This is ridiculous, how is it that I need some kind of a rocket science method to PLAN how I should be placing my online orders?! This is damn bloody ridiculous!

So here's my problem. Being a resident of an extremely retarded third world country, I know my first problem will be with the super annoying moneyfaced customs officer who seems to have already RED FLAGGED my shipping address and sent me A NOTE instead of the package whenever any online purchases I make arrive at their station. A very friendly note saying that I have to pay at least about another 10-20 USD for god-knows-what-etc-etc-"taxes" or else they won't release my stuff. This has happened to me THREE freakin' times already. Gackt jinxed me. Everything was a-OK and fine all through 2004 and even in early 2005, until one day a friend of mine asked if I could help her order 2 Gackt CDs with my existing open order of the Chichi no umi boku no sora DVD. I said yes, and suddenly SUDDENLY *SUDDENLY* my package was detained and I got a note asking for about 10 USD payment instead. Ever since that day, all my CDJapan packages are *ALWAYS* detained.

I've been red flagged by bloody moneyfaced corrupt Indonesian custom official pigs. Gackt jinxed me -.-#

How do I know I'm red-flagged? Because ami lives on the other side of town, and once we had deliveries both from CDJapan that arrived about the same time, in which mine was ONE measly Satoken DVD and hers was a bunch of KATTUN CDs and boxsets (which was obviously, a waaaay fatter package than mine) but oddly enough, I got "fined" for extra taxes while hers was delivered without any obstructions directly to her door. On time. Now you tell me if I'm not jinxed by Gackt! LOL.

So now I'm bloody as hell worried as to how RADIOACTIVE GREEN the custom official pigs' eyes will get when they see a fat fat fat package of 3 singles and 2 DVDs!!! I don't wanna get charged freakin extra 30-40 USD??? Did you know I once got charged 40 USD for a package of OLD TAKKI MAGAZINES which were obviously worth... nothing? And funnily enough, my mother was able to argue and bargain with the so-called "taxes" and somehow they got magically "reduced" to around 20 USD. Now you tell me if the custom officials in Indonesia aren't fucking moneyhogging corrupted PIGS.

(Did you know also that I haven't bought a single Japanese magazine through Kinokuniya Indonesia SINCE FEBRUARY because the customs insist on being complete asses in detaining almost all of Kinokuniya Indonesia's Japanese magazine shipment for the most obscurely ridiculous excuses ever existed on this planet? That's how bastardly piggy they are.)

When I pre-ordered the 3 Ho!SUMMER CDs I figured maybe I'll try shipping them to another address that's possibly NOT jinxed and/or red-flagged yet by said moneyhogging corrupted custom people pigs. Ding! Maybe to my vacant downtown apartment which consist of 95% Japanese residents, hell yeah let's ship it there just to prove a theory (that Indonesian customs really are fucking moneyhogging corrupted bastards). So yeah, I did that, and all is well... until suddenly...

...2 more DVDs popped up out of the blue last night!

Okay my apartment address may not be red-flagged YET but if there's a package containing 3 CDs AND 2 DVDs heading towards it, then it damn well will be red-flagged for sure! Moneygrobbing corrupted bastards won't let that one go for sure!

So I spent the whole morning trying to figure out on whether or not CDJapan's listings are first press. Then how to go about this. Dammit, ordering online shouldn't be *THIS* hard!!! It really wouldn't be so freakin' anal like this IF ONLY MY COUNTRY WAS A LITTLE BIT LESS RETARDED AND LESS THIRD WORLD!!!!! Rawr!!!

Right now I have all 5 items smooshed together in 1 (one) order number in CDJapan. Yeah, I preordered anyway, at this point I don't really care much about the first press thingies, I just have to assume they *ARE* first press. My bigger problem is to play cat and mouse and try to avoid bogus third world custom "taxes". I'm gonna think out loud here, there are no Indonesian third world customs bastards lurking in here are there? LOL.

Ho!SUMMER will release in August 9. I'll be in Hongkong around August 13. And then in Singapore August 20ish. So maybe, I'll cancel my Type C Ho!SUMMER and get it in Hongkong instead? I don't wanna risk cancelling the First Presses and end up getting none because they were all sold out once I got to Hongkong! So yeah maybe I'll just cross out Type C out of the package and replace it with Tsubasa's Con DVD, AND THEN have them (Type A, B + Tsubacon) shipped to Singapore, where there are no third world moneyhogging ridiculous customs bastard pigs around, for sure it would've already arrived by the time I get there desho? And then as for Takkicon DVD, I'll just ship it solo to my hopefully still un-redflagged downtown apartment, and that way I won't have to wait until after August 30 to get my Ho!SUMMER CDs too~

So basically, I'll be picking up the whole thing in 3 locations? Hongkong, Singapore and Indonesia? *DIES* Should I ship something to Malaysia too since I'll most probably definitely hop on a bus to go visit my aikata when I'm in Singapore? Oh and I'll be in Shanghai in between Hongkong and Singapore too so maybe I can ship something to my friend who lives there too! OMGWTF?! LOL! This is ridiculous!

