Today I finally bought a kindle DX on ebay, after struggling so many days. Of course, I bought from the seller who asks for the cheapest price, but when I paid for it, I found I was charged 28 dallors for tax. I was quite surprised. I did read the discription carefully, which doesn’t mention the tax. I checked the location of the item, not in michigan. Why do I need to pay the tax? Finally, on the shipping and payment page, I found an anouncement about the “sale tax”, which says “Seller charges sales tax in multiple states”. Click on it, a table shows up and one can see people in michigan is charged 6% of the price for tax. I didn’t notice it, didn’t even have the idea to check it when I placed the order. My heart was broken! =_=! But the seller did ask for a cheap price. Even with the tax, I just paided 10 dollars more than the cheapest one available on ebay and 40 dollars cheaper than the Amazon official price (50 dollars cheaper if counted on the ebay bucks I earned). So this is still not a bad deal. But if I noticed that, I can save 10 more bucks. Take this lesson, my buddies.
最近很忙很疲惫。昨天做了一个presentation，下周还有一个。本来这些都应该在二月份做完的，因为我人在多伦多，结果都拖到现在了。还有摘要要提交，还有作业，等等。 昨天晚上我们组的人出去吃了个饭，在一家韩国饭店。虽然是在东方风格的饭店，吃饭的方式却还是西式的。就是各人点自己的菜自己吃。我只叫了一个汤，因为里面有肉，有菜，有豆腐。我可不想叫一盘孜然牛肉，守着他自己一个人吃完。不过这家韩国店的味道一般，没有我在加州时尝过的那家“韩国豆腐”好。以前我室友搬走的时候，也到这家店吃过饭。点的是一份羊肉火锅。味道比这次好些。其实我是很喜欢朝鲜咸菜的。可惜在长春经常吃到的桔梗、蕨菜之类的，这边都没有。只有辣白菜、腌萝卜。这大概是因为缺乏材料的缘故吧。 这次出来吃饭，是因为我老板的生日和我的生日都快到了。我老板的生日就比我早一天。另外还给一个同组的朋友补过生日。我们每人都收到一张生日卡，上面有其他人的祝福。大家都是用自己的母语写的。我只能看懂英语和一点儿日语。（其实日语只能看懂几句。）其他的像德语和俄语就不懂了。上次过生日的时候还有意大利的朋友在，还写了意大利语呢。 都说德国人很严谨，我本来以为德国人都是很严肃的。但是我们组的德国人，包括我老板，都很喜欢开玩笑。说话的时候经常打岔，或者用写夸张的词，要不然就模仿一些搞笑的动作。有时候这给我带来困难。因为我的英语勉强可以理解符合逻辑的对话，一旦超出常规之外，就有些困难了。不过，轻松一点儿的气氛还是不错的。
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