Hi guys

Um

Sorry I'm a youtuber

How do you guys like living in Taiwan?

How long have you been here?

I've been here for a long time

about 20 years almost

Wow

But are you getting used to the culture?

Do you like the food?

I'm more like a Taiwanese anyway

You are more like a Taiwanese?!

So you recognize yourself as Taiwanese?

Sorry I'm going to walk you to your car

and um

you've been here 20 years

Yea

Where are you from?

Nigeria

Nigeria!

What made you wnat to come here?

Anyway I run my company here

You run your company here?! Wow!

That is very impressive

What do you do?

Exports

Exports? Wow

From Taiwan to Nigeria?

And do you export food or?

Textile

Textile? Wow!

I mean I can see from um

You are very fashionable

Do you hire Taiwanese people?

Yes

Wow!

But how do you communicate with them?

in Chinese, I do speak Chinese

Oh okayy

Oh it's gone don't worry

Oh I'm so sorry

Nah it's okay

Um did I make you miss your um

ride?

No no no

I drove myself

You speak Taiwanese?

I mean Chinese

Kind of kind of

Can you show us?

Huh?

Can you speak Mandarin Chinese?

Yes yes I can

Woahhhh

It's really impressive!

Wow I'm shocked

No but like

How hard was it for you to learn Mandarin?

It must have been really hard when you came

Um kind of

But what motive did you

have to move to Taiwan?

How do you know

to set up a business here?

because normal...regular Nigerian wouldn't know, right?

Yep

because it's kind of a family business

Oh a family busienss

When I was a student, I did come here

Are these all your friends that run companies in Taiwan?

Some are working here

Some run their own business too

Wow

No I'm just really impressed

Hii

Okay you can talk to him

His Chinese is better than mine too

Oh okay

But your English is very good

No need for Chinese

Well I studied back in Canada

So what were you talking about yes

Um

Well because I am a youtuber

I do street interveiws

Okay

So I just want to find out

Why did you guys come to Taiwan

and how are you guys living in a foreign country?

because it's just really interesting to me

So I'm running export business

and some people are working

and some poeple are studying

Yea some people are studying in academy

and universities in Taiwan

Everyone is from Nigeria

Ohh everyone's from Nigeria

Once in a while we meet

each other

to have some memory of Nigeria

Wow how long have you guys been here?

Some very long, some very new

Some one month, some 20 years

for me, it's 27 years

!!!!

So it's a very long time

So do you miss home?

Um definitely definitely

There's no place like home you know

I know but what about the food and

The food, same thing, we miss the food

we miss home food

but how do you find living in Taiwan?

Is it a place you want to live permanently?

Um well

You know you can never decide the future

maybe you say yes

later things change

it depends

Do you have family here?

Yea my wife is Chinese

Your wife is Chinese? Wow

We married, have a child

We started here in Taiwan

Wow

So this is your home

Um second home yes

i have my first home and this is my second home

Woahh

But you been here 27 years

That's right

So do you see yourself as Taiwanese?

Well I tried

I tried to see myself as Taiwanese

But it's really hard no?

Yea it's really hard

Because I talked to some students and

in the university

and they said people stare at them

and it's normal

Yea yea it's common

But I try to be

as Taiwnaese

Sometimes it's tough

Yea it is really tough

because physical appearance just looks different

Woww

Thank you

It's just mind blwoing