我很开心可以把我的故事分享给大家! 如果你也有难忘的经历或者故事记得留言告诉我!☺️ So glad I could share my story! If you have any unforgettable moments or experiences that you'd like to share, let me know down below!☺️
@KAI-zl2nr
4 жыл бұрын
😏
@Alice-Ying
4 жыл бұрын
😯😂😅😁
@youlinz.747
4 жыл бұрын
你真是爸爸妈妈的宝贝,小时候拍了这么多视频
@brolesque
4 жыл бұрын
Damn man, I had a similar experience,小时候在中国住过,because parents moved there for work,then left cause parents moved back. Here I thought I was probably the only white knowing what 红领巾 and 学习雷锋 was about ⋯ Do they actually still teach that in primary school? 😄 Did you have some sort of “identity crisis” when you moved back?
@黄婷婷-y6w
4 жыл бұрын
你唱的比我好听🤪🤪🤪
@winstonpan6051
4 жыл бұрын
Me: listens to the Chinese Me: reads the English Me: understands both My brain: extremely confused
@k3ithl1m
4 жыл бұрын
Thats me too!
@nicoleraheem1195
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@elizabethkang2447
4 жыл бұрын
same hahaha
@voldemort2214
4 жыл бұрын
Byelingual
@Ann-wr5xg
4 жыл бұрын
I FELT TJIS HARD
@tinyfrog881
4 жыл бұрын
I was born in the US and my family moved to China when I was 5. It didn't take long to adjust and I loved it so much. I have the happiest memories of my childhood there. We moved back when I was 15 and it was really, really hard. Being a TCK (third culture kid) comes with all those identity issues and other challenges but I wouldn't take it back for anything- there are so many rich experiences and deeper understandings! Thanks for sharing your story!! :)
@kevinchen7903
4 жыл бұрын
Are you planning to go to China too
@lawwiw6015
4 жыл бұрын
you are so beautiful!
@暗蝶
4 жыл бұрын
@@lawwiw6015 别见了白人小姑娘就跟痴汉一样行不...
@tinyfrog881
4 жыл бұрын
@@kevinchen7903 I don't currently have plans to but definitely want to live overseas, either back to China or another country/continent in the future!
@oliviaj8635
4 жыл бұрын
haha Chinese culture is beautiful isn't it?
@jaredfaa
4 жыл бұрын
今天的视频比较特别!最近我爸把我小时候在中国的旧录像视频导出来了!所以这期我想给大家分享我的故事!反正我觉得挺好玩的!希望大家会喜欢! Today's video is a special one! My dad recently recovered and converted some old VHS into a format where I can edit it(THANKS DAD!). So hope you enjoy my story! Much love, 杰里德Jared
@xiaoyuyin8540
4 жыл бұрын
我家里也有好多之前拍的视频,但都是录像带,都不知道怎么导出来了!都是最珍贵的回忆
@jorgeyuan4149
4 жыл бұрын
Un recuerdo muy lindo
@shirleyan3246
4 жыл бұрын
美丽的回忆,杰里德小时候好可爱
@wadeabout1856
4 жыл бұрын
这些资料多弄点备份,老年想起来又是另一种感觉
@zhengshuangren848
4 жыл бұрын
很感人
@by_sha
4 жыл бұрын
Jared: literally singing in perfect chinese immediate Jared: my Chinese was soo bad get outta here
@TheLOraLo
4 жыл бұрын
Sha agreeee
@rinaguo90
4 жыл бұрын
literally what i was thinking. like what his singing and pronunciation is great!
@megancress1384
4 жыл бұрын
His Chinese is better than mine and I AM Chinese
@Feliciti919
4 жыл бұрын
Hmm... I don't know if y all speak chinese, but he has a strong english speaking accent lol
@winniegan4556
4 жыл бұрын
@@Feliciti919 yea
@haneul1271
4 жыл бұрын
Chinese is such a beautiful language, I could hear him talk all day long. But it sounds too complex for me to try to learn
@scathach2815
4 жыл бұрын
The hardest part for me as native English speaker were the tones. The grammar is different, but consistent. It's not as complicated as it seems. Just start off with the basics and work your way up. :)
@아미-i6h
4 жыл бұрын
Yes sameee the tonal marks are hard to memorize
@sleepybabiecarrot2193
4 жыл бұрын
Joe Bob ok did anyone ask tho
@CL-sj9lp
4 жыл бұрын
Joe Bob okay? So what?
