The episode blends personal nostalgia with vivid travel reflections, starting with memories of childhood "lock-in" trips—overnight field trips involving social bonding and unexpected emotions—such as a school environmental science trip to the Everglades. These experiences highlight how shared adventures foster connection and spontaneity. The narrative then shifts to a detailed account of a trip to China, where the hosts describe the country’s modern, efficient, and highly organized urban culture, from bullet trains to cashless payments. They note the widespread smoking culture, especially in public bathrooms, and the unique social dynamics of haggling at local markets using playful Mandarin phrases. Despite the grittier environments, China offers a vibrant, fast-paced lifestyle, with strong surveillance and a deep-rooted cultural tradition. The hosts contrast this with Japan's more refined, orderly, and clean public spaces, emphasizing that both cultures have distinct strengths. A key insight is that meaningful travel involves experiencing both urban and natural settings—something the hosts wish they had done more of in Japan and China. The episode concludes with a lighthearted yet thoughtful reflection on cultural curiosity, bonding through shared experiences, and the importance of embracing unfamiliar traditions, like fidget spinners or bargaining, as part of a richer, more authentic global journey. The hosts express excitement about returning and learning more, while also acknowledging the value of balanced cultural exposure.
I'm rolling on everything Jared you're rolling. I'm rolling. All right guys we have we have a we got a we got a we got a we have a we have a action Packed episode we got a lock in all right everybody just lock in everybody lock in. Did you guys ever do lock-ins when you were younger? What the term lock-in like a lock-in was like a field trip or it was like you got to spend the night somewhere. That's called a lock-in. Yeah like a lock-in. Maybe we call it I've never heard that as a like a overnight field trip. Well did it for like Cub Scouts and we would do these like yeah excursions as the Cub Scouts with other troops and we would Stay the night at like the Children's Museum. We got to stay the night. Oh that's fun. Why don't you do it? What do you do a stand-in-night in a Children's Museum? What the hell is this? You know what it does sound weird looking and who were the chaperones? Are dad? I'll volunteer like why are we so excited here? Yeah, but it was fun. I loved it. Is this in middle school high school elementary school? Oh you are young. I feel like we did an elementary school because that's when I was in Cub Scouts. I never became a boy scout and that's like middle school high school. I feel like a young life would do lock-ins where basically you would go to like a local gym or something and they would host it and you would basically stay up all night till the break a dog. We had I think the only thing the only time I've ever experienced that was that Everglade the little all our little trip are because our school are our magnet program was environmental science. So it was like a section of the school where like he and I were in where we like all over like half of our classes were environmental science based would be either marine marine biology or or like a biology study a plant just like just different things I have to do with that. So our big big trip was they took the entire magnet program different sections though they like split into groups where we would go all the way. Honestly he kind of a shitty trip. It was like it was not that but we but I think we made it fun because what it turned to at night when we would go to see because they put us all in one wasn't it one giant route like it was it was one big house and it was like it was literally a fraternity and girls yes but boys on one side girls on the other and then the adults slept in the center okay. It's pretty much like love island. It was a new bomb show until the Everglades all new guy to enter the villa. Oh yes stuff would always like go down on the like overnight field trips you know people start crushing people start holding hands just people start admitting things feelings for each other the thing never have before at school. Nothing really happened on our trip but I know on heaths trip heaths little section I don't know what happened with the whole underwear situation I remember you say telling me that story. Oh oh hilarious on the frozen underwear on the frozen underwear on the boys side of the house. Some of the guys like took this one kids underwear that he had packed and got it wet like put it under the sink and then stuck it in the freezer. It's like hard underwear classic and then you know that was the only pair of underwear to probably that's like because you know we're only saying there for a night but like you're out there it's fucking hot. You're going through the swamp you're wearing clogs. It's just like like icy underwear with swamp ass kind of nice but I would not say it was like it was very important for informational like it was like we take it toward the swamp and everyone's like slogging. You're swatting fucking mosquitoes off you like it's it was definitely more for the teachers. They like they thought they were doing something with that but like I don't think we were taking anything home from that for sure. I would like to know how many people that went into that magnet program actually went into environmental science as a job. Yeah I would think the only person that went anywhere near that field and it's not even environmental is dating is dating. Yeah was it the whole school had to be part of the environmental scientists it was like its own little like branch that you could. So I think I think the big thing is like with magnets it allows you to go to schools that you're not zoned for. Yeah right. So you would learn to allow people would just like do it just to be able to go to the school correct that's like how magnet programs work right but I don't think people really cared that it was based on you know marine biology or like having to do with that. Knowing my experience we like a lot of the same people a lot of our friends were going to the same school. Like I knew a few of my friends were going to the same school and like that's like the only friends I had. So I was like we were I was fighting. Yeah because that's right. I'm just dying to learn about these trees. Yes environmental science. So you have to get the grades you have to and you have to like be accepted into the magnet program and you know some people didn't get accepted. Yeah sucks because like when you know all your friends are going there but the only way to get in is in this program. It's like dammit. Okay. And then if you didn't get like where our zone was if you didn't get into there you have to go to plantation high. Okay. So our our high school system every school had its own like focus like one high school. If you wanted to do radio television film they had their own like full on TV movie studio and stuff there. Ours was long criminal justice. So we had like a we had an actual court in our school. Like kids to learn how just going to like how the court system is like and stuff and you do simulations of like yeah civil suits and stuff. And they would do forensic programs like kids would like pose for like fake dead bodies and stuff. Oh that's awesome. It was pretty cool. But yeah the every school had its own like thing you could focus on but I didn't do that. We planted propagules. So yeah. What's propagules? He's very good. It's a propagule. It's like a little um it's like a little mini like plant thing you put in baby baby little mangrove type little seed thing. Yeah. Those Florida things. Yeah. Very Florida. You'll always see them like on the ground out in Florida down by the Everglades. They thought we gave a shit about any of this. Oh god. Remember those a few teachers he they were like obsessed like all the teachers in the magnet program as they should be they should be. Yeah, but it was just like you could tell all the stories which is higher. Like wrap it up wrap it up. But it was weird is we had like a whole tilapia tank in the back. Do you remember that? Y'all had real tilapia like fish at your school. Wait, which behind Jacobi's class like on the outside. Yes. Yes. All those tanks. There was a bunch of like propagules inside like the water. But then there was like also like fish. They really made that section of school look like super like crazy because it was like, Oh, we want because they would invite different people. Remember it. Yeah. Who stole son. What? Yeah. Who stole? Son. Oh, that's very cool. I mean, he's like the most iconic oceanographer marine biologist of all time. Right. So it was like they wanted to like impress people like that. And our teacher was sitting there like this. Oh, yeah. She was buying her lip. He basically invented the scuba tank. Right. Didn't talk to something. Yeah. And they're like life aquatic of Steve Zeus through the West Anderson film is like kind of big aesthetic. That's a good Halloween costume. I feel like you could really rock that. I have always wanted to do that. I've always wanted to have a big group of us as like, you know, the aquatic characters. It's an easy costume. But you got to have like a big group of people. And imagine recreating that movie poster. Yes. Oh, yeah. I would love that. Now you can just get your eye to do that. You don't even need true true true. Oh, yeah. That's pretty cool. Yeah. Let's roll the intro now. Run it. Let's run it. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Three, two, one. It's coffee time baby. Let's go. I don't say don't even know what the hell I was doing. I was like growing a bow. And then I was like, I had the submarine light. I'm marine light. I love the water. Oh, okay. You know, dude, it's hard since my eyes been gone. I've been trying to replace her with like the whole mat and Mariah gig. I'm just trying or bit. I'm just trying to like participate. You're fine. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just doing my best. I'll never be as good as Mariah. But like, you know, I try my best. All right. Welcome back to Zany Heath on Filter. Baby. I'm Zane. I'm Heath. I'm Matt. And thank you again for coming to another episode. I hope you guys have had a lovely, lovely week. Seriously, I hope it's been lovely. I'm finally like getting like, re-adjusted. I'm still like jet lag but not but kind of. Yeah. I'm glad that you finally got to go to China though. It looked beautiful by the way. Like when that picture that you showed of like the tower, it looks like. Oh, the summer palace one. Yeah. Just from your row. Oh, from in Shanghai. Yeah. It just looked like you were like, it looked like you hopped in a time machine and you were like 50 years ahead. It was just like insane to see. But he if felt like I was in a time machine, especially in Shanghai. That is like, that is crazy. That looks like a video game. It just looks like Shanghai was like New York city but on steroids. Yeah. I think it's the best way for me to like truly describe it. It was just this endless metropolis. What is that building right there? That is, I believe it's called the Oriental Pearl Tower. Basically the Pearl Tower. It's I think mostly just like an observation deck. It's not like it's like an evil tower is just like you kind of go to the top look. It adds a lot to like the landscape of everything or the skyline. But I don't think there are offices in it. And Patricia really didn't go in it because the view in our hotel room was like amazing. We were basically all level to it. So we're like, why should we get in that to see another view? Yeah. But definitely I splurged a bit to have that view because it just.
