+ depends on what supermarket u go to. asian supermarkets have lots of malaysian, indonesian, korean and japanese noodles/ramen/ramyeun in all sorts of varieties. asda and tesco do have them as well, but not all brands.

+ yes, football tickets are very expensive.

+ the weather is usually not hot. but at the peak of summer, it's even hotter than malaysia that people die of heatstrokes by the hundreds.

+ yes, foreign students can work part time. there's a maximum of 20hours per week during term. i dont recall such laws bcoz everybody i know around here is working part time.

hi.. i want to ask is it hsbc bank will take your money 20 pound every month if i open my account? if yes, which bank are not? btw, i'm new in bristol..

This post has been edited by ezi23: Sep 22 2007, 10:47 PM

is there a 3 weeks unlimited travelling pass to travel around England and Scotland by train? If yes, please advise how and where can i purchase the travelling pass? thanks.

it depends on type of account you are opening.

for hsbc, the student account incur some fee since last year, but i dont think it is 20quid monthly, but abt 50quids per year.

try natwest or lloyds as well. you have to walk in and see what they offer you. as natwest, some might give you step account where you wont get a cheque book, which is quite essential.

bristol again? so many newcomer to bristol! uwe? uob?

i've never had the need for a cheque book, and i've never stumbled upon a situation that i require one. in what situation(s) would cheque book is essential?

4 years ago, university wont receive credit card (except american express) for tuition fees, that made cheque essential unless you carry cash.

and when you are paying on enrollment day, they wont have direct debit facilities on site.

so as student/uni accommodation, they need you to pay first installment + deposit with cheque dated way earlier before you move in, then only allow direct debit to be set up for following installment.

so as some private accommodation which requires you to write three months advance cheque for the summer month when you are not around + bond.

i paid my first month rent + deposit with cheque for my room now.

paying my society fees and professional fees with cheque yearly. paid my leave to remain application with cheque.

not to forget those payment for clubs/society t-shirt and activities.

those are situation i had encounter, which i guess it is still very essential to me. though most of the thing can be replaced by direct debit.

This post has been edited by youngkies: Sep 23 2007, 05:20 AM

And some feeBay sellers do not accept/use PayPal and refused to give their bank details for direct deposit but they will accept cheques.

yup. payment by cheque was common too when IB had not so common yet.

This post has been edited by youngkies: Sep 23 2007, 06:13 AM

im in northumbria, newcastle.. and im paying 83 /week .. at least its 5 minutes walk to campus >.>

how do u guys withdraw money?? I mean, in England, there's no Maybank, Public Bank, CIMB and etc.... It is impossible to carry lots of cash.. And some may not have credit card.... Got MEPS there??

Hey, another Bristolian! Welcome! Just to let you know that you really need a good pair of legs to walk around the campus/city, it's quite hilly here.

Back to your Qs, are there such banks taking out 20pound from customers' accounts? I haven't heard of that before, even my friends using HSBC didn't complain anything. I'm using NatWest, so far everything is fine except that it's online banking sucks!

I think the bank system just changed recently to charge foreign students account as too many frauds going round.... could be wrong though

Lots of ppl in Bristol.... anyone happens to come to Bath, give me a shout

get a debit card, it not difficult to apply at all compare to credit card.

and you can use debit card in most shops, for most payment and to withdraw money as well.

there are a lot of accounts do have charges. ex. those with premium services etc.

and as what glyde said, because there were quite a few cases of fraud done by manipulating free international student account, regulation has been changed / tighten and some charges may apply.

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Added on September 23, 2007, 8:02 pmi used to stayed in uni flat, 5 mins walk from my department, ensuite for only 210 permonth. way cheaper in cardiff.

This post has been edited by youngkies: Sep 23 2007, 08:02 PM

...........Get a checking account? There is one branch of Maybank in London.........

hi guys, i'm study at city of bristol college, parkway at the new road.rite now, i'm staying at filton avenue. hope to see u guys in bristol...thx for the info.

p/s: my bike get stollen already..:-( i park my bike in my house. someone get into my house. the door was not locked properly.

i'm already at Hull, UK...nice place to live in, very cheap cost of living and flexible studies on doing my postgrad programme.

wow, quite many ppl in Bristol anyone in Notts?

haha...from what i have seen in this forum and ppl around me, the top 3 university that most msian students go are:
1.Bristol
2.Leeds
3.Birmingham
BTW, i am going to Liverpool

corrected, maybe

University of Bristol and UWE are different schools.