Hi Lisa, so you are now a fully fledged Brit. We’re lucky to have people like you become citizens of the UK. With your insights and humour, you are very much an asset.
Hi Lisa, I’m glad you got to visit, but very happy like your husband that you made it back home safe to the UK. My girlfriend is from Thailand, but she’s been in United States for 20 years. She has an accent as well. We enjoy watching your videos. I like her accent and I like your accent. I know your husband has an accent because he lives in the UK amazing how everybody talks in a different way all over the world. We enjoy your videos. You’re very kind positive woman with a smile that lights up the world. 🙏🇺🇸
I don't really like big crowds, but when I traveled to China on business (years ago) I liked to go out on my time off work and do some people watching, do some shopping for discounts and tech gizmos, and the food. It was a fun time for me to be out with everyone else. But not so much here at home. I can't explain it but it felt like there was a "buzz in the air" when out in the cities of Asia and it was a fun way to pass the time.
You totally make me miss China. In Tennessee where I normally live there are almost no people compared to China, but I got used to China and when I came back it felt very desolate and lonely. I got used to having so many people around. I also got very spoiled by the scooter delivery services and the good food. Also, in China, I could just walk out of the building into the restaurant next store and get good food and Tsingtao beer. In the US, it is extremely difficult to get Tsingtao beer. Also, I got used to using Alipay, so coming back to the US felt like going backwards in time. I did not miss using cash because we also don't use cash that much in the US, but using the scanning app to pay is much faster than cards. I am going back in September and October. This seems to be a good time to be in Hunan so that it's not too hot or too cold. I love your story about the buses because my first time in China, I held the door for an older auntie and no one ever stopped, so I ended up holding the door for a long time. lol It doesn't take long to get used to the Chinese way of doing it, though. With so many people, if they did it the way we do it in the west, everything would take forever. My wife, has exactly the opposite reaction to you about not being in China. She had a very bad reaction to be in the US after 3 years because it's just too different, so now we go back more frequently, and we will probably move to Thailand to be closer to China. I can work from Thailand, but not from China. ps. The Samsung Galaxy S22 International version (and also the new Galaxy phones) have two sim cards plus multiple digital sims. Very useful when traveling, especially in China. Also, if you have an Apple phone, there are places in Shenzhen that will make modifications to allow you to have physical sims.
Lisa, when you mentioned getting sick here in China, I do think its the water itself not the air quality, not the drinking water but the piped water for showers etc, UK water is very different, as here the water is very very full of calcium, when I went back to the UK for 6 weeks, my feet peeled all the skin off, just by taking showers. As your skin absorbs water also. Or indeed you eaten some fast food takeaway, as they use the same oils when cooking in many places... Things are improving very much here now, many new rules and laws concerning hygiene. But as you say, using your mobile to pay for everything and virtually everything can be delivered to you very fast.. Does make people more lazy. The only downside to China is the westernized outlets opening fast food chains etc, now i see much more fat people and children, since these western fast foods have opened.
My wife thinks its the bad air quality in China compared to the uk that makes her sick when she goes back. I find the moblie payment not very easy to use with a UK sim, i once payed cash in a supermarket and the young girl had to get a older woman to work out my change to be given! Uk mobile phones can take two sim cards as well ;)
I lived in China in the 2000s, before apps like Wechat and Alipay existed. I was surprised everyone in China still used cash, as in NZ you could use a bank or credit card to pay in most shops. Now almost nobody uses cash, except usually some elderly folks, like you said. One consequence is it seems there are no pickpockets anymore - I guess because nobody is carrying cash.
@@GobbyLisa99 yeah exactly - I remember going back to China and the first time after it came out and someone asked me 支付宝还是现金？I didn't know what a 支付宝 was 😅
I lived in Beijing in the early 2000s. In the really cold, foggy winter at peak time in the day, I noticed that the workers riding their bicycles then to get home did not have any lights . I thought that’s dangerous: ‘ can’t they afford batteries and lights for the bicycle . ‘ Why don’t they use a dynamo kinetic powered light , like I used to use when I was a school child. I met My female friend after work for dinner , She worked at a state bank . I remembered about the lights and asked her why , with dangerous roads in the dark, the workers don’t have lights on their bicycles ? She said, very calmly : ‘ In China, life is cheap ‘.
