since we've done one of these

我們做的Q&A影片

QnA videos,

已經有一段時間了

so we asked you guys on Twitter

所以我們在Twitter上詢問你們

to send us your most burning questions

請提出最勁爆的問題

And I know that the number one question right now

我們知道當下被詢問最多的問題是

is: Martina what the F@#k is up with your look today?

Martina你今天的裝扮是什麽意思

I don't-- Listen, guys---

我~我~大家聽我解釋

You are a hot mess! What is going on, girl?

你的裝扮爛透了！到底發生麽什麽？

RuPaul, I'm sorry

RuPaul，對不起

I wanted to have purple lips,

我本想化一個紫色的唇色

but then I put it on and I changed my mind

但當我化上紫唇色之後我改變了我的想法

because then I started to wear this really bright cute shirt,

因爲我也很想穿這件很可愛的衣服

and I was like, "It doesn't match my lips,"

但這件衣服和我的紫色唇色完全不搭

but you can't take lipstain off because

但你也不能把唇色就這樣洗掉

it leaves, like, a mucky, dirty--it looks like you ate, like, a chocolate cupcake

那樣會暈妝，看上去很髒，就像你吃了一口巧克力被子蛋糕

SILENCE!

安靜！！

Wait, let me finish--my hair!

等一下，讓我説完，我的頭髮。。。

I've made up my mind Martina: But my hair!

我已經決定好了Martina

It's time for you to lip-sync

是時候讓對口型了

**FOR YOUR LIFE**

爲你的人生

The actual real number one question

好了，真正被提問最多的問題

that we wound up getting is

是。。。

basically, choose between Korea and Japan!

你們比較偏向韓國還是日本

Thanks a lot, guys!

謝謝大家的提問

Thanks for the super easy one that I'm sure is not going to piss off anybody with this answer,

我確定答案不會讓一些人生氣

Yeah.

沒錯

But we've thought long and hard about this

但是我們很認真的考慮過這個問題

we've spent almost a full year here in Japan

我們在日本住將近一年了

looked over all of the data that we've compiled

回想一下所有的過程和信息

and I could easily say very quickly,

我可以很快速的回答

I'd pick Japan over Korea.

我選擇。。。日本

Now wait!

好的，先等一下

Wait!

先等一下

Angry commenters! Stop! Give me a chance to explain!

所有開始生氣的大評論家們！停！讓我們解釋一下

We're gonna talk about our reasonings here and then

我們會告訴你們我們選擇日本的原因

we're gonna give you our disclaimers afterwards,

在最後我們會給你一個免责声明

but please hear us out before you get angry

請一定要先聼過我們的理由后再決定要不要生氣

and if at the end of the video you're still upset with our

如果你看完了這個視頻，但你依然不滿意我們的答案

answer, then please feel free to let us know in the comment section below.

那請不要介意留言，告訴我們你的想法

Yes. Now despite this year and last year being

今年和去年

some of the worst years for my health,

我的健康狀況不是很好

slowly, slowly goin' downhill,

健康狀況慢慢的在下降

I can say this has been the happiest year of my life.

但盡管如此，我還是說今年是我人生中最開心的一年

Happiest year of my life as well.

我也覺得是最開心的一年

I've thought about this year,

我回想了一下這一年

all of the years that I've had in Korea,

和我之前住在韓國的時候

and all of the years that I can remember in Canada,

還有所有我能記得在加拿大生活的時光

This, by far, has been the greatest year of my entire life.

今年，是我人生中最開心的一年

Mhm. You know what I find funny?

你知道什麽很有趣嗎？

We often find ourselves coming home on our bicycles being like,

我們經常騎著脚踏車會啊記得路上

Lala-Lala-lala

就一邊唱著la~la~la

I'm happy for no reason!

我就是沒有理由的開心

Martina: I'm just...happy Simon: I'm happy here!

Martina：我就是覺得開心。 Simon：我在日本很開心。

Martina: I'm just happy.

我們就是覺得無憂無慮的開心

56 00:01:45,580 --> 00:01:47,580 Martina: I just like smiling; smiling is the thing to do! Simon: Smiling is the best!

Martina：我就是喜歡微笑 Simon：微笑真的很好！

Allow us to explain what has made us happy. I'd like to begin with

讓我們解釋爲什麽我們會這麽開心

the first category, which I call: Neighbors and Sounds

第一件事，我們把它叫做：鄰居和聲音

We were worried before we came to Japan.

我們在來日本之前其實很擔心

A lot of people told us that it is going to be very difficult for us here,

很多人告訴我們，日本是個很難生活的地方

that Japanese people are very cold and reserved

日本人很冷漠很不友好

and they won't be very welcoming to us

日本人不會歡迎外國人

and we're gonna have a tough time here.

