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limeuu
post Sep 22 2010, 10:39 PM

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QUOTE(mayomagic @ Sep 22 2010, 10:26 PM)
I currently studying diploma in IT. Thinking to further my study abroad. Which university in UK that have the program in degree ?
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practically every major uni.....


Added on September 22, 2010, 10:40 pmso anyone got stopped at immigration and demanded to produce a chest xray?........

This post has been edited by limeuu: Sep 22 2010, 10:40 PM
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post Sep 23 2010, 06:40 PM

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the way the british border agency handles student visa sucks.....

in this day and age, what's so difficult with informing the applicant electronically about the result of his application?......


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post Sep 23 2010, 06:52 PM

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QUOTE(aeiou228 @ Sep 23 2010, 06:45 PM)
Because that's the best method to clear the backlog of all passports in BHC possession.
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the best way is to add in a return courier fee into the application fee, and send them off once they are processed.........what is another rm30 after demanding rm1000+........
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post Sep 24 2010, 07:10 AM

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QUOTE(alvinz @ Sep 24 2010, 04:57 AM)
like jammies had mentioned, vfs is an agency thus they r not allowed to open ur documents. when u collect ur visa, it will be passed to u in a sealed envelope. It is a strict law by the BHC, as ur documents r all p&c.

i did not say vfs to inform......i said british border agency......

why are you always missing the point?....
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post Sep 24 2010, 08:46 AM

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security guards???!.....wow....

visas are processed by british border agency (previously british border and immigration agency, ukvisas, and hm revenue and customs), through the respective british high commissions(commonwealth countries) and embassies(others)........

ie, you may have sent your application through vfs, to the bhc, but it is processed by bba and they are the ones who make the decision....

so what's so difficult with bba in the msian bhc to send an email to applicants about their visa decision?........and what's so difficult for vfs to courier ALL passports back to applicants......
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post Sep 24 2010, 05:50 PM

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QUOTE(Balaclava @ Sep 24 2010, 09:33 AM)
Haha, why the both of you kept nitpicking on each other? tongue.gif

On the side note, I'm flying tomorrow morning 2AM. Any fellow LYN?
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2am?!.....

emirates..... hmm.gif
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post Sep 25 2010, 08:10 AM

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there is a very good reason why the majority of msian students in uk will return to msia after they graduate.....

and want to stay on, if they were in oz.......
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post Sep 25 2010, 11:49 AM

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emirates is full service airline.....free food......free movies.....more leg room.....chance to fly a380......and lands at lhr instead of small stansted.....

to some people, it's worth paying the extra for that......
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post Sep 25 2010, 04:25 PM

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QUOTE(fullstop @ Sep 25 2010, 01:31 PM)
how much do you have to bring to the UK when you arrive? I might bring 2k bank draft (to open account) and some cash (800) first. Do i have to bring all 5400 to the UK? I'll bring my bank statement to prove that i have sufficient fund to stay in the UK if they ask me to show them. My mum will send $$ to me times to times. Is that okay? Please advice.  Thanks.
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the gbp is at a near historical low at the moment (at least since 1997), so it might be advisable to change all the money you need now.....if you have the money.........
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post Sep 25 2010, 05:55 PM

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QUOTE(fullstop @ Sep 25 2010, 04:30 PM)
my mum doesnt want me to bring all the money to the UK as she thinks i will overspend, which i might hah. Its a way to limit myself. Just to ask is it okay when i bring along my recent bank statement states that i have sufficient fund to stay in the UK when in hand i have 2k pound bank draft and 800 in cash when passing through immigration. Thanks.
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they will not ask you for proof of finances at airport immigration.......the student visa, once approved, means they have verified you have the money........

one way is for your parents to convert into gbp now, and deposit the money in a foreign currency (ie gbp) account......most banks have such accounts nowadays.....when they want to transfer some money over, withdraw and convert into a gbp draft and send over.....

alternatively, they can open an account in uk, and use internet banking to transfer money to you, but they will need to be physically be in uk to do that........
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post Sep 25 2010, 06:40 PM

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as you can see from the graph, 97 was when the asian financial crisis caused most asian currencies to devalue.........ie it was not the pound strengthening, but the ringgit weakening......

current myr appreciation is not myr strengthening per se, but the 'old' currencies like gbp, usd, euro weakening.........

therefore, short of the economies of us and europe crashing, it is unlikely to see the rate at below 4........at best, with britain in great deficit, it may weaken a bit more.....i certainly would buy in if it ever reaches something like 4.5...........

remember, msian economy is not in great shape either.....all we need is another mega-billion scandal like bnm's 93 forex loss, or the 3 bailouts bank bumiputra had to spook foreign investors........and once they start taking their money out, expect the myr to weaken quickly.........
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post Sep 25 2010, 06:55 PM

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as for stock prices, technical analysis is not accurate for exchange rates.......
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post Sep 26 2010, 01:05 PM

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QUOTE(Optiplex330 @ Sep 25 2010, 11:32 PM)
Based purely on Technical Analysis, it says GBP is not likely to surpass +/- RM7. And if you care to look at that TA chart, it has be exceedingly accurate because once it reaches that RM7 region in 1998, 2004 and 2007, it falls back. You could not get more accurate than that.

