Living in America as a South African| Culture Shocks|Aupair|South African YouTuber

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This video Is overdue ! In todays video I’ll be talking about my culture shocks as a South African living in America !
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[@Qharisma]

As someone who was born in America this video is hilarious. I've never considered how awkward it would be for someone from South Africa to visit America ... Now I totally understand.

[@mohlatlegobeautysethosa6118]

Please speak a bit slower😭😭😂hape o fast😂

[@TimewithModiTime]

😭😭😭dude I promise you I don’t speak fast 🤣🤣do I speak fast in rl too ? 😳

[@stonitangawizi1252]

@@TimewithModiTime I had to listen to you at x0.75

[@tebohonaphtali7938]

😂

[@ladyvrega2670]

@@TimewithModiTime first time here but yoo girl you’re running jooo slow down try to speak normal don’t run.

[@kagontleserutle5775]

Yes u speak to fast,i can't hear u well#😂

[@kaylalouw3041]

1. Driving on the other side of the road 2. People only speaking english and not vernac 3. No taxis and south african cars, no cabs, mostly found in the cities 4. Calorie counts on all food 5. Not having petrol assustants at petrol stations (filling up your car by yourself) 6. How expensive it is to do hair 7. People don’t relax their hair 8. Most foods and items are in family size/bulk size 9. Tax not being included in prices 10. At restaurants they don’t have cards machines, they take your card to the back and make the payment 11. Metric systems not being the same 12. Travelling times are different (for example in SA 30 minutes away is far but in america it’s not that long at all) 13. No walls around homes or only fences and you see your neighbors all the time 14. Adjustment of how you say words and using slang 15. The amount of self service available in america is different from sa

[@TimewithModiTime]

haha thank you so much for the summary 🥺❤️

[@morenakhaya655]

🤣🤣🤣 thanks I won't watch da video

[@rams228]

@@morenakhaya655 😅😅😅

[@danellenoble6185]

I was Aupair coming from SA. Left 20 years ago and made America my home. Married and kids here. I too, had culture shock but I did adjust

[@TimewithModiTime]

Oh wow for 20 years ! where are you based now !

[@danellenoble6185]

@@TimewithModiTime I'm in the Chicagoland area

[@asiphejohnson6543]

@@TimewithModiTime you also need to settle there sis. SA is a nightmare especially with loadshedding and corruption. I'm also planning to move soon.

[@Sky-dv8mj]

​@@asiphejohnson6543uyakuthetha ukuny nontroi

[@Lindaaaaaaa2]

I’m in india from SA In India it’s insane the stare is too much😂😂😂love you sissy all the best watching all the way from India

[@TimewithModiTime]

What are you doing in India and how is it for you 🥺

[@stephanszitha8844]

Lol i can imagine but you might have a cost of living advantage sometimes thats nice

[@Lindaaaaaaa2]

@@TimewithModiTime I’m studying it been hell🤣🤣but I changed the state now I’m in Gujarati it’s better than Haryana

[@asiphejohnson6543]

@@Lindaaaaaaa2 that's amazing sis. Please settle there or move to Europe because SA is a nightmare.

[@j-groovy5339]

I experienced the major stares in India too, they stare like they are in a trance 😅

[@MJ31579]

I'd cry because of hair prices too 😅 That is ridiculous In SA, for $90 you can get unbraiding, washing and braiding at a decent place

[@TimewithModiTime]

This is why I cut my hair haha because no way I was over it 1🤣

[@Nala-xf6rz]

Nah 'not seeing Quantums, GTI's and a lot of Polos on the road' is freaking hilarious as a culture shock

[@tumelomojapelo5577]

Mara I like how unique we south Africans are it's like we live in our own planet we love freedom in complexity and it's in our DNA...it's funny how we work well in groups...put a south African in any group you'll enjoy the attention he/she commands...Pride in public freedom💁🏾‍♂️ normally rea phapha😒

[@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@andreipretorius92]

Great video. How I miss SA people. Love hearing your voice and mixing languages 😂😂. I hate the imperial system, we are used to metric system. The card at restaurants always freak me out. I miss having walls between houses. You have great energy.

