哈哈哈不知道为什么这次的vlog有种亲切感，那我也用中文评论吧！Dave的中文好好哦，虽然我也是双语的环境下长大的，可是读英文贼快，中文就。。。嗯，反正看电影字幕时都是选择英文字幕😂😂😂 我觉得说不同语言，性格会稍微有点不同！至少对我来说，可能说母语会展现出你的主要角色/性格primary character，然后呢次要语言会展现出另一个在不同环境下培养出来的角色-- does that makes sense? hahahahahah, obviously my Chinese isn't as good as my English. What I meant was, the mother tongue holds our cultural identity, emotions and life experiences since birth thus, it's easier to display their true and natural character when speaking our mother tongue. And with a secondary language, we might be influenced by different cultural backgrounds and contexts, gradually developing another role or personality! Either way, both are still you! 还有Dave的bar，这个月有机会就去探店！装饰感觉好酷哇哈哈哈哈哈 Great video! Thank you for hard work!

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! That makes a lot of sense - when I speak Chinese my personality is more a reflection of the part of my life spent in Chinese, shaped by my family, and when I speak English it's more reflective of my "acquired" personality, shaped by my experiences in English - perhaps that's why I feel more comfortable vlogging in English, because that's the person I chose to become. nugget will be open this month Thu-Sun 5pm onwards @泮塘五约涌边街4号 - but it'll be closed this week b/c Dave is on tour again. 谢谢支持 希望可以碰到你～

Greetings from Singapore. I understand both English and Mandarin but most Singaporeans (myself included) can't speak with your level of refinement and confidence in both languages. Hat's off to you for a job well done. Continue to have the same confidence in your videos.

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

I'm so very flattered! I went to Singapore for the first time when I was in 6th grade, and was blown away by how people are so multilingual there. You guys are my inspiration!

I'm so happy you did a vlog in Chinese, I studied Chinese and this is such a nice way to brush up on it! Also was so excited to see your boyfriend is Irish, like me!!

I love how you describe your English speaking self represents more of a acquired personality. That’s such an elegant way to put it. I also moved to a English setting in my teens. I find it interesting that I can talk about things in English which I don’t feel as comfortable talking in Chinese. When speaking English, it almost feels like a 1.5th narrative, a slightly different personality, so I’m sharing my stories and thoughts through a medium of a lens. This might not make any sense at all but thanks again for sharing Evelyn!

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

Same! I go to therapy in English because I'm unable to talk about feelings in Chinese...but strangely I feel more vulnerable in Chinese because of the lack of a medium

I was about to say that you have the same personality when speaking both english and chinese and then you asked that on the vlog 😂 I feel like I am two totally different people when speaking english and chinese!

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

hahah I actually feel like different people too! Like the core part of me feels the same, but speaking English/Chinese brings out different parts of me, and I can't quite tell what...Do you feel like speaking German brings out a different personality too?👀

I'm so happy I found your channel! It helps me a lot to practise my chinese skills and get a better insight of someone living in China :D

I adore your vlogs! (ps I'm Chinese Irish so I feel super represented in this video haha)

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

wow we love representing you!

So cute omg excited to watch!!

Evelyn, your energy and editing are just beautiful! Chinese was my first language but I'm so out of practice - it's so lovely to hear you two speak casually. Just subscribed and I see your channel going so far -- keep going

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

thank you so much

This was my favourite vlog so far!! Loved hearing you speak chinese and dave was such a good sport by indulging you with this ❤

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

Thank you

I love hearing you speak Chinese! As an ABC, I can speak Cantonese fluently and some Mandarin. I've been trying to deepen my connection with my culture and language, and hope to visit China one day, so I'm so glad to have found your channel!!! 🥰 Your videos bring me so much comfort and I appreciate your vulnerability always - esp in the reconnecting with family one and this one!

Loved the vlog! Would love more in Chinese if possible 💕

love the bits when you speek to the camera, and explain further your though and experiences....you and Dave have a really coo and cute vibe! :) It's really true what Dave said, people outside China should know more about the cool things there are ... hope to keep discovering it in your videos :)

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

These lesser known things in China changed my life for the better. Can't wait to share more of them with you!

