2 months !!! usually it's in 7 days you SHOULD get a letter by ATO. Call them, i guess probably somebody 'too' you letter. TFN is kinda confidential.

Yup heard abt it, how bout you take domestic to Perth go lepak for 5 days and take a flight back to KL, then go Miri, man .....so many transits.

Why not Adelaide! , lolz i guess Sydney/Melbourne has a better chances compare to Adelaide ......

It's the same thing, when you graduate you're qualified to work in the O&g industry, don't worry too much. If you wanna venture inside this o&g then go to Job&Career of this forum, the o&g thread is pretty active lately and very useful inside information and tips by ppl who work in the o&g industry.

Yup in Canberra if i'm not mistaken.
And i heard if you applied for Malaysia passport there you must collect in person also, no mail allowed (correct me if i'm wrong).
My advise renewed your passport at Malaysia after your 1st year and informed the Aussie Immigration about your new passport. It's that easy.
Student visa stamped in passport?? Not 'stamped' there unless your make a paper application at the Aussie Embassy. My case i don't have any stamped or a visa label(since i applied online), i got a visa label when i applied for working permission here, went to the immigration department and got a visa label there.

it' ok, either it's studying period or what so long it's at least 6 months before expired. Early 2010 to renew also no problem, just make sure you informed the Aussie immigration regarding your new passport details.

wow i see so many ppl goin back to malaysia during holiday can i actually know how long is your holidays after the exam?

I'm going back on the 5th of July coming back on the 18th July or probably 24th July if i don't take supplementary exam.

cheers guys. i can't wait to be back home!

IC i don't think can do, Malaysian driving license can, thats what i did last time, one of my friend forgot to tell me that i need a passport/photo identification to go to the pub, i just show my driving license and the bouncer just let me in. ~~sweet. just bring your passport la, and discipline your self, don't drink too much until you pass out.

lolz, pity you lo. thats what i did. beside probably i look old enough to enter anyway it was a fun night. pub crawl~~~~

Nope, those in feb will moved on to new courses, unless some repeat it again and so happen your uni offered the same course in the 2nd sem(not all courses are offered in 1st and 2nd sem). Anyway if you do engineering it's kinda disadvantage to enrol in the 2nd half of the year since you have limited course options.

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no worries. my advice go early there, probably 2 weeks before the sem starts, and most importantly TALK to your course adviser, ones you settle in the city and etc talk talk to your course adviser don't simply enrolled by the book. They(course advisers) are the people in charge regarding your course, so you can ask them anything under the sun.
And btw if classes are full doesn't mean that some are repeating for 2nd round, sry abt that.
Don't worry too much. If you go uni i guess most knowledges that you should know by then would be from pre-u. And btw if you check online where you can see the subjects and courses offered by your uni you can see the Pre-Requisite, really really important stuff.
Anyway cheers.

i doubt so. And depends on what degree you take. The main intake is on Feb. that is when all the 1st year(local students) start their degree.
So i doubt it would be equal.
If you do engineering you would be greatly disadvantage UNLESS a lot of students taking the subjects/electives course.

Because resources wise, main intake is on Feb. Ask yourself this, would you prefer to be in the main intake or the latter intake?
Unless you have enough students(not always the case) to teach those subjects then you should be fine and yeah if the uni approved the course.
That is why they have disclaimer that some subjects will not be available for students enrolling in second sem, especially engineering students.
It's EFTPOS btw, which is seriously cool here and a very convenient way of paying bills.
i prefer debit card although mines is a tad ugly design but hey at least it served its purposes. probably i have to change it if Westpac merge with St. George's Bank.

Yup guys last paper today and i be partying late nite after exam!
yipee can't wait to be back home.

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depends on where you study, commonwealth banks is popular because it has more ATM. It differ by states, so happen in my campus BankSA is near by campus and also easy for me to do my banking. Mind telling us where you're studying so that any LYN members can recommend you a few tips. Cheers.

hey dude, you signed a 6 months contract right(that was the only option), i admit exetel is cheap for price/data ratios, but remember it's a budget ISP, if you don't make money or lose money for 'em you will have to look for some other ISP after 6 months.

This post has been edited by december88: Aug 22 2008, 05:46 PM

TT for my bank was 1%(0.5% at both side) of total amount of transfers. Using St. George now, soon to be merge with Westpac.

2010? man my base fees will rise also. my engineering now is $20600 per year, next year will be $23000, more than 10% increases for new students next batch. You might want to consider honours for Economics(extra 1 year after your 3 years degrees) in your budget.

where? in aussie or malaysia? 1st can you get a PR if you want to work full-time in australia by using your diploma?
What job you want will depend upon the job requirements, some job need bachelor some need diploma.

well i mean if you want to do the extra 1 year it's optional actually, and it's not easy to get in also. So it really depends on your academic results.
I think less than 500k, engineering is more expensive than arts subjects, i think next batch for 2009 the fees for art's degrees will be $19k per year, compare to $23k for engineering students.

10% ....woh are you serious? i think 5% is modest by engineering standard, that is my case here, medicine is 8% increases year-on-year basis.
Btw $23k is still way cheaper compare to other uni which charges in excess of $28k.

Ya lah what to do scaling mah. Even in uni also you can see scaled marks especially super hard subjects. Just check your exam paper after your results are out and you be amazed on how the hell you managed to pass, when you actually know deep down you've failed. Haha just my piece of opinion.