His Life After National Service🎖 Inside Japan’s Top University

[@sarahchan4807]

Asao san is a fine young man. I am impressed by his efforts to maintain his half-Chinese roots by learning Mandarin.

[@internationaldaily9820]

こんにちは! Japanese are 99.99% from the mainland, that is, China... so it's only good that they learn not only for their roots but also for business, social, etc. Yeah... not criticizing... they are cool... of course... 勿論 = もちろん 😘😍🥰

[@yoshiakihiyoshi2281]

@张思豪 我就很好奇，未必要到了日本才学中文？在新加坡生活那么长久，难道没足够机会碰到/学到/体会到中文？

[@yoshiakihiyoshi2592]

@Allen Wong 没问题，我的各自意见哈

[@Nerubiru]

@张思豪 必须？话也讲得太重了吧。他唯一必须做的是他决定的事。

[@dennistani1986]

Most people don't realize the special times of their life until later when they remember those special times. Now that I'm in my 60's, I can remember both the great as well as the stressful times in my college days in San Jose, California. Take care everyone!

[@rosidahariff2365]

I always envy the guys when they introduce frens as NS buddy. That bond goes beyond the 2 yrs they spent together. For some their whole adult life.

[@yoominbi]

Most NSmen in SG would try to siam IPPT as much as possible, but Asao-san right here is willing to fly back all the way to Singapore from Japan in order to do IPPT. 😂 Big upz.

[@shaunharn1998]

He said he’s gonna renounce his Singaporean citizenship why does he still need to go back just to do reservist?

[@fez877]

I smell BS. Even if he a achieved gold, the money won’t even cover his flight ticket. His reason doesn’t make sense. If he still have family in SG, that’s a different story.

[@jerylng6847]

@@fez877 covers his flight mostly but not accoms- might be worth it for him if it makes it cheaper to visit sg for nostalgia?

[@shaunharn1998]

@@fez877 If you’re living abroad be it for studying or working purpose, you’re automatically exempted from doing reservist even if you’re still a Singaporean citizen or PR. There’s no logical reason why anyone would fly back to do 2 weeks of reservist voluntarily when even the Singaporean government doesn’t require them to.

[@LimYQS]

​@@shaunharn1998 If he is gonna visit SG might as well visit during the IPPT window period and get the 500 if he can get it... SG would be a great place to escape the winter months.... Even if he wants to visit areas around SG like Bali or Thailand, he can at least get that 500... Also, he mentioned IPPT not reservist ICT, 2 very different things. It is possible to be called up for IPPT but not called up for ICT... And for your last point, actually you'll be surprised, for the first 3 low key ICT most people will defer due to studies, work family, but, for the remaining 7 high keys, there are people who do fly back to do reservist voluntarily, I know of people who are stationed overseas for work but deliberately comes back and does ICT so he can ROD with the whole unit together.. it is very different to do Reservist ATEC and out field trainings with your friends and buddies from NS days vs being posted to a random unit with strangers...

[@JanGNT]

Everytime I watch a vid with Asao I get impressed by how native his Japanese and Singlish both are. Ghib, so sorry to say this but u really like ojisan next to asao leh 😂 reminiscing the past and ur outfit compared to his (though it’s totally ok in sg) 😝 good vid! Missed my uni exchange times in Japan.

[@gachaponer]

He is so proud of his time during NS 😂🤣 But seriously, this is something so special that he can humble brag about as not many people in JP will experience (unless they join the military voluntarily)

[@veeshoe]

Aaaaah, the heartwarming reunion between senpai and kouhai 😆 And senpai kindly revealing the secret vending machines to kouhai, ensuring the vending legacy lives on~

[@zhiyongtan5394]

I really enjoy the content for this video about how many memories for Asao-san and you remembered.

[@jessicamong1586]

He keep the badges in the bag to show off to his classmates. Proud to be in NS.

