Duh! Seems like NZ taxes. houses and insulation cost are crazy inbalance.... Even earn 6000 per month... 1500 go to income tax.... 10% housing loan... 300k - 400k per house.....living expenses.... that explain why not much ppl has $$$ to insulate the house lol May be it is time to learn some housework how to insulate heat b4 going there.

wutdo...? they like to tax so much.
so , make use of watever public service, thats all i can say.

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Added on March 16, 2008, 8:02 pmi use st.ives

This post has been edited by EmperorMeng: Mar 17 2008, 02:25 PM

[quote=huix,Mar 12 2008, 11:35 PM]
There's Pink Batts which does both the heat and sound insulation job. Their tagline is "warm, dry, quiet".

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Duh! Seems like NZ taxes. houses and insulation cost are crazy inbalance.... Even earn 6000 per month... 1500 go to income tax.... 10% housing loan... 300k - 400k per house.....living expenses.... that explain why not much ppl has $$$ to insulate the house lol May be it is time to learn some housework how to insulate heat b4 going there.

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At least you see the benefits of your tax here. It doesn't go to fill the pockets of Kiwi-putras.

nz is one of the most transparent countries, i think second only to norway......so if i work there, and pay the high taxes, at least i know most of it will be put to good use in terms of good public services, eg the many free libraries there........

true2
but sometime i found the price quite ridiculous..

btw.. anyone knows where can but book online??
http://www.fishpond.co.nz/ << is this service reliable??

oh my gosh..
this is really unbelievable..i just found out this forum and i've read through every pages and you guys gave lots of information about NZ..

well, hi to everyone!! haha! im new here and im going to NZ this April..
which about 3 to 4 weeks away.. i am an SPM leaver.
anyway,i was curious about something..i've got a scholarship (partial scholar) from International Pacific College (IPC),Palmerston North. (im not good as yours which in unis and evrythg)

so,this interview was being organize by Selset New Zealand Centre,at Subang Jaya. i've read on which page i dont remmber..but someone had mentioned about selset..i was thinking whether this agent (selset) is legal or not..because,last two days my teacher told me to seek the scholarship that i've been offered and the agent as well.y'know,nowadays..lots of thing happen..so i have to take precaution..like,being a spy..haha!

anyway, i do need your help..could i believe in selset..?
my dad was like worrying about this bcoz he has to let her daughter go..so he wants to make sure that i will be safe there..

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Added on March 18, 2008, 1:58 amhi fantagero..
i see that you are new in NZ..
how's that? is it nice there?
OMG, i want to pack my bag ASAP and go there..haha!
so, i would like to ask you something..
i'll be going there soon..so what should i bring..??
except my personal stuff,laptop,and all..
like really important thing..what will be that??
and i dont have to waste my money to buy clothes here,rite?
like what you guys had discussed before..

This post has been edited by <EdLiNa>: Mar 18 2008, 01:58 AM

selset i think is reliable..
selset handles many Government Scholaship to nz mostly..
like JPA if i'm right, and also my scholar.
ask Carol Tham if u go to selset.. hahha she's kinnda bersemangat with us last time..

r u going to this college??
http://www.ipc.ac.nz/index.php ???

when r u gonna arrive here?? u r going to pammy eyh (Palmerston) ??
depends on weather.. like me, i arrived around summer.. so just bring thick cloth.. then for winter, just wait for discount here.. coz winter clotch gonna take space in ur luggage.. if u r into shopping,, bring lotsa money
and if u r into cooking.. dont forget to bring perencah from msia. my group, they didnt bother about the perencah.. so. the girls brought over many perencah.. just for start if u have to cook by ur own self.. bcoz i'm muslim.. cant buy frozen food at the supermarket and also instant food..
bring also ur favourite stationaries. unless u got losta money.. haha
i brought a dozen of pen, eraser, ruler, pencil, pencil lead etc.. bcoz schola not that big so hav to buy from msia if got the chance..
regret didnt bring my paper file..
and also my Serway text book..

huhu im new here in nz.. emperormeng and the others can explain more..

If you're worried, how about contacting IPC directly. Surely they'll be able to tell you whether your have a guaranteed place on scholarship. If the College says yes, you're all set.

As I've said in the past, I'm not a big fan of agents. But since you ended up with ascholarship (lucky you), the best way would be to get in touch with IPC directly. That information can be easily found on their webpage. IPC eh? You'll be next to Massey Uni (nice place), and from what I've heard, quite a bit of Japanese there.

<EdLiNa>, what are you studying?

