Now start seeing more European come to work in Malaysia, economy must real bad over there.

haha, my visa group is a pretty "famous" one - 475
not to be confused with 457 which is employer sponsored
475 - is a independent provisional skilled visa
meaning that they give u a visa because u have they skilled required by certain states, which are categorised as "regional". visa lasts for 3 yrs, during which no financial assistance (something like american's social securities, this is known as centrelink), for the whole period.

why i came back? - i simply ran out of money.
but it was a great experience, i really enjoy living there. ppl are very warm, fresh food are great. at least i wasn't eating cheap china carrots and cabbages.

why didn't i fight to stay on? - unlike many who went, getting an australian citizenship was never in my agenda.

why did i went in the first place? - i was a burnt out professional going thru a quarter life crisis. migrating to australia for 18mths was like a gap year i never had. i gave me time to think about what i want in life, instead of going-with-the-flow like everyone else i.e. graduate, get a job, get a car, get a house, get married, have kids, have more kids, retire, look after grand kids and then wait for God to come collect me hahaha

but now i'm back i realised what passion i have in life and i may soon embark on a new and different career path.

being among the australians had also taught me that age is no barrier many things, like starting a new career or dating at 60yo! my neighbour was a 70yo-ish widow with a 70 bf who visits her everyday, and they look soooooo cute! once i even saw an old man with a tongkat, holding a small bunch of flower and a bag (literally d classic brown bag) of chocolates, and was walking towards the beach it was just sweet. i'm going to live life the best i can and never wait around, wasting my life away....

how about u?

Of cuz if I am an Afgan refugee, I would see Oz as a better viable option.

Yes I know there's a lot of complain about Malaysia. But Malaysia is not half as bad compared to Australia.

I think migrating to Australia is good when:
1) You just graduated from an Ozzie Uni
2) You are in your early 20s and just starting to work
3) You want to do business there like construct properties

I think migrating to Australia is not good when:
1) You are already in senior position, why? Because the ozzy employer give you junior job
2) You are in your early 30s, no point to go there to work as junior with people younger than you. Property not cheap, you gotta start all over again
3) You got no Ozzy degree. Why? Ozzy employers don't trust other universities not even UK unless you are an Ivy league graduate or graduated from Oxford. I ask you if you are employer would you think the graduate is good or not, if he came from University of Lagos? Bottom line is, Australia prefers Australian graduates. That is the universal truth.

The advantage of working in Australia is that you can get any low position, yet manage to earn a good pay. Correct me if I am wrong, i get the impression that doctors, accountants, lawyers, ITs, engineers all get the same pay over there.

Your friend whose parents are PR, may have already lost his PR because 1) he is above 18 2) he has past his 5 year limit. Unless his parents are citizens. In order to be citizens, his parents has to drop the msian citizenship or hush hush keep dwi-citizenship without informing either governments.

Maybe thats why he didn't go back to Oz.

A$ 60-80k is gross pay. Once you take out the taxes 20-30%, super annuation and medicare or private insurance, you will find yr take home pay is only a$36-48k p.a or a$3~4k p.m. after paying off yr housing mortgage (you cannot use yr super to pay for), car mortgage, gas, parking, etc, you will not be left with much. No way you can go out to eat every weekend, no overseas holidays, no fancy branded stuff,etc. you cannot afford it.

Ya and some people deem that as a better life. And i'm like are you sure? This esp goes to those who are mid level or senior mgr in malaysia earning a comfortable >rm10k and threw it all away to go to aus to start over again.

What does he expect when he buying $600?

Even RM10k car in Malaysia will create the same trouble as well.

Seriously, earning in Australia basically is the same in Malaysia. RM to RM and dollar to dollar. The thing I like to earn in Australia because of the strong currency. Just give me $10k(might enough for 2 person) and I can happily take 1 month leave and head to US for holiday.

True true. To be honest, I hate the dominance of SAP. Because of this stupid software, a lot of people got to learn how to use it, and its application is rubbish, it complicates a lot of things. A lot of IT people just don't understand how to apply this rubbish software.

However, since its already out there, you can't beat them, join them.

I don't want to go there to work as a cleaner, if it is so, I mind as well be in Malaysia. So I was thnking of taking up a new vocation. Since they don't consider my msian work experience, I mind as well start my career from base 1. What better way to start than to take up SAP courses. I don't think Master degrees help that much, they are too expensive anyway and too long to take up.