Reporting from klia now. Business and first class boarding now. Oh man, preparing for a very long journey.
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Sep 23 2010, 05:44 AM
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QUOTE(Jammies @ Sep 22 2010, 10:38 AM) Ooh swank. how i wish i am boarding on first class, full flat bed FTW!!! ... its 1030 here ... damn i am bored .. its so quiet ... Does that mean you're boarding Business/First Class too? heh.   QUOTE(Balaclava @ Sep 22 2010, 11:16 AM) Fun to see so many people flying before me. My ticket is on the 25th. I hope no one's on the plane and there's no queue at the custom check-point. XD went to the 1st time student lane, wat seh, ask so many questions .. got a few ppl kena detain and documents took away to verify i thinkQUOTE(abcdegf @ Sep 22 2010, 07:28 PM) TOUCHDOWN! same same .. i touchdown on heathrow at 4.30 ... @#$@#$@#4, dont have free wifi at term3 ... @#$@#$@# QUOTE(limeuu @ Sep 22 2010, 10:39 PM) practically every major uni..... nope, coz the immigration checking was soooo busy opening other ppls' bag and not free to even look at me .. i so just slowly walked my way off!! .. lolAdded 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 alvinz: Sep 23 2010, 05:46 AM |
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Sep 24 2010, 04:57 AM
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QUOTE(limeuu @ Sep 23 2010, 06:52 PM) 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+........ 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.Added on September 24, 2010, 5:38 ambtw, anyone using freewire? ... any idea on wat is it? and how to use? ... This post has been edited by alvinz: Sep 24 2010, 05:38 AM |
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Sep 24 2010, 08:30 AM
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QUOTE(limeuu @ Sep 24 2010, 07:10 AM) i did not say vfs to inform......i said british border agency...... which border agency do u mean at first? ... the ones at the airport which checks and chop ur passport? immigration control? the ones working in BHC malaysia? those security guards standing by the side looking at ur face and the luggages u r rolling along? ... man, ur british border agency are so wide, how do u expect ppl to get wat u wanna say? by read through all ur post and those who answered, i am very sure its not just me who so called missed the point, since its not only me, y not u rephrase ur question/words/answers/etc to be a more understandable sentence? before saying that i or the others missed the point ... why are you always missing the point?....  This post has been edited by alvinz: Sep 24 2010, 08:30 AM |
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Sep 25 2010, 07:53 AM
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QUOTE(limeuu @ Sep 24 2010, 08:46 AM) security guards???!.....wow.... lol ... u missed my point though .. nah, its ok ... 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...... my god, the weather here at my place is bad .. been drizzling the whole day and the temp is below 10C .. LOL .. i am surviving with only my leather coat and on breads for now due to lack of utensils .. QUOTE(fullstop @ Sep 24 2010, 03:54 PM) i just got my visa congratz! )))))))QUOTE(chelsh @ Sep 24 2010, 04:35 PM) hi guys goood ... see u around in england visa couriered out ady! ^^QUOTE(abcdegf @ Sep 25 2010, 01:00 AM) will be checking in tomorrow. the weather here is really taking a toll on me. weather here at guildford has gone mad .. heard it was good on monday toill wednesday ... and since yesterday its been raining almost the whole day, today was the worst and hope 2morrow will be better ... at least no rain!! i might be heading to london for some sight seeing ... btw, be prepared to meet alot of chinese from china and indians .. haha Mr Marshall of international student office mention that englishman already complain, and its sooo true that everyone that works in campus kept complaining about the bad weather .. LOL  |
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Sep 26 2010, 08:11 AM
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QUOTE(limeuu @ Sep 25 2010, 11:49 AM) emirates is full service airline.....free food......free movies.....more leg room.....chance to fly a380......and lands at lhr instead of small stansted..... yeap and one of the few flights that lands on Gatwick airport too ... if i am not wrong, if u get a together with a return ticket, u can have 40kg allowance!!to some people, it's worth paying the extra for that...... price range is around RM2.6k to RM2.8k 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. 800 is good, but watch it and record on wat u spend .. i think i have just over spend abit today in London .. hahawell, u seems to have a good idea above. tell ur parents to open an international bank account in any local bank, buy GBP now then send to u later ... as limeuu mentioned, GBP now is worth buying and also able to be ur backup just in case of any emergencies ... 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. hmm, check if ur uni have a bank inside campus ... my uni got NatWest inside campus ground, and all i need to bring is my passport and my accommodation letter to open an account ... which is convenient but gotta wait around 2 weeks to get my debit since it will be posted .. QUOTE(MisterCrono @ Sep 25 2010, 06:56 PM) Gosh, under 10c .. which uni you're in ? Judging by your temperature, youre somewhere north of england? Birmingham or Newcastle? nope, i am in Guildford, Surrey ... University of Surrey ... been raining badly yesterday so the temp is bad ... Buy some utensils, and cook among your own gang.  btw today's weather is good (i mean saturday), went london and it was a great trip! ... love the silver muscle man in covent garden, damn funny looking at him posing and pity him wearing only his pants ... btw guys, should we add in a section of who is around england? ... wont be posting which university due to privacy things ... hope to have some comment on this ..tq |
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Sep 26 2010, 04:34 PM
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QUOTE(Balaclava @ Sep 26 2010, 09:33 AM) I got stucked in KLIA for 23 hours yesterday lol. It was badass. Luckily they gave us free hotel rooms...in Seremban; which includes free breakfast, lunch and dinner. wow, u got business class tickets due to the delay? .. thats badass! ... so where r u now? .. still in dubai?Thank god I'm holding business class ticket from Dubai to Manchester. My flight from KL to Dubai consists of mainly northern England university students and their whole family: reads Newcastle and some random universities which I have not heard of. Bought few cartons of ciggy just now and the cashier told me about UK limit(as if I don't know about it). I literally told her to f*** 'em and cash it all out. /win Anyone here in Dubai? |
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Oct 2 2010, 02:06 AM
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very random here at my place ... yesterday was very good and today rained almost the whole day & heard loads of girls screaming when their umbrella flipped over.. forecast shows another rainy day tomorrow ...