@Xind0898
4 жыл бұрын
@@CoolGuy_77777 as a native Mandarin speaker I always wondered what it sounds like to a foreign ear. Because for us, we could never really grasp how it ACTUALLY sounds like. Once you understand the meaning of a language, you are essentially rendered unable to judge it purely by its 'sound'. I have that experience with Cantonese actually when I couldn't understand any Cantonese at all, I thou it sounded weird and not pleasant, but after gradually learning the language I started to appreciate the sounding of it as well because I think it is due to me understanding the meaning behind each sound and understanding some intricacies of its 'meaning' delivery With English, before I started to learn English, I did hear a lot of English from American movies and such, it all sounded plain to me, not bad but not especially intriguing either, but now after learning English, I thou it sounded very 'logical'.For example now whenever i wanted to learn something, i actually go search for English learning materials over Chinese material, because English explanation is easier to absorb imo.
@Shironeko248
4 жыл бұрын
I was born in China but I was adopted by french canadien parents when I was around one years old and I grew up in the province of Quebec in Canada. Recently, I have started to question myself about the chinese part of me that I have never really taken time to explore. I have started to watch like you movies, drama and listen songs in chinese, I am currently learning Chinese and I was planing to go to China this summer with one of my friend to properly learn Chinese but because of the Corna virus, I had to report my trip to next summer.
@minghuihu8309
4 жыл бұрын
bonheuredejade gérin You will have fun in China for sure, I grew up in China and move to Montreal seven years ago, so hard to live in a french language city but still pretty fun lol
@Shironeko248
4 жыл бұрын
@@minghuihu8309 Yep, I hope so! I have a cousin that lived in China with her boyfriend for several years, she told me the same thing! I really love Montreal, it is so nice to see so many culture mixed in one city and there's always something to do
@ismeDragon
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome!!!🥰
@fulianning7744
4 жыл бұрын
Another Chinese adoptee here!
@rosemarielachance2645
4 жыл бұрын
J’ai visité la Chine il y a pas longtemps et j’ai tellement adoré! Je suis contente que tu découvres ton autre culture😊 Je suis Québécoise aussi!
@veryverygentle
4 жыл бұрын
正确的标题应该是:我为什么学英文
@liqianyao_10
4 жыл бұрын
哈哈哈
@Tuscanysun418
4 жыл бұрын
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
@七进
4 жыл бұрын
因为考试和看youtube.
@whoa3811
4 жыл бұрын
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
@wadeabout1856
4 жыл бұрын
哈哈
@IkennaLanguages
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing to hear what led to you learning Chinese, you've got some great vids man :)
@carolinatrujillo6491
3 жыл бұрын
Great to see you here!
@Maggie-nt5nz
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, I love your channel so much!!! Can't wait for the app!!
@pplla7821
4 жыл бұрын
I lived in China for 12 years and in America for 30 years, I always feels more comfortable living in China! One day I'll move my family to China if I can!!
@Hihihihihihi147
4 жыл бұрын
China has changed a lot in the last 10 years
@natsu4903
4 жыл бұрын
Weicome to China!
@gamermapper
4 жыл бұрын
China is awesome but unfortunately there's human rights issues like the camps for Uyghurs and HK protests
@aaronji4867
4 жыл бұрын
Green Cappy “in westerns view”
@serenawoo2513
4 жыл бұрын
@@gamermapper western media always shows the fake fact,thats what I see from the walls out of China.As a Chinese people, we already get used to those fake news from the western media.🙂
@yxz1592
4 жыл бұрын
难怪你英语这么好,原来留过洋啊
@李敏如-k2y
4 жыл бұрын
哈哈!是啊!
@wadeabout1856
4 жыл бұрын
哈哈
@Nicole-rv7ih
4 жыл бұрын
YX Z 哈哈哈
@reneefu9577
4 жыл бұрын
哈哈哈
@yingli7386
4 жыл бұрын
哈哈哈哈哈哈
@timhK1995
4 жыл бұрын
That’s an awesome story, I’m really happy it all worked out. I was born in Toronto then lived in HongKong and Shanghai from age 8-16. I always felt something was missing too and actually just moved back to China in the fall, I’ve been living in Hangzhou for a while now and loving being back. I was unhappy working at a boring job after university and finding your KZitem channel last year was a big inspiration to come back to China. Thanks for making your videos and keep up the great work 😁
天啊!I never got the chance to live in China when I was growing up, but I always had a love to language. Especially character languages, I was fond of the pictures and the complexity. I also was on a Chinese singing competition in college, because I was studying Mandarin through songs and tv dramas! I finally got to study abroad in Taiwan, and felt a connection that I had not felt before. It was like a feeling of... being at home, despite never having been there before. I recently got a job that is having me relocate to mainland china after the borders re-open. :D So I am SUPER excited. I really wanted to share... because I felt there were some similarities in your story that I got super excited about! Haha. Thank you for making your videos.
