When I first met him in 2014, I was a little green, and my skin was dark and slightly mature. I can see that his Chinese was not very good, very few words, or perhaps the reason why I was too enthusiastic, the meeting atmosphere of that day is somewhat awkward. After more than a year, his Chinese language has been very good, his appearance is mature, and he has a bit of a photographer's temperament.
His Chinese name is kong yingji, and his name is junxiu. He is from Thailand. He is currently studying in the Chinese language and literature (tourism) major of guangxi foreign languages institute.
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Kong yingji, a Thai student from guangxi international studies university.
Welcome to China.
"Studying abroad is the will of my father and mother, and I also like China. It is a good choice to study in China." When I asked him why he chose to study in China, he replied, very directly and honestly. Aaron mentioned that when he first came to China, he couldn't even speak a complete Chinese language, because he couldn't understand the menu, so he could only watch the pictures and point at the food when eating. But "hello" is a good word.
For his own life, aron has only two hobbies, travel and photography. Because of this, he is very special among the overseas students.
And photography.
"Photography is an indispensable part of life for me, and I enjoy the whole process of photography. My uncle was a photographer. At the age of 16, I had a chance to see him take pictures. He was so handsome that he thought he could do the same. "I went with him every time he was out shooting, and I followed him, and I liked taking pictures," he told me. At the age of 17, I made my own money and bought a camera of my own. Every day since then more fondle admiringly of photography, a study taking pictures with a camera, when you have time to take pictures of the out no matter good or bad, I hope each picture can have their own stories." Compared to other types of photos, aron is better at photographing people, "because people make me feel that the photos have feelings, and the pictures are alive." Aaron said.
With regard to his photography studio in China, Aaron felt that starting his own photography studio in China was a wish he had made with the help of his own efforts and friends. Because of love, all difficulties become motivation.
The studio in China is located near the guangxi foreign language school where he studies, and the studio is called "shangying painting". With the help of friends, the photographic studio is not very big, but the photographic equipment is just as many, mainly for the students in the school to take photos of the personal photo, the certificate, and the graduation photo. Gradually, more and more students in the school to find him taking pictures, we all know that the school has a Thai students open studio, sees a school graduation season there will be some students graduated from the collective photograph ask him for help. And not only in the school, but also in other colleges and universities to do the shooting work, it is a little known. Now that it's graduation season, he's on his way to happiness.
Are said to travel, be sure and friends travel photography, is he in the study abroad life will do, every Chinese holiday or weekend have time, Aaron will together with friends or to the surrounding city tourism in guangxi. Having a group of like-minded friends can also help him to solve the language difficulties and take him to various places in guangxi to travel, which may also be the precious harvest of his studying abroad.
"During the period of study in China, I travelled to many places, such as China, liuzhou, guilin, beihai, fangcheng port, guangzhou Lin, your port, etc., on abroad, also went to Vietnam. I met several foreigners in Vietnam and took pictures with them. Said to one of his favourite place, alon said his favourite beihai weizhou island, it is to go with friends, work there, by the way, there are a lot of moving and laugh, and left a lot of beautiful memories, so he felt weizhou island is he in guangxi have been to many places, the most beautiful.
It's been nearly three years since Aaron came to China. He seems to be playing in the eyes of other people these years. Compared with other foreign students, his study life is indeed much richer, but like many foreign students in China, he is motivated to learn Chinese.