So good plan? All covered? No?

Woe is third world Indonesian me. Why the heck was I born Indonesian?!!! (waits for ami and toro to echo along)

Phew. Now that I got this out of the way, I can go finish writing my LJ entry about... uh... Brandon Routh's supersized Package of Steel

Categories > talk / 991 words / Permalink
Posted on > 07/12/2006 15:09pm by Nefretiri
15 comments
 
 
 
 

Comments:

Comment from: dithers [Member]

If AVEX only knew the hardships an overseas fangirl has to go through tsk tsk tsk I think we have somewhat similar circumstances coz I heard a similar incident like that before. The package doesnt go directly to the mailing address instead it ends up at the post office or worse, customs at the airport. I know some people who weren't able to claim their packages coz the tax that they have to pay to get them is not cheap. Like 20-30% or something of the price of the package. Funny thing is sometimes, they just get series copies thru online correspondence and they are given for free but still they have to pay some taxes to claim it that goes to show that the tax they have to pay to claim a package is more expensive than the actual package they are claiming *shakes head* I hope it wouldn't happen to me for these latest purchases coz the last time for VENUS, my package ended up at the airport. Good thing my friend went and claimed it for me.

The thing is we, overseas fans, are so willing to shell out for these things, purchasing it online which makes it extra expensive and all we ever wanted is for it to reach us hassle-free but seemingly, it doesnt happen as easy as that *shakes head*

Anyways, looks like that Brandon Routh's supersized Package of Steel has made an impression on you. I wonder what 'package' you talkin about *LOL* Is Batman bumped off to the backseat already??? Poor Bale C=C=C=


07/12/2006 @ 19:21

Comment from: nefretiri [Member]

yeah woe is us overseas fans with our shitty customs and all the crap that comes with it!!!! thats the thing with countries deprived of j-pop such as us... whereas in hongkong you can just walk into a store and buy it without hassle!!! x(((( sigh...... and in other more civilized countries there are no anal bastard customs so packages would arrive on time and not be suspected as some porn/hazardous/terrorist-related material that would require ridiculously expensive taxation of such ~_____~ bah.

LOL omg christian bale had definitely been bumped off to the backseat way long ago since takki CAME TO RECLAIM HIS THRONE BACK... in fact takki kicked bale out of the car! HAHAHAA actually the Package of Steel didn't really make such a huge impression on me in the movies, i didn't even realize there's a whole brouhaha especially dedicated to the supercrotch (yes, said package mentioned is *that* package) until I browsed online and found all this uproar that got Brandon Routh himself shaking his head (while his ego was secretly ballooning I bet) XDDD

hey now that Takki is a superhero himself (Rokusei Sentai ZubaRanger) lol maybe they can all have a showdown together LOL and i'll just die nosebleeding on the sidelines XDDDDD omg what is up with me and superheroes @.@ must be the cape~ lol

07/13/2006 @ 11:19

Comment from: dithers [Member]

*rofl* ROKUSEI SENTAI ZUBARANGER vs SUPERMAN. I imagine ZubaRanger doing the SPINNING BALLERINA and Superman just freezes him with a single puff *lol* ZubaRanger is damned with the outstretched hand, helicopter pose for all eternity XD XD XD

I didn't know that Bale had already been ejected out of the car! When did this happen???? haha. I refuse to comment on the Package of Steel until I see it myself (haven't watched it yet. Yes, im feeling somewhat pathetic coz I just heard an ojiichan talkin excitedly about it and I have nothing to say *lol*)

WHAT ABOUT---> ROKUSEI SENTAI ZUBARANGER vs CUSTOMS in 3rd world countries???

07/13/2006 @ 13:33

Comment from: nefretiri [Member]

LOL omg you haven't watched!!! EVEN *AKI* had felt the cupid lasers of Superman when she went to watch it last night!!!! XD LOL~ shokku~ i'm really really shocked leh hahahaa that she got stung by Superman's cupid lasers too I mean... coz she usually is a less-whore compared to me, who gets stung by cupid everytime I see anything remotely good looking HAHAHAHAH~ XD (it's amazing how I'm still so faithful to Takki for so many years)

Awwwwww... Rokusei Sentai ZubaRanger wouldn't that easily be defeated!!! After all his spinning ballerina typhoon helicopter is PROBABLY powerful enough to fend off that Superman freeze puff LOL You think? LOL XD Too far-fetched? XD Or hmmm do his egyptian eye-poking attack lololol... then again Superman's eye can stop a speeding gatling gun bullet O_O So much for poking out Superman's eye LOLOLOL XD

WHOA LOL if Rokusei Sentai ZubaRanger can kick 3rd world countries customs... he'll REALLY REALLY REALLY BE MY ULTIMATE SUPERHERO!!!!

