I am a canadian who lived in Korea for a year. Here are the things that gave me culture shock: 1) when at a red traffic light, peiple ALWAYS go through the red light if there are no cars coming. This just doesnt happen in canada. 2) i saw people.passing ambulances with sirens on as though the emergency didnt matter. In Canada you just dont do that. 3) i saw couples physically fighting eachother. The man hitting the woman. Although this happens in canada, it doesnt happen in public and a man hitting a woman is frowned upon. In korea ( at least in 2010) it is more common to see in public and considered the business of the couple involved.
i wanted to say thank you for your very hard work from all of us viewers!! you put a lot of time and work thank you😄👍✨ especially i love reading the Pinyin with the subtitles! you have a really good personality that makes it fun to watch all videos 👍 get rest and be healthy~!
Hi Meiling, I really enjoyed this video. I am a Canadian who has been teaching English in Taiwan for the past 21 years. My Chinese is bu hao 😒unfortunately. I certainly experienced culture shock here. To a Canadian it seems very odd that a group a people who are quite open about asking your age and salary within a few minutes of meeting you, are so reticent about telling you other (more interesting) things about themselves. I think you can be very proud of the personal growth you've obviously experienced while in Canada as you have adapted so successfully to a completely different culture. Take care! Patricia
Thank you Patricia! Wow you have so much experience teaching and immersing in a different culture from your own. I have to say asking about age and salary is like a common topic in Chinese culture, especially older generations like to ask 😂 I see how that gave you culture shock considering it’s different in Canadian culture.
Thank you Meiling (I guess it’s 美玲, and your name is Mỹ Linh in my mother tonge - Vietnamese). I’m a Finnish-Vietnamese living in Helsinki, Finland. I find watching your videos and speaking out loud super helpful. A thousand words of appreciation to you! Kiitos paljon avustasi, Meiling! Olet paras Chinese TH-camr sydämessäni 😊
Thank you for your kind words! I’m so glad to hear that. My name in Chinese is 美灵, so your guess is very close. Kudos to you speaking multiple languages!
I am a canadian who lived in Korea for a year. Here are the things that gave me culture shock:
1) when at a red traffic light, peiple ALWAYS go through the red light if there are no cars coming. This just doesnt happen in canada.
2) i saw people.passing ambulances with sirens on as though the emergency didnt matter. In Canada you just dont do that.
3) i saw couples physically fighting eachother. The man hitting the woman. Although this happens in canada, it doesnt happen in public and a man hitting a woman is frowned upon. In korea ( at least in 2010) it is more common to see in public and considered the business of the couple involved.
谢谢。你好❤❤
i wanted to say thank you for your very hard work from all of us viewers!! you put a lot of time and work thank you😄👍✨ especially i love reading the Pinyin with the subtitles! you have a really good personality that makes it fun to watch all videos 👍 get rest and be healthy~!
Thank you for your kind words! I’m so glad to hear that you enjoy my videos. Best of luck for your Chinese learning. 加油👏
I just came across your videos and I’m looking at all of them, they are really helpful. Thank you!
Glad you like them!
Hi Meiling, I really enjoyed this video. I am a Canadian who has been teaching English in Taiwan for the past 21 years. My Chinese is bu hao 😒unfortunately. I certainly experienced culture shock here. To a Canadian it seems very odd that a group a people who are quite open about asking your age and salary within a few minutes of meeting you, are so reticent about telling you other (more interesting) things about themselves. I think you can be very proud of the personal growth you've obviously experienced while in Canada as you have adapted so successfully to a completely different culture. Take care! Patricia
Thank you Patricia! Wow you have so much experience teaching and immersing in a different culture from your own. I have to say asking about age and salary is like a common topic in Chinese culture, especially older generations like to ask 😂 I see how that gave you culture shock considering it’s different in Canadian culture.
Thank you Meiling (I guess it’s 美玲, and your name is Mỹ Linh in my mother tonge - Vietnamese). I’m a Finnish-Vietnamese living in Helsinki, Finland. I find watching your videos and speaking out loud super helpful. A thousand words of appreciation to you! Kiitos paljon avustasi, Meiling! Olet paras Chinese TH-camr sydämessäni 😊
Thank you for your kind words! I’m so glad to hear that. My name in Chinese is 美灵, so your guess is very close. Kudos to you speaking multiple languages!
谢谢你给我们这个视频. 我会一直看这个视频到我都懂 :D
不用谢！哈哈加油。
你的视频对我的汉语特备有帮助，希望你制作更多的中文视频。谢谢你❤❤
我会的！
Hey Meiling, thank you so much for the video. Very interesting topic. I'm also glad I could understand most of it. I learned some new vocab too.
Thanks for watching!
Love love your chinese youtube. Can you share healthy and vegan recipes in chinese mandarin. Im Nabila from Malaysia and newbie in Mandarin.
你会讲流利的法语吗？
我会讲一些法语，还不流利。