A cut in interest rate may cause AUD to depreciate according to economics theory. I hope it does happen.

What's so bad about mixing with the locals in high school? In fact I think the first year of you in Australia is vital in determining what sort of friends you are gonna mix with. If you are only gonna mix with the international or malaysians, after you formed your own group of friends in the first year it would be unlikely that you are ever gonna mix with the locals anymore after that.

Hmm but why do you wanna skip year 12 and enter TAFE and uni subsequently? Wouldn't that be much more hassle instead of staying on in Year 12 and enter uni straight? It's not like you will be able to graduate (Yr 11 + TAFE + Uni) earlier compare to Yr11 + Yr12 + Uni path. Just my opinion anyway.

This post has been edited by jae: Nov 3 2008, 08:01 PM

yea, not all school will accept. I find college is much better than high school

not sure though =/ anyway I heard from my teachers that Perth is ranked the 2nd most exp city to live in in aus? dunno how true is that, though the cost of living here is pretty high i reckon.

just wait for rba's board meeting tomorrow...
hope got good news for most of us here...

good for those studying here, bad for those working

ya that's wat i mean when i say most...lol
i assume there are more ppl studying here than working =p
but since u r working and living here its not that bad...if u have to send money home then bad abit lo

I got your point about mixing the locals ... What im trying to say is ... Mixing with newcomers who are new to Australia can help you develop more into socialising cause everyone got no friend there ... Unlike locals ... They had their own gang and we gotta ''blend'' in which is not an easy thing to do ... Furthermore she's a girl right ... I think that she might be able to find companion more easily by going to College ... Thats what I think ... To me ... I would like local friends and international friends .


Cause TAFE offers more of the practical courses ... Year 12 to me is like for those who wanna get professional career like Engineering ... I'll be going to Multimedia which needs practicals more ... Thats an advice from my bro's friend who studied in Tafe then Uni ... At least I got to learn the stuff that I want 1 year earlier if I go to TAFE after year 11 ... Save me 2 years though

noob question i know but does that mean that the interest rate for savings / FD would follow suit?? bad for investor oso la....like a few of my frens gonna go back msia....shipping back some AUD cash and keep....and wanna wait till it rises back again.....quite wasted to convert since when they send their money over it was like 1:3....now 1:2.4?

the aussie drop so fast..
faster keep more.. LOLz..

just a random question for people who are really study in australia now..
how often you guys cook? as in local (m'sia) dishes..
or everyday eat out?? which is super unhealthy? more MSG?

Well, I think cooking for yourself is bit hassle unless there is a group of friend who want to eat your cooking, then that's fine, at least after you cook, there is someone washing the dishes and so... I prefer cook, but i cant cook. malaysian dishes? Maggi mee perhaps...

This post has been edited by ivango88: Nov 4 2008, 12:30 AM

ivango.. which uni you studying now??

hmm.. because i'm sure some of you have the home sick especially the m'sia food.. just wanna know how many of you actually cook to save the money and to miss m'sia food..

haha, I still can enjoy malaysian food for another 3months... afterthat, I'll be going to RMIT... I just feeling my way, when I m there...

This post has been edited by ivango88: Nov 4 2008, 12:59 AM

theres a nice place next to rmit to eat. changi village i think its called.

ya, generally when the target interest rate drop, investor's no longer wanna invest in Australia thus AUD depreciate. normally the interest rate for savings and FD will drop too but kevin rudd came out and say he'll guarantee to maintain saving for everyone living in australia... so i guess the government will of set any losses suffered from bank when the bank maintain their interest..i'm 100% sure bout it though.. if u worry interest rate for ur saving drop, u just lock it in a high interest rate through FD lo

well; 2nd most expensive & nothing much to spend; you say?

I hope too; lets bet!

good for business; increase the credit flow again. For working; why its not good? unemployment?

I do reckon TAFE as a good place if you wish to get exprience market. Australia is basically build on experience; not about the paper you got either degree PHD..