No one uses lights on bicycles in China, It is even more unnecessary now. China is very bright at night with lots of lights. Besides, no one buys bicycles now. Public shared electric bikes are more popular. You can ride 20 kilometers for 2 yuan
Which city are you from in China? I’m currently in China with my Chinese wife and if you want to visit or even live in a nice area I’d highly recommend Yunnan province especially the small towns which are more like cities. If you haven’t been back for 6 years you will be shocked at the change
Good video Lisa. Glad you had a safe and pleasant journey back to China. Hope you get to go there as often as you and your husband can. Even in the trips I made, I saw changes too when I first went to China in 2002 and the last time in 2012. So, I hope to go back someday and apply what you have learned.
Cashless is a big problem, i don't like it, years ago the Internet exchange caught fire and wiped out all eftos etc, if you cash it was King. Like someone said in the comments the Gov wants control over where your money is.
Yeah, these people are the worst kind of pepper sheep in the world. They are for 8 year old coal miners hooked on meth, and want to pay for everything using shavings whittled off gold bars they bury in the backyard. They have debit cards and credit cards like everyone else.
During the early 1990s my then girlfriend was studying Accupuncture in Shanghai...as part of a UK Course..I stayed there for 2 weeks or so at her Mother's flat as she was originally from there...one day we were on the bus and some local people started complaining saying that foreigners should take a taxi and not be paying 20p a journey...they spoke in Shanghai-ese...but my friend was born there and went to University there...
Going home after even a couple of years is always unsettling because it’s never how you remember it. I left the uk over 70 years ago so you can imagine the changes. Take care
Good Morning Lisa. I don`t know how I came across your RUclips page, but I'm glad I did. I've not watched all of your videos yet. but I`m working my way through them. You have an amazing personality and outlook on life. Beautiful inside and out. Hope to see more videos from you in the future and good health to you both. 😊
OMG! You made it in time for Spring Festival; yes, you adapted to your new environment in the UK. I forget to re-educate you about China being a cashless society. Please incorporate the lack of balance/change back when shopping with cash as a form of tips to the sellers; I understand that tipping is not a Chinese culture but make exceptions on your trip as acceptable inconvenient of cash payment. Please accept my apology for the waiter who mistook you for a foreigner, understand that you changed a lot while in the UK including learning cursing words. It seems you had homesickness when you left the UK; I had that too when I first left Uganda.
You reminded me a little of my Italian wife who has adapted more to life in UK than Italy though, unbelievably, she too prefers Italian food to British. She found it fairly easy to learn English; her mother was English, so spoke some English when we met. Did you meet your husband here or in China and how good is his Chinese?
@@GobbyLisa99 Thank you. I guessed you would have done so. My wife had the advantages of having some English and meeting me as I spoke no Italian - her path to learning English was "full immersion". After I watched you video, we talked a little of this and I doubt I could have done in Italy what you and she have done here.
@@eggchipsnbeans Italian food is delicious. There is not much delicious food in the UK. I worked with Italians for a year. They are very warm and like to hug.
wo tai tai shi zhong gou ren Samsung phone has two sim. I got right away after my Hua wei was resfused in the US The food is healthy, I always gain weight when I return to US
The culture difference between Americans and Chinese tourists! At Marine World in San Diego my wife and I were waiting in line to look at the underwater Orcas or killer whales 🐳 a whole group of Chinese tourists pushed through everyone in the queue and went up to the glass while everyone looked at each other and shook there heads with amazement that they didn’t know western manners. Also in the west there is personal space that the tourists didn’t understand also in the United States when walking on a foot path generally Americans always walk on the right side but the tourists walked all across the foot path with no regard for the people walking the other direction.
@@GobbyLisa99 it’s not wrong, it is just a difference of culture. When I traveled to Europe I looked on the internet to see what the customs and manners of what Europeans expect. For example in the Netherlands do not walk on the bike path! The tipping culture in the USA is much different than in Europe.
