Thanks so much to everyone for the donations on Buy Me A Coffee, PayPal, and Super Thank$ on here! This helps more than you can imagine. Very grateful for all of you watching, subscribing, donating - it keeps me extremely motivated to continue on this KZread journey making videos. 💙🖤

@tazzznphilly

2 ай бұрын

Ur welcome, eBestie! 😏

I am a fairly new subscriber, but I really enjoy the videos. Appreciate the honesty and transparency and really respect the hustle. You WILL get there! More subscribers and views are just around the corner!

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot Eduardo for the nice words and SUPER THANK$ 😁😁

I’ve enjoyed the authenticity of your videos! Hope you’ve enjoyed your stay in Malaysia and just know that you’re always welcomed back 😊

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

That's a very kind and warm message, thanks a lot I really appreciate the super thank$!!

Hey mate, we enjoy your videos. My wife and I are heading back to our home in Penang Malaysia from Australia next week, I’m Aussie and the wife is Malay, although we love Malaysia we usually drive to Thailand to spend our time, not long after we arrive lol. We are going to check out Jomtien this time during our road trip from Penang. Anyway here is a small Super Thanks to either get your self a few Nasi Lemak after your fasting or put towards your flight back to Thailand. Who knows we might bump into you in Pattaya. Safe journeys mate.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Very happy to hear you're enjoying the videos. Hope we cross paths some time my friend.

Thanks

@peeptbgod7047

2 ай бұрын

legend

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Wonderful I really appreciate this, it helps me so much my friend 😀😀😀

Ben you will have 100,000 subs if you keep grinding out the videos! Keep it up buddy, you're the best.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks I believe that too, I appreciate it 😁😁

you're channel is blooming and much more income my friend ! 😍👍

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, cheers to that man 😀😀

I am poor too. When my father passed away long ago, he left few coins for my siblings and me. But i never travel so much due to financial difficulty. We hv to make do with what we hv.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that. I only travel when I need to reset my visa at this point. And I believe that in the longterm it will really pay off with KZread as well, potentially having a better future. I watched many vloggers over the years go from 0 to quite successful and earning a nice income so I decided to give my shot at it.

Thank you for your efforts in creating a bit more connectedness in your world journeys. It's great you're covering Kuala Lumpur & showing what a great city this is! Your next goal: the rest of Malaysia!

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the nice words and your super thanks. Very excited to explore more of Malaysia!

Thumbs up 👍 Benjamin…..hang in there 😮

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Hangin in there! 😁😁

Thanks!

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch my friend!!

@rabbitnature

2 ай бұрын

Just wanted to help out a little bit with the expenses! thank You for Sharing all your videos, also!!@@benfishermin

Stay strong buddy.keep it rollin

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot man 😀😀

Thanks for being real and sharing. Enjoy KL i spent 7 years growing up there

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

No problem thank you too! KL is really great

Thanks! We enjoy your videos and I stay just few blocks from where you film in KL.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Awesome I really appreciate your super thanks!! Really helpful for me. Did you relocate to KL or you're from here?

Your heart is more too village places....can try Terengganu, Pahang, Sarawak@Sabah... KL is just a buzy city...

@keangwooichoo6138

2 ай бұрын

Yes I can get that feeling. Borneo or east coast peninsula may suit him

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

I think you're right that I need to try some village style places, as I get older maybe I am becoming less of a city boy, since I don't live the same lifestyle I used to. Thanks for the suggestions!

Love the content bro just subbed. What camera do u use for your vlogs?

