"I just waited table all day from morning to night. I must have worn out four or five pairs of shoes in a year. I came down with the flu several times, but with no one to take over for me, I had to get over my aches and pains by keeping busy and sweating it out."
日據時代，不少台籍人士被徵調來日本挖煤、到工廠做工，也有部分仕紳之後來日本留學。