Shin So Yeon（辛沼沿） was a national civil servant in South Korea four years ago, but now, she is a graduate student learning Chinese in Kunming. Six months in Kunming makes her curious and hungry for more local snacks as well as the culture in Yunnan. She is just starting a new chapter in the city.

It was a sunny afternoon on August 6. Lynn, a reporter from InKunming met Shin So Yeon in the northern urban area of Kunming.

Speaking fluent Chinese with slightly "foreign accent", she majored Chinese in the college, as she was convinced that learning the language would open up good future. Having worked in her country for four years, she is learning Chinese language again at Yunnan University now with an opportunity for state-financed student studying abroad. Thus, different from many Korean students here, she is paid to study for two years.

Nearly half a year is spent on learning the language in this city. She is now ready for her major, international politics, in the upcoming two years .

When she just arrived in the city, she found herself ardently loved the blue sky and the snow-white clouds. "My home is Soeul. Kunming is different from Soeul. Looking up at the sky, I found the clouds closer to the horizon than any other places on the earth." said she.

Learning Chinese is seemingly an unending job for her, since she spends most of her time with the language. It is with this type of determination and endeavor, Shin is completely able to talk in Chinese in the interview which lasts for nearly four hours. She is now in an advanced-level class of 9 students. Learning Chinese can not be a challenge for her any more, but she assesses her language skills with a simple sentence, "they are all great, except me."

Learning Chinese, for Shin,brings her a plenty of joy. Students are given an abundance of opportunities for discussion in class. A Chinese teacher has encouraged them to present themselves in Chinese, even at the price of the absence from class. "I got surprised at his decision, but was happy. I traveled to Guilin before the Dragon Boat Festival. It turned out that the teacher was right." She shared her trip with other students, both of which lengthened her life journey and enriched others’ traveling dream.

Though having been focused on practicing English, she is not satisfied with her Chinese, especially the speaking Chinese. "In my class, European students are better at speaking and expressing ideas. I feel enlightened when I am having a discussions with them. They are very competent in expressing what they want to say. They are not shy at all." Shin said as many Chinese students she is more skilled at writing but comparatively weak in speaking at class.