How We Manage Life's Responsibilities and Find Harmony | 3 Musketeers

so the triangle is the strongest structure. Hey, welcome back, we're the Three Musketeers. Right now, we're in Portland, Oregon. We have seven shows in five days. And in this video, we're gonna show you some behind the scenes, and also tell you how we cope with stress. It's gonna be busy, let's go. Let's do it. So right now, we're at the Alaska Lounge, and we just got some food, and we're gonna get ready to board soon, in about 20 minutes. And we're gonna be flying to Portland, Oregon. And our performance actually starts tomorrow, so it's a pretty hectic schedule there. It's gonna be one, two, one, two, one. So it's a whole week of performances. Right now, we are in the lounge, and Jisung actually brought his own snacks. Jisung, how are you feeling? Air Force snack doesn't taste that great, and it's expensive. Oh my goodness, is that your bag of snacks? Wait, this is ridiculous. Bread, toast. He's not even joking right now. Nuts, small snacks, just small stuff. It's not that big. Jisung, compared to what we have, that's pretty big. You can stop now. If you ever go to the airport, bring your own snacks. That's crazy. Let me show you my new filmmaking tool. So I just clip this on the camera, and it gives me lighting. How was your flight? Normal. I don't know what to say. Oh, hey, this is the perfect time. People say I pick on you in the videos, but that's not true, right, Jisung? That's true. Right, Jisung? What you wanted to say about it? Yeah, why don't you talk about it? Admit the truth that I treat you very well. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you treat me very well. Why does that sound so forced? Huh? No, it's not forced, it's not forced. Okay, guys, I don't pick on him, okay? He picks on me. Yeah, I guess. Hey, so we just got to the hotel room, and it's pretty nice. And guess who I'm rooming with? Yay! Best friends forever. So let's continue our conversation on how I'm actually really nice to you. And in the videos, I'm just acting mean to you, just for comedical purposes. Yeah, he's just joking, and I know that he's joking. And he knows that I know that he's joking, so he just say whatever he wants. Not whatever he wants, he just say random stuff. I think the reason we're able to mess with each other or make fun of each other is because we know that we're both gonna be cool with it, and that we're good friends, right? Right, right? Yeah, yeah, yes, I hear, I say yes, I... I'm not forcing him to say anything, okay? Right, right? Yeah, yeah, yes, I hear, I say yes, I... All right, we're at the hotel. We're gonna get some dinner, and afterwards, we're gonna do a little bit of dancing to get our bodies ready for tomorrow's show. Yeah. Okay, we just finished kicking, and that feels good, right? Yeah, and time to what? Swim? Okay, time to swim, but hey, let me say something interesting, though. Here, it's really interesting, because as you see, it's a balcony setup, so basically, when we're kicking here, everybody in the whole hotel can see us, and we have a lot of people watching us kicking, so it kind of feels like we're on stage, like these guys are here. Do you enjoy the spotlight? These guys have been watching us the whole time. Right now, we're gonna go swim a little bit, which we can't film, but afterwards, we're gonna take a rest and get ready for tomorrow's show. Okay, goodnight, guys. Goodnight. All right, so it's the first day of our performance in Portland. Yes. This morning, I got knocked on my door, and Jisung came looking for something. What was it? Dress shoes. He left his dress shoes in my room yesterday when he came over to practise a little bit. Every year, I lose at least one item, but this time, I won, okay? How do you forget your shoes? I mean, I wore the dress shoes over there, and then I had to practise directly, and then right after I finished, I'll get wet. All right, there's a truck behind us, so we gotta go on a bus. All right, we're leaving the change room. We're gonna go warm up now. And did you know that this theatre, the Keller Auditorium, is actually a 105-years-old temple? I didn't know that. I can feel it now. You can feel it backstage. It feels a little bit dated, for sure. All right, it's like a maze back here, actually. Maybe it's because it was on stage in the old days. I know. Oh, let's check out the auditorium real quick. So this is the auditorium. Look at that. This place is all renovated, even though it's 105-years-old. Yeah. All right, let's go to the lobby. Let's go. They have the newer lights. We're in the lobby right now. We can interview Sam Poo. Do you notice that one performer, Sam Poo, must have caught your eye? Oh, Sam Poo, he changed my life. Someone just said I had a fat face. All right, we're about to take a warm-up class, and we're in the lobby at this theater because there's no studio. All right, just finished dance class. How'd you guys feel? It was pretty good. Pretty good? But yeah, it's not a good place to have class, actually. It's just that not having a proper studio, it's actually really hard to get into the zone, I feel, for everyone, but. But most of the time, it's like that for the sports. Yeah, when we're touring, it's really hard to have a proper warm-up class, but we make the best of what we have. ♪ Beauty in the mundane ♪ So we just finished lunch, and now we're gonna get some coffee. Say hi to the camera. Look at our drinks. Does our drink say something about our personality? Is it mine? That's Jisung's, and that's Sam's. I think we got mixed up. We actually have to get back to the theater soon, and we're gonna walk the stage, and then also do a tech rehearsal. But before that, we're gonna enjoy some coffee. And that's one way to cope with stress. You gotta