Shanghai is definitely the best and my fav city in China. It's cool to see a Finnish guy living in Shanghai, as I do not know any foreigner in China that is from Finland. And I've been to Helsinki once, it's so different. Hope u enjoy you exchange student life in SH.
There were issues with the brightness rendering of the parts that I filmed with my phone, which was most of this video. 🫠Turning up the brightness helps to see the video more normally.
Hey Arni, I'm glad you chose shanghai as the city for your university exchange experience! Your vlog is really informative and thank you so much for sharing. Just saw your other video that you had left shanghai already, just as I was about to recommend you places to visit there. Hope you enjoyed your stay here, and come back again!
I’m finally financially stable and working remotely, and I’m seriously considering going to China to study mandarin once and for all, just have no idea where to even begin 😅
I'm a Chinese person living in Japan, and it's been a long time since I've been back. The biggest difference I notice is the sound of cars honking on the streets lol
@@ArniJ. In Japan, the bigger the city, the more chaotic the rules are, but in the countryside there are more people who follow the rules. Go to the busiest areas of Osaka and Tokyo at night and you'll see a lot of people littering
so... ... the point for soup in china -- it is rather like a drink accompany with your food, instead of drinking water or juice or alcohol, in China we drink soup - it is warm and favorable. It is not really like soup in the west that is considered as a "dish", the soup in China is for drinking. That is why in English people say eat soup, but in Chinese we say drink soup. Just culture diffenrence if you live in China long enough to know about.
Is shared room necessary? How do you find it? Is it much of a difference to get own room in terms of cost and would a scholarship typically cover this? Sorry lots of questions lmao maybe you know. For context maybe I will go China to study as my partner is heading back to China soon (feels f**king badman lol)
If you study you can check if your school offers an exchange program or scholarship of some kind. It’s really worth it to go explore and study abroad. Thanks for the positive feedback🙏
Wow studying in a Shanghai Uni looks like a cool experience! I am from SH but I am now an undergrad in Chicago. I've always been attending international schools back in high school, secondary and primary school in shanghai, and I never knew how it felt to be in a uni there and be able to explore local things even tho it's my hometown. (it might sounds ironic idk, so what you are doing rn is what I would really want to try) Thanks for sharing! It is cool to see how we are experiencing an opposite lifestyle and I hope you enjoy the life there!
@@ArniJ. I'm sure you've answered this before; but when and how did you learn chinese? I've always wanted to exchange to China but I feel by the time I get to a comfortable level in chinese it'll be too late to go.
@@ArniJ. Yeah I was just looking into it as well, it’s just difficult to find classes taught in English for computer science (what I’m taking). Also I was worried making friends might be hard with a language barrier
Thanks for the positive feedback. The gym is nice even though people don’t put weights back on their place and there’s not enough weights to go around imo. There is content on chinese platforms but they’re not posted by me. Someone here in china puts them there. I’m fine with it because my channel is linked in their description.
Sweet video! All you need is about 400 more subs and 4000 watch hours in the past 12 months and YT will monetize you. Then you can set up memberships and use superchats as a means of responding to commenters. A good problem to have.
bruh was that the opening night of aska bc my promoter told me abt foreign exchange students being there and i think i saw one of my friends in the bg of ur video lmao
hey there im from china and ive seen this video on bilibili, then i came here to subscribe cuz i found ur video so interesting. so did u just come here to shanghai just for a few days?
Omg it is so lucky to watch your video. I am a Chinese person and I am trying to study English. I am working in Shanghai . So I want to ask you do you want to learn Chinese? I am trying to find a foreign friend then we can practice together. Anyway feel free to tell me
I don’t think i’ll have time to hang out atm, i’m travelling around china to see the yellow mountains and may holiday is soon. You can hit me up in my instagram for sure and we can figure something out.
Nice video mate! How much do you pay for the gym in Shanghai? I will be going in June to study Mandarin over the summer. And any gym recommendation is good too haha
I could make a separate video about the gym because it’s quite different compared to finland. The price is different for everyone depending on a couple things.
My college is very flexible with going abroad. I’m still working on the credits and stuff but basically they’re making a new schedule to accomodate the exchange and courses.
No special recommendations. In my honest opinion clubs are good when you have good company. The rest is just about music taste and other small factors such as location etc. Hope you have fun people to party with.
I have and there’s a place near the uni that has those, but I haven’t found a restaurant that has like amazing 小杨生煎. Do you have any recommendations for the most authentic place?
@@ArniJ. idk Maybe姚稷大铁锅? It is hotpot but different from the other ones I had ever eaten. If you have downloaded 小红书and 大众点评, you can search for recommended places there.（Since you have learned chinese, they are Chinese community platform) Most of time 大众点评 offer a discount so you better ask before payment if they have a cheaper price on the platform.
Hello, I watched someone republish this video of yours on bilibili, and I would like to say that your video style and content are already very suitable for spreading on Chinese sites, such as bilibili or Tik Tok, if you are interested I can offer some help
The reason why I’m late outside during the weekends is in fact that my dorm is closed from 24:00-05:00. I literally cannot go back. I also like meeting new people so that is partly a reason as well.
