Korean Grocery Store Intimidation

[rtPoppy]

melindamerola...

so are you back from Korea and rested?

what's your next cultural adventure?

Blessings!

[thegameksk]

How are the meats and poultry?

[3choBlaster]

I'm confused? Are you in the North or the South? I assume South?

I was vids about the north ( god I hate commies ) then I came across you vid ..

Anyway ,, i think it's brave that you'd go live in Korea without knowing the language etc. (either sides .. although if you live in the North you're a LOT braver then I even thought)

[melindamerola]

@3choBlaster Yeah, I was in South Korea.

[3choBlaster]

@melindamerola Yeah that's what I thought ... still awesome though, hope you had/have a great time there.

[lunafringe10]

Americans rise up against injustice and slavery in the US

[n1h2g3g4]

you really beautiful and you do not have so many viewer. I am surprise.

[lunafringe10]

@n1h2g3g4 she may be good looking but she seems a bit far off the mark,

[n1h2g3g4]

@lunafringe10 Through the screen she`s really beautiful.Youth is incredible. Her voice is tender. What beautiful black eyes. She is natural. I do not know what do you mean when you say a bit far off the mark, what is the mark?

I think this is very individual.

[waiiatwi]

FUCK OFF TO AMERICA U IGNORANT SHIT, IF YOU CAN'T GET PAST THE GROCERY STORE PRODUCTS BEING DIFFERENT THAN YOU JUST FAIL, GAME OVER BITCH, GAME FUCKING OVER

[candyandbrian]

@waiiatwi Ef you too, fool. Without America you would be overrun by commies. Maybe that's what you want, you commie bitch.

[CabhanListis]

@waiiatwi So, did you hold down the shift key when you typed that, or did you use caps lock?

[melindamerola]

@waiiatwi You know, it's not polite to type in all caps.

[brokkenmask]

@waiiatwi whoa dude, calm down. she's pretty awesome for venturing out and living in a foreign land.

[Esthezyl]

The tone is excessively negative. Why can't you have fun discovering new things about another country?

[melindamerola]

@Esthezyl I made this video about a week after I moved to Seoul. Everything was overwhelming then, I was dealing with jet lag, but wanted to remember exactly how I felt as I was going through it. I lived there for a year and if you watched any of the videos that I made later on in the year, I discovered many things to love about Korea.

[Esthezyl]

@melindamerola Really? I didn't watch the other videos because of this one, but now I think that I will. It is good to see that you could open your heart to this very different country. I've been living in Japan for 12 years now and I still do. I think I could adapt myself to any other country now. Such experience make you grow a lot, don't you think? Cheers!

[matisz]

"All the gum is this Xylitol stuff"...that is too funny. If you're not back, good luck out there.

[tubxyoob]

she's not an idiot, she's beautiful.

[PwnforceFrank]

Nice! Japan has the same kinds of things. (Xylitol, that type of bread, and the prepackaged coffee). I had no idea how similar Japan and Korea were. Seoul's pretty awesome though, only been there once, but it kind of reminds me of Tokyo!

[melindamerola]

@PwnforceFrank I visited Tokyo once and LOVED it! I like Japanese food more than Korean food. Cheap sushi FTW!

[rtPoppy]

My wife and I were in Seoul many years ago... but mostly in Tongduchon on the DMZ as short term missionaries.  Wow, what an experience. It was a hard but memorable time. God bless you.

[melindamerola]

@rtPoppy I think you put it well. Living in Korea as a foreigner wasn't the easiest experience of my life, but I look back with so many fond memories. :)

[waiiatwi]

YOUR A FUCKING NOVELTY, FUCK OFF BACK TO AMERICA

[iamnotascientist]

@waiiatwi You're a fucking idiot, quit this world pls.

[203207ab]

I just read your profile. Okay, I see now why you are over there. Well good luck over there.

[203207ab]

I'm half japanese and wonder why you chose to live in Korea?

your husband went there and you tagged along or something maybe?

This was not really explained I think in your video unless i missed something.

[melindamerola]

@203207ab I went to Korea on my own. I wanted to teach English overseas somewhere and Korea happened to be the easiest option with the best pay.

[dfmep]

i thought this girl was norah jones promoting a homeless shelter run by a korean charity organization before i turned on my speaker

[robins1818]

Wow~ wow finally i found my ms rite..still in korea??

[KoOnemovies]

Wanna learn Korean language? Ask me, free free to ask! :)

[qhblue]

Thanks for sharing.

I felt the same when I was in Italy.

Have a blast!! :)

[dufrhd5]

If you have anu questions about whatever you have while living in Korea, post them here. I will do my best to answer!

[chup12682]

Xylitol is simply the sugar used to sweeten the gum. It's an alcohol sugar and is used in trident! Apparently, oral bacteria do not thrive very well in the presence of xylitol... If that helps.

[melindamerola]

@HDNighster1 Not too expensive. Maybe a little more than in the US.

[HDNighster1]

Are bananas expensive in Korea?

[shaxlupus]

U r so cute.

[jukio02]

when i went to korea 2 years ago, omg, the food there is sooo cheap! all the restraunts were cheap like hell, im serious.

my suggestion to anyone going to korea or any other asian country if its business or for fun, id do research on the foods, etc. im part korean, so any korean food id would eat

[noclouds111]

Melinda, The exchange rate has changed quite a bit. I heard you say $4 is about 4000won. It used to be roughly $10=13000won. This was about 15 years ago.

Looks like you have alot of 'Seoul' food, as it were! Just wanted to add that a smile and eye to eye contact is your best 'passport' in the supermarket. Actually, it's your best passport anywhere, I think.

Thanks for your video...I miss Korea.

[IPawnt]

Why is she in Korea...I would never live there and I'm Korean lol

[ParkMale69]

@IPawnt me too, i've experienced biased bs from koreans...better to live in southeast asia

[bloc22]

I live in austin, texas for year. It's a really cool place.

[melindamerola]

@kojinmalia I've studied the alphabet a little. I can fumble my way through some words, but nothing close to reading. The biggest problem is not knowing any Korean vocab. However, the Konglish makes it easier sometimes! :)

[kojinmalia]

What a pretty face.. You should learn the korean alphabet, it takes only few hours (maybe even one is enough..) to get and then just pratice, so many korean words are in fact just had transformation from english (for example orange is 오렌지 (orenji, oranji.. or whatever like that) also having a dictionnary/translator will be necessary (after learning alphabet).

[melindamerola]

@KpopKimbap I'm working on an apartment tour video. Coming soon!

[KpopKimbap]

Could you show a tour of your Korean apartment? That'd be cool :)

[melindamerola]

@seouliteguy Thanks for the Xylitol info. Good to know it's better for my teeth than sugar. Still can't get used to the gum over here though. Loses its flavor so quickly.

[seouliteguy]

Xylitol's a kind of sugar. It's lot more expensive than sugar. It has half calrories when compared to the same quantity of sugar and it does not promote dental cavities. Also it's not as bad as aspartam that's widely used in sugar free gums and lighter pops. Xylitol's the best sweetner for your health. In north America, Xyletol product is hard to find since it's more expensive than sugar and aspartam.