A Day in My Life in Beijing China 2022
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- Hi! I'm Aleese Lightyear, a 34-year-old Black American living in Beijing, China. I've been in China for 3.5 years and have experienced life before and during Covid. Take a look at what my average day in China is like when I don't have to work.
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I'm a teacher here in Beijing and am currently off work for the next week because of the October National Holiday. Due to Covid, we are advised not to travel outside of Beijing, so I'm doing lots of things to keep me busy.
Beijing is now considered low-risk for Covid but there are still day-to-day restrictions, like showing your negative 72-hour covid test upon entry to all public places and wearing a mask in public. You'll see how the mall and taxis have implemented some Covid safety measures.
Life in China allows you to be cashless and you'll get to see how easy it is to use your phone for everything! A little later I go to a cute cafe where I have a snack and get some work done before heading to my friend's house for dinner and drinks.
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Hi! I'm Aleese Lightyear, a 34-year-old Black American living in Beijing, China.
- Born in Michigan, USA
- Lover of Cheese Itz & bike rides
- Been in China for 3.5 years
- Currently, working as a high school teacher at an international school
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What a cute look into your day is like. I like that you take good care of yourself, eating well, healthy smoothie, working out, self care is so important. Then you get down to business which shows you are disciplined and focussed. Then there’s always time for friends and party time 🥳 Well done on another interesting video Aleese 🙌🏼
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You are so cheerful and so nice to be friends with ❤
I really loved this video!! I'm also brazilian and I'll try to apply for a scholarship to study in beijing next year, I love your videos, very informative and funny
Jackie Chan says BJ huan yin ni !
I’m from San Francisco where everything is super expensive so I’m super envious of how cheap everything is. It’s unbelievably cheap. A bus fare is $3.00. I drive so it’s even more expensive 🙁
😂 this video has got to be your funniest. I'm in stitches. We ❤ and respect your boundaries over here Aleese💁🏾♀️ can't wait for the next one
I know the covid situation sucks, but you make it so fun! You're living it up.
So many entitled peeps out there 🙄 so I'm glad you found a good friend in Fabio! You already share great nuggets of helpful information. Just keep on killin' it and share what you want to share.
Thanks for totally getting it!! I can’t make myself 100% available to ppl. Figuring out the tough stuff about Beijing is part of the learning process.
@@AleeseLightyear absolutely! I get that there are small things the internet might not tell people, but I've always subscribed to giving it the good ol' college try and then if you really can't figure it out after a couple of attempts, reach out. You already invest a lot of your energy and time into your channel to give your subscribers information so it's beyond me that folks expect you to dedicate yourself to them and develop a plan for them at the cost of your own time. Like really?
I miss Beijing! Too bad I fear that it will never be the same as when I traveled there yrs ago 😞😒 was sooo looking forward for the past Winter Olympics but it never happened....I headed back to Brazil instead! Thanks for sharing a day of your life there sister!❤️👌🏾
So cute!! I was cracking up at all the fake books 😂😂 also super wild that you have to show a negative covid test just to get in a taxi!!
Ps I wish you kept the drunk ending though LOL
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was too embarrassed!
Awww....good to see Lauren! We miss you, Lauren. What a GREAT house warming gift! Aleese is always the LIFE of the party. Tfs
I can't go to someone's house for the first time empty handed! Plus I was craving those cupcakes, so it was a win win!!
HA, I loved this. The casualness and realness made me smile
Shared bikes are also one of the best things I like and miss about China…
Your Mandarin has improved tremendously ! I love BJ ...hahaha
Thanks for noticing!!!!
I knew that apartment was company provided. You said embassy right? 😄 Making a note of that. I'm glad to see a day in the life.
Need to find me an embassy partner so I can live large like that!
Love your vlogs especially when it' all about Beijing! Take care! :)
I love this video, I live in the Caribbean and it’s nice to see how different certain aspects of life are 🤗
Glad you enjoyed it!
That apartment is definitely beautiful! In the US that’s definitely going for about $3000 if not more.
It's actually more than 3K a month here in Beijing!
