Local mail slower than international mail
Someone mailed me a letter from Berkeley last week. They also mailed a letter on the exact same day and at the exact same time to Japan. They sent both letters using the normal postal mail option, which is the most affordable mailing option available.
The person in Japan got the letter in 2 days. I got the letter in 6 days. How can something be delivered to another country faster than to an address within the same state, when both items were sent on the same day and using the same delivery method? It’s a real mystery.
Here is a picture taken on April 25th, 2006, in the city of Fullerton. The shopping cart was probably left by someone who got onto a bus along with their shopping bags and left the cart behind. Notice the presence of advertising on the bench.
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( April 27th, 2006 at 4:04 am )
sometimes you wouldn’t know what happen in the post office. the same situation happen to me once. i mailed a parcel to germany and a letter to singapore, both at the same time in singapore. the parcel to germany arrived first before the letter. weird..
so far 2 bids on the eBay and i earned US$17. not bad.
hahaha…people always say im mad. so i said i told them that mad is the latest style (that was 5 years ago). so MAD STYLE is my trademark. well, you want some stencils for your graffiti?
( April 27th, 2006 at 6:30 am )
OMG!!same here in Canada.. they always leave the cart sumwhere..and it’s so UNBELIEVABLE!!! they can walk miles miles from the store to mayB a bus stop or near their house and just leave it…i dun understand how they think
btw, HOW R U BES!!! i sent u email but i dunno if u get it or not 
i’m doin good..just doin sum thinking n relaxing a lil bit
( April 27th, 2006 at 6:33 am )
n 2 comment on post offices..better get it late than never right? i sent a birthday present last year in early october, coz the birthday is on early november.. guess when he got it? late late February.. that’s by AIR!!! i’m so pissed
at the post office and will never ever go there again..i would rather pay more for UPS or sumthing like that n get a guarantee they could receive it on time.
( April 27th, 2006 at 1:13 pm )
What?! Are you kidding me that the person in Japan got the letter before you?! That is totally crazy!!!!
Hehe about the bench… Yeah, I’ve been down there, and I always see ads on those benches. And also one the buses themselves! LOL.
( April 29th, 2006 at 8:51 pm )
Weird.
But you gotta give them credit. On more than one occassion I’ve received stuff that was meant for me but had the wrong zip code or totally butchered street address, etc.
( May 2nd, 2006 at 8:54 pm )
Jerine — > That is weird too! So it happens in different places also.
Hmmm, good luck on ebay. It’s a good place to unload stuff and to make money also.
Heh! Yes please, I want some graffiti.
I like the design.
JeSs — > Yeah, those carts are interesting. You should take a pic sometime, of carts and other things. btw, I’m still alive. : ) I replied to your email
There should be a rule that when a regular parcel or something sent via normal mail gets delivered really late, there should be a refund or something for the sender/customer.
Chau — > Yes, they did. It was very weird indeed. Yes, the ads on buses are changing. I should focus on them sometime too. : )
Valerie — > Heh, yeah, I guess. I sent somethings to New Orleans a few weeks before the hurricanes hit and they never got there. I even went there, while I was nearby on my red cross work trip and asked the nearby post offices and no one knew where those things were. The receivers never got anything, which sucks. They should at least track shipments or something all the time or for such things.
( July 29th, 2006 at 6:42 am )
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