Some very nice news: Sasha will be going to the World Bank next week!

The last 2 months she has been working on a project for the World Bank concerning the reduction of the debt of the extremely poor and highly indebted countries.

Next Friday she'll be leaving for the States, to work there for two weeks. They'll also give a presentation on the results to the Bank.

Nice link from an (Italian) collegue: reactions of various newspapers Europe-wide on Berlusconi, Italy's Prime Minister.

See also CNN's article.

We had one hour for today's test Internet Programming. Some extra time would have been nicer but the questions weren't difficult and I had time to answer them all.

It had been a while since I was at the VU. There have been some changes; the area around the VU is being renovated.

	Destroying the amfi theater.
	A new cafe.
	The last one!

I think I'm well-prepared for my test, but still I'm reading everything one more time.

It has been a very interesting and fun weekend. I've made some pictures but I don't have time to put them online now. At 13:30 I'll have my (last) test, Internet Programming.

Yesterday evening Matteo and Eugenia arrived. During the day they saw some typical Dutch stuff, such as Gouda and the Kinderdijk windmills. We had dinner together and then we went for a walk in Haarlem.

Today Osamu arrived, he came by train. All the 'foreigners' are to the city now. I am studying for Monday's test, Internet Programming.

Jaap sent me a cable (thanks a lot!), and Ettie borrowed me her camera, so I can make some pictures this weekend.

On teletext this morning:

"As long as this kind of eruptions happen in the vulcano that is the LPF, we'll stay. For the LPF, it is as with vermin. Just when you think you've killed them all, they will come back again." -- Hammerstein, LPF board member.

Yesterday afternoon we went to Delft, to Ettie's graduation ceremony. I took some pictures but I can't retrieve them from the camera yet.

The teachers said Ettie was a very good student and very motivated. Good girl! :)

... and what does it say about you?

Very nice background music.

I just filled in the forms for my pension. A few months and 40 years from now (at least).