Bulletin No. 1, 2019

The flashes of wit in Janice Tsang’s eyes tell you how enthusiastically she embraces life. Her conversations are filled with her beloved literature, education and photography. She quotes from Macbeth and recites the lyrics of Bob Dylan. Listening to her, one is reminded that though life is full of the sound and the fury it is also guided by illumining intelligence. Despite her immersion in the world of literature, her relationship with the English language is actually one of love and hate. This is because English is the ‘mother tongue’ thrust upon her. She explained: ‘In the run-up to 1997, my family was planning to emigrate and so thought little of the Chinese language. I was made to use English at home. It was only when I went to primary school that I started learning Cantonese with Cantopop.’ This special experience in her growing up made her identify with the struggle to rebuild a self- identity experienced by many post- colonial writers. After getting her master’s degrees, Janice has done some part-time teaching and research at many tertiary institutions. She teaches community art and practical English and has organized seminars for teachers’ professional development. The second character in her Chinese name ( 頴 ), which she only learned to write correctly in high school, is made up of a part which means to reveal and can be extended to mean divine wisdom . What we should and can do, Janice pointed out, is to bear witness to the present moments so as to reveal the future. To bear witness to and record flashes of revelation fall upon Janice’s shoulder. 2011 BA in English, 2012 MA in English (Literary Studies), 2016 MPhil in English (Literary Studies) United College Janice Tsang b. 1989 The Golden Jubilee. The Millennials. 19