When he went to the south of Taiwan once to look for suitable clays, he became so wrapped up in what he was doing that he forgot to call home for three full days and nights. His wife and two daughters were worried frantic, and when he finally returned, "the children had practically disowned him!"
有一回，他南下台灣尋覓適合製陶用的陶土蹤影，由於太過專注投入，竟三天三夜忘了和家裡聯繫，讓在家裡苦苦守候的太太及兩個女兒十分擔心，也很不諒解，待返回家時，「孩子們已經不太想認這個爸爸了！」