Haha...yeah, better let witchx to bring you to watch some very very 'GOOD' show
Anyone who never been to King's Cross, means you never been to Sydney!

Oh yeah, you're pushing him to Aboriginal nest there. Why don't you sitting around there for a day and get some blow from your butt?

In less than 6 months! That's fast. If you don't mind me asking, how much roughly did it cost you to get the visa? I'm going to apply but for a fresh grad i think it's more difficult not only in terms of experience but also financially it might take me a while.

What does that mean?

I get mine in 6 mths. As long your application doesn't have complication, should be fast.
My friend got his in 3 months. He's the fastest i ever heard. Now he's working with me now

I am a software developer and tech lead, but I don't mind trying something new especially technical sales line.

Well, nothing good in life comes easy so you better start learning to cope with things that you deem difficult To me, it needs alot of research and reading going through all the Immi website but it is not difficult at all, I have faced bigger problem in my life

My advice to you is, read the website and relevant forums. Ask questions and be truthful in your application. You know from the start if you will get the Visa granted or not base on the points.

All in all, it took less than 15k I guess.
-13k for the application
-1k for the IELTS (I failed the first time
-1k for various certification (work experience via ACS, certs translation and etc)
-few hundred for medical test.

Please guide me, yoda.

Haha, but I do not see the point to go in group. Got group discount meh The less who knows, the better

It is not safe there if you are alone. Get one punch and you can be dead. Software developer will be really really hard. Not my field, but good luck.

why would anyone punch me? unless I refuse to pay after patronizing LOL.

Well, lets hope I get lucky on the job hunt

Cause you walked on the street alone.

Man, I googled "king-hit" and found a few news about random assult in King's Cross. So scary, I better call for take away LOL

haha GJB, some of the lebanese's (no i am not racist!) normal hit will feel like a king hit... i actually do not fancy King's Cross... Only been there twice to be honest. Once for Mardi Gras therefore there are heaps of people around and the other time was unable to sleep about 2am, my housemate and myself decided to walk out and decided to walk around king's cross.. Unfortunately have not entered to any of those strip clubs coz while we were walking we can see the skanky ladies but looks are really bad....

and it's true, there's no need for a reason for anyone to hit you. just wrong place and wrong time. if you are alone there, most of the time is the wrong time (after dark) though i may be exaggerating. as i mention i haven't been there all too often.

Talking about jobs, it may take some time to actually land one therefore i would also suggest you can get some casual work while still applying for a full time job eg working in restaurants, cleaners etc if willing or else take RSA license then have opportunity to work in pubs / clubs. Of course just suggestions

1st house in Oz right? Do the houses we bought in Msia counted?

No. A few schemes you can actually benefited from here:-
1) FHOG (First home owner grant) applies to WA now which entitled for $10,000 for new home or $3000 for established home (2nd hand).
2) Some cash handout of $2000 for assisting of some documentation fees will be paid by gov to help 1st home owner.
3) No stamp duty required for house value below 500k, only pay 370 for administration fees

Above are meant for 1st house in WA. If you have properties in Malaysia, it's not affected. There's a limit of getting the FHOG where the property mustnot exceed value of 500k if i'm not mistaken.

There's few options to get loan from local if you can't get higher loan from local bank. Can look into keystart loan:-
1) Keystart loan
- proof u hv 5k savings in bank account and get 20-30% downpayment to pay off the housing price and loan at 70-80%
- not sure about the interest. Heard that is reasonable
- property value not exceeding 450k
- owner must not rent out the house, must stay in, but no limit to rent out the room....loop holes?

2) Shared home loan
- no savings proof in bank account required
- not sure about interest
- property value 450k below
- 20-30% downpayment given. (like limpeh giving money to buy house
- owner must stay in the house, no limit to rent the room out
- 1 condition, the name of the house got 2 names. 1 is u & the other is the department of housing (DOH)
- when u sell the house in future, 30% profit will go to DOH while the rest is yours. Sounds good?

looks like MY's red light scene is more happening than Sydney or maybe you just dont' know where to look. Haha but it is not important, not like that is the reason I am going there. Honestly I prefer to just chill at pub, talk cock and go home early to sleep. If I have needs then I will rather go massage parlor than strip club too. That is just me.

Yea, that is what my sis was doing when she graduated, selling sandwich at bus stop for 6 months before she found her first real job. Base on this, I roughly know what to expect so I am physiologically and financially prepared. LOL

actually i just don't know where to look

But if you wanna go for pubs, there's quite a cheap one in the city called Charlie Chan's which is in Chinatown.... then after you can stroll about 5 minutes down to Harris Street, near UTS Haymarket campus along where there's a Korean happy ending massage place (blue building with heaps of security cameras around it) few doors down to quite a popular Malaysian restaurant called Kopitiam. Price based on what I was told is about AUD150, but that was some years back and may have increased.

Seems like I am going slightly offtopic from the title of the thread...

it is still about work life balance in Australia, you work and you need to release stress LOL so it is not off topic. Haha.

I am sure you do not know where to look, I will find out and update you when I am there Just joking.

Anyone here trying for the latest round of QGC/Origin/Santos/CSG contrator jobs?

Industry is gearing up for a second go. Plus it is always nice to have a replacement for my scope in case I move as it keeps everyone on speaking terms. It's a small world here, best to be nice.

Plus it's always good to get to know people who might join the industry.

Juz meet up another MARA agent...

Hope can sort all thing up for the migration plan...