What is Odd in Taiwan but “Normal” in Canada 🇹🇼🇨🇦🤔 [在加拿大“正常”，但在台灣“奇怪”]
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- What is something you found different while visiting/living in Canada? I would love to hear your culture shock stories!!
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I’d love to hear something you found different visiting/living in Canada!? 👀
I have one I forgot to mention.. motorcycles are rare in Canada bc of the limited use you get out of them compared to Taiwan, it’s scooter/motorcycle central! 🛵💨
I think Scooters are not as common in Canada because of the cold winters. imagine slipping on ice while riding the scooter.
One slip and it can potentially end your life.
Even in NYC people will ride their motor cycles only in the warmer months, when Winter comes the motorbike gets stored away.
Winters in NY are mild compared to Canadian winters.
Hokkaido is considered the northern most point in Japan and this is nothing compared to Canada.
The northern most in Hokkaido is like 46 degrees North. Most of Canada is North of 49 degrees North at least in Locations west of Ontario.
Taiwanese here! I've been in Canada for 2 years. For me, the most different thing in Canada is you can hear tons of different languages in the street.
It's new for me to know that milk in Canada is put in the bag! I think your city is very beautiful and I hope to visit Canada someday.
文化差異比較影片我也喜歡👀看，期待更多文化差異分析，👍
Yay! I love your sit downs!!
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Although I did traveled to Taiwan, but not Canada yet, but sometimes there are a variety of areas that are strange and unique, which is an interesting topic to learn.
It’s always fun for me to experience different aspects of places while living there.
Ontario is a bit different (even within province north to south) than NS of course, but in NW Ontario we had similar super cold winters, lots of snow, wood stoves and my Mom cuts her own wood each year off their land. They don’t use any other heating. They also lose power easily and it takes a long time to find the problem. In SW Ontario not many people have wood stoves, there are lots of motorcycles (not to run errands - pleasure riders mostly) and power cuts don’t last more than a few hours because people complain so much 😅
Milk bag thing is the same in Brazil where I grew up, though the Canadian milk bag is bigger.
Milk in bags does surprises me. That how we load hot soup like滷味 no? Also some bilingual label are so smart that they complete it in one single phrase since some of the French adjectives are placed after the noun
They do something similar in Japan sometimes!
Taiwanese people will feel envy for the big house 🏠 in Canada, A house in canada for a Taiwanese people like a castle 🏰. And a Taiwanese people will feel exciting for seeing the snow people only can see the snow on top of mountains in Taiwan.I know that the deer 🦌 in Canada is giant, Taiwan have lots of wild deer in19 century,now is few,and compare to the giant deer Canada, Taiwan deer is tiny too.
Yes we do have massive animals there. Even bears are big back home. The Taiwan black bear to me is adorable 😊
One thing I love about Taiwan is that the floors are basically all tiles! Easy to clean. In Canada, it’s a lot of carpet (bc it’s cold) or hardwood floors with heating under them.
@@LayersOfJenn my previous apartment (in the U.S.) had all tile downstairs and it was so weird to me because that's not common here (at least in my area). But I do hate carpet. Hardwood flooring I do like; I'll even accept the fake wood flooring just please no hideous shade of brown rental apartment carpet.
I also don’t like carpeting. A good rug is ok for me
Super interesting, how beautiful your hometown is! Such a wonderful place.
no public washroom available in the public transportation is so unconvient in Canada, but you could find it in the grocery store sometimes.
most of fast food/ Starbuscks in big cities will lock their washroom, and you have to ask cashier to buzz you in after your consumption.
Yes!! Actually I feel like I should buy something when I use the toilet at a convenience store here in Taiwan and in Japan 🤣
Love this one, good to learn the difference in Canada, so much of fascinating🤩
I’m excited to maybe return for vacation this summer or fall!
@@LayersOfJenn Cool, Can't wait your VLOGs from Canada. Cheers !