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Oct 2 2010, 07:23 AM
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QUOTE(cherriedpie @ Oct 2 2010, 07:03 AM) London. =) almost the same as mine place since its only 45mins away ... the same bloody bad weather.. LOL ... i am complaining like an englishman now .. haha |
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Oct 3 2010, 02:26 AM
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QUOTE(limeuu @ Oct 2 2010, 08:59 AM) 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?...... QUOTE(RENEGADEZERG @ Oct 2 2010, 06:05 PM) I think it is your logic that is not valid. First of all, what does smoking being legal or illegal have anything to do with this? We should discourage our friends against doing anything that is 'bad', it doesn't matter whether it's legal or not. You think only things that are illegal are 'bad'? And this is not about whether you help your friend smuggle something that is against the law and then you get prosecuted or not, it is about whether are you doing the 'right thing'. 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 And I fail to understand your last paragraph - what is your point? I think enough research has been done in the past to prove that smoking is bad for one's health, you mean you actually have to die before lets say the age of X before something is considered to be bad for one's health? On topic: Whos enjoying UK weather? lolol  On topic: lol, nope i am not enjoying ... if its only cold i dont mind, but with the showers of rain ... its @#$@#$@# ... QUOTE(h4343 @ Oct 2 2010, 11:45 PM) hi there! any natwest users? did any of you apply for advantage blue international? yeap, natwest user here since there is a branch in my campus ... dont think i will be getting it, coz i dont feel worth it ... by looking at the form, its benefit is: 1. Mobile Phone Insurance 2.25% cashback on top gigs/shows (note its cashback not discounts) 3. 16-25 railcard (can easily apply for £26/year) 4. ISIC (already got mine in m'sia) 5. Orange telco sim (already got O2 FOC during uni registration) 6. Number vaults (omg, this is stupid .. u can just save it up to google or ur laptop, unless u r doing top class secret mission or something which still doesnt make much sense) 7. Gadget cover the other benefits does fit to be benefits at all ... so other than no.1 and 7 .. others seems like |
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Oct 4 2010, 05:56 AM
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QUOTE(cherriedpie @ Oct 3 2010, 05:20 PM) does anyone of you use monthly contract phone here? which retail agent is more reliable - carphone warehouse or phones4u? planning to change to sim only 12mth contract once i get my debit card ... i heard both retailer r good, best to check out both for different offers ... addon: my friend just got a htc desire from phones4u at a good deal, everything looks good ... QUOTE(limeuu @ Oct 3 2010, 10:08 PM) why don't you do that..... lol ... u like to be challenged right? ... do u understand the meaning of off topic? .. or u r so great till u forgotten wat is means? ... there is a health and fitness subforum here in LYN and u can clearly and openly state ur ideas/reason/smuggling crap there, u think the admins of LYN setup that subforum for fun? ...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...... read through u post again plz .. each of ur post emphasized more on smoking, health or watever crap rather than other student smuggling stuff they r doing ... i have saved all ur posted just in case someone wanna edit it to for further arguement ... british men always get drunk by consuming too much alcohol ... y not u go and bash them up telling them its bad for health and a waste of money? instead of speaking logics here, u should know that action wins over words ... case close ... and reported ... This post has been edited by alvinz: Oct 4 2010, 07:50 AM |
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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...!! yea its cheap and has more flavor back in msia ... btw, ignore those unrelated post, its just only one post so no worries ... QUOTE(Canopies @ Oct 4 2010, 03:41 PM) Cheers from UK , guess everybody arriving here safely yeah? Keep it on and move this thread forward, looking forward for a V4~ time to plan for a meetup? .. hehehe Cheers! QUOTE(Balaclava @ Oct 4 2010, 11:42 PM) Sup sup peeps! I got news Nottingham Malaysia Games is on the 6th of November. oh really? .. is waterpolo included? i just went to my uni's sport park for waterpolo, bloody Hungarian guy body so long and muscular 'smashing' everyone in his path .. LOLSad wei, I got 3 modules exam on January, one of them is Internet Crime law research paper. <3 Smooth sailing for me haha QUOTE(cherriedpie @ Oct 5 2010, 07:11 AM) i thought phones4u had best deals until i realized they do not include data plan for smartphones (eg, SGS, HTC Wildfire/Desire/etc, blackberry)! oh, that i am not sure about the details ... i only know she went for the £45/mth plan and kept on calling everyone due to the unlimited mins from vodafone, i think ... |
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Oct 5 2010, 08:23 PM
