The Uber driver we met in Chicago was a really kind person
After she learned that we’re going back to Taiwan, she turned off the Uber app
and took us to a lot of cool places to take photos
At the end, she also bought dinner for us, we were really fortunate to meet her
It was right before the American Independence Day, so there was a giant “Happy 4th” on the building
Hi!
I thought you would wait outside
Because there’s a car out front, so I couldn’t…
Ah, I finally met you in person!
Seriously, can I shake your hand?
Yeah!
And your name is?
Ah, I’m called Yuting
She is a fellow intern, she’s also teaching Chinese
Is it fine if we use Chinese the whole time?
That’s fine, she’s asking if we can just speak Chinese
Yeah, that’s fine, no problem
You’re not filming vlogs, are you?
I’m not. I made one before, but nobody watched it.
No, you have to… you have to keep making them, then people will start to watch them
Andrew: Really? Molly: I’ll watch it when I get back
We’ll watch it when we get back. What was your vlog about?
I went to Florida with my friend in February
Oh, I made one too, did you know that?
You went to Florida? Oh, right, I knew that
Wait, did you go there the same time I went there?
No, we missed each other
Oh, we missed each other
We were there in the middle of February, when were you there?
Middle of February, we were Mar- right right right, March, spring break
Do you know how much I looked forward to seeing you? I couldn’t even sleep last night
Really?
Really
I guess we have been online friends for a long time now
We started our channels around the same time, you started in ’19.
Uh, really?
Was it July? I uploaded my first video in August
Mine was in July
Grace: wowww Andrew: Right, so one month before me
I’m really curious, why did you decide to make a Youtube channel teaching Chinese?
This story is pretty interesting
Because it was during college, around that time, that I got interested in Chinese
When I was little, my parents always wanted to force me to learn Chinese, right? And I never wanted to learn
And then after I was interested in Chinese, the situation was, I graduated college and I had to work
and then I wouldn’t have time to study Chinese
So I wanted to take Chinese learning and...
basically create some income out of my Chinese studies
This way I can study and also…
That’s awesome
Right, so that’s my train of thought, so I made this kind of video
And at that time, I thought it was still too complicated, so I didn’t…
I didn’t make it, but I always knew that a lot of students are
are confused about this problem
Is it here?
(tour guide talking)
I don’t drink coffee and I don’t drink alcohol
Such a healthy lifestyle
If we translate qingchun into English
“youth” in English includes around 5 year olds
which is when you would start school, until you become an adult at 18
Oh wait, I got it. Because when we say qingchunqi
so qingchunqi is when you start... start to have some changes in your body.
Right, from 12 years old
And there’s also hamburger
What about hamburgers?
I think that hamburgers are just…
Hamburgers are just 2 pieces of bread, as long as it’s a hamburger bun with meat
chicken or whatever, I would think they’re all hamburgers
But my students will say, that’s a sandwich
So as long as it’s not beef
Right, so hamburgers must be beef
But I think this is just a perspective different, this is probably not a translation issue
Yeah, and think about it, where did hamburgers come from?
I heard that the history of hamburgers is German, and hamburgers were a German cruisine
And then the, okay so the say goes that the inventor basically took a meatball
and smashed it and put it in some bread, and that’s how it was invented
Grace: So it has to be ground meet Andrew: And it has to be ground beef
So it has to be ground meat
Right right right, ground meat
Yeah, I actually get it, so for it to be a hamburger it has to be beef.
Yep
What are you doing?
Almost fell
That’s so expensive, so how long did we just park for?
Oh, well I used an app and it’s cheaper online, actually like 10 bucks
You saved 10 bucks?
No, I only spent 10 dollars
So if it was, originally we got this one
If, originally, I bought 2 hours, so it should be 44 bucks
44? Wow, that’s so expensive!
Coke, you want? Get some soda?
Yeah! He said the menu is here
Okay
How about I let you guys pick the pizza flavor?
Okay
Then we… we’ll get the deep dish, and small? Or get the medium?
Small is…?
Six pieces, there’s six. Then we’ll be fine with small
And we can get some other things
Salad
Right, should we get a salad?
A Caesar salad
okay
Do you like salad with a light dressing or like the Caesar kind?
A lighter kind
She looks so cute eating that (laughing hysterically)
Can’t bite it off?
Wow… amazing
So professional… so professional, thanks!
How do you cut this off?
It’s fine, it’s fine, just…
I can tell people I’ve had deep dish now
Because when I used to tell people I’ve been to Chicago
a lot of people will ask me, so have you tried deep dish pizza?
And then I’d say no, and they’d be like “how have you not tried it yet?
Wow…
We’ll soon board the 12:30 flight
This is really cool
They’re workspaces, so you can work inside
And I think they are probably really soundproof
and you can’t see the people inside
wow~
We still had a lot of time, so we shopped at the duty-free store
Eh, do you have any other brands, that you also like?
Perfume?
Because I pretty much get Jo Malone all the time
But this one, I really like this one, I really really like this one!
Last time didn’t I… I already tried to get you to get Kate Spade last time
Oh right, but I think…
Control yourself okay?
Waiting for my luggage
You said Meimei was over here (the US) for 4 years?
4 years, I think it was 4 years
4 years, that’s not too bad, not a lot (of luggage)
But these are only from this year
Just this year? You’ve got a bit too much here!
I only had these two when I came
When I came I had one big and one small luggage
I heard they’re all filled with shoes
They’re all what?
Shoes
Shoes? You bought a bunch of shoes?
A lot of shoes
No wonder, shoes take up a ton of space