The Rose Collective

My Ocean

“Why don’t you buy an e-reader (electronic digital book reader)?  It’s different from reading on a tablet.  Trust me, you would love it.”    My husband said.

Even though my husband had said it repeatedly, I didn’t buy his idea.  I need a good reason to justify my spending. But finally, the time has come.   

“ Alex told us that she reads 6 hours a day! I read too little; I want to read more.”  I told my husband after the Heart & Parcel meeting.  

Now I have found my reason to buy an e-reader: the more I read, the stronger the reason I have to justify my spending.  That is the day I made up my mind.

Besides, I also found another good reason.  I thought an e-reader would help me store my favorite books.  I used to have “my collection” before.  They were hard copies and displayed on my bookshelves. However, I had thrown them away before I came here (I wish I had not done it).  Anyway, what I can do now to rectify this mistake is to collect my favourite books again, one by one. An e-reader can help me store hundreds of them.  

Because of these two reasons, today I have an e-reader in my hand.  I love it so much that I use it every single day.  This device has also changed my life : now I read books instead of watching Netflix before going to bed.  The e-reader is like an ocean to me.

By jumping into the ocean of books, I feel free again : no more language barriers (when I read in Chinese), and no more national boundaries (when I read the books written by authors from all over the world).  

by Pat Tsang