The young Bulgarian student Aleksander Todorov lives in a world of potatoes, the British daily "The Times" says in an article published Sunday.

The young Bulgarian hopes to become one day a computer specialist in the US, but "in the meantime he is in economic exile in Britain, living, eating, sleeping potatoes, and dreaming of the day he will see his family again," the author writes.

Aleksander is in the UK since December and lives with other student potato packers in a caravan in a farm, North of Dundee.

Aleksander has been nicknamed by his bosses Eck, because he is seen by them as an honorary Scot, someone who does not fit the common perception that migrant workers are the bottom of the labor market - "nameless, downtrodden foreigners passing through, doing the grotty jobs none of us want to do," the publication points out.

"Workers like Aleksander are bright, educated and a delight to work with," the student's boss is quoted as saying.

Aleksander works hard because the potato farm gives him the opportunity to meet people, improve his English, and earn money - four times of what he could make in Bulgaria, according to the student himself.

The ultimate goal - end up in the US.

Aleksander is one of the people, who contribute to 700 tons of potatoes being processed at the farm each week, but he told "The Times" he did not like the food in the UK - the one single thing that he had remotely criticized.

The full text of "The Times article can be found at: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=100901

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