From that day onward I started to observe the life of the overseas Chinese. Several years later I left school for lack of funds and sneaked off to the east to work for a year in a restaurant, immersing myself in the inner circles of overseas Chinese society.
從那時起我便開始留意華僑生活，直至數年我因資金不足，離校偷往東部做餐館工作一年，置身小埠華僑社會和生活之中。