@yuxueyuan
4 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy!
@zilan636
4 жыл бұрын
@@nanar0d Very little practical use, as I had only studied in a classroom. So I had a bit of an advantage once being able to learn through immersion. But I wouldn't say I "knew" how to speak Mandarin before going. :) It's a very English friendly country, so if you are thinking of going I would totally recommend!
@zilan636
4 жыл бұрын
@@nanar0d In a month I could speak comfortably, as for writing... That took a lot longer to be able to handwrite. I am still not very comfortable writing things out, typing is a different story. Pinyin is very easy to learn to type and if you can read the characters you can easily select the correct one. Writing by hand requires a LOT of repetition, think elementary school handwriting books for hours. I should note, that when I was there I did attend a college for learning Chinese and I did not speak English outside of class, even if it was easier. So learning to speak comfortably was much quicker.
@zilan636
4 жыл бұрын
@@nanar0d I did! Are you interested in studying abroad in Taiwan?
@ukiyomi
3 жыл бұрын
Hey! You're story got me really interested, could u share more about how did u get to study abroad in Taiwan?
@ranlin9185
4 жыл бұрын
作为一个海南人的我知道你小时候在海南生活,突然觉得有点亲切😂,很感谢你分享你的故事!
@南坡灣呆蛙南坡灣蔡皇
4 жыл бұрын
海南的路过
@谢盛文
4 жыл бұрын
海南人+1
@michelle9085
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t know why but listening to you say “I’m a white dude” in Chinese cracked new up xD
@Schneeeulenwetter
4 жыл бұрын
hahahi know a guy and his name is Byron and he chose 白人 as his Chinese name until his chinese teachers told him this can’t be his name.
@skazka3789
3 жыл бұрын
@@Schneeeulenwetter LMAO
@yuyucontent
3 жыл бұрын
@@Schneeeulenwetter LMAO
@yuyucontent
3 жыл бұрын
@@Schneeeulenwetter This is gold😂😂
@Schneeeulenwetter
3 жыл бұрын
@@yuyucontent do i need to mention that he also did stand up comedy?
@ericwango
4 жыл бұрын
I was born in China and moved to Australia when I was 11 or 12, I remember my mum came picking me up on the last day of my 5th year of primary school…when everyone was sitting on the ground listening to the principle speech, I got up without realizing that was the end of my time in China, in my school, with my closest friends...I didn't even say goodbye. Til this day, I still dream about the days in my primary school, laughing, the image clear as day, like it was yesterday, I wake up feeling like there is something missing, a closure of some sort like you've mentioned in the video, to me, it wasn't so much of "Was that a dream?" but "What could have happened if i stayed." Yes I can still find them, we have a group but it's not the same, they went on to finishing primary school, high school and even uni together but my image of them are stuck in the past, I was not part of their end story but they are to me. The feeling I have now is extremely strange, I feel like i don't belong in both worlds but at the same time I feel like i'm a mix of both worlds. I'm ethnically Chinese, but I'm not 100% raised in China, I'm Chinese Australian, but i'm also not ABC, I'm not a student studying abroad and i also wasn't born in Australia, so which group do I belong and where do i fit in? Having said all that, I'm not so much concerned about my identity anymore and learned to accept who I am as I got older, I experienced the best of both worlds and I'm just so proud to be Australian and so proud to be Chinese at the same time. I'm 28 now btw and I'm glad I can still read and type Chinese with no issues at all, takes time for me to write it because 提笔忘字...hahahahaha Edit: Never thought that there are so many people who are just like me. Thank you guys for sharing your stories with me :)
@ericwango
4 жыл бұрын
@XINYI DONG I know how it feel bro
@ericwango
4 жыл бұрын
@XINYI DONG Yea don't worry about that, keep your head high, you might still feel weird going into high school but when you go to Uni or start your own career, it's a completely different game, no one really cares where you come from or how you act, it's what you do that defines you.
@ericwango
4 жыл бұрын
@XINYI DONG and also, I started to feel more Australian probably at the age of 24-25, when I have lived longer in Australia than in China, it's a sudden switch, I don't know how to describe it, but you might feel it when you are 24-25, you will feel more Canadian than Chinese lol, time is a weird thing.