But…
You must survive heatwave coming before returning home.😅
This…. Is true lol. I’m prepared to escape for a month however ✈️
Since you brought up time zones, I thought I would add “Daylight Saving time” (taking place this weekend ) , which also is another foreign concept outside of North America.
Milk in bag is actually very common in many countries. Used to live in Argentina, they had it, also now that I am in Hungary, they have it here too, but mostly people buy carton. Taiwan had the trend back then when they sell cold tea or drink in a plastic bag.
I’m learning about it! Someone else mentioned I believe Kenya (could be wrong) had triangle milk bags!
I like your video chatting about cultural differences.
Thank you ☺️
I lived in Montreal for 6 month and what I shocked was the first day I came here, got a emergency alerts on phone said a kids been kidnapped, bc in Taiwan I only got this kinda message when the earthquake coming, that why it made me a lil bit panic at first 😂
My whole 23 years in Canada I’ve never received an emergency alert! It’s good to know they do it! I only ever had them in japan.
Leg is pronounced like car in Taiwanese, so we used to say "no car no car" which means "no car no leg" among Taiwanese in Canada.
Omg I love that actually 🤣♥️👌🏻
The bus payment is interesting in England we used to have to have exact change, and then in London you could use an oyster card, and now you can use contactless on you bank card across the country its very convenient.
I’m not sure about other parts of Canada but, my home province needs that!!
Love all your videos. They are very informative and inspiring.
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Hey Jen! Loved this video. There are a lot of small cultural differences between North America and the UK. There are many differences between Bangladesh & UK too, but that might be more obvious 🤣
This was really interesting as an American I've never seen milk in a bag before, I also think it's cool how the houses have wood burning stoves
Only a few of my American friends have seen milk in a bag and when they are usually so confused 🤣
NYC bus used to have transfer paper slip like in Canada too. Milk in a bag is a good concept, now some drinks come like that.
Nova Scotia I think could benefit in some kind of transportation card for sure
As someone who was born in Taiwan and moved to Canada, this was an interesting video
This is really cool and interesting, Canada, Nova Scotia sounds wild!
omg .. paper bus transfer..we used to do that in BC in the 70's and the milk bag!
I follow an Irish girl, currently living in Spain, who has often visited the US. A German living in the US makes similar videos about those countries. It's so interesting to compare lifestyles and customs. Milk in a bag?! - I can't even theorize why that's a thing.
Yup! Milk in a bag 😂
I saw today online a Japanese man living in Poland and watching his culture shock experiences while living there. It was really funny bc I could understand some of them since I as well lived in Japan for so long 😂
To be fair the west of Canada can’t fathom bag milk either lol
😂😂😂😂 I’ll have to check next time I’m visiting my mom in kamloops !
@@BrandonHilikus Per Google, the bags are cheaper and use less plastic than jugs. It's seen in Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime provinces, but not elsewhere.
Ohhh I had no idea!!!
第一個：台灣的公車還是保有投幣箱，在司機旁邊也是不找零！
第三個：台灣有的行業正在試圖推行小費制度，我在一些台灣旅遊有看到，請自行給予團長小費100元。有的大型餐飲業則是直接把小費加進去，收取10%的服務費用。
Good advice! The tour groups I travel with here (like for example my Hualien tours) I tip!! The tour groups have English websites that mention tipping ☺️
Also some restaurants already have the 10% included as well~
Omg the old school paper transfers 😅 I'm from Southern California and everything is either cash or the TAP card on the Metro.
I think where you're from in Canada it would actually make sense to cry over spilled milk. Imagine spilling your entire bag of milk you just opened. The only milking bags I've ever dealt with was a little bags of milk from public school lunches. Not so fun fact, the milk tasted like the plastic bag.
Whatttt they tasted like plastic!? That’s terrible lol. I’ve never had that.
And I wish Canada would update their systems for tap cards and rechargeable card. It might be different with big cities like Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, etc.. but Halifax, nah 😂
@@LayersOfJenn yeah it was gross. It also took some skill to stab it with the tiny straw in just the right way to not squirt it everywhere or stab through the other side of the bag too.