Oh, it was just gorgeous looking at it every day. I would, I would probably, like, I think one of my priorities would be to try to get a room that I have a good view of sharing guy like that. What was, what would you say, your top, like, like, your pros and cons of sharing guys? What a dang high. What did you love? And where you were just like, oh, I don't like, I don't, I don't fuck with this. I'm glad that we don't have this. Well, great question. I think the pros I loved about Shanghai was, I, I mean, it's similar to what we experienced anytime when we went to Japan and Korea is just their efficiency out there. They really have thought of everything. It's a very organized city, especially it's very pedestrian friendly, even like your customer service experience when you just transactions going into like a restaurant, ordering your food. I swear, everything came out like that. We never had cash at all on us. It's a completely like cashless, um, wait, was Japan like that too? I feel like they took a lot of, we had a lot of cash. We had some cash on us if we were ever in a pinch, but truly out there, um, but with that though, that is a bit of a con because when you are going to China, everything out there is like on a whole different system of apps and everything. Like they don't like have a Venmo or really Apple Pay and stuff. Some places have Apple Pay, but as Americans, you have to have this thing called Ollie Pay, which is this app. And this is not an ad me talking about it, but it's this like QR code that they either scan or you scan theirs and you pay them like that. Oh, so it's like Venmo, almost like Venmo, you spend the barcode pay, it's just like that very instantaneous. Oh, and that's like that when you're shopping, when you go to restaurants, it's like that. I can't even imagine pulling out my Venmo to pay a restaurant money to feed me. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay. So that's how it worked. And also in the app is basically their Uber, which is called DD Taxi. And dude, the Uber is out there. It is crazy. It is. Also, just trying it in general, how strong the American dollar is out there. Yeah. For us to go an hour and a half, we like went to this one Rivertown city that was really awesome. I believe it's called a Ju Chiat Giau, or Ju Chiat Giau, and it was like an hour and a half to get there. Guess how much like the Uber was, yeah, yeah. Let me guess 20 bucks just about like $25. That's crazy. That's insane. $25. If you wanted a year and that would cost that would cost a well over 130 bucks. Easy, easy. Yeah. And that was like also being in a luxurious one too, like getting the Excel and everything. So that was, it was just insane being able to get around via taxi and like these Uber's on an insanely cheap like a dollar. Would you say it was more convenient than Japan in terms of what, like getting around? Yeah, just like, just like you said, like you're saying. I would say equal. My only complaint is sometimes I feel like it would say, oh yeah, the Uber's are like two minutes away, but it really would be like seven minutes every time. That was kind of like a little annoying. And then there were some instances where I was just taking straight up cabs. I wasn't using the app, but they didn't have like the international alley pay for like Americans. And then there were just were times where I was in like, well, I don't know how to pay you kind of a situation, but that's when you would have cash on you. We didn't. Oh, you didn't. Yeah. We'll mail cash. I don't have cash. Oh, it was fun really getting to bus on my Mandarin too. Matt China, Matt China, Matt China not pay for anything other than, yeah, we'll mail. We'll mail Americans. I do not have. I do not have. So, okay, do that answer your question to about conveniences and stuff like that. Was it as clean as Japan? Okay. I wouldn't say no. It isn't as clean. It's definitely a little grittier. And once again, anybody who lives in China, I'm just speaking on my own experience being there. I know that this is a massive country with also has like a billion people. So no, it is insanely clean, especially on the streets and everything. It's also insanely safe as well. Yeah. If I were to say like, the way it's grittier, the smoking culture out there is pretty damn strong. Okay. It's sig, sig culture is real. People are out in China, smoking sigs and more than more than a Paris. Great question. I think in Paris, it's a lot of people sitting down and smoking. I don't feel like they're out and about like really walking. Like, when I think of Paris and smoking cigarettes, I think it's, yeah, you're at your cafes going, oh, ZDB, oh, just a little zig, out there, it is like you can smell the cigarettes like in the air. It is just like they're called like they, like, tough shit if you don't like cigarettes. Yeah. Like they're smoking around. Oh, you got it. Like so for restaurants, was there still smoking sections or was it? It was never indoors. But here's where I say this thing about going indoors, the bathrooms there. It says no smoking and it's all the signs, please don't smoke in the bathrooms. Dude, everybody is smoking in the bathrooms in the stalls. The cigarettes in the stalls. Yes. Wait, why the? Well, when you have a sig, you kind of need to take a shit, like, right? You know, it's kind of like it's a, what's the word? It's like a muscle relaxer. I know. But like where I'm. So they're not, I'm not saying when you go into the bathrooms, there are people sitting there by the sink smoking cigarettes. This is why, okay, that's no, you can smell it because everyone is in their stalls smoking cigarettes. That's great. And I don't know if they're really, they're like fully lighting it. They also have those digital ones where like, you put your cigarette inside of it and it's kind of burning. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. They have. They had that a lot in in Japan too. But it doesn't, it does not matter how nice of an establishment you're in. Like we are in like the finest of malls that are beautiful, big, grand, super clean, everything. When you go to the bathrooms though, it just smells like cigarettes and there's even a attendant to every single bathroom like, I'm not saying they're like giving you mints and cologne and stuff. But there's a person who's making sure that you know, the soap spilled and there's towels and everything because there's so many people in China. Yeah. I never went felt like claustrophobic. They have that many people out there, but they're just dealing with a lot of people coming in and out. Yeah. So in cigarettes, it's just part of their culture there. It just smelled like six. Are they? Do they have the same brands as here or is it completely different? I did. I didn't. I would sometimes look at like all the different cartons of cigarettes. Yeah. I didn't reckon. There wasn't like moral burrows or American curious. Oh, I would have brought some of those like to me. That's so cool. Look at that. They definitely didn't have like this is going to give you cancer or like the surgeon general warnings. Don't look that strong. I mean, I can't sure. It probably does say it. Probably, but it's not like, you know, as in your face as it is for other countries. This is pretty though. It's definitely, they have the prettiest boxes of cigarettes out of everybody. Of course. Yeah. Go back to that picture. Is the, are the pandas doing it on that one on the right? What is that? I think they just hang out. There's some bamboo. Sorry. He has a, his, his, his screen is a little over there. So he's like, okay, that's pretty though. Oh, that's cool. Okay. So yeah, that was some weird stuff. Just like the cigarettes. Yeah. Also out there there, I would say China is not maybe as orderly in terms of like following lines and cues as Japan and Korea are given examples. So like they, I even would see some TikToks that go just heads up. Some people will cut in line like for situations. Oh, that would do that would fucking. And it really never like was that serious, but there was like when we were in line taking like the gondola up to the Great Wall of China, there were these two ladies behind us. And they were just like push and push and right behind us looking for any moment for Patricia and I like just to maybe like be sideways for them to cut in front of us. But I mean, these are very tiny things. And I did some research on it. And it's because it's such a big, big country. It's kind of survival of the fittest out there in terms of getting what you want. And this is a little bit of a generational thing of wherever these people come from. Yeah. Who just have that habit. Okay. So there is kind of a surge in general warning on them, but smoking is harmful to health, quitting smoking can reduce. There we go. Because of like your neck opened up like they have gas, dead babies or anything like that. We don't have that either, though. It's more like the European countries, right? European. Yeah. How were the airports in China? Huge. But are they? But are people because I mean, if you're going to skip anywhere, I think China, the airports would have been like, no, the airports are pretty well like in order. That would be a disaster. If you on their flight, like everything went so smoothly at airports, I did not have any like bad experiences there with people cutting lines and the cutting line things very, very small. Okay. And another thing. And I promise I'll get done with the weird stuff first. I want to tell you all the great things. And just because like was there any like Kant? Oh, because of the smoking stuff, some people just like spit on the ground. Like, okay. Like you'd be like walking and like a dude would check right on the ground. You're like, whoa. Inside or outside? No. Oh. Inside. Yes. Sometimes. But it's definitely something like in American, like in American culture, do you sell someone's spit on the ground like indoors and a mall? Oh, yeah. Indoor. Indoor. Yeah. Outdoors. Sure. But you would see it kind of often. And I'm not saying like everyone's doing it. I think it's not like the whole grounds covered in spit, but it's I think you're seeing more people spit on the grounds because everyone's smoking cigarettes and everybody here was smoking cigarettes. People would be spitting on the ground. Oh, correct. Yeah. It's because of the cigarette smokers. Yeah. That's when they're spilling the ground. The filter's probably like real low where they're getting like heavy hits in their cigarettes. They don't have that light shit. Yeah. Especially since they're so used to smoking, you know, they're taller. They're taller into like the really, really heavy cigarettes that they're reds. There are reds are their lights. Yeah. Probably. Yes. Yes. Now, do you remember how in Japan, a lot of like the people we interacted with, the customer service there is very like gracious, very like like they're very like orderly, like they're going down. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They're, they're very polite as well, but they're also very serious, but they're also like really funny. Like Chinese people, especially dealing with foreigners, they, if you show, they're like
