A short street-interview transcript from a YouTube video in which two speakers discuss recent personal accomplishments and near-term plans. Speaker B describes helping their daughter gain independence—graduating high school and studying in Japan after COVID—and mentions arriving in Paris from Singapore and plans to travel more in the coming year. The tone is conversational and proud.
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So my first question, and you can answer this as a couple or you individually, whatever is better. But what's something you've done recently that you're really proud of?
I landed in Paris this morning from Singapore, and I'm not tired, and I've already been around the Eiffel Tower and everything else. I don't think that's the answer you're looking for. My brain is not working. Why don't you come up with an idea? You were telling me you were very proud. All right, you can ask the question again. Okay. Yeah.
So what's something you've done recently that you're really proud of?
Okay, so we all had children, right, that were not. We weren't developing like they were and whatever else. And so I gave myself a project I was a single parent to get my daughter graduated from high school, which we did. And now I created something for my daughter for Project independence. So she's 19 years old, she's studying in Japan, and I feel so proud of her because, you know, from where we were in Covid, like two and a half years ago, and our kids were all locked up to being like a little bird fluttering her wings in Japan. I'm very proud of that.
Amazing. What do you think helped her achieve that?
We telling her to go do it.
Teaching you in a plane.
Oh, no, seriously. I used to work in Tokyo as well, so I think I moved there when I was 24 myself. So I'm not afraid of that kind of place. And I think having a parent that has a bit of courage and confidence around doing these things and able to encourage you as a kid, I mean, a lot of my friends, they're like, I wish my mom would be like that way too.
And I think my daughter having a better.
Things like that as well, I love that. And what's something you're looking forward to doing that you haven't done yet.
This year? This upcoming year, I'm looking forward to spending more time traveling. I think, you know, after Covid, we all got shut down a bit. And this is like my first time going back in Europe in three years. I live in Asia, and so I'm looking forward to doing a lot more traveling next year as well.
And what do you think will help you accomplish that? To be able to travel more, getting a pay rise.
So. Good.
Well, you guys are awesome. I really appreciate you taking the time.