The only issue with the TAP cards is when either the driver does something wrong or the machine malfunctions and doesn't log the amount you loaded into your card. Then of course you don't find out until you tap it on the next bus and they tell you it has no balance 😳
I once dropped a full 1 gallon milk jug on the kitchen tile floor, split the jug open, and sprayed milk all over. All 4 dogs went crazy lapping it up, while also trying to run away from us as we tried to round them up. I'm just glad it didn't land on one of them - They were all small dogs.
Ohhh yeah that would be annoying. It’s rare a card malfunction here happens I think as well as when I was in Japan.
@@LayersOfJenn It is finally changing in Canada! I live in Kitchener-Waterloo and our transit system (which covers some surrounding places like Cambridge and Elmira) finally use tap cards. It was implemented just before the light rail was finished in Kitchener/Waterloo. But sadly can only use them for the transit system... not for convenience stores lol
In New York City large majority of people use MetroCard when they ride public transportations. There's one-time free transfer between subway and bus within 2 hours with the same MetroCard.
Instead of 13-hour, there's 12-hour difference from Taiwan since daylight saving time began on Sunday, March 13.
We need that in Nova Scotia !
And daylight savings is such a good one I forgot to mention!
You should try different kind of Taiwan restaurant。 It will really open your eyes. But usually you should have at least four person then you can eat as many as different kind of dishes.
Hahaha it’s usually only me 😅😂
I have some food content coming regardless. Life in Taiwan has some food videos with his friends if you’re interested in that kind video! ua-cam.com/users/lifeintaiwan
哈雷路亞--那邊我笑了！哈哈！
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你的家鄉有綠色屋頂的安妮！蒙哥馬利寫的小說！我超喜歡的！
是的，這是對的！！yes that’s right ~
Ann of green gables is set in the maritime province of PEI (Prince Edward Island)
They are interesting thank you for telling us about all of them.
I like your video 👍🏻
Thank you 😁
4 Eastern Canada provinces😂 NS, N.B, PEI, and Nfld. . Power goes out more in rural areas and since it’s become a private company with a monopoly they haven’t replaced outdated equipment as fast as they should. We did have 7-11’s for years but then Green Gables stores took over and now corner stores have mostly been bought by people who immigrated to NS. And are now buying up Tim’s , Dairy Queen and Dunkin’ Donuts which has resulted in some menu changes. Not sure about bus changes but Apple Pay is becoming a big thing now and you can pay by phone or watch in many places. During the pandemic hundreds of people who moved away to work arrived back since they discovered they could work from home but also some brought new businesses. Times they are a changing🤣😂
Surprisingly Newfoundland isn’t included. If they are included then that means Atlantic provinces. And I am sure when I go back to Halifax one day I’m gonna be so shook at how many things have changed.
I’m from Winnipeg and my childhood revolved around getting slurpees at 7/11. Though Winnipeg 7/11’s are not to the same standard as Japan 7/11’s for sure.
Wow what the heck does avocado milk taste like?! Another reason to go to Taiwan hehe as if I needed anymore reasons 😆
If power were out for 5-7 days in Taiwan, someone is for sure going to be fired
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We go to convenience stores like 7/11 on the West Coast.
Lucky!! We have personally owned ones where o loved growing up. And the prices were so expensive 🥲
Wow 🤩 milk in bag?? It’s my first time see it.
They tried to introduce milk bags in the uk, no one was having ANY of it, it was a huge flop 😂
I recommend you a movie released in Taiwan today, I think it's super nice
Title: 少年吔
哈雷路亞那段讓我大笑🤣
有些地方會有訂購瓦斯桶 類似柴火
Order gas!? Makes sense for gas stove!
@@LayersOfJenn For 瓦斯熱水器, cooking, etc.
I’m from California and the milk in a bag got me shook😂
One major difference between Canada and Taiwan is TRAFFIC.