Now bearing in mind that chart is a highly compressed chart so you can't see the detail. But if you search for details elsewhere, it says there is a strong support at 5.00 +/- in 2002. So it is of no surprise GBP has dropped from RM7 and hover around RM5 for quite sometime in 2009/2010. TA theory says that once it reaches the RM5 support line, there is likely to be a rebound and that is exactly what happened when it bounds from RM5 to RM5.80 earlier this year.

But now that RM5 trendline has been broken, that same RM5 trendline is now the new resistance. That is why you have been seeing it hovering just below RM5 for the past week or months and having a hard time to break above it. So yet again, TA is pretty accurate, wouldn't you say?

But then again, my TA skill are pretty limited but even then, I can see some of the major prediction of TA coming true.
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you don't need ta for that.....a currency cannot appreciate too high, not will it slump too low (unless you are a basket case like zimbabwe), and the natural forces of cost and trading come in.....i can tell you the gbp will not go far beyond 7, nor will it go below 4.........barring the collapse of either the msian or british economy.....

the question is where the direction of the currency will go at any time, and that is impossible to predict with any accuracy.......i can say it will be between 4 and 7, but that is not helpful in real life decision making.....
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post Sep 26 2010, 02:23 PM

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QUOTE(Optiplex330 @ Sep 26 2010, 02:07 PM)
My prediction is the chances of GPB going lower than present 4.80 is higher than it going up (because TA chart seem to tell us the 5 is a strong resistance). Therefore, only buy what you need now and not too stockpile, the reverse of your prediction. That was my main point.
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interestingly, that is also the view of some currency traders.....they are bearish on the pound till year end....time will tell.....
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post Oct 1 2010, 03:01 PM

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for the good of your friends, don't you all think you should encourage them to stop smoking, instead of buying cheap cigarettes for them?....
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post Oct 1 2010, 09:19 PM

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QUOTE(Balaclava @ Oct 1 2010, 07:36 PM)
I don't earn anything. It's more like a favour. I believe they are old enough to think for themselves but if they need something and I can get it, why wouldn't I? biggrin.gif

with the same logic, if your friend wants to commit suicide, you would help him do it, because he is old enough to think for himself?.........

or he wants you to bring in heroin for his addiction, you would do it?.........
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post Oct 2 2010, 08:59 AM

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QUOTE(ccm123 @ Oct 2 2010, 04:45 AM)


Smoking is not illegal, a heroin is.
it is an accident of history that smoking is 'legal'......knowing what we know now, and if tobacco is a new product, it will have been banned.........however, it is an old product....

it is no accident many countries and local authorities have enacted smoking bans in increasing areas......including uk.....eg smoke free pubs.....

of course one cannot stop people from smoking in allowed areas.....

but does one have to encourage them by buying them cheap cigarettes?......

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post Oct 3 2010, 10:08 PM

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QUOTE(alvinz @ Oct 3 2010, 02:26 AM)
regardless of watever reasons, validation or watever ... is this about studying in the UK? ... please, go to Health subforum and discuss there ... else i will hitting the report button ... thanks  icon_rolleyes.gif

why don't you do that.....

we are talking students abusing their uk student visas by smuggling in more than the allowed duty free cigarettes, wrong from both the legal and moral points of view......

it's abuses like this, including msians 'jumping plane' that may result in increased difficulty for other law abiding msians, both in getting student visas, as well as the possible withdrawal of visa-on-arrival for msian tourists......
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post Oct 4 2010, 12:26 PM

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QUOTE(simple.ology @ Oct 4 2010, 11:40 AM)
well... ciggy price just increase to RM 10 per pack in Malaysia...!!
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careful now......someone will report you for being out of topic.... biggrin.gif

dutyfree cigarettes are still very cheap....price increase is just additional taxes......
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post Oct 5 2010, 08:19 AM

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QUOTE(Balaclava @ Oct 5 2010, 04:21 AM)

Everyone(unless you fail a subject) gets a Hon title in your degree when you graduate. It doesn't matter where the Hon originates from because at the end of the day; it's just a Hon unless you get 1st class or 2-1, this does not matter.
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that is not true......

the uk honours is a measure of quality of your undergraduate results....no additional work is made.....

the oz masters is a measure both of quality of your undergraduate studies, as well as longer time of study.....ie, for 4 years courses, you can get a honours like in uk, but for 3 year courses, you are invited (ie you cannot ask unless you are invited) to spend an extra honours year.....and this extra year can count towards you masters in future......

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