Today I'm 30. Come & Join the Live Stream! | + Watch Ryotaro's First Video | + I Experienced a Terrifying Earthquake this Morning (Patreon)

So today started with a bang - quite literally.

I nearly had a heart attack when I was awoken at 6am by my phone sounding off the incredibly loud earthquake alarm; it's honestly the most horrific noise in the world.

- Seriously, this is what it sounds like: https://youtu.be/b5fFXa_xh4U

And then the whole building trembled so badly, I jumped out of bed to stand in the doorway (a preventative measure in case the ceiling collapses).

Fortunately, despite the magnitude 6.3 earthquake nothing serious followed, although my heart wouldn't stop pounding for 20 minutes afterwards.

What a fun start to the day!

It would appear I'm now 30 years old; I always thought when you hit 30 years old, you secretly get magic powers that only adults know about, but nothing's happened yet so I'm f*cking disappointed to be honest.

On the upside, tomorrow I'll be doing a live stream on Abroad Perspective (starts 10pm JST), where I'll be sitting at my desk trying various Japanese alcoholic drinks and answering questions.

Hopefully you can make it to the show and watch that unfold, but for those of you that can't, it'll be available to watch afterwards.

► Live Show: https://youtu.be/_GSEvjCyKIc

And the second piece of news is Ryotaro's first video is now up! 

Get ready for the best 20 second opening to a video you'll probably ever see, as well as the phrase "ALI MASK ON". It's even more absurd and brilliant than I'd ever dreamed.

► Watch Ryotaro's Japan:https://youtu.be/gyo62Tv7Kps

And if you're wondering how I'm spending my birthday, I'll be buying an ethernet cable (to make sure my WIFI doesn't screw me in tomorrow's live show), recording a podcast with Pete, eating some Family Mart fried chicken and of course, hosting the Live Show.

I won't lie, it's not entirely how I'd imagined turning 30. But hopefully it'll still be a fun one, given the current circumstances!

Obviously we've got the new video on "Crazy Engrish" to look forward to later in the week as well and having spent the day filming it, it's shaping up to be pretty damn hilarious.

But for now guys, enjoy the rest of your day and Ryotaro's first video - it's time to roll into bed. Fingers crossed we don't have any more damn earthquakes tonight.

Chris