I get enough views from the account that is posting my videos there. They even put my channel info in the descriptions. Also, youtube has a bigger user base than BiliBili, without even mentioning the revenue model.
Shanghai is definitely the best and my fav city in China. It's cool to see a Finnish guy living in Shanghai, as I do not know any foreigner in China that is from Finland. And I've been to Helsinki once, it's so different. Hope u enjoy you exchange student life in SH.
Cool to hear. Only a few people have experienced finland, i’ll be sure to enjoy shanghai.
The reason for the simple soup is to break up the oiliness of the fried rice. Typically, fried rice in China will be served this way. Great video!
Interesting!
I really like Chinese food and cdrama. I hope to go to Shanghai as an exchange student one day.
There were issues with the brightness rendering of the parts that I filmed with my phone, which was most of this video. 🫠Turning up the brightness helps to see the video more normally.
Please don’t ever stop making videos I love watching them thanks for making them!
I’ll keep making them for sure. Nice to hear that you like them🙏
Hey Arni, I'm glad you chose shanghai as the city for your university exchange experience! Your vlog is really informative and thank you so much for sharing. Just saw your other video that you had left shanghai already, just as I was about to recommend you places to visit there. Hope you enjoyed your stay here, and come back again!
I’m finally financially stable and working remotely, and I’m seriously considering going to China to study mandarin once and for all, just have no idea where to even begin 😅
I'm a Chinese person living in Japan, and it's been a long time since I've been back.
The biggest difference I notice is the sound of cars honking on the streets lol
Also in japan people don’t spit phlegm everywhere.
@@ArniJ. yep lol
@@ArniJ. Not true, people do it in Japan too
@@ArniJ. In Japan, the bigger the city, the more chaotic the rules are, but in the countryside there are more people who follow the rules. Go to the busiest areas of Osaka and Tokyo at night and you'll see a lot of people littering
Enjoy your time in Shanghai!
haha the snoring by your roommates.
It’s not even that bad anymore. I’ve gotten used to it.
so... ... the point for soup in china -- it is rather like a drink accompany with your food, instead of drinking water or juice or alcohol, in China we drink soup - it is warm and favorable. It is not really like soup in the west that is considered as a "dish", the soup in China is for drinking. That is why in English people say eat soup, but in Chinese we say drink soup. Just culture diffenrence if you live in China long enough to know about.
Interesting🤔
Chinese soup tend to be watery and maybe to replace water... to flush down the craps.
It would work if I didn’t have my own water with me. And I mean it’s not bad soup, I just don’t need any more than the meal I buy.
Arni, enjoy and the drunk songs are still the same over the generations! Have a good time there ja tervehdys oulusta.
Kiitos, I will enjoy every moment here😄
very interesting video 😊
Is shared room necessary? How do you find it? Is it much of a difference to get own room in terms of cost and would a scholarship typically cover this? Sorry lots of questions lmao maybe you know. For context maybe I will go China to study as my partner is heading back to China soon (feels f**king badman lol)
Professional video editing! Enjoy your stay in SH.
Thanks
This was very similar to a language program I did in Taipei!
Love your cosy dorm ...oh ..hangon how many people in your dorm????. Very interesting vlog on your life as an exchange student in china
This is my biggest dream.
Watching from Brazil.
I like you!!!
If you study you can check if your school offers an exchange program or scholarship of some kind. It’s really worth it to go explore and study abroad. Thanks for the positive feedback🙏
Wow studying in a Shanghai Uni looks like a cool experience! I am from SH but I am now an undergrad in Chicago. I've always been attending international schools back in high school, secondary and primary school in shanghai, and I never knew how it felt to be in a uni there and be able to explore local things even tho it's my hometown. (it might sounds ironic idk, so what you are doing rn is what I would really want to try) Thanks for sharing! It is cool to see how we are experiencing an opposite lifestyle and I hope you enjoy the life there!
Cool to hear your story. Studying here is very mundane here but it’s still a very cool experience.
Because you're in the upper one percent of China
It's amazing that you speak 3 languages.
I speak 3 fluently 🇫🇮🇸🇪🇬🇧. Saying that I’m fluent at chinese is an overstatement.
@@ArniJ. I'm sure you've answered this before; but when and how did you learn chinese? I've always wanted to exchange to China but I feel by the time I get to a comfortable level in chinese it'll be too late to go.
Like is it possible to exchange with minimal chinese skills and learn the language while I'm there?
There are people here with no previous chinese and they’re managing to be here. I think you’ll have no prob.
@@ArniJ. Yeah I was just looking into it as well, it’s just difficult to find classes taught in English for computer science (what I’m taking). Also I was worried making friends might be hard with a language barrier
Is this Shanghai University? I might study abroad there winter quarter😭 This has been the best vlog about it so far Ty!
Yes it’s SHU, It’s a good school. Good to hear that the vlog was informative.
Soup is actually very healthy for your body like easy nutrients lol
how would you compare studying in China vs Taiwan? I'm looking to go on change next year and cant decide between china and taiwaan
I’ll make a video about it later
how much is the gym?
