In order to fill up a void in his heart, he began taking slow trains to such places as Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Hualien and Ilan. He was involved in the Chienkuo High School magazine. With the lunch money he saved, he would buy books and classical music tapes.
為了填補心中的缺口，假日他搭慢車到桃竹苗、花蓮、宜蘭等地漫遊；參加建中青年社編校刊；省下餐費買書、買古曲音樂唱片。