May 18, 2012
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(written on 21 January 2013)
Off to the office in the morning, just because there was enough work to deal with, but the day went fairly quickly. It's almost per tradition that a lot of colleagues take the day between Ascension Day and the weekend as a holiday, so typically it's one of the quietest days in the office (a former CEO even made it a mandatory holiday but the current one stopped that short-lived tradition again) and today was no exception.
My colleague Ana had a friend fly over from Tel Aviv today. This lady, a rather sharp Actuary in her early 80s who goes by the name of Helga, visited the office briefly around noon, and she left her suitcase in the office as she left to go to Ana's place. Not much later Ana asked me if I could help her get the suitcase to her place. Now, in my life I have transported many things by bike. One or two carpets, a desk chair, and not to forget 45 moving boxes during my move last year, so carrying one suitcase on my sturdy bike Caroline from the office building in Zuid to Ana's house on Keizersgracht really was no trouble. The picture shows Helga's suitcase, complete with authentic El-Al label.
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