Asao san is a fine young man. I am impressed by his efforts to maintain his half-Chinese roots by learning Mandarin.
@internationaldaily98202 жыл бұрын
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 😘😍🥰
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!
@rosidahariff23652 жыл бұрын
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.
@yoominbi2 жыл бұрын
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.
@shaunharn19982 жыл бұрын
He said he’s gonna renounce his Singaporean citizenship why does he still need to go back just to do reservist?
@fez8772 жыл бұрын
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.
@jerylng68472 жыл бұрын
@@fez877 covers his flight mostly but not accoms- might be worth it for him if it makes it cheaper to visit sg for nostalgia?
@shaunharn19982 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@LimYQS2 жыл бұрын
@@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...
@gachaponer2 жыл бұрын
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)
@JanGNT2 жыл бұрын
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.
@jessicamong15862 жыл бұрын
He keep the badges in the bag to show off to his classmates. Proud to be in NS.
@veeshoe2 жыл бұрын
Aaaaah, the heartwarming reunion between senpai and kouhai 😆 And senpai kindly revealing the secret vending machines to kouhai, ensuring the vending legacy lives on~
@pikachiew782 жыл бұрын
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 🙏
@blueraineee2 жыл бұрын
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! :)
@davekiat2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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@hiroyukikurimoto40132 жыл бұрын
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 🤣
@hashy612 жыл бұрын
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.
@canicemunloh58492 жыл бұрын
Another video that I need to give thumbs up. Gihb's memory lane but yet something new to viewers like me.
@zhiyongtan53942 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy the content for this video about how many memories for Asao-san and you remembered.
@kaneaties Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed a peek into your past and knowing you a little more 👍🏼
@karenlim72722 жыл бұрын
This is definitely a very interesting & eye-opening video, showcasing one of the top Japanese university as well as its faculties. 👍👍👍
@Fate0252 жыл бұрын
14:20 Really nice to hear the comparions of the living culture between Singapore and Japan!
@sktokyo94572 жыл бұрын
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
@hlim431 Жыл бұрын
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...
@OnMusicSoon12 жыл бұрын
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
@dunadan2 жыл бұрын
LOL when he suddenly belt out Singapore's national anthem.
@DeniseGLY82 жыл бұрын
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!
@syeollislifeinjapan2 жыл бұрын
Greeting from Japan. I'm also a Singaporean and my husband was your senior who graduated from the keio University and same campus.
@fantasticbeastsgombak94212 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, he can`t keep dual citizenship and is revoking his pink IC.
@sujaniaslam24282 жыл бұрын
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,, 👍😬✋
@xxxzzz9327 Жыл бұрын
how many singaporeans can say that they're proud to be Infantry???
@ngkokwei61142 жыл бұрын
We used to have Denny’s Restaurant in Singapore too along Orchard Road.
Hey Ghib, thanks for this video :) appreciate the hours/thoughts going behind this video.
@sehlenghockalex21942 жыл бұрын
thank you ghib san..i thought the showing around the campus was very interesting.
@hiroyukishinichi98732 жыл бұрын
Haha you can take the man away from Singapore, but you can’t take the Singapore away from the man🇸🇬😁
@paecpc2 жыл бұрын
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.
@HeartsRain2 жыл бұрын
Loving videos like this
@elizabethtan94992 жыл бұрын
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. 😊
@anonymousanonymous12972 жыл бұрын
OMG HE WAS MY SERGEANT IN THE ARMY
@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS2 жыл бұрын
😸😸😸😸😸 That's right, really grateful for this thoughtful and splendid video~
@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS2 жыл бұрын
Super fun and insightful to watch
@muhdzulhilmi31152 жыл бұрын
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
@phcachev2 жыл бұрын
funny to see Shonandai in your video!
@elizabethtan94992 жыл бұрын
My best wishes to you, Asao-san. 勉強に頑張ってね。🙏
@ejsoh52912 жыл бұрын
lovely share! All the best to Asao San!
@skirak91092 жыл бұрын
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!!
@IZTheOne2 жыл бұрын
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!
@meklavier46642 жыл бұрын
He is from mechanised infantry.dont they belong to sar unit?
@IZTheOne2 жыл бұрын
@@meklavier4664 it's under SIR.
@kwfong34662 жыл бұрын
Think in an earlier video, it was said he was an instructor training recruits
@asuranrocks2 жыл бұрын
makes me wanna check out unis in japan too..... ooh I ate that parfait at denny's before too! love it so much
@hawlengwong70202 жыл бұрын
Another SLAM DUNK episode, Ojisan!
@ferni73352 жыл бұрын
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!
@janetasao76062 жыл бұрын
Is Singaporean mother 😬😬😬Japanese father 😊😊
@C.u.d.s Жыл бұрын
Life is like a box of durian, you never know what you’ll get.
@tanjeffrey939611 ай бұрын
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。❤🎉
@donuts8332 жыл бұрын
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!