[@kaneaties]

Enjoyed a peek into your past and knowing you a little more 👍🏼

[@blueraineee]

Wow the tray system seems so efficient! I am totally willing to return my dishes like that. Interesting to see that there's a "Co-Op'' there in that university as I used to go to "Co-Op" when I in Ngee Ann poly too long time ago. It also sold stationaries, food etc. It was like the students go to. Nice to see that Asao san is doing well and taking effort to learn mandarin! Nice to know that Ghib san plays the French Horn like I used to too! :)

[@Fate025]

14:20 Really nice to hear the comparions of the living culture between Singapore and Japan!

[@canicemunloh5849]

Another video that I need to give thumbs up. Gihb's memory lane but yet something new to viewers like me.

[@pikachiew78]

Asao-san is reminiscing his time in NS, it must have been a valuable and cherished experience for him. Good luck to him, with the transition to student life in Japan 🙏

[@hashy61]

Wow, 鴨池！残留！湘南台！懐かしい！It’s been 20years since I graduated. It’s changed a lot. I’m sad that the Big Boy’s gone.😢It brings me back sweet bitter memories too. Thank you.

[@karenlim7272]

This is definitely a very interesting & eye-opening video, showcasing one of the top Japanese university as well as its faculties. 👍👍👍

[@ngkokwei6114]

We used to have Denny’s Restaurant in Singapore too along Orchard Road.

[@hiroyukikurimoto4013]

I am a student on leave from SFC, just now staying in Singapore, and used to sing Majulah Singapura and We Are Singapore at SFC 🤣

[@davekiat]

Asao-San reminds me of my PR friends who've served NS. We're in our 40s now but some of them still have not taken by citizenship but have paid their dues by serving 2.5 years of NS and 10 years of ICT. . NS is not the best use of our youth but we've to make positive memories and give our best. Asao-San, all the best in your future endeavours

[@khatijahabdeen9805]

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[@OnMusicSoon1]

any video with Asao Sen deserves a thumbs up, our brother of the sword. And ah Ghib starts to feel the little boy leaving his soul. Going to try to be a father soon? haha

[@sktokyo9457]

Asao-san looking good back in Japan! And man, things change quite drastically over 10 years in Japan. I feel that even though I live here lol

[@DeniseGLY8]

Super fun watching this video! I exchanged to Chuo University for a year a few years ago, and this just brings back so many memories! Also great seeing the continuity in Asao-san's journey! The teasing and his reactions are always so funny!

[@hlim431]

Ojisan plays the French horn, that explains a lot... it's one of the most difficult musical instruments (grows tenacity in the players) & Keio Uni even have a Wagner Society! This (Music) all helps to create a better group of humans & helps Japan advance. Singapore has learnt that they too benefit...

[@sehlenghockalex2194]

thank you ghib san..i thought the showing around the campus was very interesting.

[@fantasticbeastsgombak9421]

Reminds me of my days in Todai ! The campus for year 1 & 2 were quite run down twenty years ago compared to this Keio Campus. BTW Asao-san can be ambassador for youths going to do NS! His positive outlook on NS will give worried parents assurance!

[@heidi-hu1tv]

Unfortunately, he can`t keep dual citizenship and is revoking his pink IC.

[@syeollislifeinjapan]

Greeting from Japan. I'm also a Singaporean and my husband was your senior who graduated from the keio University and same campus.

[@sujaniaslam2428]

Hi Ghib,,, its nice u met with Asao san,,, げんき　で　良かった。the last one Dennys i really missed that,, a very nice vlog Ghib,, till d nexg vlog,, 👍😬✋

[@tekkotoharu0608]

浅尾さんお元気そうですね！ 思い出の場所が変わっていく寂しさ、少しわかります。 私が住んでいたアパートも取り壊されて、雰囲気が変わってました。

[@HeartsRain]

Loving videos like this

[@asuranrocks]

makes me wanna check out unis in japan too..... ooh I ate that parfait at denny's before too! love it so much

[@tanjeffrey9396]

なつかしいですね。i too miss my University life in Australia, times really flies. I like this video, ありがとうございます。❤🎉

[@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS]

😸😸😸😸😸 That's right, really grateful for this thoughtful and splendid video~

[@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS]

Super fun and insightful to watch

[@elizabethtan9499]

Nostalgic for me too! I attended a lecture with one of my Japanese friends who took me there. It was more than 15 years ago. 😊

[@ejsoh5291]

lovely share! All the best to Asao San!