them like you're funny side, they were, they like, like to vibe with it. And I'm saying this from my own experience, like we went to this place called the AP Plaza, which is basically where they got a lot of like the fakes and stuff. And you have to like, how it gets like haggle, haggle with them and bargain with them. And I mean, dude, it was like crazy. We are walking through this place and everyone's like, lady, lady, lady here. Get this scarf. Man, man, man, man. Don't you want some air pods, blah, blah, blah. Everyone's just like in your face and stuff. And Patricia and I, you know, we had some friends and family who wanted, you know, to check out some bags and stuff. And we were like, sure, but they didn't know that this little white foreigner boy knows a bit of a man to it. So I'm like, I'm going in. I'm like, Laban, Jakadosh alchi'in. And they're like, honey, swadja, and I'm like, do I, do I, do I, do I? And then they were like, you know, they would get, pull out their calculator. And you would, after you asked how much something was, they would give you the price. And like the prices of what they're trying to sell you something that they probably, they want to try to sell it to you for like 500 bucks, but really what you're trying to buy is worth at least $7,500. Oh, they're going up that much. Yes, they go up that much. And then you go, Lauban, pangy, idiom, bomb. How do you say, I'm not just because of just because. You just said, I'm just saying, like, Lauban is boss, like pangy, idiom, bomb or bomb. I can't remember. But it's like, I think it's ma, can you make it a little cheaper? Like, come on, work with me. Yeah. And then they, and then they're like, okay, okay, you wouldn't be to make it a little cheaper. All right. Because they probably get so many tours, so many. In a lot of people who are probably really mean to them too, like who are very, are like kind of firm with them going, no, it has to be this. Yeah. I'm being like really silly and goofy with them and like buried over dramatic. I'm like, Tai Guayla, Tai Guayla, like which is like too expensive. Just shaking my head like crazy. What's the word we're saying? Uh, Tai Hala, which is like, that's great. Tai Hala. Tai Guay means expensive. So Tai Guayla is like, that's expensive. You just got to shake your head. Most of them did not know English, right? Um, no, they do. They do. They do know English. But I think if you like, no, a bit of Mandarin, they're, they're really one with it. They're exactly. So Patricia, we are just having a ball with these ladies who are trying to let us to get us to pay a whole bunch. And I was even watching some TikToks on like other phrases to say. And one was like, La ba gaga gaga me ends a bomb, which is like, give me a face, which means like make me look pretty. Okay. When you say that line, they're like, okay, okay, okay, okay. And they give you a price. And then at that point, you look at it and you go, no, I want it lower. And they're like, no, no, no, no, no, and you go, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, you walk out. And then they'll chase you down and they go fine, fine, fine. I'll show it to you. Because they're definitely not getting anybody that lives there because they know not to buy that. Should they know how we're going to over. I was wondering at the whole time, I was also like, do foreigners ever like get a local to come with them to like help bargain them? But that was like, no way, because they would probably all know this like bargainers. Because if somebody from China was coming here and they wanted to buy a car, they're most likely going to go to a heath and be like, I really need you to help me buy a car. Well, I'm going to pay all this money, extra money. It'd be a good gig for a middleman. But that was just such a fun rush. We just had a really good time, like just haggling with people down there. So that was fun. What was your favorite thing to eat there? Favorite thing to eat there? I mean, the dumplings, the soup dumplings are just fantastic. She outlonged out, which is like, you know, they sell them at din typhong. Yeah. Like those are fantastic. Heat, I remember you asking like, I'm dying to know how the cuisine is compared to like American Chinese food. Yes. It's pretty different. It's not like what you do. It's like very I mean, it's the same way you experience when you like go to Italy, expecting like true American Italian food because like also Chinese Italian food or Chinese American food was made like in the 50s and 60s to appease like American palettes and stuff. So it uses a lot of ingredients that were really familiar with that they don't necessarily have out there. And we had a great time eating all the food. I mean, we did hot pot. We had a lot of dumplings. We had a lot of really great steak and stuff, but I wish I truly had a local friend who knew the cuisine, like the back of their hands because I would have been more willing to open and try dishes that I didn't have. Did you check your DMs or could have been somebody out there that like lived there? Because normally when we go out of the country, we post, there's usually could be like two people that are like, oh my god. Let me know if you want me to show you around. I should have Zane. I didn't. I didn't. But you could have done a whole story talking in Mandarin like, hey, I'm here in China. I know anybody's out here. That would have mean that would have gotten me loved. It's so much. We're so down to go back. So I'm as that snake. I believe that's yes, snake. It could be eel. There was it was crazy though. We were when we were in that river town. There was one sand that had like, you know, uh, scorpions, beetles, centipede. You try it. No, I know. I should have that. I'm in a good video. I did not. I know I should have. But like, there's part of me where I'm like, I so that was a big question. I also had to my friend out there who I met up with. Oh, I can't. The thing is, but this is not like not. I don't want to put out that this is what everyone eats out in China. No, I'm just saying if I walked up to this, this is a novel. This is still a good novelty experience for people to do it. It is part of like a crazy wild fact. You're like, oh, whoa, you ate a bug. It's not like, and you know what? I think it's the shape, right? If that was all chopped into pieces and thrown on rice and they're like, this is scorpion. I think I'd be like, oh, yeah, you know what I'll try it. Like a sausage, like scorpion sausage. It's like that in a patty. Yeah. It's the whole scorpion like with a stick or like, there's just something about seeing the whole thing. I think it's like, imagine getting a chicken. So yeah, I debated on like buying and posting about it. But then it was just like, I don't want people to think that this is what like Chinese food. Yeah. So yeah. So anyways, that was pretty interesting. We also got our ears cleaned. We went to a place. There was like a whole stall where they were cleaning your ears. And Patricia's always been telling me, you need to get your ears cleaned. You can't understand a word. I'm saying blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And it was finally tough. Well, so finally, and I sat down and yours were cleaner. Clean up the Patricia. No way. But Patricia's weren't like disgusting. But I'll say this, Patricia, she's pretty big. Are you big into cleaning your ears with the cotton swab? Okay. So I don't go inside my ear because I heard you're not supposed to do that. I actually only clean the outer parts. That's good. Yeah. I don't know your nose. Okay. Well, Patricia's, she's a big, you know, ritual sit. Yeah. She had a pretty kind of like decent chunk. I think it's because it pushes it down in. If you like, if you do that, you're just like packing it down. Yeah. You're supposed to literally like go like put it like make a ring around like that. And then pull it out like try to like, Yeah. I mean, doesn't it? It's like a shrek where he pulls out the whole candle. Lie it up. Yeah. No, I definitely, I need to do it again. Last time I did it, it was like five years ago. It is freaky though. When like, they're in your ear and you can like, see your ear drum like deep into your canal. And they're so close. But like, they're not going to puncture it. They're so good at what they're doing. But you're just like, you feel just like, I don't know, so vulnerable. It's something very vault like them in your ear like that. And you feel like your ears drowning and you're like, whoa, this does not feel weird when they're in my ear. I would only tear up and like cry out of this eye, like not out of like pain. But it was just some like reaction out of my body. And when they were on this year, I would start tearing in this eye. I would always have like sneeze or cough or whatever. Did you feel cleared out though after? Yeah. And then, but we were a little like, it felt so like raw and clean that we were worried. We were like going to get like an ear infection after just because our ears were just wiped of all of it's like natural lubrication. It's also just like very raw to like, you know, it's like squeaky clean. Now you're just like, it just you feel every like it was soundway. I feel like hitting your ear drum. The potential was a mortified like of what she had compared to me. And I'm like, don't you ever tell me that you never listen to me to like, I mean, is that that thing they're wearing on their head is like a micro like a we didn't do. These are like people on the streets kind of doing it. We were in one where like actual camera looked like we were getting like a colonoscopy. Could you could you see her camera when she was getting done. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. That's so funny. That's really good. Oh, dude, the car's out there. Oh, that's what I wanted. Was it minivan culture like Japan, like the crazy minivan's? Yes. Yes. It was definitely a whole bunch of brands of cars that we don't get in the US because they can't sell Chinese cars in America. I mean, you would see like Mercedes, you would see Volkswagen's and stuff. But dude, there was one car that I loved. That was like basically kind of like our Uber XL like taxis that would drive us around. These, these kind of Chinese minivan. Oh, okay, that you were getting the black Uber once where you can like truly scoot the seat all the way back and you have so much space like in the back area. That's nice. But this one car he that I loved, it's called the I car like almost like iPod. Okay. B 23. Zane, you don't understand like the prices for like high end luxury cars there. Like what you would think would be $150,000 a car here is 30 grand there. Guess how much for this one? So this one, the I car B 23 and for our listeners, it's like almost like a G wagon Bronco Suzy, Suzuki, Jimny kind of thing. Just a beast of a badass kind of fun sport utility car. I wanted this car plus 16,000. It's crazy out there. Yeah, is it wait, is it as big as a G wagon? I think close to it. It's like the Jeep renegade, right? That one, that one was a big. It's more petite maybe than a G wagon. But it's still like badass fun and looks really cool to zip around it. I would 100% buy that fucking orange one. That's saying right. It's so rough. The tech inside the cars was just very impressive as well. That's time we were getting in cars. It just felt like the interiors of what they were
