Despite all the problems we may have as a country, South Africa is an amazing place to live. We are genuinely raised with the spirit of UBUNTU. I'm listening to you as you speak and realising all the little things that are normal to me and that I may take for granted. Something as small as keeping the door open for someone who's coming, I mean I experience that every day and it's something I do naturally. I think with every decision we take there are sacrifices. This takes me back to your video on the sacrifices you make to live abroad. As much as living in another country affords you opportunities you wouldn't have if you were still in SA, it is still not home. And as much as being home with your people is amazing, you may not be fully satisfied with your job and opportunities etc. Thank you for making this video, it's great to help us think of stuff like these as we consider options of moving out of our home countries 💛

Yoooooo!!! 😢so this is what I can expect with a trip home 🫣 thank you for sharing. Would you say that you have a new found appreciation for SA and SA culture? Things that we took for granted before life in Korea. Beautiful video Letty! For anyone who hasn’t been to SA or doesn’t have an idea about life in SA and people in SA, this is the video to watch! A proudly South African video ❤ I don’t think you are overreacting 😢 🥺 everything you spoke about are things I miss about being home, to go home and be reminded of who you are, where you come from, your people - then have to leave all of that behind for the totally different way of life we experience here, your feelings are valid.

Its really sad because South Africa has such a awesome culture and generally great lifestyle besides the poorly run government and crime

Sending you lots of love and light as you adjust to life back in Korea and get ready to start the new school year! 🌸

It's the I know how to block people now on KZfaq for me 😂😂 Home will always be home, and it's home for a reason. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

Wena ne okare ke lle when I heard “annyonghaseyo”😫😫 It’s one of those things gore home is home and home will always be home,no matter where you go!

Home will always be home ❤️ so many you tubers dont stress enough about how home sickness hits once the excitement dies down. I spent years planning to move abroad and now that i finally did it i really just miss home and family and the feeling of belonging. Stay strong ❤️

Hey Letty! It's me, Letty(Lethabo, lol). I commented on one of your videos a few months ago saying that I wanted to come to SK. Welp, I'm here! In Daejeon, to be specific. I've been here for about 3 months and lemme tell you, girl, I cannot wait to go back home! I can totally relate 1000% with what you're saying in this video because I'm experiencing this. SA is sooooo different from SK and it's evident. And I'm experiencing one of the worst experiences yoh! Nobody talks about how hard the first few months are. Adjusting to life here is so difficult bro. Anywho, I love your content and I hope that we'll meet some day.

Hey Letty I am glad you mentioned it. Life/ emotions and feelings are not black and white. You can love something and still be annoyed or hate it😂😂😂 Emily Boitumelo is in China and recently visited SA and she went back to China and said coming back to SA solidified the plan she always had that she’s coming back. South African really felt home. It felt right. It fitted. She enjoyed it so much !!!!! What you’re feeling is totally valid.

I’m from America and honestly it depends on the personality and upbringing of a person here in America. I’ve learned not to expect from anyone. As a Christian I know that people will always fail you because that’s the human way. I rarely get help from a cab/ Uber driver with my luggage/bags they open the trunk and never get out of the car. People mind their own business a simple nod when eye contact is given is all I’ve seen. Usually people that start conversations are just naturally chatty and talk to anyone and everyone. Holding the door for a person is a hit or miss. I have naturally curly hair and when I wear it down and curly, it never fails they ask questions they want to touch it they want to know where I’m from because of my hair. I don’t get bothered by it because I know that we as human beings are naturally curious about what is strange and/or new to us. So when we visit other countries we have to understand that they have a culture that’s different from us and we have to respect that as visitors in their country, and if you are planning on living in “their” country then it’s your duty to respect and adjust to their way of living.

I love how open you are about everything you experiencing. Its not wrong to feel the way you do its part of the journey you are on.

