Too Close?

( If There Is Only One Thing You'll See On My Blog, Watch This)

Everyone that reads this blog, knows I went to China last month. One of the most interesting trips we made, was to NRK's offices (Norwegian Broadcasting Channel) and their Asia correspondent Ole Torp. Hearing about the daily life of a man who've been working years in newspapers, radio and tv, really inspired me. Working around the clock, chasing stories around the Asian continent, both east and west, presenting news for a Norwegian audience that wakes up 6 hours later in your workday, seems in a way exhilarating for a young seedling like me. But Mr.Torp, being in the business for quite a while, worried about the fact that his workday starts at 0800 AM and often doesn't end before 7 PM. But he loves the job. So do I.

When we were there, he told us about a reportage (can you use this word?) about a girl, Siyu, an earthquake survivor from the Chengdu catastrophe which happened exactly one year ago today.  It's the story of her homecoming to her family who lived in the area where the earthquake hit and the stories of her classmates, neighbors and strangers who she befriends. It's a sad story, made me shed a tear or five, and you learn something about how Chinese handle disasters of this magnitude. All the world put their eyes to this catastrophy and suddenly China got a lot of unwanted attention because of this incident. Remember, this was only three months before the Beijing Olympics.

Even though the media and their cameras disappears, we can't forget that the lives of the ones who survived, go on. 

It's 25 mins long, but I really think it's a nice way to end a day as sunny as this. It's a bit intense and hits home with me, so much that it gets a bit uncomfortable. My thoughts go out to all the children who perished this day, a year ago. 

(Hope NRK doesn't get angry because of me embedding their clip into my blog. Here's the link.)