Salut youtube : server and welcome to the match Q and a as always you guys
have sent me loads of questions using my ask me anything form that I leave in the
description box below which is awesome but it means that it's gonna be a really
full of action lots of topics to cover lots of questions to answer so buckle in
for the ride my first question is from Ann who's from
nice who sent me a lovely message saying that she loves my videos thank you so
much Ann and she's asked me how I met my French boyfriend here and she says that
I'm lucky that he speaks really good English so the trick with this one is
that I actually didn't make my French boyfriend here I met him in New Zealand
if you want to know the full story on how we met I'll link you to the January
Q&A up here where I do answer that question
but I'm also thinking about doing a full video on the topic with all the juicy
details so if you guys are interested in that one let me know down below my next
question is from Abigail who's an American who spent some time in France
and it's wanting to know how to get into companies like LVMH L'Oreal Estee Lauder
etc so I would say like most French companies actually knowing someone who
works there having a contact there could be really useful to sort of recommend
your CV to a recruiter otherwise these big giant groups are usually pretty
modern in their recruitment and they're on LinkedIn a lot so I'd get on LinkedIn
see who's posting on behalf of LVMH careers L'Oreal careers I know for
example at L'Oreal we've got a recruiter who's super active on Linkedin always
looking to meet new talents new people so you can also get in touch with them
in their CV differently be proactive syn to your CV through to the generic
careers email address and apply to any jobs that you see on the website but I
guess my biggest piece of advice would be don't wait for the perfect job to
come up on the website because a lot of the time the jobs aren't even advertised
just try and get in there directly I mean without harassing people are
contacting people of course but I think people contact me on my LinkedIn they've
said that they're really interested in my specific field of work and they had a
really genuine interest and I took the time to read their CV the next question
is from Val PES and they've asked me how I first made friends in France so
firstly I had my French boyfriend who I had already met from New Zealand and his
friends and his family but the first way I made really my own friends was through
my study program through University that's the best way hands-down to make
friends but outside of that do you know what's an amazing way to make friends
abroad is Instagram and Facebook groups I have a New Zealanders in France
Facebook group who run events regularly there's expatriates in Paris for example
on Instagram I followed bloggers or youtubers who are around my age living
in Paris and you know sometimes I pluck up the courage to contact them and ask
if they want to grab a coffee so yeah go social okay so I think this is a fake
name that the next question is from lager dip and they've asked me polish
chocolate or chocolate steamed and this is like a big eternal never-ending
debate in France is the name for this thing a panel for cool app or shakeela
team as they mostly say in the southwest of France um well I guess I'm kind of a
born and bred prison now as I've only lived in Paris and we call them a panel
Cola but I personally vote for sugar in a team because it's so much cuter to say
the next question is from Tom who's asking me what proportion of my YouTube
audience is French so what I know is that 55% of my audience members are
based in France and that's all that I can see it doesn't necessary
a French it could be expert to a boat based on French but given my comment
section given the questions I get and things I'm pretty sure yet around fifty
percent are French I was a big surprise to me because I started my channel for
expats actually and it turns out that a lot of French people are interested in
my content and are really cool at giving lots of ideas of debate and discussion
in the comment section so I'm loving it massively forcing the next question is
from Cydonia who asked me what was the biggest culture shock when I arrived in
the France but specifically something that I really struggled with I think the
thing that I struggled with the most was the kind of lack of customer service and
a willingness to help I thought I remember finding everything really hard
like setting up my electricity setting up my bank account sitting up my phone
going to the Prefecture for my visa I had the impression sometimes that the
people I was interacting with didn't actually care and they probably don't
and and they didn't actually want to help they were you know stuck there
doing their jobs but they had no interest in helping me as a customer as
such and I found it really hard when I arrived because I was really craving to
have some support and feeling like I'd made a good decision and feeling like it
was gonna be okay and they didn't really help on that front the next question is
from - - who's asking me if I've ever visited the Chateau de la Loire and
unfortunately no but it's on my list I actually want to do a biking tour of the
Chateau de la Loire the next question is from Jose who's asking me if I know
about Lolita which is a travel book series and Frances is that the best
travel books yeah I do know them and I have used them from time to time they
are very well written he also asks me what is my main goal and life and it's a
little bit cheesy but it's to be free and to be happy and he also asks do you
defend world peace I assume that this is a joke question because it's making me
feel a little bit Miss Universe candidate but yeah duh the
next question is from Patrick who's asking me if it's relatively easy for
men to date in Paris because he's been watching a few videos from youtuber Jase
Watson and he's having a tough time in dating firstly for those of you who
don't know Jai's YouTube channel I'll link it down below it's super cool he
does daily vlogs of his life in Paris um is it hard for men to date I don't know
not being a man I find it quite hard to answer this question but I know loads of
expect guys here who have French girlfriends and they seem to be doing
quite well I would say something that could be tough is that dating here
usually comes about through meeting people through mutual friends and so if
you don't have any friends here and if you're not going up to bars or parties
and socializing and meeting friends of friends of friends you know it could be
a little bit tougher but in general I think it could be fine
at least I'll find the exit sexy my next question is from Naomi who is a Muslim
coming to study in France and algea next year and she's wondering if she's gonna
have a hard time because she wears a hijab and with a ship or not she should
consider taking up off for university this concept the concept of Lille a city
really is something that deserves its own video to be honest it's such a deep
and complex issue but you may have heard that in France there is differently a
strong philosophy around wearing religious symbols in public places like