初见他时是在2014年，有点青涩，皮肤比较黑，稍显成熟。看得出当时他的中文并不太好，话很少，又或许是笔者太过于热情的原因，那一天的见面气氛多少是有些尴尬的。时间过去了一年多，再一次见到他时，他的中文已经说得很好了，外表成熟，隐约带着一点摄影师大师的气质。
身边的朋友都叫他阿龙，他的中文名叫孔英吉，名字很俊秀，来自泰国，目前留学就读于广西外国语学院汉语言文学（旅游方向）专业。
广西外国语学院泰国留学生——孔英吉
初来乍到，中国你好
“出国留学是爸爸妈妈的意愿，加上我也喜欢中国，觉得到中国留学是一个不错的选择。”当笔者问他为什么选择中国留学时，他这样回答，很直接也很实在。阿龙说起刚到中国的那段时间，他连一句完整的中文都说不出来，因为看不懂菜单，所以吃饭的时候只能看着图片指指点点。但是“你好”这两个字还是说得很好的。
对于自己的生活，阿龙只有两大爱好，就是旅游和摄影。也因为这样，他在留学生人群里显得很特别。
和摄影的那些事儿
“摄影对于我来说是生活中不可缺少的一部分，我很享受摄影的整个过程。我的叔叔是一名摄影师，在16岁那年，一次偶然的机会我看到他拍照的样子，觉得特别帅，就想着自己也可以这样就好了。”阿龙对笔者说道，“后来他每次外出拍摄，我都跟着他一起去，顺便跟着学习，慢慢的我也喜欢上了摄影。在17岁的时候，我自己赚钱买了一台属于自己的相机。从此之后对摄影更加爱不释手，每天一有时间就拿着相机学习拍照，对于拍出来的照片无论好与不好，我都希望每一张照片能有自己的故事。”相对于其他的类型的照片，阿龙比较擅长拍人物写真，“因为人物照让我觉得照片有感情，感觉照片是有生命的。”阿龙说。
关于自己在中国的摄影工作室，阿龙觉得，在中国开创自己的摄影工作室，是在自己的努力和朋友的帮助下，共同完成的一个愿望。因为热爱，一切困难都变成了动力。
中国的摄影室就开在他留学的广西外国语学校的附近，工作室的名字叫“尚影映画”。在朋友的共同宣传与帮助下，摄影室虽然不大，但是摄影器材一样不少，主要给学校里的学生拍个人写真、证件照，还有毕业照。渐渐的在学校里有越来越多的同学找他拍照，大家都知道学校有一家泰国留学生开的摄影室，一逢学校的毕业季都会有一些学生请他帮忙拍集体毕业照。而且不只是在本校，有机会他也会到其他高校进行拍摄工作，还算小有名气。现在恰逢大学毕业季，他又开始了“幸福的忙碌”。
说到旅游，一定都是和朋友一起的一边旅游一边摄影，是他在留学生活之余会做的事情，每逢中国的节假日或者周末有时间，阿龙就会约上三五好友一起到广西周边的城市旅游。拥有一群志趣相投的朋友，还能帮助他解决语言上的困难，带着他一起到广西的各个地方去旅游，或许也是阿龙留学时光中的宝贵收获。
“在中国留学期间，我去了很多地方旅游，比如中国国内的北海、防城港、广州、柳州、桂林、上林、贵港等等，国外的话，还去了越南。我在越南遇到了几个外国人，还和他们一起拍了照片。”说到其中他最喜欢的地方时，阿龙表示他最喜欢北海的涠洲岛，因为是和朋友一起去的，顺便在那儿工作，有很多的感动和欢笑，留下了很多美好的回忆，所以他觉得涠洲岛是他在去过的广西诸多地方中，风景最美的。
阿龙来到中国已经快三年了，这些年在别人眼中看来他似乎都在玩，其实不然。相对于其他的留学生而言，他的留学生活的确要丰富不少，但他与许多留华的外国学生一样，初衷都是为了学习汉语。
除了在大学里向中文老师学习汉语外，阿龙更多的是从朋友那里学说汉语。现在的他经常外出工作，在语言的沟通上已经没有太大问题，能适应中国的生活并且能在中国工作。他说，这些其实离不开朋友的帮忙和鼓励。现在他的微信朋友圈有1000多位中国人，这些都是在他这几年一边学习一边工作慢慢积累的下来的人脉，他也会在自己的微信朋友圈里用中文与大家分享他工作与生活中的趣事。对于未来，阿龙说他打算毕业后继续留在中国工作，有了如今的这些积累，他觉得自己更多了一份勇气和自信。
