"Retirement is the start of a new life," Shih-hsing Wu says. Wu works with both glass and bamboo. After retiring, he earned a master's degree in industrial design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia. He then spent seven summers in Nantou, learning how to make bamboo furniture, and in Hsinchu learning about glass art. He finally started his own workshop near the high-speed rail station in Taoyuan, where he works to fulfill his dreams and pass on his skills.