Gobby is now westernized lol.... Yes, their are many people in China and the queuing system, is getting much better here as time goes by, it is mainly the elderly who are always pushing in, the younger ones have more patience nowadays... And yes like you said Lisa, crossing the roads here is a nightmare, no one in the cars or other stops at zebra crossings, unless it is the cities itself. BUT NOW Lisa, the government have put up CCTV cameras at the crossings and if you do not stop when people are waiting to cross, you shall get an instant fine. Plus people do not usually say thank you or hello, unless you live in a small town or village. You mentioned here in China everyone is in a rush, well that is because here it is either work or starve, as their is virtually no social benefit system here, which to me is a good thing, here no one is lazy or idle, and everyone works and is happy to work, plus you never get anyone complaining about work. As you know I am a UK Brit born n bred, and now living in China, I prefer living here than the UK, strange isn't it.😀
I always hear about the great, convenient cashless payment in China, as if it is something unique that has been developed by China. In the United States we have had cashless payment already for 50 years. It is called a credit card.
Chinese people think it’s great. Because since cashless payment, thieves are out of work, and there is no need to use bank cards. So you don’t need to worry lose credit card. You can do everything with WeChat Pay on phone.
@@GobbyLisa99 Lisa in the UK we have had it for many years as well on our phones??? I use my Samsung to pay for many years now. How I pay when I get groceries at Tesco. You can do that when you get back to the UK. Thanks for telling us about China!!!
Hi Lisa, trouble with a convenient cashless society is it can be controlled by the government, they know where you are, what you've spent etc...they can also control what you spend and where you spend it.
Think about it, at the press of a button they could freeze your account or set a spending limit that you can't exceed etc... The world is their oyster.
@DGHodgson-o8z why the people from the West so unhinged and scared of ghost. China has done a lot to its 1.4 billion population in a short time than any country around the world in history. They created everything very convenient and safe. A generation was suffering from absolute poverty in the 70s be able to get rich in their lifetime and see the transition of their country from one of the poorest countries in the world in the 60s and 70s to become the richest and more freedom in the world. The West keeps telling us to lie, but we can tell the truth from the actions.
It’s not that you’re getting old. It happens to all of us. When we go to Asia and come back we complain that everything is so far away. In America we have to drive to get everything. I like Asia better. The street food in Asia is quick good and cheap
It's often the change of water or air (if polluted) which can make you feel ill in a different country....2 simcards?? One for the wife and one for the girlfriend!!!😂😂😂😂😂
I am oversea born chinese would think it is better live in china. Can!t understand why chinese like to live in other country to became second class citlzen? I had experience it since childhood
It’s sad you had a bad experience. I don’t feel like second class citizen at all in the UK. And I certainly didn’t feel like a first class citizen in China. At least the UK allows foreigners to become citizens if they choose. When you become a citizen here you have the same rights as every other British person.
First, I look like a foreigner in China, and I don’t know why. Second, my skin is very dark, even though my skin is darker than that of the Chinese. Third, the waiter spoke Chinese, and I didn’t understand. So , since I was child, I was often considered not Chinese, but in China, being considered foreign is a compliment, so I don’t mind
I have one request, please let us see your husband's face. I am curious to know how he looks like,. He must be very lucky to have you as his wife. Because you are very traditional, pure and lovely Chinese lady.
Hi Lisa, that was a very insightful story. Thank you for sharing it.
Thank you
Hi Lisa, so you are now a fully fledged Brit. We’re lucky to have people like you become citizens of the UK. With your insights and humour, you are very much an asset.
Thank you very much 。
Hi Lisa, I’m glad you got to visit, but very happy like your husband that you made it back home safe to the UK. My girlfriend is from Thailand, but she’s been in United States for 20 years. She has an accent as well. We enjoy watching your videos. I like her accent and I like your accent. I know your husband has an accent because he lives in the UK amazing how everybody talks in a different way all over the world. We enjoy your videos. You’re very kind positive woman with a smile that lights up the world. 🙏🇺🇸
Thank you so much 😊. Please Say hello to your girlfriend for me
I don't really like big crowds, but when I traveled to China on business (years ago) I liked to go out on my time off work and do some people watching, do some shopping for discounts and tech gizmos, and the food. It was a fun time for me to be out with everyone else. But not so much here at home. I can't explain it but it felt like there was a "buzz in the air" when out in the cities of Asia and it was a fun way to pass the time.
