anyone going to Newcastle University in UK this coming september???

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Added on July 25, 2007, 12:14 amFrom staff of newcastle, he told me newcastle is quite famous in medicine and engineering, maybe you can consider it. or else u just left the ucas applicaton blank wait until you know which uni you want only refill it. According to my experience, Manchester Uni take really damn long time to reply to UCAS till finally i give up waiting.

This post has been edited by yawhong: Jul 25 2007, 12:15 AM

what u study? E & E in inti ? cause my sis also study E&e bradford programe

ya i yesterday go apply visa. I go at 10am and guess what time i finish my VISA? 7PM!!! and the worse is after 5Pm there is no air condition in the room anymore, in the room you cant use hp, cant listen to ipod, cant bring psp. So for my advice, go as early as you can, if you late u will be trap inside the room!! the security won allow you go in and out too frequently!!! And please complete your form. i See so many ppl go with empty hand and starting filling form when their q time reach. Really terrible ppl!!

ah.. going on this 16 september.. by Emirates flight.. quite scare now since only few days to go.. anyway, do you guys thinkin fresher week is important? Is it same as university in Malaysia which bullying occur always? haha

erm newcastle by emirates at well...
mine is 16th flight 2am...

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Added on September 13, 2007, 9:54 pmerm i mean those activity that ask you do silly things, example in UKM there got 1 month orientation week mainly just for those stupid activity. Wake ppl up at 5am and don let junior sleep. And many others.... So in UK university got such silly stuff???

This post has been edited by yawhong: Sep 13 2007, 09:54 PM

i just arrived newcastle in UK. In my case, we whole group ( 4 ppl) which consist 3 students and 1 traveller, they allow us to bring 120kg, mean 30kg each, but we have to give kopi-o for the custom ppl about rm100. So i think is reasonable if you lucky enough.

When i arrive Newcastle, i plan to declared my food and some stationary cause inside got many can food la, chinese herb and so on. But the officer in Newcastle just ask us to go straight to the entrance without checking. So i think if you arrive in small airport, it is more easy for you to enter the Great UK.!!

Now the problem i get is the private accommodation is so far from Newcastle University. I don understand how those student from Malaysia ( my senior ) called it is near. 40 minutes walk to school. i guess i have to get used to it d..

ps: Anyway, travel with Emirates is good la, if you need wait more than 4 hours in Dubai, you can ask for free meal in a shop called don know what name in the airport.

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Added on September 17, 2007, 12:50 pmlike what i say, it really depend your luck. For my experience travel with Emirates, they allow me to bring 1 hang luggage(7kg), 1 handbeg and 1 laptop beg. I know the rule stated is 1 hand luggage per person but in my group, all ppl carried 3 hand luggage. Not only us, i see plenty of students also carried quite a no of beg with them.

This post has been edited by yawhong: Sep 17 2007, 12:50 PM

Simple, book hotel for 1 nite in the city. Than show the Visa officer the hotel detail, than tell him i need to find accomodation there.

but it just work for me and my 3 other friends. All using same documents. We all don have contract with the landlord, all we do is just show them our hotel booking and that it...

well i belive most of the students using postpaid since it got free mobile phone and free minutes as well. Sometimes, the package even free you ipod, xbox, ps3 and so on. So if you study 1 year or longer, i will definitely suggest you get postpaid in UK

another option is go http://www.bt.com/

Studying in Uk is really a big deal! I got one friend who come together with me to Newcastle suddenly decide to quit after we rent a house and already reach in Newcastle! Because of her, now 3 of us had to share a 4 room house just because of her. Is about 80 pound per month per person because of the childish girl homesick!! Really angry when think about that. SO guys if you decide to go to UK, Pls really think carefully before do so, otherwise you not only wasted money but at the same time you wasting ppl energy and ppl money as well.!!!

the cost of living is varies depend which city you in. In newcastle, 80 pound per week is consider staying in a really high class place. Normally, Malaysian student will just spend 45-60 pound for living per week and 50 pound for food per month!!! The food here is so cheap that 1 huge box of kiwi only cause you 1 pound,4 yogurt only 24p!! So in my situation, 80 pound per week is really sky-high expensive in Newcastle! i can spend the extra 20 pound to ST James' Park or get a better phone, am i rite????

Beside, we just arrive in UK not more than 1 week and i can see her calling home continuously with her maxis line, and suddenly pop up a question asking is that fine for us to share a 4 room property. I don understand what so homesick at the very early moment and don want give up a try to study! what she decide is go back malaysia now and will go to australia next year in take just because her dad can visit her more often.

Newcastle University. The food in UK is expensive if you eat outside. Example, sushi price is same as in Malaysia but different currency . Actually i just arrive in Newcastle and everything i know is from senior here. A football match in st james park is around 20-30 pound. Actually daily use is really depend how you use it. Most of the students in Malaysia tried to save their money by walking to school, cook at home and so on. Since usually Malaysian student normally stay in a house, what they do is take turn to cook and so on. However, if you eat in restaurant, you will spend more. example if you go chinese buffer in china town, only 4.99 pound per person plus 10% discount for students, and is about 30 dishes.

