Tuesday 22 March 2011

Comic Relief


Comic Relief is a charity which was founded in UK in 1985. The typical difference from the other charities is that people do something funny to collect money.
I bought a music CD for Comic Relief. A popular singer, Susan Boyle and a popular comedian, Peter Kay (as Gereldine McQueen) sing a song together. This charity cares Japanese earthquake disaster as well.

Tuesday 1 March 2011

An electronic Dictionary

My favorite electronic dictionary was poorly broken:'(



The problem is that I cannot buy it here in UK but I need it. Even though the joint part was broken, there is no problem on software so I keep using it however it is not comfortable to carry something half broken. Finally I decided to ask my father to send a new electronic dictionary for me. My friend told me that she was required to pay tax to receive a delivered electronic dictionary even though she bought it and use it for herself. The reasons were it was a new product and sent by her brother so it was regarded as a gift and charged tax. To avoid this situation, I asked my father to rip off all packages and price tags before sending and wrote my name as a sender. I've been crossing my fingers to be able to get it without problem. Today, the package was delivered without tax claim letter. Yes, we made it!