Canadians observe traffic rules relayively closely.
Taiwanese seem just not so.
Do we 🤣 I guess bc in Taiwan, scooters really have their own rules
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I think it's more interesting than odd. Also wow, milk in a bag? Well I don't think many in America know that. I think eating out is the same in both countries, but the tipping would be an adjustment. It's fun learning how each country is different....until it gets people arguing why isn't (country name) like (country name) when it comes to __?
Tipping is def an adjustment. In Nova Scotia it’s usually whatever tax is and when I left, tax was 14-15%
Off-topic, but you are glowing!!!
Thank you ☺️
Love Canada, love Canadians, love lovely Quebecoise accent. But am still wondering why you go to Canada and there is „keiner da“ :o)
Wow I actually forgot how HUGE Canada is lol
Daylight Saving Time, that day i can delay 1 hour to school, that make me impressed 😂
My mom told me on the phone today daylight savings is tmr & how she has to wake up an hour earlier 😂
Can’t say I miss it 💅🏻
@@LayersOfJenn hi, i thought of raccoon, when i was in Vancouver i always saw those cute but crazy animal attacked the garbage bin 😂
Ohhh yes that’s a good one!!!! I think also skunk 🦨 & porcupine. We have a lot in Nova Scotia.
Interesting
Just imagine how the moisture peel off wallpaper in months.
Omg I don’t wanna imagine 😂😂
23歲的時候看起來好香喔！
I think I still look good at 32 💅🏻☺️
When I was 23, i wore coloured contacts and hair extensions everyday .
your culture shock to me is : [ milk in a bag ] !
Many people are surprised to see milk in a bag 😂
Do u speak French fluently?
Alas, no 🥲
My biggest regret is not learning and studying it more. It’s really beneficial in Canada if you can speak both.
我最覺得奇怪的是，例如我買了172的東西，當我給外國人222時，他們會呆住，
然後找我28，再把22還我⋯⋯=_=
就找整數50，很難算嗎？這情況在韓國也一樣（😭
你的意思是在付款和取回零錢的時候？
Do you mean when paying and getting change back? I do that in Taiwan and feel strange bc sometimes I get strange looks 😂🥲😅
Like is the total it $425 & I give $525 so I have have $100 bill and not looked change.
@@LayersOfJenn 指找錢時，他們無法用「心算」快速化整為零。
Although the number ranking taiwan seven is 5,but family mart in global is number 2 ,Taiwanese poeple without convenient stores like without water and air,we will live deadly
I thought I might have read somewhere Taiwan might have the most convenience stores in the world when comparing population density 🤔
But I can’t remember
Can most Canadians read and/or speak French? Do you learn in in schools?
French is taught in all schools but only two provinces speak it officially. Quebec is French and New Brunswick is bilingual ! I live in Ontario and only one of my friends is fluent in French. Everyone else forgot it after school or only speak basics
I would say no. Canada actually has so many languages. 60% of its population is not born there but have immigrated to Canada. We are very multicultural ♥️
Thank you for answering 👌🏻 I second this!
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Oh you mean instead of “odd”? That would be def another word to use. I couldn’t think of the right way to describe what I was trying to convey 😅
scooters.....so many scooters....
😂 I wish I could drive and have a gogoro
you look prettier
Walking into a door when you expect the person in front of you to hold it open is probably the first culture shock a Canadian will experience in Taiwan.
I also had it in japan 😂
I think I weird people out when I hold the door for them
Been to Taiwan, Taichung is full of gangs and drugs...a lot of gangsters there
Really!? The few times I’ve been there I loved Taichung! It’s a very artsy area ~
You know whats funny, everyone talks about milk containers being very weird in Canada. Tbh its quite common to have milk in pouches/bag across the world. Ive seen it in Kenya, India and Tanzania. But honestly google this 'brookside milk kenya' and see the images of a triangular milk carton
I googled and seen the cute triangle bags! I would probably be so surprised to see it in real life if you didn’t mention it to me 😂