It’s so funny to hear your エブッちゃった stories on podcasts. But I make clumsy mistakes maybe even more than you! Small things happen every day. For example, forgetting what I want to take out of the refrigerator the moment I open it. Another one which happens a lot is “Oh! I got to go to hang up the laundry!” and when I go to the washing machine and take a look, I find nothing inside, then I realize “Oh! I forgot, I already did it!”. I microwave a cup of milk every day, and sometimes soon after I think “Oh! Let’s have that nice hot milk!” and when I go to the kitchen, it’s gone. I don’t remember but I already drank it. I feel like those situations are mysteries sometimes. I have more serious cases. On the night of December 16th, I was listening to a podcast at home. Around 7 o’clock, the doorbell rang twice. I was very skeptical, and assumed that the visitor must be an NHK staff. I turned the volume of the podcast down a little, and tried to stay quiet. Then he left something in my post box, and went away. I was sure it was an NHK staff, because they always put some contract information paper in the post box. But it was a slip from Yamato! I felt very very bad. I forgot that I booked a delivery that day! It was a very cold night as well. I contacted Yamato and went to their office to get the package the next day. I know it was completely my mistake, but I was trying to avoid trouble. It’s not only me. My friend has done the same thing. So, please allow me to say… Would you show me that you have a package in your hand please? Then I won’t mistake you for an NHK staff. On December 18th, I arrived at work in the morning, and I was getting ready, then I remembered something, “Oh! I have to make a note in my notebook right now, otherwise I might forget soon.”　 I looked for my notebook and a pen, and I couldn’t find them. Then I thought…”Oh! Noooo! They are in the washing machine!” So, my notebook which has my whole schedule, records, and to do list was completely wet. Basically, it’s ruined. I felt very sad and regretful about my stupidness, but I tried to stay positive. “It was full of personal information, so it’s better than losing it. If I lost it, that would be the worst.” On the night of December 27th, I was doing something on my laptop. Then I heard some strange sound from the washing machine. It was already washed and now in the spin-dry stage. Then I had a eureka moment. “Oh! It must be my car keys! Maybe I forgot to take them out of my pocket! I thought I would do it someday, finally…I did it…” As you know cars keys are different from decades ago, now they are more electric. So, I thought maybe it’s broken, so I was bummed out. Buuut! It was O.K.! They still worked! Even though the crazy user drowned them in water and washed it. I’m sorry keys! On December 28th, I forgot to bring my lunch! I had 4 pieces of cheese in the refrigerator at work, those were my only lunch that day. It was a busy day though. I was hungry, but I found that it’s easier to work when I’m hungry than when I’m full. My daily life is like this. It’s full of mistakes and situations like that. They seem to be increasing year by year, but I hope it will be better this year. 

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I’ve said the reason why I started my another podcast AnnyeongTalk with my daughter is to give her more opportunities to use Korean, but the truth is more about our mother-daughter relationship.

I’ve been struggling with parenting since she was born.  I’ve disciplined the wrong way, and afterwards I realized it’s not her fault - she’s just a child. 

I’ve been disappointed in myself a few times.  Once I lost my temper, I couldn't control myself.

One day, I thought that if this continues until puberty, she wouldn’t listen to me at all.

So I figured out something that I can do with her regularly.  I Think it helps us stay in touch emotionaly, because we have this face to face time at least once a week when we do the podcast. Perhaps being more in touch will help me to keep my cool and control myself  better as well!

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