{"id":20,"date":"2003-01-04T12:54:14","date_gmt":"2003-01-04T18:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2003-01-04T12:54:14","modified_gmt":"2003-01-04T18:54:14","slug":"shipping-our-wedding-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=20","title":{"rendered":"Shipping Our Wedding Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have no idea how much it costs to ship an expedited package internationally!\u00c2\u00a0 Err &#8212; I had no idea how much it costs!\u00c2\u00a0 On the up-side, I now have a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fedex.com\/\"  target=\"new\"><font color=\"#bb3300\">FedEx<\/font><\/a> account! &#8220;What in the world am I trying to send?&#8221; you might ask.\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;And what&#8217;s the rush?&#8221; I never wrote about it before because I was too upset but, now that we have the wedding videos, I&#8217;m not upset anymore.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyway, we were promised the wedding videos before Christmas so that mom and dad could take a couple to show our relatives back home.\u00c2\u00a0 The videos didn&#8217;t get done in time so mom and dad left without it.\u00c2\u00a0 We finally got them back and I want to ship their copy over there so they can enjoy watching it with the grandparents etc. I, being Filipino and all, immediately think <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dhl.com\/\"  target=\"new\"><font color=\"#bb3300\">DHL<\/font><\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I spoke with Dad just a couple of hours ago and he actually suggested the same thing.\u00c2\u00a0 We used to get a lot of DHL packages in the Philippines.\u00c2\u00a0 I am so glad that I comparison-shopped!\u00c2\u00a0 In order to get the package there within five days, DHL was going to cost $60 while FedEx would cost only $45 approximately.\u00c2\u00a0 Needless to say, I signed up for a FedEx account.\u00c2\u00a0 I even signed up for the super-saver thing that gives me a 10% discount on all my shipments.\u00c2\u00a0 Neat, huh? I have all the stuff at my desk (at work) already.\u00c2\u00a0 I got some mailers and waybills from the drop box in the Commerce building so I&#8217;m good to go.\u00c2\u00a0 I don&#8217;t even have to write my credit card number on the waybill, just my FedEx account number.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m so excited!\u00c2\u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait to start shipping all sorts of FedEx packages (hopefully not too many international ones) already! Gack!\u00c2\u00a0 How pathetic is this?\u00c2\u00a0 Getting excited about shipping a package?\u00c2\u00a0 Wait till I write about the antenna that Brian got me for my small TV at work!\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s disguised as a picture frame!\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ll spare you the details, but you better believe you&#8217;ll be seeing a picture of it here soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have no idea how much it costs to ship an expedited package internationally!\u00c2\u00a0 Err &#8212; I had no idea how much it costs!\u00c2\u00a0 On the up-side, I now have a FedEx account! &#8220;What in the world am I trying to send?&#8221; you might ask.\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;And what&#8217;s the rush?&#8221; I never wrote about it before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}