Personal Profile Article - Interview with Fan

<Yang Fan>

 

As a classmate of fashionable Chinese woman "Yang Fan" with adorable smile and bright energy, I've always wondered how she did come to Korea, here Busan. Taking this opportunity, I could listen to her story.

How come?

Fan told how she decides to study abroad, and the answer was rather simple.

"I wanted to study foreign language, not an English." When she thought she would like to learn a new language, she was soon interested in Korean, which uses lots of Chinese letters.

Moreover, Korean dramas became very popular at that time in China, so she was naturally influenced from them, too. (She belatedly realized that the guys in drama are never common on the street in 'real' Korea. I apologized her instead of all Korean.) In 2014, finally she decided to study Korean, and boarded the plane bound for Korea.

Why Busan?

Then, why Fan chose Busan, not Seoul or near the capital city? According to her, it is difficult to watch an ocean view in China, such a vast continent. She added that there is only a biting cold in winter. Therefore, Busan was attractive enough to charm her. The optimum weather, great ocean view and the second capital city in Korea. "Not only because of the reasons above, Busan also has everything in it." She reeled off a list of hot places in Busan. Restaurant, shopping center, cafe, karaoke, cinema.. It seemed like she knew much more about Busan than me.

Plan for the future

Since the day Fan entered Busan University of Foreign Languages, she has been so busy with Korean and English lectures everyday. She's now a senior student, and there is only one last semester left before her graduation. She also needs to set a direction for the future and works for it after she finishes her course at Bufs. "I don't make specific goal yet, but I have some plans. I want to do this and that, so I can't easily determine my way."

Fan told me her three dream jobs. First, she wants to be a Chinese teacher for foreign students. She said it's not so difficult to get a certificate for teaching Chinese in her country. Next, as she loves travel so much, she dreams of being international tour guide. For the last, she considers starting her own business with family, here in Busan.

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Just like many foreign students, Fan had lots of difficulties fitting in Korea at first. She was discouraged when her Korean didn't seem to be improved. However, unlike those students, she gave up nothing and has been steadily studying Korean and English as well. She's still struggling with languages and always busy working on them. In spite of her tight schedule, she's living with smile and shining with positive energy. That's why I believe Fan would achieve everything what she wants in the future days.

Go Fan!

Feel misery of miserable man in Misery

There are many stories of confinement, but Misery by Stephen King is the most ideal story among them. A man who is imprisoned in a lonely house by accident, and a woman who locks the man up and treats him cruelly day by day. Stephen describes the nervous situations and the man's desperate state of mind very well. The flow of the acts of woman-and she has a crazy temper at all- is also interesting. Stephen makes readers feel the thrill of horror and excitement as well, till the last page of Misery.

One day in a snowy winter, a famous writer Paul Sheldon woke up in a strange bed with a nasty wound on his legs. He remembered that he had a car accident on the slippery road. Annie Wilkes, who introduced herself as a big fan of his novel, told Paul that she found the accident scene and took him to her house to nurse him. The wound on Paul's legs were pretty severe, so he couldn't move at all without any help. At first, Paul thought Annie would send him to a hospital after getting better. Annie didn't seem to be a normal person, though.

As the days went by, Paul realized that Annie was a very dangerous psychopath woman. Annie forced Paul to burn his finished typescript, just because she didn't like the end of the story. This was only the tiniest little thing, compared with others. I couldn't describe all what Annie did to Paul. There were threats, bloods, knife and ax. I was really frightened when Annie took out the ax and said she's going to start an "operation" with it. It sounded horrible even though Annie had worked at the hospital as a nurse for ten years. Annie bought an old typewriter to Paul and made him write 'new' novel, only for Annie herself. To Annie, Paul is a pet writer whom she could make play with or murder whenever she wants so.

Although Paul suffered from those uncountable and miserable days, Paul never gave up his life. He madly wanted to take revenge on her. Could he make it? or fail to escape from her? I'm not going to tell the last part of Misery. I just strongly recommend you to try to read and catch up every scene. I guess you'll never regret trying it, if you ever enjoyed this kind of story. Please do not have a nightmare after reading Misery!

▲These are some screenshots from film of Misery. whew! horrible Annie!