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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 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 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 😂
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.
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 😅
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.
@@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
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
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~
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.
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.
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 😂
@@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.
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.
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! ru-vid.com
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 🤣
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.
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.
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.
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.
Is very interesting the differences between the two countries. The one thing that I still can't wrap my brain around is the milk in the bag situation in Canada or at least in your area of Canada I don't know if it's like that in all of Canada. Now I'm from the US and our milk comes in plastic containers. Now I'm curious and you may not have the answer to this question but do you know why they put milk in bags? Cuz all around it seems very problematic or at least it would be problematic. I mean I can't even imagine walking in to a grocery store and going to the section where they have milk and there's just rows and rows of bags filled with milk I mean I would just be flabbergasted LOL.
Google tells me: “Compared to jugs and cartons, bags use 20 to 30 per cent less energy, and produce 20 to 40 per cent fewer greenhouse gases. They also use about two per cent of the water cartons require, and 40 per cent relative to jugs. "Milk bags are far superior," Dalhousie professor emeritus Mary Anne White said.Nov 30, 2021”
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 __?
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.
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.
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
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 ♥️
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
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