'm packing for Japan!

Hey, so there won't be a video for today

because I'm a bit busy packing my luggage

for Japan. So instead, I thought I'd just

show you what I'm taking with me to Japan.

Hopefully it won't be too boring. We've

got this big power bank charger, a smaller

power bank charger, this microphone which

I use for making videos, my mirrorless

camera. It's a Sony A5000. A hair

straightener because I don't have straight

hair. I inherited my dad's wavy hair,

which I don't really like. Um, I've got

socks and, um, underwear. I might

need more underwear. A tripod because I

want to make some videos in the hotel.

And my rucksack. I don't like using a

suitcase because they're too heavy. I feel

like the actual suitcase is heavier than

the stuff that's inside of it, and it's

really difficult to carry around, so I

prefer to use a rucksack.

What's in here? We've got— whoa!

Unused condoms from last year. And this

is my birth certificate. I can't really

show you it because it has lots of private

information on it. Anyway, I got this

birth certificate When I was in Japan 3

years ago, because you need this if you

want to get married. So I had this sent to

me from the UK to Japan. It's kind of

interesting because on the father's part

where you write down your dad's details,

there's a section for occupation, but on

the mother's section, there's no section

for occupation. It's just like they assume

that if you're a mother, you don't have a

job. Better put this back in here just in

case I decide to get married again.

What's in here? Nothing. Oh,

piece of paper with, um, people's faces on

it. I don't even remember drawing these

weird-looking faces. That's kind of

creepy. And, um,

picture of me. I kind of look like a

rapist or a serial killer. This is from 8

years ago. My hair used to look really

weird. And this is a picture of— whoa,

my Korean ex-girlfriend. Don't want to be

taking that with me. That'd be kind of

awkward if my girlfriend saw that. Who's

that? Who's that picture? Why are you

carrying a picture of a girl in your bag?

Yeah, kind of dangerous. What else do we

have? And we've got some shoelaces I got

from Japan and never actually used. Oh,

there's more stuff in here. Um,

plugs, adapters, chocolate,

83% cocoa.

Uh, this is a Korean plug. More chocolate,

some kind of strap,

a spoon. Why is there a spoon in here?

More plug adapters. I think this is for

Japan. Yeah, Japan. And in here

we have more unused condoms. Yeah, last

year's Japan trip was a huge

disappointment. What's this?

Some kind of label. This is from when I

came back home from Taiwan last year.

London Heathrow to Hong Kong. I had to

stop in Hong Kong and change planes. It's

my first time in Hong Kong, just the

airport. It was kind of funny, there was

this group of British people there in the

airport and they were really upset about

something. They were shouting at the

airport staff. It was kind of funny.

More plugs. I don't know why I have so

many plugs. This one's

for Japan. Japan.

I think that's everything.

And, um, earplugs.

Fascinating. So on the back of that piece

of paper with all the faces on, there was

actually something quite embarrassing. I

was trying to decide if it was worth going

to Taiwan or not to meet that Taiwanese

girl. And I came up with this chart. So it

says, if she's pretty, then there's no

problem. Tick. If she's not pretty, she

will hate me. She might not meet me. I'll

have to do things alone. Wasted £750 on

the air ticket, but will have experienced

Taiwan. What would I have done with that

money anyway? A tablet, a camera.

I've got a computer in my room.

B4? What's B4? Cheap anyway.

I don't understand. I don't even

understand what I was writing at the time.

Have PC for gaming. I think I was trying

to justify spending the money on going to

Taiwan. It's kind of interesting. So I was

looking around my room for the rest of

that notebook because I remember I wrote

some pretty weird stuff in it. When I was

in Taiwan, but I couldn't find it. But

instead I found all this, which has kind

of made me feel a bit depressed after

looking at it all. Uh, this is a picture

from 7 years ago when I went to Japan for

the first time. I'm on a bicycle.

And then I've got loads of letters from my

ex-girlfriend. She used to leave me these

notes everywhere in the guest house.

She used to write me a lot of letters and

stuff. Is this upside

Happy birthday.

I remember at the time I couldn't read

this. I could read it, but I couldn't

understand it, and I got this Korean guy

who was at the guest house to translate it

all for me. So I was desperately trying to

understand what it was saying.

More letters. There's a

lot of birthday letters. And, um,

I had this little notebook, A Piece of

Remember. This is what I was using to

study Korean.

I used to write down all my notes in here.

Mokujima, Mashijima, Kajima, Ojima,

Hajima.

I used to spend all day in the guesthouse

just studying Korean. Everyone used to

make fun of me. They used to laugh because

I was in Japan studying Korean. They used

to say, why don't you just go to Korea?

It was kind of funny.

Everyone else was studying Japanese. I

wanted to be different, so I wanted to be

different, so I started studying Korean.

Yeah, that's all my Korean studies. And

then this is a photo album someone got

printed for me when I left Japan for the

second time. They put loads of photos in

it of people I don't really know, and

photos that— look, there I am.

There's me.

There's me.

I'm here. My hair

used to look really weird. It was really

long. And it looked really strange.

Look at my hair.

There's me.

I don't even know these people. I don't

know why they gave me this photo. I'm not

even in this photo. Kind of strange.

There's me.

And there's me being sexually assaulted.

And there's me just before I left.

And they also made this book for me.

Someone went around the guest house and

they got people to write like a message.

They all wrote a little message.

This guy put his photo in there. The funny

thing is most of these people I didn't

really speak to, so in most of these it

says— wait.

Here, most of them say this.

あまり話ができなかったけど. Although we didn't get—

although we didn't speak much. I didn't

speak to most of these people that much.

They all wrote a message. It's quite nice

of them, I guess. Who wrote

this? Oh, Adam, that American guy. He was

funny.将来日本語を使った仕事ができるといいね。才能あるよ。This girl

also put her photo in it. She was kind of

cute, I guess. Didn't really talk to her

Yeah, we'll miss you,

Daniel. 2012,

February 29th. It's kind of depressing

looking at this. It's like it was such a

long time ago. Kind of

makes me wonder, what are all these people

Hmm, memories. Do they really miss me?

I really doubt they miss me. I'd be

surprised if they even remember me.

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