Thanks for taking us along 🤩 I love your China content (maybe you could show us your and Dave's fave jian bing places?) but I am also looking forward to following your adventures in Berlin. Pre-welcoming greetings from Germany! 😉

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

Thank youuuu

That was great to watch, thanks for the fun video 🎉

Loved it!, more videos like this please, awesome job and "Hi Dave"

So happy for the Mandarin content as Im learning it and it makes such enjoyable comprehension practice. Would love to see more of these!

david seems like such a wholesome person

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

he's the best

Love this ❤❤ !!

Omg Dave was like, " nothing, let's go...". Dave's social battery is OUT!!!😅

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

the more I watch this vlog, the more I realize he was trying so hard to be supportive when being on camera actually makes him super uncomfortable...very very grateful. Thanks Dave!

Lovely vlog and yes !!!! I am happily surprised by finding out all the fun things happening in China ❤❤❤❤

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

So was I! And I'm still discovering new things every day✨

i have pretty similar experience as you too. And somehow, for some reason, I felt extra grateful for being able to speak both English and Mandarin (considerably) well recently! Jia you, Evelyn!! I love watching all your vlogs

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

谢谢❤️it's definitely a journey coming to terms with my language, culture, and identity. Still exploring it and learning so much every day. Thank you so much for coming along!

I loved the little snippet in your video when you were wondering whether your personality is different when you speak in Chinese versus English. I really enjoy hearing your musings or your “in-progress” thoughts, perhaps because they aren’t definitive and instead retain a sense of wonder and curiously about life and the world. I leave your videos reflecting on the questions you are asking yourself and think about how they apply to my own life. I’d love to hear you talk more about what home means to you, especially since you are going to create a new home somewhere else in the future. Keep up the good work!

@tapiocapress

7 ай бұрын

really appreciate this comment...I keep youtube as sort of an open diary, and I'm very very grateful that you are interested in hearing my "in-progress" thoughts. I get a lot of inspirations from the comment section too. We are building a little community together, and inspiring each other. I love that. Thank you!

please do more chinese vlogs!! 你和Dave很可愛！

You guys are so cute together and mutually supportive 😍 also Guangzhou looks so beautiful I need to try some pineapple buns for sure ❤ love how you are a little awkward n cute when you speak Mandarin:) my personality changes as well when I switch from English to Japanese for example 👀 meanwhile I’m also conscious about English’s dominant role due to colonialism but it’s a blessing to be a polyglot and it changes our way of experiencing the world I think😊 anyway have a lovely day you two:)

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

Echoing everyone else in the comments - I really loved this vlog!! So wonderful to hear both of you speaking Mandarin, and to see more of Guangzhou. Do you two speak both Mandarin and English with one another at home?

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

this was adorable

姐姐说中文好温柔 !! ur videos have been poppin off in quality recently 继续加油哦 :))

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

谢谢

I really enjoyed this video, I am learning chinese but find it hard to find good learning content for my level. Please make more

Aah this is so cute😩🤭 thank you for essentially letting us in on your date

@tapiocapress

7 ай бұрын

thank you for coming along with us:)

I'm so happy you did a vlog in Chinese (even though my Chinese is not good enough to understand 80% of it). Your personality sounds the same to me in both languages but for some people I notice it sounds different. Perhaps it is because your fluency in both is very high? Also, as a native English speaker, your English sounds perfect to the point I would barely know that it's your second language. But I know we are all harsh on ourselves when it comes to second languages 🥰

