Sacrifices, Challenges, & Opportunities

The decision to come back home for a break was not a choice I made lightly. It was only in packing up to go home, that I realized how much I had to sacrifice in order to do this project. This video takes a slightly sadder tone to reflect the kind of feelings I had as I landed in Hong Kong on my way back home (this was before the Tour de Nerdfighting).

If you would like to fund this project, which is just something I am doing as an individual, please check my donation page at:

http://www.uncultured.com/donations

Unless you give me written permission, your donation will NOT be used for personal expenses, equipment, airfare, or anything like that.

Since I dont use donations to pay for my living expenses (or to buy the airplane tickets I needed to fly home), I've completely emptied out my life savings doing this project. My parents were dipping into their own savings to help me do this project but with the downturn in the economy, they dont have much savings themselves anymore.

The title for the video is a reference to some of the hurdles I had to face during this project. That includes the hospitalization of my mom (who originally came with me as a translator) due to Dengue Fever, the floods, the riots, the military curfew, the cyclone, the earthquake, the minor surgery I had, and now this recent problem I discovered about having iron poisoning/overload from drinking the metal-heavy water common in Bangladesh.

The song used in this video is Nonsense by The Rest and is used under their Creative Commons BY-SA license. You can check those guys out at:

http://www.therestmusic.com/

This video is licensed under the Creative Commons. Please contact me for more details & info.

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[allenisfunny]

Pretty sad that all those people are just laying on the street

[Shaunt1]

If this guy is trying to improve the lives of people who live in bad conditions then he should get all the support he can. Especially since most of us aren't will to do what he does.

[Nicole3900]

We need more people like you in this world. Fantastic. You make a difference. I want to be like you.

[mamun740]

man i love you wat you did over the past few months in bangladesh. u r an amazing person. kep it up its wonderful things u r doing.

[teensrox90]

hope u feel better

[yllennaj1]

zuanger porfavor no lea esto

el 13 de octubre de 1991

un niño llamado nick se tiro de un puente devido a problemas familiares

si ya leiste esto deves copiar y pegar

en otros 5 videos mas o si no

nick vendra por toda tu familia

haslo o moriran porfavor hasme caso

yo lo lei y lo hise 1 year ago

[marcyandashley]

whats the name of this song

[UnculturedProject]

Thanks ani19bd :) And, yeah, I don't trust MUM branded water anymore. I'm pretty sure they are the main culprit in my iron poisoning. I've avoided them since coming back and things are much much better thus far.

[UnculturedProject]

@igzibit - I'm not going to go around fighting poverty on one hand and drinking Evian water in the other. It's ridiculous the local water companies falsely claim their water is safe to drink when it contains high concentrations of heavy metals. Making sure local companies are held to account is a better solution than telling me to go around drinking imported drinks.

[UnculturedProject]

That's not exactly true igzibit. Iron isn't like a germ. Your immune system can (theortically) become biological immune to certain specific bacteria and viruses - but iron is a heavy metal. This is why iron and arsenic are known problems in Bangladesh. The effects of arsenic poisoning are well documented - but the effects of iron poisoning are less documented due to how the symptoms manifest itself.

[igzibit]

yet the contamination have to be looked thru

the government looked thru the beverage companies for quality, the same way india did.. they may have improved, but upto how much u may never kno...

well anway, u shud buy imported drinks from supermarkets or sumthin