While bringing perencah (spices) over might be a good idea, remember that NZ has strict quarantine laws, so dont be surprised if you cant bring in some stuff. And yes, if weight limit permitting, bring along the small stuff like pens, pencils, pencil lead, files etc frm M'sia, as they are a bit dearer in NZ thanks to the currency exchange. Don't bring over bulky stuff like paper through: its affordable here!


In other news, I've discovered the best way of staying warm(er) in Auckland: live in an apartment with 5 floors above you!

yeah..im with Carol Tham too.. i like her a lot..
and yup,im going to that IPC..aaahhh,waiting is sucks..i wanna go now! haha.
i just got called from Selset yesterday evening and they say that i got the scholarship.
but they are not confirm yet what is the actual day i'll be leaving..
from what i've read in IPC website..the orientation will be on 8th of April..
but last time, i went to see Michael at Selset, he told me that the person who will accompany us there will be going on 14th of April..but then,i asked Selset again yesterday..they will confirm it ASAP
now they are preparing my visas..
yay! im going there... yay! yahuuuuuuuuu....

and yeah,im into shopping..but i think,when i arrive there,i have to control myself and set my budget..haha!
at IPC they serve meal..where we also have lots of dishes like msia,thai,sushi food..yummy!
but im not sure whether its halal or not..im a muslim too.
i'll be stay in the residence cllge,but there is no kitchen or place to cook..
but,is it hard to find halal food outside?

uummm,and thanks for remind me the stationary..i'll prepare for a year stationary,,haha!

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Added on March 18, 2008, 12:06 pmthanks a lot..yeah,my dad suggested that to me too..
i'll mail to them immediately to confirm it..

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Added on March 18, 2008, 12:16 pmhaha! that s great..
im going to take English for my major..
will be a year in foundation but regarding the person who interviewed me,i can cut it to 6month only..
then take a degree for about 2 or 3 years..depends on my result then.
yah~ IPC is more to Japanese life you know..
bcoz the principal is from Japan, and they suggest us to take Japan..which i really love it!!
maybe if im doing good in my foundation year, i'll go to massey uni..
yes! i'll study really2 good this time...hmmmm

perencah aa?? i should think about it wisely..haha!
but is all the stuff there are expensive?
how about the clothes? is the price reasonable?
what do you suggest me to bring this April..? is it enough if i just bring 2 coat/sweater like really for this kind of weather..and others i just buy there..

This post has been edited by <EdLiNa>: Mar 18 2008, 12:16 PM

Not so much halal food outside. Mainly some turkish/middle eastern stuff. Most Malaysian food is not halal cos the places are owned/run by Chinese and Indians. There are a few halal ones but there's limited choice. I'm speaking for Auckland here, not sure how things are like in Palmy.

Perencah - if you intend to do cooking, bring some along. While NZ customs laws are strict, most of perencah will get through. I've said it before, as a rule of thumb, if you avoid bringing in meat, dairy products, fresh fruits and vegetables, you'll be fine.

Clothes - there's very limited choice in NZ and it's definitely not cheap. I recommend that you bring clothes from Malaysia. The only things you should buy here are warm clothing. Since you're coming in April, just bring a couple of sweaters and a jacket and you should be fine. Btw those sports windbreakers etc don't count as jackets but they are useful if waterproof.

FOOD = yay! so i have to bring lots of mee maggie..haha!
i'll discuss with my mother then about what to bring there..from what i know, there is a mini market nearby our residence..they have all the keropok and biscuits msia..like julies etc..i hope i can live with that..huu~

CLOTHES - new zealand is really windy huh? so how bout winter holiday? is thre lots of snow falling down (betul ke ayat ni??) i mean, we can make snow man and freezing like crazy..what is the temperature around Palmy during winter?

and, is there lots of Malay students study there? y'know..when it comes to Hari Raya..we can't go back home..
so just play the 'bunga api' together with the others student..haha!

no need maggie la wei.. huuhh in msia eat maggi, in nz also want to eat maggie kaa..
i got many friends there including my seniors there...

like me in canter,u can still get halal meat.. i'm sure palmy got halal shop.. but for sure, it's pretty expensive compare to those in the supermarket..
in nz.. got several brand of instant me that's halal, like Fantastic and Indo mee..
dont grab Maggie brand here k.. coz maggie in nz not halal..
try practice eating frozen fish fillet.. coz i hvnt found yet halal chicken nugget,
burger jumpe laa. imported dr indonesia..

weather.. my 1st impression.. crazy weather.. huuhh sometime damn windy. sometime damn dry..
later continue.. huuh wanna take bath..