07/13/2006 @ 13:54

Comment from: dithers [Member]

Awwwwww... Rokusei Sentai ZubaRanger wouldn't that easily be defeated!!! After all his spinning ballerina typhoon helicopter is PROBABLY powerful enough to fend off that Superman freeze puff LOL You think? LOL XD Too far-fetched? XD

Maybe in a parallel universe *lol* I dont even know how ZubaRanger would fare against the Package of Steel ALONE hahaha but ok, as a big ZubaRanger fan, I'd cheer him on! XD XD XD

And yeah let's leave that poking Superman's eye out or ZubaRanger won't be able to do his signature HADOUKENs and SHORYUKENs with smashed fingers hahaha

EVEN *AKI* had felt the cupid lasers of Superman when she went to watch it last night!!!!

Even AKI-chan eh??? Guess, its my turn to say.....

うらぎりもの - tachi！:p :p :p

This is bad for TxT. They keep raking in the money to feed the family and the wifeys are out playing fire with the package...etou...MAN OF STEEL!!! C=C=C=(#^^)/

07/14/2006 @ 15:19

Comment from: nefretiri [Member]

I dont even know how ZubaRanger would fare against the Package of Steel ALONE hahaha ...

ACTUALLY... i think ZubaRanger would fare juuuust fine against the Package of Steel... considering that ZubaRanger has the PERFECT *cough cough* HEIGHT to headbutt straight into it?

v(^.^)/ =3=3=333

LOL heyyy you should try test yourself against Superman's cupid lasers HAHAHAHA XD if it turns out you have IMMUNITY over it then perhaps you should extract out some and inject us with it LOLOLOL~

07/14/2006 @ 16:04

Comment from: dithers [Member]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you are crazy! headbutt into the 'package' and suffer head hemorrhage?! No, no, although I know ZubaRanger might just do it considering how baka he is, I will not risk it. He might just forget us all..... suki ja nee yo NERE-chan, suki ja naiiiii!!!! (I could just imagine Tackey's ego deflating reading what you just said about him having the PERFECT height to headbutt into the PACKAGE OF STEEL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA) EBIL. EBIL. EBIIIIIIILLLL *wags finger* tsk tsk tsk :p

Ok, I'll see if id have any immunity against Superman cupid lasers. Will see it tonight with a friend and hopefully, the ZubaRanger power will keep me from drooling. If not, they better start with a site on ZubaRanger package. You know, just to jolt us back XDDD

07/14/2006 @ 17:35

Comment from: nefretiri [Member]

oh sheet i forgot said package is made of steel and not... uh... headbuttable materials ^.^;;;;;;; lol ok no no bad idea we don't want our beloved ZubaRanger to suffer from such a frightful fate would we???

nyaaa~~~ i'm such a bad Takki fan XDDDDDDDD (I can hear the "URUSSSEEEEEE~~~~" screech already on anything that remotely touches the subject of his height XD)

*begs forgiveness to His Royal Divine Otakuness Rokusei Sentai ZubaRanger Takizawa*

m(_ _)m

...but it's only because he's so adorably teasable XD

07/14/2006 @ 17:48

Comment from: dithers [Member]

anou nere, where do I donate the Superman anti-serum??? *lol* Actually, havent seen it yet coz i thought last Friday I would but didn't ....again! Maybe not meant to be??? I think I really will be the last to see it and its on its 4th wk here already (if ever I would). Maybe wait for it on cable??? in year 2009 *lol*

...but it's only because he's so adorably teasable XD
oh yes he is. And he's got this very cute 'URUSEEE' look on his face---flashing dimple. KYAAAAH. Tackey no shinchou is still ok for Asian men I think. If he goes below 152cm, we would def be hearing URUSSSSEEEE more haha

hey y'know my 'apprentice' is getting there. I caught her SMS-ing her friend re Tackey *evil laugh*

07/19/2006 @ 10:05

Comment from: dithers [Member]

Ok, I watched it already ..... anouuu saa...what site do i find that Package of Steel thingy?!!! ^^ Oh, don't look at me like that. It's for my friends y'know. IT'S FOR MY FRIENDS. They are just curious. REALLY! :p :p :p

I wont deny that he IS cute but I liked him more as Clark than he is Superman (I get distracted by the signature curly bangs which doesn't look too natural *lol* My friend says, "so he keeps a handy curling iron when he changes?" XDDD).


