But soon being idle got boring. He took the exam for a real estate license, but disadvantaged by not having studied locally, he failed. He had worked for IBM in Taiwan for ten years, and he inquired about getting a job in their Sydney office, but IBM was making massive lay-offs.
他嘗試考不動產經紀人的執照，但沒有當地學歷，結果不盡理想；憑著在台灣 IBM 工作十年的經歷，也詢問過能否進入雪梨分公司，只是，IBM 已經在大裁員。