To all who live outside of Mongolia, will you ever go back?

facebook дахь нэг Монголчуудын group-t "To all who live outside of Mongolia, will you ever go back?" гэсэн гарчигтай discussion board байна. Тэнд олон залуус нөгөө л яридагаараа "буцна", "буцахгүй" гээл янз бүрийн асуудлуудын талаар цэц булаацалдахын..

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So I couldn't read all of the messages but I got the jist of it. Everyone is either die hard, "yes, I will return to help" or "no, I am comfortable here in America, why would I leave?" I am an America who went to Mongolia last year for 5 months to study and do some research. I will be returning to Mongolia next year, for the whole year, to do research on tourism and conservation. I will be back many many times in my life. I am especially intersted in the welfare of nomadic people and the effect of globalization on their lives. I am going there to help because Mongolia has a very dear place in my heart for an uncountable amount of reasons. I am not Mongolian but I feel that I have a duty to contribute and help MOngolia pull itself up by the bootstraps so that it can help its citizens and become the great country that it once was and should be. MONGOLIA NEEDS HELP! there is no doubt about that. I WILL BE STEPPING OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE, especially since I don't know the language fluently! I don't understand social norms or mannerisms, and I HATE FAT AND CYY-TAI TSAI! but I eat it everyday and I try not to step on toes and I try not to be an ugly American. Although you are all entitled to your opinion to return or not to return (I understand the whole wage and education thing) I was very sad to hear that there are a number of Mongolians who are afraid of being uncomfortable, afraid of leaving their "THINGS" in america to make the beautful country of Mongolia a better place. life is not about being comfortable, its about taking a risk, creating meaning, and making a contribution. Of all the cultures in the world, I feel that Mongolians are one of the closest and it is heart breaking that I can see myself in Mongolia for a large part of my life, yet there are many Mongolians who themselves have become the ugly, selfish, fat American and are unwilling to change their ways. I think of the Lost Boys and what they went through, and what they are doing here in America so that they can go back to their country and make it live-able. I am sorry if America has made you so cynical about your country. I am sorry if American has made you selfish and "comfortable." I am sorry that you don't understand the magic of your culture, the land, and the people. I am sorry because you are missing out on something that you, as an educated person, have the ability to speak out about, to make better. I am sorry that you are unwilling to make a difference in this world. I am sorry that you have to look down on your country with disgrace and shame (so much that you say FUCK and MOGNOLIA in the same sentence.) Without the help of outside educated people, Mongolia will never prosper. I am sorry that you are willing to leave your past for something as miserable as wealth and material posessions that are meaningless, full of greed, and will never give you the fulfillment you seek.

Youre probally thinking that I have no right to say what I said, I do't know anything. But if I want to return to help, to make sacrifices, and live in the Outnee Bair where I take cold showers and the toilet never flushes, then I think I know a hell of a lot more than you.

Stand up for your country you pussies!

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someone asks: Are you a missionary?
she replies: No. I have no religions affilation of any sort.- I am a student from Colorado who studies marketing, geography, tourism, conservation, and sustainable development. I am returning to Mongolia for a year on a grant. I am passionate. I have no other motives but to help.
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life is not about being comfortable, its about taking a risk, creating meaning, and making a contribution.