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I’m at a loss today.

With yesterday’s complete change, I didn’t get a single wink of sleep and ended up sitting at the bar counter, waiting for everyone to wake up.

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In the end, last night’s poker practice ended at 5 in the morning. After that, for some reason, instead of sleeping when I got into bed, I was completely awake.

That really left me at a loss.

At the bar counter, I finished up a variety of work that got accumulated
and when everyone has woken up
I went straight into training.

I also tried the ab roller for the first time after a long while.

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As expected, if I don’t do one type of training,
my level of mastery of it will drop drastically.

I once again confirmed that it’s also important to have a balance of each training.
It’s useless unless I do it well.

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I got Baru to try doing it.

Screams of pain resounded throughout the neighbourhood.

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Then we went straight into doing the hell ball.

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It’s tough but I’ve become able to continue with it for quite a number of times.

I first did it 70 times without stopping,
then took a 30-second break, before doing the remaining 50 all in one go.

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I suppose it’s pretty good that I’m able to get back to this point in 3 days.

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After that I did my recording until night.
Since most of my staff are going back tomorrow, we went to the xiaolongbao specialist restaurant 【Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豊)】 at the request of all the staff.

Compared to the level of Taiwan’s Din Tai Fung, the level of KL’s Din Tai Fung is pretty high too.

Depending on the country, it is available in many locations too like it’s no big deal but I think it’s not an exaggeration to say that KL’s Din Tai Fung is no different from the level of Taiwan’s.

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I love xiaolongbao to death.
I like it but normally, xiaolongbao is only available during the day during the time period of dim sum so I’m unable to eat it at famous restaurants.

For me, since I eat only one meal a day,
I can’t go and eat dim sum in the day
and in Japan, I go to 【Jin Din Rou (京鼎楼)】 and
I love it so much it’s like a habit when I go back to Japan.

For Japan’s xiaolongbao, 【Jin Din Rou (京鼎楼)】 is
by far number one I suppose.
Bring 【Jin Din Rou (京鼎楼)】 to KL.
That flavour is amazing.

At the Din Tai Fung that is located at the top floor of PAVILION Mall,
it too is always overflowing with customers.
If it’s 【Jin Din Rou (京鼎楼)】 I think this is definitely what will happen.

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Tonight,
I’ll be enjoying a final meal with my friends.
This is the kind of atmosphere we’ll be having for now.

My local friends joined in too,
and we slowly spent time together until the restaurant closed.

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I can’t get enough of this slow-paced feeling.

Life is short.

It’s also important to give your all in facing both work and private matters.

And it’s even more important than that to spend time elegantly.

I’m able to really elegantly spend time in KL.
Because this is something I couldn’t do until I came to this country, I’m really thankful for it.

Give your all in both work and private affairs.
You can’t just pick one.

At this age, I’ve come to understand that it’s truly important to pursue them both,

Though you could say that it’s a little too late…

The night time in KL will flow gently from here on.

Well then, I’ll be having a drink.

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Source: GACKT Blog

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

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