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks I appreciate it. I’m using an iPhone 13 Pro Max

Your channel is gonna grow a ton. Keep with it. It's more unique than most channels I watch on Thailand . Very good. Screw all the haters and negative. I joined when you had like 300 subs. Your 1000 to 2000 went much quicker. Lots of people enjoy them. Just remember that. I am trying to get there if I sale some stuff. I want to be in Thailand. I am 50 but don't have the 1800 a month for retirement visa. I make 1075 a month on VA. I want to do a drone channel there and make around 800 a month to get the retirement visa. Hopefully they still have weed legal when I get there. Lol

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

I love hearing that thanks a lot, gives me motivation to continue. Start your channel ASAP I'd say, best thing I ever did, and I wish I started it back in NYC long ago. Damn I didn't realize the retirement visa cost this much. Education visa too is pricey and out of reach for me or I'd be on that. I do hope you get to relocate to Thailand soon enough, and that the weed is still flowing 😁

Cool we got you

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, secret service

You give us so much man, this is my favorite video of yours so far, you show your true colors! `blue collar philly guy` just keep doing what you doing, and everything will all be just perfect You are much appreciated!🙏💪👍

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much I appreciate the nice words. Really happy to see people loving my videos 😀

Ben, I wish you will have your own kitchen someday to cook your own food. Love your videos mate.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I think soon enough I will be back to Chef Ben in the kitchen

Ben, look into taking the sleeper train back to Thailand. I've done it before from Malaysia. You'll see parts of Thailand most tourist don't and it's an adventure.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

I've thought about this, I'm concerned with some of my health issues taking the train that long, or bus. All of my autoimmune issues got pretty bad since arriving here and not cooking my own food, so I'm needing to pee constantly and go for walks to avoid body pain, quite a few other symptoms too. I'm hesitant since it's such a long journey. I think it would be a good experience and content if I could manage it comfortably!

I got to say Ben You are a good guy If I ever see you in pattaya I would shake your hand

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

I appreciate that thank you 😁😁

I finally returned to good ol Jomtien...stayin at the Jomtien Thip for 7k/mo. (I stayed there 17 years ago, and the same lady works the reception/office!) But I'm above the bars....maybe after 20th she can get me back to the good old quieter side ;-) Good luck Ben!

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Jomtien Thip Condotel soi 7? That place rules. Maybe you know already but that's where I stayed when I started the channel. I got lucky with the balcony too it had such a ridiculous view. Yea I didn't like being on soi 7 longterm though, too many bars and smells from the sewer, otherwise it's extremely convenient and such a nice distance from the beach.

Something I don’t understand…how can you travel when you can’t afford a $120 plane ticket. What if you have an emergency or something? Why don’t you go back home, save up 20-30k usd and then come back?

@keangwooichoo6138

2 ай бұрын

This proof, not all youtubers can make great money

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

I've not really been traveling, I live in Thailand but I still need to reset my visa occasionally so I came to Malaysia. At the time looking at costs they were super low, and the flights back to Thailand were very low, I believe holiday here and also Songkran in Thailand spiked the prices. If you mean go back to the US, I don't exactly have tons of work opportunity there to save that kind of money. I commited and took a risk which I believe will pay off.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

@@keangwooichoo6138 You comment something negative on every video, you're actually my biggest fan! And I wouldn't expect to make great money after just a few months, that's not how it works.

@Nabila-dx8xf

2 ай бұрын

​@@benfishermin at least you are lucky. us dollar is very strong. Compare to Malaysia ringgit. Even if I have save money it still hurts to go travel to other country especially country with high currency like UK, us. Life is not fair I guess.

@peeptbgod7047

2 ай бұрын

@@benfishermin Don't let it get to you bro. You are doing what you can and doing something different. Hardship comes but you navigate through it. Hope to someday bump into you in Thailand if i'm able to travel myself.

