Five
months has elapsed since I permanently migrated to Australia. These five months
have been spent getting to know the country and the systems in this country, at
a relatively slow pace – like a Chinese proverb – moving inch by inch.
The
undeniable greenery and the nature’s landscapes provide an opportunity for
melodramatic pictorial impressions of the not so photogenic individuals like
me. In this age of digital and virtual world, I sometimes relish posting some
of these so called ‘melodramatic’ snapshots in my Social media space.
Ironically, the rest of the world always reckons that feeling of ‘the grass is
greener on the other side’. Mind you, I take no offence. As I believe every
individual believes that the other is having a good time, just by noticing ‘smiles’
on those snapshots and I was no different until some while ago.
Over
the past couple of months, I have had friends communicating and enquiring with
me about the ‘Australian Life’, all with a view to apply and go through the
immigration process as they plans to move to Australia (just like what I
did).Practically, my first stint with Australia was in May 2015, when I come in
for a first landing to activate my Permanent Residency in Australia. I went
back having gained and understood the realities. As it happens, upon return I
was flooded with friends and colleagues enquiring about Australia. Probably, I
was the only one who was giving a reality check feel in my feedback. People
were surprised and shocked to hear stuffs from me, as deep inside all they
heard or knew was a “Rosy Picture” about Australia with no thorns at all. How I
wish it was true to have no thorns at all?
I
believe some of them reckon that I give them false pictures of Australia as if
I don’t want people to come into Australia. Well to set the record straight, I have
no impact if have my friends migrate down under. On a positive note, I migrated
having no friends or relatives here. So it’s a plus if I have friends in
Australia and bring back the old memories. The only rationale behind giving a
realistic feedback is to ensure people don’t expect Australia to be a bed of
roses and are well aware of what to expect.
As
a soft spoken, genuine and honest individual, I only express and convey my
personal opinions with intent that there are lessons learnt from my experiences
that could be useful for others. All my blogs do, is sometimes express my
personal opinion on the daily activities in ‘this world’ (Australia) and
compare them with ‘my world’ (India and/or some other country).
Stay
tuned!
Not
to forget ‘Jai Hind’, which echoes more loudly than ever in my ears, with every
day I am away from ‘my world’. Looks like this is one long distance
relationship that is working wonders J what say?
