Why Finland?  Europe » Finland  Finland&'s flagPublished:
February 24th 2007Europe » Finland January 11th 2007  I lost
count on the times that I have been asked this question. I could
almost sense when someone was about to ask it. People asked me,
"Why choose to study in FINLAND?" so many times that my
travelling partner Joel could not help himself but laugh
everytime someone asked me that question. It was really absurd.
So one would think that after hearing such a question so often
that I would have a perfect answer to return immediately. But I
did not. Almost every time I was asked "Why Finland?", I would
return the very same blank look they gave me and tell them
confusingly, "I... don't... know!" And that is what I find so
fascinating about this country... WHY the hell would you go
there?! Swedes, who live right next door to Finland, didn't
understand why I decided to study in Finland. Even Finns
themselves were a bit mystified that I came all the way from
Australia to study in Finland (I am not joking, t