@inkinkky5528
4 жыл бұрын
I have a similar situation like you. I moved to the US when I was 12 and since then I’ve been having Chinese friends and friends with all types of backgrounds. I identify myself more as Chinese because of my family and my background but I also can’t identify myself as 100% Chinese anymore just because I’ve been living and going to school here for so long. Because of the pandemic, the relationship between China and US has worsened and my feeling of being a “middle” person is growing stronger than ever. I’ve encountered several cases of racism in the past couple of months, even from some acquaintances since they knew that I’m from China(for example, I found a dead bat in front of my Chinese friend’s house, I’ve been called corona by a random dude in a grocery store, and my best friend’s parents have been posting racist things online, and I’ve known them for a decade), but now many people in China are also becoming increasingly hostile against anyone who moved to the US, even including those international students studying here, all because of some stupid political reasons. I have no idea of how things will go for China and the US, this uncertainty low-key makes me anxious. I’m really lost right now because I honestly don’t feel welcomed anywhere, it’s like some people from both sides hate you just because of who you are.
@EllieOmighty
4 жыл бұрын
Eric Wang Love it. I moved to the U.K. when I was 12 and now I’m 24. Hopefully the switch will come to me soon as it sucks being a third cultured kid, especially when you enjoy the pop culture scene from both countries, it’s really impossible to feel a sense of belonging in one country.
I was born and raised in Canada. My background is Chinese Malaysian. My parents never taught me Chinese. I can understand it but not speak it well. I was also raised in a really white town. This really inspired me to consider reconnecting with my roots!
@飒飒-t8w
4 жыл бұрын
Searching the root is an important featuer for Chinese. This is embeded in Chinese DNA
@laikeatseng
4 жыл бұрын
pity you are not raised in malaysia else you can have the rojak language as a unique ethnicity in canada like your parents.
@Noa......
4 жыл бұрын
@@laikeatseng Pity?
@cjanyi
4 жыл бұрын
I’m a Malaysian Chinese too and with both parents being English teachers I lost a lot of my Chinese fluency and now I’m a banana (chinese on the outside white on the i side) XD
@martintat9053
4 жыл бұрын
Yep same but with Vietnamese
@valeryocampoberreocampober8946
4 жыл бұрын
Hey, Thank u so much for share your history. I don't know but China has something really magnetic. I also took two years to reach to China and I was doing the same like u... Learning Chinese and working at the same time. 很辛苦!! While I was in China I spent the happiest moment of my life but unfortunately I had to come back home... Now I am feeling the same, I need to go back to china. This time I've applied to one Chinese university to study Chinese teaching as a bachelor degree. 华东师范大学!!! Wish me good luck with my plan! 我爱看您所以的视频! By the way 我是墨西哥人! Peace!
Your story totally resounds with me... I lived in the US up until a portion of middle school, then I moved back to Korea, my "home country", then started to study in China without starting school in Korea. So I also have this identity crisis pertaining to what I identify myself as and where home is. Thanks for sharing your story! It's nice to know that I'm not alone in this crazy being "globally raised" journey. :)
4 жыл бұрын
you guys should build a group to communicate
@xihuliu
4 жыл бұрын
一个白人说的比我还好的中文,突然眼眶湿湿的
@dannyshucksill7687
4 жыл бұрын
I'm a TCK, born in the US and grown up in the Caribbean. It's kind of annoying because neither country accepts you as one of their own lol. I feel more Caribbean but my friends make fun of my accent- I feel so out of it culturally in the U.S. Anyway my first love is French cuz my great great grandmother was french I feel like somehow it came through my genes lol. And now I'm learning Chinese because my first two years of University I only had Chinese friends and I fell in love with the language. I really wanna visit China someday!
@ksioziu
4 жыл бұрын
welcome,wish you have fun here
@yixingisking1974
4 жыл бұрын
Hope you can come in France 🇨🇵✊🏻 And also in China, it's really fun there~
@fairytaleshe1266
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome to China 🇨🇳. Come&visit my city, the hometown of 🐼 panda&Hotpot.
@sagisdoodleverse9696
4 жыл бұрын
Lol when you say neither country accept you, i relate to that so much. Im chinese and my first language is Chinese.
@jie7532
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome to China we won't make fun of anybody's accent. difference is the thing makes the world colorful and beautiful! share and exchange is way to live as humans. you can find a job in china and then go. or apply for a university in shanghai. lots of international scholarships granted by china
@the.bracelets.boutique
2 жыл бұрын
Gosh your pronunciation is so good! It's so good. Like no accent at all!
@mariaontiveros11
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been reading through the comments and everyone’s story is unique and going through my past memories, I have nothing interesting💀. I was born in the yee haw state and never gone out of the country, but I’ve always wanted to go to China so bad😤, it’s expensive tbh. However, I’m learning & reviewing the past Chinese words I’ve learned in HS so I don’t forget.