You totally make me miss China. In Tennessee where I normally live there are almost no people compared to China, but I got used to China and when I came back it felt very desolate and lonely. I got used to having so many people around. I also got very spoiled by the scooter delivery services and the good food. Also, in China, I could just walk out of the building into the restaurant next store and get good food and Tsingtao beer. In the US, it is extremely difficult to get Tsingtao beer. Also, I got used to using Alipay, so coming back to the US felt like going backwards in time. I did not miss using cash because we also don't use cash that much in the US, but using the scanning app to pay is much faster than cards. I am going back in September and October. This seems to be a good time to be in Hunan so that it's not too hot or too cold.
I love your story about the buses because my first time in China, I held the door for an older auntie and no one ever stopped, so I ended up holding the door for a long time. lol
It doesn't take long to get used to the Chinese way of doing it, though. With so many people, if they did it the way we do it in the west, everything would take forever.
My wife, has exactly the opposite reaction to you about not being in China. She had a very bad reaction to be in the US after 3 years because it's just too different, so now we go back more frequently, and we will probably move to Thailand to be closer to China. I can work from Thailand, but not from China.
ps. The Samsung Galaxy S22 International version (and also the new Galaxy phones) have two sim cards plus multiple digital sims. Very useful when traveling, especially in China.
Also, if you have an Apple phone, there are places in Shenzhen that will make modifications to allow you to have physical sims.
Lisa, when you mentioned getting sick here in China, I do think its the water itself not the air quality, not the drinking water but the piped water for showers etc, UK water is very different, as here the water is very very full of calcium, when I went back to the UK for 6 weeks, my feet peeled all the skin off, just by taking showers. As your skin absorbs water also. Or indeed you eaten some fast food takeaway, as they use the same oils when cooking in many places... Things are improving very much here now, many new rules and laws concerning hygiene. But as you say, using your mobile to pay for everything and virtually everything can be delivered to you very fast.. Does make people more lazy. The only downside to China is the westernized outlets opening fast food chains etc, now i see much more fat people and children, since these western fast foods have opened.
My wife thinks its the bad air quality in China compared to the uk that makes her sick when she goes back. I find the moblie payment not very easy to use with a UK sim, i once payed cash in a supermarket and the young girl had to get a older woman to work out my change to be given! Uk mobile phones can take two sim cards as well ;)
When the UK phones can take two SIM cards ? After 2019? Or before?
Now that Gobby Lisa is living in the UK, my life is much happier.
Vote for Gobby Lisa to be Prime Minister. She'll make you happy.
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I don't like big crowds either, but when in China I adapted and enjoyed watching all the people. China is a convenient place to live.
❤ We love your Videos Lisa
Hi Lisa! You are such a perfect entertainer! And You are telling your story with such enthusiasm! You are spreading so much karisma!
Thank you so much!!
Such a beautiful lady and beautiful personality
Your video is very informative. Thank you!
I lived in China in the 2000s, before apps like Wechat and Alipay existed. I was surprised everyone in China still used cash, as in NZ you could use a bank or credit card to pay in most shops.
Now almost nobody uses cash, except usually some elderly folks, like you said.
One consequence is it seems there are no pickpockets anymore - I guess because nobody is carrying cash.
WeChat only started in 2015 or 2016
@@GobbyLisa99 yeah exactly - I remember going back to China and the first time after it came out and someone asked me 支付宝还是现金？I didn't know what a 支付宝 was 😅
I lived in Beijing in the early 2000s. In the really cold, foggy winter at peak time in the day, I noticed that the workers riding their bicycles then to get home did not have any lights . I thought that’s dangerous: ‘ can’t they afford batteries and lights for the bicycle . ‘ Why don’t they use a dynamo kinetic powered light , like I used to use when I was a school child. I met My female friend after work for dinner , She worked at a state bank . I remembered about the lights and asked her why , with dangerous roads in the dark, the workers don’t have lights on their bicycles ? She said, very calmly : ‘ In China, life is cheap ‘.
No one uses lights on bicycles in China, It is even more unnecessary now. China is very bright at night with lots of lights. Besides, no one buys bicycles now. Public shared electric bikes are more popular. You can ride 20 kilometers for 2 yuan
Which city are you from in China? I’m currently in China with my Chinese wife and if you want to visit or even live in a nice area I’d highly recommend Yunnan province especially the small towns which are more like cities. If you haven’t been back for 6 years you will be shocked at the change
My Chinese friends sometimes gets sick for a week or so when they go back to China and they think it could be the air quality.
