Wednesday 21 May 2008

Three days of mourning


We have had three days of mourning for the earthquake victims and families in Sichuan province - Monday to Wednesday with 3 minutes silence at the time that the quake hit.

Flags are at half mast, movie houses have been closed, and those business that usually play music have been silenced. Even places like Starbucks.

At the school there was one lone flag - the half mast Chinese flag.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

i think u mean half staff. half mast is only on a ship.

Di Hill said...

You are probably technically right - but in Australia we always say "halfmast."