working with were just a little bit more advanced hell, but you know, key assaults these days probably solve amazing screens and you're not allowed to buy a car like that and bring it here, right? I don't think so, but they are opening up that huge thing where Japanese cars are about to be a lot more friendlier to buy out here, especially in terms of like labor trucks. Wait, what do you mean? I wish I had more information on this. So there's certain cars that you can't get in the United States and you've got to import them. There's an import ban. So it's got to be over I think it's like 20 years old or 25 years old, something like that in order for you to import it to the United States. And then you got to like pay to ship it all sorts of like working everything. There's a 100% tariff, which basically means you're paying for the car twice, right? But some of the cars like $3,000 exactly. I'd pay I mean that orange that orange little Bronco. Yes. Why not? Why not? It felt very, very safe too. Like you'd never had like a bad vibe or someone was going to pick pocket you where you felt sketched out. Yeah, truly like getting scammed by people. Occasionally someone would like come up and try to hustle us maybe to go into like a room to buy some art and stuff, which is like a total scam they have out there. But like besides that, because it's really well monitored, I guess in terms of security cameras there. My friend who lives out in China, he told me that he lost his wallet one day, went to the police station. No. And they were like, okay, where were you when you feel like you lost your wallet? We're able to like identify him on the street cameras and they found out they found his wallet within like 15 minutes. Bro, they wouldn't never do that out here. I know. Bro, they would literally like not even like if you came in and you lost your wallet, they'd be like, good luck. We don't do that. They have a whole system for it for identifying it. So you really can't get away with like a lot of crimes, especially I think in the bigger cities of where we're at because of how the surveillance is out there. Yeah. I have not I did. My friend never told me horse stories where he felt like it was to the point of an invasion of privacy out there. Yeah. But it can solve solutions like that all the time. That's nice. Wherever you're going. So that cop looks sick. Go to go to the bottom left. Oh, yeah, yeah, her. Did you see a lot of cops out there? Was there like police cars? Yes, I they were like a handful of police officers. But I never knew like I felt like there were like different rankings of different types of officers. Like they all weren't wearing like the same type of uniform. So sure, they were out there. And like ours is like a highway patrol. You got like the regular police. Then you got like the they're in different uniforms. My friend in Beijing told me like they'd also don't really have guns that they don't even have tasers. Oh, on them and none of them have it on them. It's also against the lot to even like getting fights too. And if you start the fight, you getting even more trouble too. So like fights aren't really like happening. Oh, I feel like I feel like it's like that here, too, unless unless you don't press charges, right? Unless sure, but like I mean, if you get in a fight like in a bar, they just like kick you out. Like it's not like you're going to jail because you got into a fight. It depends on the level of where you're in a fight. I guess someone started to fight at a bar in China. It doesn't matter if they're both like, yeah, okay, they'll just like police are already like already involved. I get so I wish I could like truly confirm that for you. But yeah, interesting. That was pretty crazy. Wait, is this is this? Oh, this is just probably like I never saw the user. This is just an image of like AI robots and stuff. I didn't see anything like that. This is a great patient. Dude, they look great. It looks legit. Yeah, it looks sick. It looks like a movie. One thing I learned recently, though, they're so their population growth is a little bit like on the decline right now and they're trying to get more people to like have kids. Oh, don't don't they have like a rule with how many people are they used to be? That's like almost like decades ago. Oh, I know my history. The one child policy, which also I feel like wasn't even really like a lot. It was just this thing they were trying to like get everyone on the same page about, but it also depended on like how much money we're making and not having that many kids. But my friend told me, oh, yeah. So one child policy was in 1980 and ended in 2015. So actually not that long ago. Yeah, that had stopped. But my friend told me this. He said that condoms right now. They're like taxing condoms because to make condoms more expensive because they want people to be having their kids. Wow. I thought was like kind of you can't do that. You can't put a band like that for what was it? You said they're making condoms more expensive, but they want people to have kids because that's going to make someone like, well, I'm not going to just buy the condom then. It's going to be. Oh, oh, oh, by making it more expensive maybe in a way will. I don't know. Yeah, I don't think people look at it like that. I think they're just trying to like tinker with it to see if that maybe will cause a little bit more up in the. Sometimes I've it like I get it, but sometimes I feel like the government thinks that we're stupid. Like when they think like shit like that is going to work. Like, no, that just sounds like a public health crisis. Yeah. Honestly, that's it's more dangerous with that than anything. Oh, I bought a condom. You know, like, I got a gun. I'm like, dude, I love gun. Do you remember Gundam models? Yeah. Again, going like hobby shops, Pokemon stores, they're those little like a model. Yeah, man, you got one because I remember I said back in the Pokemon card days, I would go to these hobby shops and I would beg my dad to like buy one of these and my dad would be like, Matt, you don't understand these are for like big kids adults because it's a bunch of tiny little plastic pieces. Yeah, that you have to like have these special pliers for and it can take you days and weeks depending on how much time you devote on to it to finish it out. But I just, I was in the store. Oh, I haven't started, but I can't wait. It's just going to be like this new little fucking life. It's going to be a part of your Christmas village. He's just on top of the city. No, protecting it for me to like have my Christmas village fix. Get off my phone when I'm not knitting. All right, just to get my mind. You should make you should make my little less sweater. Yeah. Okay. I can do that. So I'm fired up about that. Also, I learned about this in Beijing. These things called win-won nuts. So it's these walnuts. Oh, yeah, they're literally walnuts, but but it's this huge like trend right now or the win-won W E N W A N realistic. Oh, yeah, they're these walnuts and they're in a way like a fidget. This looks like this feels like 3D printed. It doesn't feel like an actual roll these around in your hand like this. Just rubbing them together. All right, Matt. And over the course of maybe a year, three, four years, they can turn into like a jade like quality. Like they get a little patina on them and they start shining and glistening like the dark ones on the, you have the really dark ones. That's what they turn into. Oh, come on. And there was in this market, there were people like selling these. There were people in these massive tents looking at each one because they want to have this new fidget for like the rest of the next few years and are just trying to get one that fits good in their hand. And this one lady looked at the size of my hand. She gave me them and I'm like, so I just spin these around. I mean, it's this, it's more of a fidget spinner. It's not like for good luck or like it's almost has this acupuncture zen like quality too. It's good for dexterity. It's just something that's like keeps your hands busy. Fight arthritis. Yeah. So I've been like, when I've been watching shows and stuff, but like once you get it going in real life, I can't even turn it. That's how it was. I can't even turn it into both hands. Both hands. Yeah, you can do both hands if you want to. But I can't even do it. You got it. Come on, Boogie. But I'm this my new little favorite thing to whittle on a work on. You got to brush them and stuff. So so now that y'all can see the colors of them. Hopefully by next year, my nuts gonna be looking to break them. Oh, I want to I want to be able to play with your nuts sometimes. Okay, we'll get ready. I'm going to be working on these big time. Cool. So I can't wait for to look. I mean, that's what they say it's going to look like. Like the, like right there. Yeah. That's what they turn into and they can be worth like thousands of dollars if you get it. So like, all right. Maybe give it to your kids. Your kids can inherit it. Yeah. In heirloom. In heirloom. Yeah. It just goes up and in a value. That was China. In I don't know any other questions you have. No, I think that's it. Sounds like you had a lot of fun. I loved the I loved all the content and the great wall is the great wall, such a site to see. Oh, it was pretty cool. Yeah. Take you on a little gondola. You go up and the gondola wait. Time was like an hour, which wasn't that bad. We got there like pretty early. And we just walked like up and down like the great wall. Just a little section of it. Did it feel insanely big being there, like looking it from one end to the other because obviously, yeah. And just knowing that this keeps going and going and going. Yeah. This scale of it was pretty crazy. Oh, I did not go into the forbidden city, though. Oh, oh, city and why am I tymanian square? Yeah, no man. Tiananmen square. God. Oh, that's where that picture that I didn't go to and the forbidden city, which is really stupid of me because I didn't realize that you needed to get tickets like way in advance, like a month in advance. And I thought I also one friend who told me that you can just walk into the square. That wasn't true. You needed to have a ticket for that. Like Patricia, we showed up and thought we could like do both. And I saw one tick talk that said, oh, if you're a foreigner, you can actually get in this line and they'll give you a ticket. That wasn't like trial. Why would you tell you that? I don't know. It was because I think it maybe was a bit different. Like when he went a little bit before COVID or maybe a couple years ago, it was before COVID. Okay. And I don't know. It was just the flux of traffic that day. That's really sick. I know. I know. Maybe next time. I feel like you'll be back there next time for sure. But that was like my one bus as a tourist was kind of not doing that. Yeah. But you really took advantage of every day. Like you really went out. Yes. Good. God loved it. Truly loved it. Cannot wait. My biggest regret was not doing another city. I felt like four days in Shanghai and four days in Beijing was like maybe too many days in those cities. I wish I squeezed another city in between those days. Yeah. Part of me feel like when we went to Japan, I wish that we got to go. Yeah. I wish that we got to go to more of like the remote type of areas in Japan or like go to the mountain. Like I don't know. I feel like you need to experience both like city life and also like would you say roll now? