What is UK Life REALLY Like? (Tips from a Taiwanese Expat)

Today I've invited my friend Amy (in the UK for over a year) and Susan (in the UK for over 7 years) to share their experiences living abroad with you!
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[@francesf4415]

訪問的兩位美女，讓人感覺很輕鬆，溫柔👌， 我2003 從台灣搬來英國，45歲遇見第二任丈夫（英國人），我喜歡英國文化，也教到一些好朋友，好鄰居！

[@delhiiborjign9045]

我特别赞成Amy 所说的关于在日本生活的压力，就像喘不过气，有莫名的社会压力，不自由，生活与工作没有分界线。即便在日本生活的确很好，环境很好，空气很好，气候也很不错。但是就是会有莫名的压力。我现在在日本已经三年了，下一个目标也是要去English Speaking Country.

[@Ah-Yuan]

Amy 最後說的應該就是壯遊的目的， 強化跟世界的連結， 也完善自己的生命意義。👍

[@giannishen]

聽起來英國人都好善良，連毛小孩都是； 社會環境尊重個人，整體氛圍讓人舒服； 飲食文化雖然不同，習慣後還是能克服； 看完影片後好想搬去英國住，謝謝分享！👍🥰🙏👏

[@templeintw]

想像總是美好的

[@giannishen]

​ @@mrkobegmail 是比為了賺５角一直騷擾別人還要好！

[@leeweinan1919]

这里面好像没有提到种族歧视 还有就是小孩并不是你想的那样 有些时候会无差别攻击 最好还是去生活体验看看 如果没有种族歧视的话会好很多 然后冬季太可怕了 因为光照有些时候只有三个小时 第一次去是很大的挑战 四月 五月 六月的英国很美

[@giannishen]

​ @@leeweinan1919 有一國人跑到人家的國家不安分守己，到處惹事生非，還要抱怨一堆，怪東怪西，連天氣都不爽，其實也沒人叫他去！ 我在義大利就遇過溫州人破壞別人物品還叫囂，人家知道他是哪來的警告他要報警，他又假裝聽不懂華語被人戳破，實在是很不堪！

[@leeweinan1919]

@@giannishen你真的是有偏见的视角 随便吧 你去读书生活了超过了三个月你就明白了 我善意的告知你被无知的你这样回复 是在伤脑筋lol

[@Ah-Yuan]

我真喜歡灰衣女生回答的東西 尤其是small talk 那段

[@awykoph]

對想去英國的我來說，很喜歡這一集❤

[@RURU0819]

Love Amy use simple words to describe her opinions ❤

[@RespectOthers1]

Those ladies having you as a good friend is definitely one big positive.

[@user-fy2hh9zi9l]

現在在英國南方城市亂晃，目前已經第三週，看了影片真的很有感觸，這裡的人真的都很友好！缺點就是跟台灣比起來真的太冷了（已經想念夏天了）

[@cindylyca]

建議灰衣美女去中超買米 有日本米吃起來和台灣的很像 不要買一般英國超市的米 便宜但是太難吃了

[@chiouharrison1862]

Susie 好棒棒 讓我們更了解英國 更愛英國人

[@feimansalvatore]

很認同Amy所說的兩點，很難跟本地人small talk 和 怎樣聊下去。到底要怎麼做呢？

[@asterstar]

在英國其實吃也很方便。我本身超愛超市如Tesco Morrison 等等冷凍的熟食，價錢不貴，帶回家叮幾分鐘就可以吃啦！經濟又實惠，很多味道也很不錯！

[@kelvinng7749]

Thank you for your interview video! That's great!!

[@asterstar]

英國的scone 最好吃啦！別處找不到。食物肯定是cavery的烤肉，Sunday Roast, Fish & Chips 等等都蠻好吃。得空也可到中北部走走，食物略有不同的風格。

[@joyce9299]

8:05 well said!!!! ✨ "It's not just money, house, or fancy bag,..."

[@edwardyu8386]

Because your friends are from Taiwan so they might think something unexpected or exciting; we are coming from HK and be honest it is bit boring here, and we are trying hard to blend into the new community. God blesses all of us.

[@di200hao]

这有什么区别吗？

[@zeuscho]

Just like parties and discos in the City centre. We are not at that age now. But the UK is still a family-friendly place to live. Don't worry; Hongkongers will be OK to adapt to the local community.