chill a little bit, find time to relax, even with the busy schedule. Take a moment, yeah. I just said I kinda wish this was bubble tea. But coffee's good, too. Just finished our coffee, let's go back to the theater. Better get back in. We're locked out. So we just got some coffee, and now we're back in the theater. And what we actually just did is some Qigong exercises, and that's basically a form of traditional Chinese exercises and actually has a lot of health benefits. So, when do you guys actually like to do it? I like to do it before the show, because it kinda gives me a little bit of a break in between our hectic schedule, so I can kinda relax. How about you, Jisung? For me as well, I like to do it before the show, but sometimes I like to do it between the shows. So that way, right after the show, I relax mentally and physically, and I can get more energy for the show at night. So it's like an energy boost for you, and you get to calm down a little bit between performances. And the exercise that we're doing is actually Falun Dafa, and there are four standing exercises and one sitting meditational exercise. So, we've done it before in some of our videos. You can check it out. And we actually gotta go on stage right now, because we're gonna block the stage. You guys ready? I got energy now, let's go. Let's go, let's go. Okay, we just finished our tech rehearsal, and now it's about five o'clock, and it's about time to... Eat dinner. Yup, time to go get some dinner. And I'm gonna put on some makeup after that. We just finished our first performance here in Portland. Yay! I had high expectations coming into it, and it was way better than I even expected. I forgot I was watching something. I felt like I was in the actual show. I think it was incredibly daring, and I think once again, it connects us all as humans to enlighten about the divinity. Let's take off our makeup, go get some food, and back to the hotel. We have two shows tomorrow, so... Two shows tomorrow. Let's rest up. You guys are too slow. Should we buy some bubble tea? Good morning. It's about 8 a.m. right now, and we're gonna get on the bus and head to the theater. We have two performances today, so it's gonna be real busy. Morning, Sam. Good morning. This is day two of our adventure in Portland. Two shows today. Where are you adventuring to? We're adventuring to the theater, where we're gonna perform and dance. We're about to have a warm-up class in the lobby again. It's about 10 a.m. right now, so class in the morning is usually a little bit of a struggle, because sometimes you're still a little bit sleepy. That's so true. Yeah, our body needs to warm up right now. We gotta wake up. All right, so class is gonna help with that. We just finished class, and do you feel a bit more warmed up now? Awake now? Yes. He's already done eating his fast. It's about six o'clock right now. Gonna go on stage and warm up and get ready for the second performance. After eating dinner and resting a bit, I feel pretty good, so break a leg, I guess. And then we'll see you after the performance. Hey, we just finished our second performance today. Woo-hoo. You look a little tired right now. No, I'm not. Yeah, right, you're not tired. I'd be lying if I said I'm not tired. I am tired, but let's go back and get some rest, and one more show tomorrow, 2 p.m. Let's see how Sam Poo's doing. Oh, Sam Poo, you ready? Hey, everybody, my name is Sam Poo. Great. Jason, what are you doing right now? I'm eating. What is that? It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a meat. That's not meat. It's meat. Definitely not a meat. It's a meat. There's meat. You need snacks, there's a minute. You wanna try some? It's actually pretty good. Hey, Sam, what are you doing? Okay, so Jisung just tried to get me off guard with a camera, but he doesn't even know how to use it. He couldn't turn it on, and he had the lens cap on. Jisung, just stop pretending, okay? I know you don't know how to use a camera. Oh, that looks good. Looks good. All right, let's go. Hey, we just ordered some takeout. It's about nine o'clock right now, and this is a Taiwanese place, Kating Tai Fung. This is a very famous Taiwanese place. Yeah, we got some soup dumplings, a little bit of wonton with chili oils, and sesame noodles. I wanna tell you a story about today's performance. Basically, it was a very, very tough performance for me, and the reason is because I've been trying intermittent fasting. So yesterday night, I ate at 5 p.m. dinner, and then after a performance at 7.30, I didn't eat after the show. And then my next meal, I skipped breakfast again this morning, so I ate at 12 o'clock, and it was 19 hours without eating, and I was famished during lunchtime. So I ate a lot. And then I had this feeling, I was like, is this gonna be too much food for the performance? I was like, nah, I should be fine. But during the performance, I was super drowsy because my body was working on digesting all the food that I ate during the performance. It was a very bad decision to eat so much right before the performance. My second thing is not about today's performance. It's something I wanted to just share with the audience and you guys, actually. I mean, this video, we're talking about managing stress or our schedule is very rigorous and tough, right? So I have the responsibility of teaching, and we're also performing. For me, it's already something that was really, really tough for me to handle and balance. And then this past half year, we've been working on our YouTube channel and producing videos for Shaney Creations. So adding that into the mix, I felt like it was pushing my limit a lot. My capacity for how much responsibility that I could handle, let's say it's a medium-sized cup. Now, you have to pour more water into it. I