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, more like city life and rural life in every place that you go, you know what I mean? Because that's like being like, Oh, I went to the United States and you only went to New York. Yeah. It's like you got it. You got to really hit like the yeah. Yeah. But yeah, like that. Like I want to, I want to be able to see like nature at the same time along with like a city. Yeah. That is so beautiful. It was cool taking the bullet train from Shanghai to Beijing. Oh, the bullet train. That's like four and a half hours and basically that go, I wish I could tell you the exact miles per hour. I mean, probably 160 miles per hour. Okay. That is like basically going from New York to Chicago in four and a half hours rapid transit in the United States, go from New York to Chicago on a train. That's going to be about 20 hours. Mm hmm. Wait. Yeah. That's fucking insane. Did it feel like you're going super fast on the train or like because the way we felt like we were going really, really fast when another train would pass us going the other direction. Yeah. But it was, I mean, yeah, you're going by fast, but you're seeing just so much of like rural China. Yeah. It was really cool. Does it take turns going fast or is it like a straight line fast and then it slows down if you got to like kind of like, uh, straight shoot most of the time. I feel like we slow down one time to stop at one station. Maybe it was like bending in certain areas that I wasn't noticing, but I was a vibe on the plane. Like did they have like, like good little, like food cards that they have like a plane train order coffee? Yeah, yeah. Just on the train. You know, Markwood, you could scan and you could like order food and stuff, but they gave us already a little snack box. Have you ever rode the bright line or do you know what the bright line looks like? The one that you guys have in Florida. Yeah. Does it kind of, is it like very? What? Because the bright line is very wide. Like I feel like it's like very spacious. I feel like this game was very similar to the ones we were on in Japan. Oh, okay. So it makes me. Yeah. Yeah. Damn. Like looking here from outside of a window, that's fucking fast, zoom in. I think I think I would kind of freak out, oh, those chairs are nice. We did that. That was business class. We did the first class. Which, okay, Matt. Yeah. You yourself. You deserve it. Well, because like business class was like a little stupid expense of like for a train. Oh, so you might as well just. That was like a full like plane, like flight. Like I'm not going to spend like five hundred dollars each for a partition. I feel like four and a half hours like on a train business was more than first. Yes. Oh, normally. It was like normally first is more than business. Yeah. That's why I got confused. But it was so cool. Well, I'm glad you had a lot of fun. Nice. Yeah. That was shiny. That was great. I feel like I don't even need to go to China. You should go. You should go. And I will. I will. How's Tony? I know we ask every week, but you know, he does grow a lot. Oh, my God. I feel like he's growing before my. I know. I know. Even since last time I saw him, like him, like making all that noise, I'm like, oh, my God. He was not doing all that when I was there. Yeah. It's crazy. He's like, I don't know. It's full personality now. It's so weird. Would we do today with him? Oh, we took him out to this little bagel joint nearby. All right. Does he like eat and bagels now? It's very quick. No, but I really want to start like testing some food with him. Like, I know he's not supposed to yet, but I'm like, I don't know, it seems, it seems ready to me. Yeah. I just want to like give him some little treats because I just like, I get so excited because I'll be eating something. I'm like, dude, you're going to love this. Yeah. You're going to go crazy over macaroni. You just got to like chew it up a little bit and then just kind of just be like a bird. Yeah. Like a bird feed. When do babies get teeth? Six? Eight months. But apparently some babies are born with teeth. I saw this lady. She was like, she just had her baby and she was talking about like getting ready to like breastfeed or whatever. And she was like, I can't even breastfeed now because my baby has full-blown teeth. And I was like, at three months. No, I'm like, babies are born with teeth. Oh, born. Yeah. Oh my God. Then they lose those teeth to then get their baby teeth to do. It's like pre, you know, and it's crazy that some people just like don't lose that baby teeth. My mom. She had a baby teeth. Your mom, her whole life. Crazy. Whoa. Really? Yeah. Like what is this? Like that? What is the fucking size behind? Like what happens? There's all different types of bones that are. Yeah. She just had her adult tooth above it. So she just had that baby tooth her whole life. She just recently got it pulled just because it was old, but just the sperm and egg cooking up. And they're just like, oh, forgot it too. It's just so insane to me. Have you ever seen one? I feel like we've shown it before, like, but a baby's skull. Yes. Like all the teeth that are on it. Oh my God. It's insane. It's like a shark. Yeah. Kipodontia. Missing one to five teeth. Or congenitalia. Oh, okay. Your mom had hypodontia. He. I should tell her. It's a pretty name. It really is. But yeah, we went, we went, we got bagels. We took it in a little park, did a little photo shoot. Okay. I know. I love it. All the photos. You guys are good with that. Yeah. We got some cute pics of him today. I just, I just wish you guys did it to yourselves. I'm like, I'm getting pissed, though, because his outfits are so fucking good. I'm like, Mariah needs to just start dressing me. Yeah. It looks so cool. And I'm just like, damn. But you know, you know, you, I could see Mariah just constantly going shopping for and just so excited. She's not even shopping for herself anymore. It's just like, I just want to dress up. But they grow out of the outfits so fast. I know. I know we're always like buying our niece and nephew outfits. And I'm like, I want all of these back once I had it. I was going to heath. I was going to send you and Mariah this, but like, I don't know, sometimes I feel like I send you baby stuff. And I'm like, they most likely have seen this. Yeah. I know. No, no, no, no, no. I was going to send you. So there is this hack that they do, because a baby's grow so quick. You know, the, um, you know, the, like, you cut the onesie, cut the onesie and then you flip it and it's like this tape thing. And it, like, it just becomes a shirt. I was like, Oh, I'm going to send some Ryan, but now I was like, is you going to see it? I don't even know if she'll see it. So I, okay, he, they look like Fred Flintstone with them on that, them, the pants are fire. Wait. Those pants are. I love it. But I know, but I know if I was wearing that, y'all give me, fuck you and never let me have it. Thank you. That is literally my coach elephant. Like that, like to me, that is like what exactly would I want to wear? Jared open, open the other one I sent. I never thought I'd be jealous of a baby outfit. Look at that. Oh, man. The green socks. Oh, that he'd be careful with that hat. You don't want him to start losing that hair early. I know. I know. Be careful. They get it. They get it from the mom. So he's taking care of it. He's got that a tower. I don't know, man, because I, I think I got my dad's fucking hair lost. I don't think I have my mom's no, no, no, what is your mom's dad's, what is your grandpa on your mom's side? He has a full head of hair. Hmm. So I don't think I don't, but I have a hard time believing that you might want to get that 23 in me. Check. Yeah. Oh, so this is like a very, like it's 100% like it comes from the mom side, a pair allegedly, allegedly. All right. All right. Good day. Got back. Did some stuff around the house, um, trying to get fully organized down here in the basement. Got a lot of stuff to do still. When's it? Like, when's the last thing you guys went out to dinner? I thought recently. Like two days. Cause I feel like, oh, you, oh, you do. Okay. So like, like this morning, we went to the bagel shop with him and like ate it there. So like, technically, like, we went out to eat. Did he got, did he got to have you done a late dinner since Craig's not to that level. Like we've gone places, but nothing like, like a nice sit down restaurant, like just like normal. Y'all need a practice so you can do it more in the, in the, in the, I know, well, Jerry, Jerry's coming in like a week. So Jared, we'll take you out somewhere nice, we'll get a little dinner together as a fan. You got it. You got it. You got it. You got it. You got it. You got it. You got it. Have him practice to stay up at night. That's what my dad would do with me. And I'm really glad he did. Oh, crazy. Wow. Wow. Like 10, 30, 11 and woke up at 6, 30 in the morning and we're like, it was like, it was crazy. And then I was like, we need to repeat exactly what we did this year, did you? He did it again last night. Oh, wow. Guys, oh, you guys are probably so thrilled that you just, you get to have the night now. Yeah. Oh, that's amazing. Okay. Are you going to just start feeding him the same thing? Yeah. Yeah. Same routine. Just to see if it works. You should change it for one day and see if it ruins the ruins, the, um, yeah, because you need to see, or maybe he's at an age where he's just sleeping throughout the night. You got to see. Can he, uh, sit in the high chair? So we have him, um, in his, so like when we eat dinner, like we sit at the table and we have a high chair, but we put like, um, the, like a little blanket kind of rolled up to fill the side gaps because he's not like super big in it. Yeah. But not like, like a big, I guess, would to be like, pushing it to like keep him from wiggling out. Like leaning. That makes it. Yeah. I've always seen people who do like the frozen bag of Pete or you get some peas and you put it like in a ziplock bag with some water and then you tape that on top of like the high chair, like, uh, tray and they just like play with that. Okay. The pizza is busy for hours. This mom is just like, this has been incredible. This is something you saw and took. Yeah, just like a little, just a mom, she just puts like a, some frozen peas and some water and then tapes that onto the, okay, and that baby just is like, this is the most entertaining thing that they have ever seen. Who the hell came up with that? And I'm like, I want to do that. Hell, I, I want that on my table too. That would entertain me. And it is fun. And so nine months, so when the, when Tony gets to nine months, please do this and report back. So yeah, no, I do like, it's a screen-free sensory activity because it does, like, it feels like a screen. So it feels like you're looking at a screen and you're like touching it.