[@bootie6299]

加油香港人

[@lebbeus]

@@zeuscho you don’t have to be young to party, socializing is crucial for anyone. Tbh HK is boring, everything revolves around eating and shopping maybe with a bit of hiking but that’s it

[@olivetsang6568]

搵少禁多點習慣😂，香港人好自豪，香港人做嘢好完美，根本英國做嘢好是但求其Hea ,脫離世界主流，澳洲加拿大美國先岩香港人

[@leonardo820]

齐刘海的Susie真可爱啊😃

[@elllllllle939]

You speak English in a very clear way and also with a quite posh accent. That reminds me of some of my teachers from the UK. However later I found out that it’s not all British people speak like that, there are also many foreigners in the Uk with all different kinds of accent, it really challenged my ears because they are harder for me to get. But I find English native speakers tend to understand them more easily than me

[@mkadeu17k]

我是亞洲女生 老公也是亞洲人在英國待了快兩年 我們在英國認識。 我也覺得大多都好友善 有很好的體驗 也有被一些異性喜歡。 但我老公一直亞洲女生在英國是受歡迎的 但亞洲男生就沒有這樣子的待遇 每次都在那邊哀哀叫 但我真的不知道會有怎麽樣不同 很想看看訪問男生的感覺

[@A-B-B]

我也有這種擔心，因為我和先生都是亞裔男性，未來有可能會去英國一起求學工作，雖然有心克服的準備，會還是有點擔心亞裔男性在國外的歧視或過於離譜的差別對待的情況。

[@lebbeus]

其實逆地而處就很容易明白，在亞洲，一位黑人女性的待遇都必定比白人或黃種人低，你先生面對這些困惑時，先問自己為什麼亞洲男性會極度偏向選擇白人或黃種人而對黑人女性有不同的偏見？

[@leeweinan1919]

长得稍微差不多点都会收到女孩欢迎 可能你老公长得差点意思 或者女孩觉得都结婚了 没必要要跟已婚男人在乱搞

[@the1stletter]

UK is my second home. Amy needs to explore a bit more. (There are easy go people and difficult people in every country) There are so many different boundaries in every groups.

[@sleepysam2015]

I have studied, travelled, lived and worked in the United Kingdom for 28 years.

[@yusim3871]

So cool. Love to visit there one day

[@slyjcsussex8128]

I think Susan's conversational English is really impressive! One interesting thing though, Susie, I still find a majority of non native speakers who couldn't master the use of "although" by adding "but" afterwards along their phrases. Dunno why! Any thoughts?

[@rachelchenyu4518]

Under a Chinese semantic context, a sentence which expresses the adversative (contrast) relations will normally use a fixed adversative relation phrase to connect the two parts of the sentence. The phrase contain 2 words, with one leading the sentence (equivalent to Although in English) , the other one leading the second part of the sentence ( equivalent to "but" ) to show the contrast. When applying this Chinese mindset to spoken English, pp tend to literally translate the CHinese sentence in his mind into "Although....., but...." (which in CHinese, this is a must of that adversative phrase).

[@user-dl2qv7gi6q]

Amy 好像林心如😂😂英語也不錯，繼續努力

[@royran5889]

Recommend "noodles soup" and "HK place" if want to eat Chinese food in Brighton, I'm from Taiwan and used to live there for ten months.

[@goowei1]

Thanks for making this video.

[@jerometsowinghuen]

I have never been to the Great Britain in my entire life, but the culture in Hong Kong is mixed with British and Chinese.

[@lucyscorner2021]

Hi Susie, Would you please talk about privacy and respect the difference between eastern and western? Thanks

[@jalynnli9078]

As a Chinese, I prefer the North Yorkshire tap water, which tastes much better than in London🤣. Maybe that's one of the reasons that I love North Yorkshire so much😚.

[@enginebno]

small talk 也是來這邊工作中比較難應付的事

[@katrina19811116]

I found sushi rice is quite similar to Taiwanese rice, texture wise. A bit chewy and contains more moisture than long grain rice. I used to spot it from lidl, or other more affordable supermarket chain like poundland or aldi, etc. Just go for the sushi rice or short grain.

[@eightbighillman]

The Japanese had a slogan during the period they ruled Taiwan (1895-1945): “Agricultural Taiwan, industrial Japan.” They brought several varieties of Japanese rice to Taiwan and began working to improve them in hopes of developing a variety that would grow in Taiwan, but suit Japanese tastes. These “japonica” varieties had a chewier texture and a somewhat stickier mouthfeel. Ponlai rice （蓬萊米）is a fine example. It's a tribute to Japanese emperor Hirohito.

[@hongkongner2026]

She could go to Wing Yip supermarket in Croydon where she could get Thai or Japanese rice

[@rvakato]

I love this video very much! Especially Amy part. Recently, I draw the YMS visa of UK, but I'm not really sure should I give up what I have right now in Taiwan? Thank you for making this video. ps. If have oppourtunity know more about Amy story, I'll appreciate very much.🤩

[@ebefeng5380]

👍👍Love this video!

[@goldsmooth]

Both ladies are well said

[@user-xn6pk9kz4m]

This episode is quite interesting...