Great video Lisa, thank you for sharing your experiences with everyone. Looking forward to seeing your lovely adventures 😊
Thank you
Good video Lisa. Glad you had a safe and pleasant journey back to China. Hope you get to go there as often as you and your husband can. Even in the trips I made, I saw changes too when I first went to China in 2002 and the last time in 2012. So, I hope to go back someday and apply what you have learned.
Cashless is a big problem, i don't like it, years ago the Internet exchange caught fire and wiped out all eftos etc, if you cash it was King. Like someone said in the comments the Gov wants control over where your money is.
This is just in your imagination. The reality is that it is extremely easy and convenient.
Yeah, these people are the worst kind of pepper sheep in the world. They are for 8 year old coal miners hooked on meth, and want to pay for everything using shavings whittled off gold bars they bury in the backyard. They have debit cards and credit cards like everyone else.
Prepper sheep, haha
During the early 1990s my then girlfriend was studying Accupuncture in Shanghai...as part of a UK Course..I stayed there for 2 weeks or so at her Mother's flat as she was originally from there...one day we were on the bus and some local people started complaining saying that foreigners should take a taxi and not be paying 20p a journey...they spoke in Shanghai-ese...but my friend was born there and went to University there...
As always you make good points
Thank you
Going home after even a couple of years is always unsettling because it’s never how you remember it. I left the uk over 70 years ago so you can imagine the changes. Take care
UK phones (like an iPhone and probably some Android phones) have a physical SIM card slot and also you can use an eSIM (virtual SIM)
Good Morning Lisa. I don`t know how I came across your RUclips page, but I'm glad I did. I've not watched all of your videos yet. but I`m working my way through them. You have an amazing personality and outlook on life. Beautiful inside and out. Hope to see more videos from you in the future and good health to you both. 😊
Thank you so much 😊
Your welcome here in england 🙏
Thank you 😊
Three years is a long time and especially if you haven't been back in that time ..things change !
OMG! You made it in time for Spring Festival; yes, you adapted to your new environment in the UK. I forget to re-educate you about China being a cashless society. Please incorporate the lack of balance/change back when shopping with cash as a form of tips to the sellers; I understand that tipping is not a Chinese culture but make exceptions on your trip as acceptable inconvenient of cash payment. Please accept my apology for the waiter who mistook you for a foreigner, understand that you changed a lot while in the UK including learning cursing words. It seems you had homesickness when you left the UK; I had that too when I first left Uganda.
You reminded me a little of my Italian wife who has adapted more to life in UK than Italy though, unbelievably, she too prefers Italian food to British. She found it fairly easy to learn English; her mother was English, so spoke some English when we met.
Did you meet your husband here or in China and how good is his Chinese?
In the previous videos, I introduced how I met my husband. I met him in China. I taught him Chinese and he speaks very well
@@GobbyLisa99 Thank you. I guessed you would have done so. My wife had the advantages of having some English and meeting me as I spoke no Italian - her path to learning English was "full immersion".
After I watched you video, we talked a little of this and I doubt I could have done in Italy what you and she have done here.
@@eggchipsnbeans Italian food is delicious. There is not much delicious food in the UK. I worked with Italians for a year. They are very warm and like to hug.
Where in China exactly did you go? As you know, China is a big country😊
wo tai tai shi zhong gou ren Samsung phone has two sim. I got right away after my Hua wei was resfused in the US The food is healthy, I always gain weight when I return to US
The culture difference between Americans and Chinese tourists! At Marine World in San Diego my wife and I were waiting in line to look at the underwater Orcas or killer whales 🐳 a whole group of Chinese tourists pushed through everyone in the queue and went up to the glass while everyone looked at each other and shook there heads with amazement that they didn’t know western manners. Also in the west there is personal space that the tourists didn’t understand also in the United States when walking on a foot path generally Americans always walk on the right side but the tourists walked all across the foot path with no regard for the people walking the other direction.
And they don't know that their behavior is wrong
@@GobbyLisa99 it’s not wrong, it is just a difference of culture. When I traveled to Europe I looked on the internet to see what the customs and manners of what Europeans expect. For example in the Netherlands do not walk on the bike path! The tipping culture in the USA is much different than in Europe.
