B: AND MY FRIEND MOVED TO LONDON SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT VISITING AND THIS IS A GUY ACTUALLY WHO UM DRUNK MY HIBIKI YEAH

A: WHY ARE YOU VISITING HIM <LAUGH>

B: AND HE'S IN UM HE'S IN SCOTLAND RIGHT NOW

A: YEAH

B: YEAH AND I WHEN I WAS SOBER I TOOK A SCREENSHOT OF OUR CONVERSATION BECAUSE HE DIDN'T GET WHY I'M MAD SO I SEND THE SCREENSHOT TO HIM LIKE THIS IS THE NORMAL PEOPLE'S REACTION YOU KNOW UM SO HE'S IN SCOTLAND SO I SAY OH SAY HI TO PHOEBE ACTUALLY I'M GONNA BE ON A CALL WITH HER IN LIKE AN HOUR AND YOU CAN SEND ME WHISKY WINK WINK

A: NICE I'M GONNA GO SHOPPING FOR WHISKY AFTER THIS ACTUALLY SO I WILL PICK YOU SOME THERE BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO

B: OH NICE

A: YEAH I HAVE TO GO TODAY BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO GO TO THE US ONLY FOR LIKE A WEEK AND A HALF BUT I STILL HAVE TO GO TODAY

B: MM HMM HOW LONG ARE YOU GONNA BE IN US

A: UM I'M GOING TO UH MY FRIEND'S WEDDING DAVE IF YOU REMEMBER HIM UH AND

B: WHAT

A: YEAH YEAH YEAH

B: DAVE WITH THAT DAVE

A: YEAH THAT DAVE

B: WITH HER

A: YEAH YEAH

B: THE

A: WITH THE WITH

B: E E E E E E STARTS WITH E

A: NO

B: THE GIRL WE WERE SKIING IN WHISTLER

A: YEAH YEAH YEAH CAM YEAH YEAH

B: WHOA

A: SO UM YEAH SO THEY'RE GETTING MARRIED THIS FRIDAY SATURDAY SO I'M GOING AND THEN I'M JUST SINCE I'M HALFWAY TO CALIFORNIA I'M GOING TO SEE MY DAD AFTERWARDS FOR A WEEK

B: SO YOU'RE GOING TO NEW YORK

A: YEAH

B: FOR A WEDDING

A: YEAH

B: AH THEN UH

A: THEY JUST STARTED UP DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM EDIBROUGH TO NEW YORK AGAIN UM WHICH WERE LIKE CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE PANDEMIC BUT YEAH

B: MM HMM WOW

A: YEAH SO I'M GOING TO THE WEDDING

B: CONGRATULATIONS

A: YEAH IT IT IT'S FUN IT WILL BE FUN

B: DAVE

A: IT WILL BE KINDA WEIRD ACTUALLY BECAUSE I THINK LIKE HE VISITED ME UH YEAH HE VISITED I MEAN LIKE IT WOULD BE REALLY FUN BUT IT WILL ALSO BE KIND OF WEIRD UH LIKE UH

B: YEAH YEAH

A: BUT I I IN A FUN YEAH YEAH EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY <LAUGH>

A: UM SO YEAH UM IT'LL BE GREAT I'LL BE I'M I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO

B: MM HMM

A: MY DAD'S AND SEEING LIKE HIS GARDEN IN THE SUMMER AND LIKE HIS HIS LEMON TREE

B: MM

A: HIS APRICOT TREE AND LIKE IT WILL BE NICE IT WILL BE NICE TO BE BACK

B: NICE MM HMM

A: TO BE BACK IN CALIFORNIA FOR A WEEK YEAH

B: MM HMM

A: UM SO

B: ARE YOU GOING TO GRADUATE THIS SUMMER

A: UH NO UM I GOT I WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DONE AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND I GOT A THREE MONTH EXTENSION FOR COVID SO I'LL PROBABLY BE DONE IN LIKE MARCH