@@AleeseLightyear oh wow 😮
I stayed to the very last second to see the drunk clip 😂😂 great video 😊
as a Chinese, happy to see that you have a nice day in CHINA。
你是中国人吗，你应该不是中国人吧，中国人很好客，我们不喜欢的是恶意抹黑中国的人来中国，
上面的应该不是中国人，不用理它，我用的是动物的它，在外面破坏中国的形象就是这种人
@@user-ed2zd6br1m 网军？ 一般奇奇怪怪的话都是有目的的
@@user-ed2zd6br1m 那只能说一颗心灵的量度跟国籍毫无关系
@嗯哼
我看到你就想吐，凭什么代表14亿中国人？
Aleese, as a Chinese teacher, I'd say your Chinese sounds very impressive! The clarity and accuracy of your pronunciation around 8:46 is very hard to attain for anyone who has not lived in China extensively, however hard s/he may try.
Oh wow! hahahah thank you!
Alessa, Wish your life happy in China. My hometown Heilongjing is a beautiful place. Wish your could visit there in the future.
Moving to Beijing next month. Your videos are very interesting and thorough. Thanks ❤
Good luck on your big move!
Having a house tour is o Brazilian! Hahaha loved the video ❤
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Loved a day in the life! Fun with friends 🎉
Lovely video. Enjoying life 🙏🏾💯🎊🎉♥️💖♥️ greetings from the Netherlands.
Thanks so much Hope you watch other videos!
Fantastic video Glad to learn about China in this manner... your vlogs
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Thank you for sharing your life with us.
Hello Aleese, I‘ve followed you since last year I assume; love your video so much! I was surprised that we are living in the SAME compound!!!!
I love this, I have just subscribed! I am a beginner in learning Chinese :) this was very entertaining
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🥹🥹🥹OmG I also lived near that mall…like a 10 minute walk!
If I had to guess, fabio’s apartment costs ¥42,000/month… the view, the rooms,the location?!! That’s💰💰💰💰… Enjoyed the vlog as usual !❤️❤️
Your life in Beijing looks exquisite. I almost spat a mouthful of water when you said Bl**Job instead of BJ. Hope you can find more friends here, whether from China or other countries.
Loved this video. Cool sunglass storage unit and funny how you quacked out the name of the embassy ...lol. I guess they pay 5 grand US a month? Cannot wait to meet you and buy you a pantry's best cupcake.
QUEEN OF BEIJING
😂😂😂 queen of my imagination is more like it
@@AleeseLightyear You are a queen yourself, definitely
😄Welcome to Beijing,I am also live in Beijing now and I am a ethnically kazakh from the western province .I can speak five different languages.
祝你在北京生活愉快！
تۇرمىستارىڭىزعا كوڭىلدىلىك بولسىن!
Тұрмыстарыңызға көңілділік болсын!
Wow 5 languages! So impressive! Hope you're enjoying your Beijing life too!
Those cupcakes and macarons looked so delicious! I want some! 😩
It's strange that 6 cupcakes cost $27 US. That's exactly the same price as the Little Cupcake shop in New York City charges. Why would China charge that much? Glad I discovered your channel.
@@vitocorleone8323 She said Western flavors tend to cost more.
Hi Aleese, love, love, love your channel. A quick correction, cupping originated in Egypt.
this is awesome!
Great video! In Beijing I cannot imagine the price of that apartment. It's one of the biggest I've seen there. Probably eye-watering rent!
I love the bike system. They tried it in England in my city, and they all got stolen 😂
NYC has a similar bike system but it’s a lot more expensive and the bikes are put back into a locked station.
Fabio那边来的～小姐姐太有vibe了吧！一下子爱上了！
It's funny how I said "he is brazilian" instantly when I saw first seconds after opening the door.
What gave it away? 😂😂
@@AleeseLightyear I really don't know. I have some feeling that is always with me that "I always know when someone is from Brazil when speaking english." And I was right once again.😄
I literally love your whole channel
Thanks for subbing! 🥰
Prices in Beijing are too high...... I live in Wuhan. What you spend in one day in Beijing can be spent in three days in Wuhan
I stumbled across your video always wanted to know what it’s like living in Beijing. I noticed you use your cell phone 📱 for making purchases . Do you ever use any form of money 💰 and coins ? I am impressed how you get around the city on a bike 🚴. How fast do them bikes 🚴 go ? Beijing looks adventurous to live but the language barrier maybe a challenge . I wish one day to visit Beijing and explore the city . Thank you for sharing your day in Beijing .
