"Caring for ships is like caring for babies. Of one cries, you must go see if it is hungry or whether its diapers are wet." Hsiao Chiu describes his profession as being the nanny of shipping vessels at sea--everything must be taken care of.
「照顧漁船就像照顧嬰兒，他一哭，你就要去看他是餓了，還是尿布濕了」，小邱形容自己這行就像是漁船在海外的奶媽，什麼都要料理得好好的。