aww get well soon. Spring will be a new experience for me =D yay~ looking forward to it.

Just a random question.
Do you guys get sick often ?
Since the weather is like so diff from KL's

dont come better still; why trouble yourself unless you have huge amount of financial backup.
people who come here plan to stay longer; not to go back.

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Added on August 27, 2008, 9:14 pmdepend on yourself; you have OSHC to cover.
you feel better than the pollution in KL.

This post has been edited by KVReninem: Aug 27 2008, 09:14 PM

Yeah the air there must be better.
But weather wise, it can get pretty cold eh ?
I went to Brisbane / Gold Coast few years back and it was chilly !

chilley but aint cold..I like
go to Tassie..u will be freeezing!

Yeah I don't mind chilly.
Need to get used to the weather there

i took a flu jab b4 coming here(feb)...
so far not yet sick...touch wood 1st...lolz

if weather features much in being sick, the brits would be a nation of very sick people.......yet they won oodles more olympic medals than msia.........

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Added on August 27, 2008, 10:56 pmthe flu jab you received is likely japanese b encephalitis jab, and will NOT protect you from you common 'flu' or colds, which are caused by a host of different viruses.......

This post has been edited by limeuu: Aug 27 2008, 10:56 PM

Any of you guys been to Bankstown before? How's that place like?

lol?
i plan to go back coz i got my own reason..is it a matter tht i stay thr or go back??

well; to save your financial cost bro
the fees for 2009 is alrdy in hand to be review by education ministry n they are planning to charge more; just calculate the long run for the fees.

I wont object you to come; but if you can get the same deal back home; its your choice to decide whats best for yourself

Not any better in Brisbane. Mornings are freezing, but come 11am and its like summer all over again. I'm actually sweating as I walk around campus. Then when I cycle back at 6pm the wind blows away all the heat. I don't know about you, but my nose is killing me.
If you want to do anything related to IT/CS/SE, there is no such thing as "not recognized at malaysia". This is not the medical field. Generally, if you graduate from a university with a IT/CS/SE qualification, most employers will look at the subjects you did, not which uni you came from, and there is no regulatory body (not in Malaysia at least) that deals with IT/CS/SE qualifications.

Okay, the name of the university does influence a bit, but personally if you want to come to Australia to study, the 2nd tier universities (Australian Technology Network) is as low as you go, unless you're doing something weird like Artistic and exterior design (don't ask me what that is, I still can't understand what people do in Speech therapy), which then maybe I'll consider Griffith.

My advice? Generally look at the Go8 uni's, then look at the ATN uni's. For you hihihehe, some uni's with established IT/CS/SE programs include UQ, QUT, RMIT, UNSW, Adelaide etc.

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Added on August 28, 2008, 9:13 amThere is nothing wrong in going back to Malaysia after ones studies. I only wish the MARA scholars will do that.

That said through, while in the old days you were expected to go back after you finished your studies, today more often than not people stay back. I have to agree with KVReninem and the others: if you just want a IT/CS/SE degree, and you wish to go back to Malaysia, there are cheaper alternatives in Malaysia, with about the same quality.

Let me just make this clear: anyone thinking about going to Australia/New Zealand to study must allocate AT LEAST RM56,000 a year JUST FOR FEES. A 3 year course will see at least RM167,000 needed, taking into account annual increase in fees. And I'm haven't started talking about cost of living either.

This post has been edited by haya: Aug 28 2008, 09:13 AM

same here at gold coast,weather just change as it like

morning will be chlling cold,afternoon hot like malaysia weather,night will be freezing

Also on the sidelines, in Queensland Malaysians that hold a full driving Malaysian license and is/are(?) not PR's can drive without getting a QLD driving license, but your authority to drive in Queensland on your foreign
driver licence will be withdrawn 3 months after you become an Australian citizen or 3 months after you get PR.

Of course, please familiarise yourself with the road rules before attempting to drive in anywhere.

oo ok
thx for ur advice

oo..thx very much

It's up to you.

If i were you,i would stay in Aus.Malaysia is getting politically unstable and they pay peanuts to engineers.Why still stay there when you have a better place to stay?You are paying a few 100ks to come here.

People are suggesting me to stay in Aus after i graduate,even a painting worker that painted my house last year.

Thanks.Spring is like flu season.Almost everyone in uni is sick.

Yeah,Sydney is also like that.

Last night was damn hot too.

I have only one major rule when it comes to driving here.

Don't get caught. Fines are mcfukken expensive.

And if possible, use your malaysian license when driving, because you can never chalk up demerit points....awesome innit? The pain of fines is bad enough, might as well give yourself a break and spare yourself the crap of demerit points.

And even if you are a PR, if the cops ask, just tell them it's only been 2 months, they'll buy it. One of my eng lecs, a malaysian has been driving here for the past 10 years with his constantly renewed malaysian license.

we can use malaysian license to drive??

You need to get it translated by the Malaysian High Com here first

Not really, just take it to any transport department branches, they'll ring up the DIAC and they'll have it done in 2 shakes of a second.