That's why nowadays kids always said their Lao Pek Oo Lui (Daddy got money!)
But my Lao Pek no money...what to do

Hey Bro, your mom taught you well....haha

My uncle is a geologist for Qatar Petroleum earning huge income but he never give his son easy money. No Iphone but 3310 nokia.
He gave his son's project is tanam betik in hometown. He knew his wealth will disappear if giving money easy. So if his son request something, 50% by lao pek, the rest have to work.

guess what, sales is on now for nespresso at BigW for $49. I'm thinking of getting 1 for myself

idk about aussie but I have a friend there. I always chat with him and I wanted to try work at aussie, but Luke said don't. He says it's hard to work there unless you want to work to the bones there. He also says there is some kind of "Entertainment Tax" like you will have to pay tax over appliance like computer, camera and etc. , but idk i can't verify this one, but since he's an aussie I'll just buy whatever he says.

wow, really? a tax on electronic stuff?

Yes, that is what Luke said to me lol, tho I can't really confirm it, but I'll just buy whatever he says XD

Never heard about entertainment tax for electronic stuff. Maybe it is GST bro.

lol i think what he means is the so called " australia tax" generally all items like digital music , google play , apple store, Tech Gadgets etc the prices are slightly higher in australia excluding GST.

If you compare item for item take for example a macbook between malaysia and australia excluding gst its much higher in australia, not sure why. generally all imported products are higher in australia

i could be wrong but this is my observation

currency. since the currency already dropped to 2.8 now, the price more or less the same now. my friend bought iphone 6 from australia last month with gst claimed and just slightly cheaper than malaysia. however, you can easily buy an iphone over there if you earning AUD

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i'd like to ask a general question here. How many of you got jobs from online websites like Seek? How bout those from recommendations?

Any other ways of job seeking? Any groups to join? Networks?

just the tip of the iceberg..

http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/work/b...i-1227193308368

WHV please be aware.

Well, it's been discussed in channel 9 b4. Comparing all western country, oz is paying higher price even you buy from ebay. They tracked ur IPP add to identify your location.
It's not a heaven here but still affordable. If not, ask someone buy for ye

Anyone here going up to Barrow Island on werk?

what kind of work being offered?

Tons. E&I, SMP, NDT, Scheduling, Contracts and so on with the KJV and CKJV. But roster like shit lah, 4:1.

E&I? SMP? NDT? KJV? CKJV? erm, I'm in electronics engineering, and I never seen any of these..

Can explain how 4:1 roster works?
4 weeks work 1 week off?

If you're an EnE you should know these lol. Here's a terminology of regularly used terms in Australian engineering we use to weed out people who have experience in industry;

E&I = Electrical and Instrumentation
KORDIA = Microwave Backbone
HA = Hazardous Areas
EEHA = Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Areas
SMP = Structural, Mechanical and Piping
NTD = Non Destructive Testing
OSBL = Outside Boundary Layer
NACAP = Pig launcher electronics line
SCMM = Single Core Multi Mode

Generally if it has a JV behind it means Joint Venture.

Yup.

I have seen E&I, SCMM. HA is referred to differently in Malaysia. Gonna try to remember all these tho.

NACAP and KORDIA I've really not seen before.

Hey guys, anyone else moving to Australia?
I was just granted my 189 subclass

I'm moving over to Queensland, going job hunting over there (am in the construction industry)
was wondering if I would be able to get into a civil & structural consultant firm as I was previously working on construction sites.