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Added on September 21, 2007, 4:24 pmya, actually i don really know about cost living since i just freshly arrive. £50 per month is because you cook at home and this is from all the senior who told me that. However, i believe it varies depend where you stay and how you spend. Most students from malaysia like to stay in Fenham cause there got 1 big market and selling really cheap food! The price for private accommodation is around £45 -£55 pound but you have to walk 40min to school. However, if you stay in Jesmond like me, price for living is around £55- £75. Walking distance to school is 20min. So is really depend how you spend!

This post has been edited by yawhong: Sep 21 2007, 04:24 PM

from a chinese who work in Carphone Warehouse, he told me first year student mostly apply O2 and 3. It is really hard to apply other line like T-mobile, Orange and other unless you had study 1 year in UK.

From my research, there are no such thing call best line, what you see is checkup what is the best deal in the shop. So, tried search a 12month contract so you can change new phone per year. After 1 year, you can just go Internet and get cheaper phone. But beware cause my senior say many internet offer refurnished phone instead of new phone.

for me, don ever open international student acc because they charge u £5 per month. If possible, get a hsbc acc in Malaysia and ask for a reference letter, than open a UK local student acc. No fees or charges apply for local student acc. If financially can support, better have premier acc ( can be personal or share with your dad la) , than transfer money from malaysia to UK won cost you a single cent.

However, if you don have HSBC in Malaysia, than go for lloyst in UK. You can have both debit and saving acc. Debit acc no interest but saving got interest. So you can always put your extra money in saving acc.

Don ever go to Balclay because you must at least have £2000 in your debit acc and there is no interest for that. If your money fall below £2000, they will apply charges like hsbc debit acc.

For Nets, in Newcastle they actually give us 5 years metro ticket but you must have landline in UK. So i don suggest you guys go for Nets.

In a nutshell, HSBC local acc is best cause no charges and saving acc got highest interest among all bank
Lloyst is easy to open


p/s : you must get inductory letter from your University before open an acc

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Added on September 26, 2007, 6:09 pmthere always a catch for the deal. You can go to dialaphone.com and see they actually give ps3, xbox360 and ipod for free and the price is just same which offer in shop. So, why UK ppl so generous??? first, to apply online you must at least stay in UK for 1 year or more. Second, the phone you get actually is refurnish phone and no new phone. IF your phone got problem within the contract, it will cost you £45-£100 to repair it. So why don go to carphonewarehouse? They give free repair, brand new phone, and you can get your phone on the spot!! beside you can terminate the contract whenever you like. What you need is surrender the phone to carphonewarehouse and apply for new contract and get a brand new phone? Which 1 sound more attractive???

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Added on September 26, 2007, 6:15 pmno no no, china town got sell only!!! here only got see instand pizza, 12'' is like 80p to £2 in http://www.iceland.co.uk/. and instand cake as well!! no more instand noodles in UK unless you go chinatown which actually cost you 30% more exp compare to Malaysia.

about part time, you can watch 20 hours per week. but you i think you need to upgrade your visa ( i not sure).

weather here varies, in winter you may get 4 season in 1 week. example monday is sunny days, tuesday is snowly day... wed is rainning day and so on... so take care of yourself and don ever drink tap water!!!


This post has been edited by yawhong: Sep 26 2007, 06:15 PM

If you just freshly arrived in UK, it is really hard to apply Vodafone, T-mobile and Orange. You can try O2 and 3.

My sis is an 2nd year EEE student in Newcastle University. I think Newcastle University offer great EEE program. Moreover, life in Newcastle is simple and living cost is cheaper if compare to london. So why don't consider Newcastle University as well?

However, if you want to know more about EEE in Newcastle University, i can put you in touch with me sister. Just PM me if you interested

what u mean how to use?
how to call from malaysia to this no or how to use it in ur phone?
i using O2 also and i don think it can deduct the min

1. i don know
2. i think no need charge
3. You cant apply, no debit card = no phone contract. I had tried ask many shop for that all give me same answer. So just go get pay and go card and wait 1 week.

This post has been edited by yawhong: Oct 11 2007, 03:53 AM

i don know they got check or not, in my case i bring my whole pirated dvd pack ( about 100+ pirated games, movie, anime, software, psp games... bla bla ) i put all this in my luggage and they didn check mine.. But pls note i direct go to Newcastle, so the rule not so strict.

and for hardware stuff, i definitely think u should buy the hardware in Malaysia, the ram, memory stick, router all really expensive. Example, i bought a belkin G+ mimo router cost me 69.99 pound. I really regret i didn get it in Malaysia. Beside, bring all your usb cable, lan cable to UK as well. The cheapest price i can find for usb cable is like 10 pound.

If you really desperate to buy in UK, i will suggest you go to ebay. Don ever enter curry digital, pc world and others.