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  • Hi everyone! Welcome back on my channel

  • I'm Charlotte and I'm super happy to see you again

  • I know it has been a while since my last video. I feel like so many things happened since that time

  • It has just been a crazy past few weeks, starting with me being clumsy and spilling a whole cup of tea on my computer.

  • I don't even own a hairdryer. That would have been nice. It's just sitting here for 2 days and I'm just too scared to turn it back on at this point, you know?

  • I gave it some time, I tried to repair it but nothing was possible and then I had to start looking for a new one

  • But that was not that easy, in a foreign country to find the computer you want.

  • Other than that, of course, there's the whole crazy corona situation going on too.

  • Starting in Asia, in the beginning, my parents were more worried for me living in Taiwan.

  • But Taiwan had a great response and it stayed completely under control there.

  • As you might know, now it's Europe's turn to be centre of this epidemic and it might sound weird that right at this time, I decided to come back to Europe

  • I will explain in this video why I had to make that decision.

  • When this whole virus first broke out in China, of course my family and friends here in Europe got really worried

  • And they were texting me like: “Hey, how are you there? Is it still safe to be in Asia? How is Taiwan doing?” and everybody was keeping up with the news.

  • We could quickly see that Taiwan had it under control, you know? There were cases but it was monitored very well.

  • They even had a website where I could follow every single person that had been infected in Taiwan.

  • We could see every single store they went to, every bus they took, their whole schedule was visible to everyone, to be careful.

  • Also, Taiwan's medical healthcare is really advanced. So as the time went by, I felt more and more comfortable to stay in Taiwan and I felt safe there.

  • Safe enough to stay. I also managed to reassure my family and friends that Taiwan was a safe place to be.

  • My first real worry came when there were cases in Europe actually. Because as I saw it was spreading fast in Italy,

  • it was kind of scary for me, because that was a sign it would be in Belgium fast enough as well

  • In Europe we have thisfree movementso if one country in Europe has it, probably all the others will follow very quickly.

  • At that point, I started to be worried about my family, because I am so lucky, I still have all of my 4 grandparents

  • It's just so scary to know that this disease that affects elderly especially would come to Belgium too

  • The scariest part was that countries were starting to cancel flights from Asia to Europe

  • I could see less and less flights going back to Belgium so even though I felt completely safe in Taiwan, I felt scared for my family in Europe

  • What if someone in my family gets sick and it gets really bad and I'm just stuck in another country and I can't even be there for them

  • That was actually a very scary thought for me. My parents too, they had the feeling, even though they knew Taiwan was very safe,

  • they had this feeling we had to reunite the family. Everybody should come home

  • My sister was also studying in France and they also asked her to come home. We decided together that maybe it was wise to spend this quarantine period together

  • We also don't know how many weeks or months it can last and it's just scary to realise that I might be cut off from my family for that long

  • Shortly after I came back to Europe, I heard that Taiwan will be limiting foreigners coming into their country

  • Only people with a really good reason to be there or who have a real resident visa can stay there.

  • I did have a good visa, it was theWorking Holidayso I think I would be allowed to stay longer

  • But the thing is, my visa is for 6 months and after 6 months I have to go to the immigration office, and I have to extend it again for 6 months

  • I just heard that right now Taiwan is not allowing anyone to extend their visa so that means that even if I would have stayed in Taiwan,

  • I would have been forced to leave the country soon because it's impossible to extend any visa right now

  • You know what's really cool? I came back here in Belgium, and since I've been back I heard Taiwan a lot in the Belgian news

  • I think everywhere in Europe, we kind of consider Taiwan as being a great example of how people should have reacted

  • and how a country can be organized and ready for whenever this happens again

  • Basically, we talk about how Taiwan had to deal with SARS before and they really took this event to learn from it and act appropriately once another threat came to their country

  • It's really cool, I'm not even Taiwanese but I feel so proud every time I see Taiwan coming back in the Belgian news

  • The situation right now looks very unclear. I don't know how long this quarantine will be,

  • I don't know what will happen to my visa because if I don't extend my visa, it won't be valid anymore

  • But it's not really my fault that I can't extend my visa, right? Because Taiwan doesn't allow us to extend the visa

  • I'm not sure what will happen. I'm not sure if I can go back to Taiwan and live there like I used to

  • Even if that's not the case, I just want to say: I'm so so grateful for the experience I already lived there

  • I had such a great time. I was welcomed so warmly by Taiwanese people and I know people say it a lot:

  • One of Taiwan's great qualities is the people there, but I really want to say that it's so true

  • I'm so thankful also for my housemates, I feel like I was warmly welcomed into their house

  • Not just their house, also their whole family. I felt so happy spending holidays with them for Chinese New Year

  • I just want to say: Thank you, to everyone that I crossed on my path in Taiwan

  • I feel like there are so many things I haven't done yet, I haven't eaten yet, I haven't seen yet

  • So even if I'm not allowed to go back to Taiwan with my visa, I know for sure that I'll be back in Taiwan one day,

  • just as a tourist, if I get the chance

  • I had no time to realize that I was leaving, because when we made the decision that it would be best for me to go back to Europe,

  • I had to leave already 2 days later. I feel like there was almost no time to realize what was happening

  • It was also very shocking for me and my housemates, because we didn't really have time to fulfil some of the plans we had together

  • It felt kind of really bad to leave in such a hurry, but I'm still so grateful. My housemates still managed to surprise me

  • By telling me we would go to see the nightview somewhere, so we drove all the way up a mountain

  • and suddenly they popped out a cake with candles and everything, and my housemate even made a video with all of our funny memories together

  • I'm just so grateful that I still had to have these last moments with them, and if you girls are watching this

  • I miss you a lot here and can't believe I'm not coming home there. Thank you so much for everything

  • Thank you so much for watching! I hope I didn't bore you too much with all of my personal talk

  • It's something I felt I really needed to say, because it's weird that I'm suddenly back in Europe

  • I don't even realize it myself. And once more

  • I want to say a HUGE thank you from the bottom of my heart to Taiwan for giving me this amazing, unforgettable experience

  • I would like to say:

  • No goodbyes, but see you soon

Hi everyone! Welcome back on my channel

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私が台湾を離れなければならなかった理由 (Why I had to leave Taiwan )

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    周建丞 に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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