@nicoleraheem1195
4 жыл бұрын
Your story is intriguing and Inspirational, too. I mean, you may not have been on an adventurous trip through the process of language learning, you know? Nothing fancy smancy but😃 但是,你学中文 🤷🏾♀️ How cool is that ? 🙂 And, despite the travel expenses, you still plan on taking your first trip out of the country to China. You didn't give up on this goal.🙌🏿👏🏾👏🏾 And, You chose to study Chinese again even though you haven't taken it since high school.🙌🏿👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 You're a fighter 🙂🤪💪🏾 Seeing someone Overcome obstacles, is often Inspirational. Your story will inspire others to continue on their learning journey. Thanks for sharing your story💓🌺💓🌺💓🌺💆🏾♀️✊🏾 加油
@fadyfarouk8635
4 жыл бұрын
What an amazing background! Your story really motivated me to keep on learning Chinese, no matter how difficult it is. Keep posting these videos bro, I wait for them eagerly.
@jiama9059
4 жыл бұрын
终于知道为啥你全家都会中文了哈哈~上次看你们开车去看奶奶的视频简直是震惊地不要不要的~
@arielliu6782
4 жыл бұрын
这种全家一起在截然不同的国家居住和生活的经历真的好珍贵又好神奇啊!
@三脚猫部队
4 жыл бұрын
你穿这件衣服,看上去很像德国人
@tukity
3 жыл бұрын
也有点像是毕业礼服
@Central.IntelligenceAgency.
3 жыл бұрын
又是德意的一天
@fvo911
3 жыл бұрын
@@Central.IntelligenceAgency. 滚
@Central.IntelligenceAgency.
3 жыл бұрын
@@fvo911 我滾不了🤣, 你能拿我咱地 XD Edit: 這留言太老了 我都不記得自己寫啦
@averylinds7720
4 жыл бұрын
One unforgettable moment from my life was when I met my biological mom for the first time in Beijing, China. My mom and dad divorced when I was born and she moved to Beijing. Growing up, I never knew how she looked like, but only saw her through pictures that my family had. Many years pass now, I'm 18 and I got to see my mom for the first time. It was unforgettable honestly, especially when I grew up without one. Getting to hug her was one of the best thing ^-^
@kevinchen7903
4 жыл бұрын
All the best, glad to know your story
@nicoleraheem1195
4 жыл бұрын
😊aawww congrats lady
@MommaFalala
4 жыл бұрын
@Avery Linds Thank you for sharing your touching story. It really touched my heart. What a happy ending for you.
@jazzy596
4 жыл бұрын
That was beautiful and fortunate. Even though my parents divorced and were not in a good term back then, it still upsets me when I knew that my biological dad passed away before I get to meet him. Human is complicated. Having very limited memories of him in my childhood, I was still shocked and cried when I heard about the news. Unfortunately I only have one old photo with their wedding photo on the wall at the background to try to see and remember what he looked like.
@kevinchen7903
4 жыл бұрын
@@jazzy596 sorry to hear that, as long as you are keeping up a good spirit that's the most important thing Surely parents want to see their children happy
@kagome2420
4 жыл бұрын
Best line ever! “I was Justin Bieber before Justin Bieber was even Justin Bieber”
Jared 踏上學中文之路的故事聽來真感動人,寧願放棄你的最愛*籃球夢*,也要與中國掛鉤&有關係。您是一位跟中國*緣份天註定*的人,有很深的姻緣要珍惜,真心祝福你越來越好喲。
@andyzhang8383
4 жыл бұрын
杰里徳原来是海南人,属于中文的native speaker
@audreyhepburn9931
4 жыл бұрын
I hear some accent
@drunkensummernights3738
4 жыл бұрын
oumy ggwp 哈哈哈哈东北海外属地
@urlben2556
4 жыл бұрын
@@drunkensummernights3738 請教,哏出何處?
@seikiratakahashi767
4 жыл бұрын
url ben 因為有大量東北人住在海南
@焉识
4 жыл бұрын
@@urlben2556 东北人冬天喜欢去海南,于是在海南买房子之类的
@nancyli3724
4 жыл бұрын
Even though you forgot Chinese when you went back to Canada, your accent still tells the story that your tongue remember the childhood time.
@gemgal68
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I noticed it too... 他的声调和某些特有的读音很准。很多外国人中文虽然很溜,但因为年幼时没接触中文,在某些声调和读音挺起来还是有点ABC/CBC...
