抵御

冷

Aloof

亲

Approachable

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I normally need much more time than others to warm up to strangers. I hate limelight and would rather dissolve secretively into some dark corners all by myself. To mingle around over tea reception is never my cup of tea, regardless of how heavy a tea-drinker I am. And due to the fact that I look intensely aloof when I don’t smile (well, I can’t be blame for I’m born that way), many find me unapproachable which I don’t really care in fact. However, once I’m warmed up to someone, that’s when my true colours shine. The publisher and the writer for the new book wanted me to create a guru figure that was more caring and approachable instead. So I just added a stroke to the original drawing to soften the aloofness. I think it works. A simple smile would do the trick; I take that as a truth.

中文系第二届学生今早毕业，典礼之后的招待会上，和学生们亲切合照。当时初到学院执教，由于和学生尚未混熟，总是不习惯合影，而偏偏年轻人特别喜欢照相，我一面对镜头就会不自然。我需要更多的时间来和生人亲近。这并不表示我不友善，纯粹性格问题。私底下，我还挺无聊搞笑的。我严肃的外表，只是方便我“抵御”不必要的搭讪，基本上我就是懒得应酬。