[@user-xg9vj9sd3w]

你好我叫Steve 2021年移民英國。第一天已經適應英國生活。英國天氣比較麻煩，冬天日短夜長，經常下雨，比較寒冷。巴士經常廷遲，還有擺工

[@TheJosephjeffy]

我今年要去英國唸書四年，聽我剛過去的同學說開銷真的很大，而且脫歐後整體國力在往下，動不動就罷工…真的會這樣嗎..滿擔心的

[@EvelynRoseBCN]

因為要安排孩子明年去念11年級A Level 課程，我們一家三口一月去英國22天，實地參觀幾個城市的學校。有些觀察和想法可以跟您分享。自己上超市買食材煮食，基本上只要規劃好菜單再採買，我覺得在飲食方面可以吃得健康也不比台灣貴，甚至更便宜。英國脫歐後一直聽聞英國通膨很嚴峻但實際到訪，觀察數家超市牛奶、雞蛋、麵包、馬鈴薯、鱈魚鮭魚鮪魚都不比台灣貴，亞超採買亞洲食材也很容易方便（我在台灣是全職主婦，多是自己下廚，一週至少上賣場2次，也有記帳習慣，事實是台灣通膨比官方所稱嚴重!）住宿部分就看城市了，我們在曼徹斯特也跟當地房地產公司看了幾個房，租金確實驚人，但如果以買房來說，價格遠比台灣雙北現在房價可口，或許以房養學也是個好主意，現在台幣兌英鎊匯率挺不錯，長期下來也是值得考慮。交通比台灣貴很多，但如果多利用騎單車、步行減少短程搭車也許多少小補一下。

[@TheJosephjeffy]

@@EvelynRoseBCN 謝謝你！非常重要的訊息！

[@EvelynRoseBCN]

@@TheJosephjeffy 不客氣😊

[@leeweinan1919]

@@TheJosephjeffy 我老师的观点是 英国就算在eu 也一样不具备以前那样的话语权了 未来的发展中心是 美国 中国 或者印度 肯定不是欧洲 与其这样 还不如脱离eu 可以称得上是 干涸的荣耀 至于罢工 其实这算是劳工制度发展的一部分 但是并没有很严重的影响你的日常 然后开销 就是你自己做饭会省一些 然后中餐馆少去 中超或者亚超少去就能省一些 因为类似asda ，Sainsbury 也有很多亚洲食物 有些时候杂货铺卖的东西还要比超市便宜 有一说一 因为战争影响不少 通货膨胀 导致物价上升 也很正常

[@andywang1588]

Good job Susie

[@chongchongedinburgh3067]

我也在日本工作了六年，厌倦了日本社会的压抑。但是来到这感觉日语并不是很有用😅可能我还没找到合适的吧。加油吧

[@user-cx7rx1dn2c]

想聽聽現今日本社會的壓抑是怎樣的，可以分享一下嗎？

[@Simple_Working_Class]

Etiquette is pleasurable when a city is less hectic and joyous for few extra glamour.

[@Sundaynight69]

謝謝

[@levithanj822]

任何地方都有卷的，关键在于不想卷的人生存压力大不大。在中国就属于大部分人疯狂卷，也还只能勉强交房贷。

[@templeintw]

Amy is a cute and lovely lady

[@christinetung9239]

我們並不住China 在台灣也能使用妳介紹的銀行系統？

[@UKK-fs7fy]

I moved from Salford to Brighton and I found that people here are generally more friendly than those Salford, not to say than those in London

[@Nosajwu]

Hi! Susie, I am your great fan. All of your videos are my favourite, but would you please turn off the subtitle or let me decide to turn it on or off since I would like to practise my listening skills? Every time when the subtitle is on, my eyes focus on the subtitle unintentionally. Please turn it off, Susie.

[@Sunrisesunset999]

From Japan to Britain, that’s quite a jump🤣

[@carmenli805]

請問這句的含意是什麼「My wife told me with my feminine side. So I crashed the car and then ignored her all day for no reason 」？

[@julie22221021]

Love that Taiwanese girl ❤ Understand controlling parents in China😅

[@skyfreeding2]

Can you interview any Asian man living in UK? (Asian female and Asian male is quite different from being treated.)

[@josephlownang6992]

好片

[@alvinsoon8184]

Wise is good also

[@davidw5333]

Susan好像是Susie的小助理

[@user-jx7uz8vt6x]

加油 萱萱

[@eileenlou7442]

你普通话说得很好👍😊👍，请问你是在哪里学的？

[@iportman]

If there were no Chinese subtitles, it would be better

[@dj-hw9ls]

俩个小美女、👍天天见

[@DrFerry-fs6uy]

susie 越来越好看了

[@chiouharrison1862]

長大不想和父母同住 其實很正常

[@youtubefive6091]

Dun be silly the friendly you saying it’s only a manner doesn’t mean they are really friendly

[@prettypurple7175]

DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS! IT'S A FREE WORLD! IF YOU HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES LIVE ANYWHERE YOU LIKE!