You're great, Lisa 💐
Gobby is now westernized lol.... Yes, their are many people in China and the queuing system, is getting much better here as time goes by, it is mainly the elderly who are always pushing in, the younger ones have more patience nowadays... And yes like you said Lisa, crossing the roads here is a nightmare, no one in the cars or other stops at zebra crossings, unless it is the cities itself. BUT NOW Lisa, the government have put up CCTV cameras at the crossings and if you do not stop when people are waiting to cross, you shall get an instant fine. Plus people do not usually say thank you or hello, unless you live in a small town or village. You mentioned here in China everyone is in a rush, well that is because here it is either work or starve, as their is virtually no social benefit system here, which to me is a good thing, here no one is lazy or idle, and everyone works and is happy to work, plus you never get anyone complaining about work. As you know I am a UK Brit born n bred, and now living in China, I prefer living here than the UK, strange isn't it.😀
I always hear about the great, convenient cashless payment in China, as if it is something unique that has been developed by China. In the United States we have had cashless payment already for 50 years. It is called a credit card.
Chinese people think it’s great. Because since cashless payment, thieves are out of work, and there is no need to use bank cards. So you don’t need to worry lose credit card. You can do everything with WeChat Pay on phone.
@@GobbyLisa99 Lisa in the UK we have had it for many years as well on our phones??? I use my Samsung to pay for many years now. How I pay when I get groceries at Tesco. You can do that when you get back to the UK. Thanks for telling us about China!!!
Do you mean England? Or do you live in Scotland or Wales?
Hi Lisa, trouble with a convenient cashless society is it can be controlled by the government, they know where you are, what you've spent etc...they can also control what you spend and where you spend it.
I have never used cash in the UK, I always pay with my phone
how do they control what you spend and where you spend it?
They don’t, he’s a typical anti government but somehow for the government (??) drone.
Think about it, at the press of a button they could freeze your account or set a spending limit that you can't exceed etc... The world is their oyster.
@DGHodgson-o8z why the people from the West so unhinged and scared of ghost. China has done a lot to its 1.4 billion population in a short time than any country around the world in history.
They created everything very convenient and safe. A generation was suffering from absolute poverty in the 70s be able to get rich in their lifetime and see the transition of their country from one of the poorest countries in the world in the 60s and 70s to become the richest and more freedom in the world.
The West keeps telling us to lie, but we can tell the truth from the actions.
hi from vancouver
I wish Chinese women were more opened to dating Filipino men. It truly breaks my heart.
"I learned to install the app...and it was so convenient." [Your husband: "What are all of these charges?"] 😂
😂😂
It’s not that you’re getting old. It happens to all of us. When we go to Asia and come back we complain that everything is so far away. In America we have to drive to get everything. I like Asia better. The street food in Asia is quick good and cheap
It's often the change of water or air (if polluted) which can make you feel ill in a different country....2 simcards?? One for the wife and one for the girlfriend!!!😂😂😂😂😂
It sounds like there is a lot of stress in China. You are beautiful.
Depends on where you live and how rich you are like anywhere in the world. Try living in Korea.
You are not Gobby. You are Lisa. Done. Stay here lass. China is great. UK is great. At least you have a choice.
Dammit why you come back 😂
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I am oversea born chinese would think it is better live in china. Can!t understand why chinese like to live in other country to became second class citlzen? I had experience it since childhood
It’s sad you had a bad experience. I don’t feel like second class citizen at all in the UK. And I certainly didn’t feel like a first class citizen in China. At least the UK allows foreigners to become citizens if they choose. When you become a citizen here you have the same rights as every other British person.
I wonder why they thought you didn't speak Chinese? Was it because you were with your husband or other non-Chinese?
First, I look like a foreigner in China, and I don’t know why. Second, my skin is very dark, even though my skin is darker than that of the Chinese. Third, the waiter spoke Chinese, and I didn’t understand. So , since I was child, I was often considered not Chinese, but in China, being considered foreign is a compliment, so I don’t mind
Beautiful woman
I have one request, please let us see your husband's face. I am curious to know how he looks like,. He must be very lucky to have you as his wife. Because you are very traditional, pure and lovely Chinese lady.
I’m sorry you won’t see his face. He doesn't even want his voice to be in the video, he's just an ordinary person