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Added on March 18, 2008, 2:42 pmif from chinese or indian.. just order those vege and seafood also can...

the info that i got, the perencah that are manufactured packed lepas the airport check..
last time my senior brought like 12kg of perencah from msia

but that's bcoz she return from malaysia.. if u first time like me.. sure cant bring that lot..

This post has been edited by fantagero: Mar 18 2008, 02:42 PM

Don't need to bring stuff like biscuits lah. Plenty over here.

It doesn't normally snow in Palmy or anywhere in the North Island (apart from the mountains).

There's quite a few Malay students in NZ... mostly on MARA or JPA scholarships. There's also a few Malay migrant families around.

Speaking from experience, it's not just perencah that you can bring in. If you know what you're doing, there's plenty of food that they customs will let through.

yeap.. true.. my friend also bring dadih.. dunno how lepas the check.. maybe too many people that day
dont forget ministry of education too.. and also private student.. my friend said, private quite a lot in massey..

bring paper file if u need em to organize ur note like me. dam7, forget to bring... now my notes sepah oredi..

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Added on March 18, 2008, 5:01 pmbtw.. better learn how to cook simple dish that not required much perencah..
bcoz some ingridient u might not get in nz... not sure if got asian shop there.. like my place.. got asian shops run by malaysian... so. still can get basic stuff like sos cili life.. damn.. omputih tak suke makan cili.. but.. it's quite pricey.. what to do

This post has been edited by fantagero: Mar 18 2008, 05:01 PM

[quote=fantagero,Mar 18 2008, 02:38 PM]
no need maggie la wei.. huuhh in msia eat maggi, in nz also want to eat maggie kaa..
i got many friends there including my seniors there...

like me in canter,u can still get halal meat.. i'm sure palmy got halal shop.. but for sure, it's pretty expensive compare to those in the supermarket..
in nz.. got several brand of instant me that's halal, like Fantastic and Indo mee..
dont grab Maggie brand here k.. coz maggie in nz not halal..
try practice eating frozen fish fillet.. coz i hvnt found yet halal chicken nugget,
burger jumpe laa. imported dr indonesia..

weather.. my 1st impression.. crazy weather.. huuhh sometime damn windy. sometime damn dry..
later continue.. huuh wanna take bath..

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Added on March 18, 2008, 2:42 pm

if from chinese or indian.. just order those vege and seafood also can...



nah~ i didnt eat maggie in msia, that s why i think mybe good to eat that in NZ..haha!
but instant food is not good for your health..

i can eat those frozen fish fillet..but,referring the chinese and indian restaraunt..
yah,we can eat seafood and vege stuff..but how bout 'kuali' that they used before (??)
maybe they using oil that we (muslim) cannot eat..
my oh my..we need to be really careful about our food you know..

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Added on March 18, 2008, 6:10 pm[quote=wornbook,Mar 18 2008, 03:35 PM]
Don't need to bring stuff like biscuits lah. Plenty over here.

It doesn't normally snow in Palmy or anywhere in the North Island (apart from the mountains).

There's quite a few Malay students in NZ... mostly on MARA or JPA scholarships. There's also a few Malay migrant families around.
Speaking from experience, it's not just perencah that you can bring in. If you know what you're doing, there's plenty of food that they customs will let through.

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emm..then i have to bring some of my fave dishes..
i guess, i'll be a great chef over there!

there is no snow in Palmy?? ahhhhh...better find some good place to make my first snowman..huhu

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Added on March 18, 2008, 6:28 pm[quote=fantagero,Mar 18 2008, 04:53 PM]
yeap.. true.. my friend also bring dadih.. dunno how lepas the check.. maybe too many people that day
dont forget ministry of education too.. and also private student.. my friend said, private quite a lot in massey..

bring paper file if u need em to organize ur note like me. dam7, forget to bring... now my notes sepah oredi..

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Added on March 18, 2008, 5:01 pmbtw.. better learn how to cook simple dish that not required much perencah..
bcoz some ingridient u might not get in nz... not sure if got asian shop there.. like my place.. got asian shops run by malaysian... so. still can get basic stuff like sos cili life.. damn.. omputih tak suke makan cili.. but.. it's quite pricey.. what to do

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umm? what do you mean by private student??

paper file yah?? sure,i'll bring a bunch of that..haha!
thanks anyway..

omputih tak suka makan cili yer?? i dont know that..

emm,how bout chocolate?? can we just eat choc there?
even it is w/out the gelatin (just like msia style-lah)
i mean,we can eat as many as we want..huahuahua

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Added on March 18, 2008, 6:30 pmman, NZ is really nice from you guys stories..
sounds really interesting..
quite challenging though..
go go! fer it!!