One thing I’ve learnt travelling as flights tickets go up and down like crazy so ALWAYS buy a return ticket if it’s cheap BEFORE you go ! As in this case you can get screwed ! But you got this and will get back soon enough (just a shame your struggling and living in horrible conditions to do so ) return tickets in your pocket next time xxx ( 0:03 I need the security when I travel as I don’t even have a credit card yet alone extra cash stashed away for emergencies )

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Yea this is a good tip! From now on I’m gonna be buying round trip tickets or an onward ticket somewhere

19:04 In Malaysia usually young people prefer Twitter or Tiktok, Millenials or boomers still prefer Facebook

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Ah okay thanks, I hate using twitter and TikTok so unless I end up hiring someone to run them, I probably never will 😅

3 day fasting with no water at all? damn. that's hard. yes, flight ticket during this time will at least double.

@keangwooichoo6138

2 ай бұрын

I doubt no water. Humans can die without water. Without food, still can survive longer a bit.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Water fast I mean, just water with some electrolytes/salts

I'm in ne ohio and the weather is finally starting to break Trust me It gets cold

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

I haven’t felt the cold since I left the US in November, now I’m actually craving a trip somewhere slightly cooler at least (low 60s) but never want to do a true winter again

Try eating celery , fruits with less sugar content. Because bread, rice, noodles have carbs. Eat white meat like chicken, fish.

@VG94369

2 ай бұрын

Ben doesn't eat sugar ,carbs etc.He very often in every video states this.

@keangwooichoo6138

2 ай бұрын

@@VG94369 we Malaysians do not know him. He stated that in his video. I mean we get 29m visitors in 2023. We do not know every vloggers. This is fair to state this.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Beef and lamb are far superior to chicken and fish, why are you telling me to eat chicken and fish exactly? And celery is not good, it has tons of plant defense chemicals in it. Of course bread, rice and noodles have carbs man...

"Looks like a park." You are always right where you want to be, but don't quite know it.😂

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Haha typical, I realized quickly after I stopped filming I was definitely in TRX park 😅

🥺. Oh wow, Benjamin. That Hostel situation. Wow! I never heard of that before. No window or outlets...OMG! I hope you were able to get out of there? I know ur videos are like 1.5 weeks behind. ~ Tazzz ~

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Yea it was unimaginably bad, so much that I ended up leaving in the night without even sleeping to go somewhere else, thanks to donations 😁😁🙏

People have no idea.. Watching KZread seems easy.. It is the hardest thing I think anyone can do.. And doing it on a budget is the worst thing you can do.. If I can get all my websites going back in the US which I am terrible at building websites I do marketing and have business connections for products but I am slow at building websites logos and all of that crap making money solely online is so difficult too maybe after a while it will get easier. I'm doing videos it is difficult to multitask.. Good luck with all your endeavors.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Yea it’s definitely a tough gig, especially without money, I think with money it would open so many doors for content. Thanks and good luck to you as well

I don't see those comments, just a lot of positive stuff and now people donating. Don't focus on the few doggie barks here and there, stick with the positive. My only gripe is I wish you would do more than food hunting and if you don't know the food there, bring someone along that can help show you / us what's going on with the food there. Often it's like "does it have soy sauce? I don't think it's for me" lol, I mean it is kinda funny but. Get some variety! BTW - I just checked out your tattoo art, pretty rad man. I like it, even though I won't be getting more tattoos. You could promote on YT too (a minute or two). Why aren't you selling designs?

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Yea it is mostly positive to be honest. The thing is every food place makes each dish differently, one place it could have 40g of sugar and another one 3g, one could be tomato based and one yogurt. There's a very limited amount of foods I can eat and still feel OK that's why I do things like that, and I don't have someone to bring along with me really. Even in the US I have these issues if I eat out, even speaking the language doesn't guarantee much unfortunately. Thanks a lot, I do actually sell the designs, that's what I was saying in the video, that's my whole job and how I earn a living, I sell tattoo designs (I haven't actually gotten paid any money for vlogging yet)

Which one is cheaper travelling by train or airplane from KL to Bangkok?