[@paecpc]

Yes, Singaporean man who are physically fit, like myself , always look forward to our IPPT, cause can get extra pocket money!! 😃 It used to be $400 if you get Gold, a hundred dollars lesser than now.

[@KH_T.]

Hey Ghib, thanks for this video :) appreciate the hours/thoughts going behind this video.

[@phcachev]

funny to see Shonandai in your video!

[@skirak9109]

Omg, I used to go to another private university in Shonandai for exchange, I feel so nostalgic watching the video >< Would love to go back again!!

[@elizabethtan9499]

My best wishes to you, Asao-san. 勉強に頑張ってね。🙏

[@dunadan]

LOL when he suddenly belt out Singapore's national anthem.

[@hawlengwong7020]

Another SLAM DUNK episode, Ojisan!

[@peterkhew7414]

I like watching videos like this one here, because I get to see the world without the need to travel. 😎

[@limlily1174]

Watching this brings back the memory about my 5years life in Japan. Natsukashi !!!

[@mochi-ko]

How you feel about the area around your old apartment is kinda how I feel each time I visit SG.

[@hiroyukishinichi9873]

Haha you can take the man away from Singapore, but you can’t take the Singapore away from the man🇸🇬😁

[@Yuuki-eh2oy]

最近僕の通ってる大学に慶応大学からの編入生が来られて、結構仲良くなって、小さい時からSFCの中高に居られたらしくてこういう環境だったんだ〜といった感じ。 過去に触れながらキャンパスツアーいいですね〜

[@anonymousanonymous1297]

OMG HE WAS MY SERGEANT IN THE ARMY

[@mangotango733]

there used to be a Denny's in Holland V but now no more

[@1991LSY]

Have! When I was in N*S I was in faculty 7 days a week, almost 24/7 And during regular sleeping hours we would be doing schoolwork It was terrible, to say the least

[@crosbyong]

Enjoyed this video. Thank you.

[@muhdzulhilmi3115]

Had a platoon mate who was similar to Asao-san. Served NS then renounced SG citizenship so hasn’t seen him since he don’t need to come back for reservist. Considering getting in touch with him again after seeing this video. Wasn’t into Japanese culture back when I was in NS so didn’t pry him much but now I want to hear about his life in Japan. IIRC he’s from Nagoya. I’m interested to learn about that part of Japan too. That is if he still remembers me lol

[@nelsonngu]

Ghib san, question. I noticed the light flickers while you recording. as I would assume you record it in 24fps. is the light frequency different compare to Singapore? Because I will be heading over to Japan in May for vlog, photography and videography soon. Just wanting to know what is it 24 / 30 fps you're using. Arigatou Ghib san if you're reading this msg.

[@donuts833]

Lol when ghib blur blur at denny’s, is it because he suddenly thought of his paktor days there? Asao san still has his post-NS fitness. Must be popular with the girls there. Uni days are the best. So good to be young!

[@DarylHan]

Asao san is a fine young man. #singaporearmy should consider recruiting him as JP liaison officer.

[@kerolz]

its kinda true what he said. NS is tough but fun... i miss shooting in the live ranges too....

[@IZTheOne]

You know he's proud of his NS days, he's still using his backpack everyday lol! He does have great memories and infantry! SIR!

[@meklavier4664]

He is from mechanised infantry.dont they belong to sar unit?

[@IZTheOne]

@@meklavier4664 it's under SIR.

[@kwfong3466]

Think in an earlier video, it was said he was an instructor training recruits

[@ferni7335]

So glad to see Asao-san's uni life back in Japan! Any possibility of seeing his family and esp his Sporean dad (in the future)? 😆 Will be nice if his parents could share their perspectives on the challenges they experience as an international couple in Japan (if any), how they raise their kids bi-culturally etc. Just throwing it out there for consideration...haha! No pressure!

[@janetasao7606]

Is Singaporean mother 😬😬😬Japanese father 😊😊

[@vampyrelycan99]

Maybe can Ghib -- an Osakan -- explain why a lot of Kansai people end up settling in Kabagawa Pref?