Cook usually; depends on your time and how much you wish to spend a week.
Eat out is ok; just that sometime better to have something differentl.
Here in Melb you got Italian; Mexican; Chinese Shanghai; Chinese Hongkong; Indonesian; Greek; Lebanese; Singaporian; Malaysian... Western chops.....list goes on..

Lynn; everyone homesick of the food tho; but for own good; having fresh food here is good You say?who not?

Both?

But mainly to save money lah.

An average meal outside = 8.90-10.00, not counting places specially catering for students' needs which may be around 6 (but very few)... previously one meal is large enough to eat it twice, but now everything also shrink liao, one meal is only enough for eating it once.

So let's say 1 meal on average is AUD 9
2 meals per day = 18, add in misc stuff we'll say AUD 20

So one month would be 20x30= 600

Even if you only eat 5 days per week, i.e. 20x20 = 400;
plus say you cook during the weekends which may cost 10-15 per weekend = say 15 x4 = 60
Total is still 460

If you cook daily, you'd probably spend approx 20-30 per week for groceries. We'll take 30 assuming that you eat heaps.
30x4 = 120 Add in miscellaneous stuff and I'm being generous here, the cost will still end up less than 200.

These are just for food... simple food of course, assuming that you don't eat exotic stuff.

Do the math. Want to cook or not? I would, and I am now. Somemore, there ain't many places that you can eat every day without feeling bloated or bored. It's not like back in Msia where you can eat zha fan and choose a different dish every day and still have lots of choices by the end of the week.

If anyone can't cook, it's time to learn now... Cooking simple meals ain't that difficult... The TV just finished showing Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food, which shows how he tries to influence an entire town to cook their own meals instead of eating greasy chips every day. You just need to take the first step, and it'll come naturally. Easiest skill to learn? Try stir fry... a hot pan, hot oil, quick hand movements and you can cook almost anything... meat, vege, rice, mihun, mee... oh yeah. But don't try to "stir fry" fish unless you want to scrape the mess off your pan... I did it the first time You can only deep fry fish, not stir fry.

For me, cooking is a fun thing to do....... it's the cleaning up that pisses me off haha.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Nov 4 2008, 08:12 AM

Tis doesnt sound very good.

I am gonig to study there and also work..and also send some money home
but i need not pay rent...as i'm living with my brother. Need to help a bit in paying for the new house mah.

It is good; you should know why.

fuiyoh..some rich wor. Got house here summore.
sending money back home for me?

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Added on November 4, 2008, 8:21 amhaha cleaning; lulz..if cook with gf is fun aint it?

This post has been edited by KVReninem: Nov 4 2008, 08:21 AM

hey KV...cook with gf means....they do all the cleanup!!! and all the preparations.....u just play play with the wok...and also when it comes to eating u can have 95% of their portion....they always on diet mar....

anyway panda-man.....i think that changi place is not that good la...pretty average only....but then again its not too expensive and its very nearby....

if dun feel like cooking can always buy those microwavable dinner from supermarket....just put into microwave n voila! dinner! from weightwatchers n etc summore.....so wont make u fat (so to speak la)

ahh my grovcries usually exceed A$30 per week leh! damn need to cut down on my junk food liao......zzZZ......yea eat out is never cheap....A$9 is just the quite average cafe's and stuff already like pretty basic stuff.....if u wanna go some proper dining restaurant....it would be like $15-30......haih.....thats why till today my best fren is still indomie.....sedap lagi jimat!

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Added on November 4, 2008, 9:28 amso far the best msian food i had was from the ipoh garden restaurant at lygon street...quite a dodgy place.....like its stuck in the 80s like that....but pretty good food i must say......since its kinda hard to get true msian taste as most places nowadays serve more mainland style chinese food...

there is this msian place in clayton oso....forgot the name....somewhere near monash uni.....forgot its name...its hainanese chicken rice pretty authentic too

This post has been edited by bhypp: Nov 4 2008, 09:28 AM