im not going to waste my time arguing with you. I have good stuffs from there myself. But i`m telling you choices.

1. will you want to pay extra premium + GST price+ limited choice for kathmandu stuffs when actually its made from china?
2. the reason why kathmandu, snowgum, n some others are still here because of market monopoly + lack of choices.
3. No doubt, some australia made have lasting quality, but this day.. open your eye. Australia clothing mostly are made in china.
4. if you want to pay the price, go ahead, your money anyway.

1. if you are still in the interior of kalimantan or mt isa, i`m sorry bro. Just live your life on. I got nothing to argue with you about.
2. Just enjoy your giordano & big w, just serve how you want others look at you.
3. You are in Brisbane, wear what you got in Lauceston or Hobart. Do tell me if you are tough enough not to get cold with climate change this days.
4. If you dont know much about buying cloths, get yourself a fashion advisor who get your proper bargain.
5. Again, if you never had one proper jacket from uniqlo, dont try to be smart about it & try to do comparison about like what Brisbane

lol what's wrong with stuff that's made in china ^^"

i think people should differentiate between fashion/brand name and warm appropriate (both cost and warmth) warm clothing.........

if one likes uniqlo (a japanese brand that appears to have a huge asian following, and even have a branch on oxford st in london), or whatever brand one likes, by all means, go buy them........

however, if one wants just reasonably priced appropriate warm clothing, then it is always better to buy them at the place you are staying, be they australia, uk, canada, or whatever........

oh, btw, many uniqlo products are also made in china......

nothing wrong, just wait till you arrive here & observe the price yourself.

but you got it at a discount compare what you going to pay here.

not really.........

appropriate thick jackets are priced about rm150-200 in kl.......

they were priced gbp50 in oxford st.........

similar ones are priced about gbp30-50 at most high street stores (eg debenhams, bhs, m&s)......but on a sale (very common), they are half or even 70% off......so got a nice very warm jacket for gbp17 down from 40.........where can you buy any decent warm jacket for rm70 in msia???.........

btw, many 'british' brands like m&s, debenhams, clarks, are cheaper in uk than kl.........

recently or pre GFC ?

If pre-GFC, I dont know if you manage to find such bargain.
But currently, its recession mode like; so alot being forced to deflate the price to keep sales going. But in Australia, forget about it; all are mark up for inflationary mode even there is extra supplies.

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Added on February 6, 2011, 2:49 pmthere are always sales, especially post christmas period........no matter what the economy is like......

and they ARE cheaper in many things......don't believe, go google ikea aa alkaline batteries......they sell for rm9 in ikea kl.........and 99p in uk........

This post has been edited by limeuu: Feb 6 2011, 02:49 PM

i somehow survived a year in melbourne with just a cheap asos hoodie made in china, + thongs.

and this is the 3rd year im doing it, of course now im wearing a newer cheap hoodie


cold or nt, if u r staying in melbourne city, the coldest last year was around 3 degrees celcius, which i think is bearable with just a normal hoodie.

maybe im bias because i like the coldness there

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This post has been edited by podrunner: Feb 6 2011, 04:11 PM

Not I dont believe, but your counter answer seem want to compare UK & Msia, while i`m on Aus & Msia.

& about bargain Y.E.S, there is also the same for Australia, boxing day sales.

& that Ikea, again..I know. Not that I dont know, just I dont care about it.

Australia Ikea srlsy overprice.

so about pricing, why dont you go tell the retailer, i`m getting from UK. so much cheaper.

Melb city quite warm if you didnt know try stay suburbs like Clayton or frankston.
Also, not everyone have the same body like you; lots of fats?

Hi. I have a question. Assuming one is aiming for Australian medical college.

1. Assuming one is aiming for Monash uni, are there advantages in doing Year 12 in Melbourne?
2. Assuming one is aiming for Sydney uni, are there advantages in doing Year 12 in Sydney?
etc etc

As a year 12 graduate 2010, I would say any Australian year 12 qualifications are equivalent in aiming a particular institution. For a medical college, as long as you have achieved more than TER 98 or even higher, then you're save regardless in which Australian year 12 qualifications you have.

Does that hold true for both International and Australian citizen? Don't they give some sort of preference to Sydney resident applying to Sydney university?

Somehow yes. But I believe students that take additional experience from TAFE or other vocational courses in Australia might stand out and gain extra scores for university entries. AFAIK, everyone [including myself] is given additional marks/points in certain year 12 subjects prior to my completion of SPM which is equivalent to Aussie's year 11.

However, it is safer if you take year 12 in the same city as where the university is based so that you'll know what prerequisites subjects are required. But still, you can always ask your university about equivalent prerequisites if your qualification is interstate.

Maybe the only advantage I can think of is that some high schools within the state/city may organise trips or activities with the university. Also ties between high school and the university in giving scholarships, but I doubt that always happen.

Is it easier or harder to apply for medicine as an International student or local or PR student?

I am doing Year 12 (in Melbourne) this year, but I know a few who are doing MUFY and wants to do medicine in Monash. But I read that doing MUFY will also enable one to apply for other unis apart from Monash. Similarly doing Year 12 (VCE in Melbourne) or HSC (if i am not wrong, in Sydney) will enable a candidate to apply to all aussie unis.

I know you can but what I am asking was, do they have preference of one over the other? Example, do Monash/Melbourne have preference of VCE over HSC student.

As far as I've heard, Universities don't care if you take SACE,WACE,VCE,HSC etc. as long you get the required ATAR cut-off. Than there's also other things to look at like ISAT and the interview. I remembered a friend who took Ausmat (WACE) asking a uni represantative during a fair so that probably holds true for international students, for local students I haven't the slightest idea ^^" though I think it's pretty much should be the same just that there might be a difference in cut-off points between the two due to the number of seats available and the competition ^^"

Well most Aussie med schools are going graduate-entry anyway leaving a few undergrad entry left for year 12 students so you have to just assume unless you get an ATAR of about 98 or a bit lower but a really high ISAT you won't be getting in ^^"

ditto Hikari

see it this way:
1000 internationals applying for the 20 spots
vs
whole bunch of year 12s from all over the country for the 100 seats.

Both are hard in my opinion. Just be the best, that's the rule of getting into med. I heard PR students saying that they wish to be international students, while we as international students hoped to be PR holders. The irony. haha.

If you're doing say, MUFY, you'll have some advantages getting into Monash. But like Hikari said, it's your final score that counts. (+ your ISAT and interview results =P )