Rob Lipsett documents his first day after arriving at Kata Beach, Thailand. He describes adjusting his sleep schedule after long flights, heading to the hotel gym for a morning workout, and enjoying a coconut protein shake breakfast. He debates beach versus pool relaxation, then joins his family for a seafood buffet, offering a candid review of the food and noting the abundance of protein. Throughout, Rob reflects on his privilege, reminding viewers to appreciate their circumstances during the holidays and consider those less fortunate. He ends the vlog noting his fatigue, plans for a boat trip the next day, and promises to continue the series.
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Alright, so do you know when you get like, you know, two very long flights, you have like a big long stopover, then you throw time zones into the mix. And you're like, your sleeping pattern, everything is all over the place. Well, it actually kind of like landed nicely for us. Basically, we like conked out at around 11, and so we got like 8 hours sleep, woke up at 7, and it's about like 8 AM now. We're hitting the gym, so it's a good pattern that we've kind of gotten into. So we're going to check out the hotel gym for the first time. And before anyone says, oh, you're on holidays, you're not giving it a break, guys, I love working out. It's like one of my favorite parts of the day, so I don't want to take a break from it. Like, I, I enjoy enjoy it. So we're gonna go down, hit the gym now, and try and make this kind of a daily routine. But I'll show you what the gym looks like when we get there. Yeah, this gets the job done. Absolutely perfect. I see barbells, I see squat racks, and decent selfie mirror. And there we go, everyone, we have macros! Right, so workout done. It was actually pretty good workout seeing as traveling the past, uh, like 24 hours. But so I'm gonna go in here now, just get a kind of small breakfast, like a shake or something, and get on with the day. Yeah, this looks really nice. So yeah, Kata Beach, that's where we are. All right, I went for the coconut protein shake. Do you want a taste test? Really good. Solid start today. Tell me, are you more of a beach beach or a pool person. I like the beach, but the sand being absolutely wrecked ahead, so we're gonna chill by the pool for today. Check in with you later. Thai guy, did you see that? Thai fella literally just jumps on the ropes and flies off. Yeah, he's living life on the edge. Hey, what's up everyone? So it is dinner time and me and the family, we're going to a seafood buffet. So I'm gonna see food, I'm gonna eat it. Where Rob's bloody, bloody hilarious as usual. Gonna try and make some smart choices, but yeah, I haven't eaten too much today. Hit the gym and I'm on holidays. So, uh, yeah, let's see what, uh, let's see what they got to offer us. Give me a smile. All right. So steamed rice, classic. This is brilliant. Fried mixed veg, pasta. Pretty, pretty quote unquote clean. All right, going to start off with a big salad just to kind of, you know, fill myself up, make sure that I don't overeat too much.
Even if like you pay for that.
All right, so that is squid, mackerel, and then a fish skewer. So there is, there's a shitload of protein there.
It's going to burn us, is it? Yeah. Okay, so hold on. 1, 2, 3, go.
Okay. Yeah. Yay! Let's make a wish! Woo! I think he bites. Hey fella, I don't know, they're going to be eaten. Yeah, fucked up, they're on death row. Hard luck, fellas. Hopefully I don't get a ton of like vegan lobster activists, you know, getting annoyed at that. What's up? As you can see, I got a little bit burnt today. Oh well, it'll turn into a tan. But yeah, so the seafood buffet wasn't great. Bit of a letdown, but like, it was fine, you know. And that's actually what I want to talk about, you know. I'm here complaining that the seafood buffet wasn't great, and you know, I just want to say like those of us who, you know, are somewhere nice for Christmas with their families, you know, I'm here in Thailand with my girlfriend, with my family, you know, in a beautiful hotel, beautiful beach, and like there's people homeless for Christmas. So like, just letting you know, I don't take it for granted, and you shouldn't either, that, you know, you got to think of the less fortunate and stuff like that. And like, when you're ever like complaining about something or you're ever feeling down, just think that there's someone out there with it a lot worse than you. So yeah, I'm gonna wrap things up there and we're gonna hit the hay. I'm still really tired, like it's like 10— what time is it? It's like 10 o'clock. I'm still really tired, which is kind of good though. I'm kind of liking just being here, getting to sleep early, getting up early, you know, having nice days. So yeah, I'm gonna put together this vlog now, vlog tomorrow. We're going on like a boat. And, um, yeah, I'll catch you in the next video, and keep it real.
