1/11 News from Berkeley, US

[English Edition]
[A Bomb!?]
I just received an opened but sealed back mail today.「Hope it's not a bomb??」I wondered. Then I just realized it's a Christmas card from my sister.It's so touching. However, why had it been opened? That's because my sister bought me a "musical card", with small mercury batteries and wire inside. Well, you all know that after the terrorist attack on Sep 11, US government worries about being attacked again. It's pretty natural for them to unseal and check something which looks like a bomb. After examination, they re-sealed it back using duct tape from "US Department of homeland security". You can even see "US Custom Protection" these words were printed on the tape. (Apparently, my mail had been checked by the Customs)....Seeing this, i felt not only my privacy had been invaded, but also they do make a fuss over such a trifle.
ps. the minute i realized that my mail had been opened and examined, a few thoughts came across my mind; "Am i in the movie right now? Do they know I'm a spy already?". ps2. thanks my 2nd older sister for the card.It means so much to get a letter from my folks when we are not around each other, especially the one which my nephew drew a picture of me on it.(I'll buy you everything, Jay-my nephew)

by CT

[Chinese Edition]
[疑似未爆彈!?]
今天我從信箱裡面拿出一封被拆開，但又用膠帶封好的信件。我心想「難道是未爆彈？？」，原來是我姊姊寄給我的聖誕卡片～真是感動呀！但為什麼會被拆開呢？因為我姊姊買的是「音樂卡片」，裡面有小顆的水銀電池還有線路等等的東西，你們也知道，米國自從恐怖攻擊之後就怕死得很，自然會把這樣疑似爆裂物的東西拆開檢查，而檢查完之後，就會用「US Department of homeland security」的寬版膠帶，把開封的口重新黏好（算是國安局吧？），膠帶上面還印有「US custom protection」的字樣（看得出來是在海關處被開封檢查的）。看到這樣的行為，雖然有種「隱私被侵犯」的感覺，但同時也覺得，「未免太大驚小怪」了吧！！

ps.當自己的信件被拆開檢查的時候，我心理有閃過「這是在演電影嘛？我的間諜身份難道被拆穿了」的念頭。
ps2.感謝我二姐，遠在他鄉時，得家書一封，勝過一切！尤其是卡片上，還有我外甥畫我的樣子～（小杰要什麼，久舅都買給你～～）

小德