今天的面試能說順利，也算不順利。不順利的原因是因為遲到了整整一個小時。順利的原因是，人事部的經理說我很不錯，富經驗，又有語言學的碩士學歷。所以面試結束時告訴我下周一或周二第二度面試。到時需要在部門主任（教授法語的）老師和那學校唯一的普通話老師前示范教學15分鐘。
湖畔校園很美，很寬闊，小教堂和幾座古典的教學樓都很有特色。如果能在這教普通話，我的簡歷（Resume）將加上一項：“申請人在多倫多97年悠久歷史的私立寄宿中學任教。”
面試千萬不能遲到。我卻晚了整整一個小時，因為不會認路。街道名把我搞糊涂了。學校坐落在湖畔西路。但是從多倫多市中心往西開車，首先是湖畔西路，然后是湖畔東路，繼續往西走，竟然再有一段新的湖畔西路。門牌都是重新由‘一’開始。暈倒！都怪我沒有好好研究地圖。幸運的是，他們很體諒我這位“人生路不熟”的新移民。而且我的面試時間是下午一點。我從12點15分便開始打電話到辦公室問路。故此他們能相信我真的迷路。
本來走高速的話，45分鐘就能到的，我卻花了將近三個小時才到。回程不再迷路，一小時45分鐘返抵住所。暑假回多倫多后馬上惡補路試，學習在高速上奔馳。我很害怕在路上很猶豫地摸索該去的路，但是今天是飽歷了彷徨失措的困惑了。有上帝保守，一路平安。駕駛技術更上一層！（自我安慰一番，哈哈。）
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I can fully understand why we are not entirely comfortable about driving on the highway. As a pretty experienced driver myself, I also found it quite a challenge to drive on the highway of North America (NA) when I was studying at the US a decade ago.
Compared with the highway in HK, cars are generally faster in NA but at the same time, the road signs are less clear and less protection is afforded to drivers e.g. shorter distance for entry and exit without dedicated merging lane and double-line protection. It was quite a leap of faith when you needed to press hard on the gas pedal.
Anyway, I am sure you will get used to it in due course. Just look out more actively before you get or out of the highway and you should be fine.
Chung
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