[@bok6446]

love this video!

[@jemappelleformage601]

Did a quick search, Keio university ranking within Japan is quite high #9 but surprisingly low in global ranking #201 for a top tier Japanese university.

[@gerijokub7737]

it's actually 11th in Japan, as of 2022.

[@tohpingtiang4878]

Nice system. The cleaner don't have to handle so much food scrap. It's obvious that if you don't move around much during holidays. You don't need much food. It's been 10 years?

[@angeluscorpius]

@4:48 Ghib devastated that he cannot get his Croquette Sandwich! That was soooooo poignant! Sad and poignant! Like Ghib finding out his ex-girlfriend had turned lesbian or something. Because of him! :-) Love the nostalgia trip, and the old photos of Ghib. And @2:00 yes, when you go back to the old places, they often seem smaller... like they cannot hold the new you, like you have outgrown your past... This is a great video!

[@Garnishes]

it’s so funny how your english subtitles have singlish in it 😆

[@wwpoof]

Something must be wrong with me. I was so tickled by the video and I laughed and laughed thro'out. Aiyoh. When I saw title/ header that this video will cover the half Japanese young man, my first reaction was oh wow, this is a big surprise, sugoii ne 😲🤩!! It's good to see Asao san again. Ghib was as excited and was like a young boy back in school. He was hands free walking so fast, excitedly. It seems wifey is the filming producer this time who had to run after the two "boys" . I can totally understand Ghib san's nostalgia but err... hmm it also means somebody has grown older now, heh heh! Asao san is still so SGrean, using the "like" word and all the SG things (incl Mari kita, I laughed). I laughed louder when I saw Ghib's younger photos. Ah nor ne, he looked like a tender, pretty young lady ne...🤔 maybe it's the semi messy (tousled nicer word) hair 😁. I like wifey's honest reply when she said she smelled cow dung. And towards the end, the bittersweet feelings are like durian. Aiyoh you all ah... everything is so funny. I enjoyed this chill video, double like 👍❤️.

[@jasjeanc]

I visited Shonandai in 2012 and 2014 to visit some friends and for holiday, one of them doing PHD at Keio and a couple of others studying at Bunkyo University at that time. I put up at their apartment called Oodairaso. Watching your video brings wonderful memories. Yes it is a quiet town 😂😂 thank you Ghib Ojisan for making this wonderful video! 😃

[@endi4654]

Haha.. When Ghib was holding chopsticks with the ice cream.. I thought it was a Japanese thing I never knew... Until he exclaimed "why am I holding chopsticks?".. Then I felt silly thinking that way haha

[@KaseySendou]

Gratz Asao-San, WADIO!

[@audreyang902]

Wow, he speaks, Singaporean accent.

[@UzumakiNaruto-ln9kg]

he so handsum sia walao

[@unclesin96]

Asao san かっこいいね❣️

[@momentos_sg]

Nice memory lane tour

[@mandy_145]

Where do his ( Asao) parents live ? In singapore or Japan ?

[@gwenc3481]

"I need to wash the plates ah walao"🤣🤣

[@C.u.d.s]

Life is like a box of durian, you never know what you’ll get.

[@傾奇者-l7w]

めちゃくちゃ懐かしい！！サークル終わりのざんまいは格別だった

[@miyazakihiroshi2548]

奥さんの「人生はドリアン」は名言やね🤣あと大学やその周辺やけど神戸の学園都市とちょっと似てるかな？

[@karlsongoh1874]

The awkward long pause in Denny’s was so funny… Ghi-san forgot he is reminiscing about past dates w ex-gfs in front of his wife?

[@DerrickNinon]

Aw. The feeling of visiting an old place, and everything changed, fill with new young people.

[@rspfan321]

湘南台駅西口駅前には書店があったのですがパチンコ屋になりました。 そして西口駅前はパチンコ屋に囲まれました。 バス停には毎朝「もっと奥につめてー」と高校生たちを指導するスタッフがいました。

[@xxxzzz9327]

how many singaporeans can say that they're proud to be Infantry???

