Being in a corrupt country with a corrupt government is just rich = =.

Last week I was expected to receive a parcel containing 19 sets of DVD inside of it thru EMS (actually a parcel that was directed to me by a friend, those 19 sets were SO NOT MINE). Surely enough, I was able to predict that it'll be under customs examination. And I was right. I received a notice last Monday and I went  an hour upon receiving it so I can fix this mess off immediately.

I did have a problem with them before, when another parcel of mine was subjected to customs examination. I was forced to pay a hefty amount of tax, almost the same as the price of the thing I bought. Just great.

When I arrived they took my notice and asked me to wait an hour or so waiting for the customs officer. In my mind I was already calculating how much I should pay. Remembering how humongous they taxed me before, I was predicting it'll be bigger.

Many persons were there back then, one claiming a laptop, but this guy who was claiming his "electric toy helicopter" amused me.

I bet it was his first time encountering such mess. After the custom officer calculated how much he was about to pay, he went like this :
Man : "Mam, this cannot be! It was a "toy" bought for 5USD you cannot ask me to pay 27USD for a toy like that!"
my mind speaking: for an electronic toy helicopter looking superbly, there  is no such thing as 5USD, If you want to lie, please make the price reasonable at least = =
Man : "Is there such a tax almost the same as its retail price -insert foul words here-"
my mind speaking: dude, been there and done that.
Man : *GOING GAGA ALREADY*
my mind speaking: *amusing myself*

The funny thing is that, the custom officer can block all the man says, and in the end the man ended paying a tax almost the same as it's retail price.


If you're there you'll never understand what is currently happening. The way they calculated it is just so pathetic. Unrecognizable abbreviations, such stuffs, and I think their calculator had a defect = =.


I was able to take home the DVD. Since it's tax is lower than the tax I paid for my parcel before. But the lesson here is that you better patronize your country's products rather than buying on foreign countries. 

And if you lie, at least make it reasonable = =.