Guus Bosman

I went for a walk along the river. The weather is really very good today, and there are many boats on the Spaarne.

I've put my mind straight about the things to be done for the internship paper. I have basically two weeks to finish it. This is a short period, but if I plan it well it should definitely be sufficient; the paper's almost ready anyway. Just that the mark, submitting, final remarks etc will take some time. I'm now making a list with all the things, big and small, that have to be done before it's really ready.

I just came back from Jennie's birthday, in Heerhugowaard. It was a nice evening; met some interesting people.

Too bad the trains don't go all night. I had the last connection, but I still had to leave at 23:30 o'clock.

Sasha left yesterday evening to New York. She'll stay there a day with Irena, and then go to Washington.

It's a bit sad of course to say goodbye, but it's a great experience to go to the Worldbank! Monday there'll be a presentation of their subject.

I'm working on the last part of the homework assignment. I really want to submit it today, so I'm done with it.

This morning I went to Amsterdam Amstel.

Daniel and Erika took an early bus to Hungary. Yvonne (Daniel's mother) joined them to stay a few weeks there.

In the train to Amsterdam I could see dirty clouds, probably from the big fire in Zaandam.

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.

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.

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! :)

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

It is not a surprise that Ettie is having a good day: today she completed her internship at Oranjewoud.

She had two really good marks, both from the company and the school: an 8.5 and a 9 respectively. Congratulations!