[@phng8316]

@4:55 my heart drop out and almost pee my pants as i was holding back to go to relief myself after drinking lots of water and wanted to do so only after this vid...🙏🙄

[@ObeluStrawberry]

is he still singaporean? sorry i am asking because i vaguely remember he decided to go back japan and giving up singapore citizenship why does he still needs to do IPPT?

[@crystal8537]

Wait so he PR or what? Bc by right he dont nid to serve means he foreigner resident status?

[@itsthemilky]

honor from above!

[@fangyukimi]

He is learning Chinese language. Need any books/notes to aid in learning?

[@jen5138]

Asao-san reminds me a lot of my elder brother. Proud to have served NS and never complained about it. Can't say the same for all Sg guys sadly.. should have asked him what are his thoughts on some Sg men complaining that the Sg women should serve NS too.

[@boredguy5805]

Nothing wrong with those that do complain, can't force people to be happy for wasting 2 years of their lives

[@jen5138]

@@boredguy5805 ya u are one of those

[@boredguy5805]

@@jen5138 And judging by your name, you're a women lol, so obviously you can't relate lol

[@muhdzulhilmi3115]

@@boredguy5805 Agree. I personally had some good times in NS but I’d understand if some people want to complain.

[@boredguy5805]

@@muhdzulhilmi3115 Exactly man, to expect every young man to happily sacrifice 2 precious years of their life to serve is a bit silly. If some people are proud and happy to do it, great, but some just do it because they have too, nothing wrong with complaining. And to have someone judge those that do complain when they didn't even have to serve themselves is quite lame imo, 2 years of your youth is alot, people are allowed to have career aspirations that trump their want to do NS.

[@george200]

シンガポールと日本のハーフの 高校3年生で現在日本に住んでます。 浅尾さんと同じように僕も来年からシンガポールの兵役に行きます。 正直わからないことだらけでとても不安です。 お忙しい中だと思うのですが浅尾さんに Instagramなどを通じていろんなことを聞きたいです。誠に勝手な要望で申し訳ございませんがよろしくお願いします。

[@bicotan7907]

@y.asao_0701 よかったらdmください！！色々話できます！

[@jessicamong1586]

The Uni area is so big, lots of walking.

[@georgeho8997]

Isn't Asao gave up his SG citizenship and why is he still required to come back for IPPT?

[@valvet8952]

asao san 好き

[@nijiak]

Asao-san is like the younger version of Ghib-san haha

[@TET2005]

Cool 😄

[@chanmk28]

very good

[@philerup.youtube]

oh you are also Keio..heeee. 浅尾君警護ちゃんと使えている！

[@audreyang902]

Thru my experience, some local ,Japanese citizens need to accept n welcome , friendly chinese foreigner visiting thier estates.

[@phifismyusername]

Nice vid… makes me want to walk down memory lane as well

[@GoodGood-vb8gm]

When asked what day it is, do you know why he has to count? Because the Japanese still use the old Chinese names : 日月火水木金土. For this reason, he can't translate 水曜日 Suiyōbi into Chinese.

[@hirotanaka3296]

Ghibさん、genuine question, just curious: Isn't 早稲田 considered the best private uni in Japan? Then 慶應 and 上智 are up next? I'm half Japanese but will be applying to unis in Japan soon. Looking at those 3 schools at the moment. I'd love to get into 東大 and 京大 but both of those might be too hard to get into for me. 😅

[@damiantham533]

Feels like a anime moment at @2:37

[@jaytakahashi123]

Asao san has a look of Miyavi, the guitarist.

[@yiyanlin284]

MR'd long ago, but NS remained draggy and long while you're in it. But the best memories and friendship when you left it. Asao san, well done. You have a part of dna that cannot be replaced. Best of luck in whatever you endeavour. Ghib, bitter sweet durian feeling is unavoidable. I recall midori gaoka Station because of a semester exchange. As a father I brought my kids and wife to visit. Things changed. Some izakaya remained and the people and energy is still amazing. Be the glue for SG and Jippoon guys. 🙌🏼🙌🏼