I like shopping centres here!  You can walk to stores that you like without having to stop and rest your feet because they ache.  Silly shopping centres in Malaysia make you walk foreverrrr. 

And.. apparently they make really good Malaysian food at this place in Doncaster for those of you who are in Melbourne.... I always forget the name tho.

Why? Because it's small ?

Er, actually I'm referring to the girls in Australia...well, since everyone said shopping heaven for girls so I can't deny either...

Here, it always sale on every season, winter sale, summer sale, spring sale, autumn sale. So, it really a good place to go shopping though even if you can't find a shopping mall that is bigger than Mid Valley....

haha food in Melbourne is okay.. you've' gotta know where to eat.. so don't say food sucks in general!! maybe i'm so used to eating my own cooking so i don't have a problem with food.

it IS shopping heaven. a shop just called me this morning and told me that if i spend 32 dollars more i'll be entitled to a gold membership card.. crazy shit.. and that's $800 of spending..

I do miss home but when you compare the quality of living, Australia's a much better place to be in.. if you don't like the cold weather then go to Brisbane or smth

ahaha, i lol'ed to this one. For sure, even I like Lazzat (Lygon St) or Es Teler 77 (Swanston St.) foods so much in Melbourne, since I can't even cook the same meal. My knowledge of recipe sure is limited though.

Heh, yea that'd be sweet as!

But there isn't a LY Plaza in Australia, you're going to have to name it something else

Probably in other side of Australia, not Melbourne. Since there are actually some planning guide for Melbourne towards 2030 but I'm not sure whether they're going to approve an enormous shopping mall near Melbourne CBD. Future congestion issue...
even though roti canai in Australia is not as delicious and oily as Malaysia but the curry in Lazzat sure is good. I've also heard that they got Nasi Lemak House also along Lygon St. But I haven't being there yet...

but Es Teler 77 sure is a good Indonesian style restaurant....i really love Nasi Uduk...

Let me make this clear: this thread is not for general banter or chit chat. It is for the members to share information on studying and living in Australia AS A STUDENT. Open discussion and alternate view points are accepted, as long as you have FACTS to back yourself up. KVReninem has opened a thread in the black hole called Kopitiam if you want to spew your mindless spleen. Keep this thread clean and on topic, touching on issues that afffect Malaysian International students in Australia.
I have no idea what KVReninem is trying to say. If we wants to bring FTTH to everyone he's more than welcome, as long it doesn't cost more than $60/month, any slower than 50Mbits, and if you can't make it unlimited at least a cap of 100GB, without the ridiculous rubbish of peak and off-peak data.

But Labour has just scrapped the Opel project. Which is quite a shame, but I personally think it was the way to go, as the whole consortium couldn't agree on Open Access, which after looking at Telstra and Telecom NZ, the project would have been doomed if they went ahead anyway.

If he wants to make another forum ala forum.lowyat.net, it then begs another question: why reinvent the wheel?
I frankly don't understand why people moan that there needs to be more "big boss" into the Australian retail market. It is precisely because there are so many big corporations, that "real" shopping malls, by Asian definition, are hard to come by.

Everything is dominated by 1 or 2 big companies. Take Woolies and Coles. If you open a sundry shop, you can't survive against them. And if you think you can survive in the suburbs, catering to small purchases, you'll be eaten up by 7-eleven or NightOwl pretty quickly.

Electronics. Ever wondered why the free-for-all Lowyat (or Sim Lim while I'm at it) can't survive in Australia? Everything is dominated by d*** Smith (and can someone stop IPB from thinking it is an expletive?) or Harvey Norman. You can't compete with them, and even if you do try, only the real hard core will drive all the way out to some Asian run computer part shop because they offer better prices and range in a warehouse.

People have been brought up on Dell, HP, Toshiba and Acer. Its not easy being a geek here. I admit, I do miss Low Yat.

Ditto for shopping malls. They're run by one of the big three:Myer, Westfield and to a small extent, Centro. Just because you are a timber tycoon (or mining, in the Australian context) you can't just rock up and build a shopping center. "You're playing with the big boys now". Which is not a bad thing, looking at some of the disasters in M'sia that pass for "shopping complexes".

Its a whole new world man.

Honestly,i still prefer this thread.I really dont like to go to Kopitiam cause it's filled with rubbish threads and posts like a random hi or something.

Kopitiam is really a black hole to me.A subforum that is filled with mindless crap.
They really dont have a Low Yat here?

Damn,i was thinking of getting a desktop here.I really hate to do CAD without a numpad but getting a desktop from Dell or Acer is no no for me.

I still prefer for a custom build desktop with the parts that i want to use,especially the graphics card.Dell,Acer and others often give crappy graphics card.

Okayyyy..... sooooorry then, geez. You make it sound like this thread should belong in the Real World Issues forum instead.