[@MaoyunXiaohuoziniao]

不好意思，这个视频谈到的买不到合适的米弄得我头很晕。 这......到底是要买什么样的米啊？ 大概是我见识浅薄，实在不知道是什么样的米才可以满足需要。 英国网上有好多好多种米可以选，印度的和泰国的米都有，也有日本米卖。 都不行吗？😳

[@foggythomas7686]

UK likes to make simple daily life complicate . Housing . Renting flat . Finding Job. Transportation . Tax . Energy fee . Setup business . Walk on street at night time …… the list go on….😅😅

[@frankocmister9774]

找到一個動力可以努力學英文在英國工作。

[@elllllllle939]

I quite like UK, I like almost everything there. However as an Asian looking person, you are always the outsider or minority, walking down the street or going to any public place, the feeling of looking different is quite uncomfortable for me. Less than 5 years is fine, if longer than that, you can become quite stressful. I prefer the feeling of blending into the crowed with other people who look like me. The world is not yet a truly melting pot so I think it’s a human instinct to stay with their own kind. (Unless you want to experience something new, but that’s only for short term, in the long term, most people will go back to what’s most in line with their human instinct). I know some people have to make a living in foreign country or they happened to be born abroad so they have no choice but living with different people, it’s a great experience but it’s not without downside-I know identity crisis is a suffering mental illness that is not spoken out loud but it’s definitely there

[@celinetw]

哇 住一年的英文說得比住七年的好欸...

[@danzwku]

3:38 UK women don't wear underwear in the summer? What?

[@amtang6264]

Not all of them, but a lot of them😂 I have asked a colleague of mine why she never wears bra? She said bcz free nipple free spirit

[@simonho1810]

怎樣不訪問香港人? 比台灣人更多來英國吧?

[@jackstom7184]

unjuanable😊

[@kuoskuo9978]

amy戲太多 。另外那個女生自然點

[@chiouharrison1862]

我覺到都很誠懇 我都要

[@hwalalatw]

我還真的蠻佩服英國 想當初1718世紀不過就是靠著 當海盜和賣毒品 荼毒其他國家 沒想現在居然變得那麼 有氣質喊品味

[@hwalalatw]

妳妹超美的 真的

[@Emiemigaga]

I think you need to understand and study British history

[@hwalalatw]

@@Emiemigaga 當海盜 還有賣毒品 這是不是英國 忘記說了還賣學位狗國

[@anniethin5412]

七年了，英文還是"一般般"，奇怪!

[@DipsyKoo]

大概是因為每個人對學習語言的敏銳度跟意識程度不同吧

[@huaTofu]

说得很好啊！

[@minisharkhuang]

看來是個厲害的老師在替『談論分享節目』打英文成績⋯

[@manho7885]

中国人不会英文，不奇怪。

[@leeweinan1919]

susan如果工作是码农 程序员 那么她最擅长的语言应该是python c++ r 之类的 她能生活七年 别的不说 至少听力要比你要好 何况她老板都没在意 你操什么心😅 她在的公司五点就可以下班 她大概率不是在华人公司工作 或者 不在 以华人为主要雇员的公司工作 别的不说 可以在英国待七年 怎么都可以算是有独当一面的能力了

[@programer-ricardo]

明显本土人说话更快,外来的说话,通常比较简单和慢

[@leeweinan1919]

毕竟不是native speaker

[@chenkao7095]

妳中文應該是蘇西。所以妳的男朋友應該壽司郎。哈哈！

[@UbiquitousTW]

western union 對台灣不友善,稱呼台灣為"中國台灣",我個人極度唾棄這個組織。

[@lingquan4263]

我觉得她说的还是比较理性的，台湾现在从法理上还是自认中华民国，所以她说中国台湾。这个小姐姐有点像日本人，但她的英语说的相当好。

[@UbiquitousTW]

@@zhenlancheng424 ROC只能代表台灣,不能代表中國。

[@UbiquitousTW]

@@lingquan4263 我指的是western Union網站上註明中國台灣

[@Sundaynight69]

同意

[@dupont7945]

我好奇戴舒萱小姐是否穿內衣😹

[@enzolai6205]

你在丟自己的臉，像個變態

[@dentice83]

丟人現眼, 禽獸不如!

[@penguin33069]

Free the nipple Fashion 是現在網路時代興起的，或sexy breast - "female freedism"？是否色色的時尚或只是有特色的雅俗共賞。