[@andreipretorius92]

I also think the distance is weird. I complain driving 45 minutes and they think that’s nothing, it’s insane

[@TimewithModiTime]

Girl there is no reason for them to be so extra haha 🤣🤣

[@TimewithModiTime]

Its better in the city its not insane haha 🤣but in the Suburbs its just bad yoh it never made sense to me haha

[@mohlatlegobeautysethosa6118]

Loved this!was super interesting to hear

[@TimewithModiTime]

I’m glad you loved it 🥺❤️

[@poetalegalis3635]

Open a class teaching native South African languages, and solve the problem. You will make a lot of money with no competition. Blessings and one love 🙏🇿🇦🇯🇲🇬🇭🇰🇪🇿🇼🇬🇲

[@asiphejohnson6543]

This might really come in handy hey. Zulu was recommended as an additional language in the US curriculum for those who wish to learn it a few months back. 🇿🇦

[@gidi3250]

@@asiphejohnson6543 they do force the collage kids who is trying to turn basketball into a professional thing to learn a language and the instructors and coaches order them to learn Swahili.

[@wmccormack4647]

Turning right on red depends on where you live. It can vary by state and municipality.

[@TimewithModiTime]

Oh I didn't know that 🥺❤️

[@caroline___]

You have great energy. Love the video

[@TimewithModiTime]

Thank you so much 🥺❤️

[@khayalethumkhonza9964]

we must take 10 million south africans,, proper ones with maPara included,, we shall restructure america,,, this will go to history,,, cause mzansi is thee country of countries,,

[@kobe8034]

How u going to do it tho??

[@rethabilemoatshe7255]

Okare you're in heaven! Haibo the lighting!

[@TimewithModiTime]

It was doing too much 😭😭the lighting washed me the camera washed me kori bona!!

[@karabomasela5387]

Hahaha I was cracking up throughout this video, very informative 😂

[@TimewithModiTime]

🤣🤣 still adjusting I think in the city its so different and I need to do a SF one haha

[@comfortskha2600]

Lmao😂🤣🤣as for quantum and Polo GTI 😂🤣you cracked me up straight,I also struggled when I was working for United nation Hq

[@TimewithModiTime]

😂😂dude I can count the amount of times I see a gti haha !!

[@erickwagithuku707]

Hi modi I have just watched your video clip I felt the same way you did when I came to this country as an African student.

[@TimewithModiTime]

haha and I am so sure that every state is different too !

[@tebohokibe7555]

Gumba-gumba pack 😅. Nice video ausi. I think Quantums are SA style taxis, manufactured in Durban. If possible, try to be slower when you speak. All your points are nice. Speedpoint machine, etc. 👌

[@boitumelonokgipa6336]

Love your videos... Thank you so much for this 💕

[@TimewithModiTime]

I am so glad 🥺❤️ thank you !

[@ntivokhoza]

Chile I giggled throughout the entire video 😭🤣.

[@TimewithModiTime]

It’s all the little things that will make you miss home 😭🥺

[@simphiwembatha1039]

One that really shoooock me was the invincible fence for dogs.

[@TimewithModiTime]

Omg I forgot about that one 🥲it had me running so fast 😭😭😭😭😭

[@rethabilemoatshe7255]

the card payment part did it for me !

[@TimewithModiTime]

I was dizzy !!!

[@incredibleconnections4980]

I've heard another KZbinr complain and shocked by the braids prices.

[@TimewithModiTime]

It’s not cute at all 🥲🥲I know I’m a working hun mara ha ?!

[@ItsEntleMwelase]

Love the video ❤️😌 But I'm still surprised by the payment of unbrading & washing your hair 😱 R1 260 😭. USA is so expensive bathong. So now do you braid your hair?

