monthly summary · October 2020
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Overview
October 2020 centered on Daniel's move into a Rotterdam-area rental with no heating or hot water at first, a leaking boiler, a missed repair visit, upstairs noise, door and plumbing problems, and a pump replacement near month-end restoring both. The lease runs three months at €1,200 monthly including utilities.
Daniel reports being attacked by a driver on moving day over an accusation of throwing stones, which he denied. He paid €20 and did not call police, citing missing details and fear of retaliation, and later cited fear and insecurity. Only Daniel's account exists, and he defended the incident as real while saying some other earlier claims were fabricated.
Investing ran through the month: dividend stocks, Freetrade, ISA and eToro accounts, Amazon and AbbVie purchases, a Pinterest sale, and about £15,000 of inheritance-funded investments kept apart from living expenses. He disclaims expertise and notes market uncertainty.
Source recordings (8)
Channel business was a recurring theme: falling views, monetization, CPM differences between personal and finance content, OnlyFans, affiliate links and merchandise. Daniel admitted some drama videos were faked for views and voiced aversion to conventional employment.
Daniel stayed in the Netherlands near Mila, renting his own place rather than living with her family or returning to his mother's house in England. He said Japan is the best country he has lived in and that he misses it, and compared it with a negative independent stay in South Korea.
Other content included gear and app reviews (Quest 2, Switch-on-iPad workaround, Rosetta Stone), Xbox Game Pass streaming, Among Us and Rogue Company, and reactions to and critiques of other creators.
Source recordings (15)
- why Rogue Company on Switch SUCKS
- How to play Switch Games on an iPad Pro!
- Japanese guy Reacts to Uncle Roger Fried Rice
- Japanese guy reacts to “12 things you should know before coming to Japan” (Abroad in Japan)
- Japanese guy reacts to abroad in japan video
- Japanese man reacts to Filthy Frank - SO FUNNY
- Oculus Quest 2 - The Best VR Headset Ever
- FINALLY Life Is Getting Better Lets Get KFC 🍗
- Why I can’t go back home to England
- How to learn Japanese using Rosetta Stone
- Late Night Dinner
- How to use Rosetta Stone in 2020 (FREE Language Learning App)
- Creating the ULTIMATE smartphone vlogging setup
- My Problem With Uncle Roger
- Why xbox gaming pass DOESN'T work
Themes
Housing: apartment conditions, noise, boiler and plumbing faults, lease and deposit, and alternative accommodation.
Street assault, decision not to involve police, and personal safety concerns.
Source recordings (2)
YouTube performance, CPM, content direction, OnlyFans and affiliate income.
Stock portfolios and dividend strategies.
Relationship with Mila, reasons not to return to England, and Japan, Spain and Poland relocation ideas.
Past relationship disputes, including accusations involving a former wife, Daniel's allegation of maternal mistreatment, and Chihiro's request to remove videos.
Source recordings (3)
Gaming and hardware: Oculus Quest 2, Xbox Game Pass streaming, Rogue Company, Among Us.
Source recordings (10)
- why Rogue Company on Switch SUCKS
- How to play Switch Games on an iPad Pro!
- Oculus Quest 2 - The Best VR Headset Ever
- FINALLY Life Is Getting Better Lets Get KFC 🍗
- Why I can’t go back home to England
- How to learn Japanese using Rosetta Stone
- Late Night Dinner
- How to use Rosetta Stone in 2020 (FREE Language Learning App)
- Creating the ULTIMATE smartphone vlogging setup
- Why xbox gaming pass DOESN'T work
Japan history and travel content, including a Bill Wurtz history reaction.
Developments
Recording dated 2020-10-01: Daniel stayed in a capsule hotel, planned a move to an Airbnb, reviewed income, and admitted some main-channel drama videos were faked for views.
Source recordings (1)
Recording dated 2020-10-07: Daniel resumed uploads after a seven-day gap and described the new Rotterdam-area rental as lacking heating and hot water at move-in.
Source recordings (2)
Recordings dated 2020-10-07 and 2020-10-09: Daniel recounted being pushed and struck by a motorist accusing him of throwing stones. He denied it and handed over €20. On 2020-10-09 he also said some earlier claims were fabricated.
Recordings dated 2020-10-09 and 2020-10-10: a short-selling explainer and a passive-income video were published; passive income ideas included backlog ad revenue, affiliate links, OnlyFans and stock media. A Rosetta Stone Dutch trial ended at a paywall.