I can relate with having different personalities in different languages! My mother tongue is Thai but after spending years overseas, most of the books I read, especially those on self-development and spirituality, are in English. So, when it comes to those terms/ideas/feelings I discovered in the books that speak right to my heart, I tend to use the English words first and then translate it into Thai to people around me. This is even more true when it comes to Japanese words. So many words have its own complicated meaning that does not have an equivalence in English nor Thai. So, I ended up using Japanese in certain moments too (even to those who don't know Japanese -- but are close enough to me to wait and listen to me explains. Haha). I think you seem more confident when speaking in English, but that could also be because you were speaking in your own home/alone, whereas this one is a travel vlog. Look forward to more videos in Chinese too! I know that it is not the focus of your channel but it sounds fun. Btw, I like your videos! I came across the "a day in a life without a job" video you released 2 months ago today and was surprised that you only had 8,000 subscribers then but now that has grown to over 36,000. (Congratulations!) I then checked your shorts and noticed that you have a really candid but pleasant style! Was really impressed by how meticulous and honest you were in your weekly expense too. I'm considering moving to Beijing for work and your videos have been so helpful in giving me ideas how daily expenses might look like there. Xie xie, Evelyn! ❤ And good luck with your KZread channel! I can see the effort you put in and believe that it will keep growing. 😊 Loves from Thailand! (and a new subscriber 😄)

Discovered you through this video and subscribed, because I like your vibe so far and I like YTers who are older than me that I can learn from. You kind of look like Kim Saeron in some angles, 姐!

I actually found Lost Memory Machine long before I ever stumbled upon your channel (serendipitously)! Love all of their songs so much that I've been shoving it in all my friends' and followers' faces. Didn't know you were together at all until watching this video -- what a lovely thing to find out! I think it is so lucky and amazing that he also speaks Mandarin so well! Also, this made me so nostalgic for China and I can't wait to go back again soon. :')

@tapiocapress

6 ай бұрын

ahhhh❤️my soul is touched by the lovely connections made by music and stories. this is why we do what we do. Happy new year!!🫶✨

Such a cute vlog! Greetings from London 😊

woah make more vlogs in Chinese plsss and omg从来没想到 大卫的普通话真非常流利！！ 你们俩是个很棒的couple咯~

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

谢谢la

AWW this is so cute evelyn!!

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

我自己觉得说中文和英文不太一样，不过也说不出来到底哪里不一样...check out pinned comment, I think it makes a lot of sense! thanks so much for watching🥰

I appreciate the 4AD t-shirt reminding me to listen to some of my favourite music today ❤️‍🩹

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

I picked a 4AD artist to listen to because of this comment! Listening to Lucinda Chua now - if you like Mitski you'd like her too...thanks for sharing inspirations✨

Really nice idea to bring another very important part of you to the picture! Also I would love to know more about Dave’s company. I’m in the music industry too. 😊👻

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

I feel very vulnerable about sharing the Chinese part of me, or my relationship, but so overwhelmed by the love here...thank you guys so much! check out nugget @nuggetrecordschina on IG

You should do more videos in Chinese, I really liked watching you film in a little more relaxed/ comfortable state

Sometimes when I watch your videos it feels like looking at the alternate reality/similar life to mine! My partner is also very involved in the indie music scene (though in NYC, and we do have a band in which I sing in Finnish! :D) and we're also an international couple (though his Finnish skills are beginner at best lol). You give me hope in the whole youtuber/follow your dreams aspect, corporate America is doing more harm than good to me 🥲

sorry if this question is offensive or something, but I'm really curious how Dave got his visa while working (I belive) as a musician/barista? I thought it was really hard to get one in china if u r not a student or office worker (?)

@lostmemorymachine

8 ай бұрын

Dave here; I set up my own bar/cultural company, nugget records, which I then used to employ myself as an owner. It's easy enough to do (though costs some money if you use an agent), as you renew your visa each year the government will want to see you're paying some tax, earning some money, so it has to be a legitimate business that's earning some money every month!

I've actually been wondering about your Chinese personality but having heard it now I think you are still the same person 😄 Really liked the Chinese vlog, you should do more in the future!🤗

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

Haha I agree! Still the same person, but different sides of my personality! This was so fun to make haha would love to make more Chinese vlogs🤗

Love it! I would like so much to learn chinese!