[@TimewithModiTime]

Girl I was so upset Yoh I was mad ! I braided for my birthday ! And today I relaxed my own hair 🤣🤣the thought of braiding again at a salon makes me sad 🤣🥲

[@bongimemeza9959]

We will miss you Mama, love from SOWETO

[@TimewithModiTime]

Haha thank you Bongi !!❤️🥹🥺

[@himynameisjumbo]

Next time please bring props. I want to see the Gimba food items.

[@Thapppie]

Enjoyed it ❤️. Time thing is almost like CT a 30mins drive here is not that much as compared to when I am in Limpopo it feels like I’m driving 2hours. 🤣 Also Self service we have quite a number of self service stuff.

[@TimewithModiTime]

When we are home it feels like forever!! It’s the mountains 🏔! That’s why 🤣🤣

[@vergespierre4271]

English is a derivative of Greek and Hebrew- we speak a derivative of our mother tongue ( hebrew- Aramaic; which is not a "white" mans language due to popular belief/lies)- its a way deeper history to us as "black" Americans. That's something most people don't know or care to know due to mental conditioning and lies. So we speak our language- also English is the number one business language around the world- so many people speak it abroad: plus we never learn or are encouraged to learn anything other than english

[@bettyboo9786]

When you said nnete, nnete wow I enjoyed it. Motswana here in Toronto. Much love

[@TimewithModiTime]

How is Toronto !! 🥺❤️

[@molebogengmotsumi9305]

Hi there Betty. I really wish to come and settle there also. Any advice?

[@nosinkewana488]

USA is expensive, I was there for a short while. Even buying bread was shocking, normal bread for about R30 back in 2002. Then there's this tax thing. As for hair, I refused. Braids were going for thousands of rands back then. I kept relaxing my hair until I came back home. As for snow 🥶🥶🥶😭😭😭 then we got invited to a barbecue, and we thought of Madea's cookout. Was it not a vienna braai 🤣🤣🤣🤣 the disappointment... Americans though

[@TimewithModiTime]

the bbq part killed me oh no lol, if it was that amount back in 2002 I don't even want to convert it to now haha this tax thing us frustrating oh my goodness me !

[@resegomolosiwa7659]

Vienna braai 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tracywalker244]

Trust me what you had was not normal bread 😂🤣

[@JustMe-rl5ym]

Vienna braai!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Gxamalaza]

Wow. I just googled how much 90 dollars is in rands. Yeesh! Ayingeke, ngamane uyeke. 😆

[@TimewithModiTime]

it sounds and looks bigger in rands but in dollars it isn’t 😭

[@cindyhayward2066]

I adore your video because you speak fast and you haven't learned the habit of saying "like" before each word!

[@phindandabula6010]

My shock was how many black cars are on American roads, it's like everyone drives a black car, in SA we don't like black cars, it is an obvious difference.

[@TimewithModiTime]

😂😂is is haha

[@FransHattingh]

Girl, you're from Centurion?! No way! 😲 So am I! 💜

[@TimewithModiTime]

Hahah yes I am 🥺❤️

[@sagoralemel5492]

Sounds like heaven 😍 ❤

[@TimewithModiTime]

😂😂the safety>> (depending on where you are is great)

[@DibweDesigner]

the petrol service and speed point is stressing me out huh! yuh

[@TimewithModiTime]

It is really stressful till this day haha 😂😂

[@staciegreene2262]

SISSSSSS you are in Georgia 🥰🥰. We need to hang . I’m about 45-50 mins away from Atlanta.

[@TimewithModiTime]

I dont stay in Georgia anymore I'm all the way in the West 🥺

[@bassie.sebola]

notification gang 🥺😍

[@TimewithModiTime]

Yess love to see 🥺🥺

[@lindanizulu9436]

I love your Vlogs ❤❤❤

[@TimewithModiTime]

Aww thank you 🥺❤️

[@splashafrica]

When you watch video and you here that "ja" it hits hard 🙂

[@TimewithModiTime]

😂😂

[@mbalimahlangu1202]

I love the picture frame of you and your Ma 😍

[@TimewithModiTime]

Thank you 🥺❤️one of my favorite pictures ! It’s like she was there !!