Recording dated 2020-10-12: Daniel explained why he would not live in South Korea again after a roughly six-week independent stay.
Source recordings (1)
Recordings dated 2020-10-15: Daniel began a dividend-stock strategy with £2,000 in five companies, and a separate stream covered a £25 tabletop grill and a £4,000 Freetrade investment.
Recording dated 2020-10-17: Daniel reported a broken, leaking boiler, a week without heating, four days without hot water, and a missed repair visit.
Source recordings (2)
Recording dated 2020-10-20: a repairman fixed the hot water, Daniel bought £5,000 of Amazon stock, and Chihiro asked for her videos to be removed and Daniel removed them.
Source recordings (1)
Recordings dated 2020-10-22 and 2020-10-24: Daniel reviewed the Quest 2 (bought for €450, rated 8/10, plus a €40 Elite Strap) and described £15,000 of inheritance and life-insurance investments split between a general account and an ISA on Freetrade.
A pump repair restored heating and hot water (reports dated 2020-10-23 and 2020-10-29); Daniel livestreamed cooking burgers on 2020-10-29.
Source recordings (2)
Recording dated 2020-10-30: Daniel toured the apartment three weeks in; the three-month lease is €1,200 monthly including utilities.
Source recordings (1)
Recordings dated 2020-10-31: Daniel deposited £5,000, sold Pinterest at $64, bought $1,500 of AbbVie, and made 'Why I miss living in Japan' public.
Source recordings (1)
Uncertainties & gaps
The reason for the earlier Airbnb ban is inconsistent: one recording links it to OnlyFans activity, while another says the ban claim was faked for views.
Source recordings (2)
Details of the bridge incident are unresolved: the attacker's background, whether it was a scam, whether an object was thrown or kicked up by another car, and whether police involvement would have helped.
The cause of the hot water loss and the landlord's repairs were unresolved when reported, as were deposit refund on early termination and possible eviction over filming.
Investment outcomes, a 3M replacement, and whether dividends would cover living expenses remain undecided.
Daniel's long-term location, visa status, relocation options, lease extension, whether he returns to Japan with Mila, and where he can stay after the lease ends and Brexit takes effect are unsettled.
Whether Daniel's relationship stories and content are authentic or fabricated for monetization is unclear.
Source recordings (1)
Customs handling of the mailed iPad, whether to delete remaining recordings, and causes of connection and lag problems were unresolved.
Daniel was unsure why he felt low in South Korea or whether store staff were annoyed; a viewer's suggestion of possible leukemia and the cause of jaw pain were unconfirmed.
Explore this period
- Recording · October 2020
Why xbox gaming pass DOESN'T work
Daniel tests mobile streaming of Halo 4 through Xbox Game Pass using a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, experiencing frequent disconnects, input lag, and sluggish controls despite an internet connection of roughly 50 Mbps download and 20 Mbp
- Recording · October 2020
Japanese guy reacts to “12 things you should know before coming to Japan” (Abroad in Japan)
Daniel reacted to Abroad in Japan's video '12 Things You Should Know Before Coming to Japan,' evaluating travel advice against personal experiences living in Japan. Daniel assessed points on airports, bathroom kanji, language tips, women-on
- Recording · October 2020
Unboxing And Trying My NEW ELECTRIC Grill
Daniel unboxed and set up a tabletop electric grill to cook meals, while also addressing personal purchases, domestic heating failures, and impressions of his neighborhood in the Netherlands. Daniel actively reviewed and managed a stock por
- Recording · October 2020
Japanese man reacts to Filthy Frank - SO FUNNY
Daniel opened by presenting a definition of a weaboo as a non-Japanese person who denounces their native culture to identify as Japanese, and addressed past viewer beliefs that Daniel was homeless in the preceding year. Daniel criticized re
- Recording · October 2020
MY NEW HOME - Dutch Apartment $1400_month
Daniel gives an apartment tour three weeks into living in a new place, detailing the layout including the empty entry room, living room with a sofa bed and TV, bathroom, modern shower room, kitchen, and garden. The living situation entails
