Hey all!

i was just wondering how many students here are from Adelaide? Would like to at least get to know LYN peeps who are in Adelaide, so if you dont mind let me know if you are, FB would probably be the best way to do that Any questions feel free to drop me a PM as well, i found myself learning a lot from this forum when i first arrive 3 years ago so wouldn't mind to do the same for newer students

Cheers!

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Added on November 12, 2010, 10:46 pmur nick sounds familiar...are u a friend of a certain Miss Su from Adelaide as well?

This post has been edited by pyroboy1911: Nov 12 2010, 10:46 PM

U missed the biggest thing: what is your friends or friends-to-be using? put it in context, If all your friends use Digi, will you use Celcom even though it has cheaper rates, ie. Maxis to Maxis?

Generally international students go for 3, and i still cant out a perfectly strong reason for that, but its like a domino effect. Everyone's using it, so you follow suit..then when someone new comes and ask you about it, you also tell them to go for 3 coz everyone else is using it and it goes on and on.

as for the 150MB data, thats for phone internet usage. That usage wont count into the $150 cap credit. if you exceed the 150MB, excess usage will be charged on top of your $29/month (eg. if you use 10MB above limit, then based on the $0.50/MB rate you will pay $29 + $5 = $34 for that month). Also you need to be within 3 range for the free 150MB data usage, usage outside the area (when it's under ROAMING) will incur charges as well.

exactly. Though im sure 3 have its own advantages, probably better deals in terms of phone? but im not sure bout that coz all i care is iphone but yes almost all international students use 3, be it Malaysian, Singaporean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean etc. On the other hand, most locals go for Optus.

But in terms of coverage, terrible, or at least getting worse over the past 2 years from what i noticed. in my uni, right in the heart of the city, my phone goes into ROAMING mode whenever i am in that few lecture halls.

whoa damn popular huh that girl

yope. what u studying?

Damn you Kien, Brendan here! I dont know you visit LYN Congrats on ur graduation

Zeke, UniSA City East gym is not the best around, but for the price and ease of access (just go after class), that is my choice. The rate is AUD6 per use, AUD55 for 10 times, AUD85 for 3 months and theres another one for 6 months but i dont know whats the price. every basic weights/machines are there so if u arent fussy, its good enough.

For Bank, BankSA is pretty much the choice. I dont think there is a minimum amount, all you need is your passpord and student card. They will open a student account for you, free of charge for whatever usage for students. The ATM card acts as a debit card, so can use that for online shopping.

and your friend Ms Su worked at K-Noodle. Go ask her

Will do, good luck!

@Zeke
if u are worried about money then i think UniSA's the cheapest around Maybe stick to UniSA first and after a few months if u think its not up to par, or u arent that shocked about the 3X conversion rate anymore, then u can look for other alternatives.

The tram station is in the middle of the road, the casino is on the other side of the road. Down below the casino is the TRAIN station.

This post has been edited by pyroboy1911: Jan 12 2011, 03:02 PM

i usually go for AUD85 for 3 months. 3 months is just nice fit into 1 Study Period (not sure how it is for SAIBT). that will be around AUD7 per week for 12 weeks. U can go check it out and see if it has the stuff that u need or not, but everything basic is there i believe.

I've been with UniSA gym for the past 2 years, simply because it is on campus and so much easy to access after class. Like i said u can go and visit these 2 and check them out yourselves then make your decision

to be honest u can just walk in and scout urself, security isnt tight at all. In fact if u dress up, and act natural i think they wouldnt even ask u to scan ur membership card and its small enough for u to see around from the entrance itself.

Ironically, the first rule of this thread on page 1 would be 100% appropriate for the Malaysian couple

Yes, there are a lot of people that tends to just keep to their own small community and try to keep interaction with local Aussies to a minimum. It is one thing to have preferences to your own culture, we are all more comfortable with our own kind anyway, and i believe i am saying this both ways too (locals would prefer hanging out with locals). But to refuse to even know or experience other's culture especially when u are abroad, is just Living in their own bubble is the exact term. Though in their defense, the jump from kampung life to an Australian City is just too big of a culture shock as compared to us who are exposed to western cultures from TVs and restaurants in the big cities/towns. Those kampung people from China are really really kept out from the outside world.

We go to other's country with the so-called "gaining experience outside" motives in our heads. But it beats the purpose if you still insist on having the lifestyle of your kampung back in Malaysia. One of the reason why i rarely bring in food when i enter OZ. 1 is because of the hassle of declaring, 2nd is because i simply can eat whatever i find here. I only visit asian groceries for 5 minutes every Sunday to check if the Kari Maggi is in stock or not coz i love that flavour . Other than that most of my groceries are bought from Woolworths or Coles. I certainly dont crave whatever herbal tea that i need to bring in 10 packs of them with only mandarin labels on the packaging. flat white is fine for me

As for the border patrol, they are fined for not declaring, thats all. Not for bringing too much food, not for bringing in prohibited materials, and certainly not for trying to defend their rights to eat pork "i forgot it was inside" and "i am ignorant" is 2 of the lamest excuse i have ever heard. Might as well say "I dont know what the hell is 'FOOD'". The fact that the 2nd couple bring all food and none clothing says it all. Shame on their son/daughter who requested for these things, coz i just cant see any other reason for 2 elderly couple to bring such big and variety amount of food into the country.

But oh well. One of those weird and odd cases in this world filled with people of all kinds and sort

Coles open on weekdays from 12am to 9pm, closes 3 hours for restocking/cleaning etc. This is true for weekdays only, weekends have a 9-5 schedule.

@Zeke, take the tram and head south. If u are taking the tram from Railway Station, it should be the 3rd stop. From Rundle Mall, 2nd stop. Will stop at Victoria Square. right in front of Hilton Hotel. Coles is just behind Hilton.

PS: walking isnt that far la 10 minutes at most.

This post has been edited by pyroboy1911: Feb 16 2011, 08:34 PM

$300 i buy from u

whats the specs, out of curiosity?

haha yea i know, im not even half serious hehe...like u said when u have iphone 4, ipad is just an accessory..thus will need extreme good deal for me to get it.

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Added on March 3, 2011, 9:54 ambtw dude....ipad2 just announced, and as a result the 16GB ipad Wi-Fi now only cost AUD449 in the store...theres no way anyone gonna buy for $500 for yours. real unlucky there

This post has been edited by pyroboy1911: Mar 3 2011, 09:54 AM

i guess it depends on which uni or which course u are with. for my case UniSA B. Pharm, u just have to state the calculator model and make in the exam papers, even though there said only non-programmable calculators are allowed. I have been using my 570ms forever

well it makes sense for my course because the max usage of calculators are + - X and /, thats all. even if u have the most sophisticated calculator also wont be any more useful than the pasar malam calculator

as an international student i think as long as you have TFN you dont have to worry about tax at all...

u seem to be enjoying yourself in the past day or so