跪婦醫師娘 之 破英文勇闖休士頓

               
這兩年來，自從孩子上小學之後，就沒有再跟老公出國開會了 ，                                                                                                                                                                       原因是婆婆、媽媽都無法來家裡幫忙照顧，又怕請太多天假孩子課業進度會有所落後，補習也要請假，                                                                                                                                                                      以及回校之後還得補齊作業，所以沒能像幼稚園時毫無顧忌的往大姊家送。                                                                                                                                                                       以 致 於 錯 過 了 很 多 次 出 國 血 拼，喔喔 ～ 不是啦！是出國陪伴老公 的 機 會 。                                                                                                                                                                      不過老公倒是都會很識相的買了最能代表該國“  精神  ”的包包回來，了表他的心意  。                                                                                                                                                                     （ 雖然每次接到帳單  時都是眼含著淚，心淌著血 ，但女人就是女人啊！）                                                                                                                                                                       而這次老公很早之前就告知十一月初要去美國開醫學會，於是乎 吃了秤鉈鐵了心，無論如何一定都要跟著去，                                                                                                                                                                       老早就打電話給老媽“ 預約時間  ”，以免她老人家出國的檔期排的太滿了而撞期。                                                                                                                                                                         之後馬上開始著手進行辦理  美 國 簽 證  事宜，首先請老公上網幫我填寫申請表格，預約面談時間，                                                                                                                                                                         接著到郵局劃撥 簽證 及 網路線上申請 費用（ 3400 元 ＋ 240 元 實在是不怎麼便宜ㄟ），收據千萬要保留喔！                                                                                                                                                                           然後去拍了美美的大頭照（ 有特殊規格的尺寸喔 ）。                                                                                                                                                                          昨天終於等到了預約簽證的這一天，我那親愛的老公還特意請假陪我去喔！                                                                                                                                                                         早早就到了美國在台協會，在附近吃了午餐，老公以過來人的經驗不斷的面授機宜，                                                                                                                                                                          提早了 15 分鐘去排隊，我的天啊！隊伍已經繞了三圈了 ！                                                                                                                                                                            門口警衛倒是非常有官架子呢！老公說他們薪水是領美金的，所以 ……。（ 真是這樣  嗎？）                                                                                                                                                                            進去前還得把手機、相機、電腦等相關物品加上身份證件寄放在櫃臺，然後還得通過 X 光金屬探測器。                                                                                                                                                                          好不容易進去之後仍又是一連串的排隊、等候。                                                                                                                                                                           首先會有台灣的工作人員幫你檢查核對填寫的表格，然後面談前還要再一次的核對身份、相關資料。                                                                                                                                                                         而自從 911 恐怖攻擊事件之後，現在申請美簽還要加上按倷左右手食指指紋。                                                                                                                                                                          終於排到最後一關了（腳好痠喔），原本想像中的面談是在一間間的小房間裡，然後坐下來好好的詢問資料。                                                                                                                                                                         但沒想到卻是如同電視中到監獄去“ 面會 ”一樣，ㄧ個個隔著玻璃窗且是站著說話。                                                                                                                                                                           嗯！這樣說好像有點誇張啦！換個形容，比較像是去 郵 局 隔著玻璃窗口辦事。                                                                                                                                                                         （ 此時真覺得  美國不愧是強國啊！ 每天居然有這麼多人等著要到美國去ㄟ ）                                                                                                                                                                          由於是隔著玻璃，所以那些美國工作人員都會以麥克風擴音問話，                                                                                                                                                                           使得排隊等待之餘，都還可聽聽別人的問答。之前緊張的半天，還自己演練了好幾套英文對答，                                                                                                                                                                            以免到時支支吾吾，不知所云。但實在是多操煩ㄟ，人家對方的中文可都是字正腔圓的喔。                                                                                                                                                                          有趣的是一位阿婆，當官員問她說：你要去美國做什麼？阿婆： 瞎密！ 對方又重複問了一次。                                                                                                                                                                          只見那阿婆遲疑了一下，然後很大聲的回答：挖背  ㄎㄧ  瞇夠 七逃 啦！哈！對方可是一臉茫然！真可愛！！                                                                                                                                                                           深深吸了一口氣，終於輪我上場了，可能我一臉長的就是 『 良民  』  樣，                                                                                                                                                                             又加上露出一貫親切的招牌笑容 ，縮短彼此間的距離 ，所以只問了我幾個簡單的問題就過關了！                                                                                                                                                                           （ 枉費我還準備了許多相關有力證明資料：舊護照、戶口名簿、銀行存摺、扣繳憑單、老公醫院職員證 ）                                                                                                                                                                            結婚了嗎？（ 明明申請單上就註明已婚了ㄚ，可能是我太年輕  了吧 ）                                                                                                                                                                              結婚多久了啊？有小孩了嗎？幾個？ （ 哇 ～ ，現在才知要去美國還得身家調查呢！ ）                                                                                                                                                                            在一一老實回答後，當然順利通過！就到最後一關去，填寫快遞單子就完成囉！！                                                                                                                                                                           前前後後花了約ㄧ個半小時，不過幾乎都是在排隊，真正面談時間大約 三 ～ 五 分鐘。                                                                                                                                                                        （ 唉 ～ 為了要去美國也只好忍耐囉 ）                                                                                                                                                                          還有英文不好的人 ～ 免驚啦！因從一開始到結束我只講了一句，那就是  Thank  you   .                                                                                                                                                                          而果真是快遞ㄟ！沒想到今天早上居然就收到護照了。還真有效率！                                                                                                                                                                              不禁要期待並大聲的說： 迪士尼樂園 、outlet ～ 我 來 了 喔 ！！