Lost materials

[Chun Jimmy Huang]

Oh, wow, I am in shock! This has never happened to me before (or 
has it? Did you receive my music cds for your friend's radio show, 
Heather?)

At first I thought it might simply be a piracy inspection. Some 
countries do check all self-burnt discs. But (1) everything I sent 
you was originally produced by small, local NGOs and was never 
meant for commercial use, so there should be no copyright concern, 
and (2) normally the inspector(s) would place the materials back 
to the envelop if they haven't found anything illegal. So hm... I 
couldn't justify it. And I, too, would like to know if others have 
similar experiences.

Still, don't be too upset, Rolland. I'll try again... this time 
with UPS or FedEx. I'll let you know when I send my package out.

Jimmy

On Wed Jul 07 02:00:31 EDT 2010, Rolland Nadjiwon 
<mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Jimmy...Your package arrived in my mailbox with the morning 
> mail. It was placed inside a much larger sealed plastic bag along 
> with the contents of the manila envelope which had been torn 
> open. All of the printed materials are intact but taken out of 
> the envelope. The one music cd and the three DVDs have been 
> removed and were not in the plastic bag. I am sorry to say and so 
> very disappointed the cd and DVDs did not make it to me. I have 
> attached photos of that part of the plastic bag, which is much 
> larger than in the photo by about twice, which carries the postal 
> corp. apology for the condition they found it in in the mail 
> processing system.
> 
> I have no idea if it was opened by Candian or USA immigration but 
> someone did open it and removed only the cd and DVDs but for what 
> ever reason, I have no idea. Perhaps with increased security 
> everywhere and in particular on the borders our names on the 
> envelope Huan and Nadjiwon are not sufficiently English American 
> or Canadian and so raise a 'red flag' at security. I have had 
> similar incidents but usually the tapes were destroyed by pulling 
> and knotting or the cd/DVDs were cut up. I think this is the 
> first time they have disappeared completely. I am sure they will 
> review the contents and destroy the discs.
> 
> I was much too upset and saddened earlier today, after I had 
> received the damaged packages with the missing items, to try and 
> tell you about them. All I can figure is you are Siraya and I am 
> Potowatomi(Native North American)...maybe it is dangerous for us 
> to exchange information and knowledge on our peoples.
> 
> I have posted to the ILAT list so one: they can all know what has 
> happened to an exchange of intellectual knowledge and two: if 
> anyone on the list has had the same or similar experiences with 
> information exchange in this manner. Or, if anyone can enlighten 
> me as to why this should happen, how common is it and how 
> selective....
> 
> Jimmy, I am so sorry this has happened. I was so looking forward 
> to the very special gifts which would enable me to hear your 
> peoples songs, language, young persons and being able to use it 
> as a springboard to deep discussions in the class and for my 
> own...how can I put it...happiness and satisfaction in the audio 
> visual sharing of another indigenous culture. I am so sorry Jimmy 
> for whoever, persons or government, have committed this 
> violation...
> 
> I think I had best have a good cup of herbal tea and calm down a 
> bit...wow...I feel so bad....
> 
> -------
> wahjeh
> rolland nadjiwon
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> 
> A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory???
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Dr. Chun (Jimmy) Huang
PhD, Linguistics, University of Florida
Linguistic consultant, Tainan Pepo Siraya Culture Association