"I started taking my students out on field trips in late 2004, and began turning those field trips into books," he recalls. "Originally I just wanted something to serve as a souvenir, but with the growth in historical awareness, those two books have turned into the only books on Macao's history written by a Macanese, for Macanese."
「我在 2004 年底開始帶著學生，把田野調查整理成書，」他回憶，「原本只想留個紀念，但搭著世遺熱潮，這兩本書卻成為市面上唯一為大眾而寫的澳門歷史書。」