This post has been edited by <EdLiNa>: Mar 18 2008, 06:30 PM

yeap.. quite challenging.. uf u unsure about food, ask for vege food..

hopefully they gonna use vege oil too.. and please ask guide from any muslim society there too.. if dont hav at ur college,, try massey.. i'm sure they hav.. u must join them, or else, gonna end up sebat je ape nampak depan mata

private means, papa mama baya bil, u private too??

choc??

how bout that?? can satisfy u?? but this in canter la.. got promotion..

btw.. dont get fuzzy about emulsifier (471) or emulsifier (X)..

everytime buy food, make sure read the ingredient.. like gelatin if i'm right..
and like stok ayam, keropok chicken flavour.. all that not halal.. i like bluebird potato chips..
http://www.bluebird.co.nz/index.html
but just buy the vege flavour like onion, salted..

for snow. i'm new here.. heard from the senior, if wanna play snow.. go on vacation...

many arab here... just main sebat about their food here.. idk either they dont know.. or they dont really care... depends on the person itself.. if u ready to consume it.. means u r ready for the consequence..

got some here just consume everything.. including beer

yeap.. seriously hav to learn cook if u r into it.. especially muslim.. coz it's gonna pretty easy for u..
try to learn simple dish.. advantage if u know how to cook western/.

try pasta.. huhu my 1st week in canter.. just ate pasta.. b specific,, experiment pasta

i hate NZ maggi
no MSG .. so sad. kari flavour so sux.

What is dadih?

whooosshhh..cannot just sebat-lah..it will be our own flesh then..huhu!
yeah,then maybe i can join massey muslim society if they do have that..

and yes! mine is private college..but thank God..i went to New Zealand edu. fair and Carol Tham approached me.
she is the one who asked me to go for the scholarship interview from IPC..
so i just went up there..and the interviewers like me, and directly he told me, "i'll give you the scholarship!"
and i was like...."aaaaaaahhhhh,how lucky i am!"
but this is just partial scholar,they just pay for the tuition fees..
and i have to cover about RM40-50,000 for my foundation year..
thanks to the scholar anyway..i'll study hard to get the highest scholar..huahahaha!

ohh..hahaha! what with that choc? is that yours? menunjuk sgt..haha!
wow that s cool..really need to read thoroughly on the ingredients..
heemmm..i think i've tried that bluebird keropok when i was in london..cool!
all the pasta and spaghetti, those are my fave..
and i can cook that too..yeh!!
just prepare the money, then you can have a nice lunch..yummy!

snow? vacation? will think about it then..haha!
need to prepare lots of money too..
money.money...money..

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Added on March 18, 2008, 8:40 pmwhooosshhh..cannot just sebat-lah..it will be our own flesh then..huhu!
yeah,then maybe i can join massey muslim society if they do have that..

and yes! mine is private college..but thank God..i went to New Zealand edu. fair and Carol Tham approached me.
she is the one who asked me to go for the scholarship interview from IPC..
so i just went up there..and the interviewers like me, and directly he told me, "i'll give you the scholarship!"
and i was like...."aaaaaaahhhhh,how lucky i am!"
but this is just partial scholar,they just pay for the tuition fees..
and i have to cover about RM40-50,000 for my foundation year..
thanks to the scholar anyway..i'll study hard to get the highest scholar..huahahaha!

ohh..hahaha! what with that choc? is that yours? menunjuk sgt..haha!
wow that s cool..really need to read thoroughly on the ingredients..
heemmm..i think i've tried that bluebird keropok when i was in london..cool!
all the pasta and spaghetti, those are my fave..
and i can cook that too..yeh!!
just prepare the money, then you can have a nice lunch..yummy!

snow? vacation? will think about it then..haha!
need to prepare lots of money too..
money.money...money..

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Added on March 18, 2008, 8:59 pmno MSG?? means, is not tasty like here in msia??
duhh~~ thanks a lot..
i dont need maggi there..

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Added on March 18, 2008, 9:07 pmdadih is like a yoghurt, like a jelly too..
it have lots of flavour..
choc,strawberry,corn..

how to make dadih?
easy..you just need a creamer, jelly powder, water...
and the taste is so creamy and fantastic,bombastic! wallah~

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Added on March 18, 2008, 9:13 pmhey, new zealand is famous with their american football rite?
ALL BLACK?? yay!
where and when will be the game start?
huhu..im a big fan of football.

This post has been edited by <EdLiNa>: Mar 18 2008, 09:13 PM