When you speak Chinese you have a cute voice!! While when you speak English your voice tends to be more mature, it probably has to do with the fact that you used these two languages in different environment. I have the privilege of being multilingual too and they definitely shows a different side of my personality everytime i switch language ahahaha

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

That’s what most of my friends say about me speaking Chinese vs English! I have different accents too when I speak Chinese…in this video I’m using my de-accented Chinese, but when I go back home and speak with my parents I have a different Chinese accent, which reflects more of my childhood personality - but I like the person I am today much better…

Hi! I love your vlogs. I am from Brasil and english is my second language, it was a little bit hard to listen in mandarin and read english sub, but I am enjoying to push my understanding futher. So, I can relate about reading in another language is hard cause it isnt so smothie as in your native. Great content!

Amazing video!! Well done! My husband and I are raising our kids to be trilingual in Russian, Mandarin and English and I really hope that my children will one day be able to communicate confidently in Mandarin like Dave :DDD 谢谢你的分享！！

太可爱了❤

Evelyn! 这是太棒了！我爱它！

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

谢谢greg

evelyn 我好喜欢这种vlog! 可以练习我的听力哈哈哈

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

希望我说的还算标准哈哈 加油～

你们是太可爱, 我很喜欢这个中文的vlog

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

嘿嘿嘿谢谢～

thank you for yet another fun video!! 我来自新加坡，上学时期是用英语上课但也必须学母语的。我记得小时候学中文是多么痛苦的事情， 但长大后觉得能说中文还有有这个能力跨过中文和英文的差距是多么宝贵多么荣幸的事。所以你在这里说的想用你的语言能力做出有意义的事情，我也非常明白， 很佩服。加油！ also, would love to hear your thoughts on Babel and any other books you read in the future. would you consider doing a book video? Sending love ❤

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

跨过中文和英文的差距is kinda the story of Babel! I wrote a review on goodreads (also called tapiocapress there). Thinking of making a book vlog this month! Take care Luna:)

You are both so cute! Thank you David for the effort! You're glowing btb

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

thank you!! +1 thanks Dave

Hey Evelyn, do you have a good reads?? I love your book recommendations ❤

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

here you go: www.goodreads.com/user/show/119664929-tapiocapress Happy reading!

确实更喜欢中文vlog哈哈哈！

Great video :) Hope you do more in Chinese, your way of speaking helps me as a more advanced beginner who needs more listening practice. Why did the post office not want to send the floppy disks?

@alionroare7777

8 ай бұрын

My guess is they wouldn’t send the disks due to concerns of espionage!

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

I agree with one of the other comments - it's the most China thing ever🥲

Cool vlog.

hi, can u plz do an episode about what is making you consider moving to Berlin? thank you!

@jimmymenethil3990

8 ай бұрын

I support

I think your personality changes quite a lot, when you switch between the languages. To me it was like watching your twin sister. Hope this doesn’t offend you 😅 Wishing you all the best in exploring this world and sharing your stories with us.

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

hahaha if it's twin sisters like Laufey and Junia I would not mind at all!! thanks so much for watching!

@mshmslv

8 ай бұрын

@tapiocapress oh wow, what a great comparison! 💯💥 Didn't think of them but totally agree!

Wow, its so cool how good Dave’s Chinese is! How did he learn it? i hope you’ll upload another vlog in Chinese soon, you‘ve gained another subscriber :)

I also feel like i am another person or have a different character when i speak different languages! Btw, how did you like Babel? Would you recommend the book?

Do you (or anyone else in the comments) have any recommendations for similar Chinese speaking channels? This was so fun and I'd love to see more from you and in general ٩(＾◡＾)۶

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

Miki Rai has done a few vlogs speaking Chinese. I love watching Leah's fieldnotes - she has a few Chinese videos. dear nessie did some Chinese vlogs as well. Interested to hear other recommendations!

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

Coco xu as well!

sooooooooo coooooooool......hsieh hsieh

07:23 What’s the cute dog doing up there?

strange for me to watch it in Mandarin but calming ☕

You have the same bubbly personality in english and chinese! But maybe you're more expressive (?) in chinese ^^

David looks like a child when he shows everyone his 1999 tape player hahaha

@tapiocapress

7 ай бұрын

he was so happy! he's got a whole suite of super vibesy vintage gadgets...maybe we'll see an episode of "dave's show and tell" one day haha

as a fellow mandarin learner I really appreciate this crossover even more (please give me some hanzi subtitles next time so I can study a few sentences from this xd) This not being allowed to send floppy disks by post thing is just the most China that could have happened in this video. Dont get Dave arrested for espionage please

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

trying my best to keep Dave out of troubles!😆

okay but why did i not know starbucks sells 菠萝包 😳😳 i miss it so much!!

