Cultural learnings in Sri Lanka for the benefit of great nation of Finland
In 12 months time I'm most likely on an extended vacation in Czech Republic (my better half is gonna be there from March onwards for one year). That brings a certain amount of conformity in this otherwise so fluctuating life. Speaking of which, I still don't have a clear plan of where I am after that vacation.I was playing with the idea of applying to AIESEC International but it might be too much of an effort to try and go back to the organization after being away from its leadership for such a long while. We'll see... highly unlikely I would say.
Also, I have been constantly saying that I will start my business somewhere else than in Finland. But now that I've decided to freeze the Feelovation idea and use Unleash Talent to realize my dreams, I've started thinking if it's really worth all that pain. Why would I go to yet another foreign country to learn the ropes and build everything from scratch. During my time here I've started longing for Finland and understood how easy country it is to live in. Yeah, Finns shouldn't worry that much...
Now think about it. If I would take Unleash Talent to Finland, it would be quite easy to start off. I could get initial funding from the state, I could crash in the office premises of my fellow entrepreneurs for a nominal monthly rent, I wouldn't have to worry about overcoming the language barrier and hell-yeah I would have a large existing contact network of potential customers. After all those reasons it's really hard to find a reason why I wouldn't settle down there. Tell me one and I'll reconsider...
And in the end... those cultural learnings (I had too much time sitting in a train so I scribbled these):
"Every book deserves to be read."
"When you kill a cockroach, the ants will arrive."
"You don't need a bed if you have a mattress. You don't need hot water if you have a shower. You don't need a house if you have a home."
"Why would you want to go if you are already there?"
"If it rains in a paradise, is it still a paradise?"
"If no man is an island, then why we gather so much water around us?"
"Friendship is like a coconut tree: When you nurture it, it has 101 purposes. Still you might cut it for only one."
posted by Tomi Astikainen @ Thursday, February 15, 2007
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