How Do You Spend Summer Break?

Summer lovin' happened so fast, I met a girl! Crazy! Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of Take 10! So once again, we're just gonna be talking about another topic this week, which is... We're talking about my favorite thing in the world, which is summer break, vacation, travel. That's what I think about when you say summer break. So what was your best and worst summer jobs? Oh, okay, so I feel like the worst would have to be my family business. Yes, because you can just, you can't get away from it. No, okay, so my family has had two different types of businesses. So they had this juice smoothie shop. So I made smoothies and it was bubble tea as well. So smoothies and bubble tea, so I was known as the bubble tea, the taro milk tea girl. Why specifically taro milk tea? Because that was my favorite. And it's just annoying working for like, any of you guys who have family businesses, you know that it's like, you're just required to be there and required to be this model worker. But yeah, that was probably the worst. At a minimum rate, like $2 an hour, if I got paid at all. The best would probably be... I worked at a hotel. And I think that was the best only because... I just stood there at the front desk for like $24 an hour and was like, what? This is the kind of thing that I feel like Indonesian students need to have, like this job experiences. Because when you graduate from college, they expect you to have some experiences, right? But we don't. Like who's gonna hire you if you have never done anything? How about you? I worked at Banana Republic for like one time. As a model? He was the poster boy. I was just folding clothes and stuff. My most memorable job was going door-to-door for gutter protectors. Dude, I had to do something just like that. There was a scam. It was a scam, right? It wasn't a scam. I think mine was a scam. Okay, fine. You tell your story. You guys both did the same thing? I was like, okay, you tell your story. I wasn't selling the actual product, but I was just making the appointments. But for each appointment I booked, I would get paid like $200 or something. Wow, that's good money. It wasn't that hard to book an appointment? No, it wasn't. Sounds like easy money. So it was really hot because you had to be outside in the summer and you had to walk around a lot. But it was good money. Good experience. Wait, what was your experience? I was hanging out at a deli with a bunch of my friends. A dude in a pickup truck comes. You guys want to make some money? Hopped in the back of the pickup truck. And it was like that, but it was like siding and windows and stuff. I guess you sound like you have a better sales mindset. I just was not good at this. I'd be like, listen, your hat looks horrible. We would go to the horrible looking hats, just tell them it doesn't look good and then try to sell it to them. And yeah, I never made any money. They were supposed to pay me hourly too for training. Never got any money. Did it for like a week. Sounds like a scam. You should actually go to the good, the nice houses because they got money. Yeah, but they don't need new siding. You just got to convince them. Plus, would they trust a kid with a beard? I didn't have a beard back then. Just this little kid with a beard. I have a baby face. There's a baby face underneath. That's true. Alan without the beard is a different person. So did you work mostly over the summers? Yeah, so many jobs. I delivered. I worked in a few restaurants. I worked in a circus. A circus? I set up the circus. I wasn't in the circus. You were the main act. You're just like... But like for me... Wait, how would we introduce Alan? Here's Alan. The man-lion. And they roll him out in a cage. And it's like... I felt like when I was in high school I made so much money because I had no expenses. So I was just working all the time. I know, that's the thing. You guys, if you are living at home, never move out until you're booted out. Cherish it and save that money. Cherish it. Don't buy a car. Cherish home cooked meals. Oh my god. Take that for granted. Dude, I know. Because I moved out of my house when I was 16. And I never lived at home since. Wow. But what did I do when I was in college? I had my job. Can I just redeem myself so you don't see me as a princess? No, she's a princess, but now... No, I have to redeem... So you actually had a job? I did, yeah. I was waiting tables at this Japanese restaurant. I feel like in college and stuff, hospitality is the best job to have because you study or whatever, you do whatever. And then at night time, you work and get money. Yeah. It was this tiny little ramen house in California. And I worked there with my sister. Irasshaimase! Yes, that's like my first job ever. To every single person who walks through the door. Were your summer breaks all about just jobs? Oh my god, no way. What else did you do? It was about going to the beach. Beach, yeah. Georgia Shore? Six Flags, too. Six Flags, yeah. Did you guys go on vacation when you were in high school and college during the summer? Yeah, did you go overseas? Did you? I did a few times. With the family or with friends? I never did the study abroad thing. I regret it. But I did travel to China with one of my close friends once. That was kind of cool. I think I took my overseas holidays when I probably shouldn't have. In my two-week study break, I went to Europe. Which I probably should have done at the end of the year. It's good to go on vacation when everyone else is not, I think. Yeah, off-peak season. Exactly, 100%. It's cheaper, too, right? Yeah, and then I just kind of made my money and then was done for the next half year. So I could play with that saved up. Did you fund your own trips? Yeah. Really? Independent woman. When I was in high school, I think I was just a Shore kid. All my friends at Shore houses would go hang out down there. Is there anything that you wish to do differently? You work all the time in the summer. Did you want to do it all over again? No, I feel like I've traveled enough and I worked enough and got enough experience. I wouldn't change a thing. Live life to the fullest? Yeah. I would travel more if I could redo it. Yeah, I feel like when you're a student, you're either too poor to travel or when you're working, you have the money but you don't have the time. That's true. That is so true. It's always a struggle for me. At the time, also when I was a student, during summer break, I had to just go back to Indonesia because I felt like I haven't seen my family in a long time. I want to go and hang out with them and that's all I did during summer. I don't know. I always felt like I needed to take the time to travel at least once a year. I've been to Europe and Asia. I don't know. Australians? Australians like to travel. No, I just love traveling. Americans don't travel enough. We really don't. I rarely see Americans when I'm traveling. Because you guys just stay confined to your own country. It's so big and beautiful. Yeah, that's true. But you need to go out. There's a world out there. I noticed though, I was lucky. When I was young, my parents always took me places. I developed a taste for traveling. I have friends that just didn't have that when they were young. It's not that they're afraid, but they're like, Why would I go travel? Why wouldn't you go travel? Because they know nothing better or nothing else. I feel like your parents are not the typical Asian parents. Because usually Asian parents are like, We don't go on vacation. We don't take breaks. No, you're supposed to work. My parents wanted to open my mind. Good for them. But they also sent me to China a few times when I was way too young. I remember being on an airplane. Define way too young. I feel like I flew by myself when I was maybe 10 years old in China. Wow. I don't know. Are you sure they let you? Yeah. I think the flight attendant or something. Yeah, I remember something like that happening. Did you have family there? Yeah, family. No, I didn't have family there. They sent me there to become more Chinese. So for those of you who are getting ready for your summer break, make sure you tell us what your plans are and see if you get any ideas from our stories and experience. Let us know your stories, funny, happy or sad in the comments. Hope you guys like this video. And until next time. Thank you for watching. See you guys.