我們可能會在日本有許多困難

But when we came here to our neighborhood,

但儅儅我們搬到日本，搬到這個社區

I am amazed at how warm and loving our neighbors are.

我們很驚喜，所有鄰居都十分友善和溫暖

And it wasn't just one neighbor.

不僅是一個或兩個鄰居

Like, our neighbor across the street,

即便是隔一條街以外的鄰居

whenever we bike home and I see her there, I'm happy to speak with her.

我們騎車回家路上會遇到，我都會和她很開心的聊天

Our neighbors to the left and to the right, we chat with..

還有和我們聊天的左鄰右舍

Actually, one of our other neighbors like, rang on our doorbell

實際上，有一位鄰居某一天來按門鈴

and invited us out for dinner

然後邀請我們去外面吃飯

and we went out for dinner with him

我們和他去到外面的餐廳

and it was so amazing and touching because

那實在是很難忘

in all of the years that we've been in Korea

因爲我們在韓國住了那麽久

and all of the different places that we lived in Korea

而且住過很多不同的地方

Did we ever have any contact with the neighbors?

我們好像從來沒和鄰居有過任何交流？

All of them were very cold and distant

韓國的鄰居都很冷漠，不友好

They weren't warm as they are here

韓國的鄰居沒有日本這麽友善

I did not expect our neighborhood to be so warm and caring

我從來沒想過我們的鄰居會這麽友好，這麽在乎我們

and I love it here and it makes me so happy.

我真的很喜歡這樣，讓我很開心

Now I will say that it could definitely be because we're in an actual neighborhood

也可以說，也許是因爲我們住在這個社區

and maybe if we moved to like an apartment in Japan

如果住進日本你的高層公寓裏

we would experience the same thing.

也許會和韓國的情況相同

Simon: Possibly. Martina: Maybe it would be like, people don't wanna talk to you and stuff.

Simon：有可能 Martina：也許公寓裏的人會不想和你説話

It makes me feel immensely happy to come home,

但，在這個社區，每次回家都讓我覺得很開心

I feel proud of my little house,

我很喜歡我的小房子

I'm excited to decorate the outside with Christmas lights!

我很期待，聖誕節要如何佈置房子的外面

My neighbors came over,

我們的鄰居會來

the neighbors right beside us that speak like, no English at all

就在我們旁邊的鄰居，完全不會說英文

and they're like, "Oh, Chrisamus!"

但他們會說：“哦！聖誕節（帶有日本口音）！”

and I was like, super excited

然後他們表現的非常興奮

so I'm having just, warm, wonderful feelings.

所以我就覺得，鄰居都很友善和溫暖

I feel warm here. I feel welcome here,

我覺得這裏很溫暖，這裏很歡迎我

and I did not feel welcome in Korea.

但在韓國，我卻沒感受到這種被歡迎的感受

And also, our neighborhood is very quiet.

還有，我們現在住的社區真的很安靜

and I can't emphasize enough how important this is for us

我無法形容我們有多麽在乎安靜

because what's great about having a quiet neighborhood like this

當你住在一個很安靜的社區的時候

is that I can sleep an entire night without waking up. Martina: Yeah.

Simon：我可以一直熟睡整晚，都不會被吵醒 Martina：沒錯

Pretty much every morning in Korea

但在韓國我們卻會被吵醒

no matter where we lived

幾乎所以住過的地方都是這樣

we would wake up from honking of horns

我們睡眠中可能會被汽車喇叭聲吵醒

we would wake up from people like talking or yelling outside

或者有一些人在外面大聲喊叫

It was like a never-ending barrage of sound.

在韓國噪音永不停歇

This sounds like an old person thing to say,

也許關於噪音這個理由聽起來像個老人

but I cannot emphasize enough

但是對我們來説真的很重要

how important it is to get a good night's sleep.

完整又健康的睡眠真的很重要

And I sleep so well here.

在日本我的睡眠質量很好

I think the best way to describe living in Seoul

我覺得能形容“住在首爾”最好的方式

is basically living in New York City.

就是像紐約一樣

Martina: I used to visit-- Simon: Right, I think that's a fair comparison.

Martina：我去過紐約 Simon：是的，我覺得這個比喻很貼切

I used to visit New York all the time

我曾經去過紐約

and then we stayed with our brother in law, he used to live in New York as well

然後我藉助在一個表哥的家裏

Simon: Yeah.

他家就在紐約市

And it was like, you heard fighting and screaming and honking,

但你能聽到打架，大喊和汽車喇叭的聲音

and like, people yelling, and--Seoul is like New York City.

路人們就是大喊大叫，首爾和紐約都是這樣

Simon: Right. Martina: It is the city that doesn't sleep,

Simon：沒錯 Martina：就是永遠不休息的城市

I would say that Seoul "does-not-sleep" even more than New York Simon: Yeah!