07/20/2006 @ 09:18

Comment from: nefretiri [Member]

are you suuuuuuuure it's "FOR YOUR FRIENDS" LOLOLOL XD hahahaaa i have em all here http://nefretiriii.livejournal.com/41994.html XDDDD

AND OMG YES THAT STUPID CURLY BANGS ARE DEFINITELY MORE DISTRACTING THAN THE PACKAGE OF STEEL!!!!! WTF!!!! said curly bangs can withstand: 1. water, 2. wind, 3. explosions, 4. flying through a broken airplane wing, 5. atmospheric entry WTF lol it's probably the most alien thing about Superman! XDDDDDD his hair was all mussed up when he exited the plane and suddenly when he landed in New Krypton it was back in its twirly glory! WTTTFFFFF LOL XD

and yes I like Clark more too, to be honest... i just wished he was given more dialogues or actual REPORTER WORK to do instead of just standing around the Daily Planet office looking very very very dweeby LOL XD

07/20/2006 @ 11:21

Comment from: dithers [Member]

Ok, its for my friends and ME. But not solely ME alright? :p thanks for these helpful pieces of informations a.k.a PACKAGE OF STEEL links. I...WE will get to them in a while XD But for the record, there really isnt MUCH to talk about right? Not that Im looking but well, it wasn't as PRONOUNCED as what those fans were talking about. AND OMG! was laughin over the built-in ERECT NIPPLES!!!! *ROOOOFL* Id be sorry for Brandon if he had agreed on that!

Yes the CURLY BANGS, the first appearances of that curly lock of hair, it looked so put-on. I prefer it when his hair is all over his face like when he was cornered by Lex and his gang and he got this wet hair on his face. CUTE. And when his hair is all mussed up. CUTE. But some of his flying scenes specially the last part, he looked sooo airbrushed already. Too much editing.

Love this ad btw:

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5565/supermangotmilkyz8.jpg

Dont look at the 'package' NERE-chan, I meant the copy and all :p :p :p

07/20/2006 @ 20:58

Comment from: dithers [Member]

*lol* are we the only ones concerned about ONLINE SHOPPING ROCKET SCIENCE here?! haha

btw, sorry for the wrong html tag up there ^ Everything turned to bold letters. I know how anal you are about your comments box that's why....

C=C=C=(^_^)/ *faster than a speeding turtle* XDDD

07/20/2006 @ 21:01

Comment from: nefretiri [Member]

*mangles dithers for messing with the kanpeki LOOK on my comment box*
*chops chops for making me do extra work editing it*
XDDDD

THANK GOD HOLLYWOOD DECIDED THAT NIPPLES SHOULD NO LONGER EVER AGAIN BE INCORPORATED TO *ANY* SUPERHERO SUITS!!! seriously i have noooo idea what joel schumacher was thinking when he gave batman & robin those hahahah XD poor val kilmer, george clooney and chris o'donnell!!! XDDD

brandon routh has such beautiful hair!!!!! they had to destroy it by dumping a truckload of super industrial strength hairgel on it and make it look icky and sticky T___T i totally LOOOOOVE him in the very beginning when he just crash-landed back in smallville (man, that spaceship of his must have one helluva GPS, being able to pinpoint a landing site EXACTLY at the kent's backyard all the way from KRYPTON's vicinity XDDDD) when he was Clark with his NORMAL HAIR but he didn't have his glasses on~~~ HEARTS! XD

but man... everyone in metropolis must be freakin hell idiots that they are completely unable to deduce the Clark Kent = Superman equation while little 5 yr old Jason immediately went *DING* in just a few minutes haha XDDD must be that father-son bond XD

dude... how in the heck did ONLINE SHOPPING ROCKET SCIENCE turn into = SUPERMAN? XD

07/21/2006 @ 17:15

Comment from: dithers [Member]

Ok, ok, sorry, sorry for that v(^..^)v Atleast Im givin you a 'distraction' to keep you busy away from all those DEFAMER articles about you know :p

Re those Batman & Robin nips, maybe Joel Schumacher is bisexual or something??? *lol*. Batman & Robin cant have nips as erect as those when they are wearing their suits with that material right? The suits looked rubberized to me so the nips SHOULDN'T be showing like that coz rubber is thick. Unless of course if the nips also are SUPER *rofl*

I thing with people not being able to tell between Clark and Kent has long been an issue. So that's what eyeglasses do then? They make you look unrecognizable even to the people who stare at your face most of the time? BLAH! It doesn't work for me XD And that very effective GPS, NERE-chan, we dont know how far alien intelligence goes~ hehe

Before OLINE SHOPPING ROCKET SCIENCE move to SUPERMAN turn to ERECT NIPS, im out of here! baibai :p

07/22/2006 @ 15:31