Migrating to Australia Good meh? review

Before this book, all I know about Australia are rugby, Uluru, kangaroo, koala, great barrier reef, great outback, Sydney and of course Lynas. And I also know it is the place where Malaysian parents love to send their children to for study, besides UK. Basically, what I know is that Australia is a good place for visiting, and like many other hypocritical developed countries, Australia also sets up their hyper-polluting industries in developping countries.

Not that I am considering moving to Australia, I knew about this book because the co-author Ken Soong, sent me a free copy of it. Around a month ago, Ken Soong contacted me via Facebook and email me a free copy of the book. He notice me first through my blog, more specifically the one I wrote about Liang Wen Dao giving a speech before last year's general election in Malaysia. First of all, I am extremely flattered that my blog caught his attention and also honoured to be able to make his acquiantance. But when I got the copy of the book, I honestly felt obliged to read it and give my sincere opinion as if it was my duty or so. Rarely I feel forceful to pick up a book, that is why it took me quite some time to finish the book eventhough it is merely 150 pages long. 

I am a bit ashamed of myself by feeling forceful to read the book. Not that the book is bad or what, it just doesn't concern me very much. As a foreigner living in France for a certain amount of time, I do share many of his ideas. So the book speaks of many things which fundamentally I already knew. To sum up the book in one sentence : the moon isn't always rounder in other countries, emigrating is a huge decision and we should take time to weigh different aspects of it carefully. 

Enough of the negative comment about the book, enough of me complaining about my first world problem. A tool rather than a literary work as I would consider it, the book does serve its purpose very well. Very informative, and it provides also many links for further research. Plus the authors are residents there, through the book we also get to know what is it really like to live there in Australia. Not exclusively from their point of view, it also includes interviews with other Malaysians living in Australia to provide us readers more different opinions. Eventhough I said before it is not my type of book, but I did learn a thing or two from it, like the one I remember vividly - the existence of a strange trafic regulation called "hook turn" in Melbourne.   

Set up to be a book about migrating to Australia written by Malaysians for Malaysians, the language used resonates very well to a Malaysian. The authors slip in from time to time some words like "lah", "mah", "meh", and make it casual and familiar for Malaysians to read, as if the authors are infront of you talking to you. As one had already noticed from the title of the book, there is a "meh" there.  

So in the end, it is a book that serves its purpose and certainly a book worth reading for those who considering migrating to Australia. As for now, the book doesn't concern me. But at least one day if ever I or somebody else I know want to emigrate to Australia, I know from now on where to find the necessary information. As for the question : migrating to Australia good meh? After reading the book, Australia might be a good touristic country, but to live there, not so appealing to me.

Opss, also worth mention is that Ken Soong has a Youtube channel, find more about the book on his channel and also on the Facebook page.
https://www.youtube.com/user/gandhigujarati
https://www.facebook.com/MigratingtoAustraliaGoodMeh