A Spanish woman living in China points out the things she didn't understand and now sees as normal: "My head was exploding."

Social media is allowing us to discover realities without having to travel there. This is the case for people who move to other countries and use digital platforms to share their discoveries or offer advice to those who decide to travel to their home country.

This is the case, for example, of Melissa, a Spanish woman who has been living in Shanghai (China) for five months and whose Tik Tok username is @ShenLinXia .

The young woman often shares her daily life in the Asian city, one of the most populated cities in the world and also one of the most modern. Its impressive skyscrapers dominate the landscape of a city that still retains a part of the spirit of traditional China.

"I'm going to share with you some things that surprised me a lot when I arrived in China, and now I see them as so normal," the young woman notes in one of her latest posts on digital platforms.

"When I arrived, there were things that blew my mind, but now it's pretty normal, like the noises people make on the street; for example, if you're in a restaurant and hear throat noises," explains the young woman, who adds that it used to surprise her and "disgust" her. "Now it's white noise, so I don't even notice," she adds.

On the other hand, Melissa says that throwing toilet paper in the bin happens subconsciously, something that most people in the country don't seem to do, from what she implies.

The content creator continues her journey in the video by now talking about clothing. "In Spain, I'm an S, or more accurately, an M; however, here I'm an XL or XXL," she says with a smile, while adding that clothes in China are "very small."

"I resisted and bought clothes like in Spain, but I've given up. I can't fit in them," she says before jumping into another topic: "cute things." "I mean, I'm not going to carry a Hello Kitty in my bag , but now I see it differently; I love it and I think it's ideal," she says.

Finally, on the subject of spicy food , he says he would love to say he can now tolerate it, but "it's impossible; my stomach isn't made for it; hopefully in a few months I can say that spicy food is another thing I've overcome," he concludes.