I would love to be a stockbroker (again) as this was my earlier career Figures and spreadsheets fascinate me lol
Oh I would love to be a chef. Even now I love cooking more than engineering. I think its an art, some artists can paint, some can play music and the best of them can cook. However, according to my family back in my home country, this would be considered as being a failure. They would look down upon me my whole life. I cant fathom the amount of dreams crushed by family pressures each day in my home country.
That's a real shame. I have some friends who are teachers in Asia and they say the family pressures to have a 'good' job (doctor, lawyer, engineer, basically) are crazy. It sounds like most families don't allow their kids to go into any creative fields.
Yes I have a friend he has such an amazing voice and plays guitar so well. He wanted to be a guitarist but he had to complete engineering first. Now he just plays guitar and sings as a hobby. But he is also a genius so for him completing engineering was not a big deal. But many students falls under this family pressure and would rather kill themselves than finish engineering. Another story of good friend. She is now a computer engineer. She always wanted to be a political image back in my country. She wanted to study political science, international relations and languages. Her family is one of the most supportive and modern families I have seen in my country. Still, they talked her out of studying Pol science and kind of changed her mind to study computer engineering. And this is the same story with almost every student in my country. Be it from a rich family or poor, they all want their kids to have a reputed education. In my country the more educated you are, the more you are respected through out the area. It is sad but its still true, this idea most probably still remains in the heart of people of my country.
My girlfriend actually studied it as part of her degree. There's some studies that say that in 'less developed' countries with less of a social safety net (state pension, unemployment benefits, free healthcare etc.) then students are pushed much more strongly into careers that can support their parents in old age, whereas in more developed places they tend to be given much more freedom to 'just do what makes you happy'. It makes sense I suppose.
Cool. I went to Sreemongol and some other parts last year. I was a little worried that it would be hard to get around but people were just so helpful that nothing was a problem. I don't think I've ever been to a place where people are more helpful. For example, I was in the train station looking a little confused (because sometimes the numbers are different to Arabic/Western numbers) and a guy helped me, took me a for lunch whilst I waited, waited on the platform for about twenty minutes with me, then kicked the guy out of my seat who was in it and saw me off. I was amazed by the amount of people too. I've never seen so many people everywhere. Dhaka was crazy!
Oh that’s so nice, I have never been to sreemongol, I have been to Sylhet to enjoy a holiday with my family but haven’t been to sreemongol. If you went to Dhaka then yes. Its a lot of people. Its one of the most crowded cities ever. I love Dhaka though, I get to go around, eat cheapest food, hangout with friends. I am from Chittagong, that’s a port city, also called the business capital. Everybody you see is a businessman, even young people as young as 15 own their own businesses, either small or big. The city is under major development phase so its ugly as hell right now. Very unplanned city, but its home and there’s nothing like home. How was your stay in sreemongol I wonder? Did you go to the famous hotel there with the infinity pool? Foreigners usually choose places like those, and they are very expensive compared to normal Bangladeshi prices. There are many other much more beautiful rural places with amazing view nature and food. Ohh how did you like the food in Bangladesh ? I wonder! Bangladeshi people are usually very friendly, however we hate the police, never go to the police for help. They will rob you, torture you and more probably try to give you a hard time for nothing. People are disgusted by police in Bangladesh. Generally, people are trustworthy in Bangladesh. They like talking a lot. Even with me when I go back home they want to know everything about foreign countries.