Thanks for watching! No I never use cash or coins. I don't even carry it around because mobile pay is accepted every where and by everyone! The bikes are just normal pedal bikes so they don't go that fast.
I love your workout outfit. Maybe that's why I'm not motivated because I don't have proper workout gear.
Looking cute while exercising is a big motivator for me!!
Good to see Lauren
I like that you have guidelines.
I love your peaceful video!
Thank you so much!
When Alessa said “pour me a bottle” 😮
Cupping! best thing evah! My Dr is from Beijing living in SoCal. I go twice a month. such an odd treatment, but so fabuli!
Fabio apartment, I'm guessing 4.5-5k usd p/mo. beautiful space💕
Love that you also get cupping!! I think it really does do wonders! Do you also get it on your back?
You're right about the price of his apartment! So pricey!!!
@@AleeseLightyear
Pricey, but FAB apartment❣️
Yes, cups on my back every 2 weeks for the past 3 yrs. I went in to try acupuncture, but it's not for me. NEVER thought I would like the CUPS, but luv em! Painful, yet relaxing, hard to explain to people that have never tried it. I have so much energy after the treatment 😊
Be well Ms A and enjoy your time off work 💕
I had that cupping done during physical therapy. Hurt hurt hurt until I got used to it
Yeaah it can be painful sometimes. For me, it’s the first minutes when they put the cups on and they start tightening around your skin. I’m always screaming 🤣🤣 but then after 2 mins I feel no pain and could fall asleep
You are a kind-hearted person 💚❤️.. May God protect you.. Is China a developed country?
Your skin is glowingggg
It’s probably the built in filter on my camera that can’t turn off 😅
I hope meet you there just week and fun everywhere
That brothers life looks kinda expensive man 😂😂😂
lol I just finished Bussy Queen's video and turned to yours. So happy that I can find someone who watches same thing as me in Chian XD
Hi Ugly! It's ME, Bussy!! Literally my fave welcome line for any TH-camr. I love Bussy so so much!
@12:52 They gotta it on t-shirts!
hahahahaha
DAMNNN. I’ve just found an apartment in beijing and I WISH it looked like theirs 😅 ya girl out here paying £600-700 a month… theirs must be £6000-7000 a month 😂😂
£700 for a Beijing apartment is good price!! Sounds like you got a good deal! yeaaa, they are just in an entirely different income bracket lol
If they are all splitting the cost, then that apartment becomes more affordable.
I guess, if you're both making a lot of money
@@AleeseLightyear Try an apartment like that in New York! Nevermind the rent, the maintenance fee alone will run somewhere between $3-5K a month!!!
Aww man I came here to see if you had kept the outro and was hoping you had 😭😂
hahahaha I couldn't bare to keep it!!
im so nosy abt how long moving that gym stuff took omggg
Can you please do a video about why you like to live in China? Or maybe you have one already.
Check out my channel, I've made one already
good opening .. you were lying flat !!
Hi Aleese, what is the news in China like (local and national)? Here in the U.S. it’s non-stop bad news- break ins, murders, homelessness, shootings… In regards to American news about China, there are never any kind words. I absolutely hate watching the news here.
??? theres still crime in china idk what to tell u ??? also not all the news that i ( an american ) see abt china is bad lol
@@kaydkaydkayd show one good article about China from the U.S lol
@@user-ed2zd6br1m Haters like you should really go do something useful instead of spending all your time trying to spread Hate. Ok, I made you day and responded. Now buzz off and leave this Vlog alone.
How is life in China? I want to move back to China but not sure how it will be
I think you can tell from this video how life in China is lol
@@AleeseLightyear really I heard from negative feedbacks and positive feedbacks so the feelings are mixed haha
Do you have to take a test every 72hrs then, or?
I only ever took two tests around April and in Dec 2020 (flu and for a procedure at a hospital). I’ve not needed one since then, and have never had Covid.
Wow!
Come to South Africa guys😊
She has mentioned it before I do believe that’s it’s every 72 hours. You can’t go anywhere in Beijing without that test.
