I missed the chance.

I had been through SARS — I knew the pattern,

that after every crisis, the market rebounds,

and property prices rise again.

But during COVID, I played it safe.

I thought, this time it has to fall.

It didn’t. It only went higher.

History keeps repeating itself,

but when we’re living in it,

we always believe this time will be different.

That caution was really fear —

fear of being wrong, fear of losing, fear of starting over.

Maybe growing up means learning to admit what we’ve missed.

What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to?

If I had to name one risk I’ve always wanted to take,

it would be working abroad — especially in Japan.

Not just visiting or staying for a while,

but really living there, facing the culture,

and starting everything from zero.

The thought alone feels both exciting and unsettling.

When I was younger, I thought there would always be time.

But as life goes on, responsibilities grow,

and the comfort of stability becomes harder to leave behind.

It’s not fear — it’s the quiet knowing

that once you step out, things may never return to how they were.

Still, maybe someday I’ll go.

Not for success, not for escape,

but just to prove to myself

that I once took a real risk.

What are you most proud of in your life?

Honestly, there aren’t many things I feel proud of.

I once thought that, in today’s Taiwan—where the environment keeps worsening and the government often sets bad examples—

being able to stay true to myself might be something to be proud of.

But the more I think about it, that’s really just the basic standard of being human. Nothing to brag about.

What truly makes me happy

is being able to keep close with the people I love—

to care for each other, even from afar.

It’s not about pride,

but every time I think of them, there’s this quiet warmth that fills my heart.

Maybe that’s the real reason

I can still hold on to my sense of self in this messy world.

What have you been working on?

Lately, I’ve been exploring well-known models across different fields —

language, vision, and speech.

If a model is widely discussed, I want to try it myself.

It’s not about chasing trends,

but about understanding what each model can really do.

With all the media hype, technology often looks full of imagination,

yet it also carries a fair share of over-expectation.

Like how AI still struggles to count fingers,

or why the clocks it draws almost always show 10:10.

These small details remind me —

AI’s understanding still lives somewhere between data and probability.

What’s something most people don’t know about you?

Most of my friends and family have no idea that I write a blog.

It’s not a secret — I just never felt the need to mention it.

My days look ordinary: work, dinner, scrolling through my phone.

But sometimes, when I can’t sleep,

I open my laptop and type a few lines.

In that quiet moment, it feels like the world fades away,

and it’s just me and the words.

Maybe that’s how I recharge —

slowly finding my way back to who I really am.

A little lonely,

a little free.

Just right.

Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive?

自己一個人懶散一整天，

老實說，真的會有點不安。

明明是想讓自己休息，

卻會開始懷疑——

是不是又浪費了一天？

When I spend a lazy day alone,

honestly, I feel a bit uneasy.

I tell myself it’s rest,

but deep down, I wonder—

did I just waste another day?

時間在滑過，

但腦子停不下來，

那種空白，反而讓人焦慮。

Time keeps slipping away,

but my mind won’t stop.

The emptiness itself becomes

a quiet kind of anxiety.

可如果是跟親愛的人一起懶散一整天，

就完全不同了。

什麼都不做、也不用說話，

只是靜靜地待在一起，

就能感覺到被填滿。

But when I spend that same lazy day

with someone I love,

it feels completely different.

No need to do anything,

no need to talk—

just being together feels full.

那不是懶，

也不是逃避，

而是一種平衡，

讓人重新找到生活的節奏。

It’s not laziness,

and not escape either.

It’s balance—

a way to rediscover the rhythm of life.

一個是努力想著「生活」，

一個是單純地「在生活」。

One is trying hard to think about life.

The other is simply living it.

When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why?

The word success appears everywhere —

in the news, in presentations, even in our dreams.

But when I pause and think about it, a few faces come to mind.

The first is Bill Gates.

As someone in IT, that probably isn’t a surprise.

He represents the bridge between technology and business, and the era when computers truly changed the world.

But what makes him truly successful to me isn’t the wealth or the fame —

it’s how he found new meaning after Microsoft.

From writing code to building foundations, from rivals to collaborators.

And then, there’s his old rival — Steve Jobs.

I still remember his words: “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”

And that moment we all waited for — “One more thing.”

He made me believe that technology can have a soul,

and that products can carry emotion.

Success isn’t about controlling the world.

It’s about keeping the passion

to keep changing what you believe in.

What makes a good neighbor?

Most people would say a good neighbor is someone who greets you when passing by,

and lends a hand when needed.

Someone who doesn’t make noise or cause trouble.

But in Taiwan, where I live, it’s common to see people occupying public roads —

cars, scooters, flower pots, even piles of stuff,

as if the street were an extension of their own yard.

So for me, being a good neighbor means one more thing:

keeping shared spaces clean and clear.

It’s not just about tidiness.

It’s about respect — for the people who live beside you.

It sounds simple,

but not everyone remembers it.

What could you try for the first time?

After more than ten years of work,

life has become steady—almost predictable.

Having a “first time” isn’t hard;

it’s just that I don’t dare risk losing what I already have.

Still, within that stability,

there are bits of learning and creation that keep me moving.

This year, I built an MVP-level RAG system

by combining office work with late-night study,

and even turned it into a few internal training sessions.

I also self-learned how to fine-tune a YOLO vision model

and built a Taiwan license plate recognition mobile app.

(A small side note—YOLO is something our R&D team

has been talking about for years,

but somehow never actually implemented.)

Oh, and during my trip to Japan,

I had another “first time.”

My first time riding a bus alone—

because right after I tapped my phone to get on,

the driver just closed the doors and drove off,

leaving my friend still fumbling for his transit card.

Thinking back, it wasn’t bad at all.

The system runs, the model recognizes,

and I got on the bus by myself.

Maybe “first times” don’t need to be so serious.

After all, that’s how life works—

you either take the initiative,

or the door closes and takes you with it.