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how to join how to join? .. hehe
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QUOTE(dealer.merchant @ Oct 8 2010, 11:07 AM) how much is the total cost (Fees & Accomodation) to study in UK per year. In London and out of London? a rough figure? in 2011 as per current date ... just an estimate figure to study post grad, around £13k for tuition fees and £9k for lodging ... inside london is +/- £2k .... anyone here knows about BUCS competition? This post has been edited by alvinz: Oct 9 2010, 12:52 AM |
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QUOTE(1zR4eL @ Oct 12 2010, 12:32 PM) anyone here from birmingham. maybe can meet up Birmingham? heard got nice msian food there le.  .. LolQUOTE(magicalass @ Oct 12 2010, 01:12 PM) any1 tried studying in Kaplan for professional courses? Its ok, I came uk all by myself. Haha. I would suggest u choose ur uni based on wat u wanna study and if the uni 'strong' in that specific field/area.planning to study there but still thinking on which place to go to. London/Birmingham/Manchester/Liverpool/Newcastle ? any recommendations ? newbie here, no close frens in UK :S Added on October 12, 2010, 6:41 pm QUOTE(Balaclava @ Oct 11 2010, 09:49 PM) British University College Sports? You need to run for the first or second or sometimes third team for your university sports. For example: If you get chosen for Football first team, you'll fight a league match against all the universities' football first team. It's like EPL for the universities; followed by second team and third team. Yeap, that's it. My uni's waterpolo team r in the competition. Haha. I am surely gonna get trashed by the whites, 6ft tall here seems average to small. LolThis post has been edited by alvinz: Oct 12 2010, 06:41 PM |
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H&M? .. is it the actual store name or it has a full name?
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Oct 14 2010, 07:20 PM
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anyone feeling bloody cold outside? or its just me? ... coldest day in the past few weeks ... 9C!
QUOTE(1zR4eL @ Oct 14 2010, 03:19 PM) alvinz, errr, one of our forumer here mention there is an awesome m'sian restaurant at Birmingham .. i dont know where is it though, but i sure do know that one asia restaurant in guildford sucks ... haha .. too salty in watever dish they make ... r u serious there is malaysian food here, i still cant find any yes primark more towards cheap price. i bought a few only to wear it in my room.  QUOTE(Balaclava @ Oct 14 2010, 05:23 PM) Need to socialise mar. That's why spend abit more. You should see my Arabian friends.  for the pass 3 weeks, i have been drinking for more than my fingers can count ... and been to the campus club around 3 times ... |
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@mistercrono, thanks for the link ... seriously need to start buying winter clothes.. i only have a jacket and hoodie ...
any suggestions or recommendations on winter clothing? my first winter!! plan to be an idiot and play snowballs when it snows ... Added on October 14, 2010, 7:26 pm QUOTE(Balaclava @ Oct 14 2010, 07:23 PM) There's an awesome Malaysian restaurant in Birmingham, but I don't seem to remember the street name. set a date and have a meetup there ... whoever comes late pays 60% of the bill, since we r students i understand the feel of putting out a large sum of pounds .. wahahahaand Alvin, it's just the beginning haha. This post has been edited by alvinz: Oct 14 2010, 07:26 PM |
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Oct 14 2010, 08:26 PM
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great ... now its the decision of setting the date where everyone is available .. haha
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QUOTE(MisterCrono @ Oct 14 2010, 10:44 PM) It's very cold for these few days. temp here is around the same as yours. Good for u guys who stay at bigger city, can taste malaysian food :/ mine here not really a city .. its more of a town .. haha .. even the indian food here is not so suitable for our taste, it's sweeeet Yeah good to socialize around with ppl, also went for club and the good things are - it's cheaper than malaysiaaaa the restaurant i went, name only malaysia .. but ..... u know all fused up, rendang chicken are totally salty and not even a bit spicy ... some drinks cost more compared to malaysia, but corona here is cheaper ...  QUOTE(N3on @ Oct 15 2010, 01:28 AM) As far as i'm concern, Malaysia Delight is not nice. I prefer taking the chinese restaurant in Arcadian. =) and there is a new chinese buffet opposite Oceana and it cost onli 9.99pounds + drinks is like 13pounds per person. It is recommended to have a try there.. =) great, we got another restaurant to select from .... so those that r more familiar of england gotta pick a good location and lets gather up! ... personally i dont mind, any restaurant is good as long as the food is edible .. NOT salty! heard from a taiwan friend that next saturday in london got taiwan food fair ... not very sure about the details though ... |
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