hi!

i'm coming to monash in july and i wanna make friends with all future monashians and also with lowyatians.

cheers!!

can anyone please tell me what are the differences between sunway monash residence and sun-u residences? i believe the former one has got microwave and tv, while the latter doesn't have these facilities - am i right?

http://www.monash.edu.my/advancement/stude...-Residence.html

http://www.monash.edu.my/advancement/stude...Residences.html

thanks xoxo77, zstan & ryan18.

so, this cafe ( inside the sunway monash residence ), do they have a monthly / weekly meal plan or something for international students? are they open 24x7? how much i am suppose to shell out for regular meals ( lunch / dinner ) and mini meals ( breakfast / evening snacks )?

some famous intellectual has rightly said - if you are a traveller in a foreign country, you must try to learn the local language, to immerse with the local culture fully.

dear friends, i want to learn the spoken form of the malaysian national language, so that i can make my malaysian experience truly enjoyable and make lots of friends. for an international student it always helps to be educated about the local language and customs.

i did google for a couple of minutes but i am not sure which sites are reliable. if you guys personally know any sites which are good at teaching the spoken form of bahasa malaysia then please pass me the links. thank you very much.

Khabar baik, terima kasih!

i guess the long summer break ( nov - feb ) will be the best time to try the language institute at monash, if there's one.

being born in "land of spices" i am very fond of spicy asian food and kebabs.

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Added on May 15, 2012, 12:23 amhi! i'd really appreciate if someone could clarify the following.

question - 1 :

All New international students are required to endorse their student pass upon arrival in Malaysia. In order to endorse their student pass, the student would have to submit the following within 4 days of arrival in Malaysia.

source :

http://www.monash.edu.my/advancement/pso/a...r-Services.html

obtain your student-id card. You need to bring the following documents for verificationpurposes - 1 ) Completed student ID card request form and 2 ) Passport.

source : page 4 of orientation guide

http://www.monash.edu.my/Student-services/...e_Sem120121.pdf

i really didn't get it. if they are collecting my passport then how i am suppose to bring it for orientation? the orientation guide says bring the passport to orientation for photo-id service.

question - 2 :

For international students, validate your course enrolment form at the Prospective Students Office – International Student Pass (PSO-ISP) section before submitting it to your school’s Course Management Office.

source : page 4 of the same orientation guide

do i need to collect and validate this course enrolment form from the pso-isp before orientation ( as soon as i arrives in malaysia ) and bring this validated form to orientation?

This post has been edited by theterminal: May 15 2012, 12:27 AM

yeah...they've provided me with a satisfying answer. thanks, anyway.

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Added on May 16, 2012, 10:16 pmthe cons will be ( ie studying in sunway ) not able to play with a baby kangaroo!

This post has been edited by theterminal: May 16 2012, 10:16 PM