No worries. they are very friendly.

all australians are big VIKINGS with HORNS coming out of their heads. hahahah. jk jk. australians sometimes are too friendly. hahah. hard to run away once they start talking to you. heheh.

not to boast around but i was quite lucky to have started on 60p/a. it was pretty good since some of my mates of the same job started out just on 35. yes, night life sucks, but you'll get use to it and it's not a really big deal in the end. food wise - don't compare with KL. and i only eat out on weekends, which isn't that bad afterall.

Kikurazz...Aren't you from Japan like last month if I'm not wrong ... Now from Australia already ... So fast @.@

Which part are you staying anyway ?


Anyone can answer my question from the page 48 ... Ty

Do you mean in Malaysia or Australia?

Malaysia ... My friend's took about 2 weeks ... Now mine is almost a week and a half ... Just wondering

went to Japan last month, working in Aus

you sure? i went to damansara specialist. 30 or so ringgit. the fella wrote up a report all sealed in the envelope in 30 mins. this was to apply for a visa

This post has been edited by panda-man: Nov 3 2008, 04:30 PM

I know ... Its to apply the visa ... But waited how long for the visa to be granted ?

oh hahhaha. true true. i thought you all talking about x ray only.

yeah visa takes about two weeks. dunno why. well its just aussie customs. in aussi last time. i was on bridging visa for 6 months. damn long wait. i guess there is no rush if you are already in australia.

Is anyone here from Queensland? Can anyone tell me about international school in Queensland cause i got a friend that would like to study her Year-12 in Australia. She will finish her SPM this year. =)

I asked IDP about it and what they can provide me is information of Foundation Year. But my friend may prefer to finish her secondary studies with a Year 12 instead.

I'll be joining my 2nd week of waiting for my Visa in this coming Wednesday ... I think its around the corner...Just can't help it haha

This post has been edited by Mythras231: Nov 3 2008, 05:16 PM

your friend need not look for 'international' schools (there are few, maybe none in brissie), he can do year 11/12 in either private or normal schools........

for the international student, there isn't much difference between the 2......since he will need to pay full fees in both anyway, but for aussies, normal school is practically free, but private schols can be very expensive........

Would it be troublesome to get into normal schools or private schools for that matter?

I don't think money is that much of a problem for her.

Your friend can be just like me ... I'm going to study my year 11 next year in aus and continue to TAFE for 2 years then finally to University... Can skip Year 12 if you want ... Its optional ... Or your friend can go for foundation course in college and then continue to University

if she finish her year 11 in Malaysia ... Why not just go do Foundation in college ? Its better than going to Year 12 ... ( Thats what I think ) cause she can mix up with new comers instead of being friends with local and they can learn about Australia together .

What I think is most high school doesn't accept Year 12 students cause of the age gap something like that ... She can try ... I'm not sure about it . Just that the studies in Year 12 is somehow linked with Year 11 which she need to study herself while Foundation course is absolutely new knowledge

This post has been edited by Mythras231: Nov 3 2008, 05:54 PM

not all schools will accept international students into year 12 from form 5, although age and years of education-wise, someone after 11 years of msian education aged 17 should fit nicely into year 12.........

the reason is year 11/12 is actually a 2 year programme, like form 6, and there may be difficulties for some students to catch up......

for private schools, just write/call them directly.......in fact, some of these schools (not from brisbane though) regularly come to msia to promote their schools.......

for gov schools, you need to contact the state dept of education......

i was wondering approximately how much can you guys earn..in average per week?

And what kind of jobs are you guys doing there?

It depends on the economic of the time and location; and what type of job you are doing.

Forecast for next 12 month is higher unemployment due to global recession flowing around; so this alrdy had put RBA to have rate cut tmrw.
Gosh; tmrw got Melbourne Cup; Interest Rate & USA election

yeah, my friend said that there will be a reduce in employment, esp for engineering? not sure bout that. It seems that the boom in perth is slowing down now.

how severe is the situation in perth?

This post has been edited by KVReninem: Nov 3 2008, 07:49 PM