@jjbuzz9230
4 жыл бұрын
Wow his sense really is correct. A part of him really does remember His experience in China, not consciously but it is engrained in his other aspects Such as pronunciation
@kolibri7712
4 жыл бұрын
This is my first time watching his videos, and I was very surprised that he hadn’t been speaking chinese longer because his accent was so good
@gogopeng
4 жыл бұрын
that's true...he speak chinese very well, even better than lot's of native chinese people in some regions... seems the accent will be burned into people's memory during 2-8 years old when we learning whatever language. and it can be pickec up quickly even we didn't speak that language for many years.
Lol you have the same childhood memory as my wife. As soon as she heard you hum that music her ears pricked up. I don't even have that!(I'm from hk)she's from mainland
HI! Wow, thank you for sharing. I'm from US and moved my family to China 4 years ago. My kids are 6 and 8, going to regular primary school, involved in activities, etc. So many people told me how crazy I was, but I don't even try to convince anyone anymore... We love it here!
@nicoleraheem1195
4 жыл бұрын
Niiiice 😊
@MommaFalala
4 жыл бұрын
Your story sounds a lot like ours Olga. Thank you for sharing it.
@joannali9414
4 жыл бұрын
原来你是真海南人,你这个经历也是很有意思了
@MiniRicecake
4 жыл бұрын
I started learning Chinese because although I'm latina, I look really Asian and everyone thought I was Chinese growing up (not adopted....that I know of) so I was like welp...let's just do this. And then I moved to China. lol
@七进
4 жыл бұрын
If the photo is you, I really can’t see that you are a Latina。so ,where are you in china?share your story ,We want to know。
@Rurubynaii
4 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but I love this story. Like: everyone thought I was asian so I became? asian. Like yes, turned a misunderstanding into an oportunity, amazing!
@不动不静
4 жыл бұрын
Haha sounds like an interesting story and a very good choice been made.
I'm so glad you found your way back, it broke my heart thinking of child you feeling "lost." This is an amazing story, thank you for sharing it
@elia.591
4 жыл бұрын
嗨!这么快你的video就完了,其实还想多了解一下你的经验。我是halfu 哈哈 父亲是中国人,母亲是阿根廷人。因为父亲一直希望我跟我的弟弟们能够学好中文所以好几次去了中国读了几年 。回到了阿根廷在父亲的指导下继续学习中文。我很感激我父亲为我们做的一切,传递了祖宗们的文化和习俗,更重要的是中国人的精神。 我很感兴趣你提到这个identity的话题。对我来说更加深刻因为本来就是混血嘛,所以会对“我是谁”的这个问题感觉特别困惑。我弟弟们会嘲笑我说 ,在我们姐弟里我是最chinese one xD 。住在国外,能保持一种语言和知识水平不简单,所以我一直努力的看书,看电视剧啊,新闻,听歌啊 to keep my chinese fresh :p 本人也觉得跟中国人更有一种亲切感,节奏似乎比较熟悉。感觉不费劲。很自然。不言而喻的默契。 ^-^
I’m 50 and still in limbo state. I came to US as a child. Like you, my 7 years in China was all the childhood memories I’ve known. I’m ethically Chinese but my Chinese language skill is almost as bad as a 3rd grader🤪. So happy for you that you are finding your way and do what’s truly makes you feel alive and still can make a living without relying on your family. 👍.
@gibsonedu
4 жыл бұрын
Inspiring. I’m a middle school teacher in Texas and have been studying Chinese for a couple of years. Only about 20 or so minutes a day but love hearing non-native learners stories. Also, English-accent Chinese is easier for me to pick up on. Haha.
@七进
4 жыл бұрын
BRO!Come on!
@runqianliu1295
4 жыл бұрын
You picked the wrong model. This guy has very little English accent, his Chinese is even better than many non-native Maderin Chinese speakers
@lyttlebee
4 жыл бұрын
Jared has no accent at all...purely native chinese speaker to me.
@MsMinglifestyle
4 жыл бұрын
Thom Gibson hey I’m also a teacher in Texas! Its sad Chinese is not offered in public schools here…
@alvintheng8501
4 жыл бұрын
@runqian liu I second that too. When Jared speak mandarin, if I close my eyes, I can’t know English is his first language. It give me a feel, just a feel like Cantonese is his first language, because the way he spoke mandarin is like how the Cantonese speaker who speak it. If I’m going to rate his mandarin, that definitely 9/10, hell he is even better than most of the native mandarin speaker
@simply_sophia
4 жыл бұрын
Damn I thought I had it bad moving to a different country when I was 10 but your parents made you move several times, that kinda sucks :/
@josepho3364
3 жыл бұрын
I had pretty much the exact same experience growing up, so it's amazing to see someone else with such a similar experience. In fact its funny how much your experience mirrors mine lol. I was also 2 when my parents moved to Taiwan to teach English, and we also returned to Canada for roughly a year and a half when I was around 7 before moving back to Xiamen, then back to Taiwan again. Thanks for the awesome videos and nostalgia!
