[2021-04-06] My problem with Simon and Martina [ZrO-EXBrVAc]

Oh, oh, guess who gave me a comment

on YouTube recently? I got a comment on

one of my older videos. It was my video

called Being Homeless in Japan, and I

don't know if you remember, I was in the

tent and then at the end I started

complaining about how foreigners get visas

and and managed to live in Japan so

easily. Recently, a really big YouTuber

based in Japan replied to it. I'll give

you a hint: it's a couple,

and their names start with S and M.

Who knows?

They're from Canada. Come on,

no one knows it?

S— the guy's name starts with an S and the

girl's name starts with an M. Oh fine,

I'll just tell you. Simon and Martina,

Eat Your Kimchi. They used to be called

Eat Your Kimchi and then they moved to

Japan and they changed it to Simon and

Martina. Martina left a

massive comment It took me 3 screenshots

to screenshot the entire comment, and she

was like lecturing me on how difficult it

was for them to get a visa. I don't know

how I can show it to you. That's not very

visible. Uh, it was absolute hell to get

a business visa in Korea as 2 white

Canadians with no spousal visa to help us

to coast on in. We had to hire a Korean

lawyer in order to even apply as an

official business. The paperwork was

overwhelming. YouTube was not a thing back

then, so no fancy visa or company to back

us, and immigration did not even believe

we were opening a legit business as

YouTuber did not exist yet in Korea. We

returned week after week being rejected

and told to get something to prove it.

Anyone can open a small business with the

paperwork, but it costs $50,000 to apply.

We took a small loan— we took out a loan

in Canada and wired it across to Korea

because we had to prove we had money in

the account to put back into the economy.

You had to spend money on the business

within a certain amount of time.

Pfft. Our incredible audience helped us

fundraise money, which ended up covering

our key money deposit on the studio and a

bit for renovations, but we covered the

rest of the cost. We paid staff and we had

to pay rent, electric, gas, 2 different

places. On top of that, we were producing

over 7 segments a week. Simon and I wrote

all the scripts, made all the music, I

designed all the merchandise, ran the

shop, and we also ran our clothing store.

Out of the studio, which means we packed

everything on our own. It was exhausting

getting deals with Kia, Airbnb on our own,

fighting against Korean companies, K-pop

fans calling immigration on us because we

dissed them, the, the things. But we

pushed on while also being in the videos.

We did tons of presentations for the

Korean government and Japanese government

about the benefits of opening their doors

to foreign YouTubers. And you think we

just strolled in Japan? Hello, I am a

white woman, give me a visa. My friend,

we were flying in and out of Korea to

Japan, back and forth, meeting companies

in Japan, taking the Shinkansen from Osaka

to Tokyo, meeting and proposing deals. We

just weren't announcing it to everybody.

So yeah, it is a hell of a lot of work to

get a visa if you aren't a student,

aren't married to someone, in the country

and don't have the education required.

Hope this helps shed some light on the

surely complicated process which is living

in a country as a foreigner. Good luck.

What did I even say in that video that

made her want to write all that?

It was when I was pretending to be

homeless and I was living in a tent. Do I

feel honored? Yeah, I do feel a little bit

happy, tingly inside when these big

YouTubers Find out about me. I guess she

hasn't. They don't know about me, which is

a bit of a surprise because I'm so famous.

Did any of this Korea and they go, "Oh,

we're bored of Korea now." Let's go. Oh,

this is embarrassing. I remember now.

I did have a rant that was directed at

Simon and Martina. That must be why.

Oh, this is embarrassing. Here I am, 10

years later, still here as a tourist

whilst all these other foreigners,

they've got visas, work visas. Like those

Canadian YouTubers, you know that Canadian

couple Simon and Martin or whatever it

is? It's like they just live anywhere they

want to. First they live in Korea for 10

years and then they get bored of Korea and

they go, oh, we're bored of Korea now,

let's go move to Japan. They just move to

Japan as if it's so easy, just like, just

like that. And now they're living in Japan

for years and years. How do these people

get their visas? How come I don't get a

visa? Now I don't have a spouse visa, I

don't really know how I can stay in Japan

long term. I just feel frustrated

sometimes because I see all these

foreigners and they live in Japan for

years and years, and it just feels unfair.

How do they get visas so easily and I'm

just stuck here as a tourist? I look way

more Japanese than they do, and I probably

speak much better Japanese than they do as

well. And I've been to Japan way

more times than they have, and I think I

have a much better understanding of the

culture as well. I didn't

think— I didn't think they would actually

find out about what I said. Yeah, that

must have been pretty annoying to hear for

them when I was like saying, oh, it's so

easy for them, they just lived in Korea

and then Japan, when actually they

probably had a lot of difficulties and it

was a lot of hard work getting the visas

sorted out. I completely forgot I,

I mentioned them. Yeah, I think one of

the viewers must have sent it to them. I

used to follow them when they lived in

Korea, and I know Um, they put

in a lot of hard work doing stuff like— I

think they started off as English teachers

and then they got involved with like K-pop

media, interviewing K-pop stars. The reply

was quite polite. Yeah, I sound like a

massive dickhead, but that's what I do in

videos. I just, I try and find something

to complain about And then I make all

these dumb points like, oh, they just got

the visa because they're white.

The problem is people don't realize I'm

just taking the piss because I sound so

serious. Stuck here as a tourist. I look

way more Japanese than they do. I look way

more Japanese than they do as well, and I

speak better Japanese, and I understand

Japanese culture better than they do.

It's not fair. Hello and welcome back to

the river. As you can see, it's raining a

little bit and I have my tent. Got it from

the tent shop. It's nice and blue. We're

going to look for a nice place to set it

up. Weather isn't too bad. It's a little

bit rainy, but there's no wind and it's

good because there's no people. 10 AM in

the morning. Pretty good conditions apart

from the rain. So you might be wondering,

why do I have a tent and why am I coming

out in the rain? Well, well, I've always

had an interest in camping, but this past—

there's a perfect place.

Well, I saw all of these foreigners coming

to Japan and they just— it seemed like

they were just able to get visas to stay

here so easily. And I was just stuck here

as a tourist, and I could never stay here

for longer than a few months. And I saw

all these other foreigners— look how much

she wrote here. Look at that.

That's a wall of text.

Look what I said about them,

Simon and whatever.

And I've been to Japan way more times than

they have. Japanese than they do. How come

I don't get a visa? Now I don't have a

spouse, I'm bored of Korea, and they go,

oh, first they live in— Canadian couple,

tourists, whilst all these other

foreigners, they've got visas, work visas,

like those Canadian YouTubers, you know

that Canadian couple Simon and Martin

or whatever her name is? Simon and Martin?

They just live anywhere they want to.

First they live in Korea for 10 years,

and then they get bored of Korea and they

go, oh, we're bored of Korea now, let's go

move to Japan. They just move to Japan as

if it's so easy, just like, just like

that. And now they're living in Japan for

years and years. How do these people get

their visas? How come I don't get a visa?

Now I don't have a spouse visa, I don't

really know how I can stay in Japan

long-term.

Yeah, and now they're split up and back in

Canada. So all of that was a waste of

time. Getting spouse Korean visas,

Japan visas, waste everyone's time.

Back to square one, just like me.

Where's Mikaela? She got a bit fat, but

she's still cute.