and the bubbles are moving. - Mm-hmm. - He tried that with him this week and report back and how much he likes it. - I'll give him a bag of peace. - That's that low budget suit. - I know, 'cause parents always spend so much money on toys and stuff and sometimes the most little things that they just like. - No, honestly, like it enough of. - See how long you can go without having him like look at a screen. - Yeah. - It's such a good, like just see how he does. Imagine him being a kid and you see that he's like so much, not better but like his attention span is so much better than the other kids around that are constantly on their iPad. Like it'd be such a good experiment just to see. Okay, look, let's see. - Yeah, experiment on your child first. - Yeah. - For the first, of course. - But this is a healthy experiment. - Yeah, absolutely, but yeah, it's the little thing. - Yeah, no, no, no, that's dude, but that's what Mariah would do the fucking cardboard session. - Yeah, just a whole bunch of different textures, you know? - Yeah, no, I love this. - Oh, yeah, I saw like a dad one time like built this huge like sensory board thing that he has like on the wall in his kids room. - Yeah. - It's just a bunch of weird different little - Yes. - Yeah, digits and nods and yeah. Little doors, you open up, there's a picture of mommy and daddy. - I'm proud of that. - You wrote some stuff and they just like. - I'm for you. You should play with them. You know the hole in the box. - Grand. - Oh, what's in the box? - The hole in the box where they put the, they're handed and they feel it is like what is it? - Okay. - They got played with them. - Oh, yeah, that's, you see, that's cute. - Yeah, look how happy it is. - The bunch is fun. - No iPad, no TV, no SpongeBob. It's just, it's just, it's all you need. - Other than that, you know, it's just, it's going, it's going good. - Good. - Good, love that. And Marys doing good. - Yeah, she's killing it. - I see, I see she's dancing again. She posted a little dancing video. - She's bad. - More very excited to see it. - That's what I hate about Instagram when like, you can be like looking at it, just you open it up and like. - No, I'm pissed. TikTok too, Zane. I was like, oh, you finally posted, you falling on the ice gates. So I commented on it. - I saw you comment, dude, literally yesterday I saw it. I was just like, and I literally set it out a lot to Daniel. I was like, why the fuck is he, I thought you got it. - Instagram's doing it now. - It just popped up for me and I was like, oh good, he finally posted it. - Oh, I know, but then it makes it seem like you're like a creep. Like you went to like someone's Instagram. - Yeah. - You went deep. - Zane, I thought you posted it yesterday. So I was like, oh, I'm gonna be one of the first to comment. I sent it and then I went to like scroll down and I was like, wait, what? - Well, I posted that for like half a go. - I know, it's crazy. You didn't see that. - Good thing people are on the same page about that stuff 'cause what makes me cringe. Y'all, you know what happened to me though the other day? I was like, what the fuck? I was in like China, I'm in my hotel room. And Lauren DIY likes, like Lauren DIY liked your reply. And I'm like, bitch, what did I- - Your reply? - To Lauren DIY, like Lauren DIY parts your message. And I'm like, what did I send to Lauren DIY? - It's like hard emojis. - She's like taking, and it's like a mere selfie of her in like South Carolina and she's like, just wearing a nice dress, like posing like. - Uh-huh. - Just being like cute little Lauren and I sent her the heart eyes emoji. - Oh, like, and I'm like, what? And I guess I like butt like- - Oh yes, 'cause you have the emoji reaction too. - And I put it in my pocket and I realized I'd been reacting to a bunch of people's stories. But I sent Lauren DIY like, hard eyes to her like- (laughing) - Lauren, I am so sorry. I like reacted to this. It was a total brush style. She was like, oh, I just thought you like South Carolina. (laughing) - That's really funny. - No, no. But I was just like, please don't think like, it looked like I was like hitting on her. - Those reactions are so dangerous. Why the hell do they have that? Nobody asked for that. Why are we, why is it where you can just tap something accident and you just sense it and you can't fucking unset like it? - Yeah. - I just heard that they have it. Like it works well with you just want to react like a friend story. - Yeah. - That looks cool. - Sure. - I need to like work on my customization of those. - It's like hard eyes. I really don't need. - Zane, remember when I was sending you TikToks like five times a day? Like, and then I would un-send the message. Like if you watch a TikTok twice, all of a sudden the bottom pops up, send a Zane. And I'll go to swipe to the next video and it'll be like, send to Zane. I'm like, yeah. - What did- - I was like, why is he- - Why does he keep un-sending TikToks he's sending me? I was like, that's like kinda T. It was like, what the fuck is he hiding? - Crazy. - You know? - Heath, I mistakenly want a one time on Instagram. I don't know what this like new feature was. I don't think it's there anymore. But I like booked you through Instagram. Like it was like a book feature. I don't do it. I don't know and I don't think it's there anymore. But I, and you're in my fucking DMs and it looks like you are like my doctor or something 'cause it's just like, we have appointments. - Like you have booked heath. Like you are now booked. Like that's, there's like a pink fucking notification on your DM and it will not go away. - Oh weird. - It's so weird. And I'm like, in my head, it's so funny. - Are you like subscribed to his channel or something like that? - No, no. It's funny 'cause we're fucking friends but I'm just so embarrassed that like, you saw a notification that I probably booked you. (laughing) - How can you on the Instagram DMs, like this fucking weird creep shit? Like I don't know. And I never thought that's really funny though. - So funny. I'll show you after but it's so stupid. - Just like things that nobody's asking for. - I'll get back to you. I'll see if I have anything open. (laughing) - I'll pencil you in, don't worry. - Yeah. - Did you guys see the, um, - Artemis? - The rocket, yeah. - I knew it. - How did you know I was watching the airport? - I watched it take off. - Yes, that's the first time I saw it, you were posted it. - Oh, I reported the video that that one girl took up on the plane. - So sick. - That was like, she got the best footage out of anybody, even the people showing the name broadcast. Curse was the best thing. - Can you imagine being on your flight and seeing that? That'd be so cool. - I'd be pissed if I was on the other side of that plane. - Oh, yeah. - The pilot was probably like, if everyone on the right side of the plane looked out your window. People on the left. - Left. - See belts are on. - Do not, do not get off. - Do not get off. - We are hit in turbulence. But yeah, this video is so sick. - And they're playing that M83 song. - That song, when I hear it, it's just like anything's possible. - Oh, oh, oh, oh. - Oh. - Zima. - Oh, it just brings me tears. - That's so cool. - But I mean, if I didn't know what the hell that was, I'd probably forget. But I'm sure the pilot did say something. - Now they're gonna be gone for 10 days. Well, people who are listening to this, hell, they might already be back by now. But where are they right now on the path? - They had they gotten to the dark side of the moon because that's when I feel like we're gonna lose communication with them. - It's okay, I sent Jared before this, a video showing the dark side of the moon from NASA. - Well, how does it get light on the dark side of the moon? - Well, because they had to render it. - The dark side's not actually dark. It's just dark to us because the moon is tidally locked in Earth's orbit. So the same face of the moon faces us. - Oh, you're so right. I'm so dumb. I actually thought the dark side of the moon never sees the light of day. - No, it's just dark to us. - Oh gosh. - Why are we getting better footage of this? - They gotta get the SD card. - Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. - But they're, but they're just going around the moon. They're not landing on the moon. - Right. - Now, I hate some people like we're going to the moon. I mean, like, sure, we're getting pretty close to it, but we're not going to the moon. - Oh, that's sick. - Wow. - The vibrations of the rocket. - I want to see this in person. That looks insane. - I feel like I was an astronaut. I would fucking lose it. - Oh, like I so tamed through all of training and everything, yes, Roger over, yes, Houston. We have liftoff. And then I'd be like, I think going crazy up in that shuttle. - What is the, what, can you look up the, what is the percentage of returning to Earth in one piece? Like for every. - Really high, like what do you mean of survival of astronauts? Like, I don't feel like we've had some astronaut death since the challenger. - You don't know that. - And I was like 2004. - 97 to 97.6%. - So you're saying there's a chance. - Okay, so now put, now, all right. So now commercial flow. - Okay. - No, look at this for me. - But that's okay for me. I think you can rationalize that it's probably riskier getting on a plane than it is getting on a rocket ship. - Oh yeah, what is the chance? - I want to see statistics. - Actually, that's a kind of a good question. - I want to see statistics and take it a step back. What's commercial, it looks like 24 people have died. - Okay. - Okay, can you go to now a commercial flight? Like a human going on a commercial flight to fly somewhere. - I'm curious what the ratio is though. - Survival rate of commercial flight. - Flight, yeah. - 99.999999. That's what it says on your run? - No, it's what I'm guessing. Think about all the people that fly. - 95% so they said over 95%. What does that mean? - 95.6%. - Also your saver going on a rocket. All right, get me on a rocket when excluding entirely catastrophic accidents. - Okay, well, if they both are catastrophic when people die, what do they mean by that? - Wait, wait, wait, no, that says 95% of passengers involved in commercial plane crashes survive. - Do, do, do, dance. And a chance of like. - That's five percent. - No, that's if you crash. - No, no, really? I don't think that makes sense. - A plane crash, I feel like it's less than 95%. - Okay, then do chance of dying in 0.001. - Yeah, you, slim chance. - Okay, so it's definitely safer than a rocket. - Did you see the delta flight that took off in the engine exploded? - Yes. - That was crazy. - Dude, when I see airlines,
like that big like it just scares the shit out of me it's like oh come on why couldn't it be like a fucking whippet what's that fucking airline that we're flying back from mecanosers of jails like an exhibition point in the end it was like pink it was a hundred percent like worse than spirit like that type of shit like every time I'm my boots are shivering before I get on a flight like that because if this shit goes down it's not even gonna make it on the news that was this fucking airline nobody knows about it how is your mom my mom is good right now she's on day two of her post-op surgery if you guys didn't know I don't know if I even talked about this I did talk wrong the bonus but on my mom she had nose like rhinoplasty which is a nose job facelift and neck lift not it's like half facelift and then mostly neck lift surgery with uh doctor in Beverly Hills and his name is dr. kivami he's amazing he's been really good the saps have been amazing before I get into it my mom for the past like five years has always wanted this and it's not has nothing to do with like what she thinks other people this is like she is just like she cannot stand looking at her like own nose she just wants to feel she wants to feel the age that she wants to look like the age that she feels yeah absolutely which is like I get it you know she's always been like that very young spirited and um she's brought it up a couple times but like you know it never went anywhere from there then she brings it up again this past year and I was like I you know what I think she was about to take an appointment in florida somewhere in florida and I know she's had like she's had bad not bad calls but like bad experiences with like certain things that she does like she did her like eyebrow thing bad experience and I was just like okay mom look if you're gonna like be doing this insane surgery very invasive you I'm just gonna take you to somewhere in Beverly Hills like obviously they are going to be much better than some fucking neighborhood one you're gonna find in florida right I will not allow you to do that like please I'll just I'll book you an appointment with like the top like top few doctors and we'll look at what we'll go to each appointment you feel it out you pick who you like the best where you're the most comfortable and at the after that you still don't have to do it but I'd rather you just like if you're gonna do it please do it here so I booked her with uh uh two doctor offices one of them being uh gavami and the day that she went in she um I couldn't go in with her I went with her to the other