I just bought the tickets for Croatia! With BA! So expensive. But I can reimburse the money later - if I get the visa to go!!

Hopefully...Croatia wins the world cup and they issue me the visa asap.

I am such a selfish person!! Yeah!! Happy.

btw what's the difference between "Euro Traveller" and "Club Europe" on BA? Any idea, anybody?

This is such a wonderful poem that I decided I should share it with my friends here in the UK, for a better understanding of Chinese people, our caring government, and our fantastic culture.

So, enjoy. :)

06/06/2008, Shandong Qilu Evening Express

JiangChengZi • An account from underneath the ruins

Wang Zhaoshan (vice-president of the Shandong Writers’ Association)

(Translated by Sylvia and Bruno)

The soul of a victim whose life was taken by the earth quake sighs after everything that has happened to this date:

There is no way to avoid acts of God, and no one to plead to.
The President grieves, and the Prime minister mourns.
Caring from the Party and loving from the country, all heard beneath the ruins.
One billion people, one cry,
Even as a ghost, I feel so much happiness.    

Silver eagle tanks to save the calf,
 “Uncle Soldiers” work on the left, and “auntie Police-women” on the right.
Having all the Love of the nation, it’s worth being dead.
I wish I had a TV in front of my grave,
To watch the Olympics, and cheer with the living.

        这么精彩的作品，不拿出来分享太可惜了。我正在考虑给译成英文，拿给我的同事们看看。让他们更加了解战无不胜的中国人民，了解一心一意为人民服务的党，了解我们是多么的打心眼儿里感激我们今天所拥有的一切——在这个这个空前的伟大时代。

　　2008年6月6日　山东《齐鲁晚报》 

　　《江城子·废墟下的自述》        王兆山（山东作协副主席）

一位废墟中的地震遇难者冥冥之中感知了地震之后地面上发生的一切，遂发出如是感慨——
    
    天灾难避死何诉，
　　主席唤，总理呼，
　　党疼国爱，声声入废墟。
　　十三亿人共一哭，
　　纵做鬼，也幸福　　

    银鹰战车救雏犊，
　　左军叔，右警姑，
　　民族大爱，亲历死也足。
　　只盼坟前有屏幕，
　　看奥运，同欢呼。

（麻烦有谁英文好帮翻一下，然后我们把它放到那个anti-cnn的网站上去！！）