She says that politics and travel are much the same-things are always cropping up that must be dealt with immediately, testing your ability to cope. Travel also helped her with her Taiwanese, which she used not to speak well. She says that traveling around the mainland meeting people with different accents, personalities, and points of view made her a better language learner and more adaptable person.
她指出，從政和旅遊一樣，會遇到很多突發狀況必須解決，對自己的應變能力是一大考驗；此外，她本來台語「講不輪轉」，但在大陸旅行常接觸各種口音、各種個性和想法的人，也讓她的語言學習力及適應力都變強了。