oh my god. thank you for this video. you perfectly describe what i've struggled with for most of my life. i'm south korean but moved to chile when i was 2 months old. when i turned 13, we moved to california. "identity" has always been a weird concept. getting bullied by chileans for looking asian... getting bullied by asians for not being asian enough... and even getting bullied by asian-americans for not being asian-american. your youtube channel inspires me to embrace my inner cultural conflict. thank you.
@fayetran6447
4 жыл бұрын
I transferred from one school to another many times during my middle and high school years. The biggest move was from Vietnam to America and started going to American high school. I didn’t know how to communicate in English (I knew English as a subject to score and pass in Vietnam, not a language to speak.) So, the point is, I didn’t really have true friends. My youth passed missing a piece of ‘friendship’. Until now, I feel like I don’t know how to make friend and keep a friendship anymore.
@kevinchen7903
4 жыл бұрын
Big hug to you I am the same as you
@Fatfat.cutecat
4 жыл бұрын
You're not the only one. It's not the same as making friends of your native country
@nicoleraheem1195
4 жыл бұрын
😢I'll be your American black friend 😂
@ryeonahoo7119
4 жыл бұрын
I have the same problem and I use to make friends with people of my country. Because u know by the cultural difference and problems of the language, I couldn't make friends in the school ( I was 10 years old when I moved to Spain) and at the same time there were some stupid kids bully me... I think at that time my character changed to be a sensitive and timid person. The situation changed when I transfered to another school, I met my two best friends(all them are Chinese)and we were like a triangle, we chat and study together all the time in our world, separate from the others. That could be one of the reason that I stopped trying to make friends with foreigner classmates, cus I was comfortable speaking Chinese(I know it's not good to learn Spanish but anyway...) that's why I can't communicate with my classmates fluently even now. And the other problem I have is sometimes I feel I lack a sense of belonging cus I lacked knowledge of my mother language and my culture, it also happens with my second language Spanish, it makes me upset... Right now, I still having my chinese friends and some nice classmates but precisely not friends. But I don't very care about it right now, I just want to go to university or maybe to study abroad(maybe to Malaysia🥰) and to meet more people, who knows, maybe I could find foreigner friends that I can get along with. The life is fantastic😁, I am sure u will meet nice friends in soon. A hug❤️❤️.
It’s so nice to see you share your experience - I remember I was in 初三 when your family came. Your parents would hold this English corner every Tuesday or Wednesday under the big tree in the campus, and you and your brother and sister would be there chatting with the students as well - well, probably mostly Tyler and Nicole :) nice memories- I also remember your parents invited us to your home and you were showing me Lion King DVD :) - it was a very nice memory and thanks for sharing. Please say hi to your parents.
@Shishmish6
4 жыл бұрын
I am majoring in Chinese and me and my friends from UNI came across your channel last October. We are really enjoying it so far :) I loved this video because it made me so nostalgic, I haven't been to China in almost 4 years. I can't wait to finish my studies here and go there for at least a few weeks. Keep going with this content, it's so refreshing to see other people speaking Chinese as well ♥
你的故事很激励人! Your story is really inspiring. I taught myself English when I was 28 and then I completed my master's degree here in Canada. Your story reminds me of the hard time when I was going thru all the challenges. Thank you!
I love this! I have never been to China but I feel a special connection and I’m working on learning the best I can through watching dramas, listening to music, videos, etc. I’d like to learn and eventually visit. I love the language
@stanbimi
4 жыл бұрын
Nice story. Karma works in the most convoluted way. Lots of Chinese living in the Vancouver area. It's almost an exchange program.
@tracyl5639
4 жыл бұрын
很有意思的故事,非常有价值。谢谢分享!
@OnlyMusic16
4 жыл бұрын
I have yet to find a foreigner with perfect tones that didn’t literally spend half their life in China.... it’s slightly discouraging, seeing as attaining native-level tones is pretty much impossible if you start studying late in life. Either way, super awesome you kept up with your Chinese despite moving so much!!
