Life in China 2016: A Picture A Day, December 19 – I think I may have mentioned that we don’t get mail very often. It’s usually just the 2 or 3 bills we get each month. We don’t even get junk mail where we live now! I only check it once every week or two, so today I was surprised to have not just one personal piece of mail but two! The only problem is, they were mailed from the USA last JANUARY! See the dates? 1-11-16 and 1-21-16! So glad to have finally received this long lost mail! Who knows where it has been all this time! Mail doesn’t always take this long though, it’s usually about a month from the USA. The government run China Post is NOT the mail service to use for anything important, it’s very inconsistent! We order things online quite often, and it’s AMAZING how fast they are delivered, BUT, they come through private delivery services, NOT China Post! I’ve also included a picture of our local China Post….it’s actually quite old, dull and boring!
Life in China: A Picture a Day, February 18, 2016
Today we received a Christmas card from my wonderful cousin who lives in the USA :-) Yes, you read that right, a Christmas card, and she did mail it on time! But, it took 10 ½ weeks to get here! She even printed our address in Chinese characters, which usually assures delivery from the USA in about 3 weeks. Unfortunately, there were a few characters that didn’t print and just showed up as blocks, ones which SHOULDN’T have been a problem. A postmark showed that it was in our province on Dec 24th. I’m sure the Chinese New Year holidays delayed it more since China Post, the official mail service, completely shuts down for 9 days during the holiday! We were still happy to get the card. We usually get ONE piece of mail per month! … the bill for our administration and utility costs, not much fun. We don’t even get junk mail where we live now! So, when I went out today after receiving the card, I saw this mail carrier and took his picture.