Martina：可以說首爾比紐約還誇張 Simon：同意！

You sleep even less!

你在首爾睡眠比紐約更短

Martina: Yeah, when Jackie came to visit

沒錯，Jackie來首爾看我的時候

(my best friend visited me, she lives in New York)

Jackie是我最好的朋友，她也住在紐約

Simon: Right. Martina: She said said like, "I thought New York was the place that didn't sleep, but I was wrong, it is totally Seoul."

Jackie告訴我，她曾經以爲紐約是永不休息的城市，但自從她來到首爾，她改變了這個想法

Simon: Right. Martina: I agree with that.

我非常同意這個説法

Simon: Yeah. Martina: So that is something that has grated on our 'old people' nerves

所以這個噪音的問題對我們這種”老人“來説是個問題

I like to sleep!

我們喜歡睡覺！！

Martina: We're-- Simon: I wanna live in a city that sleeps!

Martina：沒錯，我們愛睡覺 Simon：我想要住在一個可以休息的城市

*Old woman voice*: When we were younger-- Simon: *Laughing* When--yes!

（假裝是老人）想當年我們年輕的時候啊~

*Old woman voice*: When we were younger, it was okay!

我們年輕的時候，那時還很好啊

Simon: Right! Now I'm old and $h!t,

沒錯！就當我是個老人

Simon: I don't wanna have--

我不需要噪音

Martina *singing*: I wanna sleep inside Simon: I wanna snuggle up

我希望能住在一個

Martina *singing*: a city that goes to bed!

會按時睡覺的城市！

Simon: That's it. Martina (spoken): At reasonable-hours-like-maybe-nine-or-ten-PM.

比較合理的時間，比如晚上9點或10點

Martina *singing*: And have a noise pollution rule!

最好有一個控制噪音污染的法規

*crickets chirping* Martina *singing*: You're goin' to sleep..

Martina：You're goin‘ to sleep。。。

*crickets chirping* Martina: cute fake snoring sound Simon: I don't know what song that is.

我不知道你在唱什麽歌

Martina: 'New York New York'? Simon: Okay.

Martina：紐約 紐約 Simon：好吧

Martina: Frank Sinatra? Simon: Alright.

Martina：法蘭·仙納杜拉（Frank Sinatra） Simon：好吧

Martina: Oh my god! Simon: What is this?

Maritina：天呐！ Simon：怎麽了？

Martina *singing*: I wanna wake up in the city that doesn't sleep--

Martina： I wanna wake up in the city that doesn't sleep--（歌詞）

Martina (normal voice): And I twisted it around *sigh*

Martina：然後我扭轉它一下

I don't know old white people music. Martina: You don't-- *shattering glass*

Simon：我不太知道這種古老的白人音樂 Martina：你不。。。

Sorry.

對不起

I really thought you were just making up a really $!t#y song.

我以爲你衹是隨便自己編出了一首爛歌

Martina: *disbelieving laugh and exclamation* Simon: And it was really--

我衹想説。。。

That's like, what the hell are you singing?

我衹想説你到底再唱些什麽？

Martina *singing*: And be the king of the--

Martina：And be the king of the。。。

*Chimes*

第二點：對待外國人

It's not just our neighbors that are welcoming.

在日本不僅是我們的鄰居很歡迎我們

One of the things that really bothered me in my experiences in Korea is that

在韓國一件讓我特別不喜歡的經驗是

there were many times that I would go into like,

很多時候，你可能去一家。。。

coffee shops or stores or whatnot in Korea

咖啡店或者其他商店

and whenever the people would see me,

然後店員看到我之後

they would be afraid like, "Oh! Oh no!"

就會表現的很害怕，然後說：”哦，不，不！“

Or they would like, grab another person and

然後他們趕快叫另一個人過來

push them towards me.

讓別人來服務我

Or, if I would try to order something in Korean, they'd be like,

或者當我用韓語來點菜

"Ah, I don't understand!"

他們就會說：“我聽不懂，我不懂！“

And my Korean is significantly better than my Japanese,

即便我的韓語能力很好，比我的日語能力好多了

and I have never felt that here in Japan.

但我在日本從來沒有類似這些的經歷

I have never felt unwelcome,

我從來沒覺得不被歡迎

I have, like--Nobody was ever afraid of me,

沒有人看到我會害怕或感到緊張

they understand my terrible pronunciation of Japanese.

他們很明顯聽得出來我說日本的發音並不標準

Martina: Which, by the way, I've found that really shocking. Simon: Mhm.

沒錯，我覺得這點其實很驚訝

Simon: Yes! Martina: Because in eight years Simon: Yeah

因爲我們在韓國住了八年

Martina: We learned to read Korean, Simon: Right!

我們學會了如何讀韓文

Martina: we could speak Korean, Simon: Right!