@madster01
4 жыл бұрын
@maltese 84 that's a great description! I think your language starts to rust as soon as you stop using it usually. I'm studying Chinese at the moment, but I started forgetting simple English words and even grammar rules (like in this comment) my native language is Kazakh and I don't have anyone I could practice my English with (besides self-talking or videos) So yeah, I think it kinda IS like that :D
@paecpc
4 жыл бұрын
I only can say your parents are great, recording so many footages of you when you were a kid, and also giving you the opportunity to experience cultures different from yours, paving the way for you to be a more open minded person when you grow up, you should now show your appreciation and love for your parents.
This is the most sincere video I've watched for a really long time! So happy for you that you found your passion and the feeling of fulfilment is truly amazing!
@pingwang4584
4 жыл бұрын
Really touched by your story. Your childhood video clips remind me of my childhood and China’s old time back to 1980s. When I hear you sing the broadcasting music of school, I shed tears don’t know why
@abbyl7916
4 жыл бұрын
好棒!看得出来你是真的喜欢中文,中国欢迎你!
@arossaos344
4 жыл бұрын
你这话有点不妥,他是寻找童年寻找归属感。。不是喜欢中文这么简单。。别把他当外人看。。
@ladyleng1
4 жыл бұрын
I’m Chinese and I used to live in Holland,I came to China when I was 8years old,but I also lived in China when I was 3 and 4 years old,So my life in China started,my life in China was very interesting,the school was full competitions but we still had a lot fun,I made some very nice friends too,but what really was obsessed was still about the language,because really don’t understand the lessons at the begin of the years in China,so my grades was not very well,and it continued in the middleschool,the grade was not that bad anymore but I still have these problems about the language,for example I don’t get the point of a joke and when my classmates were telling about the rules of a game, i won’t understand it easily,but I look just like other Chinese kids but compare to other Chinese kids I would never be the same in some ways,i was so disappointed and my mother was still requiring me as them,and also because study was so important in China that it can make sense about how popular you are,every one was comparing with each other,I thought I was dumb,nobody told me that it’s because of the ability of my language,so this experience really made unconfident for years,I even wanted to quit my study because I was hopeless,but it started getting better at my middle school,in the first couple months I was still studying with a bad attitude,but then I met a teacher and that encouraged me and nobody has ever done that before,so I started to do my best,and finally my grades were getting better,although not the top or not so so good but a great advance at least,at that moment I was even crying because I couldn’t believe that I can be a great student in everyone’s eyes,so I got more positive about school life,I started to join the choir and discoverd that I had i beautiful voice and just sang,and I represented my class at the sportmeet,I didn’t do it well but my class was comforting me,and at my last time of being the host of a completion I made a very big mistake,all the classes was awkward,but suddenly applaused from my class,so I was getting more popular at school,but the next year I still failed,but my teachers was still there and told me that they trust in me,and that they would not give me up,and than a few months later I had to leave my class,leave China to go back to holland,they even made me a farewell meeting just for me surprisingly,and my classmates gave me a lot gifts at the last day,during my middle school I actually know that my teachers are considering about me,they know that I have some difficulties about mental stuffs,but still they treated me very well and they are even giving more help,I’m felling very lucky to meet everyone that had laughed me out and that helped me out and brought me laughter and happiness,the life in China was not just giving me the experience of growth,but more,they reached me how to face pressure,taught me unity,hard working and it discovered the interest of reading books and study,most importantly,they gave warmth of a community,im not feeling pity about the struggle and the difficulties I had,becaus it all helped me to grow to who I am now,the experiences of my life is the most priceless thing ever,now I’m back in Holland for a year,I don’t have any friends and it’s difficult for me, although Im keeping in touch with my friends in China,I’m stucking in loneliness,but maybe it is a start of a new story
I don't know why, but I just literally cried. Feel so touching!
@lisafeng5756
4 жыл бұрын
Your pronunciation is very natural without an accent !Quite impressive 👍🏻👍🏻 I think the most important thing is in the language environment and absorbing the culture, you did really well!!
Your story is so inspiring and honestly quite surprising, it’s something I’d have never expected to be honest! As an italian born chinese who has spent a few years of childhood in China, I have a very similar feeling. Sometimes I still wonder whether those childhood memories were real or made up by me and the things I’ve heard from my own family. Thank you so so much for sharing! Stay safe!☺️
@aimesn3
4 жыл бұрын
This is a great story! Love that you are representing the VanCity 604 in China. Keep it up - fellow Canucks fan
@RayMak
4 жыл бұрын
I respect you
@presidentjiang6762
3 жыл бұрын
stop
@wzhu5078
4 жыл бұрын
some of the kids when they went back to their hometown, they wouldn't think about to go back and you did. You are following your memory and made it happen. Fantastic!!!
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