Ruizendaal today tells the tale today in fluent Chinese, quipping that perhaps only his innate stubbornness kept him going when things got tough. "Studying Chinese was really hard, but giving up would have made me feel even worse." Straddling the strait
羅斌用一口流利的中文笑談過去，或許因為天生「固執」，讓他每次都咬緊牙根熬過去，「雖然學習很辛苦，但是放棄會讓我更難過！」