[@alvinmarshall9446]

Wow you speak fast! Lol. Cool vid

[@sylviagreybe672]

America is one of the few countries to still use the Imperial system (there's only 2 or so countries that do). It is left over from when the UK controlled the USA. You'd think they'd want to get rid of it because of the UK colonialism connection, but no. They still insist it's the "best" system, despite the opposite being so obvious all the rest of the world has changed to metric. Funnily enough, even the drug cartels in the US use the metric system! :) Everyone knows the metric system is better because of it's simplicity and elegance. The US was going to change to the metric system in the 60s, but the next president came in and abolished the law that said they had to change before it was enacted.

[@hcalo]

America is NOT a country... American are everyone that live in all continent... North, South and Central America... thank you

[@Emkayel]

Is this video on fast forward?😄 I watched it so fast🔥

[@TimewithModiTime]

I think maybe its because I spoke fast haha 😅😅

[@star_athlete]

First one here 🥺🥺

[@TimewithModiTime]

Love to see 🥺❤️thank you !

[@sabrinamadison8769]

Yes. The braids in the USA is crazy

[@TimewithModiTime]

It makes sense to learn how to do braids but I’m lazy or to cut 😂😂

[@thayandamkalipi4765]

OOOO FAV 😍😍

[@TimewithModiTime]

❤️❤️love it yess !!

[@tylerdurden3722]

Letting someone walk off to some backroom with my card is weird.

[@busishauntelle]

The way I want to move to USA . I’m literally so tired of Asia😢 Great video ❤

[@TimewithModiTime]

out of curiosity what are you doing in Asia ?

[@busishauntelle]

@@TimewithModiTime I teach English

[@mbalimahlangu1202]

I’ve never seen a Quantum 😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 SAME SIS

[@TimewithModiTime]

Like no cabs in sight just cars ! 😳

[@Lindo_Makhaza]

This scares me😭😭😭

[@TimewithModiTime]

🤣🤣this is why it’s DIY !

[@adolfmudau9956]

WOW.....chill ...your moving fast

[@TimewithModiTime]

🥴🥴

[@AFRICAGOODLIFE4993]

Wow

[@LungileNgcobo]

♥️♥️♥️

[@TimewithModiTime]

Aww love it you’re always here ❤️❤️🥺thank you !

[@LungileNgcobo]

@@TimewithModiTime you’re so welcome boo! I love everything about you x

[@coodie_coco4754]

it's giving accent❤️🤌🏽

[@TimewithModiTime]

dude I don't have one all the people around me are getting changing accents nna new 😭😭

[@mclaren_nkoana]

The testimony I have the day I had to put in gas for the first time 😭

[@TimewithModiTime]

I still struggle today and I forget which side I must pour the gas haha 🤣🤣

[@mclaren_nkoana]

@@TimewithModiTime 🤣🤣🤣

[@uMsubathi]

Can I please do a reaction video 😂😂😂🙆🏽‍♂️ Damn $90 for just hair 🤯

[@molamoalbertus1294]

You just spoke in my language Sepedi,where in SA are you from

[@TimewithModiTime]

Family is from Polokwane and born and raised in Pretoria

[@lethaboswafo9639]

I love ❤ your videos

[@TimewithModiTime]

Aww thank you so much Lethabo 🥺❤️

[@harmtimmerman9309]

Dont't say robot, it is traffic light

[@TimewithModiTime]

😂till this day I still say robot lol

[@ncedomagwebu7862]

English is Vernac there.

[@phaphamaricky2674]

I wanna go to the United States but I'll keep my xhosa culture

[@dawnmiller6899]

My God time difference really? That’s worldly

[@TimewithModiTime]

I can never get use to it $

[@michiiey_s4232]

Please do more sit down videos

[@TimewithModiTime]

I will ❤️🥺 please give me topics ❤️

[@kingnews23]

So undoing your braids and washing your hair cost was R1350 I can't deal.