B: MM HMM

A: YEAH

B: WOW BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE DISCUSSED MAYBE YOU WON'T BE THERE FOR THAT LONG

A: YEAH

B: IT WASN'T ONE OF THE OPTION WE WHEN YOU WERE CHOOSING WHAT TO DO SO WOW

A: YEAH YEAH

B: YOU'RE ABOUT TO MAKE IT

A: YEAH

B: IT'S A LOT <LAUGH>

A: WOO YES UM BUT YEAH BUT I'M UH THANKS YEAH I WILL NEED IT I MEAN I STILL HAVE TO WRITE MY WHOLE THESIS SO THERE YOU GO BUT <LAUGH> BUT

B: SO YOU'LL BE BUSY

A: I'LL BE BUSY BUT IT IT'LL BE BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN GOING PRETTY WELL UM

B: AND

A: BUT YEAH THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I'M IN LONDON FOR I'M IN LONDON FOR LIKE WORKING UM DOING SOME LIKE RESEARCH DOWN THERE UM AND I HAVE TO BE DOWN THERE FOR TWO

B: MM HMM

A: FOR TWO MONTHS SO OBVIOUSLY IF I'M NOT IN LONDON AND YOU VISIT LONDON

B: TWO MONTHS

A: YEAH TWO MONTHS

B: WOW

A: IF I'M NOT IN LONDON AND YOU VISIT LONDON YOU HAVE TO COME TO EDINBOROUGH TO SEE ME UH REQUIRED UM

B: <LAUGH>

A: BUT IF I'M IN LONDON YOU CAN CRASH WITH ME IN LONDON

B: UH AND MARKET HUNTING

A: YEAH YEAH OF COURSE

B: MM HMM THAT IS

A: UH HAVE YOU BEEN TO BOROUGH MARKET IN LONDON

B: YES YOU TOLD ME AND I WENT

A: OH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH NOW I REMEMBER

B: AND I LOVED THEIR UH WHAT IS IT THE BREAD WITH CHEESE CHEESE SANDWICH

A: LIKE FOCACCIA OR OH JUST A CHEESE SANDWICH

B: NO NO NO NO

A: <DTMF> MAYBE

B: MM NO NO

A: OH TOASTIES

B: THE TWO TWO NO NO TWO GUYS COOKED THAT AT THE CAMP ON BRITISH CAMP

A: YEAH YEAH GRILLED CHEESE LIKE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES

B: GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

A: YEAH YEAH <LAUGH>

B: SO GOOD I COULD EAT IT EVERY DAY I REGRETTED I VISITED THE MARKET LIKE THE VERY LATE OF MY STAY SO I COULDN'T REVISIT

A: MM

B: LIKE THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS SUNDAY AND THEY WERE CLOSED OR SOMETHING AND I HATED MYSELF YEAH <LAUGH>

B: OH I MISS FOOD

A: MM

B: BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HAVING STUFFED NOSE I COULDN'T TASTE MUCH AND THAT TASTE CAME BACK SO I'M SO EVERYTHING TASTES SO GOOD SO I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT FOOD ALL DAY

A: I'M GLAD IT CAME BACK WHEN DID IT COME BACK

B: YEAH THIS LAST WEEKEND

A: GOOD <LAUGH>

B: YEAH

A: <BREATH> <LAUGH>

B: I WAS LIKE HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE AND I TRIED MANY FOOD NOTHING TASTES GOOD AS GOOD AS IT USED TO BE I CAN TASTE BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT BUT NOW I HAD LIKE FISH VERY JAPANESE UH GENTLE FOOD AND STILL TASTES SO GOOD SO I'M LIKE OH THE TASTE IS BACK SO I'M SO HAPPY

A: I'M GLAD UH <LAUGH>

B: MM HMM

A: YEAH IT SOUNDED LIKE I WAS LIKE OF OF ALL THE PEOPLE LIKE WHO I WAS LIKE NO LIKE WHEN YOU GOT WHEN YOU SENT YOUR PHOTO OF THE COCKTAILS BEING LIKE IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL AND I'VE NO IDEA WHAT IT TASTES LIKE <LAUGH>

B: YOU COULDN'T STOP YOU KNOW IT'S GIN TONIC AND THERE MUST BE SOME FINE TASTE RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S A FAMOUS A BAR CALLED STARBAR IN <DTMF>

