With a desire to "keep learning about this world of ours," he quit his job and moved to Taiwan in 1996, hoping to make a living as a freelance writer and to have more time to explore the island that so fascinated him.
還想「繼續瞭解這個世界」的他於是辭掉工作，在 1996 年來台定居，希望以自由作家的方式寫稿維生，並且持續探索這個讓他著迷的島嶼。