Newspaper article: What Is It Like To Live In One Of The World's "Hot Spots" ?

Fires and I hadn't really been the best of friends. My worst experience would be when I burnt my hand with a fire cracker at about the age of eight. Six years later a disaster that affected people globally reminded me that I live in one of the world's (very) hot spots. We live atop the rings of fire. Indonesia has gone through numerous eruptions but we are still pretty blase about the fact that …

…it is not just the immediate action that we should think about, safety precautions are very important as well. As for me, I'm not traumatized by fireworks and such but I would never try to light another fire cracker again. Although the rings of fire have caused far worse things than the scarring of my hand, I think we should have that kind of mentality; fire won't hurt you if you don't play with fire!