Welcome
This is
Mikko's weblog while I am working in Bangladesh. I will start
writing in here as soon as I get there, which is around 25th
of March 2004. On this page I will place some links and other
news about Bangladesh. The actual stories about me and my
travels you can find under the Weblog -link.
Bangladesh
Just to give you a little bit of information on Bangladesh I
will place some links here. You can try to google words
"Kuakata" or "Barisal".
http://kuakata.hypermart.net/Bazar.htm
http://www.epbbd.com/country1.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3496771.stm
How, what, where, why?
After graduation in last December, I have been trying to find
a job somewhere outside Finland. I thought that this is an
ideal time to work in some far away country.
After receiving over 50 rejections from all over the world,
I finally got a "Yes". It came all the way from a
country called Bangladesh.
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After trying to get myself a well paid German job and
failing in it, I started questioning my motives. Money has
never been the first priority to me, but somehow it was tempting to go
to Germany and earn loads of money for few years and then with
that money go around the world for another few years.
But, as I told you, I never got there. Instead I am going
to Bangladesh and work there as a teacher, system
adminstrator, web designer and who knows what else. I am sure
the whole work description I will find out when I get there.
As I wrote to few of my friends, I think this kind of job
suits me better than my previous ones. This job matches my
personal values much better than values in software business.
I think its very important to feel, in whatever you do, that
you are not doing it against your own beliefs and
perspectives.
I am actually pretty proud of myself for doing this. Its
not too easy to go, even if the circumstances in my life are
ideal for this kind of thing.
I know I am going to have a
blast. I know I am going to have a diarrhea. I know I am going
to remember this for the rest of my life.
So stay tuned!
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