Sea mail

On the day after my birthday, I got a parcel from Japan. Birthday present? Nope. It’s from me. I sent books and some glass wares for my study. This time I used sea mail, because it cost just 100 dollars, nearly half of air mail. It took 1 month, but I’m satisfied it. After the September 11, FDA (Food and Drug Administration) in USA ruled the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act, which mean we need to get permission from FDA, when we send any food and drug into USA from foreign countries ( http://www.fda.gov/oc/bioterrorism/bioact.html). It was very inconvenient low for us. But now this low does not seem to be so severe for ordinary residents. If such foods in parcel are private one and safe one, they don’t stop and dump them without formal permission. This time, actually, my baggage including some foods was safe.