It is sort of ironic when I think about it. A college chartered in 1693 under the reign of King William Ⅲ and Queen Mary Ⅱ of England and set in tiny Williamsburg, Virginia-- an area steeped in the historic figures and events leading to the birth of the United States. Yet, it was here that my desire to study the native tongue and Chinese culture of my immigrant parents was born.
說來諷刺，威廉與瑪麗學院成立於一六九三年，正值英國的威廉三世與瑪麗女王當政時期，學院設於維吉尼亞州小鎮威廉斯堡（Williamsburg），是美國獨立時代重要人物與事件的發源地，我卻在這樣一個充滿美國歷史與鄉愁的地方，對父母的語言和孕育他們的中華文化，昇起了不可抑遏的渴慕。