You renewed your contract 🎉🎉!! Thank you for this genuine communication you are having with US. We are here as your South African Family and I just want you to Remember the reasons why you took this opportunity and the Journey it has cost you to finally receiving the acceptance to being an ESL teacher!! Remember your motivational Essays aswell. Its hard I bet but nothing is ever easy. Remember that you can come back home Anytime you want, but also you are not there for YOU but you are investing in your Future. You are going to share this experience with your Children someday and you will then feel like it was actually small waters❤❤✨✨KEEP GOING MY DARLING!! GO FORTH BLACK CHILD 💪🏾💪🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾BLACK DONT CRACK BABES!!!

Thanx for a great eye opening videos, sorry you are feeling the way you are after leaving SA again, but can tell you that many of my friends who have moved to other countries have very similar experiences. Although they do not regret leaving for better opportunities elsewhere, there are definitely aspects of South Africa that they miss and have never found elsewhere. I hope the transition back to South Korea isnt too hard and you able to still find small pockets of happiness that make the move still worth it. I have been enjoying your videos. Keep strong and good luck. ♥

I love this. Honest and insightful. Thank you. Here's another part we don't talk about enough, you go back home and after 4-6months (after the honeymoon of returning home fizzles), home is not home anymore. You go back to SA and realise you've changed and cannot return to a life you once lived. The beauty of it all is that Korea has changed you and you need to meet the new you and accept her. Finding yourself again after a stint abroad is the most confusing and tiresome thing no one talks about! But, if you open yourself up to (another!) change and be patient with yourself, it all works out relatively painlessly😁 just another side of the coin.

Welcome back Letty!! ❤

I love the block energy 😂😂 block on the WhatsApp block on the Instagram block on the mixit block block block block 😂😂😂😂

Just arrived 3 days ago. I greeted a few people and got blanked😅 until I got the memo, this isn't SA, most some are wearing earpod and going on about their business. It has its perks though too. I'm in Goyang, anybody near me? 😭

You're not alone on this. You hit the nail on the head

Impatiently waiting for that vlog because wow🤭🤭

Love from Cape Town ♥️

With love from Port Elizabeth ❤️ I absolutely love you. And I'm also coming to Korea for the fall intake.

Keep going! You got this!

No, because as South Africans, we're actually really special. You don't find what we have at home in other countries. Awesome video my friend, but then again, every video you make is amazing so...🤣🤷🏽‍♀️🥰🥰🥰

I'm looking forward to finishing up my studies and joining the program to teach in Korea. I am from the US, California specifically. I left Cali for about 10 years and recently returned and I'm dying to leave again. My dad told me if I wasn't from here and if he wasn't here, Cali wouldn't have even been on my radar and he is so right. I hate it here. The people are dense, it's boring if you're not the party type. The more time passes, the worse it gets. It was so nice as a kid, but as an adult... nope. I need to leave again ASAP and never return.

Block them girl!!!! I love it 😂❤ I can imagine how different South Korea is from SA. I'm trying to figure out whether I would want to move to SK or just go on holiday there. I could always visit SK many times but moving there would be something different 😊

Leaving SA for SK on Sunday & I am dreading leaving behind my people 😥

Even besides travelling I grew up having the same feelings about home and familiar setting as I was staying in two homes.

Letty I have to applaud you for going back to Korea it takes allt of courage to do that. Did u have to compile all the documents again ? Just curious

Thank you for sharing darling

The hair😍😍😍😍😍😍

True that, we are and we do love learning about each other think it's becuase we have so many cultures :)

Lovely video Letty❤. Thank you so much for sharing how you feel. And yes you’re overreacting a bit, but it’s all 🥰

‘I am because we are…’ ❤ IAWA

I'm from the U.S. and we have a similar culture, stronger depending on the area. I could walk into the supermarket and have a life chat with a stranger. I remember trying to pull my oversized luggage off the train in Seoul station and was obviously struggling. Not one of the men with free arms around me offered to help, which made me feel even more alone. In the U.S. it's rude not to help someone who's visibly struggling. If you drop something, two people will try to pick it up for you. If you smile at someone, they smile back. I think this has really made me more culturally fatigued in Korea. Sometimes I WANT people to be up in my business. I hear a lot of people say "Koreans are so friendly!" but what I think they mean is that a single act of kindness here feels much more rare and special than in our hometowns, where it's expected.