Love the video. That Gym looks sick. Do you also publish content like this on Chinese platforms?
Thanks for the positive feedback. The gym is nice even though people don’t put weights back on their place and there’s not enough weights to go around imo.
There is content on chinese platforms but they’re not posted by me. Someone here in china puts them there. I’m fine with it because my channel is linked in their description.
Sweet video! All you need is about 400 more subs and 4000 watch hours in the past 12 months and YT will monetize you. Then you can set up memberships and use superchats as a means of responding to commenters. A good problem to have.
Fingers crossed!
bruh was that the opening night of aska bc my promoter told me abt foreign exchange students being there and i think i saw one of my friends in the bg of ur video lmao
I didn’t hear anything about an opening night. Don’t think it was that. Sometimes they say that every time is ”opening night” to get foreigners there.
Maybe try eating local food instead of nasty western food then of course it's going to be yucky 😂 who goes to Asia to eat nacho
It depends really where you go.
hey there im from china and ive seen this video on bilibili, then i came here to subscribe cuz i found ur video so interesting. so did u just come here to shanghai just for a few days?
Yeah it’s funny that my videos are on bilibili as well, I’m on exchange here.
Omg it is so lucky to watch your video. I am a Chinese person and I am trying to study English. I am working in Shanghai . So I want to ask you do you want to learn Chinese? I am trying to find a foreign friend then we can practice together. Anyway feel free to tell me
I don’t think i’ll have time to hang out atm, i’m travelling around china to see the yellow mountains and may holiday is soon. You can hit me up in my instagram for sure and we can figure something out.
@@ArniJ.never travel on holiday in china ，believe me ，it’s disaster ！I’m Chinese
what is the title of the song at 8:28?
It was some soundcloud playlist my mexican friend always played.
Nice video mate! How much do you pay for the gym in Shanghai? I will be going in June to study Mandarin over the summer. And any gym recommendation is good too haha
I could make a separate video about the gym because it’s quite different compared to finland. The price is different for everyone depending on a couple things.
Great video bro!
🔥
Would you be so kind to tell me the names of the clubs you went to on that birthday party?
Perrys and ASKA I think. Depends on what day you mean.
Very cool video man what are you studying in finland and did your college offer you that program or is it throught something else.
My college is very flexible with going abroad. I’m still working on the credits and stuff but basically they’re making a new schedule to accomodate the exchange and courses.
I study marketing, but i did have to get the spot through asiaexchange because my school didn’t have a direct link in china.
@@ArniJ. that’s pretty convenient
@@ArniJ. alr yea my school dosent either i would have to do the same thanks for responses brotha
Interesting video 😂
Thanks 😅
Nice video. And any recommendation for clubs to go in shanghai? Gonna be there soon
No special recommendations. In my honest opinion clubs are good when you have good company. The rest is just about music taste and other small factors such as location etc. Hope you have fun people to party with.
Oh i love your videos.
Thank you🙌
How are you liking Shanghai compared to Taipei?
I’ll make a separate video later. I still have a lot to experience in shanghai.
Have you eaten 小杨生煎 in Shanghai？ i missed that so much.
I have and there’s a place near the uni that has those, but I haven’t found a restaurant that has like amazing 小杨生煎. Do you have any recommendations for the most authentic place?
@@ArniJ. idk Maybe姚稷大铁锅? It is hotpot but different from the other ones I had ever eaten. If you have downloaded 小红书and 大众点评, you can search for recommended places there.（Since you have learned chinese, they are Chinese community platform) Most of time 大众点评 offer a discount so you better ask before payment if they have a cheaper price on the platform.
How long you're going to be there. Yes I also love your video
I’m in china for one semester, thanks for the support🙏
Shanghai University I assume 😁
Yes
Hello, I watched someone republish this video of yours on bilibili, and I would like to say that your video style and content are already very suitable for spreading on Chinese sites, such as bilibili or Tik Tok, if you are interested I can offer some help
I’ve decided to be on youtube for the time being. Still, thanks for offering to help.
10:47 好吃mother.....lmao
These videos are hot in Bilibili :)
What do you mean? Is someone posting these videos on bilibili?
@@ArniJ. yep. I see the link under the videos forwarded
How can i find these videos on bilibili?
@@ArniJ. I tried to comment the link, but seems failed on youtube.. You can search by video code: BV1dm41117Xa
@@ArniJ. or simply search ArniJ
It feels like you've been through a lot this week.
What do you mean by that?
@@ArniJ. It feels like you've made some new friends, stuck out late at the bar.
The reason why I’m late outside during the weekends is in fact that my dorm is closed from 24:00-05:00. I literally cannot go back. I also like meeting new people so that is partly a reason as well.
@@ArniJ. Maybe you should consider renting out with your friends
Nah I’m good. The dorm is a lot of fun tbh
Someone moved your video to the Bilibili platform, and the number of views was over 60,000
Yeah I know.
@@ArniJ. maybe u can create a bilibili account haha
I get enough views from the account that is posting my videos there. They even put my channel info in the descriptions. Also, youtube has a bigger user base than BiliBili, without even mentioning the revenue model.