Expanding the network

In the weekend, I met a few people and they were so kind to offer helps and advice regarding living in Toronto and the tips of getting a teaching job in Ontario.

Below are parts of the conversation:
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[telephone conversation]
N: K! (who is a vice principal of a secondary school) Please come to join us as there is a new guy who would like to get a teaching job in Toronto. Definitely you can give him a lot of advice.
[K arrived 1.5 hours later and told me very practical information about getting a teaching job in Ontario]

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T: Felix, are you free in the afternoon? You said you would like to have your hair cut, I can give you a ride to a nearby shopping mall for Chinese Canadians. When you are home, give me a call so that you can write down the phone no. of a driving instructor. My colleage recommended him to me.

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D: If you join our fellowship on Fri evening, you can meet our fellowship nanny who used to be an ESL (teaching English as a 2nd language) teacher. I think she could tell you how she got the job. Maybe she could take you home in the end of the fellowship as the couple live in an area close to where you live.

happy birthday

或许晚了一点点 诚心祝福你 天天快乐！事事顺利！！

Great Time to remember 人山人海

Be my guest!

H= host; F= felix
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F: i'd like to move out early next month as i don't want to be a burden to you especially when your house is going to be renovated next week

H: Chinese people are good at helping each other and taking care of new comers (especially from one's family) is our obligation. Therefore stay as long as you wish if you don't mind spending the nights at our basement. Don't move out in a hurry. Wait until you get a job. Then you can look for a room near your workplace.

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H: (on the phone) "stay where you are and I will be looking for you on my car right away"
F: (on the phone) "wai wai! damnit, the battery goes dead without power! "

F walked around the trail and looked for a payphone to call the H and he was picked up 45 minutes later at a gas station about 500 m away from the spot where he was supposed to meet the H.

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第二天 26 / 07 /2007

今天很累，留在家裏休息。明天大概不會有時差適應問題。

多伦多的第一天 25/07/2007

雖然很累，我還是去了OCT（安大略省教師工會）查詢我的認證申請。結果很不錯，所有必需的文件幾乎都寄到了辦事處。離開時馬上去警察局申領無犯罪紀錄。大概兩個星期以後能辦好。當我離開警察局時，心情變輕鬆了。
離警察局不遠的地方，是多倫多公立圖書館。意想不到的，在這裏發現了協助新移民的櫃檯。從這裏知道了不少有用的資料。
離開了圖書館，不難找到了Bloor Street West街上 的銀行。處理了一些銀行業務。
回家前，在地鐵站的進口處辦了電話卡。從此可以跟外界更緊密地聯繫。
加拿大的第一天，收穫挺豐富的。 我相信明天會越來越好的。