@keangwooichoo6138

2 ай бұрын

Although train is cheap in malaysia. I am not sure from border to Bangkok sleeper train is cheap or not. The nearest comparison I saw on youtube was American 'millennial legends' from ipoh Town to Bangkok.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

It's a bit cheaper by train, or bus. It's incredibly long though 24-30 hours that the price difference is definitely not worth it. Usually a one way flight is only around $40 but currently they're higher.

@Hornscope

2 ай бұрын

@@benfishermin I agree, flying is cheaper and much quicker

Flight to Bangkok start to be cheaper on April , 20th, 2024

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Yea so much cheaper I’m gonna stay in Malaysia til then

Next time don't stay in a hotel. Look for homestay where there is a kitchen. You can cook whatever you wish to eat

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Yea I had a lot of difficulty finding this in KL unfortunately, I'm sure they are out there though

Wouldn’t it be cheaper to pay for the more expensive flight ticket back to Thailand and stay in a hotel or condo there? I always thought KL was more expensive for lodging and food than Thailand , Cambodia, and Vietnam.

@keangwooichoo6138

2 ай бұрын

Does it make sense that our salary is higher than them? That is why I commented to the vlogger, no need to compare between countries or locations. Malaysians work in singapore, nz, Australia for the same reason. I won't work in thailand, Cambodia or Vietnam.

@nutzhazel

2 ай бұрын

Since he's staying in a major city like KL of course it's expensive, there's plenty of cheaper options outside of KL, especially on the East Coast side of peninsula and also on the Borneo side.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Yea definitely but I was having trouble even buying the flight to get back. Thanks to people's donations I will be able to pull this off now.

Could you show us some of your tattoo designs?

@sukh6142

2 ай бұрын

They are on his Instagram

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Sure I put them all on my IG instagram.com/benfishermin

is there a reason you’re not looking for work online? like teaching English, or, doing digital marketing - I thought you had skills in that?

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

I almost took an english teaching job for $1100/mo in Thailand but ended up not taking it. Working 9-5 all week will take most of my time for KZread away and I wanted to commit to growing it. My income is inconsistent but I was making a bit more at that time around $1200-$1400 in a month and that was enough, now it's more like $1000 and so it's more difficult. Once I get my first KZread check and then one each month, I'll have enough income and it will continue to grow. I had applied for quite a few higher paying jobs, work from home jobs based in the US which I didn't have any luck with.

You shld stay outside cities to save money. Not KL or JB.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Yea I will try some cheaper places

I love you

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Why

@hanawolfgang

Ай бұрын

​@@benfishermin 😄

The guys might be overstaying in Malaysia. Usually they are placed at certain area.. not that kind of hostel.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Yea it's not even listed online I was just walking into places. The mistake was not asking to see the room first, I was a bit desparate so when he told me the price I just paid right away. Lesson learned!

Just stay at this hostel near UTC KL, near Ancasa hotel. The hostel is called Manor by Mingle. Cheap price, nice atmosphere. I always stay there whenever i go to KL because the hostel is lovely.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thank you I’ll check it out!

in my opinion I don't think KL is right for you. Penang is ideal because it has a city like Vietnam.

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Interesting, before I wasn't so interested in Penang but now a lot of people recommended it instead of KL, so I think I need to actually try it for myself. Which area of Penang do you recommend most for staying a couple of days to a week? I'll probably go in a couple of months when I return

@penukulbesi4006

2 ай бұрын

@@benfishermin Use ETS from KL Sentral where you are first vidio, this train is extremely pleasant straight to Butterworth and then use the ferry to Georgetown cheaper than hiring a taxi. Better go during the day, easy to discover the area.