- Recording · October 2020
I'm Hungry, Lets Get Uber Eats
Daniel is staying at a capsule hotel and finding the confined space depressing and boring, while planning to move to an Airbnb after struggling with housing searches and agency communications. Daniel reviewed income from YouTube livestreams
- Recording · October 2020
Creating the ULTIMATE smartphone vlogging setup
Daniel demonstrates a smartphone vlogging setup combining an Uhuru multipurpose kit with a Kenko wide-angle lens, integrating LED lighting, a shotgun microphone, a wide-angle lens, and a versatile tripod. The Uhuru kit includes a tripod, a
- Recording · October 2020
How to Short the Stock Market in 2020
Short selling involves borrowing shares to sell at current market prices and repurchasing them later to profit from downward price movements or hedge portfolios. Unlike traditional long investments where losses cannot exceed the initial cap
- Recording · October 2020
Oculus Quest 2 - The Best VR Headset Ever
Daniel reviewed the Oculus Quest 2 VR gaming headset after purchasing it two to four days prior for €450 (about $530 US), finding it significantly better than a previously owned wired HTC Vive and awarding it an 8 out of 10 score. The Quest
- Recording · October 2020
[2020-10-22] Why I can’t go back home to England [c0euDbUHRrc]
Daniel is residing in an independent apartment in the Netherlands to stay with Mila after reuniting and traveling through Germany, choosing independent living abroad over returning to England to avoid household stress and lack of local frie
- Recording · October 2020
why Rogue Company on Switch SUCKS
Daniel reviews the game Rogue Company on the Nintendo Switch after seeing Dr Disrespect play it. Daniel initially expresses frustration with excessive waiting times, short rounds, default vibration settings, and objective-based modes, findi
- Recording · October 2020
Lets Make BEEF Burgers 🍔
Daniel returned from a four-day break to livestream dinner preparation, making a chili con carne beef burger while testing unexpectedly spicy yellow chili, dealing with moldy buns, and reflecting on domestic repairs. Daniel detailed his sto
- Recording · October 2020
everything SUCKS right now
Daniel experiences persistent disruptions and practical difficulties in a newly rented apartment, including loud upstairs neighbors, door slamming, plumbing defects, and heating failures, while evaluating alternative housing such as hotels
- Recording · October 2020
Broccoli Carving Tutorial - Live Cooking Show
Daniel moved into a new rental apartment in the Netherlands, dealing with noisy neighbors, door issues, and unwanted visitors knocking at the residence. Daniel recounted a physical assault on a bridge where a driver struck him and falsely a
- Recording · October 2020
How to learn Japanese using Rosetta Stone
Daniel uses Rosetta Stone to practice Japanese basics, vocabulary, pronunciation prompts, and image-matching exercises with the goal of testing fluency within two hours. Rosetta Stone reuses an image of an Asian woman from its Dutch course,
- Recording · October 2020
Japanese guy reacts to abroad in japan video
Daniel reviews and evaluates travel advice from an Abroad in Japan video titled 12 Things You Should Know Before Coming to Japan based on personal living experience in Japan, complimenting the video's editing, humor, and presentation style.
- Recording · October 2020
Japanese Man Reacts to - Bill Wurtz History of Japan
Japan's history traces from prehistoric migration, early agriculture, Buddhism, and Chinese-style governance to the emergence of the samurai and the shogunate. Following periods of internal warfare, Tokugawa isolationism, and forced opening
- Recording · October 2020
Lets Chop Some Onions
Daniel addresses channel comments, explains reasons for disabling video ratings, and reflects on dealing with critical viewers and declining YouTube viewership. Daniel details apartment tenancy conditions, short-term foreign housing constra
- Recording · October 2020
How to Make Money Investing in Dividend Stocks (Passive Income)
Daniel outlines an investment strategy centered on long-term holding of dividend-paying stocks to create passive income instead of attempting to time market fluctuations. Daniel put £2,000 ($2,583) from YouTube earnings and an inheritance i
- Recording · October 2020
How to play Switch Games on an iPad Pro!