而且我們也會説韓語

Martina: So we could go to a restaurant that had only Korean menus,

我們可能去到某個餐廳，衹有供應韓文的菜單

we could look it over, we could call them over Simon: Yeah.

我們可以讀懂上面的文字，然後點菜

and then we would start ordering

然後服務生過來幫我們點菜

and the people would literally--and were, they thought it was funny--

然後他們就會覺得我們是在搞笑

But they're with each other, they'd be like, "Haha-haha" Simon: Yeah.

然後他們服務生之間會交頭接耳嘲笑我們

And I, I was like, "Okay, but we're not even speaking English." Simon: Uh-huh.

但實際上我們很清楚的說了韓語，不是英語

But in Japan, we butcher the language

在日本，我們的日語能力真的不好

Oh, it's so bad.

實際上很差

And people are like this: "Hai, hai, hai."

但是點菜的時候，服務員就會說：好的，好的，好的

And they walk away. I'm like, "How did they understand my accent?!" Simon: Yeah!

很順利的點完菜就走了

I'm like, it's like they just seem to understand that I'm speaking Japanese.

我都很驚訝他們怎麽能聽懂我的日語

In Korea, there are many times that I go into stores

在韓國，同樣的情況，我們去一個商店

and I felt like I had leprosy

他們的反應讓我覺得，我有麻風病

I felt like I was like, a disgusting alien to a lot of people

或者我是個外貌很惡心的外星人

And in Japan, I don't feel that at all.

在日本，我們完全不會這樣覺得

In Korea, it really ate away at me,

但在韓國，我們則是經常這樣覺得

here, I feel welcomed, not just by my neighbors but by every store that I go to.

在日本，不僅使我們的鄰居，任何我們去過的商店都很歡迎我們

Yeah.

沒錯

*Chimes*

第三點：作爲一個Youtuber

So right now, I would say this is my favorite job situation

現在，我可以説我們現在的工作狀態

that I'm in right now. Simon: Mhm!

是我最喜歡的

I'm enjoying this much more than

我對我現在的工作的滿意程度

being a boss back in Korea.

比我之前在韓國當老闆還更滿意

And I don't mean like, "Like a bosss," I mean like,

關於在”在韓國當老闆“這句話的意思是

literally like a boss, who has an accountant

真的就像個老闆，我們聘請了一位會計

and has to pay people.

我們要付工資給員工們

It was very stressful to run our own business.

自己開公司，經營真的很緊張

For us to be full time YouTubers in Korea,

在韓國想要做一位全職的Youtuber

we had to apply to make a business,

我們需要注冊一家公司

and in order to have a business, we needed

注冊一家公司代表

to have an office space, and we needed

我們需要一間辦公室

to have a separate home

我們需要一個住所

And there was all this paperwork

還有所有的證件和手續

It was a lot of work.

真的是太多的麻煩事

And this is something that we

但我們從來都

never really talked about with you guys, because

沒和你們説過這些事

why should you have to hear this side? Simon: Right!

因爲我們覺得這些事沒必要説出來

But it was a lot of stress. Simon: Yeah!

但是我們當時真的壓力很大

We had to pay people's salaries,

我們需要照顧到員工的工資

we had to hire an accountant,

我們需要聘請會計

we had to meet with the accountant, Simon: Yeah.

我們需要面試很多人

We had to pay our rent in our studio,

然後要付工作室的租金

we had to pay our maintenance fees, we had to

我們需要付維修管理的費用

buy stuff for the studio as our staff started to grow. Simon: Right!

裝潢我們的工作室，公司慢慢成長起來

We needed more tables, we needed more space Simon: Yeah!

今天需要更多桌椅，明天需要更大的辦公空間

This wore out, that happened! Simon: Uh-huh.

這件事還沒解決，另外一件事又讓我們頭痛

And on top of all that, we're trying to plan videos,

在這些前提之下，我們依然要製作影片

be in the video, Simon: Right!

我們要錄影片

be not-stressed-out after you came back from the accountant for like, half a day

告訴自己不要有壓力，即便忙了一天累的像狗

Simon: Yup.

沒錯

And then we'd edit the video. Simon: Yeah.

不僅要計劃，要錄，還要做後置

So it was like, a lot of extra work

太多多餘的事情要做

that was going into it, and I think the

這樣的情況持續了一段時間

conclusion that we came to was that

然後我們得到了一個結論

it's quite hard to be a boss and Simon: Right.

想要同時作爲一個老闆，和一個有創造力的人

a creative person at the same time. Simon: Exactly.

那是一件很難的事

On top of that, it was really stressful

那段時間，作爲在韓國創業的外國人

to be a foreigner running a business in Korea

真的要面臨很多困難

because of immigration.

包括移民局要求許多簽證材料

And there were actually moments in which immigration

某一天，移民局的工作人員