had to upgrade to a large-sized cup. So I felt like that I was actually able to increase my capacity. And it's something that I didn't really know that I could handle, but actually trying it, I found that actually I could do it. Personally, I feel like it's a little bit easier now because we're getting into the flow. And I guess all three of us are working more coherently, so it's a little bit easier. And what I found out that helps a lot, the first thing is that actually asking for help when I need it. I like to handle a lot of responsibilities and do things on my own most of the time. If I can manage it on my own, I'll do it on my own. I don't like to reach out for help. And sometimes just asking for help, there's always people who are willing to help. It's just whether I decide to ask or not. So that really helps when I decide to, okay, we need help, someone please help me, and then work together as a team. And also just the last thing is, we're called the Three Musketeers. There's three of us here. And I cannot imagine making videos on my own. I think I would not make it. I would not make it past like a month. Someone said this to me before. They said that the triangle is the strongest structure. And I think right triangle here, we balance each other out. So if I'm having a problem, these two help me. If I'm having a problem with Jisung, which rarely happens, Will kind of mediates and then helps us solve the problem. Yeah, anyway, that's it. So we'll keep making videos. As long as we work well together, I think it'll be a lot easier. We'll keep making videos even if we don't work well together, okay? Okay. What? And someone's knocking. Someone's knocking. Okay, yes. Wait a second. Two more performances today. Right now it's 12.30. About time to get on stage and start warming up. And I feel a lot better today. Did not overeat for lunch today. Learned my lesson. Jisung, still doing makeup. We're trying to film right now, but people are coming in to grab their boba. Oh, we're recording? Partying right now. Oh, I'm sorry, Rue. Everyone's coming to get their boba tea right now, so. Hey, guys. Look what we got after the performance. All right, I'm giving him some rim lighting. The performance today was really tiring. Yeah. And this is a really good reward. Just lots of snacks and drinks. Refreshing. Oh, yeah. I wanna share a little bit about how I cope with having such a stressful routine every day, I would say. If you watched one of our older videos, the Louisville, Kentucky video, it's a vlog, right? And we filmed that day. I believe it was like a Thursday or Friday. And then that night, I was editing until about two or three a.m. I remember that, yeah. And the very next day, we had a performance. So right before going to bed, you know, it was already three, instead of going straight to bed, I actually decided to meditate for 30 minutes. And it's not long, but that meditation actually helped me to feel a lot more energized and more alert the next day. And I think for myself, it's just something that I feel like it's even more important to sleep sometimes. And we just finished today's performance, and I'm about to go do a little bit of meditation right now before resting a little bit. Yeah, just to reset my body and also to calm my nerves down a little bit as well. Yeah. Yeah, when I meditate before sleeping, it helps me sleep a lot better. Yeah, I think I actually get a more peaceful sleep. For sure. It's our last day performing in Portland. We're gonna start the day off with an omelet and breakfast. Jisung, you're gonna try to vlog, but you don't know how to turn the camera on. I know, I know. Wait a second. Tilt it. Stop! I can't do this. What do you mean stop? You're gonna vlog. I can do it. Wait a second. It's on, off, here. Why is it black? Why is it black, Jisung? Can you delete that? Can you take that out? Jisung. How do you make it tilted? Maybe it's not a great idea. No, just one more thing, one more thing. Just how do you make it tilted? Don't drop the camera, okay? That's expensive. Turn it on. Yay! Succeed. Hello. I'm trying to do a vlog. You turned on the camera. See you later! It took you three minutes to turn on the camera, and then now you don't know what to say. Oh. We just finished our last performance in Portland. Yay! Now, we're gonna go get some food and load the truck. So, our job's not done yet. One more thing to do, get all our stuff in the truck. Okay, A, so we just finished packing the truck, and... Let's get on the bus. Let's get on the bus, yeah, let's go. Okay, what are we doing right now, Samfu? We're getting ramen. It's actually raining outside right now. But as we know from Philly, we are not afraid to go in the rain for food. After a whole week of dancing and performing, back to food videos once again. If you watched this part of the video, appreciate it. And... Yeah, don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Guys, if you wanna support us, definitely like, comment, and subscribe to our channel. Can you guys give us some ideas of what you guys wanna see? Because I've been stressing out on like, what kind of content to even make. Cause like, during our performance, I was like, what should we even talk about? What should we film? I didn't know what to say anymore. So, let us know what you wanna know about us, like about our performances, or about our schedule, and leave in the comments below, okay? Subscribe! And we'll see you guys next time! Wait, really? One last thing, we just got bubble tea, and look at how much we got for everyone. This is a bubble tea party right here. Oh my goodness. This is Team Sam, and I'm gonna give us the name Team Blue! Okay, we're gonna try hard, and we're gonna beat the girls. I mean, we will. I mean, whatever, we're gonna win! Let's go, let's go.