stuck in a small town in china, but happy.

this trip to my aunt's house in hengshui was a medley of melancholy, pondering & contentment, but that's where the beauty of a good trip home comes from!!

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hi friends!! i've come back with another vlog, which is pretty short i know... but a new one will be on its way so so soon, please be patient with me as editing is quite the job ;;

anyways, i loved living with my aunt, cousin, and grandma in hengshui! this was my second time in this city, which is a mid-sized city in hebei near beijing, and it's been interesting to go back having really grown and changed since the last time i was here. the most interesting thing about this city is while there are a lot of people, it still functions a lot like a small countryside town, because its very family and child-centric rather than career-centric. maybe it's just the area where my aunt's apartment is, since we're right across from a huge elementary school? but either way, i kind of love it!

this is definitely the best place to get some food and ponder life :) it's quintessential china to me!

anyways, hope you enjoy the vlog, i love you all more than words can say, and i'll see u in the next oneee ౨ৎ ˙⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩

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stuck in a small town in china, but happy.

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[giadabodrato]

my mum's chinese and she always tells me "I miss my childhood... we didn't have much, our home was pretty small, but life was simple and we were so happy". I miss my grandparets so much, hopefully I'll see them soon. Thank you for the nostalgic video :) <3

[sweetspicy]

I miss China. I lived there for over a year, mostly in Shanghai, and visited small towns outside the city. It’s a wonderful place. After experiencing life in the Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Europe, I’ve come to realize that the media often paints a more negative picture than what daily life and culture actually are like.

[joana]

Omg I feel so nostalgic and kind of emotional watching this video, because I am also from China but live in a European country! I haven't been in China in my hometown for around 5 years now, and seeing those Chinese food, snacks and places reminded me a lot of my childhood memories! I really did enjoy watching this video and can't wait to go back to China soon in the future 🥺🇨🇳

[kidkieran]

I have lived in China for 6 years and really love the small ordinary towns. There's a great pace to life in China which is both calm yet happening that only those who have been there know.

Got to try the 米雪 ice cream you got. I normally just go for the 2 RMB one

[robertwang]

It’s really heaven, I have been to even smaller cities or townships, everything is very cheap and the food is very local, honest and delicious. It’s still very clean, very safe, organized and have internet and 5G. You can literally live like a king on US1K a month.

[kookiekxk]

why did this make me so nostalgic and homesick im not even from there?? 😭♥

[reckonerwheel]

I looked up Hengshui, this "mid-size" city... Me, a Canadian, was floored that it's a 4 million population. The city I grew up in is considered "mid size" at a quarter of that population😭

Great vlog, love seeing the food, architecture, and what the residences look like.

[Swantsfood]

i was born in hong kong, but i spent a blurry childhood in mainland. i moved to the US when i was five, and sometimes go back to visit the family I left behind. My dad, my sister, my aunts and grandmas and cousins. i miss it sometimes, even though i don’t remember much of it. i’m glad you’re showing the media how wrong their misconceptions are. thank you.

[lycheelouvre]

your cousin looks so shy but sweet. i wish her the best

[ShredST]

After moving from China to the US, it took me a long time for me to admit to myself that the a lot of fruits and produce in the US is just not as good. In China, you'd often just buy fruits and vegetables from local farmers who carted their stuff to the city, whereas in the US most people shop in grocery stores where the produce could be from different parts of the world so transportability is much more of a concern. Ripe produce is hard to transport, which means a lot of produce in US grocery stores are harvested unripe, transported to distribution centers and artificially ripened there, and then finally sent to the grocery stores.

[annabelle]

i went to china this summer too and this series is soso real ahhhh makes me miss it and wanna go back already :, )

[iambored]

i miss china, my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins sm 🥲

[livingobject]

I love these videos because they show that people across countries have so much in common than they differ.

[pinkcichlid]

I'm so upset this video's making me crying my eyes out and I don't know why, there's nothing in it suppose to make me cry omg!! Is this effin homesickness???!!

[AnimeFreakpz]

I want to live in this kind of peaceful like lifestyle 😭❤️

[qlassvens]

this makes me so nostalgic- i haven't been in china since christmas 2019 due to covid. i miss my hometown so much and seeing all these places, foods and items makes me so sad and happy at the same time. i really enjoyed the video :)

[hjehje]

I am a Canadian and I spent a few months in China last year. The people, culture, and the food is amazing.

[warumbel]

Every vlog about China features food. Eating, buying, smelling, reviewing food. Chinese people sure love their food.

[Tenelia]

had just spent a month in china too. i was hopping on high speed trains all around china and loved the mongol & north regions. Amazing food diversity and super super tasty. If you're considering going to china BUT you have been around Japan, Taiwan, Korea, then you might not find the street food or supermarket stuff new or interesting. So I heartily recco trying inner mongolia or xinjiang, Kashar.

[rheayema]

the vibes is giving like the kdrama “summer strike”, love ittt! <333