@wwpoof2 жыл бұрын
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 👍❤️.
@endi46542 жыл бұрын
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
@UzumakiNaruto-ln9kg2 жыл бұрын
he so handsum sia walao
@mochi-ko2 жыл бұрын
How you feel about the area around your old apartment is kinda how I feel each time I visit SG.
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! 😃
@limlily11742 жыл бұрын
Watching this brings back the memory about my 5years life in Japan. Natsukashi !!!
@DarylHan2 жыл бұрын
Asao san is a fine young man. #singaporearmy should consider recruiting him as JP liaison officer.
@gwenc34812 жыл бұрын
"I need to wash the plates ah walao"🤣🤣
@peterkhew74142 жыл бұрын
I like watching videos like this one here, because I get to see the world without the need to travel. 😎
@Garnishes2 жыл бұрын
it’s so funny how your english subtitles have singlish in it 😆
@1991LSY2 жыл бұрын
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
@audreyang9022 жыл бұрын
Wow, he speaks, Singaporean accent.
@jemappelleformage6012 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
it's actually 11th in Japan, as of 2022.
@ObeluStrawberry2 жыл бұрын
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?
@angeluscorpius2 жыл бұрын
@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!
@crosbyong2 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this video. Thank you.
@KaseySendou2 жыл бұрын
Gratz Asao-San, WADIO!
@mangotango7332 жыл бұрын
there used to be a Denny's in Holland V but now no more
@tohpingtiang48782 жыл бұрын
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?
@karlsongoh18742 жыл бұрын
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?
@kerolz2 жыл бұрын
its kinda true what he said. NS is tough but fun... i miss shooting in the live ranges too....
@bok64462 жыл бұрын
love this video!
@jen51382 жыл бұрын
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.
@boredguy58052 жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with those that do complain, can't force people to be happy for wasting 2 years of their lives
@jen51382 жыл бұрын
@@boredguy5805 ya u are one of those
@boredguy58052 жыл бұрын
@@jen5138 And judging by your name, you're a women lol, so obviously you can't relate lol
@muhdzulhilmi31152 жыл бұрын
@@boredguy5805 Agree. I personally had some good times in NS but I’d understand if some people want to complain.
@boredguy58052 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@sinsin969692 жыл бұрын
Asao san かっこいいね❣️
@momentos_sg2 жыл бұрын
Nice memory lane tour
@vampyrelycan99 Жыл бұрын
Maybe can Ghib -- an Osakan -- explain why a lot of Kansai people end up settling in Kabagawa Pref?
Asao-san is like the younger version of Ghib-san haha
@DerrickNinon2 жыл бұрын
Aw. The feeling of visiting an old place, and everything changed, fill with new young people.
@kageyamareijikun2 жыл бұрын
Why does Asao san have to continue doing IPPT if he's renouncing Singapore citizenship soon?
@meklavier46642 жыл бұрын
I thought he is a PR? He never take up citizenship right?
@kageyamareijikun2 жыл бұрын
@@meklavier4664 He is born with dual citizenship. At the age of 22 he can only choose one to hold onto. He already chose Japan citizenship.
@kageyamareijikun2 жыл бұрын
@@willie8452 which means he hasnt renounced his singapore citizenship yet
@miyazakihiroshi25482 жыл бұрын
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?
@yiyanlin2842 жыл бұрын
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. 🙌🏼🙌🏼
@georgeho89972 жыл бұрын
Isn't Asao gave up his SG citizenship and why is he still required to come back for IPPT?
@nelsonngu Жыл бұрын
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.
Your Half Japanese friend is a smart guy. I wish him the best in his studies in Japan.
@jessicamong15862 жыл бұрын
The Uni area is so big, lots of walking.
@itsthemilky2 жыл бұрын
honor from above!
@phng83162 жыл бұрын
@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...🙏🙄
@jaytakahashi1232 жыл бұрын
Asao san has a look of Miyavi, the guitarist.
@user-yx7yt6uu7m2 жыл бұрын
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
@audreyang9022 жыл бұрын
Thru my experience, some local ,Japanese citizens need to accept n welcome , friendly chinese foreigner visiting thier estates.
@saikopuff2 жыл бұрын
Asao-san looks a bit like Miyavi 😍
@chanmk282 жыл бұрын
very good
@TET20052 жыл бұрын
Cool 😄
@MrTakoyaki19922 жыл бұрын
Aiya, wasted, Nvr ask Asao san shout "OWADEE LOH"(ORD)!!!🤣🤣
@phifismyusername2 жыл бұрын
Nice vid… makes me want to walk down memory lane as well
@damiantham5332 жыл бұрын
Feels like a anime moment at @2:37
@crystal8537 Жыл бұрын
Wait so he PR or what? Bc by right he dont nid to serve means he foreigner resident status?
@fangyukimi2 жыл бұрын
He is learning Chinese language. Need any books/notes to aid in learning?