I enjoyed my 33rd birthday during the shooting of another project I am doing (Tidal Barrier) on Sunday 11th. The crew brought me a surprise cake. On the 12th, an earthquake hit in the Sichuan province and so far killing 12,000 people and evident that the toll is likely to rise sharply with 100,000 missing. Words cannot describe the devastation and sadness this has caused. I feel a deep sense of grief for the parents of those whose children under 30 have died as they would be an only child leaving the parents to have no child and too old to have another. In a time when so many of the Chinese population are celebrating their country's achievements through the Olympics, the worst natural disaster should hit them with such merciless force in over 30 years.
Perhaps the international community and media may now turn a different perspective and see the vast humanity that exist as this large and great country suffers.
- J
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