Dear students,
閱讀的兔仔
兔年之始，大家互賀新年之餘，有否想想好好善用兔年。兔仔以跳脱、靈活見稱。一個思想靈活的人並不是偶然，必須經過努力。其中一個鍛鍊思考的方法就是閱讀，閱讀是一個人的事，有點寂寞，但在閱讀中我們觸摸世界；在閱讀中我們體驗愛及被愛；在閱讀中我們超越時間及地域的枷鎖；在閱讀中我們找到心靈的同伴與安慰。懂得閱讀樂趣的人，就不會害怕獨處。這個農曆新年，我一個人靜靜地看完了好幾本書，它們是岸見一郎的「不安的哲學」、張曼娟的「天上有顆孤獨星」及董啟章的「香港字」。或許，你會從一個人的書選，對他略知一、二。或許，因為閱讀，你可以與別人展開前所未有的話題。兔年之始，開卷有益，事事如意。
Reading Rabbit
As the Year of the Rabbit begins, have you thought about how you can make the most of it by celebrating the New Year together? Rabbits are famous for their flexibility. Being a flexible thinker is no accident, it takes effort. One of the ways to train your thinking is to read. Reading is a lonely thing to do alone, but in reading we touch the world; in reading we experience loving and being loved; in reading we transcend the bonds of time and place; in reading we find spiritual companionship and comfort. Those who know the joy of reading will not be afraid to be alone. This Chinese New Year, I have been reading several books in solitude: “The Philosophy of Restlessness” by Ichiro Kishimi, “There is a Lonely Star in the Sky” by Amanda Cheung, and “Hong Kong TYPE” by Dung Kai Cheung. You may learn something about a person from their choice of books. You may even be able to strike up a conversation about “books” with someone you have never talked to before. Start the Year of the Rabbit, wish you all will enjoy the benefits of reading.