one it was all right um but she went to him by herself and she said she was treated like a fucking Kardashian she was just like they rolled out the red carpet they were so sweet they were so inviting they made me feel like a superstar and she was like I really really like that and even if they're like even like the way she like I'm saying this in a good way even if they're not the best I would go with them because because of with how amazing they were to me I was like okay that's like I mean that's very important um and but like anyways mom he is like one of the best so like if you feel comfortable there and you want to go through with it I'll have a bigger conversation with him and he you know he loved my mom we we got along really well and they decided to like help us a lot with the price so I'm making I'm making I'm making like a video for their office I'm we're filming the whole thing they're filming it too and my mom was like super down to like have it all filmed too which is crazy because I want to see her on a billboard once it's you because you just don't like she might be the new face yeah I love a lot of a lot of women do not want this like type of shit filmed I think there might be deals with offices where like they they might get a little percentage off or whatever if the doctor's able to use it but like I feel like a lot of women especially like celebrity they they are not going to want yeah they share away from it they can't hide it all of that yeah and there's I mean I'm gonna be completely like um transparent right now it's because it is a super super super invasive surgery and I might me my me my mom were not prepared or the post-op care with how because it's like three different treatments we knew it could be super invasive we weren't I think we just weren't prepared for how bad the recovery was going to be especially those first three days in terms of pain bandages like what my like my mom feel uncomfortable itchy Dr. Gravami if you're listening so I'm sorry I just feel like I you know it's it's important to say has your mom gone under many sir well yeah you said she's had some procedures because and I think the reason why and here's the thing like if you if I knew that you're gonna get something done that and it's gonna make your like you are gonna be so happy with the results it's gonna make your life better but you know what it's gonna be a pretty brutal like recovery yeah I'm probably not gonna like hone in on that because it's probably gonna make you back out so when my mom was recovering she was just like pretty much oh my god if I knew it was gonna she's been she's been very emotional yeah these past few days but you know what before I get into that like I'm just gonna go to the day of the surgery right we um we went to a pre-op they kind of uh had an whole appointment like everything that they were gonna do all of us they I the they actually decided they were just gonna I think they looked at as my like I think they really are looking my mom as oh okay I think we're just gonna like kind of do the like they were just gonna complete yeah because like you know you can get some stuff done and then later on it's you look youthful here but like you don't look youthful here it doesn't like it doesn't match up so I think it was kind of smart to just like oh do everything and like you know the team was down to do it it's not like it was like extra cost I think it was just like okay we're gonna give your mom like the completed look which was like you know to me I'm like oh my god this is like all my mom wants she's be so happy and so the day of the surgery comes you know she's prepared she's made sure to eat good workout like be as fit as possible for this because it's again like a very yeah it's gonna take a big toll insane surgery and so she gets in uh they're lining her up again I'm filming all this lining her up and everything and then as soon as she gets on the operating table she starts to like freak out and start crying and she is and and I wasn't so too worried until that very moment and the moment she started getting really really like emotional I think the doctor they're so used to it immediately they're like oh time to put like they don't they're not gonna allow her to just sit there and just like she was like was she getting emotional out of like anxiety of just going under like surrendering to this my mom so it's not even the surgery my mom's biggest fear is anesthesia okay so you know like there's a you know it's anytime you're under anesthesia there it's a rare super small small percent that you don't wake back up that's like that was what my mom was fearing and I kept reminding her like mom look it's super rare I mean so many people are under anesthesia for surgeries blah blah blah and I think it just like fully it just started hitting hit her all at once that like oh like she you know she was like telling me like just I love you blah blah I was just like oh fuck and then she went out and then and I was fine until that and I full pan for the next nine hour the surgery was nine hours so it was for the full thing right like the full like when she got on the table to the moment she was off and ready to go to aftercare it was about nine hours for everything because it took her a little bit of time to get up yeah after they're done because you know she doesn't wake up as soon as they're done after they're done they got to wait around and wait for her to wake up pretty much but I didn't I was going to go in and film some stuff too not like up the actual surgery but like kind of be in there and film just because I was like me Cal bellow we were all like working together and film and Cal is in there and I'm not seeing any of this right Cal is in there he gets the first shots and he comes back out and he's just like hey dude I don't think you want it like go in there and I was like no I like I'm really I can handle that type of say he's like and then I know you can but no I really feel like you shouldn't because that's your mom on the table I just do not recommend it and I was like and I I was like you know what I feel like how yeah I feel like how knows what you talking about yes as much as I think that like I could handle it I was like you know what I'm gonna sit this out and I told and he went back in multiple times film film everything you know she's on the surgery after all that I wake up they're like you want to see your mom and I was like like I was like I don't know if I want to see her I was like she okay like yeah she's good she's just you know and obviously they're all so used to it like you know yeah it's so normal get this done it's so normal and it's you know obviously she's good but like I go in and see her and she like you know obviously very invasive surgery and she's like like like like like just like hovering like she's like we're like you're like but she's not coming in a studio you're like yeah yeah and I I took one look at the hay mom and like she couldn't really communicate with me I was just like okay I can't be here anymore like I like just seeing her just done and I'll stitched up I was like even then I felt like I was about to pass out I was like oh okay because if it was anybody else I'd be fine I was like oh shit oh cool like I think you didn't go because you would have been like all right mom no no no no I yeah I see when I saw her after I was like oh okay cow was like I would have passed out and not because of the blood but because it's my mom yeah and and yeah it was just like a really really tough day really tough day and and it's crazy because my mom like she keeps repeating it now she's just like I can't believe people choose to do this I'm like I know you're going through so many emotions right now it's so crazy but like there's so many ladies out there that like get this work done with good dog and like they look so good after and like that's like my mom just wants to like no look good and and I'll I keep reminding her like hey mom like I know it's you look crazy right now oh and it made a rule no mirrors I was like yeah every every like a lot of those patients the first thing you want to they want to do is see themselves yeah and
And it takes even that when you get the bandages off after a plastic surgery, even though when it's like fully healed, it's, you will look a little funny. I'll never forget when I was a kid and I had my ears pinned back. Yeah. And I remember the day they took the bandages off and I remember, and they were like, look at it. And like, wow, it looks great. My mom, then we were driving home and she went into the post office. And I remember like looking at myself and like the driver's seat, the rear view like nearer. And I remember like starting to cry because, well, when you get your ears done, you'll look like a fish because you're, it needs to fully heal. It needs to grow back and everything like it needs to settle. And I was worried. That's what I was stuck with. Yeah. So also just know when you get those bandages off, even when it's healed, there's still growth and healing that needs to happen. You look still funny. You're still swollen. Yeah. And I made sure, I mean, a month before we were talking to each other every day over the phone. We're doing so much research on just every different type of healing process, different, different types of ladies getting it done, different ages, there's laid, there's girls in their fucking late 20s getting face already, like it's, yeah. It's crazy. I was like, Mom, there are like, it happens all the time. It happens all the time. But we were like, let's go through every single type of person getting this type of surgery done to see the best healing process and the worst. And what we saw on most of them is that even though worse, the worst day, like the first three days opposed to scary as they look, the, the, when it's fully healed, it's, it's better. Like, it's like, it's like magic. And I, and there was a concert reminder, it was like, temporary, it's like, you could look like, I mean, I showed an exam, it was like, mom, you could look this bad after, but look how good she looks after you really have to trust it. Yeah. Trust it. So she's going through that kind of still right now. The day to today and tomorrow will be the worst with pain. She was telling me that it literally felt like a car was just sitting on top of her. Like she was just so specific about that. And she kept on her pain. I was like, she's like, honey, I delivered twins. And I would rather deliver twins multiple times. Yes. And to be doing. She wrecked. Yeah. And my mom has a really, really high pain tolerance. Yeah. She's a firefighter. She is used to it. She's seen it all. And like seeing her in that state, I was like, holy shit. This is that you know, this is herding for her. Was she better today than yesterday? When she delivered, when she delivered my little brother sister, the twins, she, after she delivered, her blood, she felt weird. She felt like her blood pressure was going low. And again, she's a pyramid. So she's like, she knows like what happens in her own body. She felt her blood pressure going low. And she sets something to the doctor when she was in there. And they're like, no, it's fine. You're just vulnerable. And she's like, no, like I feel like I know what I'm feeling. And they're like, no, no. And then immediately she like she fading out and all of a sudden she hears like they call for the crash cart. I think that's what it's called a crash cart. And they like she's just fuzzy and wakes up and like her blood pressure went so low where she was about to die. Oh my. That was what the twins. Yes. And my mom caught it. She could have died if she never called it to them, which is why I'm like, wow, it's crazy that like that. So like imagine it was somebody else that wasn't my mom that does not know what your body's going through like that. But anyways, so she has a big fear of like her blood pressure going low. So that medication, Xanax, um, Cody, sorry, Vicodin, Vicodin or yeah, it's a pain. They bring, they bring your low blood pressure low. It's supposed to because it's supposed to relax you, but like my mom is like I do not want my blood pressure going low and, and so she's been like kind of fucking. So while patients are taking like two fucking Xanax, she's been taking like a half and like in a long period of time. And I'm like, mom, you really, you really need to take this to the regimen of what they prescribed. This is why you're hurting so bad you have to take and also the more like if you're not taking this type of relaxance, you're going to swell more, which is going to cause problems with this. And like, I was like, mom, trust me, you do not want to go have to go back on that fucking table because you've swole too much and now they have to go, you mom, you got to take the medication that they give you as scared as you are from that one situation as I mom, I think you're fine. You just like, you really have to take medication. So that's where we're at right now. This was, this was today. She's, I think she's graduated to like actually taking the full pill, which is good. And where I took her, there's this place I'll prestige like an aftercare center. They've been amazing. They've been so sweet. Oh, good. I've also stayed with her too. I