Who are you? Tell me about yourself?
- I am 22-years old girl who is living in Helsinki area. I graduated from Helmi Business College as travel councellor spring 2015.
- Let's start from my childhood. I had move couple times in my life. First when I was 4-years old I moved from Turku to Espoo with my mother. Other family stayed for a whole still in Turku and sold our apartment. Then they moved to Espoo too. We lived there about 3-4 years and then we moved again to Veikkola, where my family still lives. I was on 3rd class when we moved.
- I started my school in Espoo and in the end graduated comprehensive school in Veikkola. After it I went to Vihti High School, but I didn't know what I want to be when I am adult. I liked very much arts, painting, history and other stuffs. There was many nice things in the world. On high school I also first time traveled away from Nordic Countries. My first destination was Canarian Islands, Teneriffa and as you might guess I couldn't stop thinking of travelling, because my family never actually travelled together and trip to Canaria, my aunt paid it as gift from our help to her. After Canaria I stayed to think about travelling.
- Then I graduated from High School and applied to Univercity to read politic, but I didn't get in. I had year off from school and then I was working at kiosk almost one year. During this year I travelled to Turkey with my friend and it was my first trip after Teneriffa and yes without my family. After Turkey I actually had always travel myself and I love it.
- After year off studies I decided to study something and I didn't know what. I liked travelling so I applied to Helmi Business College to study tourism and here I am, just graduated travel councellor. During my studies I also had training in Ireland and practise English there 5 months and I was working at Scancoming which is incoming tour operator. And now I am graduated travel councellor.
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| Turkey Mahmutlar 2011 |
Which are your strengths?
- 1: I like challenging myself: For example I have goal to be better performer and I know I need this skill with my dream to be travel guide. I actually have another example about this too. After high school wanted to study politic, but didn't get in. So I nominated for municipal election and I was then nominated to municipal council in Kirkkonummi. This was new thing to me, I needed money to do it and as you might know this is public job and after this everybody knows you. It was actually kind of scary, but I did it. I wrote magazines and met people and tried my best. After all I got 30 votes. I made a lot work! Then I was young municipal goverment... This is also if I have decide something I will do it!
- 2: Willing to learn: I like to learn to things, expecially about travelling. It doesn't even need to be something big and amazing, but I am inquisitive. I am open for new people and I feel easy to speak people. I am always interested in new places and cultures. I would like to see all the world. About work I always want learn new things in the best possible way and I am taking time to understand and learn more. I believe this willing to learn is going hand by hand with challenging, because those things I am keeping my goals I want to learn more about them. I really want to be better performer and I don't want to be nervous in front of people, because where do I need this feeling? I want to relax in front of audience. :)
3. Open minded and brave: When I applied my training place in Ireland I remember what my sister said, when I told her I got the place. This is how it went: "Wooow Anniina! What a girl, brave girl. You just decide and go without thinking too long or planning too much. You seem to be always ready to go". She told that she need to think maybe a year, but then her sister just decide and go. I am also very open minded for new people I have never seen before and I had travel myself too.
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| This is me as candidate to municipal council in Kirkkonummi |
- Stress and why? With this I don't mean I always stress but this is just another side of it that I want to learn new things. I prefer quickly learning and sometimes I am asking too much myself and from this I am stressing. But if I have stress I dont show it for example clients, and this stress actually come from office work. So many things to do and I want to do them at the same day. I dont like to leave them tomorrow. I think this kind of stress is not kind of bad thing, but sometimes we all stress.
- I don't have time excuse: Sometimes I feel I am too busy and I have a lot to do. Maybe I consider do I clean my cabinet today or do I wrote job application. It is just fact in this time people are very busy. You have to choose what to do today and what you can do tomorrow. But I do most important things first ofc.
- Language skills: I can speak english but I dont know other languages as good than english. I can always be better with languages.
Which kind of future goals you have?
- I wish I could work as travel guide even some point in my life, because I want to develope myself in work and as human. I know there is something in me, I am brave and I want to be better performance I think by this work I could get my goals. Anyway I had always want to live aboard and discover new cultures and places. If I am lucky I could learn some new languages and get better with my swedish. Right now I feel like I want to work for a while, but maybe later I want to study marketing.
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| London! ;) |
Travel Guide questions:
Why you wanna be a travel guide?
- 1st: I like to perform, but I want to do it everyday. But why I wanna do it everyday is that when I perform I feel like I am flower which just open its petals. Something comes out from me during performing.
- 2nd: I had been in guiding course and I saw that being guide is challenging enough for me. I can learn everyday new things about my work and even new things by myself.
- 3rd: I love people and new cultures and new places. I am ready to learn and study more about them.
- 4th: I believe for my dreams and I have "I can do it" attitude. I know I need it and I have to be positive and smiling everyday. I don't give up easily.
Why could you be a good travel guide?
- 1st: I am brave person and I believe myself. If I had decide something I will do it. Even if I feel it's hard or difficult. I think travel guide need this quality, because sometimes happens things you can't run away. You just have to do it and you have to believe yourself!
2nd: I believe I am good performer and expecially when I know what I am talking about and what I have to do I feel like it's dancing.
3rd: I am always ready to learn more about new cultures and I want study my destination in best possible way. Because when I know my destination it is easier just talk talk talk and I actually like talking and I love to spend time with people. If I could I want to make their holiday best ever.
4th: During my guiding course test I got this feedback: I opened door for my group and waited it and took care everybody was with me. If there was bad place to be and all group couldn't hear me I was ready to change place to calmer one. I also told stories and it made my performer more alive. I also watched watch happened around me for example they filmed one tv-serie and I said now we will be all superstars or something.
What do you expect about working as travel guide?
- I know it is hard work, long days and long weeks. Mostly I anyway wait that I can be with people and see their smiling and enjoying their holiday. I wait I can give everything for this work, learn new skills and meet new people. I think I will feel very much alive.
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| Morocco! :) |
