im flying off to sydney tonight! see ya guys.

nvrmind... I think I'll just wait.. Thx for all your help
and I wanted to share something abt the interest rate of term deposit offered by Commonwealth Bank, it got up to 8.0 or 8.1 % this morning... compare to the 1st day I came to Melbourne on 18th Feb, it was only 7.35% the highest. Mayb u guyz can invest a little bit on this.. it's really a great deal !

hey guys, reached sydney this morning. feels awkward that its still bright at 7pm

Haha,i know.Having dinner before sun down is weird too.Where are you staying now?

it's a boring Saturday.. I spent whole day in my room..my class is goin to start next week, spending some time with the lecture notes and course guides..BORING!! but luckily I have only 3 subjects this sem haha..

does anyone here(referring forum-er(s) in this topic) play basketball? I mean someone stays in Melbourne, and someone has a basketball 

Just went to carshow on Sat... very nice... lots of new cars. Too bad there wasn't many car girls on show... They were only there on the first day I presume.

Anyone wants pics?

damn.. last week was freaking cold... looking forward to a new hot week ahead.

Just wan to know what brand of printer is good for normal printing. Planning to buy since university printing is expensive

just a question: what's a "comp meet market"? I can make a guess, but is it a shop, chain, online site etc?

Agreed. I saw a Samsung Lazer printer at d*** Smith for something like $60 on special. Its crazy these days. The ink is almost as expensive as the printer itself!

When I came, I did some maths, and I figured that at $0.09 a page from my uni, it wasn't worth buying one, as the costs will come up to the same anyway. With prices like these, I may have to redo my maths.

Paper will cost a bit through.

How convinent. I just spent the weekend playing with 3's 3G broadband. $29/month gets you 2GB, which IMO isn't that bad.

Don't expect DSL speeds however. The ping time is amazing (about 350ms just to the base tower), so Skype'ing will cause some delay and echo's. Its not for heavy downloaders. General web surfing is okay through.

Here in Brisbane, 3's coverage isn't that great. My friend who's on a 3 cap plan can't get  a signal in the lecture theater, while my Optus prepaid can get a reasonable signal. You better be near a window if you want to use the wireless broadband of 3's in Brisbane.

The other providers that I know off are Vodafone (5GB for $39), Virgin (heaven knows what they charge, but they use Optus' infrastructure), Telstra (the worst. $69 for 500MB?! In all fairness through, you can pretty much get a Telstra signal anywhere.) and Optus (not much better than Telstra price wise IMO). Never used the others, so I cant say too much.

Some links if you want to do some research:

Three
Vodafone
Optus
Telstra
Virgin

Went CarShow with KV today, it was great! hehe Thanks for the meal Bro!

I'm at Melb too. AUD161 is considerably cheap if comparing renting at the city $170 per wk for a studio. Staying with relatives, save rent, save food money. save lots. I stayed with my relative till I graduated.

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Yea, in the Bayside area. It's still alright, I know lots of people complaining about the z1+2 and would rather drive up to z1 to park their vehicles before taking the train. but...nah, not for me.

But Connex sure is getting lots of complaints...very bad service during peak hr.

This morn they stopped the city loop, something happened at Melb Central.

I would rather complain about the hse interest rates.

bomb scare at melb central this morning ( or something along that line , fren told me )

For those who missed last weekend's Melb Motor show... head over here to see pics...
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/644781

A_Pryd3's photos are much better than the ones I took

Moomba this weekend... who's going?

Hey,

I would like to know is there anyone here from Brisbane?
I might going there soon.

Thanks.

Ah, damn. =(

ahh i need a monitor..anyone will be kind to let go a nice 17/19 inch (widescreen or not) at a cheap price to me? pm meee...><

17 lcd preferably 

ahh grant me a monitorrr 

God! it's freaking hot in this place! At times like this, I wish I had an A/c in my room.

me too

How do you guys deal with the heat? probably a good question for those in Adelaide now also.

Weather's super hot in Adelaide. Sighs.
I leave my aircond on for most of the times. Or I'll stay at the local libraries just to enjoy their aircond. Lols.

Today's temp is max 39C.... damn it and I seriously underestimated the power of the scorching sun....

Now I'm melting and soaked in sweat; my T shirt stinks; and the whole room is like a furnace....


Anyone has any good plans for Easter holidays?

I will be going to study in Curtin University of Tech this coming July.. But I am kinda concerned about accomodation, can anyone help me? give my some contacts or something?
By the way, is it tough, I am taking Bachelor of Commerce.. Anyone in it?
Thanks!

Second that!

so it is feb intake? or july intake that u applying? u get ur accomodation? anyway if have any problems at brisbane, come n chat with us ok? take k.

Try www.realestate.com.au, go to Rent, click on WA, and search for Bentley, Como, South Perth, Victoria Park, etc, around Curtin.
But too bad you have to view them before you can send in your application. And I don't know why, it's getting harder to get a house nowadays, I'm planning to move out with my sister, girlfriends, and another friend, looking for a 3/4 rooms house at $500-600 per week, damn hard to find, keep getting rejected. =/

It's pretty nice here in Toowoomba, hottest it'll get is in the 20s and at night it drops to a nice 16.

Study.

Not too rajin. Just that I'm swamped by all the work that is being pumped out. Can't wait for the break and winter, to say the least.

Guys, how the weather over mainland? Must be very hot... Well, Launceston weather is getting hotter(similiar to M'sia). i still miss the early times when I reach here... hehe

Its been very hot here in Melbourne, max 30-40 for the past week, and will continue till wednesday.

oh, u stay at QU's hostel? or stay with ur friends? are u come alone? anyway enjoy ur life at aus, and take k