schools and even universities that it's not really well seen because it
separates people it's kind of like wearing the things that set you apart
and it shows that your ideals and perhaps your religion and your value
the way you think is different to each other and the concept is that that stops
you from being able to live and harmony together of course in France there are
many people who are kind of against this philosophy who say we should be able to
wear whatever we want and accept each other and still live in harmony so I
think you're gonna meet people who believe the two extremes from a legal
perspective I believe you'll be fine because a huge abbe doesn't cover your
face it's not illegal in the same way that a burka is for example but from a
social perspective it could be hard to say it sounds like it's something that's
incredibly important to you to wear your hijab so I'd like to encourage you to be
able to wear it if that's what makes you comfortable and that's what makes you
happy but in terms of how people will react to that it's quite hard for me to
predict maybe the French viewers can help me out down in the comment section
below what do you guys think about this from a French perspective should name I
consider taking a hijab off or don't you feel free to wear it at this what makes
her happy I'd be really interested to read your comments down below to see
what you guys have to say the next question coming in is from Alex who's a
French person living in New Zealand and they've asked me if I know of any French
youtubers and New Zealand's not I don't and when I just googled French person
New Zealand or French youtuber New Zealand it's just my face that comes up
so it doesn't really seem like there are any maybe you could start your own
channel and there's another part of the question which is as a Kiwi do I think
it's easier for foreigners to make friends with Kiwis I think it is I think
Kiwis are really friendly and they'll be curious and they'll ask you a lots of
questions about what you're from and everything but it does take quite a long
time to build a friendship with Kiwis I have to say they're really friendly up
front and they'll stay friendly but to become a real friend you're a real
friend it could take some time so you know just keep at it keep like with any
culture I think and this time and energy and I'm sure
you'll find your crowd and also don't discount the meeting Kiwi friends
through other French people there are loads of French people in New Zealand
groups and maybe they've been there for longer than you and maybe they've
established a circle of friends so you know make friends with the French
friends maybe and meet their Kiwi friends through them and it can kind of
work like that as well the next question is from ROS who's asking me if my
boyfriend knows about my YouTube channel and if so does he watch my videos and
what does he think of it yet he definitely knows about the YouTube
channel I have to ask him if I can do an apartment tour of our place for example
so of course I have to tell them about my YouTube channel and he watches every
single video because he either writes or checks the French subtitles on them and
he's super supportive of it he's really fascinated he loves looking at all the
numbers or the analytics figuring out which videos he'd get more views and why
and all that kind of thing and he's really curious about it so I'm pretty
lucky the next question is from amaryllis who says that to notice that I
wear contact lenses or glasses and she's asking me what the best mutual or
private health insurance is when you've got glasses and you need new glasses
prescription they're all really good to be honest and by the way you don't
really have a choice because your company will be signed up to a specific
mutual or health insurance provider so you kind of get what you're given I'm
with Henner at the moment and I'm finding them really generous every two
years I can get a brand new pair of glasses with a really generous
reimbursement level so I think when it comes to glasses they're all pretty
pretty good the next question is from Nina who's asking me if I can do a video
or maybe fridge fashion or makeup or skincare and the answer is yes
I've actually filmed one and it's going to be coming up next month so keep an
eye out for that if you're not subscribed already hit subscribe and
you'll get notified when I put out a new video but I put them out every single
Wednesday so can't really miss it the next question
is from Deirdre which is asking me if French people are racist in a general
way which is such a huge question like how can I possibly answer that asking me
if there's anything towards you know Asian people the team of people Arab
people etc I feel really uncomfortable answering this question because none of
the French people that I associate with in it I know a racist people so they
would hate me if I say the French people yep yep they're pretty racist because
it's just simply not true I think like any country racist people do exist I
have heard of for example my friends from Algeria having trouble finding an
apartment in Paris because of their names well they believe that it's
because of their names and when you saw there at Algerian names less likely to
have their their dossier accepted then people with a French name but I would
say overall in general know people aren't racist as with most countries
maybe the older generations or belissa educated people may be racist because
just like anywhere if they don't understand and they don't know anything
about these people then they'll be scared of them and that's their and
racism is often just a defense mechanism of the fear the final question I'm going
to tackle from a lien is asking about to New Zealand stereotypes so the first is
that it's like the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit absolutely everywhere and
that's what New Zealand looks like so as you guys probably know the Lord of the
Rings was filmed in New Zealand and we used the beautiful scenery in New
Zealand so yeah I think down in the bottom of the South Island for example
you'll be like I'm literally in the lord of the ring
and there are moments and parts of the country we feel very you know fantasy
and Lord of the Rings II because you're an empty big Horus or you see amazing
mountains and it looks all deserted and in this kind of thing so yeah I think
you have your moments but is that is it like that everywhere probably not and
the second stereotype is if New Zealand is living and breathing a rugby is that
actually terse oh yeah pretty much I could say yeah I think so um I did a
video actually on the Kiwi culture which I'll link up here and I talked about
this I talked about the fact that New Zealanders are kind of a rugby mad cool
guy so I'm gonna leave the Q&A here for now so that the video doesn't get too
long but as always thank you so much for sending your questions through I really
like doing these kinds of videos and also watch the space because part two is
coming up feel free to hit the subscribe button follow my adventures my life in
France been in New Zealand a living abroad by cultural relationships all
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