Miss You

就說，我的生日派對依舊持續著。我要感謝美燕和身邊的友人，這些人有著最美麗的靈魂。

Like I said, my birthday party goes on. Heartfelt thanks to Meiyen and those around me, who have the most beautiful souls.

我很久不用英文名字了，也很不喜歡別人直接叫我全名，所以每次和學生自我介紹時，會說，如果真的得叫我，就稱呼我Miss You吧！感覺這是個到六十歲仍然會很潮的名字。

I haven’t used any English name for ages. And I dislike people calling me by my full name. Therefore, whenever it’s time to introduce myself to new students, I’d say, call me Miss You. This feels like a trendy name that’ll still sound so when I sail into my sixties.

我們常說人如其名，名字真的會影響一個人的性格嗎？我想是吧，就算我們完全不自知，但是好像在無形中，我們的人格就朝著名字的意義發展。所以無論如何，我們都要試著喜歡自己的名字。

We often say, we are what our names indicate. Do names really influence one’s personalities? I think so. Even without our awareness, we develop into the kind of people our names want us to be. So we have to like our names anyway.

Miss You是個很容易引起誤會的稱呼，因為我在信尾簽上Miss You的時候，別人會勿以為我很想念他們，不過假如因此讓大家開心了一下，我倒不是很在意。最近這幾個禮拜，我覺得我的命運真的是被Miss You主導，走在校園裡，上一年教的女孩紛紛說：我很想你！或者畢業很多年的大女生透過友人傳達同樣的訊息，讓我原本冬眠的虛榮心燃燒了起來。

Miss You is a term that easily causes misunderstanding. When I sign Miss You at the end of a letter, people will read it as a message that I miss them. Well, if this makes their day, I don’t mind at all. Over the past few weeks, I have the feeling that my life has been crammed with Miss You. When I walk on the campus, the girls I taught last year would shout from a long way off, “I miss you!” Or those who graduated many years ago would convey the same message indirectly. Oh, how these words make my dormant vanity burn again…

想念可以很大，也可以小小的，我喜歡小小的想念，當你對我說，你想念我每天早上走進教室的第一句話，我的語氣裡充滿陽光地說：Good morning everyone。我覺得很意外，是因為這樣簡單的原因被惦記著。

We can be missed because of many many things, or maybe it’s just a tiny detail. I like the latter. When you say to me, I miss the first words you said when you stepped into the classroom every morning. I miss how you said, “Good morning everyone!” with sunshine in your tone. I am surprised that I am remembered due to such a simple reason.

雖然我知道自己很快就會被遺忘了，可是沒有關係，在那之前，你已經溫暖我的心房。

I know, I will be forgotten soon, but it won’t matter. Before that happens, you have warmed my heart.