I am stuck between a rock and a hard place
Guys have you ever felt that the more you try the farther away your destiny seems to go away from you. one day you wake up and you realize that you are just wasting away your life, you are making money but what you wanted to get, your aim, is impossible to get if you keep on walking on the same path
I am also in a dilemma. I am working in Qatar, making good money for starters but the problem is that what I have studied has got nothing to do with what I am doing. Moreover my company's contract expires in the first quarter of 2009 and after that for me it is either going back to my home country (Afghanistan) or to find another job in Qatar which unfortunately I dont think will be easy to find. Keeping in mind that my education and my field of work are miles apart I dont think any company will hire me after i get laid off in 2009. Presently I dont wanna go back to Afghanistan as I am a staunch critic of the Taliban's policies and I wont survive for long there
How long will I keep on running away from my homeland?
I guess it is one screwed up life I am in, living on borrowed time, realizing that one day when you return you will not be able to survive. Sometimes I think I am a refugee with no country and no home as I cannot live in Qatar forever and will not survive if I go back to my home. What would you do if you were in a situation like me? Moreover Qatar's Labor laws do not allow change of sponsorship after a period less than two years and when I am laid off in 2009 I wont have completed two years with that company.
I guess it is back to Grad School. Four-five more years of study and then again in search of a research / academia position. Anyways I ought to enjoy my borrowed/left time and just accept with dignity what ever the future holds for me.
Sometimes it is better to go with the tide than to go against the tide.
I can also report live from ToraBora in Afghanistan or maybe start my own blog or best of all go on bounty hunt, find Bin Laden and take the bounty. Sooo many options and so less time.
I know why he worries, I've been to Afghanistan and well Qatar is a complete blessing compared it. But, what is ur field of work? ur education? There are alot of foriegn companies opening up in Afg and if ur a professional, I think u can get a really well-paid job (considering the situation there), but would u really want to live there?
If u don't, well start looking for jobs in Qatar or elsewhere, it's a big planet we live in and I'm sure u'll find a job somewhere. There are job agencies u can give ur CV to and they'll fix u up, or other alternatives. Don't worry, u'll be fine.
As for feeling like a refugee, I think it comes with being an expat for a long time...u don't know where u belong anymore.
Best of luck!
If your comapny is closing you always will be given a sponsorship change.
Anyway Afghanistan is no more ruled by the Taliban right. So why do you worry about that