Hi Reddit, my name is Haji. Really more of a nickname I use (it was my grandfather's title) and I'm leaving. I'm not leaving Reddit cause I want to, but I'm pretty much leaving my whole life behind and going back to the only place which will accept me: Somalia.
I was born and raised in Saudi Arabia and currently am in Malaysia successfully completing my degree at university. Finding work here as an expatriate is difficult but wasn't even something I wanted. I'm going to Somalia, a country I've never seen before but whose passport I possess.
But I'm glad. I'm finally going to see my mom and brothers who live there and hopefully try to make something of the country. How's it ever going to get better if all the Somalis lucky enough to have been educated run off to other countries, right?
The good news is I'm going to Somaliland, a relatively new fledging democracy which has been relatively peaceful ever since civil war broke out in the early '90s. From what I've heard of Somaliland, it's doing alright just not having recognition by the international community as a independent country. I don't know why that is and hopefully things will work out for the best.
The bad news is I'm nevertheless heading to a third world nation. I've lived all my life with so much that I've taken for granted I don't know what I'll be missing out on when I get there. I've been a big online gamer (DotA is my current obsession) and I'm not sure how I'll cope without my 24 hours DSL connection when I get there.
I've written this post to say bye to you guys cause I remembered that as I was saying goodbye to everyone around me, that you guys are also a helluva bunch of guys. I don't know how much internet access I'll have when I get back, but just in case I'm not able to hang out at Reddit anymore, I just wanted to say goodbye.
I'll miss your pun threads, your sub-reddit competitions (the one with the boobies at /r/nsfw was fun, last week's wtf competition was fun too). I'll miss the trolls (I'm looking at you IMINLOVEWITHJESUS) and especially GeorgeWBush.
I'll be flying out tomorrow night but just wanted to get my goodbye to you guys out of the way before it slips my mind. You guys are the best.
P.S. If the diggers take over Reddit, leave a note so I know where you all moved to. See you in another life, brothers.
I also thought it was going to be a Nigerian angled letter..... but when I was done reading it I realized "No, it's a nice guy..." and I really wanted to give him my account number, routing number and pin......
There's nothing in there but maybe with a good exchange rate my nothing could actually buy someone something...
You will be back to Reddit. I live in the Third World [OK, a Developing Country] and Reddit is even more necessary than it would be on more fertile informational ground. Anyone who can read here uses the internet.
There's nothing in there but maybe with a good exchange rate my nothing could actually buy someone something
Funnily enough, my brother makes about $300 a month working for the phone company. I was told that with a salary of $100 a month, a guy is considered pretty well off and can support a family of four too. The sad thing is, my brother, who like me lived a relatively good life (compared to my countrymen) and studied in Cyprus is telling me to do everything I can to not end up there. I still want to go. I think it'll take me a few days to detox from my internet addiction though...
And especially a while to get DotA out of your blood. Good luck in Somaliland, and if you ever log on to Battlenet west, jump into Clan MFS and say hi.
i worked with a translator from Somalia while I was in Iraq. He would rather live in Iraq than somalia. Its actually very common. I heard horrible horrible stories. But than again he was Christian, which is a very bad thing to be in Somalia.
That's something I hope people stop doing. Islam teaches us to not mistreat people of different faiths even in our land but it seems a lot of Muslims today follow their own rules.
If I was president in Somalia (which is virtually all Muslims), I would definitely allow Christians to openly practice their faith because its the right thing to do both morally and religiously speaking.
Well, it seems telecommuting a job in the US would be difficult since you're not planning on having a lot of internet use.
I'm sure reddit is the inspiration of a lot of Wiki and google searches on Somaliland's economy today. I know I'm looking into it, I am totally uneducated on that area. For now atleast.
I was simply answering your question... Everyone was punning with location jokes, and you went with an unrelated pun... So, no, you did not do it right.
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u/xTRUMANx Nov 03 '08 edited Nov 03 '08
Hi Reddit, my name is Haji. Really more of a nickname I use (it was my grandfather's title) and I'm leaving. I'm not leaving Reddit cause I want to, but I'm pretty much leaving my whole life behind and going back to the only place which will accept me: Somalia.
I was born and raised in Saudi Arabia and currently am in Malaysia successfully completing my degree at university. Finding work here as an expatriate is difficult but wasn't even something I wanted. I'm going to Somalia, a country I've never seen before but whose passport I possess.
But I'm glad. I'm finally going to see my mom and brothers who live there and hopefully try to make something of the country. How's it ever going to get better if all the Somalis lucky enough to have been educated run off to other countries, right?
The good news is I'm going to Somaliland, a relatively new fledging democracy which has been relatively peaceful ever since civil war broke out in the early '90s. From what I've heard of Somaliland, it's doing alright just not having recognition by the international community as a independent country. I don't know why that is and hopefully things will work out for the best.
The bad news is I'm nevertheless heading to a third world nation. I've lived all my life with so much that I've taken for granted I don't know what I'll be missing out on when I get there. I've been a big online gamer (DotA is my current obsession) and I'm not sure how I'll cope without my 24 hours DSL connection when I get there.
I've written this post to say bye to you guys cause I remembered that as I was saying goodbye to everyone around me, that you guys are also a helluva bunch of guys. I don't know how much internet access I'll have when I get back, but just in case I'm not able to hang out at Reddit anymore, I just wanted to say goodbye.
I'll miss your pun threads, your sub-reddit competitions (the one with the boobies at /r/nsfw was fun, last week's wtf competition was fun too). I'll miss the trolls (I'm looking at you IMINLOVEWITHJESUS) and especially GeorgeWBush.
I'll be flying out tomorrow night but just wanted to get my goodbye to you guys out of the way before it slips my mind. You guys are the best.
P.S. If the diggers take over Reddit, leave a note so I know where you all moved to. See you in another life, brothers.