Studying Abroad in China: Unpacking, Exploring Shanghai, Shopping & More
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This video follows a student as she arrives in Shanghai to begin her study abroad journey. Viewers watch her unpack her suitcases in a cozy dorm room, then step out to explore the bustling streets of Shanghai. She visits local markets, tries street food, and shares her honest first impressions of the city. The atmosphere is casual and personal, like a friend showing you around. What makes this video interesting is the raw, unfiltered look at the logistics of moving to China, from navigating transportation to figuring out where to shop for daily necessities. It is a perfect watch for anyone curious about what it really feels like to start a new life in Shanghai.
Video transcript
One, two, three, and four. I walk a little n I'm dry. My favorite jacket thinking my back running to the prom is making me warm face coming on the tree. Every day I live in my own world. I had to go to shop and be out of silly. Got to my room. Yay. Okay, let me let me show yall. So, when you first walk in, here's my bathroom. It's actually really nice and really clean. And then boom, a desk. And then boom, my bed with more storage and a refrigerator and a mirror. And then I guess this is where they hang up their laundry or just Yeah. Yep. And then
there's there's the view. Now I have to go down there and get my luggage. Where the dog? What the dog doing? Literally, I'm literally speechless because the first time like when I got in here or whatever. Yeah. The first time I walked in here, I, you know, I was recording, doing my thing. I didn't notice that the floor was wet until I, you know, brought my luggage up and took off my shoes and all that stuff and started getting comfortable trying to unpack. And I walked into the bathroom. I was like, why are why is the floor wet? And then my socks got
wet. That's why I probably saw my freaking socks hanging on the floor earlier in some previous clips of me putting my stuff away, but I just brushed it off cuz I didn't think it was anything serious. Whole time there's a leak. Whole time there's a leak. I mean, I guess there's technically really no problem with it. Like, I don't mind it too much, but it's going on the toilet. Like, what if I got to take a doodoo? Where am I gonna sit if the seat is wet and if it's leaking, you know? Okay, I'm not done getting ready yet, but I have to go pick up
breakfast. I'm supposed to be there at 8:30 this morning, y'all. I'm going to go munch on this. I'm going to go finish getting ready. Um, yeah. Yeah. And I mean, I guess it makes sense cuz when you're older, like you don't want to like offend people, so you have to You want to pee? You want Yeah. And my requisite for that is organic chemistry. Everyone have exploration. very Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. How the hell do I get it to the shower head? I do not know how to work this Do I press a button or something? How I don't get it, y'all. I'm so
lost. How do I get the shower head to work? Somebody help me. I don't know. I'm going just leave it up to God. You know what I'm saying? Cuz I don't know. And I see the lightest touch. I don't even know this coro. I'm in such a good mood. Period. My hair is frizzy as Not period. Not period. I'm going wear it like this just the rest of the day. Oh, wait. No, my back. Never mind. Don't worry. I think he'll see our over here. Like stars. What's your favorite? I'm sorry. American What is this? It looks so pretty. Oh my god. So, but he's so We met on the go.
Hey girly pups. So, it's the end of the day. Woo. Thank god. No, I'm just saying. It was a long day, but it was fun and it actually went by really fast. But I'm going to give y'all a little haul. So, first, um, when we had the little orientation, the school gave us this like welcome package, I guess. So, the first they just got us like a little pen that has the name of the university on here. and I guess a QR code of like their social media and stuff. It's actually a really nice pen. And then they also gave us a little notebook as well and it's like
graph paper which is good for, you know, writing ha or you know Chinese characters. So um and then we also got like a little t-shirt and oh this is actually pretty big. I thought it was going to be like small. This is a medium. Oh wow. All right. Period. Another big another big shirt I can wear. That's actually a really cute color. Then they gave us like this little box. Oh, okay. So, it's like a thingy that like you like they gave us like little things that you can put on top of the box cuz like the box has like these little thingamajiggies. So, I guess
you can just like goes like that. Oh, that's cool. That's creative. What the heck? Um, we walked around. So, yes, I got a bunch of at me. So, so I just got this cute little hair tie. Um, I don't know if I'm going to keep it for myself or my sister cuz I know she likes like hair ties like this. She actually has a collection of hair ties like this, but she doesn't have one that's pink. So, I don't know. I may or may not give it to her. I guess she can get it cuz that hoie ain't even give me a hug. We don't really hug each other. I don't think we ever hug.
Then I got another one. This one is definitely for me though. I got these cute my chopsticks. Everybody in my house told me nobody mine. They're going to know kissing. Then I just got this um poor co like silverware set. This is for one of my friends. Then I got this my melody popsocket. Then I just got a pink portable charger. I actually need to charge this for real. And it came with all the cords and everything. Then I also got chopsticks. This is for my mom. Then I'm so excited about this. I got My Melody freaking like not powder puffs. Um found Yeah,
they're actually called powder puffs. Okay. And then I just got these My Melody ice packs. The sound. Oh my gosh. My gosh. Still using this to blend out my freaking foundation. I love this so freaking much. Oh, I'm so happy about this. I just got this little magnet though. That's Shanghai. Um, it's just for my family. Hi. I like never do outros, so this is different. New for me. Anyway, bye.