[@TimewithModiTime]

This is why I do everything on my own 😂😂😂

[@mbalimahlangu1202]

Speak on it!!!!

[@Oarabile__M]

They way I want to come to the us😭😭

[@thaboturner1280]

people are leaving america n come to africa n you go there your really bold

[@TimewithModiTime]

This is very true ! thank you so much !

[@adolfmudau9956]

America and common sense....hey

[@TimewithModiTime]

haha 🤣

[@tracywalker244]

😂🤣😂And I’m American

[@sibusisoattiemahlangu7088]

Doesn’t venac mean language of the land???

[@TimewithModiTime]

This is the google definition it means "a language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region."

[@uMsubathi]

Water pronunciation 😂😂😂🙆🏽‍♂️

[@rethabilemoatshe7255]

Americans don't do Vrrrpha's like us sis, they have a different version

[@TimewithModiTime]

they don't it even when I see it, it doesn't make the same sound !

[@nosinkewana488]

Cadillac is their vrrrpha

[@Shadow_Blazer]

Any muscle car is their Vrrrpha

[@mbalimahlangu1202]

That’s why I do my own hair bcoz fok man

[@TimewithModiTime]

The ghetto with the prices friend 🙍🏽‍♀️🙍🏽‍♀️🧍🏾‍♀️

[@TimewithModiTime]

Yeah sure ! ❤️what would you like me to talk about 🥺

[@Emma-ey8cu]

OMG slow down!!!

[@erickwagithuku707]

Hi sis

[@vineshen3599]

Yoh bra, why you speaking so fast? You got a rapping audition tomorrow? Sup from S.A👊

[@kayteekon]

She doe not speak too fast, it's jus you listen slow, lol just joking, she is a fast talker indeed

[@TimewithModiTime]

😂😂

[@maburwanemokoena7117]

Ke rata Sepedi sa gago. Hope you enjoy yourself there♥️

[@TimewithModiTime]

aww thank you so much 🥺❤️

[@asiphejohnson6543]

You need to settle there sis SA is a nightmare especially with loadshedding and corruption. I'm also planning to move soon. 😊

[@TimewithModiTime]

You see when you guys say this I feel a bit of stress and pressure because I’m like where must I go or stay haha 😂😂🥲🥲

[@LLEntertainment]

Lol... stop with your politics, what nightmare are you talking about? if you want to leave please do and stop typing unnecessary things on the internet. i am tired of people making this beautiful country as if its the most horrible place on the planet. people are dying in some country and you are complaining about a few seconds you don't have electricity, grow up. this electricity thing will be fixed soon, then what are you going to complain about? i don't see my self living in any other country than South Africa. i will die for it if be.❤✌

[@uMsubathi]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@thinadlamini4671]

😂😂😂... Quantums are a South African thing that's what makes us unique. 😌😌😌

[@TimewithModiTime]

They really are 🤣🤣

[@thisguy4505]

Store employees cannot sit down 💀

[@FransHerbst93]

just talk slower next time please😅

[@tribalpeacock]

How did you expect to hear African vernacular languages in America? Like duh!

[@williamshakur8715]

Uk we vernacular languages

[@allysonvine]

I love your video, but please talk slower... Whew

[@sekgabimasobe9690]

Modisana you talk too fast slow down tog togi tog

[@lianaburgers1770]

Enjoy your video, just speak a bit slower....

[@onicamatidze5547]

are u treated like a foreigner there,do they call u names sista,just like how us South Africans treats others

[@TimewithModiTime]

Not at all

[@himynameisjumbo]

Spoil yourself with braids😂

[@greensistaruns7209]

Pfft speaking vernac your in USA . Hehe Cece wake up

[@TimewithModiTime]

Even when I see a Afrikaans person I get excited and I start speaking in Afrikaans lol !

[@greensistaruns7209]

@@TimewithModiTime hehehehe girl it happens to all of us.