Still looking for people who will be enrolling into Perth TAFE eCentral this July intake   If you're going to Perth alone, first time, don't really know where to go, how to go etc, lets get together and hit orientation together 

ok guys, need info on unis, which are the good ones for engineering, im gonna be applying this friday for june 08 intake, right now its melb u, unsw, and anu, though i have been told that uwa is good as well. and only reason im choosing this four is because im rather ignorant about the other choices as i havent heard/read much bout them.

so ya, shud i consider any other universities for engineering?

but they are reviewing back the planning, the population boom is just beyond their main estimation, that's why they keep erecting those high-rise apartment...they don't really want the suburb sprawling out of control...too bad for government, too much maintenance...

william landing? never heard about it yet? what's that?
actually, you can get pretty cheap price from this shops at Clayton(if you in Melbourne)...look at this site MSY Computers

bah i want a desktop too.. so i can play games better har har har.. vista's laggin the shit outta me!

btw anyone knows about Norsiah in Melb City? i love the nasi lemak omg

is it, gosh? Probably i miss that issue, but really for Melbourne 2030, i don't think it can work, because there will 1.2 million people extra from the target. Australian living in high-rise apartment? Except the government got a better solution in term of design or planning. St.Kilda apartment to rate with north melbourne will be quite out of reach...st.kilda = freaking rich area, north melbourne, brunswick=gonna be slum soon without better solution...

by the way, thanks for the William Landing info...

lol, bus on fire today at uni bus stop 

Im already using a XPS lappie but it's not powerful enough.Plus,the build quality of the laptop is quite low.

I want a midrange quadcore with a 9600 or 9800 GC.

Im also thinking of getting a set of sound system that cost 1000AUD from here to go with the rig.

Any recomended economics sch in Aussie?

I cant change now.Might as well stick to the one i have now.

It's not that bad.It's just im not satisfied with the component quality.

If it doesnt break down anymore,im still quite happy with it.

Now,i just need a quad core with a nVidia 9-Series GC to fully utilise DX10.8600GT isnt powerful to handle DX10.

aight, since im undecided on where to go, i have decided to apply for common engineering(it means that i decide which branch only in the 2nd year right? )
for unsw, melbourne, anu, and uwa.

the comments here really helped, thanks lotsa.

just want to know...

during at the imigration at the airport..can we bring ciggarete or lighter??

just WTA..lolx..

that's why planning ministry having headache right now... It not just the matter whether the ground is cover or not, since the idea of high-rise is minimizing land use for greenery purpose (even though i doubt this...)It also in term of government fund to actually support extension of public transportation to the suburb area will cost a lot more rather than encouraging high-density living within development boundaries and improving the existing public transportation...

but then again, St. Kilda is also one of that lucky area, full with rich people and nice location...except the beach is so-so only...

My bad Didn't see that last spoiler. Can I be added to Perth's TAFE eCentral, thanks
If you're flying from West Malaysia, MAS would probably be a good choice, though I've heard that Thai Airways sometimes give cheaper tickets.

I'm taking Brunei Airlines though, BND$476 one way.

if fly one way, the price would be
Mas=rm1760
Thai=rm1490

*includes tax and fuel charge

but i'm flying back to kl during the semester break. so, most probably going to buy a 6 months return ticket

Mas=rm2760
Thai=2680

hmm...ya. thai airways need to stop by bangkok for 2 hours. wherelse mas straight fly to perth.
am considering MAS actually, their service not up to par?

Will be leaving this coming 23rd

Gotta go take my CompTIA A+ and MCDST exams hehe

from kl to perth theres mas..SIA n QANTAS u have to flly to singapore first.. and for those from johor or the southern region in peninsular who really wants cheap flights, tigerairways is always there..

i paid sgd200+ for my flight to perth back in march, and i just booked another flight back to perth, sgd200+ also, in july..

coming back with tiger isnt really cheap tho, about aud350 from perth to sg..

inflight food and drinks, not free - have to pay when u want.. so for those who still wants to save additional money, buy ur drinks at the airport, once you've gone thru customs/security..

No... May 23rd 
Like... in 15 days...

Any job recommend for new students like me in melb? Plan to get one for the mid sem break. I am from RMIT and this is my 3rd month in melb.

Besides, I experience broadband line shaped in my 1st month. Omg, waiting ages to open a site. My fren told me it is only 64kbps but i feel it's worse than dial-up line. And the landlord is charging 5 bucks for extra 1GB

Missing streamyx...

ahhh f***, i cant decided, melbourne or unsw, melbourne for one is the more popular and would it perhaps seem better in the eyes of future employers?

unsw, the guy said i shouldnt have any problem getting in with my results, luls,but ya, cant decide if i should go to unsw or melb....

haha if you like to partay and go out then i think choose melb, if not, go to unsw

err, what do u mean why that?
ouh, seriously? i guess ill go to unsw then

noooooot

different type of engineerign stuff meaning all the different engineering fields and have been aspects to the technical aspects of engineering?

gah, problem now is where in australia ><"

Compete with who?

hey i'm currently looking a cheap house for rent in adelaide, south australia.... which website do you guys recommend to find? some website like realstate.com.au and domain.com.au is really sucky.. its so expensive. what do you guys use?

hi, everyone study in Tasmania ? I'm going there on this coming July to further my studies. Any advise for newbie here ? I'm a bit nervous here since I'm going alone .