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| 小時候住上海，那時我們念的語文書，都把海寫得好美。城南舊事裏的小瑛子不也愛念：我們看海去，我們看海去嗎？我小學時第一次在全校歌唱比賽時領唱的歌也是：大海是我的故鄉。不知道是不是因為這樣，特別想看海。其實在上海，也看不到什麽真正的海，除了有一次跟爸爸坐船去崇明島，看到了黑黑黃黃的水，聽説那就是海，只覺得跟黃浦江的泥漿水沒兩樣。還好，兒時的想象倒也不容易被醜惡的現實摧毀，我還是想看海。 至今我已經看過好多海了，在北海和大西洋還游過泳，印象中最美的是地中海，湛藍湛藍的。看著海，看著白色的波浪湧起，漫開，匯聚，退下，再湧起，聼著嘩，嘩，嘩的浪聲，凡塵俗世的一切都給沖洗乾淨了。 我們看海去！ | | |
| 四年前，在紐約近郊的小鎭上，買了個paperweight，上面刻了一個展翅的天使，寫著：Angels fly. Because they take themselves lightly. 別把自己看得太是一回事，才能展翅高飛。 由此推論，個人的得和失，旁人的評論，就更不算什麽事了。 自勉！ | | |
| 朋友問起我前途問題，說不明白我怎麽就沒想過要找其他工作。現在這份工作的確蠻辛苦的，收入跟付出也不成正比，我這是圖個啥呢？想著想著就睡不着了。 我圖的也許就是一份堅持帶來的深度。腦海中浮現出我的師長，翻譯的前輩，身邊的學者（當然，我說的是真正的學者，非浪得虛名，魚目混珠者）。每每讀著他們的筆耕，他們對翻譯的那份堅持，那份用心，那份豁達總是讓我感動。在“無涯”的求知旅途上，不堅持怎能帶給自己生命的深度？ 可人生是“有涯”的，以“有涯”追“無涯”結果就是“怠矣！” 好在沿途有一群可愛的學生，陪我走了一段又一段，就這麽走了下來。 其實，不管追求的是生命的深度，還是寬度，只要用心走，總是一段精彩的路。 | | |
| 長亭外，古道邊，芳草碧連天。 問君此去幾時來，來時莫徘徊！ 天之涯，地之角，知交半零落， 人生難得是歡聚，惟有別離多。 Beyond pavilions, beside old paths, Green grass merging with sky, As you go, asking when you will return Returning, do not loiter on the way… Friends scattered to far corners of the earth Rarely in this life the joy of meeting, Only too many partings… | | |
| A Cow’s Life At the very beginning, God made Man, Cow and Monkey. God gave each of them 30 years life. Man said: “that is not enough for me.” Cow said: “that is too much for me.” Monkey said: “that is too much for me too.” So, God took 20 years’ life from Cow and gave it to Man, and then he took another 20 years’ life from Monkey and gave it to Man. Are you calculating how much life each one has? Are you trying to tell me that in today’s Hong Kong, the average life span for a man is more than 70 years? Actually, this is not important. The important thing is… In your first 30 years’ life, you are living a man’s life. After 30, you have a cow’s life. And after 50, you are a monkey. Now, it’s my turn of a cow’s life. | | |
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