# Moments by Iki Gans **@iki_goose** ## Quick Navigation - [Find Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners.md): Discover language exchange partners worldwide - [Language Exchange](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners/exchange.md): Practice with native speakers worldwide - [Moments](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments.md): Share your language learning journey - [Topics](https://www.hellotalk.com/topics.md): Explore trending topics and discussions - [Chat & Messaging](https://www.hellotalk.com/features/chat.md): Text, voice, and video conversations - [Voice Rooms](https://www.hellotalk.com/features/voiceroom.md): Join live audio conversations - [Live Streaming](https://www.hellotalk.com/features/live-streaming.md): Interactive classes and language sessions - [Certified Teachers](https://www.hellotalk.com/features/certified-teachers.md): Learn from professional language instructors - [Immersive Learning](https://www.hellotalk.com/features/immersive-learning.md): Learn everywhere with instant translations - [Translation Tools](https://www.hellotalk.com/features/translation.md): Instant translation between any languages - [AI-Powered Apps](https://www.hellotalk.com/aiapps.md): Access specialized learning tools - [Language AI Apps](https://www.hellotalk.com/aiapps.md): Discover our AI-powered language learning applications - [All Features](https://www.hellotalk.com/features.md): Explore all learning features and tools - [Download](https://www.hellotalk.com/download.md): Get HelloTalk on iOS and Android Showing 10 of 137 moments --- ## 1. 8/27/2025 I found a white goose-like shiba dog🐕 The owner🇺🇸 couldn’t miss a passing me, and he loves Duck the most…🦆, not Goose…weird🪿 I love Shiba the most, but it’s rarely in Europe, so I got obsessed with geese. If I had a goose, I’d name her Shiba Dog🪿 Ik vond(見つけた) een witte, gansachtige(ガチョウみたいな) Shiba-hond. De eigenaar(飼い主) kon een voorbijganger(通りすがりの) niet missen(見逃す). Hij houdt het meest van Eend..., niet van Gans...raar(不思議) Ik hou(好き) het meest(最も) van Shiba, maar die is zelden(めったにない) in Europa te vinden(見つかる), dus ik raakte geobsedeerd(とりつかれた) door ganzen. Als ik een gans had, zou ik haar Shiba Dog noemen(名付ける)🪿 Dinsdag Zesentwintig Austugus **Language**: Japanese *10 likes · 4 comments · 105 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/HbpEVULDuLJNHD.md) --- ## 2. 8/26/2025 Geachte mevrouw, Mix I am sorry for stalking you during the night. I was worried about you staying safe at night. If you like, we can meet again for some sweet muscats🍇I have prepared them for you, checked for mold and washed clean. I am wondering if you have left for a warmer place. If you are still in Delft, I am waiting for you in your usual park🥹 From your chasing fan IKi🪿🚲 **Language**: English *13 likes · 5 comments · 191 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/MjHQHQE4DuJNHD.md) --- ## 3. 8/24/2025 I received a email for the first time in two and a half years from a former Swiss colleague in Japan. I was astonished and shaken. He was alive! He was the first man I could consider marrying🤝Unfortunately he was under lots of pressure as the only foreigner in a black Japanese company (means full of overtime) after changing his job. Even though his Japanese was at N2 level, he looked upset, saying he didn’t understand any Japanese for meetings with business partners. If he was fired from the company, he’d have to be rehired within 3 months or his visa’d expire legally. And Japanese companies rarely hire foreigners as a permanent employee. I moved to the same city to support him but he suddenly dumped me in a chat saying "I can't see you anymore" and he lost touch🫠 I was being mentally harassed by Japanese men at work and had to visit a psychiatrist due to a combination of harassment and a broken heart💔 The kind Swiss changed due to his job. I felt shit Japanese companies make women unhappy both in personal and professional lives. I could understand that he was in his 20s and couldn't carry the pressure, so I decided to mercy him, thinking he was dead💀🪦👼 The death of this Swiss made me interested in Europe, which is one of the reasons I chose Holland. I got curious about the challenge of living abroad like him, and facing foreign languages & cultures✈️ The color of his hair, eyes, and clothes just gave me a colorful image, and I had a strong interest in what kind of colorful world Europe would be like with many such looking people🏳️‍🌈 When I was depressed in Japan, the world seemed gray, so I thought that if I went to Europe, my world might become colorful again. And when I came to Holland, my world became colorful again🌈✨ His email was apologies. Since I'm crazy about geese right now and don't think anything of him. I'm going to tell him that I'll chase geese, but never chase a human again🪿🪿🪿🪿🚴 Zondag Veerentwintig Augustus **Language**: English *20 likes · 19 comments · 244 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/x3FKTWOFJPFNHD.md) --- ## 4. 8/23/2025 When I can’t see geese friends, I do my routines. Watching my videos of my geese friends. ↓ Watching my favorite animal channels. ↓ Playing with my flock of geese. ↓ Satisfied and happy🪿❣️ Zaterdag Drieentwintig Augustus **Language**: English *15 likes · 5 comments · 98 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/NQMjLSD3RyBNHD.md) --- ## 5. 8/22/2025 The day before yesterday my cycling goose buddy was bitten his beak by wild goose Mix🪿Mix is not willing to be a friend with my geese…😂 Yesterday I went to get muscat grapes in the Thursday market, and washed, checked and cut them for Mix and my snack, (mold is poisonous to geese), but she was not in the park…🍇 I looked for her over 2 hours around the park and residents areas but I couldn’t find her🚴💨 I asked Mix's friend in the park and the flock at the lake, but no one knew where she had gone. The 13 cute-bottomed geese were gone too🪿🍑 Mix might be angry because I was stalking until the night🥹If I were her I got mad lol I felt a little remorseful, but I'm happy now that I know that Mix is ​​playing an active role as an Alpha who cares about the young Geese. She is probably somewhere today, grazing enthusiastically, being respected by other geese as usual🪿✨🪿🪿🪿💕 Vrijdag Tweeëntwintig Augustus **Language**: English *10 likes · 2 comments · 114 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/AjnUnHTSIKXNHD.md) --- ## 6. 