@sukh6142

2 ай бұрын

​@@benfisherminso you're back in Thailand

@MeLodiCarAma

2 ай бұрын

​@@benfishermin I think you could gather initial headway in Melaka (Malacca). It's much cheaper, people can be so helpful, plenty of tourists, westerners and Singaporeans (good potential for your tattoo business). There a place called Medan Portugis (Portuguese Square) where you could freelance out there. It's okay, Ben. I think I can understand your situation. Don't lose hope, just pace your own way. There would be people moved by God to help you along the way. Have faith

@MeLodiCarAma

2 ай бұрын

​@@benfisherminYou're legit and you're just doing fine. A little bump here and there is norm. Don't gAF to those neggies

Catch a bus, longer but way cheaper

@groovermover1

2 ай бұрын

Or train even still

@kohtime

2 ай бұрын

But better to fly in for visa waiver purposes

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Way too far by bus 😩

...why not ride KTM Intercity from KL to Butterworth (Penang) and then continue to Padang Besar (Thai border town) rather than flying over? From the border, bus ride all the way to Bangkok....

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Because this is almost a 30 hour trip this way versus a 2 hour flight, and the cost is still not even that cheap going by train and bus. I have a lot of health issues I'm not able to sit on a train/bus for this kind of duration unfortunately.

The information was for KL it's about a $5 taxi from the motel it's usually about a $5 ride to the towers from that location I think it was less money at the ampang.. It's not a hostel it's a motel there is nothing really to see there it's just a grocery store shopping center and a business district with a Motel but everything is cheap there are no tourists people will look at you but they are friendly they will ask you where you're from it is cool it's not a tourist area

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

I do love the cheap taxi prices. Mostly I stayed in KL Sentral / Brickfields because it’s also quite cheap most of the time! I like bukit bintang the most but it’s definitely more pricey

I went to Malaysia and heard it was much cheaper than Thailand.. Since illegalized marijuana in Thailand everything is expensive now.. A lot of people will avoid Malaysia.. So prices are better.. Why do you find Thailand to be easier and cheaper??

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

I think after going back to Thailand for a week, I found I actually was spending more there. Mostly because of spending on marijuana and then eating 2x as much from it too 😂 in Pattaya it’s quite cheap though and similar to Malaysia. It’s easier for me to live cheaply in Malaysia though!

Thailand is eternal land of fun

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

It's a wonderful place 😄

poor fellow!

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, things will get better!

Which hostel is 8 euro per night? Do you have a name for me?

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

It's in KL Central area, I can't even find it online I was just walking into places in person. I believe there's a lot of immigrants here and so I don't really want to put the name out there potentially cause them issues.

@Ottie-yp1ff

2 ай бұрын

@@benfishermin cause issues to whom?

As chinese, I am curious why i don't see many chinese who cant tolerate sugar, flour etc but white people do, at least some of my white friends do but Asian friends don't.

@keangwooichoo6138

2 ай бұрын

The weed smoking screw up the system??

@littletravelmonkey6727

2 ай бұрын

@@keangwooichoo6138 I don't know, I just don't have any Asian friends and family members have food intolerance whilst quite a few white friends can't eat this or that. Just curious.

@keangwooichoo6138

2 ай бұрын

​​​@@littletravelmonkey6727 I am gluten intolerant. No sugar issue. He can eat vegetarian food.

@mir7684

2 ай бұрын

Me can eat literally everything 😅...

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

For me personally growing up I had a serious binge eating issue and I was around 150kg / 320 lbs or so. Poor diet and also lots of antibiotic use for persistent throat infections. I may have had minor intolerances early on that I didn't know and over a long time threw the gut out of wack. I first felt the symptoms around 18 years old. And in my 20s I was partying a ton which always irritaded the gut, and I was never able to truly avoid all of the things that caused the inflammation. It's an overgrowth in the gut of bacteria/fungus or an imbalance which is now deep rooted, difficult to fix but I need to get a proper diagnosis from a functional medicine doctor who deals with complex gut + autoimmune issues.

u have nice subscriber who kind hearted

@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Yea amazing subscribers im very grateful

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@benfishermin

8 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate your super thanks donation :D :D

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@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

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@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

I'm so grateful for this, thank you so much!! 😃

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@benfishermin

2 ай бұрын

Wow thank you very much, I really appreciate this.