Course fees and Tuition fees are the same~~ You just pay the amount of tuition fees like it's showed on the university's website and that's it for your uni fees.
Then budget all other stuff like rent etc.

Thanks for the clarification........language is a wonderful thing when we understand it....

Australia is a relatively civilised place. Generally the fees and all will be stated in full, and one small consolation for international students is that our fee structure is a lit simpler than domestic students with the different levels.

(Say) $2500/subject, the average student does 4 subjects a semester, thats $10,000/semester. Simple as that. None of the rubbish of exam fees, printing fees, material charge etc that plague Malaysia.

Anyone uses Optus or a similar prepaid/monthly recharge here?

If I don't recharge (I finished my latest credit), it says something like the number/account will be suspended.

Am I still able to reuse the number if I recharge after I return after the Summer?

Thanks

Doesn't it show you when it will expire? When I was still using optus and my optus wireless broadband (which I still use from time-to-time), after the date when the credit expires it shows a new date in which I have to recharge. If you don't recharge before that date then they suspend that account and recycle the number again.

http://www.optus.com.au/dafiles/OCA/AboutO...rePdPricing.doc

When a Optus perpaid is recharged with a set amount of credit, the "call credit validity period" is valid from anything between 7 days and 60 days, depending on your plan. After the "call credit validity period" has lapsed (ie your prepaid recharge is exhausted or expired), the "additional period", where you can receive but not make calls, kicks in.

Currently the "additional period" is 186 days (ie 6.2 months).

I highly doubt you'll be going back to Malaysia for that long with the intention to return in the short term.

This post has been edited by haya: Nov 10 2011, 03:14 PM

Thanks for info. I was going to leave for over 60 days but I didn't know when the actual number would expire.

You must be staying away from meat and snacks to survive on 15$ per week!

not really, I can quite keep my grocery bill at $15 a week with meat,bread and soft drinks lol
of course usually I use more but I have done so in the past when I'm low on money ahaha.

This post has been edited by Hikari0307: Nov 10 2011, 06:47 PM

Didn't your mum tell you about the vitamins and minerals from fruits and veggies?

Alright, i'll head back to M'sia and get it then. Oh! That's because I heard that if you keep them in the box, the customs would charge you tax or stuff like that. Are you aware of such things? My friend told me to remove them from their boxes and give it an anti-static wrap.

i guess u can buy ur way in wit ur business

business pr it's simple to get if u hav the moolah

but to bcome a citizen that's another story

a lot so called m'sians that r holding pr at the moment r comin back in droves

Believe me, she says that every time she calls and ask what I had for dinner ahaha.
I do buy them but in desperate times with little money I don't buy them ahaha XP

Haha, I don't eat beef/porks and stuff. Only Chicken and eggs, more on veggies. Plus, I'm allergic to seafood.
Hehe, I can still keep $$ for shopping

Hikari0307, what is your average spending per month? Haha

Finally finish the last paper in UQ!! Waiting to graduate in dec soon. =)

Nice one, what subject? It means you'll stay behind (in Dec) for graduation then?

Leave the mountain climing for me limeuu. I am just here to enquire on the fees. Thanks!

doing your convo in OZ??

On average AUD1,200 each month though that's my budget and I save a bit of that every month for some fun stuff ahaha.