The story so far

Not everything works out as you plan it and therefore I am in Thailand right now. Just to explain shortly how I ended up here:

on my way from Doha to Bangkok

Well, after being busy with applying to permanent jobs in the last months (which by the way did only result in rejections) for jobs abroad - mainly in London, I was looking forward to getting out of the country and was prepared to head to Hyderabad in India. Unfortunately, the financial crisis also affected me and the project on which I was supposed to work got canceled. There I was, frustrated about my lack of success and somehow getting totally bored and fed up with Vienna. And in order not to get totally depressed by sitting around in Vienna while waiting on answers for more job applications, I decided to come up with an alternative plan which would lead me far away.

As I always wanted to visit Southeast-Asia and my room was already rented, I decided to book a plane ticket to Bangkok and see where the road leads me from there. I had anyway planned to backpack around the world some day, so I just do a part of it now. I'll start in Thailand and then figure out where to go next. As I want to meet up with some friends who are living/visiting/traveling around the area there, I plan to head to Malaysia and Singapore and maybe also to other countries in more Eastern regions but this depends on the constraints of my budget and time. Depending on whether I get the job, I'll start my working life in Brussels in April (and then come back from Asia at the end of March) or I'll do a development traineeship for about 8 weeks in Kuala Lumpur and then go back to Vienna at the end of May and return to my job-hunt.

However, I am now less worried about the job thing, as I know that my plans were ambitious and times are difficult for job seekers these days, especially in London. Well let's say a bit less worried, as the thought of having to look for jobs once I come back still sits in the back of my mind and is kind of unrelaxing. But then again I already applied to other jobs and I am waiting for results, but till then I will definitely enjoy the last bit of my student (or rather unemployed) life and discover Southeast-Asia.

current music: Ingrid Michaelson - Be ok