Explains Teng, "I grew up listening to the old folks tell stories about the aboriginal tribes. There was talk about headhunting expeditions and wars. They used to scare us kids by saying 'The tribesmen will get you!'" He had frequent contact with aborigines, and many of his best friends in school were aborigines.
「老人家經常講關於原住民出草、戰爭的故事，我們從小就是被大人用『番婆鬼』嚇大的」，鄧相揚說，生活中經常會接觸原住民，自己在求學過程中最照顧他的往往也是原住民朋友。