8/21/2025 I have come to realize a great fact😳 Goose Mix is the alpha who leads the young geese to safety🪿✨🪿🪿🪿 Mix has a much larger body than other ones. But I have never seen her threatening other ones arrogantly. She is admired by many geese but is used to being alone. I heard that geese can live up to 20 years. Some geese, once they have a partner, do not make other partners. Mix may be an old lady and a widow🪿✨ Since Mix was not in the park at night, I tracked her down because I was wondering where she sleeps. Around 8:30 p.m., Mix was grazing in the park and she suddenly started honking. In response, another young one started honking. Mix jumped into the waterway and started swimming vigorously after poking at the leaves from time to time🍃 Mix rarely honks, but she sometimes honks as if to announce that night or dogs are coming. Within half an hour, it was dark. Mix honked to let the young one know where she was in the big lake🪿〰︎🪿〰︎ They stopped at the shallow end of the largest lake in the park. But then they noticed a dog without a lead, and Mix moved on and honked to lead another one🪿🪿〰︎🐕… There was another goose call from the sky. Mix responded with a honk, alerting the flock to the location of the lake in the dark. Then a large flock of geese landed on the lake. Flock after flock of geese seemed to gather at the lake to spend the night. Over 50 Canada geese and Greylag geese🤩 Mix and the young one did not join the flocks, but were grooming in the shallows of the lake near a streetlight. It was a bright spot where they could swim away out of immediate reach and graze if they got hungry. There are few trees, so there is no rustle when the wind blows, and it is near a quiet residential area, so it is easy to notice the footsteps of an outside enemy. She led the young geese to a safe place and let flocks flying in the dark know where the lake was👏✨ What a cool lady goose Mix is‼️ I admire her🪿❣️ Donderdag Eenentwintig Augustus **Language**: English *10 likes · 9 comments · 102 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/A2SVEVWRucTNHD.md) --- ## 7. 8/20/2025 おしりおしりおしり〜おしりがいっぱい🍑✨ Butt butt butt~Lots of butt Kont kont kont~Veel kont 🪿🚴✨ Woensdag Twintig Augustus **Language**: Japanese *11 likes · 9 comments · 139 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/LaLJPGAFVFTNHD.md) --- ## 8. 8/19/2025 I was finally able to touch the goose's chest and rump hair with just my index finger! She seemed to remember me as a muscat human🫴🍇I’m happy honk-honk🪿✨ She walked around the bike, eyeing it suspiciously, poking it carefully with her beak, checking it was alive or not 🚲🪿and approached me but doesn’t let me pet her, like a woman with a strong guard😂 My journey to the goose hug continues. (ガチョウハグへの道のりはまだ続く。 Mijn reis naar de ganzenknuffel gaat verder. ) Dinsdag Negentien Augustus **Language**: Japanese *14 likes · 6 comments · 146 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/S4WaPUtzM0PNHD.md) --- ## 9. 8/18/2025 I met Dutch HT friend to exchange language in a uni library. I learned Dutch Universities start in September. It feels really strange! In Japan, every school graduation ceremonies are held every March, and the new school year begins in April. Graduations occur around the time the cherry blossoms bloom, and new students arrive as the cherry blossoms fall🌸 Even as adults, tax returns are filed in March, and many companies start their new fiscal year in April. Personnel changes also occur in April. So in Japan, spring is a season of meeting and parting. And after a month spent tensely building new relationships, and then the week-long Golden Week holiday in May, many people suffer from "五月病: May sickness," which makes them not want to go to school or work. This is a form of depression. Are Dutch geese on vacation every day when they're not migrating or when there are no dogs or children around?🪿🪿 Maandag Achttien Augustus **Language**: ZH *12 likes · 8 comments · 169 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/pPtKqaxJTLyjHD.md) --- ## 10. 8/17/2025 I’ll explain a famous 俳句Haiku, using annoying pretty geese 🪿🪿🪿🪿🪿🎶…🚐💢 赤信号　　　　　The red light みんなで渡れば　if we all cross together 怖くない　　　　it's not scary. This shows the Japanese behavioral psychology that it's okay to break the rules and do bad things if many people are doing it in a group… such as bullying and discrimination at schools, workplaces, homes etc. If they are blamed, they can use the excuse, "Everyone else was doing it." But geese never use excuses. Humans have simply made up their own meaningless rules in the world of geese🪿🌳 Dutch drivers seem to know that well lol ---🌷 Het rode licht als we allemaal samen oversteken het is niet eng. rode/ red/ 赤い licht/ light/ 信号 als/ if/ たら、れば samen/ together/ 一緒に oversteken/ cross over/ 渡る eng/ scary/ 怖い --- Zondag zeventien augustus Sunday, August 17th 8月17日(日) **Language**: Japanese *11 likes · 11 comments · 164 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/SKSES0xPTDyjHD.md) --- [View all moments on HelloTalk](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners/iki_goose/moments.md) [Back to Iki Gans's profile](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners/iki_goose.md) --- ## Language Exchange Partners - [English Exchange Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners/exchange/english.md): Connect with native English speakers - [Spanish Exchange Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners/exchange/spanish.md): Connect with native Spanish speakers - [French Exchange Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners/exchange/french.md): Connect with native French speakers - 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