check the specific airline on their policy. Some like MAS needs you to apply for their grad card and then they will give extra 10kg

You will need to request it at booking time. From memory you should call SQ, tell them you're a student, and at the airport show your COE letter at the checkin.

Are you starting your flight in Malaysia or Singapore?

It's gonna be a tight rental market in Queensland this year. With massive projects on going especially coal seam gas@ Curtis Island, I think 2 major projects already received FID with another 2 major projects slated to received FID this year ones customers are secured. One project that recently received FID had a AUD 2 billion cushion budgeted into the FID cost due to skill shortages and other factors.
Pretty sure suburbs that are close around CBD will take some time to rebuild.
Anyway my mate who is doing his vac work there told me Brisbane rental is expensive and he's paying around $250 per-week for a 3 bed room in the CBD.
Lucky he didn't bring his Ducati there from Adelaide and lucky he didn't lived in the suburb.


It's a college gym only for college students, not sure what college tho.
Just make sure you have a buddy in the gym especially if you're doing weight training.
Are you still living in uni accommodation or private rental?
Anyway nothing to be afraid off, just know you risk, I usually cycle back home to uni late (9-12 am) due to research commitments, always a pleasure seeing all the drunkies because I have to pass through Rundle Mall/Street cycling back home.

This year is my final year.
Gym is in North Adelaide, probably one of the best suburbs and also safe IMO. It is near the city and also heaps of shop, cafes and restaurant and pubs too.

Can anybody who went back home to Malaysia last year or this year confirm that a student ID card was not sufficient for an extra 5 or 10 kg for outbound flight from Australia?
I really need to know this before I contact MAS next week.

alright man... finaly year?! wow! good for you! which uni are you studying in?

Are you kidding me? 250 per-week for a 3 bed room in the CBD, furnished? Even if it's unfurnished, it's considered really really cheap. The normal market here for furnished 2 bedroom is roughly 400-500 while 3 bedroom is 500-600. If you are renting from people, it depends on the suburb with the ones further from the city like Logan will be a lot cheaper than the hot zones uni students or CBD. The rates go between 100 - 200 single bedroom and 180-250 for master bedroom, unless you want to live luxuriously. Also, regardless of the rental market, there is always a place to rent rooms or units regardless of how it is, just maybe slightly higher pricing. Eg. Student UniLodge, etc.

Oh, and also, Brisbane is recovering from their disaster pretty well. Everybody is doing their part to help out and getting the city into shape again. However, full recovery might take months, possibly years with the zones near the river being the most severely affected while those outside those zones are looking in pretty good shape.

Uni Adelaide.


He's paying AUD250 for his own room since he is sharing the apartment and it is fully furnished, but total is AUD750 per-week.
That is expensive from his point of view, at least he's earning decent coins to be able to afford that.

that's cool man... looks like i'll meet up with u when i reach.. when u heading back to adel?

I am still in Adelaide now, doing vacation work/internship.

Regarding the extra weight allowance, if you have Grad card then you will get your extra 10 kg.
International Student Identity Card (ISIC) is semi-useless since MAS only accept them for the extra weight allowance during certain period of the year albeit it was a reasonable period from Oct to late Dec.
What a joke. See the facebook link for the T&C.

https://www.facebook.com/MHStudents?v=app_4949752878

okay, this may have been asked before, but if I bring my own BB phone, I will go for BYO plan right? I am just looking at the optus site, and am just confused by their many packages, inclusions, exclusions. Am just going to be using the BB as normal phone, sms, bbm, fb and emails. Please advise, thank you so very much in advance, as I don't quite understand why there's an option to choose another bb plan on top of 200 mb data/unlimited bb email (value cap 29 plan).

yeah man. what a joke... o.o anyways, thanks for the link. will include it in the first post..

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Added on January 16, 2011, 4:34 pmi was hoping on getting the unlimited data man, so even without internet around i can tether my blackberry to my laptop. it's in 3G coverage so i'm sure it should be fast.

This post has been edited by zeke'stah: Jan 16 2011, 04:34 PM

wouldn't this just eat up the battery? i will get a separate mobile broadband thingy i think.

bro when you plug ur bb into the laptop or computer, you are charging it at the same time... i've been tethering my bb for months now. haha

can we bring our own quilt and pillow as hand luggage there? and what must we declare?

Thanks in advance

of course you can!! i'm thinking of bringing my pillows ( 2 of them) there as i found out my student accommodation ain't providing. haha... declare FOOD STUFF bro. probably one of the seniors here can explain the TYPE of food stuff you need to declare.

which part of aussie you heading to man?

hehe, i'm a girl..i'm heading to perth
how bout you?
yea, i'm nt sure if i have to declare my medicine stuffs
wow, 2 pillows, hand carry?

crap. this is the second time i called a girl "bro" or "man" or "dude"... = =

hmm....medicine. if i recalled reading one of the posts of a senior, you do not need to declare medicine. Just pack it into your checked in luggage and you should be alright. I brought my vitamin C, protein powder and stuff to Australia in July, they did not stop me so I guess it should be alright. Maybe a senior here should verify this?

I'm packing into boxes. I applied for GRADS and my mom bought 5kgs extra (before i found out about GRADS). She's also heading to aussie a few days after me so total i have.... 45kgs? lol...

i'm heading to perth for 3 days for my aunt's wedding then it's back to adelaide for me... check out my siggy..

haha, it's ok

oowwwh, okayx..cause i'm going to bring those flu, stomachache medicine
wow, 45 kg!! what is GRADS? which airlines are you using?

and thanks again for your reply!!

GRADS is a student card by MAS. If you have it then you can get an extra 10kg for free.

oh okay, thank u!

Hi Treble Welcome to Perth in advance Where are you going to study?