Bathong sister,faa ausi wa batho ya cold drink😹😹😹😹😹

❤️😍😍 Yeeeeesssss!!!!!!

LISTEN !!!! I've been talking about how Ubuntu is not na thing in Korea. Like yes as much as its an African word but the concept itself should be internatinal surely? but ai it does not exist in Korea

I'm not from SA but I totally get what ur saying. As for the conversations with strangers, I noticed in very rural areas people were more likely to spark up a conversation and tell me their whole life store as compared to in city areas. And usually it would be elderly people to do so, young people still kept to themselves. I also drive in Korea and the yes!! i hate how they have no regard for pedestrians. But i think it'll change soon because the law became stricter recently.

Lmao the cold drink thing had me shook in OR Tambo and it was also a lady in the bathroom lmao. I walked in she was talking to a white lady and she didn't ask her cold drink but she asked me🤣🤣🤣

당신의 한국에서의 삶을 응원할게요💛

한국인이지만 깊은 사과를 올린다

Cold drink 😂😂😂😂😂

Hi Letty great content! I used to study and teach in Taiwan and now considering coming Korea, do u have time for a few questions privately? Hope to hear from you ❤

Injalo ke iSouth A😂😂😂ucelwa i R2 ne R10 ze cooldrink.😢Adjusting to a different country takes alot of willingness, it takes alot from you. The first few months are just so difficult. Mna shem here in Taiwan, I wish they can stop boiling everything, everything is swimming in water (soup).

Hi I'm Glen. First, i do apologize. so frustrated and sad for me either some kind of differences you experienced. We can talk those things later. Ahh, it is hard for me to keep watching this video. Try to find a place you want to go in Yeosu. until next Sat.

Watching you from Ireland I miss home so much Ubuntu lil things that you don’t get abroad

Like? Do we not have right of way as pedestrians? How many times have i almost gotten hit by a car bathong😭😭😭 I even had to sit down one day and google their driving rules.

Thank you for sharing your experience :) and validating what I felt when I went home too for this winter vacation lol. It truly made me appreciate South Africa so much more and the people you have around you. I never understood when people would say I'm brave for moving abroad but it's truly not for the faint hearted moving abroad, especially a country where english is not the meduim of communication. I dreaded coming back lol ! It's truly a love/hate type of relationship.

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Hi letty! All the best for your journey ❤️ I wanted to know if your contract is renewed? Or how does it work now that you back?

Do you believe that going back home helped you you become more self aware?....because through this evolution, it'll help you better express yourself and in those interactions assit you in highlighting your difference with S.Korea and also find similarities. I dont take for granted the fact that you say that perhaps the language barrier doesnt aid you in understating the people you live with so this is differently a new challenge

Honestly cried watching this. Like you said you can be happy to be here but miss home dearly because this is not home. Being a foreigner in SK is challenging. Ah man its not easy. Also with Epik it lonely man. I even think about the Hagwon route but the holidaysssssss man😂😂😂😂😂

Have you tried branching out and making Korean friends

Lol SA you even greet a complete stranger in the cbd and it's not regarded weird at all lol. You'll greet each other like you've met before. In Korea You'll never find that 😂😂. In the questions Koreans ask I think you forgot to mention "Why Korea?" I always get asked that question by Koreans.

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Hey Letty, im a big fan of ur channel # I might be coming to SK in March/ April still waiting for my POE letter Just would like to ask why it took You 18 months to finally go home# are you binded by the contract or it was out of choice?

Bathong,why Pako asa tlhagelle?🥲🥲

Would you consider moving to China? 🥰

Bathong sesii,o block di subscriber?😹😹😹😹😹😹

I don't understand the point of the video but good luck in Korea you will need it!

There's no Ubuntu out there...cheer up my friend

Hi letty do you know of a reliable recruiter?

Please Ausi waka,can we talk about how pretty you look.🥹🥹 Umhle sisi🥹❤️

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