If you don’t have a 72hr test then you can’t go anywhere lol. You see I scanned to get into the mall and the taxi. What I didn’t show is that you also need to scan to gain access to your housing community too. So testing every 72hrs has become part of Beijing life since the beginning of this year
Fabio the body! Their place is beautiful, that view!! 😍
Right?! So fancy!
My estimate for Fabio’s rental: USD 1,500-2,000/month
Nope! Much more expansive!! Beijing rental prices are not cheap. My place is nearly $900 a month
around 29000 rmb, it is in Sanlitun Soho?
Great video.
What advice do you have for younger people wanting to move to China?
Hi will be coming to China (Beijing) soon. Where can I go for good food, cocktails and nice Rnb music. Also fun babes😉
Check out the Sanlitun neighborhood
Thanks 😊
32-36k RMB per month 😁😁😁
In usd: 4500 - 5000
💰💰💰💰💰 you are definitely in the correct range
Was looking for more Chinese life… I wanna know how Chinese people view happiness
Chinese life?
we all happy
GIRL!! BECOME A MODEL👌👌😊😊
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THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Love you😍
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what is the app you are using to pay for everything? Is that a Chinese method with the QR code directly linked to your account?
The 2 main apps that you use in China to pay for things are WeChat and Alipay. You connect your Chinese bank account to the apps, then scan the QR code to pay
@@AleeseLightyear Thanks!
Hey Aleese just wanted to ask how do you have alipay taxi in English?
Alipay doesn't have a taxi app in English. The app I was using is Didi. Unfortunately it doesn't exist in the app store anymore, so unless you downloaded it a year ago, you can't access it anymore.
@@AleeseLightyear thanks so much!
I’m a flight attendant and i’m coming there for work, I’m looking for a store that sells nail supplies
I don't know
Your soooo sweet 💗
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$6000 usd for the apartment?
That might be a little too high
Is the Bookworm still open? They had used books, I think?
The bookworm closed a few years ago. Such a shame it was a great store
@@AleeseLightyear Aw, that’s a bummer! It was a great place :) It’s funny about the fake books though - I always had a laugh over that :)
I❤BJ 😂
Isnt that cafe and mall in my neighbourhood? Best one in Beijing I think lol
I dunno where your neighborhood is....
❤❤❤❤❤ I loved it .. 😅😅
What app do you use for taxis?
I use Didi. But Didi is not available to download in China anymore due to issues regarding customer data . At the moment it's the only taxi app in English. But if you use Metuan or Eleme, they also have options for hailing a taxi, it's just in Chinese.
@@AleeseLightyear Thank you, I'm moving to Shanghai next year so thats why i ask
I’m guesstimating usd$2200/month for the rent
MORE!
你好我是苏州的😂，北京对我来说空气太干燥啦。
现在北京越来越冷，干燥寒冷的空气很可怕
That condo must cost 30000 RMB per month to rent
Plus another 1000 for the inspiring I♡BJ word! 🤣
g*y ppl appreciate fancy stuff
@@Adi-xs5dw why did u censor gay also what r u talking abt
Commune X? Whats the X for? We just have Commune PG 😂
lol I have NO idea. It was my first time there and I was unimpressed.
There is also a Commune Reserve someplace in Beijing too.
are they still requiring covid tests?
no, China is totally back to normal now
Hey question when you leave the shared bike at the subway station how do you get the bike back
Once you scan the code and return the bike, it's returned. Then once you come across another bike, you scan it to unlock it. You use the app to find where the bikes are located
@@AleeseLightyearomg thank you for responding
$3000 usd a month for that apartment? 🤷♂️
More than that!!
How much mandarin do you know?
Enough to order the food I want and argue with people who cut me in lines
cute couple! =)
Haven't china's government taken easy the stuffs about COVID 19 easier since it has gotton weaker by now
Some policies have changed, but maybe not enough to make the people feel at ease. Currently there are "big" outbreaks all over the country and the sudden lockdowns and constant testing are still in effect/
15000 RMB
DOUBLE IT!
I got a question all of sudden? why the tenth month of a year called October. Seems octupus means "eight". And further more why there is not a word shoop for sheep ?
the original roman calender only had 10 months and thats where english got most of the month names from. Sept = 7, Oct = 8, Nov = 9, Dec = 10
What?
Beijing is so huge
Massive!! The size of a US state
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25000 rmb
The rent? Not that high since the location is gold.