So for his master's degree studies, he entered the Institute of Oceanography at NTU, spending time on boats harvesting rocks from the sea floor. As such, he has not only traveled throughout Taiwan, but also circled the island several times.
所以碩士階段他轉而報考台大海洋所，以便隨船出海採集海底礦石；這樣一來，他不僅走遍全台陸地，更從海上把整個台灣島繞了好幾圈。