A: MM

B: YEAH BUT I COULDN'T TASTE IT

A: OH I THINK I MAY HAVE EVEN BEEN THERE ONCE I'VE HEA I'VE DEFINITELY HEARD OF IT

B: YEAH THEY'RE I THEY'RE UH FAMOUS OR POPULAR OR SOMETHING THEY'RE ON HE HE SAID THE BARTENDER SAID HE THEIR BAR WAS ON THE TV SHOW ONE TIME

A: MM

B: MM SO NOW I'M BACK EAT DRINK

A: <LAUGH>

B: LOOK AT THIS <LAUGH>

A: <DTMF> OH

B: YEAH

A: YEAH UM YEAH LET'S SEE WE HAVE LIKE ONE MORE MINUTE ACCORDING TO MY CLOCK

B: OKAY OKAY I DIDN'T EVEN TRY UH BUT LIKE I SAID BECAUSE I LIVE IN ISLAND MY BRAIN IS MOVING SO SLOW I'M SERIOUS <DTMF>

A: JUST 'CAUSE YOU SPENT ALL YOUR EFFORT WINDSURFING

B: NO BECAUSE LIKE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION

A: MM

B: YOU KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT WEATHER FOOD BUT NOT LIKE POLITICS OR ANYTHING

A: MM

B: YOU KNOW VERY UH LESS NO STRESS AT ALL

A: MM

B: SO I THINK MY BRAIN IS NOT TRYING TO WORK FAST NOT MUCH PRESSURE SO HM

A: <LAUGH> I WAS

B: WHEN I WAS TALK TALKING WITH YOU YOU WERE LIKE YOU WERE LIKE KH KH KH KH KH MM WHERE ARE YOU NOW AND I HAVE TO READ A SENTENCE AGAIN AGAIN TO COMPREHEND

A: <LAUGH> WELL THAT'S JUST 'CAUSE UH MAYBE IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SPEAKING ENGLISH AT ALL LATELY UM

B: YEAH

A: UH I WOULD BE MUCH WORSE IF WE WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN JAPANESE <LAUGH>

B: OH BY THE WAY FROM UH TOMORROW THE UH WE WILL ACCEPT TOU TOURISTS

A: OOH

B: BUT IT HAS TO BE FROM LIKE A GROUP TOUR YOU KNOW YOU KNOW TYPICAL JAPANESE THEY LET UM THING HAPPEN AND SEE WHAT OTHER TALKS ABOUT IT AND NO ONE REALLY COMPLAINS THEN BOOM

A: MM

B: YEAH

A: <DTMF> WHO WAS GOING TO UM START A LIKE A BICYCLE LIKE RAMAN TOURING COMPANY OR SOMETHING SO MAYBE I CAN MAKE HIM HE'S NOT ACTUALLY GONNA DO IT BUT I'M MORE LIKE I COULD BE LIKE CAN YOU LIKE MAKE UH <LAUGH> MAKE AN EXCUSE OR SOMETHING BUT

B: <LAUGH> PROBABLY

A: I'LL BE LIKE YEAH YEAH IT'S TOTALLY MY FRIEND'S RAMEN TOURING COMPANY <LAUGH>

B: SMALL

A: HM YEAH I MEAN HE'S STILL HE'S STILL WORKING DOING HIS NORMAL JOB BUT

B: RIGHT BUT UH SOME UH OF MY CO WORKERS STARTED THEIR OWN BUSINESS DURING COVID

A: MM

B: AND SOME ARE LEAVING OUR COMPANY TO FOCUS ON THEIR BUSINESS

A: MM

B: ONE GUY SAY IT'S ABOUT WHAT IS IT SPG ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF

A: MM

B: YEAH SO SO THAT ALSO MAKES ME SEEM LIKE WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE STARTING THEIR OWN JOB BUT I'M JUST CHILLING ON A TROPICAL ISLAND WINDSURFING DRINKING WHISKEY MM SOUNDS LIKE FUN LIFE

A: YEAH YEAH I WAS GONNA BE LIKE <LAUGH>

B: I WAS LIKE OH MAYBE NOT THAT BAD

A: YEAH YEAH

B: YEAH

A: DEFINITELY AND LIKE JUST STARTING A LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANY FROM UH FROM AN ISLAND KIND OF MAKES SENSE

B: MM HMM

A: SOMEWAYS DEPENDS ON WHAT HE'S DOING

B: MAYBE I SHOULD

A: <LAUGH>