Daniel devises a DIY method to display Nintendo Switch Lite gameplay on an 11-inch iPad Pro screen using household objects, a tripod, and the iPad camera app, though the approach causes issues like cross-hatching and camera timeouts. Daniel
- Recording · October 2020
Late Night Dinner
Daniel shared details about purchasing and using tech hardware, including an Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset, gaming laptops, and mobile phones, noting comfort and hardware drawbacks as well as gaming and VR experiences. Daniel discu
- Recording · October 2020
Making Some Pasta For Dinner
Daniel documented frustrations with his living environment, citing noisy upstairs neighbors, loud winds, whistling doors, poor building construction, heating malfunctions, and hallway disturbances. Daniel tracked significant stock market lo
- Recording · October 2020
FINALLY Life Is Getting Better Lets Get KFC 🍗
Live chat was initially disabled due to comment review settings, while video likes and dislikes were concealed from viewers to counter detractors. Stock investments were reviewed, including £3,000 recently deposited, portfolio underperforma
- Recording · October 2020
How to use Rosetta Stone in 2020 (FREE Language Learning App)
Daniel tests the Rosetta Stone language learning app on Android for the first time, selecting Dutch due to being in the Netherlands. Daniel goes through introductory Dutch lessons, encounters an orientation glitch, tests and turns off speec
- Recording · October 2020
why I miss living in Japan
Daniel considers Japan the best country lived in and misses life there nearly a year after moving away, favoring its safety, polite conduct, affordable housing, entertainment, customer service, and authentic cuisine over Europe. Daniel cont
- Recording · October 2020
[2020-10-07] I got attacked… [4RjL3tAsAko]
Daniel returned after a seven-day upload break caused by relocating to a new rental accommodation in Rotterdam secured with a fake ID following an earlier Airbnb ban linked to OnlyFans activity. The Rotterdam apartment remained unfinished u
- Recording · October 2020
Japanese guy Reacts to Uncle Roger Fried Rice
Daniel criticizes the YouTube personality Uncle Roger as overrated, unfunny, and fraudulent, highlighting that his viral content revolves around criticizing celebrity chefs' fried rice recipes using a fake and poor Asian accent. Daniel revi
- Recording · October 2020
My Investment Portfolio 2020 [PlFtoJRPrDY]
Daniel clarifies that earnings from YouTube and OnlyFans have funded personal living expenses since 2017, keeping life insurance inheritance money untouched in a separate account opened after Daniel's father's death. Daniel invested £15,000
- Recording · October 2020
my cool new SPATULA Microphone 🤣 [n1fv91YVp_U]
Daniel experiences severe dissatisfaction with his new apartment, enduring a week without heating, four days without hot water due to a leaking boiler, missed repair visits, and difficulties keeping clean using water heated in a kettle. The
- Recording · October 2020
why I wouldn't live in korea again
Daniel explains the decision to never live in South Korea again after five stays, focusing specifically on the fifth visit, which was Daniel's first time living there independently. The independent stay proved to be Daniel's worst, saddest,
- Recording · October 2020
Why I can’t go back home to England
Daniel explains his living situation in the Netherlands, detailing his reconnection and travels with Mila, his decision to rent his own apartment rather than reside permanently with her family or return to his mother's house in England, and
- Recording · October 2020
why I Hate Among Us - terrible game
Among Us offers an engaging stealth experience when playing as an imposter, but playing as a crewmate involves repetitive, mundane tasks, visually cheap aesthetics, and undeserved massive popularity following a shift away from Fall Guys. De
- Recording · October 2020
my life is a mess -(
Daniel is experiencing severe problems in a new apartment after moving in over a week ago, including a broken and leaking boiler that cuts off heating and hot water, alongside repair personnel failing to attend a scheduled appointment. The
- Recording · October 2020
[2020-10-10] My dividend stocks investment strategy [xfn92txqBts]
Daniel outlines several online passive income ideas, characterizing passive income as work generating ongoing revenue over time, including YouTube ad revenue from backlogged videos. Discussed methods include Amazon affiliate marketing and s
- Recording · October 2020
Passive Income Ideas for 2020 (How to Make Money Online)
Passive income involves completing a task once to earn ongoing revenue over years, differing from active work where compensation stops once labor ends. Methods for generating passive income online encompass YouTube, Amazon affiliate marketi
- Recording · October 2020
I think I made a HUGE mistake
Daniel separates living expenses, funded entirely through YouTube and OnlyFans earnings, from an inheritance received following Daniel's father's death. Daniel invested inheritance money into the stock market using Freetrade across a standa
- Recording · October 2020
[2020-10-12] why I wouldn't live in korea again [FVm1WL24Has]
Daniel lived independently in South Korea for roughly six weeks at the beginning of the year before cutting the stay short, contrasting this fifth visit with earlier stays with an ex-girlfriend and regarding it as his worst living experienc
- Recording · October 2020
My Problem With Uncle Roger
Daniel critiques YouTube creator Uncle Roger as unfunny, fraudulent, and overrated, criticizing his repetitive videos reviewing cooking techniques like egg fried rice by celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver and the BBC. Daniel notes that th
- Recording · October 2020
I got ATTACKED on the Street
Daniel uploaded a video following a seven-day gap spent securing a new Airbnb rental using a fake identity after an earlier account ban. The new apartment suffered from ongoing renovations, worker disruptions, lack of heating, cold pipes, a