But thinking of his grandmother and mother who still lived in Taiwan, and still strongly identifying with his place of birth, he was unable to comfortably transform himself into an American. "I'm not that kind of person. I couldn't force myself to live that kind of life," he said.
但想著祖母、母親都在國內，加上強烈認同出生地，讓他無法輕易轉換成美國人，「不是這樣的人，就是無法強迫自己過這樣的生活」，他說。