2005-05-12
Voicemail
Today she called on the phone. I couldn’t answer her call. She had to speak a voicemail. “Papa?…. Papa??? … Papa!!….” “Just tell papa how you’re doing,” says her mothers voice. “Papa, you’re very sweet. No problems here. .” Voicemail is magic for a 4 year old child.
She’s in Israel now. Her first journey to another country. Her first travel by air. “Aren’t you afraid? She’s so far. Isn’t it dangerous?” These questions I hear regularly. No, I’m not afraid. Well there is a higher risk to get an accident there. The taxi drivers really drive like idiots. Other people as well. Looking at the figures one has to be worried about the traffic. That other risk? Well, London has a high terrorism risk rating like Jerusalem. A few years ago I was in London just some months after an IRA bombing. One could really feel the fear in the city. Luggage depots were closed. In Israel I could store my luggage at a bus station. Ok, my backpack got checked at every station and shopping centre. And there are lots of men hanging around with little earphones. Maybe that’s why it’s such a chaos on the roads. They can’t pay attention to everything.
Of course I checked the news more often than usual. I was very happy to hear her voice.
She’s in Israel now. Her first journey to another country. Her first travel by air. “Aren’t you afraid? She’s so far. Isn’t it dangerous?” These questions I hear regularly. No, I’m not afraid. Well there is a higher risk to get an accident there. The taxi drivers really drive like idiots. Other people as well. Looking at the figures one has to be worried about the traffic. That other risk? Well, London has a high terrorism risk rating like Jerusalem. A few years ago I was in London just some months after an IRA bombing. One could really feel the fear in the city. Luggage depots were closed. In Israel I could store my luggage at a bus station. Ok, my backpack got checked at every station and shopping centre. And there are lots of men hanging around with little earphones. Maybe that’s why it’s such a chaos on the roads. They can’t pay attention to everything.
Of course I checked the news more often than usual. I was very happy to hear her voice.
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Just another interesting article about risks.
http://www.trouw.nl/zorgengezondheid/artikelen/1115874763360.html
http://www.trouw.nl/zorgengezondheid/artikelen/1115874763360.html
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