stayed with her that night. Thank God I did because she was up all night and I had to like feed her water very little and literally drops the water because she can't like swallow. So I was so glad because I wasn't sure if I should go because I didn't want to like, and he like, I didn't want to impose on like the actual care of what they need. I also did it like, I don't know if I could just also be there while my mom, like, I didn't know if I could communicate with her and that would kill me because I just would, I just don't know what she's saying. Yeah. And I think that would just like make me go crazy. Not because like, like annoyed, it's more just like, you would feel bad. I was just like, you're just like, yeah, I can't help you. And I knew that the staff would take good care of her. And I was like, maybe it's best that I didn't just not there, but I was able to communicate with her. Thank God that night. And I was able to do anything that she asked, which is so good. Thank God. Yeah. Today was day two. How many more days did she have under your car? Is this going to be like a whole month? No, no, no, no, no, this is actually the, just four days. Four days. Yeah. Okay. Because the first three days are the worst. Right. It's just like, but then she's going back to Florida. She's staying with you for no, no, no, no, no. She stayed, no, no, no. She has to fully, yes. Okay. It takes like four to six weeks for the swelling to go down. She can't be like flying. Yeah. No, no, no, no. That makes sense. Okay. So yeah, we already planned that out. So we already knew she was staying with us. I mean, I mean, I can show you, I will not show it here yet until she's fully, fully recovered because I, you know, but I, I can show you if you want, but it is, it is like, it's crazy. It's like you, it's, it's crazy seeing someone that you've known for your entire life. Yeah. Look, like they have been in a car accident. Just look like a different person. I know. My mom legitimately, like, like legit avatar, just like she is just like in a move. It's, it's, it's so crazy to see and like, and you, like, when you see something like that, you're just like, oh my god, like, what if she does not heat? Like, it's, it's, it's scary. It's just like really scary, but you know that there's a whole world of professionals. I know exactly what they're doing. And this is all they do. And it's just like, compared to what I've seen online, I'm like other people posting this stuff. She looks so much better already after day one than a lot that I've seen. So like, yeah. Like you were telling me like, oh, like, you know, it's intense. Yeah. It was nowhere near what I thought it was going to be when you were telling me about it. Yeah. And it's also because if my mom was getting this done in Florida, I wouldn't even think twice. Like I look back. I'd be like, oh, yeah, she's, she's getting. You were, you were swollen for the transplant. Zane, your head was like three times as wide as it was. I was back. And you were crazy. Even went to record. Isn't that crazy? What the fuck was I thinking? I was like, let's record. This is funny. That was crazy. That was crazy. But yeah, and I, and I, I, nothing compared to what she's going through right now, but I brought up to her. My hair transplant. I was like, mom, I was so scared to get that hair transplant surgery because it was just the first thing ever getting done like, like, automatically. And that first day, mom, I looked like an owl. I was hurting. I felt like this was never going to heal. I thought my hairs were never going to come in because it's such a long process. It takes a year for your hair, so fully come in. So sit in there month, two month, three, you look like shit. You're saying they're like, I look regretting it. You're like, well, what was I doing? I look, I look worse than before and it's just like this guilt that you, that, that surpassing your system. My mom, and I made sure this was like yesterday, I was like, Hey, mom, do you want to hear the emotional timeline that like everybody in your position goes? Or she's like, please do. And I told her it was like that for those first, the first week is going to be like a, oh, what the fuck did I do? Right? Even when, even like when you start feeling better, it's well, it's going down. You still have that, like, you panic, and then it was like weeks, three to four. You're just like, okay, wait, I like, I think I see it. And then it was like six to seven weeks, it was just like, okay, wait. I see the vision. It was, there was four different timelines. And it was like after, it was after, like, it was like three to four months, it was like so worth it. That was the timeline. And I kept reminding, like, mom, you are right now, you were in the very beginning. You are just, like, you are like regretting it because she was even saying, like, if I knew it was going to be this much pain, I wouldn't have got it because normally people don't do a no job base lift at the same time. She did it at the same time, which is a lot. Yeah. She got the triple threat. And then she's swollen on her neck. The same medication. Probably. She's swollen on her neck. Her ears, her eyes, because she got, um, because my mom was like, sunken in a little bit, like over here, because, you know, she, she works out. She's thin. She's like, looks like a sunken in. So they put like that from her own set to like give her like a full, full, full look. So she's just experiencing so much just and she kept telling me, like, Zane, I wouldn't have done this. If I knew it was going to be this much, I was like, mom, and I think that's the reason to that. My mom, that's probably, that's the reason why they don't like really push it on you. Like it's going to be painful. It's going to be painful because then people don't go through it. And then they regret it later in life, like, oh, I should have just stuck with it. And it's like knowing my mom, if,
She knew this and decided to back out. I know because I know she would have regretted it. She'd been like, what the fuck was I thinking? Like I regretted so much. Just like her Lasek, she regretted it waiting so long. I was like, this is, I was like, mom, I know you are. You're not gonna regret this. Just like, yeah. Do what your heart tells you and you're gonna look amazing. But yeah, my mom's post update too. She's doing great health and healthy, but like she's getting there. She's getting there and I'll keep you guys updated in a week. - We'll send all the best healing vibes. - Go away. - Thank you so much as well. - Thank you, thank you, thank you. - She's got this. I'm so excited to hear more updates. - Yeah, yeah. And I know it's like weird. It's like cosmetic, talk. It's not, you know, serious. It's the end. - Yeah, and it's not like, you know, I know it's not super relatable, but like, you know, it was just like a great opportunity and with one of the best doctors, Dr. Kabami. And like, and my mom really wanted it. I was like, you know what, I'm gonna do this for her and I'm gonna, like, I'll make videos for, like, just to show. And you know how I love being transplant, transplant, transparent with my hair transplant. When I got the hair transplant surgery, I really wanted every guy in the world that was curious to see if they wanted. I wanted them to see that video. And that's kind of like with this too. It's just kind of like, look, if you're interested and you can afford it, there you go, my mom did it. Here you go. My mom really wanted to do it, so. - Absolutely. - All right, well yeah, thank you for the healing vibes. Thank you, everybody in the comments. If you wish your luck, thank you. - Say we love you, Sherry. - We love you, Sherry. - We love you, Mama. - All right, well, that was my show. That was my show until. - Right now. - We're sharing. - You wanna jump into the unwind? - Let's do it. - Let's do it. - Let's do it. - All right, and if you don't know what the unwind is, we'll check out our Patreon Patreon.com/zaneanheath. We keep these cameras rolling and you get an extended cut of every single podcast episode we call it the unwind. And then also we do a live Q&A every month, a bonus episode every single month. Again, all on patreon.com/zaneanheath. - We post these episodes every Monday, audio form and all podcast platforms and every Tuesday, video form on YouTube.com/zaneanheath. All right, oh my, we'll see you in a second, baby. Peace of blessings. Thank you. - Tata.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The hosts recall nostalgic "lock-in" experiences from childhood, such as overnight field trips to museums or nature sites, where social dynamics and raw emotions emerged.
A memorable environmental science magnet program trip involved staying overnight in a split-house setup with boys and girls, leading to unexpected personal revelations and humor, like a frozen underwear prank.
The trip to China was described as an immersive, fast-paced experience with stunning urban landscapes, efficient public systems, and a unique cultural blend of modernity and tradition.
Daily life in China featured cashless transactions via QR codes, apps like "Ollie Pay," and a strong reliance on technology, which contrasted with the more traditional systems in Japan and Korea.
Smoking culture is widespread in China, especially in public bathrooms, and is deeply embedded in daily life, with people often smoking while using facilities.
The hosts highlight the humorous and interactive experience of bargaining at local markets, using playful Mandarin phrases to negotiate prices and impress vendors.
They note significant cultural differences in cleanliness, orderliness, and customer service, with China being more efficient and surveilled but less refined in public spaces compared to Japan.
A key takeaway is the value of experiencing both urban and rural life, emphasizing that a balanced travel perspective offers deeper cultural understanding.
Summary:
The episode blends personal nostalgia with vivid travel reflections, starting with memories of childhood "lock-in" trips—overnight field trips involving social bonding and unexpected emotions—such as a school environmental science trip to the Everglades. These experiences highlight how shared adventures foster connection and spontaneity. The narrative then shifts to a detailed account of a trip to China, where the hosts describe the country’s modern, efficient, and highly organized urban culture, from bullet trains to cashless payments.
They note the widespread smoking culture, especially in public bathrooms, and the unique social dynamics of haggling at local markets using playful Mandarin phrases. Despite the grittier environments, China offers a vibrant, fast-paced lifestyle, with strong surveillance and a deep-rooted cultural tradition. The hosts contrast this with Japan's more refined, orderly, and clean public spaces, emphasizing that both cultures have distinct strengths.
A key insight is that meaningful travel involves experiencing both urban and natural settings—something the hosts wish they had done more of in Japan and China. The episode concludes with a lighthearted yet thoughtful reflection on cultural curiosity, bonding through shared experiences, and the importance of embracing unfamiliar traditions, like fidget spinners or bargaining, as part of a richer, more authentic global journey. The hosts express excitement about returning and learning more, while also acknowledging the value of balanced cultural exposure.
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A 'lock-in' refers to an overnight field trip or event where participants stay overnight at a location, often involving group activities. For example, Cub Scouts once stayed overnight at a Children's Museum, while others attended overnight trips to places like the Everglades, involving group stays and informal interactions.
The trip involved staying overnight in a large house split between boys and girls, with adults in the center. It was described as lively and socially charged, with unexpected situations like boys hiding wet underwear in freezers, and the experience was more about bonding and adventure than formal education.
Students engaged in hands-on learning with real-world projects, such as planting propagules (small plant seeds) and maintaining a tilapia tank. The program also featured immersive activities, like visiting the Everglades, and had a strong focus on marine biology and environmental science.
Smoking was common, especially in public bathrooms, and people were seen spitting on the ground. Additionally, the use of QR code-based payment systems (like WeChat Pay) and the prevalence of haggling in markets were notable cultural experiences.
China's transportation, especially with Uber-like services, was efficient and often cheaper than in Japan, although some users reported delays or inconsistent service. The bullet train from Shanghai to Beijing was described as extremely fast, taking just over four hours, and offered a scenic view of rural China.
China was praised for its cleanliness and safety, especially in public spaces and major cities, but had a grittier, more casual culture with stronger smoking habits and less strict line-following compared to Japan’s highly organized and polite society.
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