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

Maybe they only serve it in China? Or perhaps they introduced them recently? So good tho...highly recommend!

你那么美丽❤

真的破次元了！我关注你很久了，男朋友竟然是大卫！之前在北京小块还见过！醒来感叹世界好小！网络一线签！

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

哇 我和大卫都很惊叹 世界真小！

Do you get in trouble for uploading videos to KZread through VPN within Mainland China?

Are you really not thinking about making content on bilibili again when you move to Berlin?

I’m South African and my partner is Chinese American… I would love to visit but he doesn’t want because he says they are wiping out the Cantonese language …. How true is that now?

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

sadly there are fewer and fewer younger people in Canton who can speak Cantonese, because it's no longer taught or used in schools. however when I go into shops I'm still greeted in Cantonese first - I hope it stays that way!

我也用中文评论啦！还没开始看！先给你留言点赞！中午吃饭看🥰😂🥰

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

嘿嘿嘿嘿🦀🦀

All the files in floopy disks can be uploaded to cloud, it is unneccessary to send usb drivers or hard disk. nowadays, the desktops do not have floopy driver.

@QueenXKnit

8 ай бұрын

David specialized in vintage products lol. His clients are not buying files on clouds.

@serriajohn

8 ай бұрын

@@QueenXKnit Digital files can also be encrypted. for instance, you download files from internet, and have to purchase security USB drivers to decode the file, then able to read the message. Banks also have security USB driver, when connecting to internet bank, the clients have to plug in this security USB driver, then able to do internet banking.

@lostmemorymachine

8 ай бұрын

These floppy disks were being sold so that we could raise money for a charity helping those affected by the recent Moroccan earthquake. It's not the files inside that are important, but the physical item itself that you receive as a thank you and a memento of your support!

@serriajohn

8 ай бұрын

@@QueenXKnit you are right, the floppy disks are souvenirs.

cute

I feel like you have basically the same personality in Chinese and English honestly (maybe a bit more confident in Chinese? or is it just because you're with Dave lol)

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

Haha I feel like speaking English vs Chinese show slightly different sides of me, but still the same person!

Hope this is not offensive... How did you learn English and how did Dave learn Chinese?

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

np! Long story short I learned the most from watching TV shows, and Dave from talking to customers at his shop

@bobbid9168

8 ай бұрын

@@tapiocapress That's impressive. I don't know how I could possibly learn a language that way, but at nearly 70. Perhaps my neurons are not firing as quickly as they should. Good on you !

你用中文的时候看起来挺闻容。用英文的比较chill😅

约会男朋友是营业费用请给发票， 哈哈哈。 我的听力太坏，用汉语的字幕！ 中文有太多同音 看电影的时候，只听力懂1%， 听力和看字幕懂50%。看教科书一样， 他们用拼音真的不懂，但是汉字还可以。

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

我和dave在看peaky blinders我也需要开字幕哈哈 听不懂

I hope I will get my Chinese girlfriend one day too. But they don't give me a visa to go China =_=

没想到你讲中文很慢也，我以为语速也会跟英文一样快😂

@tapiocapress

8 ай бұрын

可能有点紧张哈哈

FLOPPY DISKS

@lostmemorymachine

8 ай бұрын

And they said vinyl was hipster..

Ah ofc hes white

It's nice to see that despite the Communist Party people can manage to have an almost normal life. But I think it's kind of scary for Dave living under such repressive environment.

@michellec8522

7 ай бұрын

What do you mean “almost normal life”? People are living normal lives. This vlog is literally showing them doing the same thing people in China and other countries do all the time, like go out to restaurants and shops and just enjoying themselves. And she has other vlogs where she is working and traveling. Does Dave look scared to you in them? Most average people on China don’t go about their lives in fear.