To trace the beginnings of Watterson's relationship with Taiwan, you have to turn the clock back 30-some years. The church assigned the then 19-year-old university freshman to Taiwan. Clueless, Watterson found himself shipped off to this completely alien island. He rode his bicycle around Tsoying and Hualien for two years and before he knew it, he "had fallen in love with Taiwan."
說起黃仲傑和台灣的淵源，要回到 30 多年前，當時 19 歲、唸大一的黃仲傑被教會指派到完全陌生的台灣，懵懵懂懂的漂洋過海，二年期間騎著腳踏車踏遍左營、花蓮，也讓他不知不覺「愛上了台灣」。